Do a line of love, this plan to open a gold mine, these days, a large group of businessmen naturally do enough homework, this until the end of the Qing Dynasty, the most difficult thing to open a mine is transportation, miners are tired and tired in the mine to dig the ore, but also have to carry the heavy ore out, a person at a time to carry a maximum of more than 100 catties, with the extension of the mine, the transportation time is getting longer and longer.

But this guy, an iron lump, with six iron ore trucks connected to it, full of black iron ore, was dragged out of the ground with a lot of breath, these ores are probably no less than two or three tons, and the workers have to resist, at least twenty or thirty carry a small half a day, which is good, and it will come out in one trip.

It goes without saying how much value this represents! Watching the black iron lump begin to unload, the eyes of a group of big businessmen were glowing with gold.

Adriana's little face drooped up, and this time Mao Jue made a bet with her again, saying that he could lift a thousand pounds of heavy objects without using water, and the bet was still a beauty blowing Yuxiao on a moonlit night! The foreign girl, who was four centuries behind, naturally didn't believe it, so she was dumbfounded again this time.

It's just gritting her teeth, and this girl screams sadly.

"Steam engine!"

"You know!"

This time it was Mao Jue's turn to cry out in surprise.

That's right, it's the steam engine, and Mao Jue was startled by the boiler lid that jumped up, and Mao Jue suddenly remembered that Mao Jue was not from a pure engineering background in later generations, and he could remember it because the steam engine was too simple.

There are three parts in total, one is the boiler, which is sealed and heated into steam, and the upper duct enters the second part, the cylinder.

The reason why the cylinder needs to be divided into two halves to cast is because there is also a compartment inside, and the cylinder is divided into two parts: the slide valve room and the cylinder room, which cannot be cast in one according to the current process. The steam enters the upper raft chamber from the pipe, enters the cylinder through the open left inlet, and pushes the piston made of cowhide in the cylinder under the action of air pressure, and the piston pushes the lever to send out a forward force, causing the axle to rotate half a turn.

Another lever is also connected to the axle, and the other end is connected to the eccentric axle, and the piston that pushes out just pushes back a part of the lever, drives the slide valve of the slide valve chamber back, blocks the left air inlet, and the steam enters the right steam port again continuously, pushes the piston back, and completes the second half of the wheel axle.

In this way, as long as the boiler continuously provides steam pressure, the steam engine in a circular motion can unleash unprecedented power.

Britain, France, Germany, these old industrial powers all relied on the steam engine to start, the price of industrial products was greatly reduced, as well as the United States, the United States industrial start, the steam engine also shined, like those old Westerns, Mercedes-Benz steam trains, dense mine shafts under the rusty mine cars, rails, all tell the glory of the steam engine in the past.

It's just that Mao Jue's steam engine is still only a preliminary stage, only adding an independent condenser, using Watt's eccentric shaft, which is a little inferior to Watt's steam engine level, and can lift such a heavy mineral without losing weight, more than one meter high, more than two meters long cylinder is nearly one centimeter thick, and the other boiler is also bulky, and it can hold almost half a ton of water at one time.

Fortunately, the steam engine is still very advantageous in Dongjiang, and the coal and iron occupied by Mao Jue are not rich, but too prolific! Just in the vicinity of this Red Twin Cities, there are several iron mines, and Uiju, Tiesan, and Hamgyong are also places where iron and coal are produced.

The only surprise was that Adriana actually knew.

Listening to Mao Jue's stunned question, this girl rolled her eyes with a caring idiot look.

"My lord, this thing has been in England for a long time!"

"What......"

Mao Jue was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, the textbook didn't say that the steam engine was not James. Was Watt invented in the eighteenth century?

However, although it is a mockery, Adriana's eyes still reveal admiration, the steam engine is indeed available in England at this time, but it is only in the initial stage, it can be used for mine drainage and drainage, and it is simply a coal-eating machine, but Mao Jue's thing is obviously many times stronger than the simple steam engine in England, if possible, she really wants to ask God, how does this thing's head grow!

In Adlena's affectionate eyes, Mao Jue was sad and annoyed, since the steam engine was not "invented" by him, he would not be able to become a Mao Zi alongside Watt in the future, and the power could not be replaced by Mao for watts, and he was excited for more than a month.

Fortunately, he is not busy in vain, the visual impact brought by this thing is really enough, what to watch those workers hurriedly unload iron ore from the mine truck, suddenly a spirit woke up, the old Xi'er Zhao shopkeeper from Shanxi was like a rolling watermelon, poofed and stuck to the surface of Mao Jue's feet, holding Mao Jue's thighs and crying dad and shouting at his mother.

"General! Buy this thing for as much silver as it gets!"

His voice was like turning on the flashing light, he was fooled by Mao Jue, and now the Liao merchants who are from his Dongjiang River all have golden light flashing in their eyes.

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The steam engine in Mao Jue's memory is very similar to the second-generation steam engine improved by Watt, and it can be directly used for many mining industries in Dongjiang. As for how to improve it next, this brain cell will be left to the apprentices and craftsmen in use to consume.

With the establishment of the Ministry of Equipment, a new system was born, or Mao Jue took a system from the West.

Guild system!

Seriously, this system is really quite advanced, the guild itself is semi-official, composed of many practitioners, and the guild is coordinated internally, which can not only avoid excessive competition among peers, but also help cultivate new people, and eliminate those who are not qualified so as not to affect the entire industry.

In the case of Watt, who improved the steam engine, he wanted to open a watch shop, but he only had a one-year apprenticeship, and the Hammer Guild of London rejected his request to open a shop, because the qualification to open a watch shop required seven years of apprenticeship.

Forced to do so, Watt went to London for further study, and it was here that he encountered the biggest opportunity of his life, the steam engine.

The reason why I took those big businessmen to Xishan pyrite mine, because in Mao Jue's plan, the headquarters and production point of the steam engine guild were set up here, the beautiful Xishan was unlucky, and a large area of jungle under the mountain was cut down cleanly, leaving only a shelter forest on the hillside to prevent soil erosion. In less than 10 days, the two-story factory and the three-story office were all standing with the smell of fresh cement.

The industrialization process of the Dongjiang River is really fast, in the hands of Mao Jue, five or six years ago, there were workshops along the river with the help of water, and in the blink of an eye, it has progressed to the stage of factories separated from the river.

The railroad mine car was pulled directly into the workshop, the iron-rich ore dug up from the Xishan iron mine just got off the car, and was thrown into the stone pile, extremely hard in the huge stone mortar, Mao Jue's steam engine in the whining whistle, driven the big hammer to smash down, and the fine ore was transported to the steam engine to drive the stone mill driven by the arm to crush, the ore that needed to be smashed for a long time by manpower, less than half a day, is all turned into broken powder.

Finally, the manpower was used, and the old ironsmith took his apprentice to pick up the large pieces of slag that did not contain iron, and then it was like gold panning, sifting vigorously in the water, the iron was heavy, the sand and gravel were light, and the sand and stone fragments were washed out, and the rest was concentrate powder.

Black smoke came out of the big chimney of the factory, and the mineral powder was loaded into the trolley again, pushed into the boiler, and began to carry out iron ore training, and the trained molten iron was taken to carburizing, and then returned to the furnace, and in less than a few hours, after frying steel carburizing, the gray iron slag had turned into hot molten steel.

Hooking the bottom of the steelmaking furnace with a big hook, the workers shouted the trumpet, with amazing heat, the molten steel poured down, or Mao Jue's contribution, did not use mud grinding, but used the iron abrasives brushed with the isolation layer of the uniform molten steel to fill the abrasives into flames, put there to cool for several hours, and the new cylinder that was still a little red was suddenly revealed.

But this is not over, again hooked the cylinder, in the workers shouted the trumpet, the cylinder was thrown into the tank full of oil, whew, the whole tank was burned, but under the cooling of the oil, the cylinder was quenched again.

The Hongyi cannons of the Dongjiang River are all cast in this way, and it is estimated that the internal pressure of dozens of tons is not a problem.

However, inspecting the factory, Mao Jue is still a little dissatisfied, although he has not been to the mine, but he also knows that there is a thing called a washing machine, and there are workers pushing carts back and forth is too wasteful of time, and it can also be like the factory assembly line in later generations, to manufacture conveyor belts, the selected concentrate powder is directly brought into the boiler room with a conveyor belt, and the efficiency can be increased several times.

However, these are still in Mao Jue's mind, except for a steam engine that went down to the mine to pull ore, this month, even with the model, he only played three steam engines, and even the blower that blows air into the boiler can only use manpower, and more than a dozen people are sweating profusely to step on it, not to mention these.

Looking at the shiny cylinder lifted out of the oil amid the cheers of the workers, Mao Jue could only shake his head helplessly.

If you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, let's take it step by step!

Thinking about the kung fu, Adleena, who owes Mao Jue several meals, looks like a good baby, and walks into the factory with small steps like a female secretary in later generations, and bows to Mao Jue in a soft voice.

"Sir! The merchants have arrived, and they are waiting for you! ”

"Okay, I got it!"

In this charming smile, Mao Jue put away his thoughts, turned around and walked out, but just after taking two steps, he suddenly smiled and turned around.

"I've signed the contract today, my lord, I have kung fu, and I should pay it back tonight!"

Suddenly, a smile froze on her face, and seeing Mao Jue turn around and walk forward, Adriana squeezed her eyes angrily.

The office at the other end, where the management of the gold mine will work in the future, is planned to be very spacious, but the time is too urgent, and the work is rushed, and the interior decoration has not been done, only a bare rough room, and the conference table in the middle is made of wood, which is no different from a shed, if it were not for the middle of the table, there is a fine wine in glass bottles, and it is really impossible to guess that the people sitting here are all rich bosses.

Whether it is a gold mine or this steam engine, it is a promising business opportunity, the God of Wealth with gold and silver, there are more people who come this time, more than 30 surnames, more than 70 large and small businessmen are anxiously kowtowing their fingers and waiting, in this anxiety, the door was opened with a creak, and suddenly, Cao Dashang and those people stood up excitedly.

"Meet the General!"

"Okay, in business, there are no generals today, and the one here is Mao Dashang!"

Mao Jue nodded arrogantly and reservedly, waved everyone to sit down, and then tilted his head at Adriana, Secretary Na carried a huge tube, and with his signal, he opened the tube on the table, pushed it over, and made it with two sheepskins, and the contract full of dense words was suddenly opened.

On the top, there are a few ink characters written in the official script.

Manifesto of the Steam Engine Guild

This thing Mao Jue, Song Xiance and the following big businessmen are wasted of hard work, from technical secrecy to craftsman training, apprentice assessment, and then to the newcomer membership system, large and small dozens, for the first time, a major industry in the Ming Dynasty was thoroughly standardized, the front few big businessmen and major shareholders were directly involved in the designation, and the small shareholders in the back were the first time to see, and they couldn't help but stand up and read carefully from beginning to end.

The problem lasted for half an hour, and the last businessman sat back satisfied, everyone was very satisfied, first of all, this guild is not a hall of words, by several major shareholders and Mao Jue jointly resolved, once encountering a major event in business, it is clearly stipulated that a general meeting of shareholders should be held, which is unimaginable in this era of power that the feudal government arbitrarily slaughters businessmen.

On the other hand, it's fair to divide it into something! Mao Jue is the founder and the protector of this contract, his half, no one has any objections, and the remaining quarterly dividends are also fair and reasonable.

Seeing that it was quiet again, Mao Jue also stood up comfortably with pen and ink.

"Do you have any objections? If not, sign it! ”

Of course there can't be any more! In Cao Dashang's eager smiles, Mao Jue was the first to mention his name, stamped the seal, and then passed the pen down, one by one the names were inscribed below, and the red seals were densely covered, and the ink was dried by the window, and then, Adleina re-rolled the sheepskin roll and solemnly locked it in the safe in the conference room that was almost the same as the process of building a cylinder.

Several hostesses rushed in and poured wine for everyone, and Mao Jue personally carried the glass, learning from the plot in the movie and holding the goblet high.

"Cheers, gentlemen, for a better tomorrow!"

In the crisp sound of ping-pong, a huge storm that swept across the Dongjiang River and even affected the direction of the Ming Dynasty for the next few hundred years, this new typhoon eye was formed......

(End of chapter)