Shi Yunshan sweated in his palms when he saw the young man and officials in dragon robes walking towards the iron mine. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

He used to be a member of the Qingzhou Mineral Division, and he used to follow Qian Dafu to the north and south, and when the imperial court decided to establish a steel mill and an iron ore field in Laiwu, he took the initiative to ask to come to Laiwu.

Because he is a Laiwu clan, he is very familiar with this place.

When he was nervous and overwhelmed, the group had already arrived in front of him.

Qian Dafu said to Xiao Ming with a smile: "Your Majesty, he is the Shiyun Mountain that the old slave often mentions, and this Laiwu mine is what he discovered." ”

When he was on the way, Qian Dafu introduced this Shiyun Mountain, he looked Shi Yunshan up and down, and it could be seen from Shi Yunshan's Mu Ne's expression that this was an honest and responsible person.

"See the emperor for the lower officials." After Qian Dafu's introduction, Shi Yunshan saluted Xiao Ming.

"No courtesy." Xiao Ming's interest is now all about the production of the mine, he said; "Qian Dafu said that you are shrewd and capable, I will see how you run this iron mine this time?"

Shi Yunshan nodded, "Your Majesty, please come with the lower officials." ”

After that, Shi Yunshan took Xiao Ming and a group of officials to the front of the mine, and the iron mine in Laiwu was surrounded by mountains, surrounded by low hills.

Glancing at the surrounding environment, Xiao Ming looked at the pit, the originally flat ground had now formed a pit five meters deep.

The area of the pit is very large, about a kilometer long, and more than 6,000 people are wielding mining tools in the pit to chisel pieces of ore from the ore body.

"Your Majesty, in the past half a month since the mine was mined, our mine has provided a total of 60,000 tons of ore for the steel mill, and an average craftsman has mined ten tons of ore." Shi Yunshan pointed to the sweaty craftsman and said.

"Sixty thousand tons." Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction, he picked up a piece of iron ore and looked at it.

This piece of iron ore is brownish-red and belongs to hematite, which generally has an iron content of 70%.

These 60,000 tons of hematite ore should be able to smelt more than 40,000 tons of steel.

Shi Yunshan was afraid that Xiao Ming would dislike this output, so he said: "Your Majesty, mining iron ore is very hard, and craftsmen can sometimes break a piece of ore for a long time with tools, and it is very difficult to mine. ”

"I understand, these 60,000 tons of ore are really not easy." Xiao Ming's expression was warm, and he could see Shi Yunshan's worries.

Shi Yunshan breathed a sigh of relief, took Xiao Ming to continue the visit, and said excitedly when he walked by the steam engine in the mine, "Your Majesty, this mine can produce so much ore now thanks to the credit of this steam engine, with him, the craftsman can directly put the ore on the minecart and use the steam engine to pull the minecart up." ”

At this time, Xiao Ming and the officials saw the railroad tracks leading to the mine, on which the minecarts came and went, and the minecarts were loaded with ore.

This scene made Xiao Ming completely relieved, his main concern was the use of the steam engine, now that the Great Yu Kingdom has entered the steam age, only by relying on steam power can it leap forward.

After inspecting the use of the steam engine in the mine, Xiao Ming and Shi Yunshan went to the craftsman's living quarters again.

Now in the deserted wilderness, red brick houses have been erected, and it has become a settlement.

In modern times, towns are formed around many mines, and Xiao Ming focused on building Laiwu into a steel mill and a mine, and a town that relies on steel mills and mines for survival will also be formed because of these industries.

After a brief look at the mine, Xiao Ming and the others went to Laiwu Iron and Steel Workshop again.

The steel mill is now in full swing, where the transported iron ore is turned into red molten steel, and then into various shapes of steel products.

The supervisor of Laiwu Iron and Steel Mill is called Chang Fei, who used to be the technical backbone of Qingzhou Iron and Steel Mill, and he was sent here for this large steel mill.

After entering the steel mill, Chang Fei took everyone to take a detailed look at the six production lines in the workshop, and now the five production lines are busy.

"Your Majesty, at present, Laiwu Iron and Steel Mill mainly produces rail parts, in addition to some farming tools, daily steel supplies and other things, and the six production lines are just able to meet the order." Chang Fei wiped the beads of sweat, and looked at the converter as if he was looking at his own child.

The sound of the steam engine "humming" constantly resounded in the steel workshop, and the traditional steelmaking method saved a lot of labor because of the participation of the steam engine.

Xiao Ming looked at this modern steelmaking plant full of all kinds of machinery with satisfaction, and in his planning, the Laiwu Iron and Steel Plant mainly produced civilian steel products.

The Qingzhou Workshop and the Kaiping Iron and Steel Workshop are mainly for the production of military steel, and civilian goods will only be produced under the premise of satisfying the military.

This visit to Laiwu gave him a plan about Qingzhou's steel production capacity, and in his opinion, the Laiwu Iron and Steel Plant is enough to produce one million tons of steel a year.

The Kaiping Iron and Steel Mill is estimated to be similar, plus the Qingzhou Iron and Steel Mill, the annual steel output of Dayu should be 2.2 million tons.

This production is already capable of overwhelming the UK.

However, the country of Dayu has a vast territory and a large population, and if you calculate it carefully, he is still inferior to Britain in terms of average.

Xiao Ming is not discouraged by this, and the total amount of transcendence is also surpassing, and now with such a foundation, he has surpassed the United Kingdom in technology.

After inspecting the mine and the Laiwu Iron and Steel Mill, Xiao Ming rested in Laiwu for two days, and then rushed to Kaiping Iron and Steel Mill.

As expected, the output of Kaiping Iron and Steel Mill is half a catty compared with Laiwu.

In the next six months, taking advantage of the time when the barbarians had stopped, he successively inspected the other workshops required by the reform, and had a general understanding of the implementation of the reform.

In general, with the strong promotion of Pang Yukun and Fiji, the construction of the workshops is now going smoothly, and most of them are now able to put into production, and some of them will be put into production soon.

At that time, Dayu has formed an industrial chain with government-run workshops as the core, and this chain will provide a steady stream of industrial products for Dayu.

And most importantly, the initial industry will provide the resources for the war effort.

After half a year of busy work, the time has gone from spring to autumn, and in previous years, officials would be terrified every time this autumn horse fat was high.

Because autumn is often the time when the barbarians launch an attack on the Great Yu Kingdom, the barbarians have been too quiet in the past half a year to keep Xiao Ming upset, and this calm has made him a little uneasy.

And this fear was fulfilled when he returned to Qingzhou from Dengzhou.

The barbarian cavalry suddenly bypassed the northern pass and appeared under the city of Songzhou from the direction of Tubo, and the city of Songzhou was conquered in just one day, and the barbarian army went straight to Yizhou.