Liu Shu couldn't refute Yang Yuanzhao's words, he left in disbelief, and after he left, Yang Yuanzhao immediately took action.

For the mechanical production, the organization of machine tools, has long been designed, the production is not more complex machine equipment, just some ordinary, with a little bit of exquisite design of the assembly line, these, for the science and technology of later generations, I am afraid that it is a clumsy handmade product, but in this world, with the help of high-speed steam engine, it has become an advanced product.

Among them, Yang Yuanzhao not only used a large number of skilled workers above the fifth level in Baotou, but also issued tasks through the Guò Research Institute, the current research institute, compared with a year ago, is no longer the original simple building, he is a dense building belt, from a certain Cheng dù above, this is the highest level of education in Baotou.

It's a pity that from the very beginning, it was occupied by a group of foreigners, and the literati in the Chinese tradition were mainly liberal arts, and the science and engineering that was only passed over during the Ming Dynasty was a marginal and even weak project in China.

After the late Qing Dynasty, with the invasion of the great powers, China gradually slipped into the abyss of semi-feudal and semi-colonial, and saw the tyranny of the great powers, more and more people of insight began to open their eyes to the world, studying in the United States as children, studying at their own expense, including some Chinese in Nanyang, who jointly built modern China and went to the world, but among these people who went abroad to learn advanced scientific knowledge, many chose medicine, law, politics, and other disciplines that were biased towards liberal arts and society, and only a small number of people studied science.

Even among those who study science, there are not a few who are willing to come to Baotou, even if Yang Yuanzhao has put in great efforts, and even extensive recruitment, there are still very few Chinese who can really enter the research room, and most of them are as assistants, or even learners, they need time to improve and become talents.

Now compared with a year ago, the scholars and researchers of the institute have increased by at least 10 times, a large number of scholars with considerable academic qualifications, entered the institute, of course, the research funding has also surged, more than 30 times before, the huge investment, coupled with the cost of research, so that Baotou has opened up countless emerging disciplines in China, and machine production, is also one of the very important aspects.

As early as a few months ago, Yang Yuanzhao laid out some things for the research institute, and now there is a definite goal, to be in Wuhan to persuade the industry to be promoted, then the various equipment of the machine, and a complete production design, will come out, based on the existing machine tools, and then integrated and systematic.

This project has become the largest project of the institute in August, with a total investment of 1 million US dollars, for a simple, just copy and adjust according to the current situation in Baotou, and make improvements, 1 million US dollars, which is definitely a big deal, at least 20 researchers above the intermediate level, divided into different batches and categories, accepted this task.

Under the heavy reward, there will be brave men, the machine from the design to the production, it only took a short month of effort, but all the workers, are from the various factories, out of the technical backbone, their strength is outstanding, itself has a considerable foundation, plus a large number of although only the second, but have the basic ability of the ordinary mechanics, they built the entire Baotou, the average level of technicians is the highest level of a factory, machine manufacturing plant.

In the future, once the factory building is completed, they will immediately transfer to the past, using this workshop, the only thing to pay is the internship opportunity and observation opportunity of the technical school, for this, Yang Yuanzhao feels that it is nothing, in the factory of later generations, there are often intern technicians, observing the real machine production, as well as personal machine practice, will make the level of the technicians, There is a relatively large improvement, which is not contrary to cultivation.

The core team has a total of about 300 people, including 12 fifth-level workers, 200 fourth-level workers, and a small number of more outstanding fourth-level workers, providing them with precision machine tools, which Yang Yuanzhao specially prepared for them, not the world's mainstream machine tools, but into the third generation of machine tools.

Ordinary machine tools, mostly using alloy steel, its change, more precision above, according to different designs, so that the accuracy gradually increases, to the second generation, the cutter head of the machine tool has been selected high-speed steel, high-speed steel, is on the basis of alloy steel, improve the speed of cutting, generally speaking, high-speed steel can be more than 5 times faster than the cutting speed of alloy steel, some faster, almost more than 10 times, to the third generation, is powder smelting alloy steel, this steel, Specially designed for machine tools, has been a later generation, after the 90s of technology, in terms of speed, compared with ordinary high-speed steel, and can increase the speed several times, so that the overall cutting speed, than the original alloy steel, has been increased by dozens of times.

In the 20th century, the speed of machine production was the speed of machine tools, and now, even a group of less skilled workers, using these machine tools, can also achieve high speeds that are difficult for others to achieve, but in the case of unskill, the scrap rate has increased. Scrap rate, Yang Yuanzhao does not consider these problems for the time being, you know, the current China, can be said to be poor and white, China does not have an industry, even if it is light industry, it only starts from Baotou, not to mention the machine qì industry, the speed increase brought by high-speed machine tools, even a little more scrap rate, it is enough to accept, not to mention, the scrap rate will follow the improvement of proficiency, and decrease.

The machine factory started quietly, with an investment of 5 million US dollars, half of which is more than 3,000 sets of various machine tools, through the standardized production of machine tools, and the lathe workers, separate training, become specialized in a certain one, or even a certain part of the worker, standardized system and standardized parts, so that a lot of parts can be universal, after systematic arrangement, the whole machine factory began to burst out of vitality, half a month later, the output of textile cotton ingots, from the original 50 spindles per day, increased to 500 spindles per day, with the proficiency of technology, the output is still crazy increase, the output of other machines, has also been ten times, or even more improved, conservative estimates, the entire Baotou, the next year of industrial expansion, at the current rate, can be completed within a month.

Liu Shu at this time, for Yang Yuanzhao's vision and plan, is simply admired, although, the production machinery, will make Baotou increase a lot of opponents, but take cotton textile as an example, cotton textile is labor-intensive, large production, in the number of cotton ingots, did not reach an order of magnitude before, can not affect them at all, you know, this almost a year of time, Baotou Tong guò several expansion, including from March, every month there is a phase of the project completed and put into operation, now the total number of cotton spindles in the cotton spinning factory, is 10 times the beginningWith the help of a high-speed machine, the annual production of cotton yarn can reach 2.4 million bales, which is a huge figure of nearly 1 billion pounds, which is close to 100 million pounds.

Centralized, industrialized large-scale production, whether it is cost, or other aspects, will be controlled by a certain degree, and in terms of competition, they are not afraid.

However, it does not mean that the factory that buys the machine can not compete with Baotou, even if the tentacles of Baotou stretch far, the place where it can radiate, it is only around Baotou, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Mongolia, Hebei, Zhili, at most, it can also affect Hubei Anhui, and then far, it is really a bit of a whip out of reach, especially in the south, this is a huge blank, rather than give this market to foreigners, it is better to directly sell machinery, the southern rich people, the funds on hand are very large, With the help of these funds, it is completely possible to promote the industrial upgrading of Baotou, Liu Shu is very clear that the future of Baotou is definitely based on the steel base, these light industries, the investment will not be as large as now.

Now, taking China as an example, imported cotton ingots, each spindle is about 3 US dollars, that is, 6 oceans, which has not yet added the price of many machines and technicians, and at present, the production cost of Baotou, From the beginning of 0.5 yuan, reduced to 0.3 yuan, according to Yang Yuanzhao said, the current workers, for the use of machine tools, is not particularly skilled, in the future, when the use of machine tools is further deepened, this speed can still be increased, any product, when the production of a set, and the production of 10 sets, 100 sets, or even more in the case, the price is completely different, even the current price, will cause a sensation.

In addition to cotton spindles for cotton weaving, some specially designed and produced muslin machines, the flour machines of the earliest flour mills have been transformed, the integrated flour machine, and even the noodle pressing machine developed by Yang Yuanzhao with bad taste, these small and large can be, the small can be used for general family use, and the large one can be used as a noodle shop or a noodle factory, which is a utilization direction of wheat.

In short, the machine factory has designed 12 different workshops, respectively for spinning machines, looms, flour machines, match machines, and many other types of machines, including almost most of the light industrial products in Baotou.

The opening date of Wuhan Quanye will be getting closer and closer, after entering October, the work of the machine factory has also reached a climax, a large number of workers are almost divided into 4 shifts, working overtime, producing a warehouse and a warehouse machine, and Baotou and Wuhan negotiations, also basically completed, Baotou will send a large delegation to Wuhan, all the booths and personnel, absolutely the entire Wuhan Quanye Association. R1152