Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 186 Building Anshan City on Plains

Anshan and Benxi can be said to be the areas with the richest iron ore resources in Liaodong. At the Merchants Conference in Liaodong, Chu Yun summoned a large group of businessmen from the Far East Trading Company to build a new city——Anshan City. A city built on resources.Of course, the development right of the iron ore is controlled by Chu Yun, and the merchants mainly contract the supporting facilities and infrastructure work of the new city.

Since the construction of Anshan City is mainly for the better development of iron mines, it is destined to become an industrial city, which is not very suitable for the development of primary and tertiary industries.Therefore, a large number of new factories were set up here, mainly mining farms, smelters, machine tool factories, etc. Chu Yun even asked the Ordnance Bureau to produce firearms here.Local production of iron and firearms can reduce unnecessary transportation costs.Before the main artery of the Liaoning-South Railway is built, it would be unwise to transport iron ore directly...

Chu Yun led a group of people to inspect Anshan City.Anshan City is just south of Liaodong City, and it is very important to the Liao army. In the future, the production of various iron artillery will depend on the resources here.

It was Li Guangdong who led the Tieshan Mining Workers Uprising back then who led Chu Yun and others to inspect Anshan City.At that time, Chu Yun's influence was not strong, and Li Guangdong led the miners to join him, and Chu Yun has always relied heavily on him.After Li Guangdong joined Chu Yun, he became one of the managers in Tieshan.Now Chu Yun sent him to Anshan City to lead new workers to develop the iron mines here.

"There are more than ten mines near Anshan, such as Tieshi Mountain, Xi'an Mountain, Dong'an Mountain, Dagu Mountain, Guanmen Mountain, Xiaolingzi, and Gongchangling. People have been mining here since the Liao Dynasty. Sir, look, here The shape of the saddle is very similar to that of a saddle, so there is the word Anshan, the one in the west is called Xi'anshan, and the one in the east is called Dong'anshan." Li Guangdong introduced to Chu Yun.

Chu Yun saw that it was indeed so.Anshan can be said to be the best wealth bestowed by God on Liaodong. Considering the billions of tons of iron ore here, it is estimated that the development of a layer of iron ore close to the surface is enough to restore the Liao army for a long time.Even the British Empire in the [-]th century in the previous era had an annual output of only one million tons.

At present, near Xi'anshan, there is already a mining field in operation, and a blast furnace for smelting iron has been built in the smelter, and black smoke is coming out of the chimney.

"Ironmaking is mainly to add iron ore, coke, flux, and air into the blast furnace, and the blower can effectively make the chemical reaction inside more fully." In addition to Li Guangdong, some metallurgical experts and chemical experts who were summoned by Chu Yun were also in the company. Home.

In fact, China has long had similar ideas and practices in the field of metallurgy, but it has never become a complete discipline system and the chemical principles behind it, and more is just passed down by word of mouth from blacksmiths.

Chu Yun still knows about blast furnace ironmaking, and it is still in use until the 21st century. The difference is that the supporting technologies such as flux and blower have been upgraded.However, Chu Yun couldn't remember the chemical reaction equation of blast furnace ironmaking, and felt a little ashamed of his former teacher.

"That's right, that's the flux called limestone, which can improve the quality of our pig iron. People from the Academy of Sciences are studying different fluxes." Li Guangdong also began to understand metallurgical chemistry.

"Well, your smelter is doing well." Chu Yun turned his head and said to the railway engineer who also came with him, "Anshan will become the largest iron ore producing area after surpassing Iron Mountain in the future, and you should use this as an important railway base , continuously transporting iron ore and ironware to various places.”

"We will survey the entire line in the next two to three months and present a detailed railway planning map to the adults." Zhan Tianyou and Stephenson said.

"My lord, please go this way. Our Ordnance Bureau has a factory here to produce artillery and ammunition. After the production is completed, it can be shipped directly to the front line, without having to travel through Fuzhou and Gaizhou." People from the Ordnance Bureau also actively expressed Chu Yun showed off his achievements.

"There are already [-] workers in our mining farm here, mainly in shantytowns. But recently we have started building brick and tile houses. As long as you have worked in our mining farm for three years, you can buy brick and tile houses at a low price. "Li Guangdong said.

If you are economically minded, if you use brick and tile houses to win over workers, you can still pay back a little after three years.Chu Yun looked sideways at Li Guangdong.It seems that as the commercial atmosphere in southern Liaoning gradually opens up, everyone's minds become more flexible.

The mining farm is controlled by Chu Yun, and the income of the mining farm is also Chu Yun's, so Chu Yun is more concerned about the mining farm's income.

Strolling around the newly established Anshan City, Chu Yun saw that the Anshan Mine, which had developed over the winter, had begun to take shape and would soon become a thriving new city.

Liaodong City, Jinzhou City, Fuzhou City, Gaizhou City, and Haizhou City are regional cities, Dalian Port is a foreign trade city, Anshan City is an industrial city, and they are connected by a railway. What Chu Yun wanted to do most.When the railway, the inland, and the port lead to the whole world, the southern and eastern Liaoning will be as stable as a rock, not afraid of any blockade.

While the construction of Anshan City was in full swing, farmers in southern Liaoning and Eastern Liaoning were also busy planting and transplanting seedlings on the farmland contracted by themselves, so as not to miss this busy farming season.

When spring returns to the earth, the wild grasses on the vast Liaohetao grassland turn green and glow with vitality.For the Mongolian tribes who lived on the grassland by water and grass, this was the blessing of the longevity god, which brought them back to life.As for the next cold winter, let's wait until then.

Fan Wencheng led dozens of Eight Banners cavalry into the Liaohetao grassland to look for the Horqin tribe.After Lin Danhan was repeatedly defeated by Houjin and fled to Hetao, Horqin tribe and Chahar tribe vaguely became the new kings of Mongolia, especially Liaohetao, which was dominated by Horqin tribe.

"Lord Fan, back then when our Eight Banners defeated the Nine-Tribe Alliance led by the Horqin Tribe and made them our vassals, we didn't expect that we would be reduced to begging them today. It's really an impermanent world." An accompanying envoy said to Fan Wencheng said, his tone full of unwillingness.

"There has never been an eternal enemy in this world, and there is no eternal friend. A man can stretch and bend, so what if he lowers his face a little and begs them from the Horqin Department?" Fan Wencheng shook his head.

This time, the group of them first went to Glejurgen City, the stronghold of Oba, another leader of the Horqin Tribe besides Manggus.Compared with Manggus, this Ouba seems to be less affected by the Liao army. I hope they have not been wooed by the Liao army.Fan Wencheng sat on the horse and thought.

　There is one chapter two and 10 minutes

　　
　
(End of this chapter)