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Chapter 119 Inspection of Cement Plant

Chapter 119 Inspection of Cement Plant

One autumn rain and one cold, after several rains, the snowflakes that appeared in a hurry and the cold icy rain fell on the ground together.

The carriage was driving on the muddy road, and the speed was much slower than before.

After Frederick arranged for the production of gas masks, he went to Rangnaar City the next day to inspect the construction of the cement factory.

He didn't take care of the cement plant at the beginning, but just wrote out the schematic diagram of the process flow and various equipment, and threw it together with a sum of start-up funds to a group of students to toss about themselves, and then he was busy with other things.

Facts have proved that under the example of students earning a lot of money, the students of this era are very capable. Not only did they initially build a cement factory, but they also formulated a set of rules for management personnel to distribute dividends according to their positions.

The carriage was struggling forward in the mud, and Frederick looked out the window, thinking that this would not be the case on the concrete road, but the idea was quickly thrown away.

Animal transportation is still the main method now. Horses will hurt their hooves when walking on hard ground, and the hardened road surface will have to wait until various vehicles are produced in the future.

Today, Frederick arranged for Vanessa to go to Weissburg University to attend the regular work meeting in the morning, and to inspect the payment of wages at the canal construction site in the afternoon. After having a secretary, many non-urgent tasks can be arranged.

At the same time, Frederick decided in his mind that he would expand the secretariat next year and find more secretaries, so that he would be more relaxed.

Today, besides Frederick, there is only Ah Fu in the carriage, and he wants to talk to the housekeeper about something.

Frederick said in a deep voice: "The intelligence work in our territory is not strong enough, I want you to take charge."

Ah Fu didn't seem surprised by the sudden appearance of the job, but replied: "Follow your will."

Frederick nodded and said, "I don't need you to send people to steal any important secrets. I just choose some reliable people and go around to open steam bakeries and ramen shops."

"Opening such a store requires frequent purchases of food from the market. As long as the long-term price can be collected, it is a great achievement."

"It would be best if we could go a step further and collect some local public information."

Ah Fu replied: "I understand."

Seeing that he agreed, Frederick was relieved. He had been thinking about the intelligence department for a long time, but there was no reliable manpower. Before that, he could only ask little Franz to find some mercenaries to help inquire about the news.

In the end, he could only focus on the housekeeper. Among other things, the most important thing was that Ah Fu was loyal enough.

Taking the steam bakery as an entry point has also been considered for a long time by him.

The bakery in a small territory is the property of the lord, but it is different in large and medium-sized towns where industry and commerce are active. It is enough to pay money to enter the baker's guild and abide by the local "Bread Law".

Such a town is the local economic center, well-informed, and chatting with neighbors can get a lot of useful information.

Analyzing intelligence is the most important thing in intelligence work. Frederick still remembers an old movie he watched in his previous life. A fellow villager said that there was a team tearing down the door panels in the village to sleep. The chief immediately analyzed that it was an enemy team and had been captured. Surrounded.

But Frederick said with some helplessness: "Oh, but the intelligence news needs to be analyzed to be useful. We don't have such talents here."

Analyzing intelligence requires accumulation of knowledge, logical thinking and keen intuition, and such talents cannot be found just by looking for them.

At this time, Ah Fu said: "If the master can trust me, I can find some old friends of mine."

Frederick replied without hesitation: "I can rest assured that you will handle the matter."

Ah Fu did not show a happy look, but thanked the master for his trust calmly as usual.

In fact, Frederick knew very little about Ah Fu's past. He only heard from Diesel that they worked together as a monster hunter and herb collector for a few years when they were young, and then they went their separate ways.

He only knows that his father and mother trust Ah Fu very much, and his mother gave Ah Fu the power before he left, and he can veto any decision before he becomes an adult.

The carriage finally arrived at Rangnaar City, but instead of entering the city, it drove directly to the cement factory outside the city.

The craftsmen who originally built the smelter came here, and built the shaft kiln for burning cement and the processing plant with ease.

The inner diameter of these shaft kilns is 1.5m, the height is 6m, the interior is refractory bricks, the exterior is red brick, and the top is a 4m high chimney.There is a charging port on the top, two symmetrical discharge ports on the bottom, and a high-temperature-resistant and strong triangular grate beside it. When discharging, the clinker rolls towards the discharge port under the guidance of the grate.The air duct at the bottom is connected to the blower, which is currently a centrifugal fan driven by a steam engine to supply air to the two kilns.

At present, there are two shaft kilns in trial production.

Limestone and clay mined nearby, slag and coke from the smelter, imported gypsum and other raw materials are cleaned and dried and then ground into powder in a ball mill. Make rice balls with a diameter of 5mm like glutinous rice balls, and put them into the shaft kiln after they are slightly dried until they don’t stick together.

Raw meal balls are evenly sprinkled into the shaft kiln from the feeding port, and a layer of 70-80cm thick preheating drying layer will be formed on the top. At this time, there is no spark but only steam rising; The high-temperature layer that is being burned, where the coal powder in the raw meal is burned after drying, and various chemical reactions occur at high temperature; the bottom is the cooling layer formed after the combustion is completed, and the air blown in by the blower takes away their heat and heats itself .

As the cooled clinker is regularly discharged from the bottom discharge port and the top feed port is regularly fed, the thickness and position of each layer are kept within a certain range, and continuous production can be achieved.

Frederick looked at the shaft kiln for a while, told the supervisors here to pay attention to safety, and came to the laboratory with Ah Fu.

After the cement clinker is crushed and winnowed, it is put into a waterproof sack soaked in slime glue, attached with a numbered label, and some of it is sent to the laboratory for testing.

There are many tests to test the characteristics of cement, such as standard viscosity, setting time, stability, etc., the most important of which is the strength test.

Frederick is the most familiar with this kind of experiment, and he can make out standard test blocks and curing boxes in minutes.

Only the conditions are limited. The compressive strength test relies on pressing a heavy object on the test block, and the tensile strength test also relies on hanging a heavy object.

Frederick wants to come to the data and sit in an office in the laboratory to study carefully. Although there is no data for 28 days, the grade of cement is not low from the data of 3 days and 7 days.

Frederick raised his head and said to Ah Fu, "Notify the Masons' Guild and the Carpenters' Guild to find a group of the best construction workers. After the war next year, I will teach them a new cooking skill."

Ah Fu just walked around in a circle, and now there are question marks in his head, wondering why this kind of "stone flour" can be added with water, and then "raised" hardens, and then steamed for many days (steam curing) , it becomes as hard as a rock.

But the master has a task, so let's finish the errand first.

Then he asked: "Sir, are you going to use this powder to build a house?"

"Yes." Frederick nodded, "In the future, everyone can live in a sturdy house."

"When the war is over next year, we will first use it to build an industrial park, and then promote solid masonry houses in the village."

"In the future, our cathedrals and large libraries will also be built with this!"

After he finished speaking, Ah Fu reminded: "My lord, there will be a war next year, why not use it to build a fortress first."

Frederick nodded, then shook his head immediately. The amount of work was too much and the time was not enough.

At the same time, he also found that he still lacked one thing - a vibrator. If he didn't have this thing, he would have to find an old man to give him a pack of cigarettes and ask him to smooth out the honeycomb pockmark at night.

At the same time, there is also rebar, and it takes a lot of time to get the specialized production machines. Now the factory in Weisenling is fully producing weapons, and we have to wait until next year.

Don't even think about bamboo reinforced concrete, bamboo is not grown in this place.

Moreover, it takes more time to cultivate qualified construction workers. When he thinks of some strange things in the construction site in his previous life, his blood pressure immediately rises.

Thinking of scaffolding, formwork, mixers, dump trucks, cranes, construction ladders, safety nets, hard hats, work gloves, safety belts... Frederick's blood pressure became even higher.

"It's so difficult!" He leaned back in his chair and sighed. The labor protection supplies alone are enough to cause a headache, let alone the construction machinery.

Thinking of the 160-meter-high spire of the future Germain Cathedral, just how to build scaffolding requires a special plan and an expert demonstration meeting.

The road still has to be taken step by step. He feels that in the next few years, he will not have to do anything other than his old job. The patriarch of the world will not be able to escape.

"Let's go." Frederick stood up, "Let's go back."

On the way back to Wessenburg, the road became more muddy, and the carriage almost got stuck in the mud.

"We can build a railway." Frederick squinted his eyes slightly and said to himself. Now that there are steam engines, it is not impossible to have a low-standard railway.

Ah Fu asked: "Is it the kind of railway in the mine?"

Frederick made it clear that he didn't know. He hadn't been to a mine yet, so he didn't know what it was like.

A Fu explained: "The mine tunnels use solid wood as the track, and a layer of iron bars are laid on it. The iron wheels will save a lot of effort when walking on it."

Frederick didn't reply right away. He looked out of the car window for a long time before he said, "Almost, but I want to use the whole piece of steel as the track, with the Oak City in the middle of the canal as the center, connecting the various cities in the territory, and the cargo transportation will It's getting cheap and fast."

The cities he was thinking of were not the few in the current territory, but some cities that were planned to be annexed after the war next year.

In some places, water transportation is inconvenient. With the railway, transportation will be convenient, which will not only speed up economic development, but also quickly mobilize troops.

But this matter can only be thought about now, and we have to wait until the war is over next year.

Among other things, the bogie of the train car needs to be studied for a long time. Anyway, he can't figure out how some trains passing through the same line turn without this thing.

(End of this chapter)

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