When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 507: The ironclad theft case ()

During dinner, Xinqu did not sit at a table alone, but went to the cafeteria.

Not to mention, the dishes here are really rich, and the use of iron pots also allows luxuries such as fat to be constantly stirred in the pot to produce various cooking dishes.

Both meat and vegetables are available, and the taste is very good.

However, because it is brown millet, it is not as good as the pounded rice that Xin Qu often eats when it is eaten, and it is still a bit harsh on the throat, so he can only drink some salted fish soup to moisten his throat.

Then, Xinqu chose to watch the smelting scene.

Look at the production capacity.

After all, the salted fish soup is really salty. This thing is prepared for craftsmen who are preparing to work the night shift.

If you stay in a high-temperature environment for a long time, you will sweat quickly and need to replenish a lot of salt. The salted fish in the meal is a treasure to replenish salt.

Anyway, there are a lot of salted fish hanging now, and Xinqu coordinates and rations them wherever heavy work is needed.

If you finish eating earlier, you can save storage space. The right way is to preserve more grains that can last longer.

Walk into a house.

The walls of the house are about 1.2 meters thick. There are three brick-and-earth furnaces used for smelting in the house. The chimneys go directly to the outside, so two or three people are required to be inside and outside at the same time.

The reason for adding a room is to ensure that the furnace is not blown too much by cold wind, ice and snow in winter, thereby lowering the temperature.

Ensure that smelting is convenient in a suitable range, thus saving fuel.

Therefore, people inside the house are exposed to high temperatures every day. In winter, when they go out to stand outside, it will be cold, but when they go in, they will stand inside when it is hot. It can be said that it is a world of ice and fire.

In short, after strolling around for more than ten minutes, Xinqu couldn't bear it anymore and walked out.

And more craftsmen still need to stay, and some even have to work for a lifetime.

Fortunately, there is still a certain vent in the house, which is relatively high up, otherwise I would be suffocated in here.

“How is production going now?”

"About 500 kilograms of molten iron can be produced in a day."

"Okay." Xin Qu showed a rare smile, "Let's start working on the second phase of the project after this autumn."

"Yes!" Tao Ao responded.

The blast furnace output of the first phase of the project was set by Xin Qu at 500 kilograms of pig iron per day. If it could produce 150,000 kilograms of pig iron per year, it would be considered successful.

But what can 150,000 kilograms of pig iron do?

A hoe weighs one and a half kilograms, a plow weighs two and a half kilograms, and other farm tools, not to mention a kitchen knife which costs seven or eight taels.

Adding up the whole set, plus the loss, it would take a full set of twenty kilograms to stop.

One hundred and fifty thousand kilograms is just pig iron, which needs to be refined one or two times before it can be used as steel. At this stage, the loss rate can only be controlled at 20%, which is 20%.

Of the 150,000 jins, only 120,000 jins can really be used.

This is equivalent to only completing the popularization of 6,000 sets of agricultural tools.

This is just the spread of agricultural tools.

On Xin's side, there are also parts for road construction, river digging, mining, construction, and various other wood processing plants.

It's all made of steel.

One phase of the project is simply not enough, and at least two phases are needed to meet the current production and living standards.

If we expand externally later, more consumption will be required.

After explaining the production here, Xinqu went to a blacksmith shop and handed the simple drawings he drew to the craftsman with the best craftsmanship.

Papermaking requires the use of a lot of wood, and Xinqu wanted to make cheap paper, not rice paper, so no matter what kind of wood it was, it was just wood scraps suitable for smashing.

Therefore, Xinqu decided to adopt the mature bamboo paper production method of Ming and Qing Dynasties.

First, cut the bamboo and soak it in a pond to allow the fibers to fully absorb water.

The sawdust from his sawmill is then pounded together with plant material such as bark, hemp heads, and old fishing nets.

This step requires a lot of tools, whether it's a hatchet or a blender for chopping things, they are all good tools for processing.

Next, the scraps are cooked to disperse the fibers until they become a pulp. When cooking, it is best to use large stones to weigh it down to help it cook completely.

For this, you need to build a large pot. Iron has the best heat conductivity, and its ductility can solve most problems.

Third, after the pulp is cooled, a flat bamboo screen is used to scoop up the pulp, filter the water, and become a paper film.

Bamboo curtains require knives to cut the bamboo, and then a bamboo craftsman is needed.

Fourth, fold the scooped paper films one by one, press them tightly with wooden boards, and place heavy stones on them to press out the water.

Just like pressing tofu, press it until it is semi-dry

The last step is to stick the paper film next to the fire to dry, and then peel it off to get the finished bamboo paper.

The general method is like this, but there are several problems that need to be solved, namely the ratio of raw materials, the thickness of the paper film, and the ink absorption capacity of the final product.

At the same time, in this process, how much alkaline mineral needs to be added to solve the problem of fiber colloid detachment.

This all takes time.

Therefore, while he was free now, Xinqu decided to get the tools out first.

"The thing that stirs the broken wall needs to be driven by water conservancy, otherwise relying solely on manpower will consume too much time and energy." Xinqu pointed to his drawings and said, "Therefore, Steel gave me the best, so as to save time. We’ll look at improvements later.”

"Then there is this big pot, which is half the diameter larger than the largest pot we commonly use."

"The stove will be restarted when the time comes."

“Then I had to find a location for paper manufacturing and design new drainage channels to accommodate it.”

Xin Qu frowned slightly, constantly thinking about which river he should adjust to be the most suitable.

After all, the map is now in his mind. The first phase of the project is almost completed, and he can only start with the second phase of the project.

But there is also a need to pay attention to where you start.

Since a large amount of water conservancy is needed, the water flow must be faster, and at least two or three reservoirs must be upstream.

In this way, your own wood chipper can be used when the water wheel is driven.

At the same time, this upstream can also directly serve as a soaking pool.

After all, bamboo wood needs to be retting, and only after retting for a long time can the fiber be extracted.

Just like spinning with hemp.

Hemp is also retted.

After thinking about it for a while, Xinqu knew where he was going.

"Wuqing River Section!"

After making up his mind, Xinqu stayed here and began to think about how to use machinery to save a lot of manpower.

As he was writing, he suddenly stopped.

I feel inexplicably enlightened.

"No wonder when a small country had few people and was surrounded by the Warring States Period, the country developed extremely rapidly. It turned out that it was all forced!"

Insufficient population means insufficient human resources, so we can only find ways to recruit manpower to make up for the gap.

Either expand externally and plunder manpower, or tap internal potential and squeeze manpower, or improve machinery to replace a certain amount of manpower.

Everything I do now is to further solve the manpower gap.

But there are still many places that need people.

The population is still insufficient and we have to find a way to solve it.

Programs to encourage fertility…

"After giving birth to two children, should I be rewarded with a first-level title for each additional child? Or should I be rewarded after three children?"

(End of this chapter)