There is a space for passenger planes in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 128: Seize the opportunity to develop
  After convening the group's shareholders' meeting, Li Xiongzhen went to prepare for his trip south, while Lin Feng took the new vice chairman Li Wanxiang to inspect the compound's properties.

Although Li Wanxiang had been here during the construction of the compound, he had not entered the core workshop area. This was the first time he saw the production site of coke and alkali, as well as the wool degreasing technology. He was completely shocked by the group's series of new technologies. , I couldn't help but feel that I was lucky that I was smart enough to get in touch with Lin Feng early, otherwise nothing would have happened to him.

After Li Changji, the deputy shopkeeper of Zhenming Chemical, took Lin Feng and others to check the production situation of the workshop, he said to Lin Feng: "President, we have almost completed the production of colored glaze that you gave me last time, and have already produced the first batch of glass." A batch of samples, please go check them out."

"Oh, it was produced so quickly, let's go take a look." Lin Feng said happily. The next step to develop the Jiangnan market will mainly rely on colored glaze.

We came to a more secluded yard behind Zhenming Chemical Industry, where the glaze firing workshop was producing. The red-hot quartz molten slurry was taken out, and various shapes of glaze products were blown out with a blowpipe.

On a shelf next to it, several rows of cooled glass products have been placed, including wine glasses, water glasses, small bottles, etc.

The small bottle was specially produced by Lin Feng, and was intended to be used for the numerous shower gels and the like in the space, and was intended to be sold to the dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty at a high price.

Lin Feng picked up a few and looked at them. Except that there were some impurities in the glass and the transparency was not as high as that of later generations of glass, everything else was almost the same.

Lin Feng asked while watching: "Have you mastered the glaze craft now? Is it difficult to bake it?"

"Back to the president, according to the technology you gave us last time, we first grind the quartz sand and add alkali to it. The temperature required will be greatly reduced. We calculated that it can reduce the temperature by about a quarter. , the difficulty of firing is greatly reduced." Li Changji replied.

Lin Feng recalled the records in the book in his mind. It turns out that melting quartz sand requires a high temperature of about 2000 degrees. Grinding the quartz sand and adding alkali can reduce the temperature to about 1500 degrees. As expected, it was reduced by a quarter. .

"Very good. It's not easy for you to figure out the firing process of colored glaze so quickly. Give the team of craftsmen who developed it a reward of one hundred taels of silver." Lin Feng ordered.

"Thank you, President, so that they will be more motivated to study." Li Changji responded. There are less than ten people in this R&D team, and each person can receive ten taels of silver, which is equivalent to their three or four months' wages. Of course, it is extremely Big incentive.

"You still need to continue to develop glazes of different colors. I heard that by adding different ores, such as iron and copper, you can get glazes of different hardnesses and colors. Please give it a try." Lin Feng continued to order.

"Okay, President, we will test it as soon as possible." Li Changji promised.

"Vice President Xiong Zhen is going to Jiangnan in a few days. Let's hurry up and produce a batch of colored glaze for him to take to sell. In addition, a batch of these small colored glaze bottles will be sent to me later." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood!" Li Changji accepted the order.

After seeing the glaze production workshop, Lin Feng came to the newly reclaimed planting area, which he requested to plant new crops years ago.

There are about three or four acres of land in this area. It has been leveled and fertilized, and the land looks quite fertile. And it's not far from the water, so watering and other things are very convenient.

Lin Feng had already divided the high-yield potato, corn and wheat seeds carried by the professor of Agriculture and Forestry University into two parts in the space in the early stage, preparing to plant them separately to avoid being wiped out if they were not planted properly.

Then I removed some modern technical terms and methods from the attached technical information, and re-copied it in abbreviated form. Of course, the main planting steps and technical methods are all there.

Then Lin Feng called Su Shunnian, and when he was stunned, he took out two seeds out of thin air, asked him to find someone to plant them, and gave him the technical information.

"County Lord, where did this thing come from?" Su Shunnian was a little confused. He knew that County Lord was magical, but he didn't expect it to be so magical. He was like a god. He was more interested in following Lin Feng. Confidence.

This is also the reason why Lin Feng wants to show a miracle in front of him. This is still very effective for the ancients and can greatly enhance his loyalty.

"These seeds were given to me by an expert from outside the world. I heard that the yield is very high. You must find someone to cultivate them carefully according to the steps and be sure not to damage them." Lin Feng continued.

Anyway, as long as the source of items that are difficult to explain is removed from the space, just push them to that elusive outsider.

"Understood. I will definitely keep an eye on it personally. There will never be any problems." In ancient times, government offices attached great importance to farming. Su Shunian, who had been in charge of households for many years, naturally understood.

"Okay, report to me anytime you have results." Lin Feng responded.

Then, Lin Feng came to the original camp of the cavalry. Wang Qin and his cavalry moved away, and now the camp belongs to the guard.

Fang Dashan and Song Jilie were already waiting at the door. The Fire Gun Squadron led by Song Jilie did not return to Sitong Village and was stationed here first.

Lin Feng and his entourage went to the escort team's public room and sat down and asked: "Ji Lie, when did you arrive?"

"President, we have just arrived and are getting ready to settle down." Song Jilie replied. He mainly led the infantry and came back a little late.

"Dashan, the cavalry has moved to the Zhenqiang Fort. Your escort team has to be divided into a squadron here. The Fudong compound cannot be without troops stationed." Lin Feng said.

"Okay, President, do you think it would be okay to have Jilie's Second Squadron stationed here?" Fang Dashan asked.

"Yes, but Song Jilie's Fire Gun Squadron needs to be expanded faster. The original 100 people are too few. The Fire Gun can only exert its maximum combat capability when more people are used together." Lin Feng said.

"How much should it be increased to?" Fang Dashan asked. "Let's increase the number to 300 first, and then increase it according to the number of firecrackers. The role of firecrackers in future battles will become more and more prominent," Lin Feng said.

"Understood! The escort personnel are all ready-made. When I get back, I will assign the trained recruits to the second squadron." Fang Dashan said.

"Although your squadron is composed of sword and shield soldiers, it must also be equipped with thunderbolts, which are very useful when defending the city." Lin Feng continued to order.

"Okay, I also saw the defense of Qiang Fort this time. It would be hard to say if there was no Thunder Thunder. I originally wanted to apply for equipment from the president." Fang Dashan finally started to think about something.

"Okay, Ji Lie, hurry up and settle down the 1st Squadron. Dashan will follow me to Sitong Village." After Lin Feng finished speaking, he left the station where the 1st Squadron was guarded.

Sitongzhai Ordnance Factory.

Accompanied by Zhao Zhixin, Lin Feng took a look around the production workshops of Fire Gun and Zhentian Lei.

As soon as they entered the courtyard of the ordnance factory, two steam engines had been set up side by side. Zhao Zhixin and the others had built a new one. It was rumbling with steam and driving a specific mechanical device through the runner. One was drilling the blunderbuss tube, and the other was drilling. Beating the plate armor.

"Zhixin, how are steam engines used now?" Lin Feng asked.

"President, the design of your steam engine is really amazing. The machine can work non-stop and has good stability, which greatly improves the efficiency." Zhao Zhixin replied.

"What's the main problem?"

"Now the main reason is that Eucommia gum is easy to deform at high temperatures, which affects the sealing of the piston, so it needs to be replaced frequently. The strength of the connecting rod is also very high, and our ironmaking needs to be improved. Now it is easy to break." Zhao Zhixin replied.

"There will definitely be various problems in the development of new machines. You should continue to improve according to the needs of use." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood, we are studying these issues and have made some progress." Zhao Zhixin replied.

"How is the weapons production capacity now?" Lin Feng then asked.

"Replying to the president, we can produce 120 Type-I electric fire guns every month. Now we have produced more than 300 guns, which can basically meet the equipment needs of the escort team."

"Where's Zhentian Lei?"

"The manufacturing of Zhentian Lei is relatively simple. About 500 can be made in a month. Currently, raw materials such as gunpowder are still relatively scarce."

"I will tell Sitong Express to hurry up and purchase this. You should make good use of the existing raw materials and pay attention to economy." Lin Feng explained.

"Understood! President, in addition to the improved design of the fire gun you proposed last time, we have already built a sample gun. Please take a look." Zhao Zhixin continued to report.

"Oh, it's been built. Let's go and take a look." Lin Feng's interest suddenly aroused.

Zhao Zhixin led Lin Feng into a large house in the courtyard of the ordnance factory. There was a sign outside that said "Research and Development Center, Please Do Not Enter Unless", and there were guards standing guard at the door.

Lin Feng felt quite satisfied at first glance. At least he had a good sense of confidentiality and the protection arrangements were quite strict.

Walking into the house, there was a large workbench, and in the most conspicuous place in the middle, a brand new and shiny fire gun was placed.

Lin Feng picked it up and took a look, and saw that the ignition position at the rear of the gun had been installed with the conical ignition hole he proposed, and the part connecting the firing slot and the ignition hole was made into a conical shape.

Zhao Zhixin personally took a small bag of gunpowder and poured it into the conical ignition device. Lin Feng designed it himself, so of course he knew how to operate it. When he pressed the gunpowder with the ramrod, it automatically passed through the ignition hole and entered the gunpowder container.

Lin Feng quickly loaded the gunpowder, pointed the gun at the open space outside the window, and pulled the trigger to fire smoothly. The whole process took less than a minute.

"President, after modifying this device, the firing rate of the fire cannon can be more than doubled. Once you are proficient, you can fire 2-3 rounds per minute." Zhao Zhixin reported.

Lin Feng put down the fire gun and said: "Very good. Doubling the rate of fire is equivalent to doubling the number of fire gun soldiers. This improvement is very important. You must hurry up to achieve mass production."

"President, how do you name this firecracker?" Zhao Zhixin asked.

"Let's call it Type 2, it's easier to remember." Lin Feng thought briefly and said.

"Yes, we will work hard to improve the process and strive for mass production as soon as possible." Zhao Zhixin replied.

(End of this chapter)