Chen Ze is quite surprised by the current research progress of the cement workshop.
If cost is not considered, the current cement can already be put into road construction and construction.
Master masons have even begun to consider adding additives to cement so that the cement can adapt to a variety of special environments.
In particular, everyone feels that if the quality of this cement passes the standard, it will be possible to develop water conservancy projects, build dams and build a large number of reservoirs, and solve the problem of difficult irrigation. This will simply benefit the people of Qingzhou and go down in history!
When Chen Ze heard this, he hesitated.
At that time, the people of Qingzhou will really offer themselves up as incense in their homes every day.
Chen Ze also didn't want to see his memorial tablet inside other people's homes when the time came.
I am still young and can live for at least fifty or sixty years.
So when the time comes, let Lu Qingyun come forward to do the water conservancy work.
Anyway, Lu Qingyun is in his early fifties, and according to the average life span, he is already buried up to his neck.
Just live another ten or twenty years.
Just provide it to him.
The most important thing is that Chen Ze doesn't want to be recognized when he goes to Goulan to listen to music in the future.
How embarrassing!
What's more, once you build a memorial arch and establish an image of a diligent and caring prince, you will have to pay attention to the impact of whatever you do, and there may be a lot of people monitoring you.
Then how will I spend the remaining fifty or sixty years?
Therefore, keep it secret, sign a confidentiality agreement with me, and do not spread it to the outside world.
The current situation of the cement workshop is very good, but Chen Zeqiang resisted the behavior of rewarding.
After all, there are still 500 soldiers and horses here. It will be time to reward these craftsmen. If there is no expression for these soldiers, the soldiers will definitely feel uncomfortable.
There is hard work even if there is no credit. If you feel uncomfortable, something will happen.
Therefore, don’t worry about the reward, we will talk about it later.
Of course, Xu Hai stayed at the cement workshop for the time being, and from now on he would be responsible for the personnel management of the cement workshop as the person in charge of management and logistics.
Chen Ze specifically emphasized that he was only responsible for logistics, personnel requests for leave, finances, etc. Don't get involved if you don't understand technical matters.
In addition, the relationship between soldiers and masters must be well coordinated.
After explaining it carefully, Xu Hai wrote down everything one by one with an extremely serious expression.
"If you really can't take charge of anything, just report it to me, young man, do your best!" Chen Ze reached out and patted Xu Hai on the shoulder: "Don't live up to your employer's expectations of you, I believe he won't take it wrong. .”
"Yes, yes, you must be serious about your work!"
"What do you call a small one now? In the future, this cement workshop will become a cement factory, and there will be thousands of people at least!" Chen Ze grinned: "If you do well, you will be a cement factory in the future. You are the director! Except for the technical matters of the people in this cement factory, you are basically in charge!"
"Do your job well, my future Factory Director Xu."
Xu Hai was quite flattered for a moment: "Yes, yes, Crown Prince, little... no, the humble position will definitely fulfill the mission."
"Okay, you should familiarize yourself with the environment first!" Chen Ze said to Zhou Zheng who was standing aside: "Zhou Lieutenant, take Xu Hai to get familiar with the surroundings. You will have to work together for a long time and get along well."
Zhou Zheng hurriedly handed over his hand.
Chen Ze didn't waste much time and had to rush to the iron-making workshop.
The location should not be too far away, otherwise shipping costs will increase.
In the wilderness, it is difficult to find an open space to build a workshop, so it is three miles away.
Zhou Zheng was still in charge of security, and the cavalry were basically all at the ironmaking workshop.
The conditions of the iron-making workshop are similar to those of the cement workshop. They all live in straw sheds built first.
The main consideration is cost.
Building a house in the wilderness is too expensive and takes a long time.
It would be better to wait until the cement technology matures and build the factory directly.
The iron-making workshop currently consumes a lot of money. Not only is the official mine expensive, but the equipment is also expensive.
The first thing that needs to be made clear is that Dachu's forging technology is quite mature and can clearly distinguish the differences between pig iron, wrought iron and steel, and steel is often used for forging weapons.
Because we need to make steel, we need water drainage, which is actually a hydraulic blower. The cost of this thing is twice that of a large water mill, and there are more than one. Now there are three hydraulic blowers installed, and the corresponding three Oval blast furnace.
Chen Ze's understanding of steelmaking technology is only conceptual.
Coke technology is relatively mature at present, and the coal output in the eight southern states is relatively abundant.
But as for what kind of blast furnace steelmaking is, how high it is, how to effectively control the carbon content, etc... Chen Ze didn't know anything.
The general direction is to eventually produce muskets and artillery, and steel is the front-end technology.
"It seems that making guns and artillery requires lathe finishing. The problem is that I have never seen what a lathe for making guns and artillery looks like..."
Da Chu... no, Da Sui actually had muskets.
There are even specialized musketeers, but they are not extravagant enough to use iron. Instead, they use bamboo tubes with gunpowder and stuffed with disposable consumables such as stones.
It is extremely lethal, injuring twenty enemies and damaging two thousand.
The musketeers of the Sui Dynasty were a high-risk profession. They could easily injure themselves, and the probability of being maimed by bamboo splinters was extremely high.
However, Chen Ze felt that these were not big problems.
Because at least he can have a clear direction and know what the final product will probably look like, while the intermediate process needs to be explored by the craftsmen themselves.
This time I came to the iron smelting workshop. In addition to solving the problem of official mines, I also started to popularize some chemical concepts among the craftsmen.
The only thing Chen Ze can do is probably explain a relatively complex concept in his own words.
These blacksmiths work with ores and blacksmithing every day, and they basically know how to do it.
For example, carbon content.
Different carbon contents cause iron to exhibit three different properties: pig iron, wrought iron and steel.
On this basis, Chen Ze also explained melting point, oxygen, oxidation, reduction, etc.
There are many concepts, but not deep.
Anyway, Chen Ze can talk a lot. Those who understand will think about it themselves. If they don't understand... Chen Ze can't do anything.
Most of the craftsmen are illiterate and have never studied, but to a certain extent, this is a good thing. It fits their profession, so it is easier to understand.
Those who have studied may think what Chen Ze said is too outrageous, and may not accept it so easily.
After all that needed to be said, Chen Ze set off to discuss the price of the official mine.
Because of transportation costs, the official ore prices in various regions are different.
The iron ore in the eight southern states is currently a strategic resource controlled by the royal government, and the amount of iron ore released to the private sector is not large.
Blacksmith shops often recycle and reuse materials to save costs as much as possible.
Although it is considered a resource under his own control, Chen Ze is still quite cautious when it comes to iron ore.
This involves the distribution of interests and power struggles within the royal palace system.
Chen Ze didn't want to get involved at all.
If you fight with yourselves, don’t fight me!
