Opening a furnace is a very solemn event in Dongshan.
The directors and shareholders of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce all came to Wang Shuochen's iron yard. Although Liu Heng did not show up in person, he sent Zhao Yutu.
"The molten iron is coming out!" the furnace manager shouted.
The mud plug of the iron furnace was opened, and the molten iron rolled out of the furnace and followed the preset path.
The molten iron flowed for more than two quarters of an hour, and when it was almost done, the furnace leader said: "This furnace has at least more than 4,000 kilograms of molten iron. The color is bright red and there are few impurities, which shows that the transformation of the iron furnace was successful."
As the sound of the furnace master fell, the directors and shareholders from the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce breathed a sigh of relief.
The success of the transformation of the iron furnace showed that Liu Heng did not deceive them and really handed over the coke ironmaking technology to them.
"President Wang, congratulations." Zhao Yutu smiled and cupped his hands towards Wang Shuochen.
Wang Shuochen said with a smile: "It's all taken care of by the president. Without the president, I wouldn't be able to use coke to make iron here."
Zhao Yutu smiled, turned to look at the other members of the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, and said, "Everyone, the renovation of Dongzhu Wang's place has been completed. As we agreed before, the next one will be Dongzhu Liu's iron farm."
"Yes, yes, yes, go to my place." Liu Yuan on the side expressed his position hurriedly, fearing that others would steal his opportunity.
Many people looked at Liu Yuan with envy.
The iron produced by the iron furnaces that have not been modified for coke ironmaking is ordinary Jin iron, which cannot be sold at a high price and the profit is not high. Although it is sold uniformly by the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce, the income is still calculated according to the amount of iron produced.
The right to dividends will not be received until the iron yard is renovated, and then everyone will receive dividends based on their share of the chamber of commerce.
Prior to this, whichever ironworks furnace could be transformed into coke for ironmaking first, would be able to make more money.
Unfortunately, the order of renovation had been decided before the construction started. Many owners of the iron yard who were behind in the queue could only envy Liu Yuan's good luck. They lined up behind Wang Shuochen and renovated the iron furnace before others.
Zhao Yutu smiled and said to the others: "You don't have to worry. Once the renovation of Dongzhu Liu's iron yard is completed, we will almost be able to renovate the iron furnace on a large scale."
Immediately, Zhao Yutu looked at Yang Yuqian again and said: "Dr. Yang, you, Dongzhu Xu and Dongzhu Li have more iron furnaces, so it may be later."
"No rush, no rush." When Yang Yuqian spoke, the corners of his mouth twitched unnaturally.
Everyone knows that if you renovate first, you can make more money first.
But who made the original rule that the directors of the Chamber of Commerce need to wait for other members to complete the renovation before they can start to renovate the iron furnace. As a result, they, the directors of the Chamber of Commerce, can only be at the back of the queue.
Wang Shuochen's iron furnace was successfully renovated, and Zhao Yutu left the iron yard without staying long.
Going with him were other iron farm owners.
The reason why they came here was to see if the iron furnace renovation at Wang Shuochen Iron Farm could be successful. Now that it was successful, they were naturally gearing up and waiting for a big start.
There is no room for two tigers in one mountain. Although there has been no movement from the Dongshan Club yet, everyone knows that it will be a matter of time before they take action.
If the iron furnace in the iron yard is renovated one day earlier, it will be in an invincible position. Even if the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce is squeezed out of Dongshan by the Dongshan Association in the future and the iron yard is transformed into a coke iron furnace, it will not suffer a loss.
After sending away the other owners of the iron yard from the Dongshan Chamber of Commerce in the iron yard, Wang Shuochen returned to his room, wrote a letter, sealed the envelope, found a miner, and asked him to deliver it to the county seat.
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Xu family.
Xu Youcai was sitting on the bed. His body was better than before and he could already walk around, but he couldn't walk too far. He could only walk for a while and rest for a while.
"So the coke ironmaking technology has been obtained?" Xu Youcai held the medicine bowl handed over by his servant.
Butler Xu said: "We got it. Today the Wang Shuochen Iron Factory opened the furnace, and the molten iron produced is the same as that of the Hutouzhai Iron Factory. It has less impurities and more molten iron."
"Okay." Xu Youcai's excited face showed a blush, and he took a breath and said, "Wang Shuochen did a good job. I will mention it to the Dongshan Club later and let him be the vice president of the Dongshan Club."
"There is one more thing." Butler Xu said, "Wang Shuochen asked when our Xujia iron yard will renovate the iron furnace. He is worried about the long nights and dreams."
"Of course as soon as possible." Xu Youcai sneered, "That Liu Heng must not have thought that I have already obtained the coke ironmaking technology. With this thing, the Xu family's iron farm in Dongshan can rest easy. I think his Dongshan Chamber of Commerce took it Why fight with me?"
Mrs. Xu next to her said: "Master, please drink the medicine quickly. The medicine will be cold in a while."
"Yes, drink the medicine." Xu Youcai picked up the medicine bowl and drank heavily.
I'm in a good mood, and even the medicine feels sweet.
After drinking, he handed the medicine bowl to the servant waiting at the side.
Mrs. Xu took a small bowl from Chunxi's hand, dug out a spoonful of yellow crystals from the bowl with a wooden spoon, and handed it to Xu Youcai's mouth. She said, "The medicine is bitter. Master, take the chewing gum."
"Don't take it. The medicine this time is not bitter." Xu Youcai waved his hand and pushed away the wooden spoon.
Mrs. Xu did not persuade, but took back the wooden spoon, carefully poured the sugar in the wooden spoon back into the bowl, and gave it to the servant to put away.
Sugar in this era was much more expensive than salt and gold. Most poor people had never seen sugar. The south was better, and ordinary people could sometimes take a bite. In the north, only some officials and gentry had sugar in their homes. .
Xu Youcai said to Butler Xu: "Go and inform Wang Shuochen, and arrange for the furnace manager from his iron yard to go to the Xu family iron yard tomorrow."
"Master, such a big thing as transforming the iron furnace requires you to be in charge of the iron yard in person, but your body..." Butler Xu looked worried.
"It doesn't matter." Xu Youcai waved his hand and said, "My body can still bear it."
"No." Mrs. Xu interjected, "Sir, the doctor asked you to get more rest. In a place like Dongshan, good people can't stay long, let alone your body."
Butler Xu also advised: "Yes, sir, what Madam said makes sense."
"If I don't go to such a big event, no one else would dare to modify the iron furnace. You must know that if the modification is not successful, the furnace will be destroyed. Without me to take charge, the iron yard managers will not dare to touch the iron furnace." Xu Youcai said.
Butler Xu hesitated: "But sir, your body..."
Mrs. Xu next to her said: "Master, why not let Qing'er go? He is the eldest young master of the Xu family. With him watching over the iron yard, the renovation of the iron furnace will not be delayed."
"No, I don't feel comfortable leaving such an important matter to this scoundrel." Xu Youcai refused without even thinking.
"Isn't there still Butler Xu here?" Mrs. Xu said, "Let Butler Xu go with us. With Butler Xu looking after us, Qing'er can't do anything wrong."
"That won't work either." Xu Youcai shook his head.
Butler Xu said: "Master, you are not in good health. You can't stay in Dongshan even if you barely reach Dongshan. It might worsen your condition. Why don't you just follow what the wife said and let the eldest young master go to Dongshan and leave the younger one to take care of you? There is no need for the elder." Whatever the young master does, he just needs to stay and watch, and there won’t be any problems after thinking about it.”
Xu Youcai looked hesitant.
He knew what Butler Xu said was reasonable. Even if his body barely reached Dongshan, it would be difficult to persevere. Moreover, transforming the iron furnace could not be completed in a day or two, and someone would need to keep an eye on it every day.
After thinking for a while, Xu Youcai said: "Then let that scoundrel go to Dongshan, but he will not be allowed to leave Dongshan until the transformation of the iron furnace is completed."
