Chapter 31 Accident
As a result, Foreman Ge was like a statue, motionless within a short distance of the blast furnace. He was unaware that his hair had a burnt smell under the steaming heat.
It was getting dark.
Xu Baoer advised again: "Sir, you don't have anything to do here. Just let them be on duty here. We can't let you stay here all night."
He Xi listened and pondered for a while, thinking seriously about this issue.
A whole day passed. Everything seems to be normal. Even if he continues to stay at the scene, it will have no effect or even have a counter-effect. If he doesn't leave, all the craftsmen will not dare to leave. We can't really let everyone stay up all night with him.
So who will work during the day tomorrow?
If he takes it seriously, one day is enough.
He Xi stood up and said, "That's fine."
So He Xi walked to the blast furnace, called all the craftsmen over, and asked, "Is there any problem now?"
These craftsmen were silent again, with only the sound of burning flames and the shouting of wind.
He Xi suddenly felt irritable.
It seems that no matter what he does, these craftsmen are like lumps of wood. Even if you hit him with a stick, you won't even fart. These people didn't react to anything he did.
He Xi didn't wait for them to say anything. He said: "In that case, leave one or two people to watch and go back to sleep. We will talk about anything tomorrow."
"Sir," Foreman Ge said.
He Xi felt uncomfortable and said, "We'll talk about it tomorrow if we have something to do."
Foreman Ge was not too convinced of his own judgment. After all, they have never seen him look like this. Foreman Ge did not completely believe in his own judgment. Therefore, when He Xi said this, he could only say: "Yes."
The night is getting deeper.
He Xi slept in a small room about a hundred or two hundred steps away from the blast furnace. Most of the craftsmen also fell asleep nearby.
It's just that He Xi's is a single room, and these craftsmen are Datong shops.
There are only a few apprentices on duty with Foreman Ge.
Foreman Ge listened to the noise in the blast furnace, and his brows became tighter as he listened. Suddenly he suddenly shouted: "Go away, everyone. The further away, the better, the further away, the better."
Several apprentices were confused. But listen to the master and stay away.
Only a young man of seventeen or eighteen years old came to Foreman Ge and said, "Master, what happened?"
This person is none other than the grandson of Foreman Ge.
When Gongtou Ge was young, he had three sons. However, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the world was in chaos. Human life was worse than dogs. Several of his sons died in the war. Only this young grandson remained. Later, he was recruited to Nanjing. , with this grandson, the grandfather and grandson depend on each other.
When the grandchildren grow up, they will be taught the skills passed down from their ancestors. Always take him with you to teach.
At this moment, Foreman Ge didn't explain at all. He grabbed his grandson and said, "I'm afraid this is going to explode-----"
"You want to blow up ---?" Foreman Ge's grandson couldn't understand. After all, for him, he had almost never seen a furnace. There are many mature crafts left by our ancestors. As long as you master them well, it cannot be said that the furnace will not explode, but generally such a thing will not happen.
Only like today, new technology is unstable. This problem will occur.
However, do Ming craftsmen have the ability to develop new processes?
Almost none.
Anyway, Ming craftsmen had no motivation to actively develop new techniques.
Moreover, there are many mature processing methods in the mature technology. Even if an unexpected problem occurs, it can be dealt with in time and will not lead to a furnace explosion. But today is completely different.
Foreman Ge didn't have time to explain, but took them dozens of steps away. Foreman Ge squatted on the ground, staring at the blast furnace. If Foreman Ge had had full choice, he would have separated the waterwheel from the bellows now. Stop blowing and lower the temperature.
However, in this case, this furnace is useless. Not only this batch of materials will be wasted. Even the blast furnace will be ruined.
If He Xi were not here, Foreman Ge would still be able to deal with this problem through gritted teeth.
But here it is today.
Foreman Ge cannot do this. He may not be able to bear this consequence. Moreover, Foreman Ge has never seen such a high temperature, and he is not completely confident in his own judgment regarding today's situation. He was hesitating whether to wake He Xi up.
He hesitated for a while and decided to take a look again.
So Foreman Ge walked to the blast furnace but didn't see anything yet. Then a roar was heard.
This loud noise shook the silent night.
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This roar also spread into He Xi's dream. I don't know if He Xi changed his sleeping place, causing him to sleep a little lightly, tossing and turning and dreaming.
He dreamed that he had successfully passed the public examination after graduation, entered the State Council, was spotted by a big boss, and became a confidential secretary. A rising star in the political arena, it's just that a certain big shot in his dream seemed a bit like Zhu Chongba, so countless beauties offered him olive branches, and countless bosses and colleagues introduced him to potential partners.
Either a beautiful painter, a female star, or even a colleague in the State Council.
I was enjoying myself all day long, but suddenly there was a loud noise and a nuclear war broke out. He and his blind date who were shopping evaporated.
He suddenly woke up and realized that it was a dream, and the loud noise was not from a dream, but from reality.
He was stunned for a moment and suddenly woke up. The dream is just a dream, even if the antimatter bomb explodes in the dream, it doesn't matter. But it's different in reality. What happened?
When He Xi pulled off a piece of clothing and came to the scene. It was already a mess.
The entire blast furnace disappeared, and instead a large pit several feet deep appeared. The red iron water flowed all over the ground, and now it has cooled down a bit, solidifying into an irregular iron plate. The entire blast furnace collapsed into more than a dozen pieces, within a few meters of the blast furnace.
Of course, that's just the big chunk. As for how many small pieces were broken out and how far they broke out, I don't know.
He Xi's first question was: "Is anyone injured?"
But I heard a young man say: "Sir, my grandpa, my grandpa-----"
He Xi looked over and saw an old man lying in a pool of blood with several signs of burning on his body. It is Craftsman Ge. I still don’t know the personnel.
When He Xi saw this, he immediately shouted: "Please call the doctor quickly. Please call the doctor quickly."
By the time the doctor arrived, He Xi had almost finished handling the accident scene.
Because of Craftsman Ge's timely handling, there were no other casualties except himself. However, the blast furnace was so scrapped that it could no longer be scrapped and had no salvage value. Face this situation. He Xi was filled with frustration.
It’s not scary to encounter setbacks. The scary thing is that he doesn't know what went wrong now?
If he can't even find the problem, his experiment this time will cost so much, and people will be injured, or even die. Nothing is found, so what’s the point? If there was a progress bar for steelmaking, it would be like the light spot turning in a circle at zero percent.
No matter how much frustration He Xi felt in her heart, she still had to do what needed to be done.
He first called the craftsmen together and said: "Don't be nervous, everyone, all the responsibility for this matter is mine. The court will not give you any punishment. However, no matter how much it costs, I must get what I want. Let’s discuss it and find out what went wrong. Let’s do this for today. Tomorrow, rebuild the blast furnace and come back again.”
After the doctor showed him to Foreman Ge, He Xi called the doctor over and asked, "How is Mr. Ge?"
The doctor said: "Sir, Mr. Ge was hit in the abdomen by a flying stone. His internal organs were displaced and even bleeding. There were already signs of blood in the urine and stool, and there were burns in many places such as his arms and thighs. There was also trauma on his head. Such symptoms , if he is a young man, there may be hope, but Mr. Ge is old. So-----"
He Xi already had a premonition and said, "Why?"
The doctor said: "So, I can only live with my life."
He Xi felt a little heavy.
It was not that he had never seen dead people in the past twenty years. However, these were all at the funerals of elderly people at home, and most of them died of illness. Sad to be sad. But we also know that it is inevitable, are all people going to die?
But it's different now.
Although Foreman Ge is old, he is in good health. Without what happened today, he might not be able to live for another few decades. But because of him, he ended up like this.
I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me.
This feeling of guilt made He Xi dare not see Foreman Ge at all. Because he doesn't know how to face him. Although he firmly believes that what he wants to do is right. huge influence. It must be done. But he never thought about using other people's lives to do this.
But, something like this happened.
As the direct leader, He Xi should visit Foreman Ge both emotionally and rationally. and make compensation and pensions.
Of course, He Xi's approach to emotion and reason is a modern standard. Rather than the Ming Dynasty standard.
No matter how he felt in his heart, He Xi had no choice but to go through with it.
He pushed the door open and saw Foreman Ge lying on a simple bed. There was a lot of blood on the bedding and on the ground. Because the bleeding time is different and the load is different. Shows different blood colors. It also has an unpleasant smell.
This is outside the city after all.
Although He Xi was somewhat uncomfortable living in the palace. But generally speaking, it's okay. Here, Xu Bao'er also specializes in cleaning and arranging food and accommodation. He Xi's seemingly good living environment is actually the result of his inability to see his privileges.
But what he saw in front of him was reality.
Even though Foreman Ge was seriously injured, he moved to a single room instead of living in Datongpu. I found a single room, but the price was shabby, with rammed earth walls and wooden structure. Can't keep out moisture or even climb on walls.
This is where the various flavors come from.
