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That sound was really loud! It was so shocking that even the cement ground beneath his feet started to shake. The loyal guards and the New Imperial Army s immediately rushed forward to protect Tongzhi.

Zhou Mingkui was so scared that his face turned pale white, and he immediately jumped up, "It's not an assassin … It's not an assassin … It's Steel plant's thousand-ton hydraulic press! "

"It's the sound of a hammer striking, not an assassin, really not an assassin …"

The alarm had been lifted, and all welcome officials of the Tanggu District, whether they were from the Great Qing or a member of the Chinese race, had proven to Tongzhi that this was not an assassination attempt, this was the Steel plant forging rough steel.

Weng Tonghe said angrily. "This is simply outrageous! With the His Majesty here, why didn't they stop production? Is there anything more important in this world? "

"Zhou Mingkui! Aren't you afraid that the court will punish you? "

Looking at Weng Tonghe's clamor, the officials welcoming him all scoffed at him. They thought to themselves, just where did this Old Dong Hong come from?

Zhou Mingkui sighed as he cupped his hands towards Weng Tonghe and said, "Master, it's not that I didn't coordinate with District, it's not that District didn't want to give workers a holiday, it's just too bad!"

"Why?" The Prince Chun asked.

No one would have thought that at this time, Emperor Tongzhi would open his mouth and say, "In this Tanggu City, how many families are there? What is the capacity for one year? "

"To reply your majesty, there are a total of six Steel plant s in this Tanggu. Their total annual production capacity is over 10,000 tons of steel and over 25,000 tons of iron!"

"No wonder!" Tongzhi nodded his head, "Although its scale is not comparable to Prussia or the English and French, it can still be considered a large scale industrial zone in Russia or other European countries!"

Zai Chun smiled and said to Weng Tonghe and the other five Uncle Wang. "This modern industrial steel refinement is only for the use of blast furnaces, not the Great Qing's earth furnace!"

"The cost of investing in a blast furnace is 100,000 silver taels, and this type of blast furnace cannot be extinguished. It must continue to produce steel for 24 hours a day!"

"Huh?" The officials of the Qing Dynasty who were present were all stunned, "We can't extinguish the fire, we need to continue refining steel? Wasn't this person tired to death? "The furnace can't take it either …"

Zai Chun had visited the British and Prussian industrial areas before, so he had some basic knowledge of the place.

"The workers will not die of exhaustion, they can be divided into three groups! As for the furnace, it was made of refractory materials! "The iron ore was thrown into the blast furnace together with the coke. After the high-temperature combustion, the iron ore turned into molten steel …"

"Just think about it, this liquid steel can naturally flow, but at one o'clock, you put out the fire. Did the dirty liquid steel get stuck in the inner wall of the furnace?"

"This is a big problem, the cooled molten steel will become a layer of solid iron shell. The next time you open the furnace, you'll have to manually clean this layer of iron shell …"

"It's too easy and time-consuming. The cost of cleaning up is probably enough for you to build another blast furnace four or five times!"

"Therefore, in the modern iron smelting industry, the blast furnaces never stopped burning. Furnace after furnace, they continued to burn until the furnaces were completely destroyed!"

"My dear sirs, now you know why westernization is able to pave the way with iron, right? I can't even imagine how much steel they have produced! "

"The blast furnace can't be listened to. If we have to stop the iron mill to welcome us, then the losses will be too great …"

There were a few technical officials from the Industrial Zones among the welcoming party. When they heard Zai Chun's explanation, they were stunned, no one thought that the Qing Dynasty's Emperor would actually be able to explain the basic concept of the furnace, it was truly an anomaly!

"Your majesty the Emperor!" The Qing officials didn't understand what the Emperor was saying, but at least they could see the astonishment on the faces of the Chinese officials.

This was a matter of face. Praise and flattery came flying over like a cloud. It was as if the emperor was the credit for the development of the smelting technology of humanity!

Zai Chun, who had just returned home, was a little unable to adapt to this kind of situation. He quickly said in a low voice, "What about the Emperor? "This blast furnace technology was not invented by me. I have only explored and seen real things in Europe!"

"There's no need for the Emperor to belittle himself. It's the ability of the Holy Son to see the entire panther territory just by looking at them. Even if I were to watch ten times, I wouldn't be able to figure out the trick behind it!"

"Long live the divine light, the emperor the divine light …"

Zai Chun was really unable to resist this kind of horseshit, and quickly coughed twice to change the topic: "Since I can already hear the sound of the hydraulic press, then I'll personally go and take a look!"

The appearance of the Tongzhi Emperor caught the workers off guard. The fear towards imperial power that they had never changed, seeing that the Emperor who was dressed in dragon robes had come over, almost everyone in the whole iron factory kneeled down.

Tongzhi quickly issued an order, "The work of an iron factory is extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, your life will be in danger … All workers are not allowed to kneel down and kowtow! Quickly look at your molten steel and machines! "

"Your life is more important, you must not get into danger because of me!"

Of course, Zai Chun knew how powerful this was. In Europe, he had personally seen many workers with broken arms and their faces burnt by iron.

Heavy industry was indeed too dangerous. The rule was that it was a lifeline.

Weng Tonghe, who was at the side, was so excited that tears were flowing out of his eyes. This was the benevolent lord of the Great Qing Dynasty! "All I care about is the safety of the workers, for fear of any danger to the people …"

"There's hope for Great Qing Province's Zhong Xing!" There was hope for Great Clear and Zhongxing! My Lord! "

It was another wave of flattery. Good heavens, these officials had already bragged about the fact that the Tongzhi Emperor was a saint just like Yao Shun Yu.

Weng Tonghe's face was filled with grief and indignation, hot tears flowed down his face as he pointed at the workers who were just standing up and working, crying out with all his might.

"Do you have another heart? Aren't you beasts? "

"Great Qing has such a benevolent and holy monarch, yet you actually dare to cut off your braids! You are all unfilial, unloyal and unrighteous! "

"Is there no one who can appreciate the kindness of these two hundred years old emperors?"

This old man's arrogant tone immediately angered the workers. Suddenly, a worker in blue overalls with armband on his sleeve appeared. It was obvious that he was a management officer who looked like a foreman.

The well-built man jumped up and pointed at his nose as he retorted, "Bullshit! Two hundred years of love? "Fuck, we, the people of the world, have raised the Emperor. The wealth that we have created has fed you officials and the Emperor of the Forbidden City!"

"Remember your relationship, it is also you who remember us!"

"How dare you!" "Who are you?" The group of guards immediately surrounded him.

The foreman took off his hat and threw it on the ground, "I am Xin Jian!" He would never change his name! Ten years old, your Manchu's soldiers slaughtered your entire family. I only managed to eat a full meal at the leader En Yangzhong's place when I was fifteen! "