Chapter 767

When Shi Yunshan saw the young people and officials in dragon robes coming to the iron mine, his palms were pinched with sweat.

He was once a member of the mineral Department of Qingzhou. He used to travel with Qian Dafu. When the imperial court decided to set up an iron and steel mill and an iron ore field in Laiwu, he took the initiative to come to Laiwu.

Because he was originally from Laiwu and was very familiar with it.

When he was nervous and at a loss, a group of people had come to him.

Qian Dafu said to Xiao Ming with a smile, "emperor, he is the Shiyun mountain that the old slave often mentions. This Laiwu mine was discovered by him."

On the way, Qian Dafu introduced Shi Yunshan. He looked at Shi Yunshan up and down. From Shi Yunshan's dull expression, he could see that he was an honest man.

"See you, my Lord." After Qian Dafu introduced him, Shi Yunshan saluted Xiao Ming.

"No gift." Xiao Ming's interest now lies in the production of the mine. He said, "Qian Dafu said you are smart and capable. I'll see how you manage the iron mine this time."

Shi Yunshan nodded, "emperor, please follow me."

Having said that, Shi Yunshan took Xiao Ming and a group of officials to the mine. The Laiwu Iron Mine is surrounded by low hills.

Looking at the surrounding environment, Xiao Ming looks at the mine. The originally flat ground has now formed a mine five meters deep.

The scope of the mine is very large, about 1000 meters straight. At this time, more than 6000 people are waving mining tools in the mine to chisel pieces of ore from the ore body.

"Emperor, from mining to now, a total of half a month, our mine has provided 60000 tons of ore for the iron and steel workshop, and an average craftsman has mined 10 tons of ore." Shi Yunshan said, pointing to the sweaty craftsman.

"60000 tons." Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. He picked up an iron ore and looked at it.

This iron ore is brownish red and belongs to hematite. Generally speaking, the iron content of hematite is 70%.

The 60000 tons of hematite ore should be able to produce more than 40000 tons of steel.

Shiyunshan was afraid that Xiao Ming would give up the output, so he said: "emperor, it's very hard to mine iron ore. sometimes it takes a long time for craftsmen to break up a piece of ore with tools. Mining is very difficult."

"I understand. The 60000 tons of ore is not easy." Xiao Ming looks warm. He can see Shi Yunshan's worry.

Shi Yunshan was relieved and took Xiao Ming to continue his visit. When he walked by the steam engine of the mine, he said excitedly, "emperor, now the mine can produce so much ore, thanks to the credit of the steam engine. With him, the craftsman can directly put the ore on the tramcar and use the steam engine to pull the tramcar up."

At this time, Xiao Ming and the officials saw the tracks leading to the mine. On the tracks, the tramcar came and went, and the tramcar was full of ore.

This scene completely reassures Xiao Ming. His main concern is the use of steam engines. Now Dayu has entered the steam era, and only relying on steam power can it leap forward.

After checking the use of the steam engine in the mine, Xiao Ming and Shi Yunshan went to the craftsman's living area.

Now there is no one in the wilderness has stood up between the red brick houses, seems to have become a settlement.

In modern times, towns will be formed around many mines. Xiao Ming will focus on building Laiwu into iron and steel workshops and mines. Because of these industries, Laiwu will become a town relying on iron and steel workshops and mines.

After a brief look at the mine, Xiao Ming and others went to Laiwu Iron and steel workshop.

Now the iron and steel workshop is very busy. The iron ore transported here turns into red molten steel, and then into various shapes of steel products.

The supervisor of Laiwu Iron and steel workshop is Chang Fei. He used to be the technical backbone of Qingzhou iron and steel workshop. He was sent here for this large iron and steel workshop.

After entering the iron and steel workshop, Chang Fei took everyone to have a detailed look at the six production lines in the workshop. Now the five production lines are busy.

"Emperor, at present, the main products of Laiwu Iron and steel workshop are rail parts. In addition, there are some farming tools, daily iron and steel supplies and so on. The six production lines are just able to meet the orders." Chang Fei wiped the sweat and looked at the converter as if he were looking at his own children.

The sound of steam engine "snorting" is constantly ringing in the steel workshop. The traditional steel-making method saves a lot of labor because of the participation of steam engine.

Xiao Ming looks at the modern steelmaking plant full of all kinds of machinery with satisfaction. In his plan, Laiwu Iron and steel plant mainly produces civil steel products.

Qingzhou workshop and Kaiping iron and steel workshop are mainly for the production of military steel. Only when they are satisfied with the military will they produce civil goods.

In his opinion, Laiwu Iron and steel plant can produce one million tons of steel a year.

The Kaiping iron and steel workshop is estimated to be the same. Plus Qingzhou iron and steel workshop, the annual iron and steel output of Dayu country should be 2.2 million tons.

That's enough to make it to the UK.

However, with its vast territory and large population, Dayu is still inferior to Britain in average.Xiao Ming is not discouraged by this. He has surpassed the UK in terms of technology with such a foundation.

After inspecting the mine and Laiwu Iron and steel workshop, Xiao Ming took a two-day rest in Laiwu, and then rushed to Kaiping iron and steel workshop.

As expected, the output of Kaiping iron and steel mill is half the weight of Laiwu.

In the next six months, while the barbarians stopped, he inspected other workshops required by the reform, and had a general understanding of the implementation of the reform.

Generally speaking, with the strong promotion of Pang Yukun and Fiji, the construction of workshops is very smooth now, most of which have been put into production, and some of them will be put into production one after another.

At that time, the state of Dayu will form an industrial chain with official workshops as the core, and this chain will provide a continuous stream of industrial products for Dayu.

The most important thing is that the initially formed industry will provide resources for the war.

After half a year's hard work, the time has changed from spring to autumn. In previous years, at this high and fat time of autumn, the officials will be terrified.

Because autumn is often the time when the barbarians attack the state of Dayu. In the past six months, the barbarians have been too quiet, which makes Xiao Ming feel uneasy.

And this worry came true when he returned to Qingzhou from Dengzhou.

The barbarian cavalry suddenly bypassed the northern pass and appeared under Songzhou city from the direction of Tubo. Only one day later, Songzhou city was conquered and the barbarian army directly attacked Yizhou.

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