Chapter 184 Visiting the Industrial Zone

The land road from Base No. 1 to the inland Tiandu Industrial Zone also suffered some damage in this storm. Although the Ministry of Construction had dug out crossing roads at certain distances in accordance with the standards of rural roads during construction.

The drainage ditches were covered with bluestone slabs. However, due to the heavy rain in the past few days, the drainage ditches in many places were still washed away by the rainwater flowing down from the mountains. In some low-lying areas, pond-like rainwater accumulation appeared.

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Schneider arranged a special means of transportation for Li Nai - an ox cart. Although the speed was relatively slow, it also saved the trouble of walking in the mud. Li Nai noticed that there were already laborers working at sea in places that were damaged by rain along the way.

Under the command of the Han people, emergency repairs were carried out on the roads. Even in some areas where construction was temporarily unavailable due to too much water, springboards were set up in the puddles to facilitate the passage of ox carts transporting goods. In addition to marveling at the post-disaster response of the Han people

In addition to speed, Li Nai also noticed the importance Haihan people attach to keeping traffic flowing smoothly.

Due to delays on the road, it took nearly four hours to arrive after a journey of more than ten miles. However, after getting off the bus, Li Nai did not feel much fatigue. Instead, he seemed extremely excited. The first building he saw after getting off the bus

It is a fortress similar to Base No. 1, except that the wall seems not as strong and tall as Base No. 1. But judging from the width of the fortress walls extending left and right on both sides of the gate, its area should not be much.

It will be smaller than Base 1.

This is naturally the No. 2 base of the central hub of Tiandu Industrial Zone. Although it was not designed from the beginning to be a military fortress, it still has certain defense capabilities during the continuous improvement and construction. In addition to the

In addition to the barracks that can accommodate 300 people, the rest are almost all various warehouses used to store various equipment, raw materials and produced goods required for industry.

Although the defensive capabilities are not as good as those of Base 1, most of the buildings here are relatively solid due to their functions. Each warehouse has a complete drainage system outside. Therefore, Base 2 is in this continuous battle.

No major damage was suffered during the heavy rain on that day. After having a quick bite, Schneider took Li Nai out of the base and began to visit the industrial area.

The first unit Schneider arranged for Li Nai to visit was the test workshop of the Ministry of Industry, which mainly uses existing processes to develop various new products and prepare some industrial and chemical raw materials that are temporarily unable to be mass-produced, such as artillery flame tubes.

Potassium chlorate used, etc. Glass stationery, soap, matches and other products were first developed here, and subsequent in-depth product development will continue here.

Under Schneider's instruction, the technicians showed Li Nai several chemical reactions with exaggerated effects such as glass etching, which made Li Nai marvel. Although he didn't quite understand what Schneider meant by "chemistry",

But in Li Nai's opinion, this kind of thing should be quite close to the legendary magic, and the Haihan people who have mastered the "chemical" technology are simply unfathomable.

The second unit to visit is the building materials production base. In addition to several small cement kilns for firing cement, there is also a row of brick kilns. Although the combined brick making machine we brought is running well and the brick making speed is very fast.

It still couldn't meet the demand for infrastructure projects that are now blooming everywhere, so the Ministry of Construction issued a report and built several brick kilns here. But Li Nai obviously lacked interest in this thing, and the dust here was very big, so Li Nai covered it with his sleeves.

He turned his mouth and nose in a circle to indicate that Schneider could leave.

The third visiting unit was not able to enter at all. Outside the production workshop of the chemical industry entrance there was a big sign saying "No idlers allowed in the production center", and there were soldiers from the militia standing guard, so the two of them were rejected outside the factory.

The military and police department undoubtedly trained these sentries extremely well. They only recognized the ID card but not the person. They did not give in even when faced with Schneider, the "Chief Haihan".

After hearing the news, Qiao Zhiya came out of the factory and explained to them why it was now closed to the outside world: "We are conducting a large-scale trial production of sulfuric acid these days. The factory is quite dangerous, so no idlers can be allowed in."

Qiao Zhiya felt that what he said was a bit of a joke, and he smiled apologetically: "Of course I'm not referring to you, but this is really not the right time. Besides, there's nothing to see in our factory. It's all filled with large and small iron cans and pipes. It's nothing.

What a visual impact! Why don't you go and see the iron making? I heard that they re-ignited the furnace yesterday."

After saying goodbye to Qiao Zhiya, Li Nai's curiosity aroused again: "Mr. Shi, what is this sulfuric acid?"

If it were anyone else, he might not know how to answer Li Nai's question. Schneider was somewhat knowledgeable and immediately answered: "Sulfuric acid is green vitriol oil."

Li Nai suddenly said: "I see. But isn't this green vitriol oil just a pill used by Taoist priests to make elixirs?"

"Alchemy?" Schneider was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter: "No, we have no intention of making alchemy. For us, sulfuric acid is more useful than alchemy."

"Mr. Shi, can you elaborate?" Li Nai asked reluctantly.

This time, Schneider was stumped. Although he was considered knowledgeable, chemical engineering knowledge was not his major after all. It would be good if he could distinguish three acids and two bases, but how many specific applications could he tell?

Schneider had an idea and said: "There are too many specific functions, some of which I can't go into details, but the glass etching you just saw, the solution used to corrode glass, is made of sulfuric acid."

In fact, not only inorganic acids such as hydrofluoric acid for etching glass need to be processed with sulfuric acid, sulfuric acid plays an irreplaceable role in many aspects such as coking, electroplating, tanning, pigments, rubber, papermaking, paint, and military technology.

The three-acid-two-alkali project has always been the focus of the Executive Committee, and a large number of complete sets of equipment were brought during the time travel. However, due to the actual conditions of this time and space, the production line has not been built.

Li Nai didn't understand chemistry at all, so he naturally couldn't guess the twists and turns in Schneider's mind. At the moment, he just nodded in vague understanding, which was regarded as approval of Schneider's answer.

Many production units involved in the military industry have confidentiality principles, and the executive committee cannot let Li Nai see it. Schneider thought about it, and it seems that only the smelting workshop recommended by Qiao Zhiya can be visited. Now smelting and casting cannons

It has been separated into two different factories, so there is no need to worry about leaks.

Li Nai also went to Foshan to see many iron smelting workshops in his early years, and he thought he had some knowledge in this aspect. However, he was still greatly shocked when he saw the huge iron smelting blast furnace in the factory. Although he was separated from the

It was far away, but based on the comparison of the figures of the workers in front of the furnace, he could still tell that the size of this blast furnace was at least several times larger than the iron-making furnaces he had seen before.

Liu Xingli, the person in charge of the smelting workshop, enthusiastically introduced the current production situation to them: "Currently, our blast furnace mainly uses coke to make iron. It takes about 700 kilograms of coke to make every kilogram of pig iron, and the production efficiency is still relatively low.

, but after we solve the problem of coke supply, we will soon be able to increase production. Our goal before the end of this year is to produce more than 15 tons of iron per day."

During this period, Li Nai dealt with the Haihan people every day, and gradually became familiar with the weights and measures they used. Fifteen Haihan tons is roughly equivalent to 30,000 kilograms. This kind of output is enough to scare a lot of old blacksmiths in Foshan.

.But perhaps it was because there were so many incredible miracles seen on the Haihan territory during this period that Li Nai was not particularly surprised by this number. He was just thinking about what he had seen here these days.

The iron boats on the seaside, the iron farm tools used by the workers, and the blunderbuss and Hongyi cannons equipped by the Haihan militia probably all came from the iron-making blast furnaces here.

The temperature in the smelting plant was so high that the two of them felt like they were sweating profusely after not staying here for too long. At Liu Xingli’s suggestion, they visited the mineral processing workshop next to it. Here Li Nai finally saw the legendary

The machine with the power of a thousand people - three steam-powered ore crushers.

The reason why there are three crushers is to carry out crushing operations according to different sizes of ores. The largest ore will be sent to the jaw crusher first and crushed to a size that the next machine can operate. After the continuous operation of the three crushers

, the original large chunks of ore have become large enough to be sent directly to the iron-making blast furnace.

The boiler emitting white smoke, the huge flywheel that slowly and firmly rotated, the crank connecting rod that moved back and forth, and the crackling sound of the ore in the machine being continuously crushed, gave Li Nai a very intuitive understanding of the power of steam machinery.

Huge power. When those huge ores turned into slag and poured out of the discharge port, Li Nai took a deep breath - these ore crushing tasks that originally took a lot of manpower to complete, Haihan people relied on

These weird automatons do it in just a matter of seconds!

Li Nai has much more knowledge than Shuizhai's general manager Luo Shengdongguang. Although he doesn't understand how this machine works, he can already think of more uses for this thing - it can be used for blacksmithing by connecting a hanging hammer to it.

, it can be used to grind rice and flour even with a millstone. Any work that requires a lot of manpower can be replaced by this mechanism! If there are enough such mechanisms, it may be used to move mountains and reclaim seas.

It's not a problem. With the Haihan people mastering such technology, it's no wonder that they were able to create such a big situation in Victory Port with only a few hundred people.
Chapter completed!