After throwing a bag to Si Niang, Chen Xi no longer cares about it. He only needs to throw the bag to the other party. The other party will have a psychological burden and will gradually advance under the constraints of righteousness. Just wait and ask again after a while.
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"Was this really a wasteland?" Liu Bei said in surprise as he looked at the people passing by on the road. Even in the Beidi Ranch, there were not as many people as here.
"Of course it's a wasteland." Chen Xi said casually. This is equivalent to an early heavy industry base. Even if there are no people at the beginning, after the smelting plant is opened and various supporting facilities are built, there will be no place without people.
There will be people.
To a certain extent, the process of industrialization is also the process of urban construction. The emergence of industrial bases will naturally absorb human resources. In order to provide corresponding supporting facilities for these human resources, or more simply, directly to make money, urban areas will also
It was built gradually.
After all, basic necessities such as food, clothing, housing and transportation are essential infrastructure that cannot be bypassed.
"This is really unexpected. There was obviously no such a huge city in the north in the past, but I didn't expect that in just a few years, there would be such a city with a large population." Liu Bei said with emotion.
, compared to the Northland Pasture, Liu Bei can better understand what it means to build a prosperous city from scratch here.
"Actually, if Mr. Xuande listens carefully, you will find that the Mandarin here is very fluent." Chen Xi said with a little complacency.
Liu Bei listened carefully to a few cries and found that they were really no different from those in Chang'an.
"These are the language requirements of the Bingzhou Smelting Department and its supporting facilities. After five years, the accents of those who have come here to make a living and have even settled down are no longer any different from Chang'an Mandarin." Chen Xi looked at it.
Looking out the window, he said, "Maybe some of them used to be barbarians, but now we can't tell the difference at all."
This kind of collective life in state-owned factories and mines will, to a great extent, wear away those less important characteristics of an individual, especially the standardization and paramilitary requirements, coupled with inducements and incentives. The people who come here to make a living have already become
Become a part of this group.
"Who is in charge here now?" Liu Bei was quite satisfied with this political achievement.
"Wen Manji shouldered the responsibility of governing Bingzhou." Chen Xi gave the answer casually.
"Oh, I think about it, it was the guy who was originally the county magistrate and then came to refer to it?" Liu Bei couldn't remember who was the official, but Wen Hui was quite famous, so Chen Xi mentioned a name, and Liu Bei met the person.
Then he asked a little strangely.
"Well, it's that guy. His performance is not bad, and his ability is pretty good. I found someone to recommend him, and he was promoted to Bingzhou Zhizhong in the past two years." Chen Xi said calmly.
"I remember Wen Manji was only twenty-six years old." Liu Bei pondered for a moment and said, "He has actually become the governor of Bingzhou."
"Xuan De Gong actually started to judge ability based on age." Chen Xi looked horrified, but he couldn't hide the smile on his lips.
For a mature political entity, promotions will have very standard political achievements, and promotions should be avoided as much as possible. This was Chen Xi's rule early in the morning, and he also followed this rule by example. Otherwise, Wen Hui should be the governor of the state by now.
"You guy." Liu Bei glanced at Chen Xi angrily and said.
"Okay, no more joking, I promoted Wen Manji." Chen Xi said with a smile. He and Wen Hui had some friendship. After all, the pair of bracelets and the chessboard from the Chen family were found with the help of Wen Hui.
In addition, Wen Hui was indeed capable and had the talent of a serious feudal official, so Chen Xi worked hard behind the scenes.
It is estimated that at the current rate, Wen Hui should be able to become a Bingzhou governor at around the age of thirty, and then quickly become the governor of Bingzhou.
Of course, this is to say that Wen Hui should not make mistakes in the past few years, but this guy is also one of the few capable ministers and officials at the governor level who have left their names in the history of the Three Kingdoms. It is estimated that there should not be any big problems, and Chen Xi is also happy to give it.
With all his strength, this guy was able to take charge of a state when he was almost thirty years old.
After all, it is basically impossible to be like Zhuge Liang and Fazheng who came to Chang'an in their twenties and handle government affairs in the Political Yuan these days, instead of doing odd jobs like Sima Fu, Xun Yun, and Yuan Yin. Even Lu Xun and
Lu Yu needs a break now. After all, times have changed.
"It seems very capable. Just looking at this new city, I know that the other party is worthy of being a capable minister and official." Liu Bei said with great satisfaction.
"It's not bad, his ability is quite good." Chen Xi did not deny this. Wen Hui is really capable. If it weren't for his vision, he still needs to hone it. In fact, his ability is enough now, so he still needs to polish it.
"That's the Bingzhou Smelting Department over there, right?" Liu Bei asked, pointing to a place where sparse black smoke was coming out. At this time, the places where black smoke was coming out were basically important towns, and they were large smelting plants.
Not worthy of the black smoke.
As for the issue of pollution control, to be honest, we really don’t pay attention to this these days. In fact, when the British Empire turned London into a smog city, far-sighted people all over the world who longed for industrialization smelled the pungent smell.
Looking at the city shrouded in smog and haze, a powerful feeling naturally arises.
Therefore, there is nothing to say. With this little iron production these days, even if there is pollution, it will not be too serious. The natural adjustment ability of nature is still very reliable. However, Chen Xi still does basic protection that is not expensive. After all, these days
The exhaust gas that comes out is also very precious.
Of course, forget about the waste gas from burning coal. Chen Xi is talking about the waste gas from iron smelting.
The quality of the iron ore in Han Dynasty was very average, and there was basically no rich ore that could be picked up and thrown directly into the blast furnace, so the ore needed to be screened, which was a very troublesome task.
Then there is the iron ore in Bingzhou, which is a strange type of mineral mixed with pyrite and hematite. To put it simply, the sulfur content is somewhat high.
Therefore, Chen Xi's advice at that time was to collect the waste gas. Regardless of whether it is useful or not, collect it first. Anyway, the sulfur dioxide picked up for free can be used to make sulfuric acid.
It can be said that among the three acids and two alkali, Chen Xi can easily obtain good things. Although Chen Xi does not know what to use for separating the sulfuric acid, but rather than randomly polluting the atmosphere, it is better to collect it and see what it can be used for.
What to make.
In this case, the black smoke that Liu Bei could see was actually purely incompletely burned coal. This kind of black ash was a problem, but it was not a big problem.
"Just drive over there. There's no point in informing them. If there's any problem, just check it out, I think you know it." Liu Bei said suddenly. Chen Xi didn't refuse after thinking about it, and just rushed in to see what was going on.
So the group of people did not enter the city and ran directly to the Smelting Department. Although the security department blocked them, Liu Bei stuck his head out and the other party was shocked, and then they quickly registered and let them go.
This is a real pass, and no one can stop it.
Just by looking at the look on the centurion's face when he was released, one could tell how lofty Liu Bei's status was in recognizing him in the eyes of the other party. From a certain perspective, Liu Bei was roughly at the horizontal level.
"This blast furnace feels a little different from what I saw in Mount Tai." Liu Bei frowned and said as he looked at the traditional steel furnace from a distance. Even at this distance, it was still hot.
"Well, it looks okay. The technology has improved a lot." Chen Xi looked at it for a while and nodded. It has become a lot bigger and taller.
By the way, even if Chen Xi and Liu Bei were not close to the blast furnace, the workers in work clothes next to them still looked at Chen Xi and Liu Bei cautiously, as if they were afraid that they would mess up. Fortunately, the two did not stand there for long.
Yuan came with his people.
It is not a secret that Liu Bei and his party are traveling. In fact, it is impossible to cover up this kind of inspection, which even takes away the regent and princess. In addition, there are no airtight walls in this world. By now, bureaucrats everywhere know about Liu Bei and his party.
The purpose of the eastward tour was also to start rectification efforts.
"I've met Her Highness the Princess, I've seen..." Pu Yuan was stopped by Liu Tong before he could finish his words.
"The improved blast furnace is okay. Is it for iron-making, steel-making, or alloys?" Chen Xi took a general look at the layout of the Smelting Department. There was nothing to say. Liu Ba was obviously messing around, but when it was expanded, there was something wrong.
The layout is too reasonable. This is a matter of experience. It’s hard to say anything.
"This is used to smelt iron, but due to technical and ore problems, the iron produced is relatively hard and brittle." Pu Yuan immediately answered, "But this is only the first step. The iron is mostly used
To make farm tools, the real smelting of steel is to recast these pig irons."
The current smelting technology of the Han Dynasty is rather strange. In fact, the steel-frying method appeared in the Central Plains during the Han Dynasty, but this technology was too complicated. Although the technology given by Chen Xi was also junk technology, it was greatly simplified.
If you can't make steel, you have to get the pig iron out first, and then smelt it again. There are many flaws in home-made steelmaking, but no matter how many flaws there are in this era, they can rely on blast furnaces to liquefy iron.
Things have operational value.
It can be said that the earth-iron produced in the first step is almost the basis for the earth-steel furnaces that follow.
"Where's the alloy?" Chen Xi asked curiously. In fact, there is no problem with the first step, and the second step will definitely be advanced. The problem lies in the third step. There is only one way to learn materials, and that is to pile up the foundation and continue to
Conducting experiments requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
"Iron-nickel alloy, manganese steel, and adjusted carbon steel have all produced results, but the new alloys are basically not what we need." Pu Yuan said with some embarrassment.