After seeing off Wei Wuya, Jin Feng, led by Jin Peng, walked around the Black Wind Ridge.
Today's Heifeng Ridge is no longer deserted, because Jin Feng has built a transfer station here. More and more merchants come to Heishui Ridge to rest or simply sleep in the sheds outside the transfer station.
Tang Xiaobei thought this was a business opportunity, so he decided to build an inn here. It is expected to be completed in another half month.
The transfer station has also grown from a few tents to five large tile-roofed houses, filled with various materials such as twine, grain, iron ore and so on.
The coal was placed in the cave on the mountain by Jin Peng. Every time the coal was transferred, the ore mined by Jin Peng and the others would also be transferred out.
The small cave has been dug for so long that it has expanded by more than half.
Overall, Jin Feng was very satisfied with the changes in Black Wind Ridge. After encouraging Jin Peng for a while, he returned to Xihewan from the suspension bridge and plunged into the laboratory.
As Xihewan develops faster and faster, Jinfeng needs to manufacture more and more things.
Now that tungsten is available, various drill bits and cutter bits can be made.
With the drill bit, you can make various basic pedal machine tools, such as lathes, milling machines, planers, drill presses, grinders, etc.
These machine tools are the basis for precision machining. With machine tools, more precise tools can be processed, and then these tools can be used to create more stable machine tools, thus entering a virtuous cycle.
In fact, lathes appeared during the Qin Dynasty in the previous life, but they did not find the right path and developed very slowly. Later, the West first discovered this virtuous cycle, which triggered the industrial revolution. Various machine tools appeared one after another and produced steam engines.
The emergence of the steam engine provided machine tools with more stable and powerful capabilities, which was equivalent to giving the industry a strong heart, and finally achieved the take-off of the industry.
Jin Feng had a complete history of the development of machine tools and manufacturing methods in his mind. As long as he was given time, he was fully confident in creating internal combustion engine trains and armored warships.
But starting from scratch would be a huge workload, and Jin Feng himself couldn't say how much resources and time it would take.
Fortunately, he has Tang Xiaobei, a money-making expert, who can continuously give him blood transfusions, so he rarely worries about money.
Mancang also basically graduated and learned how to read drawings. As long as Jin Feng gave him the drawings, he could create many things with a group of female apprentices, which greatly reduced Jin Feng's workload.
In the next few days, Jin Feng lived and ate in the laboratory and iron smelting workshop. With Mancang and a group of his female apprentices, they worked hard for several days and nights, and Dakang's first lathe was finally completed.
Although it was still very primitive, Jin Feng was very happy.
With this lathe, we have a foundation for sustainable development.
"Everyone has worked hard these days. The warehouse is full, and everyone will be rewarded with five taels of silver!"
In the past few days, Mancang and his female apprentices had been staying in the iron smelting workshop for food and accommodation. The girls were all dirty, and many of them had rust and oil stains on their hair.
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
All the female disciples cheered.
Many of them were sold with their families, and they were lucky enough to be bought by Jin Feng. However, there were also family members who suffered in the dental shop, or were sold to others by the dental shop.
With money, they can find ways to redeem their families.
As for themselves, they have no such idea at all.
Because they knew very well that Mancang had taught them too many things, and it was impossible to allow them to redeem themselves and take away what they had learned.
And they are very satisfied with their current life.
Apart from not being able to leave the village at will, there are no restrictions on them in the village.
They have enough food to eat every day and wages, and no one dares to bully them.
I don’t know how many times better than the days before.
Now even if the warehouse is full and they are driven away, it is estimated that no one will be willing to leave.
"Sir, the lathe is so useful. With this thing, I can build a loom in five days at most!"
Mancang tried it several times and couldn't put it down.
"In the future, if there are more lathes, we can carry out assembly line work. Then we can build several looms in one day in less than five days!" Jin Feng said with a smile.
"What is assembly line work?" Mancang asked curiously.
"Each machine is specially made to make one or two parts, and then these parts are sent to the room next door, where specialized people assemble them into looms," Jin Feng explained.
"This is a good idea!" Mancang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Everyone only makes part of it, so even if this person betrays, he will only make one or two parts, and he will not be able to make the entire loom!"
"Yes," Jin Feng nodded: "And if each person only makes one or two parts, they will become more and more skilled, and the things they make will become better and better."
"That's right!" Mancang nodded repeatedly.
Jin Feng also taught Mancang some basic uses of the lathe, and didn't go home until dark.
"Ouch, boss, how did you do this?"
When Guan Xiaorou saw Jin Feng's appearance, she almost burst into tears of distress: "Mother Run, hurry up and boil some hot water in the bathhouse for the master to take a bath!"
Machinery is a dirty job. Jin Feng hasn't showered or changed clothes for several days in a row. He is dirtier than the female apprentices in the warehouse and has a few scratches from the tools. When Guan Xiaorou saw it for the first time just now, she thought she was home.
beggar.
Run Niang looked around from the kitchen and smiled when she saw Jin Feng's appearance: "Mrs. Xiaobei just asked me to boil hot water, but it's not used yet."
"Ignore her!"
Guan Xiaorou pulled Jin Feng into the bathroom.
When the two came out of the bathroom, Qing Mulan, Tang Xiaobei and others were already sitting at the dinner table.
"Hey, sister Xiaorou, didn't my husband go take a shower? Why is your hair wet too?"
Tang Xiaobei blinked his big eyes and asked deliberately.
"Eat your food!"
Guan Xiaorou rolled her eyes at Tang Xiaobei and secretly pinched her face while blushing.
Tang Xiaobei was not afraid at all. He moved to the side and gave Qing Mulan a wink.
Qing Mulan usually liked to tease Jin Feng and Guan Xiaorou, but today she was indifferent to Tang Xiaobei's eyes, as if she hadn't seen them, and her face was full of sadness.
"Mu Lan, what's wrong? Are you worried?"
Jin Feng also noticed something was wrong with Qing Mulan.
"Brother Qin from the county town received a letter today, saying that the imperial taxation document has been passed on and it should be announced tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
Qing Mulan sighed: "The 10% tax increase is irreversible!"
"Those gentlemen in the imperial court really want to force the people to death!"
Jin Feng no longer thought about eating and put the bowl on the table: "Aren't they afraid of the people's rebellion?"
"rebel?!"
In the feudal era, rebellion was a very scary and heavy topic. Everyone in the room was frightened by Jin Feng's words.