Chapter 130 High-strength steel was successfully made
"Ahem, we are about to go to dinner, why don't we go to the club to eat."
Yang Xuan quickly changed the topic. This was at the intersection of the street. If the two of them got into a fight, it would be a serious matter.
I don't know if it was intentional or not, but Guan Yunrong came by rickshaw today, so Yang Xuan casually said: "You can take my car, I haven't finished explaining the details just now."
Before Guan Yunrong spoke, Lu Jing immediately expressed her objection: "Mr. Yang, this is not good. You are alone and you are not afraid of others gossiping. Sister Yunrong should take my car."
Once this is said, who can say what objections there are.
Get in the car and set off.
It was more than twenty miles from the office to the club outside the city. When they arrived at the door of the club, Yang Xuan had just got off the car and saw two women getting out of the car hand in hand and intimately.
The two of them were whispering as they walked, and they burst into sweet laughter from time to time, which completely confused Yang Xuan.
Is the relationship... so harmonious?
Entered the club and went straight to the box.
Although the club is not mainly about food, the famous dishes of the major restaurants in Yingtian Mansion are basically available here. Guan Yunrong has been praising Lu Jing since she entered the door, saying that she is beautiful and capable.
Lu Jing also asked about Guan Yunrong's stay in Luoyang from time to time. People who didn't know it would think that the two of them were close friends.
Yang Xuan didn't understand the situation, and he didn't dare to ask. This was better than the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two women.
After eating, the two of them agreed to go shopping together, leaving Yang Xuan alone.
On the way back to the office, Yang Xuan scratched his head all the way. If it could always be like this and both of them got married, it would look good, right?
Then the next day, the two women came hand in hand again, saying that they invited Yang Xuan to go on a trip together.
In fact, it means going for a stroll by the Qinhuai River.
Yang Xuan could only accompany him.
However, throughout the whole process, the two women were chatting to themselves and did not say a few words to Yang Xuan at all.
Then on the third and fourth days, there were various excuses every day for the three of them to go out and play together.
On the fifth day, Yang Xuan simply stopped going to the office and went directly to the technology research and development department.
Without him, Yang Xuan just wanted to hide and be quiet.
Today's technology research and development department is almost complete. It has a residential area, a research and development area, and a production area.
With thousands of staff members, plus their families, it is like a village in the city.
As soon as the person in charge, Shopkeeper Qian, saw Yang Xuan, he immediately grabbed him and said, "Mr. Yang, you came just in time. If nothing else happens, this batch of steel ingots may be ready."
"oh?"
Yang Xuan was excited for a while.
In the technology research and development department, Yang Xuan has invested more than one million taels of silver. Although there are many technologies that can be produced and monetized, in comparison, this high-strength steel is what he is most concerned about.
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This involves not only money, but the future business planning of the entire Shengfa Company.
With high-strength steel, four-wheeled carriages can be made. With four-wheeled carriages, logistics business can be online. With logistics, transportation costs and time costs are reduced. His industry will soon be able to spread throughout the Dasheng Dynasty.
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Following the shouts of the craftsmen, a furnace of molten steel flows out of the blast furnace and is poured directly into the preset mold. After cooling for a while, the molding begins.
After beating, the large red steel ingot continued to deform, and finally was put into the mold to wait for cooling.
The final product was taken out and after some testing, shopkeeper Qian was excited: "It's done, it's done, this has reached the estimated hardness."
This estimated hardness was proposed by Yang Xuan. It is strong and tough, wear-resistant and not easily damaged.
Yang Xuan was also very excited about this. The successful production of high-strength steel means a big step towards industrial civilization.
"How many blast furnaces do we have now? How much is the output? How much does it cost?"
After receiving Shopkeeper Qian's answer, Yang Xuan pondered for a while. With the current output of the Technology R&D Department, this thing cannot be mass-produced, and the cost is relatively high. Although there are iron ores near Yingtian Mansion, the mining scale is not large.
Moreover, it is not easy to expand the scale of production, so we can only do it slowly.
But if you just use it yourself, it's barely enough.
"Shop Manager Qian, please contact Shunfengxing. We will give priority to the parts needed to produce Shunfengxing."
He thought for a while and then said: "Add 10% to the cost price, and the supply will go smoothly."
Shopkeeper Qian cupped his hands and said, "Yes."
On the way back home, Yang Xuan was still excited. He even imagined various applications of high-strength steel.
Such as a steam engine.
Such as firearms.
Such as machine tools.
But he only knows the names of these things, but he has no idea of their principles.
Regardless of all that, the first thing to do is to open mines, build factories, and increase production.
But before that, a board of directors still needs to be held and approved by the board of directors.
Thinking of this, Yang Xuan ordered the coachman to divert directly to Prince Hui's Mansion.
It was almost dark now. When Prince Hui saw Yang Xuan, he couldn't help but laugh.
Yang Xuan watched the steelmaking for a day. Not only was his face black and gray, but even his eyebrows and hair were curled up by the high temperature.
But Yang Xuan didn't care so much and said directly: "It's done, the high-strength steel is done."
Prince Hui did not understand the significance of the successful development of high-strength steel, and was not as excited as he was. He asked his maid to fetch a basin of water to wash Yang Xuan's face.
"Sit down first, Chenghong just left, but he came to me to sue you, saying that you..."
"Oh, those are not important," Yang Xuan waved his hand: "My lord, please send someone to chase Brother Lu back quickly. I have important things to discuss."
Prince Hui had never seen Yang Xuan take matters so seriously. Compared with his usual calm demeanor, it was as if he was a different person and he had to become serious.
While Prince Hui was eating something simple to fill his stomach, His Royal Highness Prince Chun also arrived. After hearing what Yang Xuan said about high-strength steel, the two of them still disagreed a little.
"The four-wheeled carriage is indeed very important, but it is not as exaggerated as you said. What kind of changes in the new era and changes in the world structure are these?"
Yang Xuan also realized that he had lost his composure. He was silent for a while, collected his thoughts, and then returned to his calm demeanor.
"High-strength steel is widely used. I won't give examples one by one. Just say that the four-wheeled carriage can more than double the transportation speed of our Dasheng Dynasty. Therefore, I am planning to open mines and build factories to produce high-strength steel.
steel."
Then he looked at His Royal Highness Prince Chun: "In addition, the Qingliangshan Racecourse in Shunfengxing will also be expanded. Four-wheeled carriages will soon become our main business project, and the imperial court will also purchase from us. Just wait.
Count the money."
Yang Xuan has always been prudent in doing things. Even if it is a sure thing, he will not talk too much about it.
But his excited look today really surprised the two of them. This is what a seventeen-year-old boy should be like.
