The first day of the first lunar month in the fifth year of Hongwu.
The officials and the people in the palace began to argue, and the people in Xiaqiu Village fell asleep in their tents.
Shopkeeper Xu from Fuhua Building warmed up the bean buns sent by Xiaqiu Village, added pickles, made some shredded radish and tofu soup, and gave them to the students in the library.
Many places in Nanjing city seemed to be at a standstill this morning. People slept late and could not get up.
At two o'clock in the morning, people in Xiaqiu Village woke up one after another. The people in the kitchen took a look at the leftover dishes from last night and chose the ones that were easily spoiled to heat first.
I don’t know how to cook tonight. I can’t finish the leftovers. The people in Xiaqiu Village usually eat so well that they can’t eat them now.
Zhou Zong had already gone back. Before leaving, he used some charcoal to heat up a hot pot. The five of them put the leftover dumplings in and cooked them. Then each of them ate two pig's trotters until they were full. Go to work.
"The Chinese New Year is very tiring, Hanhan, did you sleep well?" After finishing his things, the director saw that Hanhan had just finished brushing his teeth.
"I'm not tired after the New Year. I'm tired from staying up late. Fortunately, I don't have to do anything else. I have a rest today."
Zhu Wentian yawned and went over to help put the food away, smelling the smell. , a little more energetic.
The older children also joined in to work, while the younger ones were still sleeping, and from time to time they could hear the baby’s ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhising:::Nr
The sun was approaching the middle of the day, and the villagers were eating. The dumplings were not thrown into the hot pot like Zhou Zong and others, but were fried and hot, and they tasted good when eaten.
Over the past few days, the excitement of the New Year slowly dissipated. On the sixth day of the first lunar month, the box lunch shop opened and officials began to work.
A queue formed in front of the convenience office. A few years ago, the whole of Nanjing began to publicize it. The people knew about it, but no one came.
After the New Year, it’s time to find a job and register at the convenience office.
Those who need to hire people go into another door, sit on a stool, and tell them their household registration, what they do, what kind they want, and how much money they want.
There were three people registered, and other businessmen were sitting nearby ordering tea.
The convenience store began to make money, including businessmen who had not eaten breakfast and would only eat snacks with tea.
Prince Zhu Biao and Zhu Xi came here to observe in casual clothes, accompanied by Hanhan, the chief of staff.
"Mr. Zhu Li, there are indeed a lot of people. How do they usually find jobs and hire workers?"
Zhu Biao was very satisfied when he saw the people queuing up, which proved that this convenience center was set up correctly.
"Introduce each other to familiar people, or go to the docks or markets to inquire. Those who do hard work will gather in a certain place and wait for others to pass by."
Li Chang Understand that when you buy groceries, you can see that there are specially organized manpower, such as the temporary team that Xiaocao used to do work.
"The price is fixed," Zhu Biao asked again.
“For example, if you have a fixed manpower and a leader, you can usually get more money, but if you find work on your own, the price is generally lower.
The prices of convenience stores are now looking at Chaos, wait for a while, every kind ofThe price is basically right there.
One advantage of finding jobs and hiring workers in convenience stores is that you are not bullied by other organized workers."
The head of the village told the two highnesses about the gang, as before River transportation is also divided into gangs.
This kind of gang can bully other poor people and threaten the people who hire them to work. If you don't pay the price, you'll stop, and no one else will be allowed to take over.
It's better if you have a tooth person to help you, but if you don't want to find a tooth person, you have to pay extra money. p> Zhu Biao nodded as he listened, "This convenience store of ours plays the role of a dental store. If we don't take a commission from it, the dental store will not be able to steal our business." ”
“In fact, it can be robbed. Several dental shops have joined forces to ask for prices and disrupt the rules. "
"They dare to lend them a hundred courage and let them know whether their teeth are hard or the steel knife is hard.
Speaking of steel knives, craftsmen have now been asked to manufacture tracks and mine carts in large quantities, and they will lay them according to the route drawn on the map. By the tenth day of the first lunar month, all the open-pit mining areas will be paved.
According to estimates from the Ministry of Industry, if the smelting area has enough manpower, it can produce more than 50,000 kilograms of iron per day. The director knows what this output means."
Zhu Biao changed the subject as he spoke, and mentioned the output of Nanshan Iron Mine in Ma'anshan.
"It means the iron output of a mine. There are more ores than all the mines in the Ming Dynasty combined, which also means that the technical level is too low and the output cannot be increased. ”
The head of the village knows the data. Hanhan said that there were a total of thirteen institutes in the Ming Dynasty, with a yearly output of more than 7 million catties, or more than 4,000 tons.
Others The total area is seven to eight thousand tons, more than ten million kilograms.
One mining area can produce 50,000 kilograms of ore in a day, which shows that the smelting technology is not up to par.
Zhu Biao""
He didn't expect that there were so many things in the Gao Renjiao, and he could actually know the iron output of the Ming Dynasty last year.
Zhu Chong said from the side: "Zhu Li." I always know how to turn iron ore into molten iron faster."
"I have a set of plans for simmering coke, blowing pulverized coal, and building a blast furnace. Your Highness, the Prince, can take it and find someone to make it. Use it. Once the blast furnace produces iron, it is convenient to use the converter to make steel.
Steel has its own uses, and not all steel is good. The same is true for pig iron and wrought iron. They must be processed according to their uses. ”
As the leader spoke, he took out a pile of paper and was prepared. Once he came into contact with the prince, something might suddenly happen.
There was something else in his arms. The prince didn’t want to ask about it, but let’s not talk about it. The village originally planned to build a blast furnace drawing outside Nanjing for trial use before giving it to the palace.
Since this matter is mentioned, let the prince find it. It is very simple for people to build it. It is made of earthen blast furnaces and refractory bricks.
It is about three feet high. It is built in a large area. When loading, the shelves are moved over. It is a product of the great steelmaking period. < /p>
ThisThis is the simplest, and it is indeed faster than the current iron smelting speed. As long as the ore is supplied, we can wait for crazy iron production
When the two brothers looked at the drawings and introduced the text and data, the chief explained, "This is I want to build one outside the city first, and then ask others to learn it after it works well."
"I want to find someone to build one, and transport the iron ore here."< /p>
Zhu Biao put the drawings away as he spoke, turned around and walked back. He was very anxious. Daming was short of iron. No, it wasn't just iron. It felt like everything was lacking.
Zhu Xi saw his brother leading the people away quickly. He looked at the chief, "Zhu Li, are there any other good things?"
"I can't use them for the time being, so there's no rush." ." The manager shook his head. Things have to be done step by step. Without a large amount of iron ore, the blast furnace is useless.
"I'll go to the store and have a look." Seeing that there were no new things, Zhu Fang didn't want to stay any longer.
The chief turned to look at Hanhan, "Where are we going?"
"Books, look, um" Zhu Wentian wanted to go to the library.
“Let’s go.” The chief walked in front, motioning for Hanhan to follow.
Prince Zhu Biao hurried into the city and went directly to find his father. As soon as he entered, someone shouted to welcome His Royal Highness, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and said, "My son, come here in a hurry, is it cold?"
" "My child is not cold, my father looked at this set of drawings and built them for iron smelting as soon as possible to test the production capacity."
Zhu Biao didn't waste any time and put the drawings directly on the table.
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