Before the second issue began, Zhou Shixiong asked his servants to send some fruit drinks, one to relieve the heat, and the other to give Magnolia and the other three records.

Since the meeting was temporarily adjourned, Guan Chongguang mentioned something, "Sir, I don't know when will the adults accept a few young ladies?" Guan Chongguang is not a gossiper, but Zhu Ying is already seventeen years old this year, and he will grow old if he doesn't marry. Since Guan Chongguang is the full-minded person, of course he does not want his only disciple to be wronged.

Guan Chongguang only started, and for a moment Liu Wang became a pioneer, and he talked very seriously about the traditional dregs of unfilial piety. Although You Min and Shimazu Nan married Zhou Shixiong for only a few months, it seemed that they were their duty to assume the responsibility of unfiliality, and they lowered their heads and drew circles under their feet.

Li Fusheng looked at Zhou Shixiong's marriage to marry a concubine. Seeing that Liu Wang was too serious, the two concubines looked ugly and hurried out to smooth things over. "The two concubines don't need to blame themselves. Mr. Liu is not accusing them. Mr. Liu, what I said."

Liu Wang also knew that his attack was too wide and offended the two hostesses. Seeing that Li Fusheng took the initiative to help him set up a ladder, he of course went down to apologize to the two hostesses. As a result, the apology and counter-apologies were agitated for a while. Zhou Shixiong and others stopped and announced the second discussion. Everyone's passionate gossip was left aside by him.

Since Zhou Shixiong clearly had his attitude and did not want to continue this topic, the formal discussion began again. The first person to stand out was Tie Yong, and his black and red face was roasted by the stove, a sense of confidence came out. "Sir, I think that as long as we expand the steelmaking furnace, we will sell steel ingots. If you accept this suggestion, I will guarantee that 30,000 kilograms of steel ingots will be produced per month."

Thirty thousand jin of steel ingots seem to be not much, but it is at least three times the iron ore to be refined 30,000 jin of steel ingots. Tieyong basically bought out all the iron ore produced in Xiangzhou every month. Zhou Shixiong is no longer as ignorant as he first came. It is impossible for Xiangzhou to sell all the iron ore to him. Several nearby Huangdongmans of the same clan and clan also need to rely on Xiangzhou's iron ore. Even if Zhou Shixiong offered a high price, Huang Chengen dared not cut off the iron ore that supported the clan.

"Tieyong, I understand your intentions, but we will build a new camp in the valley below Guqinzhai. We also need a lot of steel. The existing output can meet our own needs. Let's talk about the problem of takeaway." Zhou Shixiong rejected Tieyong's suggestion. His reason was strong and correct, and everyone nodded in agreement. Tieyong had no choice but to sit down and think of other solutions.

"Tieyong, don't be discouraged. Do you still remember the bearing we mentioned before? I think we can try to make steel now. If it succeeds, it will have a huge effect on improving efficiency in various vehicles." Zhou Shixiong finally remembered the bearing. Since Tieyong wants to perform, then leave this to him to do it.

"I forgot if I don't mention it. Our steel is much better than before. Just give it a try." Tie Yong took over the task and became alive again. He was happy. Gong Liu, who was sitting beside him, was sad.

Gong Liu mustered up the courage to stand up and salute Zhou Shixiong, and then said embarrassedly, "Sir, the young man has been working in the craftsman's camp all his life and has no idea about the economics. It is better for the adult to give the young man a task and the young man can do his best. If you want to do something, just spare the young man."

Zhou Shixiong smiled and asked Gong Liu to sit down, then meditated for a while, "Gong Dajiang, do you think that saw machine is easy to use?"

Before Gong Liu could sit down, he quickly stood up and replied loudly, "Where is the master saying that saw machine is really a treasure of our carpenters. Replacing a saw blade can cut wood, which is fast and labor-saving. Replacing a grinding blade can grind the wood, which is smoother than that of a skilled craftsman. If it weren't for the saw machine, we would have built so many tools for road construction, which would have been really a treasure."

"Sit down, you don't need so much etiquette to speak." After Gong Liu sat down, Zhou Shixiong continued, "Gong Dajiang, I have a new idea. Can you help me make real things?" Zhou Shixiong introduced a few simple lathes, and Gong Liu and Tieyong's eyes immediately lit up. It turned out that there were so many changes in the lathes. The two of them immediately began to study drawings, and basically did not pay attention to the next discussion.

Tie Yong and Gong Liu gave up the discussion, and the rest looked at each other, hoping that someone could come out to throw a brick or something. Otherwise, he would not be able to hold it up, but he would not look good in terms of face!

At the end, several craftsmen were discussing the data related to the new lathe in a low voice, which made the first few seats look particularly cold. Liu Wang looked at Li Fusheng opposite him and found that the handsome man Li frowned and didn't know what he was thinking. It seemed that he would not intend to speak for a while. He had to whisper to Guan Chongguang beside him, "Cheng Peng, if you have any ideas, you might as well raise them. Cheng or not is not a problem."

Guan Chongguang has developed a steady personality since childhood, and he will come up with immature plans rashly. He smiled at Liu Wang very sorry, shook his head and waved his hand to say not to look for me.

"Sir, I forgot to say just now that Boss Wei, who was coking, asked me to tell me that the tar had been stored for 100 barrels and the coal washing plant had nowhere to be distributed. Please ask me to have an idea about how to deal with it. Also, there was thick coal powder accumulated in the coal washing trough. Boss Wei said he didn't know what to do, so he asked me to solve it together." Tie Yong suddenly remembered what Boss Wei, the foreman who was coking just now, and saw that no one was talking, so he quickly reported to Zhou Shixiong.

Zhou Shixiong was also a little embarrassed by the cold situation. He wanted to brainstorm and let his subordinates talk more. He couldn't help but the people below didn't speak, so Tieyong's report saved him, and he didn't have to continue to be cold. "Those tars are good things. Gong Dajiang, you arranged for people to continue to build wooden barrels to collect tar, Resurrection, Zhou Hou, you two find a spacious valley on Baiyu Mountain, where to build warehouses to store these tars."

When it was first time to coking, Zhou Shixiong tested the tar composition, which looked like a kaleidoscope, containing hundreds of substances. Most of the chemical names Zhou Shixiong had never heard of them. There were only three nouns that made Zhou Shixiong find a familiar feeling. Flammable, toxic, and asphalt. These three nouns attracted Zhou Shixiong's attention. Flammable and toxic aren't this innate raw material of incendiary incendiary bombs? If anyone dares to go against me in the future, throw a bucket of tar and light a fire, and see if you die!

As for asphalt, I don’t need to go into details. Zhou Shixiong has been walking on the asphalt road for many years and is a common raw material for paving the road. Backing the roof for the livestock house to prevent water leakage, Zhou Shixiong also played it with himself. In addition to being a little smelly, the effect is very good. Because of these reasons, Zhou Shixiong ordered that Boss Wei collect tar and store it in wooden barrels. Unexpectedly, he stored so much tar in a few months, which is very good.

Zhou Shixiong was still tirelessly explaining the danger of tar to everyone and warned everyone to take it seriously. He didn't expect that day he suddenly heard the sound of a big explosion. After saying the tar, Tieyong reminded Zhou Shixiong that there were coal powder. Zhou Shixiong laughed, "This thing may be a way of wealth. Let's go to the coal washing yard to take a look."

A furnace that burns honeycomb coal is easy to make, but Zhou Shixiong plans to make honeycomb coal first. With honeycomb coal, he will give Tieyong some more. I believe he doesn't have to waste time designing the furnace himself.

The group came to the coal washing yard and scared Boss Wei. All the senior executives of the Zhou family came over to him. Did something big happen? Boss Wei was nervous and knelt down from afar and greeted Zhou Shixiong. Zhou Shixiong said the purpose of the trip, asking him to prepare a stone of red clay and then dig out a stone of wet coal powder. Handmade coal machining machines are very simple in modern times. You can make some scrap steel pipes, which is a bit troublesome in the Ming Dynasty.

Zhou Shixiong drew a decomposition pattern and asked Tieyong to make it. Without welding rods, it was very difficult to complete various assembly, and all parts needed to be cast. Moreover, Zhou Shixiong thought of fixing the parts with rivets to solve all the problems. An afternoon passed. "It's like this for the time being today, I'll talk about what's going on tomorrow." Zhou Shixiong ordered the disbandment and returned to the inner house in a depressed mood.

Everyone was amazed at Zhou Shixiong's amazing wisdom. No matter what problems he encountered, he could quickly find a solution. Zhou Shixiong was not happy at all. He cursed those who wrote time travel articles countless times. In the era without welding technology and lathe making bolts, those time travelers would have whatever they wanted. It would be unreliable to just fool people into their lives and be more reliable than farts!

It seems that climbing the technology tree must continue. Zhou Shixiong does not want to use his flesh and blood to fight against the Qing cavalry head-on, nor does he want to use simple weapons and equipment to fight the bandit army. These are things that will inevitably happen in the near future. If you don’t prepare now, you won’t need to prepare!

In the next few days, Zhou Shixiong no longer cared about the minor troubles in various departments and went to the craftsman camp to participate in the development of the lathe. The power of the lathe was driven by hydraulic power. When building Zhoujiazhuang, several dams in Baiyuxi were used as power sources. The transmission method was temporarily selected for belt linkage, and after the bearing was made, it was changed to gear drive.

Zhou Shixiong had only seen several types of lathes. Even if he remembered that the complexity was not made, he could not make it now. He could only rely on existing materials to develop the most basic lathe. He had already had a sawing machine, and the round rod machine was invented in the Tang Dynasty of China. It was just used to use manpower and hand-held tools for cutting. Zhou Shixiong drew out the principle of the chassis frame of the basic lathe, and Gong Liu and Tieyong worked together to quickly take out the finished product.

The basic structural problems were solved, drilling machines, planing machines, and milling machines were released one after another. In order to fix tools and processing parts, Zhou Shixiong invented a method of casting first and then polishing to make large screws. The emergence of screws seemed to open up Gong Liu and Tieyong's imagination space. Various strange tools were made by the two and added to the lathe, which made Zhou Shixiong sigh that there are many smart people in China!
Chapter completed!