The Prodigal Son of the Empire

And these things are not available in this era, and everything is in short supply. Then, it will be the time to make a real profit...

Based on this, the Earl's Mansion's power will be developed and strengthened. This is the time when the Earl's Mansion of Fuyang will truly show itself in the State of Zhao!

Of course, the meal needs to be eaten one bite at a time, and it will take a while to achieve the goal...

Wang Kang sat at the top and looked at the people below him, among them were a few faces he was not familiar with.

From only three or five people at the beginning to more than a dozen people now, and to such a scale, the time is only more than 20 days. Wang Kang is still very satisfied with this development speed.

Of course, this is all because of his spending money.

Money in exchange for development time.

With a light cough, which attracted everyone's attention, Wang Kang said in a deep voice, "I left for a few days and just came back today. I specially called everyone together to discuss the matter so that I can understand the progress."

"Old Nie, just talk about it first."

Nie Zhongxing is now Wang Kang's deputy, and also the deputy of the Ministry of Industry. Except for Wang Kang, he will control the construction site and build the city, and he has a lot of power.

Nie Zhongxing, formerly the boss of Xinfeng County, followed Wang Kang after he entered the city. He only wanted to develop Xinfeng County and let the city residents live a better life.

This kind of thinking is worthy of Wang Kang's attention, and he is capable. He is also from Xinfeng County and has been an official.

Most of the people working today are also from Xinfeng County, and he is also convenient for communication.

After hearing Wang Kang's roll call, Nie Zhongxing stood up, "Reporting to Master Kang, the road construction has been more than half completed. According to the current progress, it should be able to get through in about 20 days."

"In terms of building the city, we will also start planning according to your previous arrangements, demolishing old houses and building new ones."

Wang Kang said: "Make good arrangements for the demolished houses, so as not to cause conflicts."

"Don't worry, we have already communicated with him. Director Lin's early publicity is in place, and the common people know about it."

Nie Zhongxing said with a smile: "Master Kang is here to improve the lives of the common people, whoever doesn't want to, that's stupid."

"Stop saying good things, talk about problems!"

Wang Kang scolded with a smile.

Speaking of this, Nie Zhongxing said with a slightly serious face: "Master Kang, the date has come to June, and the rainy season has come!"

"Although it doesn't rain too often, our Xinfeng County is located in a mountainous area and is surrounded by mountains. As long as the rain is a little heavy, there will be mountain torrents..."

"In the past years, I don't know how many villages have been destroyed by flash floods. Now we are still constructing. If there is heavy rain, the impact will be great."

Someone immediately echoed: "Boss Nie is right, it is rainy in June, so we must take precautions in advance."

After hearing what Nie Zhongxing said, Wang Kang also remembered that as far as he knew, the village where Liushan was located was hit by mountain torrents before.

This matter also attracted his attention.

Construction is going on everywhere now. Because the road is being built as a tunnel, he has already designed drainage ditches and so on in advance.

But there are many other things related to it. The most affected is iron ore mining. The location of iron ore is in the cracks of mountains. If there is a heavy rain and flash floods are formed, it will be dangerous.

Thinking of Wang Kang, he immediately ordered: "What about God, we are not sure, but we must plan ahead."

"Discuss with you guys and make a plan as soon as possible. You have to think about it comprehensively. In case of an emergency, what should you do...and then implement it."

"Yes!" Several people responded.

"Go ahead... What else is there?"

Next, Wang Kang asked questions one by one, including cement, fire brick firing, etc., and understood them accordingly.

In the end, there were a few special persons in charge, one was responsible for the production of iron ore, and the other was responsible for smelting iron and steel.

This is a relatively important place, and it also needs to be kept secret. The method of steelmaking must not be disclosed to the outside world.

"Uncle Deng, what's the problem with you?"

Wang Kang asked a relatively older person.

He is a general of the Earl's Mansion, and he is in charge of iron ore mining.

Deng Yu said, "Master, I don't have any major problems here. Everything is being mined normally. There is a lot of iron ore reserves here, and the mining difficulty is not high."

"So what about your side?" Wang Kang turned to several craftsmen who were in charge of smelting iron and steel.

When asked by Wang Kang, several people looked at each other in blank dismay, and finally one person said with difficulty: "Master Kang, we have something wrong here..."

[Author's digression]: The third update!

Chapter 3 Unified Weights and Measures

Today, there are three main people in charge of iron and steel smelting, who respectively master the three parts of the steelmaking process.

The one who spoke was an old blacksmith hired by Wang Dingchang with a lot of money. He was also experienced and experienced. His name was Qi Tieshan.

Hearing what Qi Tieshan said, Wang Kang asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

Qi Tieshan said with difficulty: "A batch of steel was scrapped..."

"This is normal," Wang Kang didn't blame them. After all, the refining process is not machine-made, and the refining process is not that precise.

"That...the quantity is quite large, and several furnaces have been scrapped."

"How many furnaces?" Hearing this, Wang Kang frowned slightly.

"It's like this." Qi Tieshan explained in a hurry: "We follow the method you told us when making steel, but in the second smelting, we need to add iron powder, limestone and other ingredients."

"When mixing ratios, this amount is always inaccurate, so it leads to..."

Hearing this, Wang Kang already understood that the main step of the steel frying method is adding iron powder in the secondary smelting, stirring continuously, using the oxygen in the air, removing part of the carbon in the pig iron, and reducing the carbon content in the pig iron.

The most important thing is the amount of iron powder added. If you add too much, it will have a counterproductive effect. The carbon content in the pig iron will not decrease, but put the cart before the horse.

"But it shouldn't be. You have refined so much. It is understandable that this kind of problem occasionally occurs, but it can't be so many times."

Wang Kang frowned thinking about it.

"Our preparations are based on experience, and there is an approximate amount, but we cannot be precise."

Another person interjected: "Actually, there is no suitable weighing tool..."

Qi Tieshan echoed: "Yes, we have calculated the ratio, but we are not sure. Sometimes we need a lot of it, and sometimes we need a small amount... this is..."

Wang Kang understood a little bit that the jinliang in this era is not uniform, and the smallest unit is only the liang.