The rolling heat waves roared in the steel workshop. Although the weather was getting colder, the craftsmen were still working with their bare arms.

Sweat mixed with rust made them look dirty, but each of them seemed full of energy.

Since the steam locomotive was manufactured, Xiao Ming ordered the production of railway tracks to be improved. The reason is no different. One is to speed up the transportation of mineral resources, and the other is to improve the efficiency of the mining industry.

Because in addition to steam locomotives need rails, mines also need mine trucks and rails to provide running tracks for mine trucks.

Now that King Zhao has been destroyed, it is only a matter of time before the conquering Zhao State. It can be as short as more than a month, and in a few months, the Great Yu State will basically achieve unification.

Although the King of Chu in the south actually violated the situation, he had no reason to use troops at this time. After all, the King of Chu suppressed his sons in Qingzhou and also surrendered to him, looking obedient.

The most helpless thing is that he is powerless now. The Northern War almost defeated the capital he had accumulated in five years. Now he is facing the threat of barbarians. By measuring it, he decided to maintain the status quo and plunder the wealth of the King of Chu through commercial trade.

So what is most important for him now is to establish an industrial system. Only when the industrial system is complete and strong industrial capabilities can create more powerful war machines to help him conquer cities and seize resources from the mouths of Western powers.

This reform was proposed to implement the reform based on the six states, with the purpose of quickly establishing a commercial and industrial system. After all, in the past five years, the people of the six states are no longer comparable to those of other places in their thoughts under the newspapers' day after day.

Moreover, these six states are just under his nose. Once the six states are developed, it will not be too late for him to promote them to other places.

"The lower officials will meet the emperor."

Seeing Xiao Ming coming, a middle-aged man in a blue robe came over. His blue robe embroidered with the three words "Equipment Department". This is the craftsman who came from the Equipment Department to guide the production of railway tracks.

This craftsman Xiao Ming is also very familiar with him. He is a veteran in the Equipment Department. Later, after entering the Bowen Academy, he and Lin Wentao specialize in mechanical production.

"No gift."

Xiao Ming waved his hand. Now every time he travels, he is protected by a large number of guards. It is impossible not to be noticed.

Looking at the busy craftsman, Xiao Ming asked: "Lanli, how has the production line of this railway track been built?"

Lan Li said; "Prince, the railway track production line used in the mine has been established, and the railway track production line of this steam locomotive has been placed behind according to the emperor's instructions."

Xiao Ming nodded. Although he really wanted to pave the railway to the Great Yu Kingdom now, ore is still a big problem now.

So in order to enable steam locomotive rails to be mass-produced, the problems he must solve now are the mining and metallurgical industries.

Only when the output of these two industries increases can he not worry about raw materials.

"Let me go over and take a look."

Xiao Ming said that he had to participate in the reform now, otherwise he would probably take many detours if these guys made their own decisions.

These five years of independence have given Lin Wentao and others a certain amount of knowledge and practical ability. Under his guidance, he believes that it is not a problem to establish an industrial system step by step.

Following Lan Li into the workshop, Lan Li took Xiao Ming directly to the next door of the original production workshop. After expanding production, the steel workshop added a converter, and the steel produced by this converter was specially used to produce rails.

When he arrived at the railway track production workshop, Xiao Ming saw a converter that was producing steel. Under the converter were the grooves of the conveyed steel water. The steel water directly entered the iron mold in the shape of "working" shape through these grooves.

In fact, the essence of the railway track is industrial steel, which is assisted by iron mold forging technology for producing artillery, which forms the current railway track production line.

"Master, we have produced six thousand meters of rails now, and one mine cart has also produced." Lan Li reported to Xiao Ming truthfully.

Qian Dafu used to be responsible for finding and establishing mines, but now even the eunuchs around Xiao Ming have not completely left the mine affairs.

He said excitedly, "Master, this batch of railway tracks and mine trucks are being sent to Laiwu County. This exploration team has found a large open-pit iron ore 130 miles southwest of Qingzhou. If a mine is built here, Qingzhou will not lack iron ore."

Xiao Ming nodded. The prospecting team has not stopped exploring the minerals in the six states, and the iron ore has finally appeared in Laiwu County, which he had been waiting for for a long time.

Laiwu is known as a steel city in contemporary times and is definitely a treasure land. According to the records of scientific and technological crystal stones, Laiwu area has 55 minerals, mainly iron, coal, copper, gold, granite, limestone, dolomite, rare earths, diaquartz, basalt, construction stone, natural quartz sand, mineral water and other minerals.

Among them, the proven reserves of coal are 431.136 million tons, which is an important coal base in contemporary Shandong Province. The proven reserves of iron ore are 463.9319 million tons, ranking among the East China iron ore.

Laiwu County is a very inconspicuous place in Dayu Country. It is sparsely populated. Qian Dafu has visited this place many times, but has found nothing. Now this treasure land has finally been excavated.

For Xiao Ming, there are coal mines and iron mines in this area, and the reserves are very large, which can completely support him in establishing a modern mine.

The mine will lay rails, use mine trucks to transport ore, extract groundwater with steam engines, and pull mine trucks.

"I think so too. Your nephew named Qian Gui is better than her." Xiao Ming smiled.

Qian Dafu laughed and said, "Your Majesty, Qian is bold and able to endure hardships. He is never afraid of this place where the old slave dare not go. At this point, the old slave also sighs as bad as he does."

For Qian Dafu, the current high money is his only sustenance. After all, he only has the wealth of money as a relative.

Xiao Ming said: "This money is expensive and is a seedling worthy of promotion. Please let him continue to work hard and I will give him your seat in a few years."

Qian Dafu was smiling. What Xiao Ming said was not the eunuch's position, but the fact that Qian Gui was in charge of the mines and searching for mines.

Lan Li laughed, "If there is really so much coal and iron in Laiwu County, it is better to build a railway."

"Well, not only Laiwu, this railway will lead from Qingzhou to Dengzhou and Youzhou, and will connect the mines and commercial areas of the six states."

In Xiao Ming's eyes, there is already a blueprint. As the saying goes, if you want to be rich, you should build roads first. As long as you do this, the overall Western countries will be greatly increased.

After inspecting the railway production process, Xiao Ming felt a little relieved. The appearance of the French in the land of the Great Yu Kingdom made him feel a little uneasy because it meant that the West began to interfere in the affairs of the Great Yu Kingdom. This was not good news, but also the reason why his sense of crisis continued to increase.
Chapter completed!