Optimus One Pillar of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 41 Site selection for the world’s largest steel company

After talking about the hydraulic hammer hammer, Wang Daoqiu pointed to the bank of the Yongding River, and together with Lu Bing planned the future ore loading and unloading dock, ore storage yard, and ore ballast storage yard, and how to deal with the ore ballast.

There were many and complicated things. Wang Daoqiu described them to Lu Bing one by one based on the information in the library and the steel plant plans and successful and failed cases that he saw on the Internet.

Lu Bing also listened carefully to Wang Daoqiu throughout the whole process and made scientific plans there.If he didn't understand anything, he would not hesitate to ask Wang Daoqiu directly.

Just chatting like this, more than an hour passed before I knew it.Seeing that the sun was approaching noon, Lu Bing said sheepishly: "I'm really sorry, but I have trouble getting to know Yuan Lang all morning. That's all for today. Let's go back to eat now, and wait for those red people from Hongshi Mountain. The stone has yielded results, and the rest will be left to the emperor to decide."

Go back, go back now, what about Wangping Coal Mine, and let him bury it underground?How can this be?

So Wang Daoqiu, who was unwilling to accept Lu Bing's proposal to go back now, said, "Master Lu, do you still remember that I told you that I have the ability to look at mines?"

"Remember! What's going on, Jie Yuanlang?"

"Hahahaha, it's nothing! Mr. Lu, if I told you now that there is a large coal field right across from us by the Yongding River, would you believe it?"

"Oh, what Jie Yuanlang said is not a joke?"

"No! If Mr. Lu can trust me, let's go to the river bank and get off the boat now to find the coal field. As for today's lunch, you can just send someone on a boat to buy it."

"Okay, okay, okay, then it will be hard for Xie Yuanlang again."

After saying the polite words, Lu Bing went to make arrangements. When Lu Bing sent two of his men to take the boat at the back to buy food, and asked them to bring back some hoes and shovels, Wang Daoqiu and Lu Bing sat in the This boat has docked.

After getting off the boat, Wang Daoqiu asked Lu Bing and his men to rest here for a while, and he went around by himself first.

More than a hundred meters away from Lu Bing and the others, Wang Daoqiu's soul traveled back to the library to look at the old photos of Wangping Coal Mine, focusing on the mountains in those photos.After all, in three to four hundred years, it can change the things on the ground greatly, but its impact on the shape of the mountain can be said to be negligible.

In the library, Wang Daoqiu kept the mountain shapes in those photos firmly in his mind.Then go back and compare the mountains in the photo to find the mountains in reality.

After walking a few hundred meters further, he finally found the mountain in the photo in reality.After finding the place he was looking for, Wang Daoqiu stood on a high place, waved his hands at Lu Bing and others, and shouted at them to come over.

When they saw Lu Bing and the others, they understood what they meant and rushed towards them.Wang Daoqiu came down from the height and began to clean the stones on the river beach.

After a while, Lu Bing led his men over.As soon as Lu Bing saw Wang Daoqiu, he asked: "Xie Yuanlang, the coal field you mentioned is not on this river, is it?"

"Mr. Lu, according to my mining skills, this side of the river should be at the edge of this coalfield, and the bulk should be in the nearby valleys. The reason why I'm doing this on the river first is to see if I have any You read it wrong. After all, the soil on the barren beach of this river has been washed by the Yongding River for thousands of years. If there is coal underneath, it should not be deep. Come on, Mr. Lu, brothers, please dig with your knife first!"

Wang Daoqiu said that there was coal on the river, and Lu Bing was a little confused now. He didn't know whether to believe it or not.But he still gave Wang Daoqiu face and ordered his men to use their Xiuchun knives to dig underneath.

Knives are the favorite of warriors, especially the Xiuchun Dao that they carry with them.Using the embroidered spring knife that he regarded as his brother to dig in the soil made the dozen or so Jinyi guards who were following Lu Bing really unhappy!But they didn't dare to disobey Lu Bing's order.So each of them drew their knives and prepared to dig the soil, while they all looked at Wang Daoqiu sideways, their eyes full of disgust!

There were more than a dozen Jinyiwei who divided the work among themselves. Half of them used their precious Xiuchun knives as hoes to dig down the soil, while the other half were responsible for cleaning up the dug out river sand, silt and stones. .

After digging and digging, they saw water again at the bottom. They had to go to the boat to get buckets and basins, and while scooping water out, they continued to dig down.Just keep working like this until the person who bought the food brings the rice, hoes, and shovels. After everyone has eaten, they pick up the handy guy and continue working.

It was probably dug to a depth of more than four meters from the ground!The Jin Yiwei who was digging underneath shouted loudly: "Captain, coal, there really is coal underneath!"

Damn it, I finally found it. Library, you are so awesome!Thanking the library in his heart, Wang Daoqiu and Lu Bing stood over to take a look.

Lu Bing was obviously more excited than Wang Daoqiu. After all, he had found the coal field. Although the bulk belonged to Emperor Jiajing, he still had no problem dividing it into two or three percent.

So standing on the top of the cave, Lu Bing shouted excitedly: "Are you sure it's a whole piece of coal?"

"Confirm! Commander, when your subordinates clean the water scoops under here, you can see the coal under here for yourself."

"Okay, then you guys quickly clean up the water under here."

"promise"

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A few minutes later, the Jinyi guards drained all the water in the cave.Once the water was removed, the entire piece of coal covering the bottom of the cave shone brightly under the sunlight.

Coal, this is coal, there is really coal here.Looking at the shining coal, Lu Bing was excited.He squeezed Wang Daoqiu's shoulders with both hands and said with a smile: "Xie Yuanlang, what a great talent! Such a coal field is right by the river, only a little more than ten feet above the ground. No one has discovered it for thousands of years. And you, Xie Yuanlang, can tell at a glance, this is amazing! Xie Yuanlang, you are such a treasure! Hahahahaha!"

Make a fortune, make a fortune. This coal field is right by the river, and it is so shallow. With such a good coal field, it is difficult not to make a fortune!Lu Bing is really too excited now. He really feels that the Zhejiang Jieyuan in front of him is a money tree.And now he was convinced by Wang Daoqiu that the red stones on Hongshi Mountain were iron ore.

After confirming that there was indeed a coal field in this area, Lu Bing asked two Jinyi guards to guard here, and sent two more Jinyi guards to the coal mine controlled by his Jinyiwei, and asked the person in charge there to send people to explore clearly how big the coal field was. .

After arranging the next work, Lu Bing happily put his arm on Wang Daoqiu's shoulder and boarded the boat back.

On the boat, Lu Bing could not hide his joy and asked Wang Daoqiu: "Xie Yuanlang, according to your eyesight, how big can this coal field be?"

"The length and width should be about ten miles!"

"It's ten miles long and wide, so this coalfield is quite big. If we build the iron factory here in the future, then the coke for ironmaking will be available."

In normal years, Wangping Coal Mine has an annual coal output of 70 million tons, and the maximum annual output is 150 million tons.This output is just enough for Wang Daoqiu's plan for a future steel plant.

But how could the level of the Ming Dynasty in the sixteenth century be compared with that of later generations?To be honest, according to the current mining level of the Ming Dynasty, the Wangping Coal Mine can produce [-] tons per year, which is amazing to Wang Daoqiu.

So what does Lu Bing expect now? This coal field can support the steel factory in Wang Daoqiu's heart.This was obviously inertial thinking. He regarded the steel factory in Wang Daoqiu's heart as the small workshops and iron factories in the Ming Dynasty.

What a bumpkin!What an old man!Lu Bing's words really hurt Wang Daoqiu's self-esteem!But at the moment, Wang Daoqiu is too lazy to talk to Lu Bing about this. When the iron factory is built, let him see with his own eyes what modern industry is. I believe that Lu Bing will know it himself. There are so many rubes.

(End of this chapter)