Rise of the 1630s South America

Chapter 2107 Technical Reserve ([-])

356 Technical reserve ([-])

"Chen Xiaomao, are you going to work again?" At 06:30 in the morning, Chen Xiaomao in overalls came to a snack shop, and the boss immediately greeted him happily, and at the same time picked out a few cod balls from the pot After a little cold, he wrapped it in oiled paper and handed it to Chen Xiaomao.

Cod ball is a traditional food on the east coast. It is made of cod fish caught off the coast of the east coast, minced into balls, and fried with flour. It is a bit similar to Chinese lion heads.In fact, this kind of food was also invented by immigrants from Huai'an Prefecture. They found inspiration from the lion's head, and then made innovations with the huge cod production on the east coast, and finally formed a traditional fast food such as fried cod balls. One of the favorites of the working class.

Chen Xiaomao took out a few new copper coins from his pocket and stuffed them into a money box next to him. After hesitating for a while, he said, "Prepare some lamb ribs for me. As usual, I'll come to the store to eat at noon."

The store owner immediately understood and said with a smile: "Okay. You are lucky today. A batch of new sheep has just been shipped from Nanzhuo, and they are all top-notch. Many old guys are rushing to eat. I will get you some Ribs, add a little leg meat, and braise it in a while, just come to eat after work at noon."

The stewed lamb chops mentioned by the shop owner is a famous traditional dish on the east coast.Of course, this "tradition" may not be long enough, about 30 or [-] years, but in terms of popularity, it is amazing. It has become an out-and-out local name just like beef stew with potatoes and clam tofu soup. vegetable.

This dish is said to have been invented by an immigrant from the Ottoman Empire. It mixed some elements from China, and finally blended East and West to form a dish that is deeply loved by people on the east coast.To put it bluntly, this dish is actually very simple, that is, use a large basin-shaped clay pot, brush a layer of oil on the bottom, put the cut lamb ribs, potato pieces, and spices such as rosemary imported from Morocco, Then cover the clay pot, surround it with charcoal, and simmer on fire.

Braised lamb is undoubtedly very delicious, which is not only due to the cooking process, but also related to the fresh and tender quality of the southern cone kid goat. The two are indispensable and complement each other.I believe that with the increasing number of immigrants, various cultures collide here, and finally they are absorbed by the East Coast culture, forming their own unique national style.

After Chen Xiaomao finished eating cod balls at the snack shop, he didn't delay any longer, and strode into the Dayuhe Naval Shipyard not far away—although Qingdao Port has been moved from the capital, it is said that it is a traditional However, the words "Big Fish River" in front of the shipyard have always been retained, just like the Big Fish River Textile Factory that has slowly moved to the south of the Rio de la Plata.

"Xiao Mao, check the copper sheet sent by Xin later. It's from Tieling Heavy Industry, and see how the quality is." Just after arriving at the workshop, the group leader who was sitting smoking at the door stopped Chen Xiaomao and ordered.

"Understood, team leader." Chen Xiaomao agreed, and then walked towards the other side's copper skin.Their workshop is not the core workshop of the shipyard, but it is also indispensable. Well, it mainly covers the bottom of important ships with copper skin to reduce the damage of plankton on the bottom of the ship and prolong the service life of the ship.

Copper skins are generally purchased from the Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium, and sometimes from the Pingan Coal and Steel Consortium further north. That heavy industry group also has a non-ferrous metal rolling workshop, but the purchase volume is not as good as Tieling Heavy Industry. The main consideration is The most important thing is the cost of transportation and logistics.

The detection of the quality of the copper skin mainly depends on the chemical method, that is, a small piece of copper skin is sampled, and then sent to the chemical inspection room, and the percentage of copper and other impurity metals is weighed out through chemical reactions.This process didn't take too long, it took about an hour, and Chen Xiaomao got the results from the two engineers in the chemical laboratory, and then rushed to find the team leader.

"Squad leader, the copper content is 61%, which is very accurate." After seeing the team leader who was processing a lead pipe, Chen Xiaomao immediately reported: "The copper content they sent recently is very stable, which is strange. "

"It's not surprising at all." After signaling Chen Xiaomao to sit down and smoke together, the team leader said: "You were not here last time when you asked for leave, I just don't know. The content has reached more than 99.5%, so controlling the content of this copper alloy is simply a piece of cake."

"They invented a new method of smelting and refining copper ore and iron oxide, and through secondary calcination and refining, the copper content was greatly increased. For this reason, the South China Sea Transportation Company is already trying to acquire the waste residue left by the Europeans after smelting copper Now, the price is almost the same as picking it up for nothing, this is the power of science." The team leader took a puff of cigarette and said.

It is said that the East Coast Engineering Technology Research Institute still has a lot of technical reserves on hand.For example, they have been researching and verifying the method of refining copper on a small scale before. They have just achieved a small success a while ago, and they have cooperated with the Tieling Heavy Industry Consortium to improve the precision of copper by improving the production process and other methods. It provides great convenience for industrial production and scientific research on the shore.What's more, a few smart people asked whether it is possible to go to the old continent to buy the slag left after the local people smelt copper. It usually contains 20%-35% copper, but the local people don't have it. If the method is further refined, it can only be discarded, which is very wasteful.

For this reason, the local government ordered the South China Sea Transportation Company to purchase all kinds of copper smelting slag from various places in the Old Continent, and then transport it back to the local area for further refining.You must know that with the rapid development of industries on the east coast, whether it is ships, machinery, military or the newly developed electric power field, the demand for copper—especially high-purity copper—is increasing day by day, and the price of copper on the east coast is also high. It's the same every year, and it's going up and up, and it seems to be endless.

Therefore, it has become a profitable thing to acquire various copper-containing waste residues or compounds from the Old World.Especially the waste slag after copper smelting by the local people is almost worthless, just like picking up in vain, the degree of huge profits can be imagined.Of course, the people in the Old Continent are not fools. After a long time, they can always figure out that the people on the east coast must have researched an amazing method of refining copper, so they wantonly purchased copper-containing waste slag and went back to refine it.But so what?They don't have a way to refine them, and the waste is still waste in their hands, and they can't turn waste into treasure. Therefore, no matter how unwilling they are, they can only sell it to the people on the east coast, and raise the price a little bit if they die.

Of course, this kind of behavior of the people on the east coast will definitely promote the research on the extraction of copper-containing waste residue in the Old World, which is all predictable.However, with their research ability and understanding of various metal minerals, it is very difficult.Some of the relatively rare metals in the copper-containing waste slag, Europeans have no idea at this time, but the people on the east coast have already studied the characteristics of these metals, and tried to use them to make some alloys with steel. The gap between them is more than justified. count!

"It's really rich." Chen Xiaomao took out a crumpled Cosmos brand cigarette from his pocket, and said while lighting it: "And it makes me want to go to school and learn something new. The point I learned in elementary school Things, now it seems that it is really not enough, if you want to rely on this new invention to reach the sky, then don't even think about it."

In fact, as an old state-owned factory on the east coast, Dayuhe Naval Shipyard has evening schools to teach some professional knowledge.The school is located in the auditorium of the factory headquarters. It is newly built, and the gas lighting system has been installed. It is brightly lit at night. There are external teachers who come to give lectures, free of charge, but only for factory employees.

Chen Xiaomao had listened to it a few times before, and gained some results, but due to various reasons, he couldn't persevere, fishing for three days and drying the net for two days.Hearing the team leader talk about new technologies and new inventions, his heart was touched again, and he felt that he was only in his early 20s, still very young, and seemed to be salvageable.Therefore, he made up his mind to find out what was being taught in the night school after get off work this afternoon, and what preparations he had to make when he went to attend the class, so that he could solidly enrich himself.

Thinking back to the past, when I got off work, I would either go to eat with some friends, or go to the theater to watch a show. It was a waste of time.To be honest, the night school held in the factory is a great benefit. In the past, Chen Xiaomao vaguely heard an English captain who came to repair the ship lament that the old continent did not have such a low-cost and easy-to-use lighting system as gas lamps, and the cost of candles and lamp oil They are all very expensive, and the brightness is much lower, so there is no such condition to open a training institution such as an evening school.It is unbearable to think that I have wasted a great learning opportunity that even the captain of England coveted!

I heard that the factory moved from the capital this time, and the factory gave compensation or resettlement allowances to skilled engineers or technical backbones to encourage them to come to work in the new factory in Qingdao Port.But compared with them, the ordinary workers who accounted for the majority were given up. The attitude of the factory to them was okay, but there was no compensation, and you had to move at your own expense. This blocked the enthusiasm of many people.Chen Xiaomao is a native of Qingdao County. The direct reason for entering the factory is that many ordinary workers from the capital did not come, and there was a shortage of manpower, so they were re-recruited in Qingdao Port. Chen Xiaomao was also responsible for this.

And it was at this time that Chen Xiaomao suddenly figured out a problem that he had never thought about before, that is, if he could not learn more knowledge and master various skills, would he become the kind of person who could be given up by the factory at will in the future? What about ordinary workers?What if the economy goes down in the future and the shipyard lays off workers?Thinking of this, Chen Xiaomao couldn't help shivering, and the desire to face the night school became stronger in his heart.

(End of this chapter)