doomsday survival

Chapter 349

Gao Yuanshan's words made Shi Jian's eyes brighten, and he was overjoyed immediately.

Whether it is Feng Kuang or Shi Jian, both of them have certain theoretical knowledge for steelmaking, but theory is theory after all, and it is difficult to put it into practice.

Otherwise, it would not have been wasting so much time when casting iron, and it was finally resolved by relying on Wang Gang's excellent observation ability.

"Old Gao, is what you said true?" Shi Jian unconsciously used honorifics.

Gao Yuanshan nodded sincerely, and said: "My family is not well off. I stopped studying at the age of 15 and went out to work to make up for my family. I worked in a small private steel factory for four years, and the result was..."

"Four years, it's not too short. How old were you at that time." Feng Kuang sighed on the side.

Gao Yuanshan smiled casually, and said: "Actually, there is no one of us with good family conditions. Whoever has the conditions will not get the vaccine."

This is really being said, whoever can survive if conditions permit, will have already mutated into a walking corpse that is neither human nor ghost.

"Why don't you go and have a look now?" Gao Yuanshan said proactively, and he also stood up.

Shi Jian hastily stopped him and said, "It's not something to be in a hurry, let's eat first. We won't work today, so let's take a good rest and talk about it tomorrow."

"It's okay, Mr. Shi. Although we are old, we still have enough energy." Then he smiled self-deprecatingly. .”

"That's not okay. Besides, you don't have to suffer anymore when you come here." Shi Jian said resolutely.

Seeing what Shi Jian said, Gao Yuanshan was moved in his heart, so he no longer refused Shi Jian's kindness and agreed.

After eating, Shi Jian asked them to go to their room to rest, and hold a celebration banquet after all the tribesmen came back in the evening.

At the evening banquet, Shi Jian introduced the identities of Gao Yuanshan and his party to everyone, and at the same time announced that they had officially joined the Chang'an tribe.

Everyone naturally responded with warm applause, welcoming the newcomers.

The atmosphere of the banquet was very harmonious, although the two parties may have some differences in concept because of the different living conditions.However, because the Chang'an tribe retained the concepts of the old era to the greatest extent, and Gao Yuanshan and his party were mostly people from the old era, so they talked very harmoniously.

On the second day, Shi Jian took Gao Yuanshan to the foundry workshop and asked him to see how the open hearth furnace was being built.

The small steel factory where Gao Yuanshan worked at that time was an indigenous steelmaking factory, which should have been banned a long time ago, but it was located in a remote place, and for various reasons, no one had rectified it.

Although he only worked in the steel factory for four years, Gao Yuanshan, who is smart and eager to learn, has grown up very quickly. He has already become an expert in business and is very familiar with all processes.

"If I work for another two years, I will be able to work as a foreman. If I save a few years, I can afford vaccines, and my father and the elderly will not have to suffer." Gao Yuanshan said to Feng Kuang, eyes wide From a layer of tears.

"It's all in the past, brother, don't think about that. Besides," Feng Kuang comforted, "If you use it, you will become a zombie."

Gao Yuanshan sighed, and said, "At least he won't have to suffer when he dies. He was in the mountains and saw that he didn't have painkillers, so I suffered that..." As he spoke, he choked up.

Feng Kuang patted Gao Yuanshan's shoulder without saying a word.

"The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, and the child wants to be raised but the relatives don't wait." Shi Jian said with deep emotion.

Gao Yuanshan wiped the corners of his eyes with the back of his hand, and said with a smile: "When I'm old, I like to turn over. It made Mr. Shi a joke. Let's go and have a look."

When he came to the newly built open hearth, Gao Yuanshan put aside all the sorrows on the road, and then carefully inspected it.

To be honest, Shi Jian was still a little worried, afraid that Gao Yuanshan would forget it because of too long.However, looking at his current appearance, Shi Jian was somewhat relieved.

Gao Yuanshan squatted down and inspected the refractory bricks of the open hearth furnace carefully, but the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, and finally he stood up shaking his head and said, "Mr. Shi, this open hearth furnace cannot be used."

Shi Jian had already noticed that Gao Yuanshan's expression was wrong, and he guessed that there must be something wrong. When he heard the expected words, he was not nervous, but asked humbly, "Old Gao, what's wrong?"

Gao Yuanshan didn't speak, but walked to the refractory bricks piled up next to him, picked up one, and smashed it hard at the other, breaking the refractory bricks apart.

"Mr. Shi, look," Gao Yuanshan handed the broken brick in front of Shi Jian, and then said, "Your bricks are not cooked enough, the color inside is too light, and they are not heated evenly, each brick is different. It’s okay in the short term, but after a long time, something will happen.”

When Shi Jian heard that there would be an accident, he hurriedly asked: "Then how do you burn these bricks?"

Gao Yuanshan shook his head and said, "I only know how to look at bricks, but I'm not good at burning bricks. You have to find Old Zhao. He worked in the kiln."

Shi Jian had an impression of Gao Yuanshan's old Zhaotou. His real name was Zhao Tiefeng, and he was half a year younger than Gao Yuanshan, but he didn't know that he still had this ability.

"Wang Gang, hurry up and invite Zhao Tiefeng, Mr. Zhao." Shi Jian hurriedly said to Wang Gang who was already dumbfounded beside him.

Wang Gang didn't arrange for others to go, he ran out by himself, and after a while, Zhao Tiefeng was invited by him.

Zhao Tiefeng entered the door, greeted Shi Jian and Feng Kuang, and went to look at the refractory bricks. Obviously Wang Gang had already told him.

After reading it, Zhao Tiefeng said: "Brother Gao is right, you didn't control the heat well, and when you stacked the bricks, the gaps between the bricks were big or small, and the adobes were not dry enough, that's why this happened. situation."

Shi Jian hurriedly said, "Old Zhao, how about you instruct us to burn a batch of bricks again?"

Without any hesitation, Zhao Tiefeng nodded in agreement, and said, "Then let's start working today, all the ingredients for the bricks are complete, right?"

"Of course it's complete, thank you for your hard work." Shi Jian said hastily.

Wang Gang's group of steel workers had to be transformed into kiln workers again, and Zhao Tiefeng led them to make bricks and fire refractory bricks.

Gao Yuanshan put forward some suggestions for improvement of this open hearth furnace to make it more effective, and only waited for the refractory bricks to be fired before building a new open hearth furnace.

After another detailed conversation with Gao Yuanshan, Shi Jian had to admit that the old saying "A family is like a treasure" is extremely true.

Because of their family circumstances, except for a few younger ones, these elderly people had more or less engaged in some heavy physical work in the old days.

For example, there are kilns and iron smelting, bricklayers and carpenters. This is wealth in the last days.

Knowledge is not only those high-end technologies that are called knowledge. Heavy manual laborers like them are also knowledge.

"Old Feng, I just wanted to take in these old people and let them enjoy happiness in their later years, but I didn't expect that it would really help us a lot." Shi Jian said to Feng Kuang in private.

"Who says it's not true? Interlacing is like a mountain. You've heard Gao Yuanshan talk about steel wire drawing and steel rolling. It's the same thing. You can't accept it." Feng Kuang also agreed.

After another half a month, the new refractory bricks finally came out of the kiln.

Zhao Tiefeng picked up a brick and smashed it hard three or four times before breaking it open. The hardness was not comparable to what Shi Jian and the others burned.

Looking at the brick core inside, there is no difference from the outside, which once again proves the ability of professionals.

Gao Yuanshan personally came to guide, and according to his improvement plan, finally built a new open hearth furnace.

Next, Gao Yuanshan began to direct steelmaking, and after only four experiments, he successfully produced steel that met Shi Jian's requirements.

The first steel products were the tools used by prisoners building roads.

Before, the tools they used were all made of cast iron. Because cast iron was relatively brittle, it was damaged quickly. Now that the tools are replaced with steel products, the tools are easier to use and the work efficiency has also improved a lot.

Time may be the easiest time to pass, almost in a blink of an eye, it is already September.

This day is enough to be recorded in the history of Chang'an Tribe. The mountain road that has been built for five months is finally connected. From now on, the distance between the industrial park and the village will no longer be far away.

Shi Jian was the first to drive on the newly built mountain road. In the rear compartment, there were tools for autumn harvest, including a steel sickle, a threshing machine and a grinder designed by Shi Jian, which can be used now. of.

Driving on the newly built road, Shi Jian was extremely excited. He finally made it. He believed that as long as the Chang'an tribe continued to develop, rebuilding human civilization would definitely not be far away.

Xia Qianhe led the people from the cottage to meet Shi Jian at the foot of the mountain. Although it was already cold in Changbai Mountain, no one complained. They all looked at the other direction of the mountain road, expecting Shi Jian to arrive soon.

Finally, a familiar horn sounded, and then a car appeared from the curved road, and it was speeding towards it soon.

Six hours, only six hours, Shi Jian arrived at the cottage from the industrial park, which was absolutely unimaginable in the past.

"Shi Jian, you are finally here!" Xia Qianhe smiled and walked forward.

Shi Jian jumped out of the car, held Xia Qianhe's hand, and said, "Grand Elder, long time no see."

"With this road, it will be common in the future." Xia Qianhe said with a smile.

"Let everyone move all the things in the car up the mountain, let's talk after getting in the car." Shi Jian said the same.

Yes, this road has only been built to the bottom of the mountain. If it is built up the mountain, because of the slope, it can only be built on the winding mountain road. The amount of work is really too big.

The prisoners and the young adults started to carry tools up the mountain together, while Shi Jian and the elders went up the mountain first.

Several people were chatting in the great hall, waiting for the tools to be transported, but a person suddenly ran in and said out of breath, "Mr. Shi, elders, a group of people came down from the mountain!"

(End of this chapter)