"The Damoshan iron ore is completely open-pit mining, and it is easy to transport. The biggest problem is that the iron content is too high and the hardness is too high, so it has always been difficult to mine. As long as a few large-scale solar furnaces of this kind are made, the Damoshan A little bit of melting will immediately increase the mining speed, and the increase depends entirely on the size and number of solar furnaces." Ren Baqian talked to the crowd.
At this moment, everyone couldn't care less about studying the mirror. Everyone's eyes were on Ren Baqian, and their minds were attracted by what Ren Baqian just said.
The lack of iron ore has always troubled Dayao. Although some iron ore can be purchased from Yun and Chen, the quantity is very small. Those merchants are more keen on transporting high value, light in size and weight, such as salt, fur, and gemstones. , cloth, porcelain and so on.
Ironware has always been very precious. For the ordinary people of the ancient clan, a two-jin fine iron short knife can be regarded as a treasure that can only be obtained after several years of accumulation.
The Empress wanted to expand her army by 20,000, and she had to find ways to prepare even weapons. If there were no Ren 8,000, she would have to take some of the treasures stored in the palace treasury over the years to other countries in exchange for weapons.
During this period, it was even more difficult for the common people to buy ironware, but this was also something that could not be helped. After all, equipping the new army was the most important thing at present.
So just now Ren Baqian used the standard weapon of the guard to do the experiment, the guard was like a dead son, all he had to say was: the sword is there, the sword is dead. For him, this knife is closer than his son.
Under such circumstances, now that Ren Baqian said that he could increase the output of Damo Mountain by a hundredfold, everyone looked in disbelief.
If so, Ren Baqian really made a great contribution. Even if he doesn't do anything in the future, this achievement alone is enough for him to gain a foothold in the Great Yao Dynasty.
If Ren Baqian had said before that he could increase the output of the Damo Mountain iron mine by a hundredfold, they would never have believed it, and they would have questioned him in front of the Empress.
However, he just demonstrated how to use this disk to melt part of a steel knife in an instant. Coupled with the characteristics of Damo Mountain, everyone felt that his words were too exaggerated at this time, but they felt that it was really possible. .
"Ren Fucheng, are you serious?" Hubu Shangshu Tong Zhenye, a big man with a beard and braids on his chin, stared closely at Ren Baqian.
"Naturally, but before that, the glass factory needs to be built. Once the glass factory is built, enough mirrors can be made to assemble the solar furnace."
"What do you need for the glass factory you mentioned? As long as you can do it, you can send everyone in our Ministry of Industry." Tuwan said in a deep voice.
"The same is true for Hubu." Hubu Shangshu Tuwan was a woman who looked a little older than Taifu Siqing Gu Yue, but she was very charming.
At this moment, everyone knew the reason why His Majesty called them here.
One is to observe this treasure, and at the same time, it is to let all parties cooperate to build this glass factory. On the other hand, I am afraid that it is to ask for the support of various ministries. Money, people, these must be needed.
But in order to eat the big cake that Ren Baqian had drawn, no one would say no to them if they were asked to contribute their efforts at this time.
"I don't need to bother you about anything else. This glass factory is counted as the property of the palace, so naturally the palace allocated money to build it." Ren Baqian said on behalf of the empress.
"Huh?" Everyone was shocked, not knowing what this meant.
Afterwards, they all thought about it, for example, the royal families of Daxia, Izumo, and Chen State actually all had property, but Dayao was poor and white. Both the first emperor and His Majesty had very low material requirements and were not luxurious. It is not on this, so the royal family has never had any property.
Ren Baqian said this at this time, don't think about it, it must be his idea, His Majesty will not do this.
"I will also arrange the solar furnace on Mount Damo. You don't need to do anything, but some craftsmen need to be recruited when it is built, and at the same time, some people with more dexterous hands will be recruited from the ancient people. It must be dexterous."
After hearing this, Tong Zhenye, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, had no objection. Needless to say, Ren Baqian said that he would increase the mining speed of Damo Mountain by a hundred times, even if it was ten times, he needed the strong support of everyone from the Ministry of Industry.
Speeding up the mining speed is already in the best interest of the Ministry of Industry.
Tuwan frowned slightly. She had more ideas about what such a glass factory could do, but she was relieved after thinking about it. After all, this matter was brought up by the Prime Minister Ren, who was also the husband-in-law chosen by the Empress. If he wanted to use the power in the palace to do this, no one else could say anything.
Because if you do this, this glass factory will be the property of the empress in the future.
Can she still snatch things from the Empress
In this way, everyone has no opinion.
"That's how it is." Seeing that everyone was silent, the Empress made a decision and said.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Everyone said.
Originally, everyone looked at Ren Baqian as nothing, but after this incident, they took a high look at him. After all, he was able to make such a thing, which shows that he is still capable. It's a pity that he is still too weak, strangled to death with one hand, not worthy of His Majesty.
"Let's start working on the glass factory tomorrow, Ren Fucheng will be in charge, and other departments will work together to assist."
"yes."
Speaking of which, the matter has been completely settled, everyone's trip to the palace was not in vain, at least they could see such a miraculous thing, which opened everyone's eyes.
By the way, they all took away the sunglasses one by one, and this group of people didn't think about returning them. They nodded to Ren Baqian and left with their sunglasses on, for fear that Ren Baqian would ask them for it.
In their hearts, the sunglasses are still a good thing. After all, they don't know much about glass or not. The mirror should be made of precious stones, and the workmanship is exquisite. It's not bad to take it back as a family heirloom.
Naturally, they didn't know that Ren Baqian bought these sunglasses for 30 yuan each on the street. If they wanted it, they could bring a sack with them at any time.
Before they left, everyone nodded at Ren Baqian, which meant that these bigwigs recognized him somewhat, which was a good thing.
In the evening, he went to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and chatted with the Empress for a while, and talked about the things needed for the construction of the glass factory. Although what he said in the afternoon was simple, there were actually a lot of things to do.
The first is fuel, preferably coal that can be found in this world, or other fuels that can be replaced. If not, you can only use charcoal.
The second is the blast furnace, which is needed for both steelmaking and glass making.
Since a blast furnace is to be used, cement and fired bricks are also needed.
There are also materials needed to make glass: sandstone, soda ash, feldspar, dolomite, limestone, Glauber's salt and so on.
Most of them need to be searched in the territory of Dayao. Of course, he doesn't need to look for them himself, as long as he brings back a few pieces from the earth and let the people of Dayao look for them in this way.
But soda ash still needs him to make.
Therefore, although it is only a glass factory, there are actually many things that need to be built.
Among them, Ren Baqian was going to provide the cement and fired bricks to the Ministry of Industry, so he didn't need to hide this kind of technology. Even if it is glass, after a period of time, he is ready to sell the technology after earning the maximum profit.
Among them, cement can be used in all aspects of building cities and roads.
There are also many uses for burning bricks. For example, if you want to cast a blast furnace for smelting in the future, or for ordinary people to build houses, you don't need to polish such a large stone and transport it back to the city.
Moreover, brick buildings are much better than wooden buildings in terms of warmth, waterproof, anti-corrosion, and fire prevention.
Regarding these matters, the empress naturally has no opinion, she just needs to see the results.