Chapter 174: be prepared

Shang Wen came to a quarry. Because it is close to the meal. The quarry is not very busy.

Shangwen spent a lot of time inspecting the paper mill. The paper mill is unable to make large-scale improvements now because the power equipment has not been allocated there in priority. Improvements can only be made with redundant steam engines.

However, in the paper mill, Shangwen set up a workshop for printing. In the beginning, movable type printing was used, but the bronze movable type was used instead of clay. This is done to increase the proportion of reuse. At the same time, Shangwen also taught them to use the three-color process technology, which is used for printing stocks in the future, but the actual meaning is not great now. The craftsman does not understand why it is necessary to spend such a large memorial to do a work that has no practical significance at present. However, Shangwen didn't care. In order to provide convenience, Shangwen also allocated a portion of funds to improve the deficiencies in the printing work.

After visiting the paper factory, Shang Wen checked the glass factory by the way. The glass currently manufactured can only produce some glassware, lenses, and glass cannot become a kind of architectural decorations and appear in daily life on a large scale. This is mainly made of materials. Scarcity, especially the scarcity of sodium carbonate.

Due to the construction of Zheng Guo Canal in Qin State, the salt-alkali land in Qin State was reduced on a large scale, and it became impossible to obtain sodium carbonate from local materials. Only one processing and purification from the remote Bashu region can meet the large-scale demand. There is no way. Shangwen inquired about it from the craftsman. There are only some counties and counties in the Kingdom of Bashu and Zhao that can produce salt near the Kingdom of Qin, and there are also counties in the Taiyuan County of the Kingdom of Qin, but they are too close to the battlefield. The output is not very large. Shangwen was really worried when he heard this news. The production of salt is also an important source of chemistry. Qin has no coastline, which is almost a natural fatal blow. These raw materials cannot be obtained near the sea. Shangwen can only temporarily give up the idea of ​​increasing sodium carbonate on a large scale. I have a chance to visit the South in the future.

However, the glass factory also had a surprise, that is, quenching occurred. The toughened glass was obtained by physical methods. This greatly improves the hardness of the glass. And this result has already begun to be applied to the telescope. In this way, the new telescope made by Qin Guo is more resistant to fall. At the same time, the processing purity of raw materials is improved. There are no impurities in the telescope. This has to be said, the improvement of processing technology. Shang Wen praised him, and immediately offered a reward, and the craftsman who had to be discovered asked him to fill in the application. Such generous rewards deeply stimulated all the craftsmen on the spot. For this reason, craftsmen began to wonder how to improve production and how to get brand new products. This is a good thing. What Shang Wen wants is such an effect.

Shangwen finished the work at hand, it was already evening. Shangwen thinks that large-scale railway construction is likely to start in the future. Now that it is late autumn, it is impossible to start construction. In order to ensure that construction starts immediately after the beginning of spring, Shangwen feels that the preparations for raw materials should be stepped up. So Shangwen immediately moved to the quarry.

At present, the main direction provided by the quarry is to build roads. Because it has entered late autumn. The construction of the road was temporarily stopped, and all the prisoners of war had already begun to go south in batches in accordance with Qin's decree. Go to the land of Bashu and build a road. The vast majority of the rest began to enter the coal mines, iron quarries. Started large-scale mining of iron ore and coal resources.

Shangwen did not summon any management officials, but from a distance to check the scale of the quarry. The quarry is in accordance with the current situation. It can also meet the demand. The main reason is that the roads built are made from local materials.

"Let's go, let's enter the palace." Shang Wen said slowly.

"Into the palace?" the coachman asked puzzledly.

"Go." Shang Wen said. What Shang Wen thought in his mind was to begin large-scale processing of railroad tracks. To process railroad tracks, one must travel to the north in person. Because the current demand for iron is only for weapons and farm tools. It can be regarded as a balanced supply and demand relationship, but with the advent of the steam engine, this balance will soon be broken. A lot of machinery needs to appear. Plus processing rails. The iron factory will not collapse in the coming year. Shangwen must solve these problems early. There is also a lot of wood.

Building a railway requires a lot of sleepers. Where does this wood come from. It all started with the felling of the only trees on the Loess Plateau. Environmental protection is equally important. Excessive logging will cause serious damage to the environment. I don't want to see the sacrifice of the environment as a heavy price for the industrial revolution. The ancients already had this awareness, but industry is a huge consuming machine. No one knows whether to sacrifice the environment in order to meet industrial needs. Shang Wen didn't want this to happen at the beginning, so he decided to open up a new logging site. All these needs have begun to indicate a place, that is, the south. The jungle of the south. A lot of resources can be obtained. These must start as soon as possible.

The car had come to Xianyang Palace unknowingly. Shangwen got off the car and immediately went to the palace to discuss with the princess about some matters concerning the gun factory. These matters mainly focused on management. The main thing is to give the princess a vaccination in advance and let her take some new management methods proactively. Shang Wen didn't want to destroy the gun factory in the first place. This future competitor.

Shang Wen is preparing to find the princess. Zhao Gao hurried over.

"Master Qin, Master Qin. The king is looking for you. Go quickly." Zhao Gao said hurriedly.

"Look for me. What can I do for you?" Shang Wen asked inexplicably.

"It seems that Qi State sent an envoy to purchase a large number of guns and artillery. And the amount is very large." Zhao Guo whispered.

"Qi State". It was the first time that Shangwen heard that Qi Guo had sent people to buy guns and artillery. This is really strange. Shang Wen was a little puzzled. But let's go and take a look.

It turned out that after Qi State fired the artillery, the group of officials had made it clear that they would buy this type of firearm. Moreover, the number is very large. It is planned to buy two hundred artillery pieces at once. If Shangwen heard this number, he would definitely be surprised. Because of this number, the total number of artillery produced by Qin State himself is not as large as this number. It can be said that being able to break a hundred is already a miracle.

The purchase of artillery by Qi State was mainly due to the need for Qi State to strengthen its national defense after nearly annihilating the State in recent years. At the same time, some of the ministers mainly retaliated against Yan State. After watching the artillery shooting, they thought that this kind of weapon was just enough to meet the needs of the Qi state for war, so they did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to buy it.