Chapter 1316 Order

Let’s not talk about how Li Shuang and Wu Chao told their friends about their experience of seeing the steam train when they returned to Chengdu, Yizhou.

Outside Hanzhong City, the R&D center.

The second steam engine production line has officially begun production.

Because some of the craftsmen from the first steam engine production line were mobilized, the current output of the second steam engine production line is only one steam engine per day.

Geng Zhuzhu had mentioned to Bai Feng before that there was a shortage of craftsmen on the second steam engine production line.

Bai Feng's solution at the time was to send a group of students graduating this year to the R&D center to work on the second steam engine production line.

But it's still some time before students graduate.

When Bai Feng came to the R&D center, Geng Zhuzi's mental state looked much better than before after resting.

"How was your time in Yizhou?"

After seeing Geng Zhuzhu, Bai Feng asked with a smile.

"Very good. Although the famous mountains and rivers have not changed, the local customs and customs have changed a lot."

Hearing this, Geng Zhuzhu smiled at Bai Feng.

Then Geng Zhuzi remembered that when he was eating in a Chengdu restaurant, the two young scholars he met were talking loudly about steam trains.

So Geng Zhuzhu smiled at Bai Feng and said:

"Hanzhong Hou, steam trains are now well known in Yizhou."

"I also heard that many nobles in Yizhou began to spread rumors about reselling steam trains to Yecheng in order to get rich overnight, hahaha!"

After Geng Zhuzhu finished speaking to Bai Feng, he couldn't help but laugh.

On the one hand, he was amused by the whims of the Yizhou nobles.

Not to mention the manpower, material resources and time required to make a steam engine, how could the average noble afford the price of purchasing and maintaining a steam train?

There is also a steam train without rails, which is just an oversized steel ornament.

The nobles in Yecheng are not fools. They buy a steam train and put it at home to enjoy?

Two years later, the entire steam train was no longer available due to corrosion.

Bai Feng couldn't help but curiously said:

"I didn't expect the news of the steam train to spread so quickly in Yizhou. How do they evaluate the steam train?"

Seeing Bai Feng asking about the reactions of the Yizhou gentry and common people, Geng Zhuzi couldn't help but think of the two young gentry he had met at the restaurant before.

"None of them have ever seen a steam train with their own eyes. Of course, they are all guessing about the specific style, speed and other parameters of the steam train."

"I was in a restaurant and heard young scholars from Yizhou describe the train like this, hahaha. Then I couldn't help but go up and explain it to them, telling them what a steam train really looks like and some of its parameters."

Then Gengzhuzi told about his contact with the two young scholars from Yizhou.

Bai Feng also found it very interesting after hearing it.

"If a steam train could run that fast, wouldn't it become a high-speed train?"

Bai Feng finally thought in his heart.

Being able to manufacture a steam train now can be said to be a combination of the right time, right place, and right people.

As for high-speed rail, it cannot be manufactured at the current level no matter how hard we try.

Unless Bai Feng can use the system and rely on random character cards to draw out all the masters of physics, chemistry and other disciplines in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.

In Dawei, we began to lay all the foundations needed to build high-speed rail.

Even so, Bai Feng still feels that building a high-speed rail in his own lifetime is too fantasy. Even if he has a system, it is a very fantasy thing.

"By the way, I suddenly remembered that Zhang Ning mentioned to me two days ago that there were two scholars from Yizhou who wanted to go to the mine to see the steam train."

"And Zhang Ning guessed that the two scholars met you in Yizhou, and then they knew that they came directly to the mine in Hanzhong."

Then Bai Feng remembered an interesting thing Zhang Ning mentioned to him when he went to the mine to check the production situation.

"I didn't expect that they came here because they saw you in Yizhou. They insist on seeing the steam train with their own eyes! Hahaha!"

After Bai Feng said this, he couldn't help but smile to Geng Zhuzhu.

After listening to Geng Zhuzhu, he also found it interesting.

"I didn't expect those two young scholars to actually come to Hanzhong Mine to see the steam train, hahaha!"

After the two finished chatting about the anecdotes about the steam train, Bai Feng started talking to Geng Zhuzhu about the serious matter.

"I plan to transport all the steam engines produced on the second steam engine production line to Yecheng for sale."

Geng Zhuzhu nodded to Bai Feng when he heard this.

At this time, Geng Zhuzhu had already heard Bai Feng's explanation. We can earn this money ourselves, so why let the Erdao dealers in Yizhou or Yecheng earn this money.

What's more, the output of steam engines is not high now, and there is no need for any channel dealers or dealers to help sell steam engines.

As the saying goes, rare things are valuable.

Don’t worry about selling good things.

"There is also the issue of the new batch of craftsmen."

"In the future, I plan not to recruit large quantities of new craftsmen from outside. Whether it is the expansion of the R&D center or various factories, I will use school graduates if I can."

Then Bai Feng began to talk to Geng Zhuzhu about recruiting craftsmen.

"Ok, I see."

After hearing this, Geng Zhuzhu also agreed very much with Bai Feng's arrangement.

First of all, the students who graduated from Hanzhong School, not to mention that they have received high-end education, are proficient in poetry, books, etiquette and Yi.

But they have no problem with listening, speaking, reading and writing, and they have all received basic arithmetic education.

This is very helpful for working in the R&D center.

Because the R&D center now requires mass production, whether it is the steam engine production line or other production lines in the future, which has great requirements for the accuracy standard.

The graduates of Hanzhong School who have learned arithmetic can better adapt to working on the production line of the R&D center.

And these graduates and it is difficult to have the opportunity to enter the officialdom, because most of them are children of the people.

In the minds of these graduates, working in the R&D center is already a very good place.

"Also, now we can start to manufacture a new steam locomotive."

"Now the mining efficiency of the mine has increased significantly due to the continuous improvement of the blasting operation technology of Wei Boyang and others in the explosives workshop, and the continuous construction of blast furnaces. The amount of steel smelted per month has increased significantly."

"After a while, a steam locomotive will no longer meet the transportation requirements of the mine."

Then Bai Feng continued to instruct Geng Zhuzi.