Chapter 2043 Your Name Is Krupp?
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Marin naturally handed over this kind of dark matter to his black glove Kohler. Marin, on the other hand, needs to maintain the image of the white lotus. However, Marin always felt inexplicably guilty when he saw the Rabbi, the Deputy Finance Minister of the Jewish people.
Fortunately, no one will know that he did this immoral thing. In order to hide his guilty conscience, Marin pretended to be expressionless. Actually, he just didn't know what expression to use. The expressionless face is actually a common leadership routine. If there is no expression, it looks unfathomable and unfathomable. And the expression is too rich, it is easy for people to figure out the true thoughts.
"Well, not bad." Marin nodded expressionlessly, without expressing any extra opinions, which made the rabbi leave anxiously.
Putting aside distracting thoughts in his mind, Marin picked up his notebook and saw his previous plan to promote the industrialization of Beihai. So he suddenly decided to visit the steel works in Krumhorne.
It is said that the iron and steel industry is the foundation of industry and the lifeblood of national industry. Without the iron and steel industry, the machine industry cannot develop. Without machines, there is no industry to speak of, and we can only stay in the age of handicrafts.
Therefore, no matter how much the steel industry attaches importance to it, it cannot be overestimated. Unless, you don't want to develop industry anymore. Alternatively, there are foreign steel companies that can provide you with steel products stably. However, not developing industry means standing still. However, foreign countries in this era have only blacksmith shops and no steel companies, which is worse than Beihai. Therefore, we can only develop the steel industry by ourselves.
Moreover, the development of the steel industry is related to the quality of guns and belongs to the category of national security, and its importance is self-evident. Therefore, Marin plans to strengthen the steel industry in Beihai this time.
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Previously, Marin had drawn thousands of skilled blacksmiths from all over the North Sea State in order to run the largest Krumhearn Iron and Steel Plant in the North Sea State. Then, in order to expand production in the future, thousands of blacksmith apprentices were also stuffed into the factory. In the past two years, a group of "high-achieving students" who graduated from elementary school were also stuffed in as top apprentices.
Now, Marin just wants to see how this steel plant, which he has placed high hopes on, is doing now...
Surrounded by half-armored guards, Marin walked into the largest steel factory in Beihai...
It is said to be a steel plant, but it is actually divided into several parts. One part is the coking plant, which processes the coke coal transported from the Ruhr area through the Münster Canal into coke; the second part is the blast furnace, which uses coke to reduce iron ore into molten iron and cast it into ingots; the last part, naturally It's a steel mill. It is to use a crucible furnace or a reverberatory furnace to refine the molten iron again and refine it into steel.
But the steel produced by the steelworks,
It is mainly used for casting cannons and making muskets, as well as making precision instruments such as springs. For ordinary industrial and agricultural production, the pig iron smelted in the blast furnace is enough. Because quicklime is added to the molten iron to remove sulfur and phosphorus, the pig iron ingots in Beihai are of high quality. At least, higher quality than French pig iron ingots.
First, cities with many craftsmen, such as Nuremberg in southern Germany, especially like to use pig iron ingots produced in the North Sea to forge plate armor. Similarly, Austria also imports a large amount of pig iron ingots from the North Sea every year for making weapons and armor.
However, the Beihai country uses steel for weapons and armor instead of pig iron. Only foreign trade weapons and armor will be made with iron ingots. More often, the North Sea State processed iron ingots into agricultural tools for agricultural production. This is the envy of other European countries. You know, iron farm tools are also rare in Europe these days.
Because of the frequent wars and the higher price of weapons and armor, blacksmiths used more steel to make more profitable weapons and armor. As for farm implements? Let's just make do with wooden ones. Only nobles and wealthy landlords can afford iron farm tools. Of course, there are also stone implements made by stone masons with the help of stones, but this kind of farm tools is fine for soft soil, but it is easy to damage if it is too hard.
Only in the North Sea country, because of the existence of the Krumhorn Iron and Steel Works, the iron supply is sufficient, everyone can work with iron farm tools, and the efficiency has improved a lot. And farm tools like the Prader plow cart, which consume a lot of iron, have been seen by poor farmers in other countries, and they can see them straight.
But people in other countries don't know that Marin is very dissatisfied with the production capacity of the Crumhorne Steel Plant.
You know, the Krumhorn Iron and Steel Works currently only has a few small five-ton blast furnaces, and the daily iron production is only 30 tons. Even if it is started all year round, the annual iron production will be more than 10,000 tons.
Perhaps, this production capacity is very impressive in this era. But Marin knew that in the agricultural era, this production capacity was indeed large enough. Moreover, it is enough to make farm tools and common utensils.
However, if you want to engage in industry, this output is just a drizzle. The weight of any steam engine is calculated in tons. Even a "handy" single-cylinder diesel weighs several hundred pounds. Therefore, as long as large-scale machines are built, massive amounts of steel are inseparable.
The rise of the British Industrial Revolution was also established in the early 18th century when the puddling ironmaking method was developed, which increased the iron production in England from 30,000 tons to 150,000 tons, laying the foundation for the Industrial Revolution.
Marin's visit this time is to promote some new production methods to increase iron production. Although he is not a professional, his theoretical knowledge is much more advanced than the craftsmen of this era.
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Stephen, the manager of the steel factory and chief craftsman, personally led a group of high-level iron factory officials to welcome Marin at the gate.
"Welcome, Your Majesty! It is an honor for everyone in the Krumhorne Iron Works to welcome you!"
Marin smiled, not paying attention to the compliment. Ever since he became a vassal, he has heard too many compliments like this, and he has long been immune.
"Take me to see the equipment in the factory, and at the same time, call all the outstanding young craftsmen in the factory."
The latter order is what Marin values most. Factory equipment and so on, as long as you spend money, you can always get it. The most important thing is to train young craftsmen.
Factory Manager Stephen arranged for someone to go find those young craftsmen. Before Marin met those young craftsmen, Stephen took Marin around. In fact, there is nothing to look at, because after learning that Marin is coming to inspect, these people will definitely be trembling, even if they don't work hard enough, they will show themselves well at this moment. Unless it's a surprise inspection, the kind that doesn't notify at all, you will see something. But Marin pays more attention to safety, so he usually notifies the other party to clear the field first. Idle people and others must be cleared first to ensure safety. Therefore, after preparing, Marin didn't expect to see anything wrong. If you want to know something is wrong, you might as well ask Kohler to send someone to investigate it privately.
After looking around, Marin came to the conference hall, ready to meet those outstanding young craftsmen. When the young craftsmen introduced themselves, after a name was reported, Marin was so surprised that he sprayed tea directly:
"What? Your name is Krupp?"
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