Chapter 1623: Treat

Su You put it away happily: "There are several small mining areas in the northwest of Dingzhou. I will definitely start five small industries there. They need to be protected. In the future, the military will be responsible for military maintenance, ammunition reloading, small batch explosive manufacturing and other matters.

That's the outpost support base."

"The most abundant materials in Xiongzhou are bricks, earth, and sand and gravel. When the time comes, I will give you cement. You can bake bricks or quarry as you wish."

"Don't underestimate defense. It's great to be able to preserve the harvest in the fields. You can save money on hundreds of bunkers!"

Sun Neng tore off the drawings from the notebook and said excitedly: "Then let's go see the commander now!"

"No need!" A dissatisfied voice sounded outside the tent: "We are already here!"

The tent door was opened, and Sun Neng and Cao Nan immediately stood at attention: "See the commander-in-chief! See the deputy commander-in-chief!"

The two soldiers at the door, carrying gold-collared flowers on their shoulders, were standing there standing tall. They were Zhongjie and Chaogu.

Su You cupped his hands and said with a smile: "Commander Zhong, Yuan Xiu, why are you here?"

Zhong Jiu looked annoyed: "Mingrun, can you give us some peace of mind? This is the border front line, where are your guards?"

Su You said: "They are cavalry troops, and they are still building rafts to cross the Yellow River."

Zhong was furious: "Yellow River?! After crossing the river, we have to go around Wen'an Wa, which means it's still 160 miles away?!"

Su You said: "I also brought a platoon on board..."

"You're a useless platoon! What if the Liao people kidnap you? Make them a musket or a thunder cannon?"

"The telegrams from the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty have all been sent to me! You are the first-class person in the court, and the court cannot afford to lose that person!"

This is true. In real history, it is not that the emperor never lost a few decades later, and even returned two!

Chaogu was laughing loudly on the side, this naughty military commander dared to train the four military governors, this is going to change the world.

Zhong Ji heard Chao Gu's laughter and realized something was wrong. He forced himself to be patient and said, "When the cavalry arrives in a few days, I will arrange for them to send you Mingrun back."

"No, I want to go to Dingzhou to have a look. I heard that there is gold, copper, iron, lead, coal, and asbestos there!"

He was so stubborn that he had to say softly: "Can I beg you? Last year, did I have the exploration team you sent to accompany me like a grandson? This year, did I have the team to build the factory that you sent?

Aren’t you bowing like wengweng? They are all treasures, who dares to wrong them?!"

In fact, the exploration team also discovered an important metal that was only recently discovered at the Song-Liao border west of Dingzhou—molybdenum.

This is a metal with a melting point as high as 2650 degrees, and it can be obtained by reducing the oxide with hydrogen.

Before Zhang Tianshi invented the electric furnace, this kind of thing only existed in the form of minerals. Tianshi had known about this thing for a long time, but he couldn't prepare it.

But it works now.

Molybdenum, together with chromium, nickel, manganese and silicon, can be used to make different types of tool steel, high-speed steel and alloy steel, etc.

With it, the efficiency of tool steel can reach twice that of tungsten steel, with excellent performance, low cost and light weight.

With it, high-speed steel has carbide inhomogeneity. It is not only wear-resistant, has good toughness, but also has particularly strong high-temperature plasticity, making it very suitable for manufacturing forming tools.

With it, alloy steel can be used to manufacture machine tool structural components, which greatly increases its strength. Its biggest use is in rails and bridges.

With cast iron, the strength and wear resistance of train brake wheels and brake pads will become very good.

Because of its high temperature resistance, pressure resistance and high strength, it can also be used as a structural material for reducing high-temperature furnaces. The latest ammonia synthesis reactor uses it as a heating plate.

There are also electrodes of high-temperature melting electric furnaces, which can be directly used as heating equipment, furnaces, containers, diversion troughs, and gas pipes in the glass industry.

The molybdenum mine in Dingzhou is associated with the lead mine, but it is still a secret. People only know that lead and zinc are smelted there, but they don't know that the more important thing is molybdenum powder.

In short, this is a good thing that can double or triple the performance of steel parts. Cai Jing also has great luck. Before Dingzhou discovered this thing, it was produced in only one place - Huainan.

"What's the use of going to see it? If you go to see gold and iron, it will grow out of the ground on its own?" Zhong Ji continued to plead: "Just leave these to the children to do, there are so many big things waiting for you.

Sit down and make decisions, a small Dingzhou..."

"There's really nothing going on recently..."

"It doesn't matter, you can just go fishing. Don't bring trouble to me!"

"Oh, right, why are we talking here?"

"..."

It didn't take long before a few people hooked up and lowered their hooks at the edge of a reed patch in Wen'anwa.

Today's Wen'anwa is not like Baiyangdian in later generations, which was divided into more than a hundred lakes and bays. Now it is the season of water. It is a huge lake with sparkling golden scales jumping on the lake and a large number of water birds.

Live here.

There is a platform at the stern of the small steamer with specially designed brackets and water tanks for raising fish.

Su You invited Zhongjie and Chaogu to sit down and handed out a pole to each of them: "There is a five-pound mandarin fish in it. It was specially brought here from the Yellow River for you two. Let's dry-roast it at noon today."

Chaogu said with a smile: "Don't tell me yet, I really want this."

Zhong Ji put the bait given to him by Su You on the hook and threw it clumsily into the water: "After being washed twice by the Yellow River, this place is a treasure land. It's a pity that Song and Liao had been in conflict for a long time and could not be developed. Otherwise, it would be just like this

Thousands of miles away, my life is indescribable."

Su You also adjusted the float: "If we want to do it, we have to build a gate at the water outlet to control the water volume, ensure irrigation, imitate the Taihu Lake model, open up a port on the edge, and plant rice."

"Actually, there is another advantage here. There is no need to go to war here. There is a lot of sediment in the Juma River. As long as it is dredged every year, it will bring sediment and gradually alluvialize this large lake into fertile farmland."

Zhong Ji shook his head: "To be able to turn a large lake into a thousand miles of fertile wilderness, it must be the ability of science and engineering."

Su You smiled and said: "But my suggestion is not to do it for the time being. The lake can reduce peaks and valleys, which is of great benefit to downstream safety. After the project is built, the surrounding area of ​​the lake will be transformed and it will be able to accommodate millions of people."

Man, this is enough."

Chaogu smiled and said: "One million people is still a small number? Mingrun has indeed become a prime minister."

Su You said: "There won't be any big moves in the east in recent years. It just so happens that we are improving people's livelihood, expanding fields, expanding households, recruiting refugees, and cultivating the population."

"Hebei has been stable for more than ten years, and a generation has risen. After the officials are purged, the Inspection Department will start to conduct household surveys and land registration."

"Hebei is a traditional and conservative area with strong folk customs. If anything happens, you two have to protect me."

Zhongjie said with a smile: "Mingrun thinks too much. All the birds in Shaanxi have been broken off by Mingrunsheng. I think the situation in Hebei is much better."

"The truth is actually very simple. As long as you give everyone land and money, whoever dares to stop you will seek death!"

"So I still have to go to Dingzhou. If we don't develop industry, how can we get land and money?"

"..."

"Come on, come on... hit! Hahaha, a big bream! You two, I'm so excited..."

"..."

Follow Situ and never go fishing empty-handed.

Today's fish are simply too easy to catch. Expanded potato bait mixed with shrimp powder and a few drops of koji wine is an irresistible temptation for carps.

Soon there were many large and small bream, crucian carp and carp in the water tank.

When finishing the pole, he was still reluctant to leave: "It's really fun to play like this once in a while..."

Carrying a net of fish up to the second floor, Su You went to work in the kitchen. Chao Gu and Zhong Ji began to make tea and study the bunker proposed by Su You, not wanting to help at all.

Cao Nan and Sun Neng also came back with a small boat. There were shrimp pots on the bow and a few wild ducks and wild geese that had been hunted.

The delicacies cooked by Situ himself are something not to be missed.

In this way, the meal is rich, including roasted wild geese with potatoes, stir-fried wild duck, fried lake shrimps in oil, steamed bream, dry roasted mandarin fish, sweet and sour carp, and crucian carp with black bean sauce.

Chaogu didn't let go of the small cucumbers and fish in the shrimp cage. He asked Suyou to make smoked fish for him, saying that he would keep it and eat it later.

It was a difficult time in the army, so this time Suyou brought a boat full of seasonings to Zhongjie and the others.

You have to rely on mountains to eat mountains and water to eat water. When you get to Xiongzhou and Bazhou, you have to learn to eat fish to guard the Wen'an Wat with a radius of thousands of miles.

I also opened a bottle of Yongchun Dew to express my condolences to everyone for their hard work.

After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, Su You said: "It's really not that I won't go back. I'm going to do two things in the next two months. All the officials in the Daming Mansion are eager to tear me apart. They are here to hide."
Chapter completed!