On the morning of December 22, the sixth year of Tianxuan, after Qu Mao woke up in the new military industrial park on Liandao, Qu Mao took out the magic communication crystal and called the Minister of Industry, Meng Del, to come to Liandao to see him.

Having already seen the Jidao New Military Industrial Park and the Liandao New Military Industrial Park, Qu Mao naturally needed to take advantage of the opportunity while he was still on Liandao to find Meng De to take a look at the industrial development of Yigong territory.

In fact, since the attack on the Anti-Yi Town Alliance on July 18, the sixth year of Tianxuan, Qu Mao paid little attention to industrial development and paid more attention to military production.

However, the development of Yigong territory is naturally inseparable from the development of large industry, and the transformation of science and technology also relies on industrialization.

After calling Meng De, Qu Mao, Xuande and Meng De prepared to patrol the four southern industrial islands in earnest again.

Fortunately, after Meng De arrived and took Qu Mao around Liandao, Qu Mao felt relieved a lot, because the industrial development that Meng De was responsible for did not disappoint Qu Mao at all. To be precise, Yi Gong

The industrial development of the territory has reached a relatively complete stage.

Not to mention the increase in the number of factories, the products and production equipment of industrial production have been greatly innovated, and the degree of automation has also been improved a lot, although the power is only changed from human power to water power or wind power.

Of course, the equipment for large-scale production has also increased a lot. Inspired by the boring machine, the Ministry of Industry actually developed its own punch machine to process metal sheet parts.

With the current level of industrialization in Yigong territory, the production capacity of daily necessities such as iron buckets and iron basins is astonishing. Even many woodworking components are pressed or cut by machines, and finally assembled by carpenters.

Qu Mao was very satisfied with what he saw. After nodding frequently, he said to Meng De: "Meng De, yesterday I visited both Jidao New Military Industrial Park and Liandao New Military Industrial Park. I am satisfied with the two new military industrial parks."

While the military industrial park is developing, there are also some concerns that the development of the new military industry may lead to insufficient investment in the industrialization process there.

So my main goal today is to visit all the industrial facilities in the four industrial islands in the south. Now that I have seen the industrial development in the Liandao, I am already very satisfied."

Meng De smiled and said: "Sir, I'm afraid you can't turn around. Now the four southern industrial islands have more than 50,000 factories of various kinds, not counting countless handicraft workshops."

Qu Mao was stunned for a moment and asked: "Damn it! Meng De, is it so exaggerated?

The gold coins in our territory account have been in a state of tension a few days ago, and infrastructure construction is happening everywhere in the Eastern Continent. The gold coins I added to the territory account are mainly used to pay military salaries. Where did you get the gold coins to develop so many factories?

Coming?"

Meng De smiled and said: "Sir, after reading today, you will find that what I said is not an exaggeration at all. This is the result of the vigorous development of industry in the past six months.

Although our territory account does not have enough gold coins, our Holy Land residents, military families, and hero families have a lot of gold coins. Among the more than 50,000 factories, more than 30,000 are built by private capital, and my subordinates only help them contact equipment production.

The manufacturer only negotiates to purchase the land to build the factory.

The remaining factories are factories we already have."

Qu Mao nodded and said, "Okay, since private capital is involved, it makes sense.

Let’s visit the islands one by one. I also want to see what factories have been built by private capital.”

Meng De was naturally happy to see Qu Mao personally visit various specific factories to understand the actual development of industry in Yigong territory.

All the way from Liandao to Green Island, and then from the underground world entrance of Green Island, we entered the Purple Light Trail to Bo Island. On the Purple Light Trail to Bo Island, Meng De said: "Sir, since you discovered coal, our

Both the metallurgical industry and the iron-making industry have achieved rapid development.

Some craftsmen found that coal can further remove impurities after being heated under certain special conditions, forming a fuel with higher heat after burning. The skilled workers considered the refining process to be based on the process of burning charcoal, so this new fuel

It's called coke.

The production of coke allows the iron ore in Shacheng to directly produce a steel material. The Firearms Research Institute on the Twin Islands has extracted 1,000 units of steel ingots and is preparing to use the steel ingots to produce muskets and artillery.

What is gratifying now is that a large amount of private capital has been invested in the production of products for factories. They are no longer all clustered together to produce end-consumer products. This has suddenly lengthened the industrial chain of our Yigong territory industry a lot..."

Qu Mao was stunned for a moment. Qu Mao must have heard of the name Jiao Tan in the other world, although he was not familiar with it.

So when Meng De finished talking, Qu Mao asked: "Is there a coke factory on Bo Island? If there is, let's go and have a look."

Xuande also said: "Sir, I have to go to the Twin Islands in person. If it is really possible to use steel ingots to produce muskets and artillery, then I have to book the production capacity of steel ingots in advance."

Meng De said: "Sir, there are indigenous coking plants in the four southern industrial islands, but they are not large in scale. After all, the raw coal needs to be transported back from the eastern continent, and the cost is very high.

The largest coke factory was opened by a resident of Bodao and more than 20 residents who went to the discovery site of the coal mine outside Shacheng in the Kingdom of Gillette. The products are mainly supplied to the Shacheng Iron Smelting Plant, which is a factory directly under the Ministry of Industry.

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Qu Mao got his wish and visited a small coke factory in Bodao, which felt very magical.

By the way, take out the newly refreshed technology in the cheating technology column and give it to Xuande, who will send someone to Zhongmou of the Ministry of Science and Technology for implementation.

Even if these technologies are not used in the Yi Gong territory, after Zhongmou realizes them, the cheating points spent by Qu Mao can still be recovered. It just so happens that Xuande can't wait to go to the Twin Islands in the middle to pay attention to the steel ingot casting of muskets and artillery.

With the creation of "Yidao Weekly", scientific and technological innovations in Yi Gong's territory have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

Meng De has even begun to foresee that if rubber trees and oil are found, the industry in Yigong territory will rise again.

Qu Mao asked doubtfully: "Oh, Mengde, you know about rubber trees and oil, do you have any idea?"

Meng De said: "Sir, a reward has been announced in the latest issue of "Yidao Weekly". I believe that I will find it soon."

Qu Mao nodded and said: "It's normal for you to have this judgment. I think that when the steam power engine is developed, our industry will further develop.

But you have to consider laying railways in the underground passage in advance, and you can produce sleepers and rails in advance.”
Chapter completed!