Although Mao Zd was joking in a humorous way, Ma Qian'an could also feel that his smile was a little bitter. He probably had very few clothes when he shared the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. Ren BS explained with a wry smile: "Xiao Ma, you have been in Nanyang for a long time. You probably didn't pay attention to the disaster problems in the border area last year. Grain, cotton and oil production were reduced in large quantities. Although we made money by selling penicillin at the end of last year, there were still difficulties in purchasing bulk goods such as grain and cotton. Hu Zongnan's blockade of the border area was too strict. Every time we bought a little goods to the border area, we would be deducted a lot by those blockade lines. This cotton is short, so how can we not lack cloth? Fortunately, because we have some spare money to open some joints, our situation has improved a lot in the past month."

Oh...! That's right, I thought that everything would be solved after penicillin earned money. Feelings are not the case. To solve the stomach problem, you still have to rely on self-reliance. It is unrealistic to expect food to be transferred elsewhere. Ma Qian'an thought about it secretly for a while, but said nothing.

Ren Bishi continued: "So! From this year on, we will start a large-scale production movement. We will self-sufficient in land cultivation and farming. We will also add military production of iron, steel, guns and cannons. The Chairman once said: If there is no money, food is difficult, what should we do? The first method is to starve to death, and the second method is to disband and go home. No one agrees with these two methods. The third solution is to rely on ourselves to do it yourself. The party, government, military, civil and academics should work together, and food and clothing will be solved by ourselves. Through the large-scale production movement this year, we will make the border areas self-sufficiency, vegetables and cotton. This will not only crush the enemy, pseudo-and-stubborn blockade and improve military and civilian life, but also lay a solid material foundation for the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. More importantly, we will strengthen the relationship between the party, government, military and civilians, change the style of cadres, and accumulate valuable economic construction experience. Wang Hu Zi Wang Zhen, who welcomes you, has just come down from Nanniwan, and they are clearing the land."

"That's it. I heard that Ren Huzi was still planning to make a spinning wheel for himself to spin cotton in autumn, right? Can you spin more so that I can get some benefits for you?" Mao Zd added, saying that he humorously made Ren BS a handful.

Ma Qian'an did not show surprise when he mentioned the words "Nanniwan" when he mentioned the word "Ren BS" and was interested in iron and steelmaking mentioned by "Ren BS". He didn't know how they prepared this activity, which may involve the issue of weapons manufacturing raw materials.

I talked casually and learned that in order to make the machine work, the border government has made serious preparations. There is limonite ore and Ansai iron plant in the border area, which can produce pig iron. In order to meet the raw material needs of 5 one-ton converter steelmaking, a large number of manpower was recently drawn from experts and students from Yan'an to build two new small iron-making blast furnaces in the mining area. In addition to these, in order to meet the needs of ore and coke, the border government has fully utilized its manpower advantages and mobilized tens of thousands of manpower to collect ore and crush ore. Although the efficiency is not high and there is no efficiency of large mechanized production, it has also solved the big problem. At the same time, it has solved a large number of surplus labor, smashed large pieces of ore into small pieces, and transported dozens of kilograms of ore into place. Strong women and elderly and children can do this job. Now the border area has a wealth of finance, and wages are never delayed.

"Can you produce qualified pig iron?" This is the question that Ma Qian'an is most worried about. Don't make a bunch of iron slag after a meal. This kind of thing cannot be used as raw material for steelmaking.

"Don't worry about this, I have samples here." Mao Zd walked into the cave excitedly and took out his ruler. It was a piece of striped pig iron. On the surface, it was in line with the characteristics of pig iron. It was heavy in his hand, not a substitute.

"This is the first hot pot of molten iron for the new blast furnace. They gave me a piece of it. I promise, I will use it as a ruler. It's not bad, right?"

Ma Qian took it as if he was installing the model, talked about the iron block with his fingers, and repeatedly claimed that it was good.

Ma Qian'an pretended to understand and laughed at Mao Zd and Ren Bs. The good or bad iron can't be seen by laymen. Only the old technician who has been smelting iron for many years can feel it based on his touch. Ma Qian'an is obviously not an iron smelting technician.

"How great would it be if this kind of blast furnace could bloom everywhere! In this way, our iron production will increase. With iron, will you still worry about steel?" Ma Qian'an sighed again with "happy".

Mao Zd looked at Ma Qian'an in surprise, not understanding why he said so, but he still answered the curious baby, "Xiao Ma, you have no idea. We people are more realistic and have a clear idea of ​​how many bowls of rice can be stored in our stomachs. There is no such thing as a science? I have been to the new blast furnace. The comrades who are engaged in technology said that the furnace they built was still very backward. The relatively backward iron smelting furnace still consumed a lot of manpower and material resources in the border area, and concentrated many experts to build it. Where was the blast furnace built as soon as possible? This requires experts, technology, and after construction, it requires raw materials.

But not everyone can do complicated things. We don’t know how to make iron smelting. Now it’s not possible. If we establish a steel school in the future and a large number of students graduate, we will have talents. The base area is difficult and material resources are difficult, everything must be based on reality. However, if we can all make iron like me, I agree that they will build a few more. But if we can’t get such qualified products, why do we do so much? It was wasting the people’s blood and sweat and delayed other work." Mao Zd shook the iron ruler in his hand, thought for a while, and still enthusiastically described the future prospects.

Ren BS took the conversation and said, "Xiao Ma, I understand you, I am worried that those steel furnaces will not be full. If you want to build more iron furnaces, you don't have to worry about this. If there is not enough pig iron, we will attack the Japanese Railway Station. They seized the steel and destroyed their logistics, killing two birds with one stone."

That's it! I'm relieved, but it may not be a good thing if there really is the kind of iron slag that can't be used in the earthen blast furnace.

Ma Qian'an claimed to be yes and put away his little thoughts.

For Ma Qian'an, who made such a great contribution in Nanyang, appropriate reuse was necessary. In the middle, Ma Qian'an left for a while to solve the physiological problems. When he came back, he heard two leaders talking about himself. Mao Zd was biting his ears, and Ma Qian'an, who had the sharp ears, heard a little.

"Beard, do you think we should add some burden to the pony? As the saying goes, do you whip the pony quickly?"

Alas? Add a burden? Are you going to be promoted to my official position?

In the following days, Ma Qian'an was called to the Preparatory Committee of the Border Region Industrial Base as a member and participated in the guidance of setting up various types of equipment. He said it was a guidance work. In fact, engineers who came and went to and asked about the data and other fragments of things. In Yan'an, there were more professionals than him. Many of them graduated from top universities in China at that time, and many of them studied in foreign countries and industry.

Every time a group of people came, Ma Qian'an would be busy for a while, assign drawings or help the people come to pick up the goods.

As long as steel can be produced smoothly in the future, with the mother of steel, other industrial machinery, all kinds of other industrial machinery can be imitated according to the drawings. Large power equipment, large milling machines, forging machines, etc. can be manufactured. Once these large machinery are released, is it still difficult to imitate the Japanese 1992 infantry cannon? Ma Qian'an estimated that based on the steel produced by these five one-ton converters and snowballing to create the converter, the steelmaking scale here will become larger and larger, with an annual output of 10,000 tons of qualified steel, maybe 20,000 tons or 30,000 tons? Who knows?

Another major raw material for producing ammunition and industrial equipment - copper, which is about to be able to be supplied in large quantities. In early February, Lao Jiang finally could not avoid Chen Jiashen's frequent "visits" and met Chen Jiashen. At that meeting, Chen Jiashen negotiated with Lao Jiang. Chen's company gave up the $120,000 owed by the Aviation Commission and obtained the ten-year opening of the minerals in Gansu, Shaanxi. Several places in southern Shaanxi that produce copper mines were invested by Chen's company. Ma Qian'an believed that except for a small part of the copper produced in the new mines, most of the remaining copper will be sent to the border areas without any knowledge.

There are more than 20 tons of lead plates in this batch, which are prepared for the lead chamber required to make sulfuric acid. Ma Qian'an doesn't understand the chemical industry, but through conversations with everyone, he already knows that the technical chamber of the Ministry of Industry of Jincha and Hebei has achieved successful tests to replace lead plates with ceramic cylinders, and has produced sulfuric acid. Ma Qian'an first expressed his admiration to the smart military experts, but was a little annoyed that he had transported the lead plates over and did not do anything.

He Guozhen, the director of Ansai Steel Factory, Duan Baoyan, deputy director, and Shen Hong, chief engineer of the Tea House Arsenal, looked at each other and laughed for a while. Duan Baoyan said, "Oh, my brother Ma, all the supplies you brought here this time are urgently needed. We just think there is little or too much. Isn't that tank method used without any means? Do you think they are willing to use it? The alternative method has low yield and is prone to accidents. Who can use a large water tank if there is a lead plate?"

"That's right, the people from the gunpowder factory have not come yet? If they see the lead plate, they will be so happy, otherwise they will give me some while they don't know it yet. I'll take it back to make a bullet." Shen Hong, chief engineer of the Tea House Arsenal, stretched out a hand and grabbed Ma Qian'an's shoulder, and muttered in a low voice.

Shen Hong, an expert in mechanical engineering, was not yet married at the age of 34. He started his career first and then started his family. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the chief engineer of the first 10,000-ton hydraulic press in my country. Now he serves as chief engineer of the Tea House Arsenal. He is an expert among Yan'an experts and solved one technical and production problem after another. With great perseverance and hard-working spirit, he learned from the books he could find, from other experts and old workers with rich practical experience. After repeated practical exploration, he obtained each problem from the specific conditions at that time and local conditions.

Creative solution. In recent years, Shen Hong and the technicians and workers of the Teafang Arsenal designed and manufactured dozens of models and hundreds of sets of complete machines and equipment for bullet factories, mortar factories, gun factories, gunpowder factories and Qianfangyoudong Machinery Factory. They also designed and manufactured complete machines and equipment, single machines and important components for civilian industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, papermaking, printing, coinage, chemicals, iron smelting, coking, glass, petroleum and other factories, and were rated as a labor model and a special labor model in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region three times.

"Are you robbing business?" Duan Baoyan held the back of Chen Hong's hand and said happily with a loud laugh: "When the gunpowder factory Lao Hu comes, I know you want to rob his things, guess what he says?"

Chen Hong pulled his hand back in disappointment and raised his voice to learn from Lao Hu in Duan Baoyan's mouth. "What else can I say? I must have stared at my eyes and whispered, 'It's okay to move my woman, but it's not okay to move my things!"

"Hahaha, Lao Hu is just so fun. He doesn't have women, even if he has women, he has to sell them for them. He is so crazy." He Guozhen took over the conversation and was overjoyed.
Chapter completed!