In fact, the old janitor's pretentiousness was just a routine matter. The steel plant has been closed formally, but it still exists in name because no leader in the county is willing to take the responsibility of shutting down a company. Under such circumstances
, the steel plant must be guarded, and as a result, several old workers, including Old Man Wang, were left behind as a symbol of the still existence of the steel plant. For this symbol, the county must ensure that they pay their wages every month.
One payment lasts for more than ten years.
These old doormen are paid, so they naturally have to do something. For young people like Ning Mo and others who come in to hang out, they must go up and question them to show their seriousness and responsibility. In fact, the walls around the steel plant
It has collapsed in several places. If a thief came into the factory to steal things, there would be no need to enter or exit through the main gate.
After sending away the old janitor, Qin Hai and his party walked into the steel factory and began to visit this industrial site.
This is a factory covering an area of more than 1,000 acres. When the factory was built, due to the emphasis on "production first, life later", there was no family area. In addition to the workshop, there was only a lonely two-story office building in the entire factory area. Office
All the doors and windows of the building have been removed, leaving only dark holes. According to Ningmo and the others, all the furniture in each office in this office building has been removed, and now its only function is
As a habitat for wild cats and dogs, greedy people come here every once in a while to see if they can hunt down a wild dog to eat.
Qin Hai was not interested in wild dogs, so he walked straight through the office building with Ning Mo and others towards the production area at the back.
The core of the production area is an iron-making blast furnace. The nearby chimney, hot blast stove, feeding belt cart, etc. are all available, forming an open-air blast furnace workshop. Due to years of sun and rain, all the exposed iron tools have grown
Thick rust and bricks were corroded by rain.
Qin Hai walked to the blast furnace, looked up, knocked on the hot air pipe beside the blast furnace with his hand, sighed and said, "Oh, it's a pity that such a blast furnace has been scrapped like this."
"What about scrapping it?" Ning Mo said carelessly, "I heard from my dad that when the steel plant was still producing, the whole county was full of coal ash, and the county also forced all units to collect coal ash.
Use products from steel plants. The steel they produce cannot be forged at all. It will crack when hit with a forging machine. It is no different from pig iron."
"This is a technical problem." Qin Hai said, "In fact, if we improve the process, at least it will not be like this. Of course, it is a good thing to shut down such an inefficient small steel plant, and we can only keep it.
Air pollution."
"It used to be that there were steel plants in almost every county in the city, but now they are almost closed down. The only steel plant left in Beixi City is the steel plant in Beixi City. The steel currently used in our factory is mainly produced by them. By the way, Qin Hai,
Didn't you say yesterday that the quality of their steel is not good?" Miao Lei said.
"Yes, there must be problems with their production process, so the quality of the steel is not up to standard. If we use such steel to produce farm tools, the quality will definitely be affected," Qin Hai said.
Several people walked while talking and came to the steel-making workshop. The situation in the steel-making workshop was better than that in the blast furnace workshop, maybe because there were some valuable equipment in the workshop, and iron railings were welded on the outside of all the doors and windows in the entire workshop.
Only the door can be opened, but it is also locked with a large iron chain as thick as a child's arm. The lock on it is as big as a palm and cannot be easily broken open.
"Is there a steel-making furnace in this workshop?" Qin Hai asked Ning Mo and others. These people all grew up in this factory area and know something about the surrounding factories. At least, Ning Mo
Even the old janitor's surname is Wang.
Ning Mo said: "I have never been in this workshop. When I was in elementary school, this factory was closed. Since then, this workshop has been locked like this. However, I heard people say that there seems to be something inside
Some people once tried to break open the locks of some equipment and steal wires and the like to sell them for money."
"..." Qin Hai was speechless.
There are some kind of machine repair shop further down the road. Since there are machine tools and equipment in the workshop, General Tie is the one guarding the door. Qin Hai and others can only lie down at the window and look inside. Each piece of equipment is coated with thick
The thick butter has not rusted much yet, but the dust that has fallen over the years has covered the true nature of the equipment.
"There is nothing in front, only these two hills." Ning Mo pointed at the two large mounds in front and said to Qin Hai.
"How come there are two hills here?" Qin Hai asked strangely. The two mounds were quite large and could indeed be described as hills. The mounds were covered with weeds, including a few trees.
big tree.
Miao Lei explained: "These two mounds are left over from the production of the steel plant. The pile here is iron ore, which was pulled from the mountains in the past. The pile over there is slag, which has been left for more than ten years.
It came down. Because it was piled for a long time, it became covered with grass."
"Oh?" Qin Hai thought, "Let's go and have a look."
Qin Hai said he wanted to go and see it, and the friends naturally had no objections. In fact, they were just idle and wandering around after get off work every day. Of course, if Qin Hai wasn't here, they wouldn't be interested in seeing that big pile of slag. It was the place where they played hide and seek when they were young. Now that they are so grown up, who would come to such a place to play?
Qin Hai quickly walked to the pile of slag, picked up a piece from the ground, and looked at it carefully.
The slag left behind by blast furnace ironmaking is a porous lump, and it is a bit hairy when held in the hand. If you are not careful, you may even scratch your palm. Qin Hai took advantage of the sunset to look at it carefully for a while.
, nodded thoughtfully, and asked Ning Mo and others: "Have these slags been piled here for many years?"
"No, the slag has been piled up since there was a steel plant. When the steel plant closed, these slags will stay here." Ning Mo replied.
Qin Hai asked again: "Has no one thought about cleaning up these slags for so many years?"
Miao Lei said: "Who is willing to pay to clean them? I remember one year, a unit seemed to want to take these slags to pave roads. Later, they found that these slags were too hard to smash, so they didn't want them anymore. Anyway, now steel
The factory also closed down, and the slag was just thrown away."
Ning Mo saw something from Qin Hai's expression. He asked tentatively: "Why, Qin Hai, do you think this slag is useful?"
Qin Hai smiled and said: "I'm not sure yet, but as far as the distribution of mineral resources in Beixi City is concerned, iron ore is not our most important resource, but the rare metals associated with iron ore are more
Valuable. Pingyuan Iron and Steel Plant only smelts iron and does not extract rare metals, so the associated ores should be left in these slags."
"You mean, these slags can extract the rare metals you mentioned?" Ning Mo asked, Qin Hai's word "valuable" attracted him.
Qin Haidao: "I said, I'm not sure yet. If my judgment is correct, the value of these slags is a hundred times more valuable than the steel smelted from the steel plant. You must not tell this matter. In addition, you
Be careful. If anyone wants to dispose of these slags, you must tell me and we will find a way to keep them."
The three friends exchanged glances with each other, feeling inexplicably excited. Ning Mo asked: "Qin Hai, you mean, you have a way to extract the valuable things from this slag and turn them into money?"
Qin Haidao: "It's not possible yet. To refine these rare metals, we need a blast furnace and a high-power electric furnace. This is almost the equipment requirement of a medium-sized smelting company. With the four of us, we can't do it yet."
"What's the use?" Ning Mo was a little discouraged. He thought Qin Hai could just set up a small coal stove to smelt rare metals like quenching. If it requires a medium-sized enterprise to do it, it's almost different from them.
What does it have to do with individuals?
Qin Hai patted Ning Mo on the shoulder and said: "Fat man, a blacksmith who doesn't want to be the factory director is not a good fat man. Haven't you ever thought about opening a factory and becoming the factory director yourself when you make money?"
"I think there is no hope." Ning Mo said with abandonment, "However, Qin Hai, I think it is possible for you to become the boss. You have such great ability and business acumen. By the way, if you become the boss
, how about we all go to your factory and become middle-level cadres?"
"Yes, it's enough for us to be workshop directors." Miao Lei and Yu Haitao also said jokingly.
"Believe me, everything is possible." Qin Hai said. He saw that the sky was getting dark and there was no point in walking around in this deserted factory, so he said, "Let's go back. After we go back,