The winter morning light shines on the blue-grey Dongchuan City. The iron wheels of the carriages grind on the same blue-gray concrete road, making a creaking noise, mixed with the shouts of the coachmen, the neighing of the horses, and the inevitable
The sound of cursing, hot fresh horse manure, mixed with the heat emanating from the steamer that had been laid earlier on the roadside, filled the whole street with a strange smell.
The copper smelting workers who were about to start work yawned and walked out of their homes and went to the "public toilets" on the street to relieve themselves... Every street in Dongchuan City has public toilets. And "no defecation in public" is a patrol.
The ban repeatedly reiterated by the Dings, and after whipping dozens of people who dared to ignore it, the people of Dongchuan City developed a good habit of "going to the public toilet".
There are more than a hundred public toilets in Dongchuan City, located in every corner of the city, and there is clean water for washing. The most important thing is that they are free.
Of course, this kind of toilet has no privacy at all. People sit next to each other on a long marble board. There are gourd-shaped holes on the board, and underneath is a deep ditch, where the flowing water carries away
Everything... people sat on it, saying hello and chatting with vulgar words, showing off the results of yesterday's gambling and prostitution, or telling some dirty jokes to make everyone laugh.
But here, you won't see officials and wealthy businessmen. Their houses are equipped with private bathrooms, so you don't have to mix with these vulgar people. In short, having a private bathroom is a status symbol.
After relieving themselves, people came to the sink outside. There was a row of bamboo pipes on the wall, and clear water gurgled out. It fell into the sink, and then flowed along the pipe at the bottom of the sink into the gutter.
Dongchuan City is like spring all year round. Even in winter, the water is not biting. Although there are hot soup sellers outside, the workers just use cold water to wash up. Personal hygiene is solved. As soon as they come out, there are hot soup sellers outside.
A food stall that sells soup cakes, fried liver, rice noodles, and boiled eggs. It’s not exactly exquisite, but it’s better than filling it up.
The income of the factory is three times that of theirs in the mainland, but the trick is that the prices in Dongchuan City are also three times higher than those in the mainland... It costs a man more than ten pennies to buy a reasonably sumptuous breakfast and finish the meal.
Then they went to work. Their destination was mostly the Dongchuan Jianguanying copper yard located in the south of the city. This copper yard is so large that the entire Nancheng is its territory, and the amount of coal transported in every day reaches
There are thousands of cars. The smoke and dust from the venue can cover the entire city... Of course, this is nothing to show off.
In addition to slag and cinders, what is pulled out of the factory are heavy copper ingots, silver ingots and gold ingots. One hundred thousand kilograms of copper, ten thousand kilograms of silver, and hundreds of kilograms of gold are smelted every day.
After coming out, under the escort of the army, they were sent to the water transport terminal in the east of the city, where they were boarded and transported thousands of miles to the inland.
According to estimates, within three years at most, the copper and silver produced here will exceed the sum of all the money supervisors in the Song Dynasty!
This is today's Dongchuan City. It is rough, dirty, and has no sense of beauty, but it is full of vigorous vitality and civilization that people are not aware of.
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"I actually want to build a Song City with coexistence of strength and beauty, so that the southwestern barbarians can experience the charm of the Celestial Dynasty!" Chen Ke, who put down the car curtain and inspected Dongchuan City for the last time, said depressedly: "Who knew it would end up like this?
Ugly. Sure enough, cement concrete and factory chimneys are all killers of beauty..."
"Just be content." Su Song, who was accompanying him, laughed and said, "Without cement and concrete, even the gods couldn't build such a big city in two years. Without the chimneys of factories, where did this Tiannan Copper Capital come from?
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"Oh, it turns out that this is a dilemma." Chen Ke sighed.
"And it won't affect your plan." Su Song comforted him: "After all, for most people, being able to earn money and live a convenient life is far more important than a beautiful environment."
"That's good if you think so." Chen Ke smiled and said, "I'm just afraid that you might think this place is ugly and follow in my footsteps and go back."
"How is that possible? This Dongchuan City was planned out by me, street by lane, and built brick by brick." Su Song shook his head and said, "You know, children are their own children. I like it no matter how I look at it.
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"We must plant more trees. Copper mining and copper smelting cannot be separated from wood, which is too expensive." Chen Ke warned: "Now some mines have been shaved off. This is too harmful."
"Without the protection of trees, mudslides are prone to occur." Su Song nodded.
"It's not just mudslides, it's also causing serious harm!" Chen Ke said with a solemn expression. To be honest, he regretted opening the Dongchuan Copper Mine. The harm to the environment was too great! But if there was no copper mine, how could the court have done it?
Maybe he agreed to send troops to Dali? How could the money shortage of the Song Dynasty be solved?
Therefore, this confused account cannot be settled clearly, and we can only continue to be confused... The worst thing to do in the future is to stop causing harm to our own land.
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While they were talking, the carriage drove into the copper yard, and the two got out of the carriage. A steward from the factory hurriedly greeted them and invited them to go into the main hall to rest.
"It's so early in the morning. I'm not tired." Chen Ke waved his hand and said, "You go ahead and go, Mr. Su and I will take a look around."
His prestige was so high that the stewards did not dare to say anything and bowed down.
Chen Ke and Su Song climbed up to the watchtower in the center of the factory and had a panoramic view of the eight major workshops of the entire copper yard. The first is the selection workshop, where workers re-sort the incoming ore and classify it according to grade... This workshop is the busiest. Ore dressing
At this time, the mining heads will be present, arguing with the picking workers about the grade of the ore, because it is related to their income. The higher the grade, the higher the income. The mine is not just to reduce costs, it is different.
The processing procedures of different grades are different, so this cannot be done carelessly.
This workshop is not just about selection. Those with stones must be hammered into gravel, and those with soil must be washed out before they can be transported to the next roasting workshop. In the roasting workshop, the ores are piled up on the flat ground like hills, surrounded by building blocks.
The firewood is roasted, and the scene is like a fire when offering sacrifices to mountains and rivers, which is unforgettable.
The grades of ore are different, and the number of roasting times is different. Some are put into the furnace once, and some are put into the furnace up to three times...but most of them are twice, six days and nights.
After the ore cools down, it is transferred to the smelting workshop. The ore is sent into the large cyclone furnace, the furnace is ignited, and then the water-driven blast equipment is started for smelting for three days and nights.
If it is a high-grade ore, it can be directly smelted into raw copper. But what is smelted in most furnaces is just matte, or even poor matte... Matte is copper with a lower purity, and it breaks when it is cold.
Like ice. The purity of poor matte is even lower, and it needs to be crushed into granules, mixed with quartz stone and smelted to form slag, and what is underneath is matte.
The matte needs to be roasted and smelted again until it becomes raw copper... Raw copper contains gold and silver. If it is not refined, not only will it be impossible to mint coins, but it will also be a waste of natural resources.
Therefore, in the No. 4 smelting workshop, raw copper is added with lead and continued to be smelted to obtain refined copper and liquid lead containing gold and silver. The refined copper is obtained in the refining workshop to obtain copper ingots containing more than 95% copper. The liquid lead is used in the refining workshop.
Soot blowing method can be used to make gold and silver ingots.
In addition to fire-based copper smelting, there is also a gall copper workshop for water-based copper smelting. This workshop handles the lowest grade ores that cannot be refined even through fire-based copper smelting. It truly makes the best use of materials and eliminates waste...
The division of labor in these eight major workshops is strict, and tens of thousands of workers are in good order. This scene alone is unmatched by any dynasty or generation. You know, mining areas have always been the source of trouble. Refugees leave the land and wander around, mostly because of their physical strength.
Strong people, or desperate people, come here to seek food and make a living. Chaotic management, relaxed restraint, and harsh exploitation will all lead to disaster!
The Han and Tang dynasties did not have such a scale, and the mining areas were so violent that they had already shaken the nation. As for the Ming and Qing Dynasties in later generations, there is an endless history of miners' riots, warlords causing trouble, and eunuchs creating prisons. It is simply a history of chaos.
The industry and mining industry in the Song Dynasty was unprecedentedly developed, but almost no major riots occurred. Naturally, it is inseparable from effective management, responsible officials, and relatively high labor remuneration. Although the situation in the Dongchuan mining area is far more complicated than that in the mainland, it is also
It is inseparable from these three magic weapons to look after the house, but Chen Ke played an enhanced version.
The eight major workshops in the copper yard are all closely guarded and closely guarded. There is a watchtower like a watchtower in the center. Standing on the tower, you can grasp the overall situation. Any action of anyone is under surveillance. Naturally, you can nip problems in the bud.
. He also formulated detailed rules and regulations. In addition to the eight major workshops, key departments such as material warehouses, treasury, and offices all have certain rules. Who is responsible, who supervises, and who keeps accounts are all clear. There is no need to shirk the blame if there is a problem.
For the officers and soldiers guarding the copper yard, he also formulated a set of rules for inspection, inquiry, and review. As long as they act according to the rules, there is no possibility of omission or oversight.
The reason why those managers are so afraid of Chen Ke is because he will never allow any violation of rules. What he often says is, 'Unreasonable rules can be modified, but before they are modified, they must be obeyed!'
"In the past two years, the copper yard's regulations have been revised more than a dozen times and have been basically perfected. However, no matter how perfect the regulations are, they must be strictly implemented." He told Su Song earnestly: "A thousand-mile embankment breaks down in one hole. Don't make any exceptions."
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"Don't worry, I will do a good job with Cao Shen." Su Song nodded.
"That's in terms of regulations." Chen Ke said with a smile: "In terms of production technology, we still need to boldly innovate. The current method of smelting copper is too uneconomical. I know that you and Brother Cunzhong have a lot of ideas.
Just try boldly, even if you fail a hundred times, as long as you succeed once, we will make a lot of money."
"Haha." Su Song reminded him jokingly after hearing this: "When you return to the capital, don't always talk about the word 'profit', otherwise Qingliu will not be welcome."
"Pick up the bowl to eat, put down the chopsticks to curse!" Chen Ke spat: "Then let's make it a point to say something shameless. I will personally sponsor you one hundred thousand yuan, and you can start tinkering with your idea of a water transport instrument platform.
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"This is what you said, don't feel bad when the time comes." Su Song was overjoyed when he heard this. This has been his long-cherished wish.
"Just don't delay your real work." Chen Ke said with a smile: "If it's not enough, just write to me and I'll give you more!"
"Thank you very much." Su Song clasped his fists and said with a curious smile: "But speaking of which, how much money does your brother have?"
In the Song Dynasty, the local administrative divisions included prefectures, prefectures, prisons, and military divisions...except for prefectures, which were more powerful, the rest were all at the same level, but with different natures. Generally speaking, war zones were for the military, mining areas were for the prefectures, and the ordinary ones were prefectures.
The prison and army can also be regarded as special states.
What was established in Dongchuan was Dongchuan Prison, not Dongchuan Prefecture.
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