Chapter 2043： Your name is Krupp?

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This kind of dark matter, Marin naturally entrusted his black glove to Kohler to do it. And Marin needs to maintain the image of white lotus. However, Marin always felt inexplicably guilty when he saw the rabbi, the Jewish Deputy Minister of Finance.

Fortunately, no one would know that he did this wicked thing. In order to hide his guilty conscience, Marin pretended to be expressionless. In fact, he just didn't know what expression to use. The expressionless face is actually a commonly used leadership routine. It's expressionless, it looks unfathomable, and it's impossible to think about it. And the expression is too rich, it is easy for people to figure out the true thoughts.

"Well, that's good." Marin nodded blankly without expressing any extra thoughts, causing the rabbi to leave with anxiety.

After abandoning distracting thoughts, Marin picked up his notebook casually and saw his previous plan to promote the industrialization of Beihai Country. So he suddenly decided to inspect the steel plant in Krumhern.

It is said that the steel industry is the foundation of industry and the lifeblood of the country's industry. Without the steel industry, the machine industry cannot develop. Without machines, there is no industry to talk about, and we can only stay in the era of handicraft industry.

Therefore, no matter how much attention the steel industry pays, it cannot be overstated. Unless, you don't want to develop industry anymore. Or, there are foreign steel companies that can provide you with steel steadily. However, not developing industry means standing still. In this era, foreign countries have only blacksmith shops and no iron and steel enterprises, which is worse than Beihai countries. Therefore, we can only develop the iron and steel industry by ourselves.

Moreover, the development of the steel industry is related to the quality of guns and belongs to the category of national security, and its importance is self-evident. Therefore, Marin plans to strengthen the iron and steel industry in the North Sea country this time.

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Previously, Marin drew thousands of skilled blacksmiths from all parts of the North Sea country in order to build the largest Krumhern iron and steel plant in the North Sea country. Then, in order to expand production in the future, thousands of blacksmith apprentices were also packed into the factory. In the first two years, a group of “high-achieving students” who graduated from elementary school were recruited to become top apprentices.

Now, Marin just wants to see how this steel plant that he has high hopes for is now...

Surrounded by the half-armor guards, Marin walked into the largest steel factory in the North Sea country...

It is said that it is a steel plant, but it is actually divided into several parts. One part is a coking plant. The coking coal transported from the Ruhr area through the Munster Canal is processed into coke; the second part is a blast furnace, which uses coke to reduce iron ore into molten iron and cast into ingots; the last part is natural It's a steel mill. It is to use a crucible furnace or reverberatory furnace to re-refine the molten iron and refine it into steel.

However, the steel produced by steel mills is mainly used for casting guns, making muskets, and manufacturing precision instruments such as springs. For ordinary industrial and agricultural production, pig iron smelted in a practical blast furnace is sufficient. Because quicklime is added to the molten iron to remove sulfur and phosphorus, the quality of pig iron ingots in Beihai is very high. At least, it is of higher quality than French pig iron ingots.

First, cities with many artisans such as Nuremberg in southern Germany like to use pig iron ingots produced in the North Sea country to forge plate armor. Similarly, Austria also imports a large amount of pig iron ingots from the North Sea country every year for the creation of weapon armor.

However, the North Sea countries use steel to build weapons and armors, not pig iron. Only foreign trade weapons and armors can be made with iron ingots. More often, the North Sea country processed iron ingots into farm tools for agricultural production. This is the envy of other European countries. You know, iron farm tools are also rare in Europe these days.

Because of the frequent wars and the higher prices of weapons and armors, blacksmiths used more steel to create more profitable weapons and armors. As for farm tools? Let's just make do with wooden ones. Only nobles and wealthy landlords can afford iron farm tools. Of course, there are also stone tools made by masons with the help of stones, but this type of farm tool is fine for dealing with softer soil blocks, and for dealing with too hard soil, it is easy to damage.

Only in the North Sea country, because of the existence of the Krumhern Iron and Steel Plant, there is ample supply of iron tools, and everyone can work with iron farm tools, and the efficiency has improved a lot. And like the Prader plow cart, which consumes a lot of iron, the poor farmers in other countries can look straight.

But people in other countries don't know that Marin is very dissatisfied with the production capacity of the Krumhern Steel Plant.

You know, the Krumhern Iron and Steel Plant currently has only a few five-ton small blast furnaces with a daily iron output of only 30 tons. Even if the construction is started throughout the year, the annual output of iron will be more than 10,000 tons.

Perhaps this capacity is very good in this era. But Marin knew that in the agricultural era, this capacity was indeed large enough. Moreover, it is only used to make farm tools and common utensils, and it is enough.

However, if you want to engage in industry, this output will be drizzle. The weight of any steam engine is calculated in tons. Even a "lightweight" single-cylinder diesel engine weighs hundreds of pounds. Therefore, as long as you build a large-scale machine, you cannot do without a huge amount of steel.

The rise of the British Industrial Revolution was also based on the introduction of smelting iron smelting in the early 18th century, which increased the iron production in England from 30,000 tons to 150,000 tons, laying the foundation for the industrial revolution.

Ma Lin came here this time, intending to promote some new production methods to increase iron output. Although he is not a professional, his theoretical knowledge is much more advanced than the craftsmen of this era.

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Stephen, the steel plant manager and chief craftsman, personally led a group of high-level iron plants to welcome Marin's arrival at the gate.

"Welcome, Your Majesty! Your presence is an honour for everyone in Krumhern Steel Works!"

Marin smiled, not paying attention to the compliment. Since becoming a prince, he has heard too many compliments like this, and he has been immune early.

"Take me to see the equipment in the factory, and at the same time, call in the younger generation of craftsmen who are more outstanding in the factory."

The latter order is what Marin values ​​most. Factory equipment or something, as long as you spend money, you can always get it. The most important thing is to train young craftsmen.

Director Stephen arranged for someone to find the young craftsmen. Before Marin met the young craftsmen, Stephen took Marin around. In fact, it's nothing good, because after learning that Marin is coming to inspect, these people will definitely be trembling, even if they don't work hard enough, they will show themselves well now. Unless it is an unannounced inspection, something that is not notified at all will be seen. But Marin pays more attention to safety, so he usually informs the other party to clear the court first. The idlers, etc., must be cleared first to ensure safety. So, after preparing, Marin didn't expect to see anything wrong. If you want to know what's wrong, it's better to let Kohler send someone to investigate it privately.

After walking around and looking around, Marin came to the conference hall, ready to meet those outstanding young craftsmen. When the young craftsmen introduced themselves, after a name was reported, Marin was shocked to spray tea directly:

"What? Your name is Krupp?"

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