After counting for a while, Yang Xin roughly had a number in his mind. There were almost a hundred chimneys. Of course, these chimneys were used to discharge waste gas, and the iron-making was a blast furnace.
After all, only the steel produced by the blast furnace met the requirements. Even so, Yang Xin could not help but sigh. No wonder heavy industry needed a lot of money to set up. It could not be completed by capitalists alone.
In just one and a half months, the development speed of Jiuyuan Industrial Zone was beyond his imagination. More importantly, these steel plants used 150-ton furnaces, which could be said to have a very high output.
At this time, the Hanyang Iron Plant only had a dozen tons of steel-making furnaces. Even so, it could not produce at full capacity. This meant that Yang Xin's steel plant could produce at least 3,000 tons of steel every day.
In the future, such a figure would only be the output of a slightly larger steel factory in a day. In the future, the annual output would reach hundreds of millions of tons, and it would stand out from the rest.
Of course, that was only an ordinary standard. If it was fully produced, it might be even higher. As for how much, no one knew.
And right now, this place could produce 3,000 tons of steel per day. It was definitely a world-class steel factory.
It could be considered as entering the Million Tonne Steel Mill Club. If there were people familiar with this place, they would definitely be shocked. When did such a huge monster appear in the poor and backward China? It was a shocking and terrifying monster.
"General, many of these chimneys have not been put into production for the time being. Due to the lack of workers, they can only be produced at a low load. If there are enough workers, the production will be even greater.”Yang Song explained to Yang Xin as usual.
Hearing this, Yang Xin nodded calmly. The daily output of 10,000 tons was only 9 million tons per year. Even if they worked harder, they could only produce 10 million tons per year. They could barely surpass Japan, but they were still a little lacking if they wanted to compete with the first-class powers.
"How is the production of steel rails going?”Yang Xin asked again.
"General, seeing is believing.”Yang Song did not explain much. He knew his young master's temper and immediately led him to a steel rail factory.
A steel mill was not just a steel mill. Although the steel mill was the largest, it had many iron-smelting workshops, crushing workshops, coke workshops, and many other plants.
After all, a lot of raw materials were needed to make steel. More importantly, Yang Xin didn't want the steel mill to only produce some low-grade steel. If he wanted to make steel, he would make the best steel.
The process of making steel was to carefully select the ores and send them to a special workshop. Of course, the speed was very fast. The steel produced had very low sulfur and other impurities. Coupled with some trace elements, its strength far exceeded that of ordinary steel. It formed a series of steel products, such as deformed steel, steel plates, steel bars, plates, ordinary steel, and even rail steel.
As the railway construction was classified as a key project, most of the steel was used to produce rails, which meant that nearly 500,000 tons of steel were produced every year. No one knew how long the railway would need to be built.
At this moment, there were three shifts in the workshop. However, due to the lack of skilled workers, the operation was still under low load and had not reached its limit. Of course, a large number of workers were still being recruited. Not only were they provided with dormitories, but they were also paid high wages, attracting many people.
When this batch of people arrived, perhaps the production of the steel plant would increase by another stage.
"General, this furnace of steel is just about to come out.”The person in charge of the factory saw the workers in the distance skillfully arranging the molds neatly and immediately said.
"Steel tapping?" Hearing this, Yang Xin stopped and walked over. He also wanted to see how the steel was produced.
Soon, the red light in the workshop kept flashing, followed by the sound of the bell. Everyone became nervous. After a while, the gate of the blast furnace opened, and liquefied molten steel began to flow into different workshops through various pipes with hot air.
The workers, on the other hand, were calm and determined. They followed the steps in an orderly manner without any disorder. They poured the molten steel into the prepared mold. After it came into contact with the air, the liquid molten steel slowly solidified.
"Not bad, very skilled." Yang Xin praised and immediately observed the other workshops again. After looking at them, he couldn't help but sigh,"You have done a great service. I will reward you.”
"General Xie, this is all part of my duty.”The crowd behind him replied in unison.
After understanding the cost of the rails, Yang Xin was even more excited. One meter of rails was only five dollars, and the quality was good. This meant that his 1,000-kilometer railway would not cost much.
"It seems that our plan is still a little slow. We have to speed up.”Yang Xin looked at the pile of steel rails in the distance and said confidently.
"What? Do you still need to speed up?" Hearing this, Yang Song had a bitter face.
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