Rebirth of South America as King

ps: Yesterday after the chapter was finished, the phone suddenly restarted, and the words of the result code were all lost. Today I will write another chapter.

Rubber is one of the most important industrial raw materials of the Second Industrial Revolution, and it is also a unique economic plant in South America.

Therefore, in order to ensure that Rio Grande do Sul can catch up with the development opportunities of the second industrial revolution, Li Mingyuan made important plans and arrangements for the development of the rubber industry.

First, expand the planting area of ​​rubber plantations to ensure adequate supply of rubber raw materials.

Since the discovery of wild rubber in the country in late 1868, after more than nine months of searching and transplanting, as of September 1869, the number of rubber plantations in Rio Grande do Sul reached 60 and the number of wild rubber reached 20 Million strains.

Of the more than 200,000 rubber trees, there are about 70,000 adult rubber trees that can obtain rubber raw materials, accounting for one third of the total number of rubber trees.

Wild rubber trees generally secrete rubber fluid in four to five years, and rubber fluids can be collected in eight to ten years. The economic life span is between 25 and 30 years, and the growth life span is about 60 years.

The economic life of budding trees is much shorter than that of wild rubber trees, about 20 years, although the economic life of budding trees is greatly shortened, because the use of budding technology to cultivate seedlings, the growth maturity and difficulty of budding trees are greatly reduced. Conducive to large-scale planting.

Most of the rubber trees suitable for transplantation and management in Rio Grande do Sul have been found. A small number of rubber trees have not been found because they are in the jungle and mountainous depths, but because of the inconvenience of transportation in the jungle and mountainous areas, those rubber trees do not have the economic value of transplantation. .

The number of wild rubber trees will not increase significantly in a short period of time. To increase the total number of rubber trees, it is more effective to use budding to cultivate new seedlings.

There are thirteen wild rubber tree plantations in Hexi County, in the middle of Rio Grande do Sul, where 50,000 saplings cultivated by budding technology are planted in specially opened plantations. According to more than half a year of experiments and statistics, 50,000 buds have been planted. 30,000 seedlings survived, with a survival rate of about 60%.

The budding seedlings usually grow in the cultivation area for two years before they can be transplanted to the plantation for growth. During the process of transplanting to the plantation, some seedlings will die due to soil discomfort and other factors, so the overall survival rate of the budding seedlings. It's about forty percent.

The budding technology is convenient to obtain materials and low in cultivation cost. The survival rate of 40% is enough to keep the budding seedlings ready for industrial planting. Therefore, after the report on the growth of budding rubber tree seedlings was submitted, Li Mingyuan decided to the official responsible for managing rubber planting. The next goal is to increase the total number of rubber plantations to three hundred within three years, and the total number of rubber trees to reach more than one million.

The number of artificially cultivated rubber trees in Brazil is about two to three million. At the scale and volume of Rio Grande do Sul, one million rubbers are sufficient to supply the raw materials required for the development of the rubber industry.

The total amount of rubber trees is the first problem that restricts the development of the rubber industry, and the development and improvement of the rubber industry system is the second problem.

In the 1870s, the second industrial revolution had just begun. In the future, the automobile industry and the internal combustion engine that promoted the development of the rubber industry have not yet been invented. Naturally, as rubber for automobile tires and internal combustion engine machine parts, there has been no increase in demand. External motivation. According to the original trajectory of history, the rubber industry will take off in more than ten or twenty years, and with more than one hundred years of insights from later generations, Li Mingyuan can, for the rubber industry, build on existing technology. Find out new directions in advance.

Rubber sole shoes are the first successful products for the rubber industry to become practical. More than half a year ago, when Li Mingyuan inspected Huagong's labor, he came up with the idea of ​​inventing rubber sole shoes, which was verified and verified by technical workers on both sides of the garment factory and rubber factory. The feasibility of manufacturing rubber-soled shoes. Four months ago, the National Army ’s military clothing factory produced the first batch of military rubber-soled shoes. After a month of trial-wearing and improvement, the first rubber-soled shoes were officially designated for production. Began to be used as a new type of military equipment.

Since it is the first time to produce rubber-soled shoes, the production capacity of military clothing factories has just started to produce 300 pairs of rubber-soled shoes per day. Then, through the exploration and summary of experience in three months of practical production, they are relatively familiar with the operation technology of rubber-soled shoes. Later, the production capacity of the garment factory gradually increased, and finally stabilized at 500 pairs of rubber-soled cloth shoes per day, 15,000 pairs per month, and a total of 39,000 pairs of rubber-soled cloth shoes were produced in more than three months. It met the production purpose of refitting the IDF field forces by early September.

The task of developing and producing rubber-soled shoes was completed. The Prussian and Chinese employees in the rubber factory immediately invested in the task of developing pneumatic rubber tires and producing hard rubber water pipes.

Rigid rubber water pipes have been invented in Europe. When purchasing machinery and equipment, direct introduction of rubber production technology from Prussia, the employees in the rubber factory have to do in accordance with the standards provided by Li Mingyuan to produce suitable products. It's not that difficult.

Although pneumatic rubber tires are a new business, it is not difficult to invent pneumatic tires according to the production ideas provided by Li Mingyuan.

Under Li Mingyuan's focus, hard rubber hoses and pneumatic rubber tires were produced two days after rubber-soled shoes were installed in the army.

After inspecting the performance of the new product accompanied by several Prussian technicians in the rubber factory, Li Mingyuan praised the employees who participated in the production, then gave them some rewards in the name of the government, and finally ordered the followers to produce the samples of pneumatic tires and hard High quality rubber pipes are taken away to a newly established machinery manufacturing plant.

The Xinjing Machinery Manufacturing Plant, named after the Xinjing place name, is a new factory established less than two months ago. All the mechanics in the factory are Chinese workers transferred from various machinery plants. There is no Prussian.

Entering the closely guarded machinery manufacturing plant, a dozen Chinese technicians in the main workshop of the plant stood neatly in a row to welcome Li Mingyuan and his party.

"Pharaoh, have I ordered the products you produced to be ready?"

Li Mingyuan strode into the workshop door and asked directly.

"Yangjing and Yangche each produced forty samples, and only the rubber product accessories brought by His Highness can be assembled."

A small Chinese man in his forties accompanied the laugh.

"Everything was brought, according to the structure diagram I handed over, first assemble two complete samples and see."

Li Mingyuan glanced at the machinery products arranged in two rows in the workshop and waved his hands.

"His Royal Highness." The old factory director gave a gift to Li Mingyuan,

Five or six Chinese mechanics were greeted to take over the rubber-producing parts brought by the followers, and then started tinkering with two mechanical products.

About twenty minutes later, the old, dark factory director completed the assembly, and two very common products in later generations appeared in the eyes of everyone in the workshop.

The content of the two production technologies produced in the workshop is not too high, but their inventions or improvements have greatly promoted the lives of ordinary people.

The first of the two products has been invented in European society for more than half a century. Chinese workers who have seen it in the workshop call it foreign cars, and Li Mingyuan prefers to call it a bicycle.

For products produced by Westerners, Chinese workers are accustomed to adding a foreign character in front of their names. For example, matches that have been built in Rio Grande do Sul are called foreign fire by Chinese, cement is called foreign mud, and in 1853, The kerosene lamp invented by the Dutch is called a foreign lamp. Foreign lamps need oil as fuel. Due to the lack of petroleum resources in Rio Grande do Sul, kerosene lamps are more expensive. Ordinary Chinese rarely come into contact with kerosene lamps. Only kerosene lamps are provided in mining areas such as iron ore mines and coal mining sites. .

The names produced by Westerners for foreigners are mainly derived from ordinary people ’s curiosity about new things. Li Mingyuan did not forcefully change the people ’s appellation in this matter, and he reasonably improved the new bicycles in the workshop. Li Mingyuan planned to give it an order in the name of future generations.

"Bicycle" looked at the new products that roughly matched the style of later generations, and Li Mingyuan blurted out a new term.

"Lao Wangtou, since this product is the first one to be improved and produced by us, don't use a foreign name. I don't think it's called a bicycle? Do you think it's appropriate?"

"The product structure drawing was drawn by His Highness himself, and naturally should be ordered by His Highness."

The old factory manager respectfully said.

"Bicycle? Will this guy move by himself?" A young Chinese soldier was surprised when he saw this strange thing in front of him.

"Oh, the little brother has never seen a foreigner riding a foreign car on the road. This thing doesn't move by itself. People need to ride on it. Look, it's like riding a horse."

A cavalry officer who had seen bicycles of this era before, gestured.

"Oh, this brother is right. Bicycles need people to sit on it to move, but it is much easier than riding a bike."

Li Mingyuan was in a good mood. He introduced some common knowledge about bicycles to the surrounding Chinese, and then took advantage of the demonstration to directly ride the newly assembled bicycle to the people in the factory.

It is easy to get started with bicycles, but it is a bit difficult for people who have never been in contact with bicycles. When I saw Li Mingyuan riding a bicycle steadily in the factory yard, a few curious Chinese officers also went up and tried it, and the result was a fall. On the ground.

After the people in the factory faced the freshness of bicycles, Li Mingyuan once again explained to the old factory director: "The production of bicycles must be kept strictly confidential. Except for the technical workers in the factory and those who I allow to contact the bicycles, it is strictly forbidden to disclose information about bicycles. Dispose in accordance with military law. "

"His Highness rest assured that his staff will ensure that the employees of Xinjing Machinery Manufacturing Plant will never reveal any information about the bicycle to the outside."

The old factory manager immediately stated.

"I will send additional guards outside the factory. The task inside your factory is to produce bicycles with full force. By July of next year, all bicycles produced in the factory will be equipped with troops. Your production tasks are very heavy. If you have any problems, you can Speak ahead of time. "

"Starting production this month, with the existing manpower in the factory, from the production of bicycle accessories to the completion of assembly, about 400 products can be produced in a month. By July next year, the total output of bicycles can reach up to 6,000. No Do you know that Your Highness is satisfied with this speed of production? "

"In July next year, bicycles will come in handy. The quantity of six thousand is too small. At least 10,000 must be reached. I will try to fill you with as many workers as possible in the factory. Can I achieve the production goal of 10,000 in July next year? ? "

"The smelting and forging of bicycle parts is carried out by the iron and steel processing plant. As long as the plant over there can supply enough parts, and then another 200 skilled Chinese workers are deployed, the employees and manufacturing plant employees must hurry to produce and must be completed next July His Royal Highness ’s production targets. "

The old factory manager gritted his teeth and said yes.

"Well, what is missing from the production of bicycles? Although they came to me, I can go to Minister Liu if there is a problem when I am not in Rio Grande do Sul. They will also meet your needs."

"Thank Your Highness!"

The old factory manager gave a gift, raised his back and continued, "His Royal Highness, would you like to see another product?"

"Well, the two of you moved in and moved the big man on the right out." Li Mingyuan nodded slightly, and then ordered the two soldiers to do things.

Two soldiers obeyed the order, and a few minutes later, a black iron guy smelted from steel was carried to the yard outside the workshop.

"His Royal Highness, what is this thing for?"

"Oh, you'll know later."

Li Mingyuan smiled and said, "Pharaoh head, are you ready for drilling?"

"You're all set, just wait for your Highness to give your order and start."

"Well, let's get started."

Li Mingyuan agreed and said, the old factory manager greeted him, three Chinese workers took out five or six iron pipes of more than two meters from the workshop, and then marked an area of ​​about one square in the open space in the yard. The people excavated earthwork within the designated land area. After ten minutes of digging, a small pit of about one square and forty centimeters was dug, and the three men took turns operating auxiliary equipment to drive the iron pipe to the ground.

Seeing the operation of the three people, many Chinese present at the scene have a familiar feeling. Although the operation methods are different, isn't drilling underground just to get water?

In the mainland, the main way to obtain water is to dig a well. The three people in the yard just insert a few thin iron pipes underground. How can the caliber of such a thin pipe fit into a bucket, and how to put it without a bucket? Water from the well?

The people who saw the intentions of the three Chinese workers but did not quite understand them at first still watched silently, and then shortly after, several officers close to Li Mingyuan boldly expressed their doubts.

Facing the half-knowledgeable crowd, Li Mingyuan only explained a few words, and after the underground pipe was installed, then the installed iron guy was fixed on the iron pipe ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Li Mingyuan explained to everyone How the new product works.

Another product produced by the machinery manufacturing plant is a common pressurized well in the later rural areas, and some places are also called Yangjing.

Li Mingyuan is not very clear about the specific invention time of the pressurized well. He only knows that the main principle of the pressurized well involves the air-tightness of the air. Therefore, he thought of using rubber as a raw material to make waterproof and confidential hard rubber water pipes and the interior of the pressurized well. Rubber parts to ensure air-tightness, from which the idea of ​​manufacturing a pressure well was born.

Compared with traditional water wells, it is more convenient to get water from the place where the pressure well is installed, and it saves the trouble of digging the well, which not only facilitates the domestic water for ordinary Chinese people, but also benefits from using the pressure well in agricultural development.

Rubber-soled shoes, bicycles, and pressure wells. In the industrial aspect, Rio Grande do Sul has a unique invention belonging to the Chinese.

These inventions can not only facilitate the lives of ordinary Chinese, but also bring considerable economic benefits to Rio Grande do Sul.

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