Chapter 140 The Solution

In winter, some people like it and some people hate it. For anyone who works in the wild, this winter is definitely not a good weather. Especially after a snowfall, the mountains and roads are slippery to the extreme. If possible, anyone who works in the field will try to avoid winter, but Sometimes, things don't go as people wish.

Snow and fog shrouded everything in the forest in a haze. In the forest where the snow fog vaguely outlined the open space in the mountain, several tents were scattered. In this camp, several young people and more than a dozen people who were hired at that time were holding boxes on the mule, and most of them were in the boxes. It's some equipment.

Chen Yuan in the tent was moving a lot of his own things. While moving things, he scolded his luck in his heart. Seeing that the end of the year was approaching, he was sent to the mountain forest by the company. Not to mention Chen Yuan, the students of the "geology class" of Huangpu Sports School are smoking cigarettes in the snow and cursed from time to time when those folk husbands carried the equipment.

"It's still a week away. It's the Spring Festival. I really don't know when we can go back!"

"Wait for the task to be completed!"

"It's not..."

Chinese people have never seen the atmosphere of the New Year. Although these young people are all young, they received the task and carried it out without saying a word, but they drilled around in this ravine for a month and still didn't find what they needed to find. They don't know what they are looking for. In addition to continuing to calibrate the map, they are also helping those explorers to find those stones that "stones are crystal plate-shaped or plate-like, brown-black in color, semi-metallic or resin-like light".

"Find the stone and you can go home!"

This is Chen Yuan's promise to everyone, and it is also the promise he received from the company. The company's task is to find the tungsten mine. Although he is unwilling, Chen Yuan also knows that in fact, this is a test for him by the company. The saltpetre he found will never be mined at least in the next few years. Of.

Who can bear the responsibility of losing a mine? Chen Yuan can't afford it, and the same company can't afford it. Although it is so, Chen Yuan became the first field exploration team sent by the company's mineral laboratory, and what he wanted to find was tungsten ore.

When he set off a month ago, he was told to concentrate on exploration around Dayu. There are continuous high hills and undulating round hills here, with mountains as high as one or two kilometers, stretching through the edges. On the map, it seems that there are only a dozen kilometers, but there are dozens of kilometers to walk here, or even farther.

The winter weather was originally not suitable for exploration, but the company was in urgent need of tungsten. At that time, the company did not even consider that after the snow on the mountain, the exposed mineral seedlings were naturally buried by the snow. Although he was excited to forget this at that time, the company finally sent him here with six Anqing and Nanchang. The students of Huangpu School came here with a batch of simple equipment and 5,000 silver dollars.

Since he came here, he took this "geological exploration team" around the rolling mountains and encountered a lot of risks along the way. The wolves and tigers were not terrible, but the terrible thing was the bandits. He met the bandits twice all the way. As a result, the group of bandits was "foreigners" in "dressed" "I'm scared. Now everyone knows that this foreigner can't touch more than the official.

A few days ago, when it didn't snow, in addition to collecting all kinds of suspected stones, Chen Yuan often asked the recruited local workers to drill one hole after another in the mountain with his drills for further exploration.

Tungsten was not found, but two small tin ore seedlings were found. This discovery made Chen Yuan really happy, but he did not find the tungsten needed by the company. This task was equivalent to not being completed.

After extinguishing the bonfire, after the mule left the camp with the mule, Chen Yuan and his entourage left the woodland one after another and continued to walk along the dangerous mountain road.

"Engineer Chen, you said it's snowing heavily. How can we find those stones?"

Listening to the person sent by Huangpu School called Yu Mingjiu's students as engineers, Chen Yuan was somewhat proud. He had no degree in mining and engineering, but he called himself a mining engineer. In fact, he has studied the courses of these two disciplines. Although he is not good at it, he is also a person who has "discovered" a big mine. What's more, now he is making up for mining and engineering. He believes that one day he will become a real mining engineer.

Looking around, almost everything in the mountain is covered with a thick layer of ice and snow. In this case, the exploration of minerals may be almost zero.

"Why don't you..."

Chen Yuanxin began to hesitate whether to withdraw for the time being and come back to this place when the spring snow melts next year.

"Sir, Xihua Mountain is in front of you. Look at the Zhuangyun Temple that I used to talk about on that mountain!"

The min husband holding the mule said to Chen Yuan, who was walking next to him.

"It's disrespectful not to see the temple. Let's go to this Qingyun Temple to worship the Bodhisattva!"

He said so, but in his heart, Chen Yuan wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to let everyone repair it in the temple. After all, everyone has been sleeping in the mountains for a month, and they also need to repair it.

A group of people went up Xihua Mountain along the winding and rugged path, but the man who drove the mule said something.

"Sir, the Xihua Mountain built by Qingyun Temple is also known as Heishi Mountain. Now it is covered with snow. If you come back in spring, you can see that the mountain is full of black and shiny stones."

"Black stone?"

It is said that those who don't listen to it have a heart. Chen Yuan noticed Minfu's words. The stones found along the way are all ordinary stones. Black stones are rare here. Is it... "Where is the black stone?"

"Well... Sir, you see, there are black stones all over the mountain. As long as the snow is swept away, you can look at the stone!"

He pointed to the hillside in front of him, but he seemed to feel wrong and pointed to several places.

"Anyway, there are black stones everywhere on this mountain. The stone is harder than the gray stone, but the stone is a little smaller. It must be suitable to make a monument or something."

Almost as soon as the man's voice fell, Chen Yuan ran to the hillside with his fingers. As soon as he rushed to the hillside, he bent down and swept the snow on the mountain with his hands, and then dug the stones on both sides.

After sweeping away a meter of square snow, I really saw pieces of black and shiny stones. I picked them one by one, and the feeling of getting them was very heavy. Looking at the light, the stones glowed with semi-metal and occasionally some resin-like light.

This is tungsten ore!

"Quick! Sweep away all the snow here!"

Pressing the excitement at the bottom of his heart, Chen Yuan pointed to the surrounding hillside and shouted. The snow was soon swept away by the people with branches, and the surface was exposed. When he looked at it, there were black and shining stones everywhere. These were all tungsten ores!

This discovery made Chen Yuan, who was originally retiring, begin to command the folk husbands and the students vigorously, collect the black ore samples on the hillside, and even chisel a few feet down the mountain.

When it was dark, Chen Yuan, who had not found the tungsten mine for a month, collected at least 3,000 catties of ore. It was not until the sky was completely dark that the group stopped the work at hand. When everyone carried the mule in the basket full of ore, Chen Yuan complained to the Huangpu School for several days. The students said something.

"Okay, now let's go home for the Spring Festival!"

It's snowing in the mountains of southern Jiangxi, and Shanghai, which is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River, is also snowing. An old iron shell cargo ship full of rust spots on the Huangpu River on a snowy night leaned against the dock of Pudong Suda Tire and Rubber Products Company. The cargo ship George lifted the canvas on the cargo compartment, and several crane towers and docks on the dock of the steel and wood structure. The workers began to be busy with the wind and snow. With the help of slings, the workers unloaded pieces of gray and white things half a meter square from the cargo ship. This is a piece of rubber. The old George was loaded with a total of 3,500 tons. In the past two months, the second ship shipped the rubber from Shanghai. The last ship of rubber came from Malaya, and this The boat rubber comes from the tropical rainforest of Brazil.

Although it is only a month, in the customs building in the concession, any customs officer knows that in the 29th year of Guangxu, the largest import from Qing Dynasty is probably the rubber condensed from the milk of the Brazilian three-leaf rubber tree. Almost after the invention of vulcanization of the technology of vulcanized rubber, rubber is produced from South American heat. The "tears of trees" with rainforest are pervasively integrated into all aspects of human social life.

Almost Charles, the father of rubber? After Goodyear invented hardened rubber, only a few years later, a British blacksmith obtained a patent for the first rubber tire, and the solid rubber tires used in horse carriages three years ago were popularized throughout Europe and the United States. Eight years ago, the French Michelin improved the inflatable tires of the bicycle and installed them on the car, and the car began to use inflatable wheels. Although the technology was not perfect, it improved the shock absorption of the car.

The reason why Mustang was able to win the rally from Yanjing to Paris was sought after and praised by people in Europe and the United States. It was described by those imaginative reporters as "even in a harsh environment, it is brave and fearless." It is so superior, so surnamed that it even makes you sometimes feel that it has a faint hostility to human beings, as if this excellent thing has its own life.

In addition to some of the epoch-making designs used by the Mustang itself, the most important factor is probably the four tires that do not look very immediate. The tires used by the Mustang are the biggest difference from the full shifts adopted by various countries. In addition to the pattern of the outer tire, I'm afraid that a complete set of inner and outer tires are used. The outer tire is woven with rubber and fabric, and the inner tube is equipped with a rubber inner tube. It was not until the emergence of "Suda" tires that the pneumatic tires were completely successful, and the car really put on modern "shoes".

Compared with the Mustang Automobile Manufacturing Company, whose output has been limited due to the size of the factory and the number of workers, the tires of Suda Tire and Rubber Products Company, which are also one of the subsidiaries of the industrial company, have also received a large number of foreign orders, but the production can finally be To keep up with the order, rubber products are much easier to produce than cars.

South American and Nanyang rubber is proportionally mixed with Javan sulfur in Suda's factory, and then matched with the oblique stripe cloth produced by "Hoji Weaving Factory" with Egyptian plush cotton yarn produced in India. After steam extrusion, it becomes a "Suda tire". This kind of subsidiary of an industrial company applies for special in Europe and the United States. Although Li's pneumatic tires have been launched for several months due to patent restrictions, Suda is the only manufacturer.

In the workshop with a strong rubber smell, watching the workers constantly take out the tires from the molds. The tires will soon be packed and sent to the dock, and then shipped to Europe and the United States. Tires are the second largest export product of industrial companies.

This kind of diagonal tire, which brings millions of profits to the company, is made with reference to the motorcycle tires found in the truck locker. In order to improve the tire technology, the Mustang failed to catch up when testing. Until Yanjing to Paris Rally, this kind of diagonal tire finally caught up with the race.

Unlike Liang Jishuang, who is next to Chen Moran and Chen Moran, who smells the smell in the air, sometimes frowns. The smell of rubber in other people's noses is like the fragrance of dragon saliva in his nose, and he naturally enjoys this smell.

"Chairman, among the tires exported now, only six out of every 100 are car tires, and the rest are horse-drawn carriage tires, with as many as 15 specifications."

"Will the production of so many specifications affect the production of automobile tires?"

Chen Moran casually asked, after all, automobiles are the most important products of industrial companies now, and their important surnames even exceed steel. In December 2002, Ma'anshan Steel Factory and the Russians who came to inspect signed a supply cooperation of 235,000 steel rails. This was the first time that the steel factory exported to the outside world. At that time, The newspaper even called it "the proof of the rise of the Qing Dynasty".

With the supply of 235,000 tons of steel rails in three years, the profit is only more than 7 million yuan. It can produce 10,000 Mustang cars a year, but it can obtain a net profit of more than 5 million yuan for the company. Naturally, the profit of the former cannot be compared with that of the latter.

"Chairman, the inner and outer tire processing and molding equipment are only different molds. If necessary, the workshop can be replaced with Mustang tire molds at any time to produce automobile tires!"

Liang Jishuang's words made Chen Moran nod. He was a layman in tire manufacturing and production. Even when he produced this tire at the beginning, he also thanked Liang Jishuang, who produced raincoats and rain boots. If he hadn't solved the problem of equipment transformation with those French engineers, I'm afraid that this "Suda tire" is at most now. The "gun wheel" wrapped in rubber.

And unlike ordinary sulfur-treated hardened rubber in other countries, Suda tires also use carbon black reinforcement rubber in addition to sulfur. This is because after the tires are damaged by curtains, the canvas is damaged faster than the tread in the use of tires, so carbon black reinforcement tread rubber must be applied on a large scale, which is Chen Moran's vaguely remembers. The only memory about tire technology. Now the amount of carbon black in Suda tire rubber is growing rapidly. Last year, only about 20 parts of carbon black were used for every 100 pieces of raw rubber, but now it has reached more than 20 parts. Now it has even begun to try to use carbon black on the tread.

"The test of carbon black reinforcement rubber on this tread must be accelerated. Carbon black is cheap, and the reinforcement rubber is durable!"

When walking to another workshop, looking at the workers who were adding carbon black to the material tank, Chen Moran ordered that he didn't come to this tire factory many times. Almost all of them are eating the "old foundation" in technology now. He can bring some technology by himself, but the foundation of China in this era is too thin. Weak, there are not many researchers at all. The so-called research experiments are nothing more than the students of some industrial schools who are doing the most primitive experiments there, the kind of experiments that I don't understand.

"Yes, chairman!"

Following the chairman, Liang Jishuang seemed to be a little Vino, but he just answered questions and answers lightly.

Going to another workshop to look at the tires in the crate box, Chen Moran smiled. As soon as the tires were shipped out, they were silver!

This year, the tire company's profit is at least more than 2 million yuan. The three major factories of automobile factories and steel mills can achieve real profits this year. For the first time, industrial companies have ended the situation of not making ends up their income. These factories under industrial companies can make a profit of at least 10 million yuan by the end of the year.

"Chairman, and...and...there is one thing..."

Staring at the tires in the crate box, Liang Jishuang was hesitant at first. He hesitated to meet the chairman and seemed to be in a good mood today, so he put forward his own suggestion.

"I... I wonder if the tire company can invest its profits in the rubber park this year!"

The reason for such hesitation is that after staying in an industrial company for more than a year, I naturally know that the chairman is doing great things now, and all parties need silver. Compared with steel mills, automobile mills, and Pudong, tires seem to be insignificant. Naturally, when he says this, he also has some concerns.

"Rubber Garden?"

"Yes, chairman, we seem to be afraid that we can't buy rubber. We bought two boats of rubber in a row, and the price of rubber has been raised by us by more than 10. A few years ago, the chairman asked us to buy more rubber because we were worried that someone would speculate, and the company would suffer losses at that time, but I thought that instead of doing so, it would be better for us. Pay to open some rubber gardens in Nanyang. I have inquired that the British encouraged us to open plantations in Borneo!"

Thinking that it would take ten years to cut the rubber tree, Liang Jishuang's expression suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"Chairman, although it takes time and consumables to open a rubber park, if it opens a rubber park, it will definitely make a lot of money. In addition, if it goes on like this, the amount of rubber will only increase. Even if we store rubber, we will not be able to meet the needs in the future, so I think that the company's profit this year should not be The head office should go to Nanyang to open a rubber park. Now the British have opened a lot of rubber parks in Nanyang, and naturally they won't..."

"Do what you want!"

Although Liang Jishuang didn't make it clear, Chen Moran still nodded and agreed with his opinion. As the demand for rubber increases, the price will definitely rise in the future. Opening a rubber park is the way to solve the problem, and he thought about it again.

"I think when the rubber garden goes to Nanyang, you can also go directly to Hainan Island to drive. In that place, you can definitely grow rubber. Sometimes things are still planted in your own garden!"

(to be continued)