However, although the first prototype was made according to my design drawings a few years ago, due to the first time I made it and the quality of many accessories did not meet the requirements, the power was relatively low and I am currently improving according to my requirements.

Since the steam engine is available, increasing steel output is naturally to prepare for future transportation development. When the railway appears, the land transportation volume will be greatly improved, and the transportation time will be shortened, and the economy will be greatly improved.

At that time, people can easily take the train to enjoy the scenery, do business, and travel. Yes, my biggest dream is to be able to go to Siberia to soak in hot springs and then eat popsicles on the South China Sea. This kind of life is meaningful.

Of course, before this, it was necessary to increase steel production. The quality of our steel is now proud to be far superior to other heroes in the Central Plains. For example, Shanxi bought a large number of various steel products from our Huaxia Empire.

Even the countries in the Western Regions and many vassal states of our Chinese Empire have come to hope to carry out steel trade with us, of course, it means purchasing steel products from our Chinese Empire. The most hope is weapons.

Whether it is the steel knives or armor of our Huaxia Empire, they are all what they are eager to get. Of course, the price of heavy plate armor of our Huaxia Empire is so expensive that it is prohibitive. But it does not prevent them from eager to get it.

For example, Gaochang bought five hundred heavy plate armors from us, and each heavy plate armor was sold for 1,000 guan. Just 500 guan, cost 500 guan. What about the cost? From iron ore to refined armor, the total cost will not exceed fifty guan.

The profits in this were simply outrageous. Gaochang State brought 100,000 kilograms of copper and 1,000 kilograms of gold and other things to exchange. In addition to Gaochang, other countries also bought some such armor to a greater or lesser extent.

According to their idea, such armor is very suitable for the kings or generals to wear, at least in terms of protection, which is far stronger than any armor of this era.

As for the composite armor they want to buy, Sao Rui, this thing is not sold. Although the defense of the composite armor of the composite armor is slightly inferior to that of the heavy plate armor, the problem is that the weight of this armor is much lighter, and it is more flexible in moving and doing movements.

The only regrettable thing is that the process of chain mail is relatively complicated, but the wire drawing technology has been successful now, so the most troublesome process is just how to weave chain mail.

This armor that is light enough and has strong defense is the current standard armor of the Field Army of the Revival Army of the Chinese Empire, and the heavy plate armor is mainly used for the two special forces, namely heavy cavalry and Modaower.

The defense of heavy plate armor can be said to be invincible in the world, but its weight and flexibility are beyond what ordinary soldiers can use for a long time. Therefore, this heavy plate armor is used for export.

What if the defense is good? Do these native barbarians have Hancheng horses? Besides, it doesn’t matter if these foreign countries are equipped with this kind of armor. My Chinese Empire can form a full firearm unit in the shortest time.

Whether it is artillery, musket, grenade, mine, these powerful and penetrating gunpowder weapons will become nightmare for cold weapons users.

The added value of the large number of weapons and equipment sold is absolutely no less than that of luxury goods trade. At the beginning, it was just selling old weapons to the heroes of the Central Plains. Now, it is more sold to surrounding countries. This year, the weapons trade alone has achieved nearly three million profits.

In the future, it is expected that the profits of weapons trade alone should be above 5 million yuan this year. If the export weapons of the Chinese Empire became famous, I believe that the profits of weapons trade will not be less than this number in the future.

You should know that there are too many vassal states around the Huaxia Empire. Although each country has not made much contribution, it will inevitably form a very terrible number after accumulating a small amount.

I have sent merchants to the Persian Grand Food Land with the armor and weapons samples of the Chinese Empire. I believe that when those people see the sharpness of this weapon and the protection of the armor, they will definitely come to purchase it.

At that time, whether it is land trade or maritime trade, you can travel far to Central Asia or the junction of Asia and Africa.

Well, there are ships of an expedition fleet that have already crossed the Strait of Malacca in early February and are heading towards the west. However, due to concerns about typhoons in summer and autumn and the need to draw a navigation chart, they can only stop and go. It is expected that they will be able to return until the end of this year.

Their target was the western part of the Indian Peninsula, the red oceans in the Persian population, that is, the Red Sea, located at the junction of the Arabian Peninsula and Africa in later generations. Of course, I asked them to go. The northern end of the Red Sea is only more than 170 kilometers away from the Mediterranean.

This land will become an enclave of the Chinese Empire in the future. Before that, we will naturally come to explore the way in the name of navigation and trade.

Historically, this was the location of the Suez Canal. When the Suez Canal appeared, the north-south two-way water transportation between Europe and Asia did not have to bypass the Storm Corner (Cape of Good Hope) at the southern end of Africa, greatly saving the voyage.

A voyage from the Port of London in the UK or the Port of Marseille in France to the Port of Mumbai in India. The distance between the Port of Good Hope and the Port of Good Hope through the Suez Canal can be 43% and 56% respectively, compared to the Port of Good Hope by circling the Cape of Good Hope by 43% and 56% respectively. The distance between the Port of Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and the Port of Constanta in the Black Sea is 11,771 miles, while the distance between the Canal through the Suez Canal is only 1,698 miles, saving 86 miles.

Before the opening of the Suez Canal, people sometimes transported between the Mediterranean and the Red Sea by unloading goods from ships through land transportation. However, this was still too laborious, so it started construction in 1859 and started to use in 1870. It took a total of ten years, and the Arabs fell on the road to this project alone reached 120,000.

Nowadays, just to investigate, the main purpose is to carry out trade with Arabia and Dashi. After all, the transportation volume of sea transportation is much higher than that of land transportation, at least this was the case before railway transportation was opened.

While I was imagining the future, I listened to the person in charge of the smelter taking us to visit the construction site under construction. "...We now have two 50 tons of bumper furnaces that have produced 50 tons per day, and are expected to be completed by the end of this year."

"That is to say, by the beginning of next year, with the old-fashioned smelting furnace, the daily production capacity of our smelting plant will exceed 250 tons. The annual output can reach 91,250 tons of steel."

"In addition to the use of various weapons and armor, about two-thirds of our production is used to produce civilian means of production, such as steel bars required for construction, as well as vehicles, ships, and machinery..."

"Can this kind of open furnace be enlarged?" I nodded with satisfaction and asked the person in charge.

"Your Majesty, this is naturally possible. The first flat furnace we built was only a thousand kilograms per day. After many experiments and improvements, it was achieved with such a scale. Even the flat furnace with a daily output of 100 tons has been designed now, and construction can be started at the latest, the next year." The person in charge looked like a big leap forward that it would surpass Britain and the United States, but the words were very exciting.

"Well, it's good, but don't be too aggressive. Let's try it. If there is no problem, build a 70-ton open furnace. "I thought about it and then add a 100-ton open furnace." I thought about it and said. "The quality of the iron ore in Jiaozhi Land is better. After the second phase of the project here is completed, you must send enough personnel and technicians to Jiaozhi to help Jiaozhi build such a giant furnace."

"Your Majesty, now, the steel output of our Chinese Empire is almost enough to meet the needs. Why should you build so many smelting facilities?" Fang Xuanling frowned and looked puzzled.

"It is natural that there is my reason for building so many things. Don't look at the transportation within the Huaxia Empire nowadays, but the problem is that carriages are limited after all, and they will consume a lot of people and material resources, so that the transportation in the Huaxia Empire can be maintained..."

This is the truth. Horse carriages require horses and coaches. Compared with trains, each carriage carriage is really not worth mentioning. A train can carry at least dozens of tons of goods or hundreds of people. It is equivalent to a dozen six-wheeled or eight-wheeled carriages.

Moreover, only a few operators are needed, and all they need is coal and water. The other is speed, the speed and endurance of the train are far superior to the horse. Wherever the railway can extend, it can go wherever it can go.

Traveling a thousand miles a day is not a dream, traveling a thousand miles a day is easy to go. I said a lot, and I heard this guy like a fog. There were even a few expressions of you just blowing, which eventually angered me. I decided to take them to see the steam locomotive and let them see the real thing so that they can explain it more vividly.

After a long circle in this smelter, he left the factory, got on a carriage, and rushed to the Mechanical Manufacturing Research Institute. It took almost an hour and a half to arrive at this remote place.

Between large areas of thick forest, a gray and clean concrete road leads straight to the front. From time to time, soldiers will stand in the middle of the road to stop the vehicles to check their documents. With the amazement of these ministers, they finally arrived at the hidden mechanical manufacturing institute.

Many technicians here have been born in the past when they were researching and manufacturing carriages, but now they have entered this high-tech research institute, where they continue to exert their light and heat.
Chapter completed!