Chapter 16: Accept my life
Alloy plastic steel is the most basic and widely used multi-functional material in the entire imperial civilization. It can be used in construction, making machinery and weapons, and can be used to repair and enhance facilities and vehicles. Its high strength and corrosion resistance allow it to be used in extremely harsh environments and is capable of working in a variety of completely different environments.
This is especially important on the harsh environment of Raging Star.
As far as Gu Hang knew, Nu Xiaoxing did not have the technical capabilities to mass-produce alloy plastic steel. The entire planet is still using relatively basic and primitive ordinary steel.
In comparison, the performance of alloy plastic steel is much superior.
Obviously, if it masters the ability to mass-produce alloy plastic steel, Huidong Society will make huge profits.
The scarcity and widespread demand of alloy plastic steel keep its price high. Gu Hang, who owns the black box, can reduce the production cost very low - even more advantageous than the manufacturers on other planets who specialize in this industry.
Even alloy plastic steel brings more than just profits.
But for mass production, Gu Hang was worried that the ore output of the Feidong Society might not be enough.
The Wastedong Society didn’t have enough manpower, and Gu Hang didn’t have the equipment to mine the ore. The key point was that the quality of the abandoned vein was mediocre...
It's enough for now, but as more and more smelting furnaces are built by black boxes, there will definitely be gaps in the future.
However, by that time, there should be stable output. You don’t have to worry about finding a market, you don’t have to worry about selling at all; you can also import raw materials on a large scale. In the future, the pillar industry of Huidongshe will definitely transform from resource extraction to metal smelting.
"This batch of components that have been produced should be enough to assemble a smelting furnace. Send it to the Waste Cave Society, and production can start."
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Patel never doubted that the Governor would fulfill his promise.
If we say we want to build a production line for them, we will definitely build it.
But he never dreamed that it would come so quickly.
He saw a group of slaves from the governor's camp escorted by servitor soldiers - workers, it should be said - using carts to deliver all the production parts.
Patel, who had received the news in advance, took the young adults from the Huidong Society to help unload the goods.
Instructions have been prepared, and a skilled worker from the governor's camp will instruct them on how to assemble the smelting furnace.
At the beginning, Patel was worried that he and his group of illiterate men would not be able to understand the process. But when I actually did it, I found that the process was much simpler than imagined.
There is text in the instruction manual, but more of it is various schematic diagrams, which are not difficult to understand.
They first installed the furnace vertically and then carefully aligned the joints. Then, they used fasteners to securely fasten the various parts of the furnace body together to ensure the firmness and stability of the furnace body.
Next, there is the furnace cover, observation window, exhaust pipe...
Finally, he installed the furnace door himself.
The entire assembly process is very simple, but very rigorous. Just follow the steps step by step. You only need to be careful to ensure that every detail is repeatedly checked and confirmed.
The installation took them half a day.
They placed the energy crystal blocks sent with the transport team into the energy module of the smelting furnace and started the heating system.
The entire furnace body gradually becomes hot and the temperature continues to rise.
A batch of ore that had been prepared was sent into it.
The workers of the Wastedong Society were sweating profusely in the heat wave, but they still stuck to their jobs until the alloy plastic steel smelting furnace finally started operating, making a roaring roar.
A few hours later, it was dark.
The produced alloy metal liquid is cooled into metal ingots in the mold and neatly stacked.
Patel didn't know that the quality of the alloy plastic steel he produced was much lower than the top-quality plastic steel that came out of the black box in the governor's camp. But even if you know, it doesn't matter.
As long as it's qualified plastic steel, that's fine. This is already a very good industrial product on the Raging Star.
Old Butch, who was originally supervising the construction of the above-ground camp of the Wasted Dong Society, couldn't help but run over to see the finished product.
The two leaders of the Wasted Dong Society looked at the batch of alloy plastic steel ingots and giggled together.
A huge sense of satisfaction filled their hearts.
No one can experience the power of industry more personally than they do.
From today on, the Wastedong Society is no longer the place where people can only dig out poor-quality ore by hand and sell it at a low price in exchange for food that cannot even feed themselves. They have industrial capabilities, they can directly produce alloy plastic steel, and they can sell it at a higher price.
They will no longer endure hunger and cold, and as the governor said, as long as they work hard, they can live a good life.
Old Butch sighed: "Even if the Governor wants our lives, I will admit it."
Patel smiled and patted his uncle on the shoulder: "The Governor will not kill us. The Governor hopes that we will get better and better!"
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Soon, the second smelting furnace was also delivered to the Wasted Dong Society.
The production capacity of alloy plastic steel has been further strengthened.
But the problem that Gu Hang was worried about before has indeed happened - just two smelting furnaces have almost completely eaten up the ore produced by the Wastedong Society.
To continue to expand production capacity, more raw materials are inevitable.
At the same time, energy is also an issue.
The smelting furnace uses energy crystal blocks, which is also a black technology under the empire's system.
According to Kao Hang's understanding, this is essentially a kind of battery - of course, it is much more powerful than the battery in his memory.
High-density energy is bound and condensed in solid crystals, and the energy can be safely released when necessary. This kind of energy crystal blocks can be directly mined on some worlds; and more often, some planets with developed energy industries use various power generation methods and then use special processes to compress energy to directly produce energy crystal blocks.
There is no doubt that the Raging Star itself does not have such production capabilities. What Gu Hang is using now is the wool harvested from the Quintet.
But you can’t just grow old.
But there is good news.
First, the energy crystal blocks Gu Hang had on hand were still enough.
Secondly, in addition to using energy crystal blocks, the smelting furnace can also be connected to electricity.
Gu Hang still had time to set up the territory’s power supply.
This is also a headache. Let’s not think too much about sophisticated means. The original means of generating electricity is essentially to boil water, but there must be fuel to burn it.
"Fuel...raw materials...garbage town?"
Gu Hang muttered to himself.
The Garbage Town he mentioned refers to a gathering place of survivors a hundred kilometers north of the Wasted Dongshe. There, there was the output Gu Hang needed.
(End of chapter)