In mid-May, the smelter's steam engine was manufactured and upgraded the smelter's various power-demanding production lines at the end of that month.

The monthly output of steel mills has been upgraded from 300 tons to 1,000 tons, so the annual output of Xiaguo Steel has become 1,000 tons.

Yang Song plans to build several more steel mills in the future, and his goal is to produce 100,000 tons of steel per year.

At the end of June, the textile machinery of the textile mill was produced, and the textile mill was established and put into production.

Textile machines are divided into spinning machines and weaving machines. They are all steam-powered, with technology and equipment. The rest is the problem of workers. Fortunately, the hydraulic textile factory had already trained a group of workers, and with a little training, they could be competent for new machines.

The original hydraulic spinning machine used multi-axis and multi-lines, which could spin more than ten cotton threads at a time. The current steam power has enough power, and a spinning machine can spin nearly a hundred cotton threads at a time.

The same is true for the same loom. The production efficiency is several times faster than the previous hydrolooms, and the hydrolooms are several times faster than the human-powered looms. By doing so, a steam-powered loom is about one hundred times faster than manual labor.

At this point, Xia State completed the first batch of industrial industrial reforms. Although each type had only one demonstration factory, it was sufficient for Xia State to use.

Yang Song has planned to open factories in various counties and towns, and of course it is best to complete it with the guidance of the government and the participation of the people.

But this process takes time. Not to mention light industry that is easy to realize, but not steel mills can be built anywhere, at least there must be iron ore around it.

Speaking of iron ore, Xu Xiake, the talent awarded by Xia Guo, has been working diligently in his position since he was appointed as the Director of the Bureau of Resources, which is responsible for the management and development of geographic information, real estate, minerals and other resources.

Some time ago, after learning from the court meeting that the mineral sources of Xia Kingdom were insufficient, he applied to Yang Song to explore the minerals.

Xu Xiake was originally an active person, and travel and adventure were his interests. Although he was appointed as an important position by Yang Song, he did not give up his interest. When he was fine, he often stared at various maps.

So taking this opportunity, he decided to take advantage of the scenery of various parts of the Xia Kingdom when exploring minerals, and see the landforms, animals and plants of the world.

Unfortunately, we can only conduct exploration in Xia Country and cannot go out to Shanhaiguan, because there is already blood outside Shanhaiguan.

But even so, Xu Xiake was very satisfied. Including those deserted land, the area controlled by Xia Kingdom has reached 2 million square kilometers, which is enough for him to run for decades.

Of course, this exploration is only carried out around towns and villages south of Linhai Basin and Tianqianguan. Even if there are minerals in the distance, it cannot be used at this stage.

On the first day of July, a few days before the Chinese Valentine's Day, Yang Song was speeding up his government affairs in his study to make time for the festival a few days later to accompany his family, and heard the Jinyiwei coming outside to report that a alchemist came to ask for a meeting.

"The alchemist? Are they the Taoist priests who refine alchemy?" Yang Song thought to himself. Could it be that he, the monarch, made these alchemist think that he would want to live forever forever with a luxurious and lewd life?

Unexpectedly, there were all kinds of people in Xia Kingdom now. Yang Song didn't plan to meet this so-called alchemist, but he suddenly remembered that these alchemists all had some knowledge of chemistry.

Now Xia Guoke is such a talent who studies chemistry. Of course, except for those chemistry teachers who are rewarded by the system, it is okay to teach students basic chemistry knowledge based on their knowledge level, but it is a bit difficult to conduct research.

Therefore, Yang Song decided to meet this brave alchemist and see what the other party would say.

"Minist Ge Hong, please see the Lord." A middle-aged man with a round face and a goatee came to pay homage.

Yang Song asked in confusion: "Is your current position?" Yang Song always felt that he had heard of this name.

"I'm going back to you, I'm currently a medical teacher at Tianqicheng National University." Ge Hong answered Yang Song's question truthfully

"Since he is a teacher, why do you call yourself a alchemist?" When Yang Song heard that the person in front of him was one of the five thousand talents rewarded by the system, his tone eased, but he also had new questions.

Ge Hong touched the beard on his chin and explained: "When I go back to you, I am not only a medical teacher, but also a Taoist priest. I call myself Bao Puzi. Haha, the so-called Taoist doctors do not separate their families, and I sometimes study alchemy."

Bao Puzi? When Yang Song heard this name, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed through his mind. When he looked at the system again, he immediately understood who the person in front of him was.

Ge Hong, whose courtesy name is Zhichuan, calls himself Baopuzi, is a famous medical scientist, alchemist and chemist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Ge Hong was a famous doctor in China during the Eastern Jin Dynasty and a mediator of preventive medicine. He wrote "The Back of the Elbow", which was the earliest record of some infectious diseases such as smallpox, scrub typhus and diagnosis and treatment. "Tianxing aphrodisiac" is the earliest record of smallpox in the world. He also has a lot of experience in alchemy. The alchemy book "Baopuzi·Nie Pian" specifically describes the refining of gold and silver elixirs and other aspects.

Knowledge about chemistry also introduces many material properties and changes in substances. For example, "Cinsha is burned into mercury, and then becomes cinnabar", which refers to heating red mercury sulfide (cinnabar) to decompose mercury, and mercury plus sulfur can produce black mercury sulfide and then turn red mercury sulfide. It describes the reversibility of chemical reactions. For example, "Zeng Qing coats iron, and iron is red like copper", which describes the reaction of iron to replace copper, etc. His main work "Baopuzi" is famous at home and abroad.

After reading the system's profile, he understood that this person was also a talented person, but compared to the rest, the conspicuous aspects were not very consistent with the national conditions of Xia Kingdom. Xia Kingdom did not need any alchemy.

In addition, he is not as famous as Li Shizhen in the field of medicine, so Yang Song did not notice him. After all, there are five thousand people, so it is impossible for Yang Song to read each of them one by one.

As for chemistry, it is very conspicuous, but chemistry in this era is only in its infancy, and even the periodic table of elements has not appeared, so what outstanding achievements can it have?

"Then what's the point of seeing the orphan today?" Yang Song finally asked the key points.

"I'm asking you! I'm paying homage to you this time because I made important discoveries when studying in the library. I've discovered that everything in the world is composed of tiny elements..." Ge Hong said and said the concept of the element. Finally, he concluded: "I call this theory the 'Alchemy Element Theory'!"

"Danxue? Isn't this chemistry?" Yang Song thought to himself. Anyway, there is no concept of chemistry in this world, and it is not impossible to be named Danxue.

"Alchemy element theory? Okay, isn't this the chemical element theory? It's just the periodic table." Yang Song still has some memory of the famous periodic table, so he told Ge Hong all the knowledge in his mind.

While listening to Yang Song's explanation of the tiny chemistry knowledge, Ge Hong carefully recorded notes. Finally, after Yang Song finished his few practical things, Ge Hong said excitedly: "Your Majesty is really a caderic person!"

When Yang Song's old face couldn't help but flush when he heard Ge Hong's heartfelt praise. If his chemistry knowledge could be considered a cademic god, how could those giants in the past live?

Finally, after the two of them finished their negotiations, Yang Song reappointed Ge Hong as a researcher at the institute, specializing in chemistry. No, he should be responsible for the research on alchemy.

It would be even better if you could find out that TNT. Even if you can't, it would be good to find out some chemicals. Although traditional Chinese medicine is also a very advanced and practical discipline, it is so direct and fast without chemicals.
Chapter completed!