Chapter 1,169 Secret Spy

At dusk, Di Yong's team also arrived in Zhengzhou and stationed at the North Camp outside the city.

Early the next morning, Su You changed into court clothes, held a guard of honor, and headed to Zhengzhou Forging Factory.

Zhengzhou Forging Factory is responsible for steel forging, and its flagship products are various types of bearings, vehicle chassis, and forged steel components for guns.

Next are the I-beam rails and mechanical components.

Finally, there are various stamped civilian products.

This is a large factory with thousands of workers. The workers are former Xiangjun soldiers from Bianjing, plus their families and children, as well as core managers, technicians, and scientific researchers, totaling more than 6,000 people.

The workers are still very adaptable to the semi-military management. They even feel that the management is looser than before and the salary is sufficient. It is similar to the large state-owned factories in the 1960s and 1970s. There are also small government offices in the factory.

Various shops are no bigger than a prison in other places in the Song Dynasty.

The person in charge was an old man from the Shi family. He felt very warm when he saw Su You, so he stepped forward and bowed: "I have met the Duke."

Su You asked Ma Lai: "Are you Shi Yong?"

Shi Yong was about to burst into tears: "Your Majesty, do you still remember me? I just arrived in Bianjing back then, and the person who sent me horses from Zhuangzi, Zhengzhou, was a villain."

Su You smiled: "Yes, yes, it's you. You manage such a big factory. It's amazing."

Shi Yong bowed repeatedly: "I don't dare to praise the prince. Knowing that the prince is coming, the factory workers' representatives, science and engineering technicians are all looking forward to it. The auditorium has been decorated, and everyone wants the prince to say a few words to us."

Su You said: "Let's inspect it first. I'm going to the factory to see everyone working, and then I'll have a meeting with everyone. I can see you there."

Shi Yong said: "That's right. Then please come with me, Duke."

It seems that Shi Yong was born in a workshop and has a solid grasp of production. The steel here comes from Zhengzhou Iron Works, including manganese steel and filled steel.

Guangang is also divided into high carbon and low carbon. The most cutting-edge product is the bearing for lathes.

The core of bearings is the production of stamped balls.

This is the core technology of the Shijia. The stamping balls have precise nominal dimensions, advanced grinding methods, and precise heat treatment. Only the Shijia has mastered the entire core production technology of the ball punch.

Nowadays, although the major industrial bases in the Song Dynasty can produce ordinary lathes, all the rollers used in the lathes come from here.

With excitement and pride, the technical director explained to Su You the production technical points of balls and rollers, as well as the most critical component of the lathe - the spindle box.

Compared with Suyou and Shifu's start in Meishan, today's lathe technology has been equipped with a turret, gearbox and back wheel mechanism after nearly thirty years of development, which provides guarantee for the smooth operation of the spindle.

quite advanced level.

Su You estimates that the current high-precision lathes in Zhengzhou are almost comparable to the real machine tools of the late 18th century.

Machine tools are called the "mother machine" of all industrial equipment. If three acids and two alkali, coal and iron production capacity are the foundation of the modern industrial system, then machine tools are the wings of modern industry.

Of course, equally important is the steam engine.

The technical director stood in front of a rumbling machine tool and proudly introduced: "This is the most advanced steam-powered machine tool in our factory. The steam engine provides stable power output, regardless of axis stroke, rotation speed, feed speed, and cutting speed.

, the load capacity, output torque, and machining accuracy have all reached a level that previous machine tools could not achieve."

Watching the workers cutting and producing the machine tool spindle on the machine tool, the feed amount and feed speed were already a bit like modern machine tools. After that, Su You's eyes fell on the huge steam engine: "The flange plate brings

the benefits of."

The flange plate is what later generations call the flange plate. The technical director was so impressed that he said: "The Duke of Guo knows our technology very well. It is the use of flange plate parts that solves the high-pressure sealing problem."

"Not only the steam engine, but more importantly, the application of the hydraulic press has overcome the technical difficulties of the 800-ton stamping equipment. Now we are trial-producing the 1,000-ton cold rolling equipment."

"Amazing!" Su You greatly admired: "But how did I hear that your factory's 500-ton hydraulic pressure long type 5003 is still in use?"

"Uh..." The technical director was stunned for a moment: "It is indeed still in use. Many civilian orders are completed by that machine. It broke down two days ago. The Royal Institute of Technology sent people to repair it for us."

Su You smiled: "Are you sure they were sent by the Royal Institute of Technology?"

The technical director glanced at Shi Yong, and Shi Yong glanced at the factory manager. The manager quickly said: "The man's name is Zhang Jia, whose courtesy name is Zixu. He is Sixi's junior brother. He has already repaired the old machine."

"I've been researching technology in the factory these days, collecting questions, saying that I'm looking for a project, and I'm going back to the college to report for funding..."

Su You asked: "How are you sure this person is from the Polytechnic Institute?"

The manager was dumbfounded: "His clothes, his conversational temperament, and his familiarity with machinery. Oh, by the way, he also has a letter of introduction from the Polytechnic..."

Su You continued to ask: "Have you read that letter? Have you checked the seal of the Royal Institute of Technology?"

"Uh..." The manager's legs became weak: "I... I handed it over to the guard for inspection..."

Su You nodded: "Did the guard reply to you? Did he confirm the authenticity of the letter? Did you take him into the factory before or after receiving the confirmation?"

"this……"

Shi Yong was anxious: "Old Wang! Where is this person now?!"

The steward was so frightened that he knelt down: "It's in the technology building! He...he can't be..."

Shi Yong stamped his feet and shouted: "Factory Guard! Follow me to arrest people!"

Su You raised his hand: "No! Go to the manager. Haosheng will give me the conference room. Also, all the people above the manager in the factory, except those on duty, will also give me the conference room. I will wait for you in the conference room."

Shi Yong broke out in a cold sweat: "My lord, why don't you wait a moment while I bring the magic weapon out of the confidential room?"

Su You smiled and said, "That's no need. Where is the conference room? Lead the way."

Just as I sat down on the rostrum in the conference room and took a few sips of tea, the factory manager came in with his face full of snot and tears and his head lowered: "My lord, manager, we have brought someone here, do you want me to come in?"

Su You put down the teacup: "Ask him to come in."

A greasy-looking young man came in from the door. He was still wearing the same clothes as when he first came here, but he had an extra white coat on him. He held out his hands to Su You and said, "Hey, Mr. Guo, fortunately you have lived up to your fate."

Su You didn't smile at all: "No need to yell, just sit next to me. By the way, manager, go and get this person's letter of introduction, as well as the factory confidentiality regulations."

The steward went away tremblingly.

Then, managers from various departments entered the conference room one after another.

Many people have not yet met Su You, and their hearts are filled with admiration for this founder of industry in the Song Dynasty, and their faces are full of excitement.

After everyone had arrived, Shi Yong said: "Today is a big day for the Duke to inspect our factory. We are very happy in our hearts. The factory has made a lot of achievements in recent years. Your Majesty, the court, and Sitong's shareholders

They have all been awarded many times.”

"The performance is also very good. Everyone is living a good life. The salary of a technical supervisor in the factory is higher than that of the county magistrate. The workers of the Zhengzhou Forging Factory are all popular in the eyes of matchmakers!"

There was laughter from below.

"but!"

Shi Yong shouted angrily, and there was a sudden silence below.

"But! As the good days go by, we relax and forget many iron-clad rules!"

Everyone looked at each other, what's the matter, are you not here to praise us today?

Shi Yong continued: "The Duke came today. I tried my best to let everyone earn some face and show off our achievements to the Duke, but in the end I was caught in a big trap by the Duke!"

"Leak the secrets and clear the performance appraisal! How long have you not chanted this jingle?! Even if you have great achievements this year, it will be in vain!"

Shi Yong glanced down and felt suffocated: "Let the Duke tell everyone now!"

Su You took over the conversation: "Everyone should be familiar with this guy next to me these days, right?"

Everyone was still confused and confused.

"What I want to tell you now is that he is not a teaching assistant at the Royal Institute of Technology, nor does he know any advanced technology at all. He is not even named Zhang Jia."

"Zhang Jia is a real person, but he is not in Zhengzhou at all now. Zhang Jia himself is not Zixu. Zixu is telling you that he is here to lie to you!"
Chapter completed!