Chapter 1285
Steam Excavator
Chapter 1285 Steam Excavator
The Shilu Iron Mine is located in the inland mountainous area. Few outsiders visit here. Therefore, there are no private commercial organizations in the area. The food, clothing and housing of the miners and their families depend on state-run organizations.For example, there is basically no choice of places to eat here, and they can only go to the staff canteen on the mine to eat.
The condition of the miners' cafeteria is naturally not as good as that of the county town. From a distance, several teams of miners can be seen queuing up for meals in front of a row of tile-roofed houses.Qiao Zhiya told everyone that there are three canteens on the west side of the mine, two of which provide food for the mine workers, and the other is located near the family area.However, their identities are different, so naturally they don’t have to queue up with these miners in the open air. Immediately, a cadre from the mine took them to the other end of the row of tile-roofed houses. After entering, they found that three tables of banquets had been set inside.
"The conditions in the mountains are limited and time is short, so I can only buy these things. Xiao Zhang, don't think my place is too shabby!" Qiao Zhiya said while calling everyone to sit down.
Although Qiao Zhiya spoke politely, as subordinates, Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi naturally did not dare to show any negligence or contempt, not to mention that although the dining environment in this place is not good, the dishes on the tables are all "shabby" Not above.
Liu Shang considers himself a person who has traveled far and wide and seen the world, but when he saw the dishes on the table, there were so many ingredients that he couldn't tell what they were.As the saying goes, delicacies from mountains and seas, this Shilu is located in the inland mountainous area, seafood is naturally not the main focus here, and the ingredients of various dishes on the table are mainly from mountains and seas.Most of the things I ate in the past few days were seafood, and I finally changed the flavor here.
As a temporary worker like Liu Shang, he couldn't be at the main table. Although he wanted to hear what Qiao Zhiya and others would talk about during the meeting, he didn't dare to make too much publicity on this occasion, so he could only talk honestly with other people. Several companions and accompanying guests from the mine sat at a table.
In fact, Qiao Zhiya and the others didn't talk too much about work matters during the meeting. They just chatted with Yu Xiaobao and the others about their current situation, as well as some news and personnel changes in Sanya.He has lived in Changhua all year round, and he has limited channels for receiving information from the outside world. It is rare for someone to come from Sanya. Naturally, he wants to take this opportunity to learn more about the dynamics of Sanya.Who was promoted and who was transferred, although these personnel changes had nothing to do with him directly, but as one of Haihan's senior officials, these were all trends that must be taken care of.
Although the banquet was very sumptuous, because Qiao Zhiya needed to lead by example while he was still working, he didn't serve drinks and could only substitute tea for wine, so the atmosphere during the banquet was not too lively from beginning to end.However, Yu Xiaobao and the others also had a task to do, so naturally they didn't pay too much attention to such details.After lunch, Qiao Zhiya still led the way and led them to see the East Mine, which was separated by a hill.
The journey to the East Mine was several miles long, and it was a bit tiring to walk uphill all the way, so Qiao Zhiya had someone prepare a pack horse in advance, and everyone rode there together.Liu Shang himself knew how to ride a horse, but for the sake of his own image, he still tried his best to pretend to be clumsy. With the support of others, he got on the horse's back, and carefully pulled the rein for fear that the horse under his crotch would lose control.
After walking for a while, everyone noticed that the environment on the East Mine Pit was different. On the way to the front, there was a gate tower checkpoint nearly three feet high, and Haihan soldiers with live ammunition were on duty above and below the gate tower.Although there are no walls on both sides of the gatehouse, there are tall barbed wire fences that extend infinitely towards the two sides.Liu Shang saw a similar gatehouse in the distance, where small ore-pulling trains passed, and there were also soldiers on duty, and then he remembered what Qiao Zhiya said earlier, that the East Mine Pit is full of detainees as miners. It's no wonder that the area was enclosed with barbed wire.
After a big disturbance in this place a few years ago, the executive committee realized that there were many security loopholes here, and invested a huge amount of money to make the military and police departments further strengthen their defense measures.There is more than one layer of barbed wire like this. In fact, the daily life and work of prisoners are carried out under the strict supervision of layers of barbed wire and guards, so as to ensure that the local convicts will no longer escape from here. delusion.
After entering the prison area surrounded by barbed wire, everyone soon saw a place surrounded by a high wall on the hillside. The warden Yu Zhen who was in charge of receiving them said that within the high wall was the place where the prisoners were imprisoned. I'm in jail.
Yu Zhen was a policeman in Yacheng in his early years, and later he joined Haihan as a policeman, and because he was more proficient in business, he was transferred to Shilu to manage the labor camp.When the riot happened in the Shilu Mine, Yu Zhen was already in charge here, but the riot was not his command fault, and the remedy was timely after the incident, and the situation did not deteriorate too much, so it can be regarded as making up for it.The Executive Committee and the Police Department believed that he was more familiar with the situation here, and that he had always been loyal to Hai Han, so they retained his post.
Yu Zhen knew it was a fluke, and in the next few years, he worked hard to manage the Shilu East Mine like an iron bucket.Anyway, the funds and related materials allocated by the higher-ups are very abundant, so Yu Zhen tried his best to improve the defense measures here.Although prison escapes have not been completely banned in recent years, there has never been a case of successful escapes, and the furthest escapes were caught before they even reached the outermost barbed wire gate.As the warden here, Yu Zhen's report card in recent years can indeed be shown in front of his superiors.
Yu Xiaobao and the others are not very interested in the prisoner ecology here. In the eyes of the executive committee, most of the prisoners here are just cheap labor. Life and death are not important, so don't exceed the loss ratio set by the above. That's fine.As long as the mine can operate stably and maintain sufficient output, the executive committee will not care whether the prisoners here can have enough food and clothing.Therefore, during the visit to the local area, no inspection of the interior of the prison was arranged.Of course, this is a good thing for Aftershock. Although there are not any shady places in the prison, it will always be inconvenient for these high-ranking officials to enter, and the security guards alone have to be arranged for a long time.He can save a lot of trouble by not arranging to visit this link.
Compared with the prison, Yu Xiaobao is more concerned about the production status of the mine, especially the steam excavator he asked Qiao Zhiya earlier. This is not his personal intention, but to understand the prototype machine on behalf of the executive committee trial status.
Haihan's senior executives have always attached great importance to the development and application of steam-powered machinery. This is not just because some of the traversers have a steampunk plot in their hearts, but it is the only way for Haihan to enter an industrialized society.Only when the steam engine is widely used in the production of all walks of life, the social productivity brought by it will make Haihan grow faster.Steam engines have been widely used in mines, but the development process of steam-powered excavators, which cost a lot of money and have complicated manufacturing processes, is still relatively slow, so this has become one of the industrial projects that the executive committee has focused on recently. one.
After riding for a stick of incense on the hillside, everyone finally came to the edge of the East Mine Pit.Or because it was mined earlier here and equipped with more labor, the size of the east mine is about one-third larger than that of the west mine that I have seen before, and the depth from the mouth to the bottom is also greater. .Although thousands of people were working inside and outside the mine, and there were teams of guards patrolling back and forth, but soon everyone's eyes were attracted by a big guy at the bottom of the pit.
The shape of this thing is very similar to a train carriage, and the size is similar. You can see that there are several huge wheels under the carriage, which are much larger than the wheels of the train. It is conceivable that it has a certain ability to move .There is a chimney erected on the roof in the middle of the carriage, and smoke and dust are constantly rising from it.The most striking thing is that one end of the carriage has a cantilever protruding obliquely upwards, crossing the other thinner cantilever, and the other end of the thin cantilever is connected to a huge bucket, which is slowly Excavate gently from nearby slopes.
Liu Shang really wanted to see it more clearly, but looking at it from the mouth of the pit, it was tens of feet away, and it was impossible to see the structure and movements of this thing clearly.When he was in a hurry, he heard Qiao Zhiya say: "This place is a bit far away, let's go down to have a closer look."
Liu Shang secretly rejoiced at the new birth, and heard Qiao Zhiya continue to say: "...but with so many people going down, it's not too convenient for the guards to go down. Just go down with Xiao Zhang and others, and just wait up there."
It is understandable for Qiao Zhiya to give this reason. There are at least 1000 prisoners inside and outside the mine, and many of them are extremely vicious. If Yu Xiaobao's group of ten people all go down to the bottom of the pit, at least a hundred people will be sent to guard it for safety. If a few people go down, it will not easily cause too much commotion.Of course, the deeper reason is the secrecy system. This steam excavator is still in the prototype state, and Haihan does not want the outside world to know that he has such a powerful mining tool.Although the inspection team who came this time were all from our own people, according to the confidentiality system, only senior officials with a certain level of authority, such as Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi, were qualified to observe the operation of this machine up close.
Although Liu Shang was unwilling, he also knew that his qualifications were far from enough to speak out on such an occasion, so he could only watch Qiao Zhiya and others walk slowly along the passage on the pit wall under the escort of a team of guards. It's over.
After going down to the bottom of the pit, Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi finally saw the structure of this big guy clearly.This main body, similar to a train carriage, is actually the boiler part and transmission mechanism of the steam engine. Several boiler workers stand at the rear of the carriage, constantly shoveling coal into the boiler furnace to maintain the stability of power output.
The front structure of the carriage is more complicated. The cylinder transmits the power to the front cantilever through gears and connecting rods, and then the movement of the front cantilever and bucket is operated by the stainless steel chain transmission.The operation of this excavator requires the cooperation of two people. One person is responsible for the left and right and up and down movements of the cantilever at the operating position at the front of the carriage, while the other is at the rear cantilever and is responsible for operating the bucket.
The size of the bucket can only be seen from a close look. Each excavation excavates at least one or two cubic meters of ore, and then slowly turns to the side, dumping the ore in the bucket into the transport truck next to it.Although this excavator moves relatively slowly, it can basically fill a truckload of buckets with just one digging, and its efficiency is naturally not the same as that of manual labor.
However, the sound of this machine running is really not small. Although Yu Xiaobao and others are standing a few feet away, they can still feel the ground under their feet trembling slightly.And those prisoners working nearby didn't need to be driven away at all, they automatically kept a long distance, and it seemed that they didn't dare to get too close to this steel monster.
"Currently, this machine can dig [-] to [-] cubic meters of ore per day, depending on the operating conditions." Qiao Zhiya introduced to them: "The mechanical performance is not bad, but the daily maintenance is troublesome. Generally, it has to be shut down after two days or so. After a day of maintenance, the durability of some parts is still too poor. In addition, it is more troublesome to bring coal and water in. You see, we also specially repaired a water pipe from the top of the pit to maintain the operation of the machine. "
The biggest consumption of the daily operation of the steam engine is coal and fresh water, and these two things have to be transported in from outside the mine, and it takes some manpower to maintain supplies.As for the needs and consumption of daily maintenance, there is no fixed number, but the parts that are more likely to cause problems have enough spare parts prepared locally, and generally there is no need to call in spare parts from Sanya for replacement.
According to the trial period during this period, the conclusion is that the working efficiency of this excavator is indeed much better than that of manpower, but the frequency of maintenance and repairs has not yet met the requirements for actual use.In addition, in terms of the convenience of operation, there are many details that can be further improved.Qiao Zhiya has compiled a use report on this, and will send it back to Fort Victory on the next transportation ship back to Sanya.
Standing at the mouth of the mine, Liu Shang watched Qiao Zhiya and others pointing at the excavator nearby, feeling very itchy.He is very interested in these machines, and he really wants to go in to see what happened, but this wish probably cannot be realized here.
Qiao Zhiya and others stayed at the bottom of the pit for a long time, and the people at the mouth of the pit were not allowed to move without authorization, so they could only stand by and wait for orders.After waiting for more than an hour, Qiao Zhiya and others came back.Liu Shang originally hoped that he would go down to visit the excavator in batches, but Qiao Zhiya announced that today's visit would come to an end, completely giving up his idea.
(End of this chapter)
The Shilu Iron Mine is located in the inland mountainous area. Few outsiders visit here. Therefore, there are no private commercial organizations in the area. The food, clothing and housing of the miners and their families depend on state-run organizations.For example, there is basically no choice of places to eat here, and they can only go to the staff canteen on the mine to eat.
The condition of the miners' cafeteria is naturally not as good as that of the county town. From a distance, several teams of miners can be seen queuing up for meals in front of a row of tile-roofed houses.Qiao Zhiya told everyone that there are three canteens on the west side of the mine, two of which provide food for the mine workers, and the other is located near the family area.However, their identities are different, so naturally they don’t have to queue up with these miners in the open air. Immediately, a cadre from the mine took them to the other end of the row of tile-roofed houses. After entering, they found that three tables of banquets had been set inside.
"The conditions in the mountains are limited and time is short, so I can only buy these things. Xiao Zhang, don't think my place is too shabby!" Qiao Zhiya said while calling everyone to sit down.
Although Qiao Zhiya spoke politely, as subordinates, Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi naturally did not dare to show any negligence or contempt, not to mention that although the dining environment in this place is not good, the dishes on the tables are all "shabby" Not above.
Liu Shang considers himself a person who has traveled far and wide and seen the world, but when he saw the dishes on the table, there were so many ingredients that he couldn't tell what they were.As the saying goes, delicacies from mountains and seas, this Shilu is located in the inland mountainous area, seafood is naturally not the main focus here, and the ingredients of various dishes on the table are mainly from mountains and seas.Most of the things I ate in the past few days were seafood, and I finally changed the flavor here.
As a temporary worker like Liu Shang, he couldn't be at the main table. Although he wanted to hear what Qiao Zhiya and others would talk about during the meeting, he didn't dare to make too much publicity on this occasion, so he could only talk honestly with other people. Several companions and accompanying guests from the mine sat at a table.
In fact, Qiao Zhiya and the others didn't talk too much about work matters during the meeting. They just chatted with Yu Xiaobao and the others about their current situation, as well as some news and personnel changes in Sanya.He has lived in Changhua all year round, and he has limited channels for receiving information from the outside world. It is rare for someone to come from Sanya. Naturally, he wants to take this opportunity to learn more about the dynamics of Sanya.Who was promoted and who was transferred, although these personnel changes had nothing to do with him directly, but as one of Haihan's senior officials, these were all trends that must be taken care of.
Although the banquet was very sumptuous, because Qiao Zhiya needed to lead by example while he was still working, he didn't serve drinks and could only substitute tea for wine, so the atmosphere during the banquet was not too lively from beginning to end.However, Yu Xiaobao and the others also had a task to do, so naturally they didn't pay too much attention to such details.After lunch, Qiao Zhiya still led the way and led them to see the East Mine, which was separated by a hill.
The journey to the East Mine was several miles long, and it was a bit tiring to walk uphill all the way, so Qiao Zhiya had someone prepare a pack horse in advance, and everyone rode there together.Liu Shang himself knew how to ride a horse, but for the sake of his own image, he still tried his best to pretend to be clumsy. With the support of others, he got on the horse's back, and carefully pulled the rein for fear that the horse under his crotch would lose control.
After walking for a while, everyone noticed that the environment on the East Mine Pit was different. On the way to the front, there was a gate tower checkpoint nearly three feet high, and Haihan soldiers with live ammunition were on duty above and below the gate tower.Although there are no walls on both sides of the gatehouse, there are tall barbed wire fences that extend infinitely towards the two sides.Liu Shang saw a similar gatehouse in the distance, where small ore-pulling trains passed, and there were also soldiers on duty, and then he remembered what Qiao Zhiya said earlier, that the East Mine Pit is full of detainees as miners. It's no wonder that the area was enclosed with barbed wire.
After a big disturbance in this place a few years ago, the executive committee realized that there were many security loopholes here, and invested a huge amount of money to make the military and police departments further strengthen their defense measures.There is more than one layer of barbed wire like this. In fact, the daily life and work of prisoners are carried out under the strict supervision of layers of barbed wire and guards, so as to ensure that the local convicts will no longer escape from here. delusion.
After entering the prison area surrounded by barbed wire, everyone soon saw a place surrounded by a high wall on the hillside. The warden Yu Zhen who was in charge of receiving them said that within the high wall was the place where the prisoners were imprisoned. I'm in jail.
Yu Zhen was a policeman in Yacheng in his early years, and later he joined Haihan as a policeman, and because he was more proficient in business, he was transferred to Shilu to manage the labor camp.When the riot happened in the Shilu Mine, Yu Zhen was already in charge here, but the riot was not his command fault, and the remedy was timely after the incident, and the situation did not deteriorate too much, so it can be regarded as making up for it.The Executive Committee and the Police Department believed that he was more familiar with the situation here, and that he had always been loyal to Hai Han, so they retained his post.
Yu Zhen knew it was a fluke, and in the next few years, he worked hard to manage the Shilu East Mine like an iron bucket.Anyway, the funds and related materials allocated by the higher-ups are very abundant, so Yu Zhen tried his best to improve the defense measures here.Although prison escapes have not been completely banned in recent years, there has never been a case of successful escapes, and the furthest escapes were caught before they even reached the outermost barbed wire gate.As the warden here, Yu Zhen's report card in recent years can indeed be shown in front of his superiors.
Yu Xiaobao and the others are not very interested in the prisoner ecology here. In the eyes of the executive committee, most of the prisoners here are just cheap labor. Life and death are not important, so don't exceed the loss ratio set by the above. That's fine.As long as the mine can operate stably and maintain sufficient output, the executive committee will not care whether the prisoners here can have enough food and clothing.Therefore, during the visit to the local area, no inspection of the interior of the prison was arranged.Of course, this is a good thing for Aftershock. Although there are not any shady places in the prison, it will always be inconvenient for these high-ranking officials to enter, and the security guards alone have to be arranged for a long time.He can save a lot of trouble by not arranging to visit this link.
Compared with the prison, Yu Xiaobao is more concerned about the production status of the mine, especially the steam excavator he asked Qiao Zhiya earlier. This is not his personal intention, but to understand the prototype machine on behalf of the executive committee trial status.
Haihan's senior executives have always attached great importance to the development and application of steam-powered machinery. This is not just because some of the traversers have a steampunk plot in their hearts, but it is the only way for Haihan to enter an industrialized society.Only when the steam engine is widely used in the production of all walks of life, the social productivity brought by it will make Haihan grow faster.Steam engines have been widely used in mines, but the development process of steam-powered excavators, which cost a lot of money and have complicated manufacturing processes, is still relatively slow, so this has become one of the industrial projects that the executive committee has focused on recently. one.
After riding for a stick of incense on the hillside, everyone finally came to the edge of the East Mine Pit.Or because it was mined earlier here and equipped with more labor, the size of the east mine is about one-third larger than that of the west mine that I have seen before, and the depth from the mouth to the bottom is also greater. .Although thousands of people were working inside and outside the mine, and there were teams of guards patrolling back and forth, but soon everyone's eyes were attracted by a big guy at the bottom of the pit.
The shape of this thing is very similar to a train carriage, and the size is similar. You can see that there are several huge wheels under the carriage, which are much larger than the wheels of the train. It is conceivable that it has a certain ability to move .There is a chimney erected on the roof in the middle of the carriage, and smoke and dust are constantly rising from it.The most striking thing is that one end of the carriage has a cantilever protruding obliquely upwards, crossing the other thinner cantilever, and the other end of the thin cantilever is connected to a huge bucket, which is slowly Excavate gently from nearby slopes.
Liu Shang really wanted to see it more clearly, but looking at it from the mouth of the pit, it was tens of feet away, and it was impossible to see the structure and movements of this thing clearly.When he was in a hurry, he heard Qiao Zhiya say: "This place is a bit far away, let's go down to have a closer look."
Liu Shang secretly rejoiced at the new birth, and heard Qiao Zhiya continue to say: "...but with so many people going down, it's not too convenient for the guards to go down. Just go down with Xiao Zhang and others, and just wait up there."
It is understandable for Qiao Zhiya to give this reason. There are at least 1000 prisoners inside and outside the mine, and many of them are extremely vicious. If Yu Xiaobao's group of ten people all go down to the bottom of the pit, at least a hundred people will be sent to guard it for safety. If a few people go down, it will not easily cause too much commotion.Of course, the deeper reason is the secrecy system. This steam excavator is still in the prototype state, and Haihan does not want the outside world to know that he has such a powerful mining tool.Although the inspection team who came this time were all from our own people, according to the confidentiality system, only senior officials with a certain level of authority, such as Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi, were qualified to observe the operation of this machine up close.
Although Liu Shang was unwilling, he also knew that his qualifications were far from enough to speak out on such an occasion, so he could only watch Qiao Zhiya and others walk slowly along the passage on the pit wall under the escort of a team of guards. It's over.
After going down to the bottom of the pit, Yu Xiaobao and Zhang Qianzhi finally saw the structure of this big guy clearly.This main body, similar to a train carriage, is actually the boiler part and transmission mechanism of the steam engine. Several boiler workers stand at the rear of the carriage, constantly shoveling coal into the boiler furnace to maintain the stability of power output.
The front structure of the carriage is more complicated. The cylinder transmits the power to the front cantilever through gears and connecting rods, and then the movement of the front cantilever and bucket is operated by the stainless steel chain transmission.The operation of this excavator requires the cooperation of two people. One person is responsible for the left and right and up and down movements of the cantilever at the operating position at the front of the carriage, while the other is at the rear cantilever and is responsible for operating the bucket.
The size of the bucket can only be seen from a close look. Each excavation excavates at least one or two cubic meters of ore, and then slowly turns to the side, dumping the ore in the bucket into the transport truck next to it.Although this excavator moves relatively slowly, it can basically fill a truckload of buckets with just one digging, and its efficiency is naturally not the same as that of manual labor.
However, the sound of this machine running is really not small. Although Yu Xiaobao and others are standing a few feet away, they can still feel the ground under their feet trembling slightly.And those prisoners working nearby didn't need to be driven away at all, they automatically kept a long distance, and it seemed that they didn't dare to get too close to this steel monster.
"Currently, this machine can dig [-] to [-] cubic meters of ore per day, depending on the operating conditions." Qiao Zhiya introduced to them: "The mechanical performance is not bad, but the daily maintenance is troublesome. Generally, it has to be shut down after two days or so. After a day of maintenance, the durability of some parts is still too poor. In addition, it is more troublesome to bring coal and water in. You see, we also specially repaired a water pipe from the top of the pit to maintain the operation of the machine. "
The biggest consumption of the daily operation of the steam engine is coal and fresh water, and these two things have to be transported in from outside the mine, and it takes some manpower to maintain supplies.As for the needs and consumption of daily maintenance, there is no fixed number, but the parts that are more likely to cause problems have enough spare parts prepared locally, and generally there is no need to call in spare parts from Sanya for replacement.
According to the trial period during this period, the conclusion is that the working efficiency of this excavator is indeed much better than that of manpower, but the frequency of maintenance and repairs has not yet met the requirements for actual use.In addition, in terms of the convenience of operation, there are many details that can be further improved.Qiao Zhiya has compiled a use report on this, and will send it back to Fort Victory on the next transportation ship back to Sanya.
Standing at the mouth of the mine, Liu Shang watched Qiao Zhiya and others pointing at the excavator nearby, feeling very itchy.He is very interested in these machines, and he really wants to go in to see what happened, but this wish probably cannot be realized here.
Qiao Zhiya and others stayed at the bottom of the pit for a long time, and the people at the mouth of the pit were not allowed to move without authorization, so they could only stand by and wait for orders.After waiting for more than an hour, Qiao Zhiya and others came back.Liu Shang originally hoped that he would go down to visit the excavator in batches, but Qiao Zhiya announced that today's visit would come to an end, completely giving up his idea.
(End of this chapter)