After completing the transportation of this truckload of fuel, the tractor set off again without stopping. It took more than an hour to arrive at an open-pit iron mine that had been explored in advance. There is a large area of iron ore here, but Li Qingsong obviously does not have the ability to mine on a large scale at the moment. He couldn't even break up the larger iron ore. At this moment, he could only pick up some small pieces of iron ore from the surface and take them away. But even if he specifically picked up small pieces of iron ore from the surface, it didn't take long for the truck bed to be filled up. There were about ten tons of iron ore, which was enough to power the blast furnace for more than a month at the current consumption rate. The tractor roared as it dragged the iron ore, which had a total mass of ten tons, back. Fortunately, the gravity on Luoshen is relatively low. The iron ore with a total mass of ten tons weighs only about 800 kilograms at this moment, so it can be pulled by this simple steam tractor. If it were on Earth, I'm afraid even if the boiler exploded, I wouldn't be able to move it at all. When this trip finally returned, Li Qingsong was filled with excitement. The first step of industrialization is finally about to begin! Although metal smelting had been carried out before using smelting and processing equipment brought from Earth, it was obviously Earth's technology, not technology developed by themselves.
Now, this set of smelting equipment, whether it is the generator, the blast furnace, or the transportation machinery, are all made by ourselves! This means that this system can be replicated and expanded on a large scale, which is incomparable to the machines brought from Earth. The huge steam generator with a total installed capacity of 130 kilowatts began to ignite, and the boiler vibrated and roared silently. The heavy rotor began to rotate, and as it constantly cut the magnetic lines of force, electric current was continuously generated, and then extended along the lines to the blast furnace next to it. The first batch of iron ore, with a total mass of 300 kilograms, was gradually heated. Some of the gas frozen inside rises due to the heat, and when the pressure rises to a certain level, it is discharged from the exhaust port. When the gas is gone, only the minerals are left inside. Various elements are continuously separated, and then a portion of other elements, such as chromium and nickel, are added according to the formula. After a series of processes, finally, a steady stream of long steel plates with a width of only one decimeter, a thickness of only 3 centimeters, and a length of 50 centimeters slide out through the exit. This size is exactly what can be processed by multifunctional metal processing equipment. Looking at the first batch of steel he produced, Li Qingsong felt sincere joy in his heart. After having the initial steel production capacity, the previous multifunctional metal smelting equipment no longer smelted steel, but instead began to customize the production of those minerals that Li Qingsong was temporarily unable to produce but were indispensable. Such as nickel ore, chromium ore, etc. Steel production was temporarily back on track, and Li Qingsong once again focused his energy on another aspect. Metal processing capabilities. At present, Li Qingsong's metal processing capabilities all come from that multifunctional processing equipment. However, this highly sophisticated and advanced equipment was originally designed for high-precision processing of special metals, and it would be a waste to use it to process crude benzene steel. It has a more important use, and productivity cannot be wasted on steel. Li Qingsong must have his own metal processing capabilities. Therefore, with it as the mother machine and using the steel from the self-built blast furnace, a large number of parts were produced again, and with the help of the clones, they were assembled into metal processing equipment. Metal processing machines such as cutting, stretching, grinding, bending, stamping and drilling were displayed in front of Li Qingsong one by one. By the time a total of seven types of metal processing equipment were completed, more than half a year had passed. The manufacturing knowledge of these metal processing equipment is also not in the knowledge base of the Deep Space Spacecraft. But it doesn't matter, as long as the basic principles are there.
During the past six months, Li Qingsong has been learning non-stop while manipulating the clones on Luoshen Star to test and experiment through trial and error. After many setbacks, he finally built all these machines. At this moment, Li Qingsong already has a total of 27 bodies under his command. Another five clones are being cultivated and will be born in about four months. Looking at the seven pieces of metal processing equipment placed in the open air, which also used the power of the large steam generator, Li Qingsong felt very gratified. "I finally have my own metal processing capabilities. From now on, I can process some simpler metal parts that do not require high precision by myself." At this point, Li Qingsong finally saw a glimmer of hope for the thing he had been looking forward to. This thing is to rely on one's own industrial capabilities to create a larger planting base. At this stage, the fluorescent lamps, planting racks, special films, etc. from the Deep Space Spacecraft have basically been used up. If you want to build a planting base again, you can only rely on yourself. At the same time, the number of clones under his command will soon rise to 32, and will increase to 37 in another half a year. And 37 clones is the limit of the No. 1 planting base. If there are more, it will not be able to support them. "Where can we get this amount of talent? It's totally not enough. The food supply problem must be solved once and for all.” Li Qingsong secretly made up his mind: "I can't say it's a permanent solution, but at least we won't have to worry about food for the next ten years." However, it is easy to find a site to build a planting base. There is a cave nearby with an area of more than 10,000 square meters, which is more than enough. Planting racks are easy to make, as I already have the capacity to produce steel. Cables and electricity are also easy to solve. There are copper mines on Luoshen, so we can make copper wires ourselves. Although the insulation problem is difficult to solve, distance isolation can be used as a temporary solution at this stage. As for electricity, we can just build a few more generators. There was only one problem that troubled Li Qingsong. fluorescent lamp. Planting on Luoshen requires fluorescent lamps. But fluorescent lamps are different from steel parts. They have a certain technical content. "To make fluorescent lamps, you must first master the glass tube forming technology, electrode manufacturing technology, ballast and starter manufacturing technology, and you also need phosphorus powder, mercury and rare gases." Li Qingsong thought silently: "I understand the basic principles of these things, but mechanized manufacturing is not easy to do." After thinking for a long time, Li Qingsong gritted his teeth and said, "I should be able to make the glass tube mechanically. As for the other three parts, the electrode, ballast and starter, if they really don't work, I can only make them by hand."
