Chu Fan held his waist and thought about how he had been practicing too frequently with Mu Xi and the others, and his body was beginning to feel the strain. To reduce the time spent practicing with Mu Xi and the others, Chu Fan decided to find something to do. He decided to build a small generator to see if it would work. However, the first thing he needed to do to generate electricity was to have electrical appliances to use it.
Otherwise, even if the generator set is built, in this world without any electrical equipment, I am not sure whether the generator set I made can generate current.
Fortunately, the Ministry of Industry has built a number of high-temperature steelmaking furnaces for steelmaking. Chu Fan can use these steelmaking furnaces to make glass lampshades for light bulbs, and then let the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry try to make tungsten filaments, so that some tungsten filament lamps can be made first.
When Minister of Industry Tang Hongwen learned that Chu Fan wanted to use a high-temperature steelmaking furnace to make items, he directly made a separate steelmaking furnace available for Chu Fan to use. At the same time, all the craftsmen of this steelmaking furnace were at Chu Fan's disposal.
Then the Ministry of Industry quickly built two new steel furnaces in other places.
As for why the Ministry of Industry was willing to give Chu Fan a steelmaking furnace when the pressure on steelmaking was so great, Tang Hongwen also had his own reasons. Of course, Chu Fan was the Emperor of Wei, and these steelmaking furnaces were built only because of the design drawings provided by Chu Fan. The Ministry of Industry could not refuse Chu Fan's request.
Another point is that Tang Hongwen knows His Majesty's habits. If His Majesty doesn't have something new to research, he will never easily leave the palace. Tang Hongwen knows that every research His Majesty conducts brings about earth-shaking changes to the State of Wei, and most importantly, these changes can also bring huge benefits to the court.
This is why Tang Hongwen agreed without hesitation when he learned that Chu Fan wanted to use the steelmaking furnace.
Aside from the pregnant Liu Xueyu and the less physically fit Changsun Pingqing, who were unable to travel and did not come with Chu Fan to the steel mill, Mu Xi and the other women all followed Chu Fan to the steel mill. Because they were all warriors, they adapted very quickly to the high-temperature steelmaking furnace environment.
When Mu Xi and the others gathered around the steelmaking furnace, it was already unable to accommodate any more people. All the craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry were driven out, leaving only Chu Fan and his group of close friends.
Chu Fan thought about the method of making glass that he had seen on the Blue Star short video platform. He mixed sand and limestone in proportion and put them into a steel furnace to melt at high temperature.
Mu Xi and other women were very curious about Chu Fan's behavior. It was the first time they saw someone put sand in a steel furnace to burn it. If it was someone else, they would definitely think that this person was crazy and would do such a thing. However, the person in front of them was Chu Fan, who invented many new things. They believed from the bottom of their hearts that Chu Fan was not fooling around but inventing something new.
Mu Xi and others were not afraid of the heat and gathered around the steel furnace, watching Chu Fan's operation intently, waiting for the final result.
Chu Fan simply watched the changes in the sand in the furnace. As the temperature rose, the sand gradually melted, forming a pool of liquid. Chu Fan used an iron rod to stir the liquid, removing the impurities from the sand.
However, Chu Fan frowned. The color and transparency weren't ideal; the ratio clearly needed adjustment. Chu Fan thought, "Why would the system give me the design for a hydroelectric power station? It might as well give me the glassmaking formula. That would be more useful to me. At least after I make my own glass products, I can sell them in this world as colored glaze for a good price."
Is it possible for a facility like a hydroelectric power station to exist in this world now? Even if it were built, this world wouldn't have enough electrical equipment to use it. Furthermore, this world wouldn't have the necessary technical expertise to operate and maintain it, so it would become a burden.
Chu Fan couldn't understand why the system would give him such a design. It was completely inconsistent with the world's current technological level and development needs. Chu Fan decided to let these drawings continue to lie in the system space and consider using them when the opportunity arose.
Chu Fan's thoughts returned to the steelmaking furnace in front of him. He saw that the liquid in the furnace not only could not change to a pure color, but also had many impurities that could not be removed.
Chu Fan pondered for a moment before finally giving up on refining the furnace. He used a tool to scoop out the liquid from the furnace bit by bit and poured it into cold water. The liquid transformed into colorful glass beads after contact with the water. Chu Fan had seen many such glass beads on Blue Star, but Mu Xi and the others had never seen such gorgeous colored glass beads. They were all amazed, their eyes sparkling with excitement.
Of course, they did not go directly into the water to fish out the glass beads, but waited until Chu Fan had dealt with all the liquids, and then came to Chu Fan one after another.
Tang Ji was the first to ask, "Your Majesty, you are truly amazing. Being able to refine such beautiful glass beads from sand and limestone is simply a miracle."
Chu Fan was originally upset that he had failed to make the glass cover, but when he heard Tang Ji's praise, he felt relieved and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
Chu Fan said, "This is just a simple chemical reaction, not a miracle. And these beads are not glass beads, but ordinary glass beads, and they are impure glass beads. As you can see, it is very simple to make such glass beads."
Liu Ruyan said, "Your Majesty, can I have one of these glass beads to look at?"
Chu Fan certainly didn't mind. Originally, these were just scrapped glass, and they weren't worth much to him. Chu Fan used a tool to fish out a few glass beads from the water and handed them to Liu Ruyan.
Liu Ruyan carefully accepted the glass bead. Although Chu Fan said it was just an ordinary glass bead and not worth much, he had once been the princess of the Canglan Empire. When the Canglan Empire still held power, Liu Ruyan had also collected several glass products. At that time, even for the princess of the Canglan Empire, Liu Ruyan had paid a huge price.
Liu Ruyan carefully looked at the glass beads in her hand. Although these glass beads were not as exquisite as the colored glass she had collected, they could still be sold at a high price if they were taken to any country in the Shengwu Continent.
Liu Ruyan said, "Your Majesty, even though these colored glass beads are not as good as top-grade colored glass, I believe they can still fetch a good sum of money on the Shengwu Continent."
Chu Fan asked with great interest, "Ruyan, are you saying that these glass beads can be sold for money on the Shengwu Continent?"
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