Admiral in the Azure World

Chapter 192 On the Taste of Steel - Saratoga

"Hehe, hehe, hehe." Dante smiled reluctantly, "The grace of the two sea soul ladies that day will be unforgettable in my life."

Huang Jiang crossed his arms and walked towards the largest steelmaking plant in Jiagang. He knew that this topic was almost over.After all, Cycad Island is still under the control of the opponent. If he really takes it, Jialan will be left passive. You know, the reason why Cycad Island is safer than other border resource islands is entirely because of Mir. The islands in the front blocked the invasion of mirages from the Cape Horn front.

Cycad Island is actually not very far away from the sphere of influence of Cape Horn. If I really do this now, the safety of Cycad Island will definitely drop a level suddenly. Although Milton will definitely face it, but in private Don't even think that he didn't do anything small.At that time, in order to ensure the safety of this treasury, Huangjiang would have to use Jialan's already scarce combat power for defense.

But having said that, Huang Jiang has never thought about establishing a good relationship with Milton. From the earliest time he went to Cycad Island, he has been showing his kindness to Milton... But this seems to be of no use at all, at least until now. , Huang Jiang miraculously did not see Milton formally even once. Instead, he met Standal several times when he went to Jimu Island. He was not as domineering as he was at the beginning, but was calm and peaceful. Although he didn't greet Huang Jiang warmly, he wasn't cold either.

From Standal's attitude, Huang Jiang almost understood Milton's attitude towards Gloria Island...as if nothing had happened.

Out of sight, out of mind and so on.

But he thinks this way, his subordinates don't think so. Since getting off the ship, the four sea soul masters except Dante have looked at him as if they were looking at the enemy. After the words of Huo were spoken, it became even worse.If Kaleji's factory hadn't encountered any difficulties on Cycad Island, Huang Jiang might not have been able to easily talk nonsense with Dante.

No, he's probably more accommodating.

It's a pity that there are too few greeting words in Azure Language. It's no wonder that they are so cold to each other.

After following the Huangjiang River for a long time, Dante finally couldn't stand the "eager" gaze of the five ship girls behind him. He said hello and ran away with his men.

"It seems that the matter on Cycad Island will still take some time." Lexington looked at the backs of Dante and his group and said.

Huang Jiang didn't care: "There is no local population on Sutie Island, and most of them are workers. I can afford it. Anyway, Jiagang has almost monopolized the iron mines and iron smelting plants on Sutie Island. In a few years, Sutie Island will The island was naturally acquired. The main task now is to develop the economy and technology of Jialan, and then summon everyone here."

Huang Jiang took a few steps and continued: "And Milton's main gaze has never been on me. From the beginning to the end, his hostility towards me was just a matter of face. Gibran probably flattered me in front of him a lot." fire, otherwise a governor would not show such indifference or even hostility to a deacon."

"That's why I said that this bad old man was very bad from the beginning. Who knows what kind of evil he is holding in his stomach." Saratoga curled her lips and followed, "If the relationship with Milton is a little better, we can There’s no need to be so tied up.”

"Baoshui can actually make a rough guess." Huang Jiang shrugged, "It's just that you slap nails on other governors as usual. Sometimes the nails that are disgusting to you can cover up the hidden nails you slapped. According to Dreiser, Gibran's reputation was not good before, but it gradually changed. However, since he has been the governor for so many years and is still so strong, and Lu Wei's collar has never had any major incidents, Gibran's methods It’s absolutely remarkable.”

As a major financial backer of Jiagang, Huang Jiang would not say anything bad about Gibran. He would just remind the ship girls that after all, the relationship between his wife, his sister-in-law and Haiyouxing was not bad, and they were not acquainted with each other.

"So who do you think is Gibran's hidden thorn in the tulip collar?" Lexington asked.

"How do I know?" Huang Jiang said, "But I do know that Andersen has some relationship with the Clover Leader, and I'm afraid it's not Milton's influence." As they spoke, several people arrived at the steelmaking plant.

Iron is extracted from iron ore in an iron smelting plant, and then the iron nuggets or hot molten iron are transported to the steel smelting plant via vehicles or pipelines, where impurities are added to make steel.

Although Huang Jiang had studied engineering mechanics before, he did take materials science at the beginning of this course and had some exposure to various crystallizations of steel, as well as torque and so on. It is a pity that he scored 60 points in engineering mechanics. However, the knowledge he had learned was hurriedly thrown into the trash can before he could even return it to the teacher. Little did he know that he would go to steelmaking in the future.

Fortunately, Kaleki is a man who pays attention to steel-making technology, and he absorbs steel-making talents from all over the federation.The Federation’s steel is a shortcoming of its unique material science. Because the technology cannot be broken through or the technology tree is crooked, the Federation’s earlier steel showed a very obvious polarization, that is, high-quality sea soul steel and low-quality steel. A very large gap appeared in between.

However, this fault was quickly filled after the emergence of Jiagang.Because he spent his life savings investing in research and development, Kalecki finally succeeded in obtaining a new steel-making furnace shortly before coming to Jialan.As for comprehensive material testing equipment, the latter was not successfully developed until shortly after Huangjiang Investment established a materials studio in Jiagang. With the changes in the content of carbon, sulfur, phosphorus, manganese and other elements, Jiagang finally found several Very valuable steel product.

"I need you to develop a steel that can adapt to harsh sea conditions and withstand mirage fire as much as possible." Huang Jiang said straight to the point as soon as he saw Kaleki.

"Are we going to open a shipyard?" Kalecki had heard a little bit about the call for a textile factory on Iris Island.

"It hasn't been decided yet, but the research and development of the materials must start first." Huang Jiang said, "The shipyard will not be able to use this for the time being. It is used to build warships."

"Is it a warship specially used to combat mirages..." Kalecki squinted his eyes, and he immediately thought of the huge business opportunities.

"Yeah, it tastes good, it's soft." The greedy Saratoga picked up a piece of steel ingot, took a bite, and said, "But it's a bit sticky to the teeth."

The quality of steel used as snacks does not need to be as demanding as sea soul steel, as long as it is nutritious and tastes good.However, this material has no great use. It is just Huang Jiang trying to find some snacks suitable for the ship girls to eat between battles.

"This one has a low carbon content." Kalecki introduced, and then handed over a new steel ingot, "This one has a relatively high carbon content."

"Crack."

Saratoga took a bite and praised: "Hmm~ It's crunchy, just like a biscuit. I like it."

Huang Jiang watched Kalecki introduce to Saratoga various kinds of steel specially made for sea souls to eat, and suddenly remembered the brand-new results of the Jiagang Materials Laboratory a few days ago.

They failed to develop a substitute for aluminum, but they did develop a steel that tastes close to aluminum...

That's why Huang Jiang felt that the material science of the Azure World was cheating. Can steel-making be so weird?
(End of this chapter)