Chapter 324 (1/2)

Now the whole gaoshu tribe is based on High-yield grain, steel and cement as its skeleton, and other refined salt, liquor, cigarettes, oil as its flesh and blood. It has formed the rudiment of an industrial tribe.

It is worth mentioning that the last time major hank left, he took some cigarettes and drinks with him. But this time major Adrian Fogg came, he specially asked to bring a batch of drinks and cigarettes back.

Obviously, compared with salt, which is indispensable in daily life, cigarettes and drinks are undoubtedly more attractive to the nobility.

However, Shixiong didn't ask major Fogg to bring back many cigarettes and drinks. He still understood hunger marketing.

Whether it's drinks or cigarettes, even in the UK, it's an absolute luxury in this era. This highly Baijiu and cigarette are rare in this era, especially cigarettes.

Therefore, stone bear plans to use these two things as its main attack in the last ten or twenty years to break into the aristocratic class in the old world, and then exchange a large amount of materials needed here.

As for whether we will add materials to cigarettes in the future, it depends on the specific situation.

For this kind of extra ”material”, to be honest, Shi Xiong is also in a dilemma. Guco has long been handed down from the South American continent, and the North American Indians also like this plant which can greatly enhance their energy.

However, stone bear knows how to purify guco. Once it is purified, it will not produce the same effect as the ”white face” of later generations, but it is also highly addictive

This is Pandora's box. Once it is opened, no one knows what the consequences will be.

What if it spread among the Indians of the new world? Then none of these Indians can be saved

It is also for this reason that Shi Xiong has not made up his mind to add ingredients to cigarettes.

After getting rid of the horses traded with the British, the gaoshu tribe also prepared more and more weapons and equipment for the expeditionary army.

David Addison and Jack Williams are working together more and more closely, and under the guidance of stone bear from time to time, they have made a lot of breakthroughs in various research and development.

This French Alchemist is good at metal smelting. Although he is a man of this age, the stone bear can't catch up with others on horseback in terms of the level of metal smelting. Addison is a professional in metal smelting.

What he lacks now are some forward-looking things, such as how to improve the hardness or toughness of metals.

In this era, people do not know that the key reason for affecting the hardness and toughness of steel is the amount of carbon. At least they have not clearly concluded that carbon can affect various performance indicators of steel.

But under the guidance of the stone bear, adien has now begun to master how to add what proportion of carbon to the molten iron, and then to control the hardness and toughness of the steel. For example, it can be used to make carbon tool steel for drill bit.

The carbon tool steel used to make drills in later generations is T13 steel, which has poor toughness but high hardness, so it is suitable for cutting, cutting and drilling.

Shi Xiong told adian that the carbon content of this T13 steel must be controlled between 1.25% and 1.35%. If the carbon content is too high or too low, it is impossible to smelt this high strength tool steel. And the content of silicon, manganese, sulfur and phosphorus must be strictly controlled.