Iron Dynasty

Chen Wenlong and the other craftsmen all looked at Xiao Ming at this time.

After the briquettes furnace and lathe, Xiao Ming once again put forward a shocking technique.

Especially the craftsmen, they have been proficient in this art all their lives, and the skills handed down from their ancestors have never changed, but now Xiao Ming has completely subverted their cognition.

Yes, the steel produced by the pouring method is very mature in technique, but such steel requires repeated forging to improve the strength of the steel, which is a waste of time. Xiao Ming said, I will teach you now. Two blast furnaces will be built, and the two will be connected, one of which will produce pig iron, and the pig iron will be refined into wrought iron when it enters the other blast furnace, so that ironmaking will form a scale.

Chen Wenlong asked the craftsmen to stop what they were doing, sat on the ground, and listened carefully to Xiao Ming again. Now this kind of knowledge transfer is commonplace in the equipment department, and Chen Wenlong and the craftsmen are also familiar with it.

Xiao Ming held the stone pen prepared by Chen Wenlong. This is a kind of stone similar to chalk that can draw white handwriting. In front of him is a black stone slab. He usually talks while drawing the structure of the blast furnace.

The craftsmen are serious, and every time Xiao Ming teaches a skill, they have a feeling of epiphany, and they can master these unfamiliar skills quickly.

The boring machines, drilling machines, milling machines, and grinding machines manufactured by the Equipment Division are all manufactured according to Xiao Ming's drawings and the images in their memory. After the initial trial, these lathes were basically successful.

For example, the drilling machine, which is a kind of lathe that drills holes for accessories, they successfully drilled the iron sheet of the gas furnace.

Another example is the boring machine. This type of lathe can bore the holes drilled by the drilling machine. In Xiao Ming’s words, these two types of lathes can process a solid steel into a steel pipe.

Because a drilling machine can drill a hole in solid steel, a boring machine can drill the hole into a tube.

Although they didn't understand what Xiao Ming said about steel pipes, they always felt that it was a very powerful thing.

Suddenly an hour passed, Xiao Ming's mouth was dry, and he finished talking about the skills of blast furnace ironmaking.

Your Highness, in that case, how should we control the heat of coke refining? A craftsman suddenly asked.

This is a very young craftsman. Every time Xiao Ming teaches, this young craftsman is always the most serious, and seems to be very enthusiastic about the skills Xiao Ming talks about.

However, probably because he was afraid of Xiao Ming, the craftsman never asked a question. This time Xiao Ming took the coke in one stroke, and he couldn't help but ask.

What's your name? Xiao Ming is very interested in this young craftsman of the same age as himself. In his opinion, only with a desire for knowledge can a person be keen on his own career.

And this young craftsman is clearly full of enthusiasm for the equipment department.

At this time, Chen Wenlong looked embarrassed and said to Xiao Ming, Your Highness, he is Chen Qi, the dog's son of a lower official.

After he finished speaking, he shouted to the young craftsman, Go back, when will it be your turn to speak here.

Chen Qi frowned and said dissatisfiedly: Father, I just asked about the temperature of the coke. If I am confused, if the coke is burned, it will cause a huge loss to the equipment department.

Chen Wenlong wanted to scold him, but Xiao Ming suddenly stopped him, he looked at Chen Qi with satisfaction and said, Chen Qi is right, this skill must be more realistic, this lathe is said to be made by Chen Qi and other craftsmen?

Your Highness, this is true. Chen Longwen shook his head. Chen Qi never liked to read, but was only interested in these strange things.

Xiao Ming beckoned to Chen Qi, Yes, your head is very flexible. Would you like to be the head of the equipment department?

Chen Qi was overjoyed when he heard the words, but looked at Chen Wenlong worriedly.

Without waiting for Chen Wenlong to say nonsense such as Chen Qi's young age, Xiao Ming said directly: Then it's settled, one or two silver tattoos per month, and you will take the lead in the things I will explain in the future.

Yes, Your Highness. Chen Qi said excitedly, and this craftsman's head could be a soldier.

In the past, his father, Chen Wenlong, never liked him to study this way, but now that he was so appreciated by King Qi, he suddenly became confident.

However, the question to be asked has not been asked, and he said, Your Highness, you haven't said what kind of heat is needed to smolder the coke.

It's 30% lower than when iron smelting. Xiao Ming said, iron smelting requires about 1400 degrees, and coke is about 1,000 degrees. Try boldly, it will be fine if you burn it.

Chen Qi said loudly, Yes, Your Highness.

The matter of blast furnace ironmaking went on, and the blast furnace still needed time to build. He hoped that at that time, Qian Dafu could bring back the good news of graphite.

In this way, he can make blast furnace iron and crucible steel into one production line.

Next, Xiao Ming went to check the lathes. These lathes were antique-grade lathes from the 17th century in his world and were powered by hand.

Moreover, the drill bits of the lathe are also steel tools that are usually forged by craftsmen. These tools are enough to process some rough accessories.

Looking at the various lathes in front of him, Xiao Ming felt a little more at ease. With these lathes, he could produce some small parts, and these small parts could be assembled into one of the oldest simple machines - a clock.

In his opinion, in his era, the foundation of industry started from the watchmaker, because from this time, all kinds of sophisticated accessories entered the stage of history.

As for guns and guns, Xiao Ming thought about it, but he understood that it would be unrealistic within a few years.

As the saying goes, the sound of a cannon is worth 10,000 taels of gold. Not to mention that the current fief is poor and white, it is just that Xiao Ming can’t afford the long cycle of making a gun with a manual lathe. Basically, doing this before the advent of the steam engine is almost equivalent to in jokes.

So now Xiao Ming has set a plan, everything is for production, and when his fief is rich, with a preliminary large-scale factory and industrial system, these things can be built with a commensurate economic volume.

Because in Xiao Ming's view, war is all about money and resources. Otherwise, once the ammunition and food are exhausted, everything will be nonsense. It is too unrealistic to abandon production and exhaust material resources.

Therefore, the plan for today is to build fiefs. Of course, the army also needs to be strengthened. One is to defend against the steppe barbarians, and the other is to prevent bandits in winter.

According to past experience, every winter, when food is hard to find, is when thieves crowd.