People are in the Tang Dynasty, creating a mythical dynasty

The raw materials have already been prepared.

iron ore, and coke.

That's right, coke.

Raw coal cannot be made into steel, it can only be made after coking.

Coking refers to the process in which coking coal is heated to about 1000°C under air-isolated conditions, and coke, coke oven gas and other coking chemical products are produced through thermal decomposition and coking.

Among the technologies signed in is the most complete coking technology.

Nature is not too difficult.

Just one day.

Coal has been coked.

And reaching this step can naturally start steelmaking.

Nowadays, the steelmaking methods compiled by the people in the Shaofu and the people in the Ministry of Industry from various technologies in the previous life cannot even be regarded as a complete indigenous method of steelmaking.

In the previous life, the indigenous method of steelmaking, because the production conditions were too crude, the steel produced contained a lot of impurities, and the standard of carbon added was different, there were no professional tools, the bubble content in the steel was too large, and the structural strength was low, which was far away. Does not meet application requirements.

But now, although there are still some problems, the method that has been sorted out by dozens of people, or even hundreds of people who are the most elite craftsmen of this era, is undoubtedly more perfect.

Only the first furnace has been declared a success.

And the effect of steel is not as bad as imagined.

For a moment, people couldn't help but get excited.

Further adjustments began immediately.

Less than ten days to come.

Blast furnace ironmaking is continuously opened and smelted.

The quality of the molten iron produced began to improve rapidly.

Until the afterglow of June gradually came to an end.

The blast furnace was thoroughly determined.

Compared with the worst blast furnaces, today's blast furnaces are more complete, and the quality of the molten iron produced is sufficient to meet the standards.

There is not much difference in the quality of some ordinary steel products in later generations.

Arriving at this moment can be said to be perfect.

After all, special steel cannot be refined by this kind of local method.

Unless you have those technologies and high-tech equipment, it is possible.

But even so, these ordinary grades of steel are enough.

Among Li Ming's nodding.

At the same time, hundreds of blast furnaces began to be built rapidly within Shaofu.

More importantly, this is only the initial construction.

According to what the official from the Shaofu said.

If possible, he plans to build [-] in the early stage.

It's just that there are not many manpower and knowledge of related technologies, and one hundred seats is already the limit.

If you want to continue to build, it will take a period of accumulation.

And when the blast furnace started to be built on a large scale

The Shaofu also began to mobilize with all its strength.

A large amount of iron ore and coal mines began to be delivered.

In the previous life, there were 25 iron ore reserves in Shaanxi, with a reserve of 6.5 million tons. Most of them were magnetite lean ore, and the rich ore only accounted for about 0.2%, but that was the result of thousands of years of excavation. Today, more than 1000 years ago, there were not a few iron ore mines in Shaanxi. , and coal mines are also extremely rich.

There is an open-pit coal mine on a mountain near Chang'an.

It can completely support the large-scale ironmaking in Shaofu.

As for whether it will cause pollution.

Maybe you need to think about it in your previous life, especially the distance from Chang'an.

Available in this more than 1000 years ago.

As Guanzhong is still covered by large-scale trees, pollution is almost non-existent.

Chapter 77 Prelude to the Farming Industry

The Shaofu is not a government office, but a large institution. Before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, its scale even surpassed that of the Dasinong.

After the Great Han, although it has been reduced, its scale is still extremely large.

Even cement kilns sprang up one after another.

And the construction of hundreds of blast furnaces still didn't have much impact.

Even scaling up again may not be impossible.

After all, only the Shaofu thinks now, and it can be said that any place can become the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.

At this moment, Shaofu, because of Li Ming's joining, has vaguely returned to the state it was in when it won the victory.

Among the Shaofu.

Blast furnaces stand tall.

Li Ming continued to be busy.

The blast furnace ironmaking was completed.

It does not mean that the construction of the reservoir is completely completed.

Steel can only be regarded as a solution to the material problem, and the reservoir is not just a material problem.

Where to build and how to build these are the most important aspects of reservoir construction.

Fortunately, within a month, everyone finally negotiated a suitable strategy.

The next step is to ensure that the reservoir construction is located.

This undoubtedly requires investigation.

Soon the inspection team organized by the Ministry of Industry and the Shaofu set off.

Target Bahe.

At this moment, Li Ming felt a little relieved.

It's just that he hasn't waited for him to breathe a sigh of relief.

Another thing found him again.

"what?"

"Recycling started?"

Li Ming asked in surprise.

"Yes, Your Highness, you said that the collection of chickens and ducks will be postponed for one month, and now it has arrived. Some farmers have already started to go to the Shaofu to deliver, but there are still some that have not yet been delivered. Does Your Highness want to send someone to deliver?"

The Shaofu Supervisor nodded and spoke immediately.

And listening to the words of the Shaofu Supervisor, Li Ming couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

At this time, he suddenly realized that six months had passed. Even though he postponed the time for recycling the chickens and ducks three months ago, it was still the time for recycling at this moment.

"There is no need to send people to deliver. How about this? All those who come to deliver are cleaned up, and those who have not yet delivered will be issued a notice. All chickens and ducks that are not paid on time within ten days will be increased by ten coins per month. "

After pondering for a while, Li Ming immediately opened his mouth and gave a reasonable explanation.

Sending people to deliver, not to mention this society, even future generations will have big problems.

In this society, if it is not done well, it will be a situation where the government forces the people to rebel.

He didn't want to encounter that kind of result.

Therefore, he gave a more accurate selection method. Needless to say, those who deliver immediately, those who have not come to deliver, will increase ten coins every month as interest.

Shiwen is not high, but it is not low either.

With the shrewdness of the people, it is naturally impossible to delay giving.

Unless delivery is not possible.

If they can't deliver, the next time will undoubtedly give them a chance.

It's a big deal to spend more.

But this is still within the range they can accept.

Ten wen, even if he was brought up again, it would only be an extra fifty wen in five months, and he could still bear it with gritted teeth.

Especially now that Shaofu is buying locusts.

Imperata.

Fifty Wen, as long as you work hard, you can earn it.

In this way, it is undoubtedly more gentle.

It will not cause social unrest.

Maybe the only problem, and that's just that he's getting fewer recoveries.

But this is not a big deal.

After all, his main goal is to improve the living standards of the citizens of Datang, not to make money.

"Your Highness benevolent!!"

Listening to Li Ming, the Shaofu supervisor bowed and spoke with emotion.

Delivery is indeed a big problem these days.

If it is not handled properly, this kind of policy that benefits the people can easily become a bad government.

For example, once the chickens and ducks given to farmers are all killed in an accident, this is a huge pit. Although two of them only need to pay for one, this is not something that ordinary farmers can support.

Once there are too many, the people will probably suffer untold hardships.

But now, with Li Ming's regulations, and the income given to the people during this short period of time, it is enough to solve this problem.

Delivery can be delayed.

It means that there is no need to pay directly. Although there is an extra ten cents a month, the locusts and white grass are enough for the people to make up for this hole.

"Go ahead, just do what the king said, and don't cause any big problems for the king."

Li Ming waved his hand, and spoke with a solemn tone.

"promise!"

The Shaofu supervisor responded.

Then the figure quickly receded.

And soon, Shaofu conveyed the news.

At the gate of Shaofu.

Many people were actually a little apprehensive.

A large number of chickens and ducks were given out as gifts. Naturally, when some farmers had bad luck, all the chickens and ducks died.

There are also some, because the amount of feeding is not enough, or the growth is slow, and the time in June has not yet reached the time to come out of the cage.

I can't help being a little nervous these days.

Even if it wasn't for the locusts that could provide income, they wouldn't be nervous enough to describe.

When the news of Shaofu came in, the eyes of these people couldn't help but light up instantly.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"