Li Shimin

"A big stove can warm a large shed a lot. If you can really put one in, that would be great!"

Cheng Laosi said repeatedly, his face full of anticipation.

"Then, starting tomorrow, you will have to continue in the forge and start forging the iron furnace!"

Li Xuan said.

"It doesn't matter, as long as the big iron furnace can be forged, the villain and others can open the furnace at night!" Cheng Laosi said with a firm face.

Li Xuan chuckled lightly, and said: "You can't see when it's dark, and you can forge normally during the day!"

"But Saburo, this requires 230 large iron furnaces, and we only rely on forging during the day, so by next year, we old people may not even be able to forge fifty iron furnaces."

Cheng Lao Si looked anxious.

"Then ask the Supreme Emperor or Your Majesty to help forge it!" Li Xuan said.

"Ok?"

On the side, before Li Yuan could react, Li Xuan gave him a big job.

After being stunned for a moment, he quickly said, "This old man can only do his best!"

Li Xuan was startled, and stared at Li Yuan in a daze, very surprised.

"Old man, there are only [-] large iron furnaces, but they are all forged for your glass greenhouse. How dare you shirk?"

"Xuanba, it's not that I don't want to help, but that two hundred large iron furnaces need too much pig iron. Even if I come forward, I won't come with so much pig iron!"

Li Yuan sighed softly, and continued to explain: "More than 200 large iron furnaces, plus so many iron cylinders, if used to forge armor, can equip at least 1000 armored troops. Now, the Turks around the Tang Dynasty, Goguryeo, Tubo and other barbarian countries are staring at each other, and the Ministry of War is urging for soldiers every day, and it really can't squeeze out such pig iron."

"The Tang Dynasty is so big that it still lacks pig iron?"

Li Xuan was taken aback again.

"lack!"

On the side, Cheng Lao Si, Li Chengqian, and even Cheng Chusi all nodded firmly.

"But, forging pig iron is such a simple matter, how can there be a shortage of pig iron?"

Li Xuan was full of doubts.

"Is it easy to forge pig iron?"

Hearing Li Xuan's words, Li Yuan and Cheng Laosi were all shocked.

Immediately, the gaze towards Li Xuan was full of strangeness.

"Xuanba, do you know how much pig iron the imperial court can forge in a year?"

"How many?"

It was only then that Li Xuan realized that this was the Tang Dynasty, not the later generations. A smelting company could forge tens of thousands of catties of pig iron in a day.

"1000 million catties!" Li Yuan said slowly.

"1000?"

Li Xuan's eyes widened involuntarily, his face full of disbelief.

Then, after thinking for a moment secretly, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

"I didn't expect to be able to forge such a little pig iron. No wonder you are so stingy in this matter!"

Don't listen to the fact that 1000 million catties of pig iron is a lot, but if you calculate carefully, you will find that 1000 million catties of pig iron is really not enough for Datang.

For example, Li Xuan wanted to forge 230 large iron furnaces, and each large iron furnace was estimated at 150 catties, plus those equipped iron tubes, a large iron furnace also had to be equipped with [-] catties of iron tubes.

This time, it will consume thirty-nine thousand catties of pig iron.

"That's right, if my Great Tang has enough iron armor, not to mention mere Turks, even Goguryeo, Silla and other small barbarian countries, my Great Tang can directly crush them!"

Li Yuan was full of emotion.

Fourth Cheng also sighed all over his face.

"I didn't expect that Tang Dynasty could produce 1000 million catties of pig iron a year. It's really..."

After speaking, Li Xuan didn't know how to go on.

"how?"

Li Yuan looked at Li Xuan with curiosity on his face.

"Those craftsmen and officials who forge pig iron are all incompetent people!"

Li Xuan pursed his lips and said.

"inability?"

Li Yuan was taken aback for a moment, then disapproved all over his face.

"Xuanba, do you know how much 1000 million catties of pig iron are piled up?"

"How much is 1000 million catties?"

Li Xuan chuckled, "How many soldiers are there in the Tang Dynasty? Ten ten million catties of pig iron are not enough. In addition, the 1000 million pig iron for common people's farming tools and iron utensils used in daily life, I really don't know who the Ministry of Industry and the households are. How can the Ministry of War and even the Ministry of War distribute such a small amount of pig iron?"

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something.

Li Xuan turned to look at Li Yuan.

"Old man, you said that if I return [-] catties of pig iron to the Ministry of Industry, the Shaofu Supervisor, and the Military Weapons Supervisor, will they help me build an iron stove?"

"How do you pay it back?"

Li Yuan asked subconsciously, then shook his head slightly.

"Don't say that the Ministry of Industry or the Military Weapons Supervisor dare not agree to this matter, even Erlang dare not agree to this matter!"

"I just borrowed their pig iron to forge the big iron stove first, so it's not like I won't return it?"

Li Xuan's face became anxious.

However, he saw Li Yuan's expression of disbelief.

He knows how difficult it is to forge pig iron!

How is it possible to return [-] catties of pig iron?

"I'll return [-] catties of pig iron, is that okay?"

Li Xuan continued to ask.

"One hundred thousand?..."

Hearing this, Li Yuan was even more helpless.

"Xuan Ba, do you know how difficult it is to forge pig iron?"

"I don't know!"

Li Xuan shook his head lightly.

"Xuan Ba, the matter of pig iron is not a child's play, it is the state affairs of the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Yuan looked solemn, "Ten blacksmiths can forge more than 200 catties of pig iron in one day!"

Forehead!

Hearing this, Li Xuan was speechless.

"Old man, do you know how many catties of pig iron I forged in a day in that small forge?"

"How many pounds?"

Li Yuan asked curiously.

"One thousand catties!"

"One thousand pounds?"

Li Yuan was shocked, with disbelief on his face, "How is this possible?"

"Why is this impossible?"

Li Xuan laughed lightly, "Gao Ming and Cheng Chusi can also testify to this matter!"

Hearing this, Li Yuan quickly looked at Li Chengqian.

"Gao Ming, is this true?"

"Grandpa Huihuang, this matter is absolutely true. When forging those pig irons, I also helped!"

At this moment, Li Chengqian's expression also changed slightly, and he suddenly realized how important it was to Datang that Li Xuan forged a thousand catties of pig iron a day!

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Chapter 132 Demonstrating the Ironmaking Method

"Follow the old man!"

After hearing this, Li Yuan's face changed, and a pair of skinny hands, like chicken feet, directly grabbed Li Xuan tightly, and walked out.

"Where?"

As for Li Yuan, Li Xuan didn't dare to use force, so he could only walk out cautiously and cooperatively, for fear that he would walk too fast or slow, and bring this old man down.

"Go to the forge!"

Li Yuan roared anxiously.

"These greenhouses haven't been inspected yet!" Li Xuan said.

"We'll inspect it later!" Li Yuan remained unmoved.

"Then what are you doing at the forge?"

Li Xuan was full of doubts.

"I want to watch you smelt iron!" Li Yuan said.

"Smelting iron?"

Li Xuan was slightly taken aback, and then looked helpless.

"It's just iron making, why are you in such a hurry."

"Iron smelting, how can we not be in a hurry!"

Li Yuan glared at Li Xuan, then urged repeatedly: "Go, go!"

This made Li Xuan startled, and then a wry smile flashed in his eyes. Unexpectedly, Old Man Xiong was in a hurry!

"Exactly, Saburo, the matter of iron smelting is related to the fate of my Tang Dynasty, so I can't neglect it!"

Behind him, Cheng Laosi followed at some point.

Moreover, there are a few veterans beside him.

"Then let me go, it's easier to go!"

Seeing this, Li Xuan sighed softly, and said to Li Yuan.

"Ok?"

It was only then that Li Yuan came to his senses, and subconsciously let go of his hands.

Li Xuan's heart relaxed, and he breathed out slowly.

"If you want to smelt pig iron, can you help me and ask the Shaofu Supervisor to help me forge an iron stove?"

"As long as you follow your method, you can really smelt a thousand catties of pig iron, not to mention two hundred iron stoves, even if it is a thousand, the Shaofu Supervisor and Military Weapons Supervisor can forge it for you!" Li Yuan replied.

At the same time, the pace is fast.

Seeing this, Li Xuan stopped teasing the old man Xiong and slowly accelerated his pace.

Soon, several people entered the forging workshop.

"I have met the Supreme Emperor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, I have seen Saburo, and I have seen several young men!"

In the forging workshop, two craftsmen Ying Qi and Wu Fu are firing some glassware.

Seeing Li Xuan, Li Yuan and others, they hurried in and saluted quickly.