So before Chen Xi went back, officials in Chang'an released new news, saying that there was a steel furnace in the northern suburbs of Chang'an ready for year-end maintenance, and onlookers were welcome to watch.
Maintaining steel furnaces is a very boring thing, even for a large aristocratic family dedicated to establishing a feudal country. However, this steel furnace is not big enough to hold up.
The impact of the dragon and phoenix stew is very strong, but a group of people have already eaten the dragon and other things, and now Yuan Shu invites it for the second time. For major aristocratic families, what has a second time means that There will be a third time, not to mention eating something like this, it doesn’t matter if it’s a little later.
If that doesn't work, you can also send someone who can handle it, and then lead reliable technicians and reliable backbones to see what the hexagonal steel furnace is all about.
For most aristocratic families, it took more than a year from the year before last to last year, from research to getting started, and many people died relying on the drawings, before they built a small steel furnace that did not explode. What next? I want to expand, but I am worried that the technology is not up to standard and it will explode again.
I wanted to make two more to supplement, but found that there was not enough manpower. A small steel furnace on the fifth side requires a group of eight people. Three shifts of care, which means twenty-five people are needed, but a small steel furnace on one side also requires a group of eight people. , three shifts of nursing, which is very uncomfortable.
This is really uncomfortable. A steel furnace of five people can produce five tons of molten iron a day, and about one ton of suitable steel can be produced from it. However, a steel furnace of one square cannot stably produce one ton of molten iron. What's more important is how to turn it into steel, which is up to each blacksmith to forge it.
This really makes people want to curse, but even so, this garbage steel furnace is much more reliable than the previous steel frying technology. More importantly, the output is strong enough. One ton of molten iron a day can be used for forging by the own blacksmith. Forging it can quickly turn it into a steel weapon.
Therefore, it was uncomfortable. Large families with relatively sufficient manpower found that the possibility of continuing to build a large furnace was too great, and the explosion was so powerful that the molten steel would explode. There was no way to resist, so they silently repaired a small steel furnace. .
Of course, there are also technicians who go to the field to investigate how to repair a new steel furnace? But even after completing the investigation, they are still not sure about building it at home? As for the imaginary heaven and earth essence heating? Now it has become a heaven and earth essence explosion furnace? The power is just Like a volcanic eruption.
In short, the major aristocratic families are concerned about this, but they are uncomfortable at the same time. The reason is that everyone knows that this thing is really easy to use. Steel represents combat effectiveness? It's the same as turning on maintenance, which saves a lot of money.
The major aristocratic families don't blame Chen Xi at all for this? Because they also know that Chen Xi really has no secrets? The worker Chen Xi sent to help them built it. You follow the steps and don't do anything inside. The essence is heated for etching, air blast is used for etching, and maintenance is carried out on time. Then within a certain time limit? It will definitely not explode.
The problem is that the craftsmen they sent to repair the bricks exploded. Even when they repaired the bricks, they even warmed them up, so they exploded even more powerfully. This is unreasonable.
However, after bumping into each other, now, the large families have basically built it, but after building the first generation, they must build the second generation. As for whether it is necessary to build so many, it is not important. After the steel is enough, our family will use it for repairs. Isn’t it enough for Wu Bao?
In fact, there are already families who have conceived the idea of moving Wuburg, and there are more than one family.
The Yong family is one of them. Needless to say, the whole family does not want to move, but it is inevitable that someone will come to the door. So when Yong Kai was in Chang'an, he asked about the hybrid power of heaven and earth essence-steam-electricity. How many super-large models are there? Money matters.
Because the moon landing plan funded by the Yong family some time ago proved to be basically hopeless in the short term and could be considered finished, the only option was to change to the mobile Wubao route.
Then there is the Taiyuan Wang family, who are actually quite interested in this, but unlike the Yong family’s mobile fort, for the Wang family, this is too petty. The Wang family actually wants to build a movable Taiyuan City or something...
Then there are the Wei family, the Cui family, etc. In fact, all the major aristocratic families are somewhat lacking in security. To be precise, all the major aristocratic families that can survive to this day are somewhat lacking in security.
After all, the nobles who became promiscuous in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and those who were confiscated during the transformation of the Qin and Han Dynasties all fled to the streets and died miserably. The families now alive are all proficient in Gou Liu, and they are ruthless enough. Decisive enough.
Therefore, when the dismantling and maintenance of the six-square steel furnace and eating dragon and phoenix stew were squeezed into one day, the heads of the major families decided to let Yuan Shu's pigeons go after a little thought.
Anyway, Yuan Shu is just a gangster. Who cares about him, I want to build a big steel furnace. I can’t eat dragon and phoenix stew this time, but I can next time. Anyway, there will definitely be some.
"What the hell? There is a hexagonal steel furnace in the northern suburbs of Chang'an? Why didn't I know about it?" Yuan Shu looked at the news released by Chang'an strangely.
"There is just such a big steel furnace in the northern suburbs. It is said that it was built by General Zhao on a whim. In fact, the location is not right. It is far away from the iron mine. But it would be a pity to demolish it." Zhou Yu sighed and said, When he heard the news, he sent someone to check it out. After checking it out, Zhou Yu just wanted to say one thing, Zhao Yun is really versatile and can do anything.
When Zhao Yun married Lu Qiling, Lu Bu came back from Australia. The relationship between the two parties was extremely bad. Every day, Lu Qiling turned her back and made moves. Lu Qiling's brain was not very clear, but Diao Chan was smart, so Diao Chan tried to control herself. Husband, then send his son-in-law to hide somewhere else.
So Zhao Yun hid in the northern suburbs of Chang'an. During that time, Zhao Yun had nothing to do and read while repairing the blast furnace. After more than a dozen furnace explosions and dozens of failures, Zhao Yun built the current blast furnace before going on an expedition. Zhongyuan can rank around twenty steel furnaces.
Although after the repair, Zhao Yun discovered that the steel furnace he repaired seemed not to be near an iron mine, and the coal mine was also a bit far away and required transportation. But these days, after a hexagonal steel furnace is built, will it be allowed to be dismantled? of course not.
I would rather transport coal briquettes and iron ore here from other places than dismantle this thing and produce six or seven tons of molten iron a day. Even if it wastes some manpower, Chang'an will accept it.
So the current blast furnace, which is neither close to the coal mine nor the iron mine, and is still in someone else's yard, has survived until now.
It would be a pity to demolish it, but it would be inappropriate not to demolish it. So after Zhao Yun left, Chang'an worked together to renovate Zhao Yun's yard in the northern suburbs.
Zhao Yun's house was forcibly turned into a medium-sized smelting department. According to the annual output of nearly one thousand tons of steel, plus more than one thousand tons of iron, more than two hundred people are needed for casting these days. Ten years ago, no matter what, It can be considered a super large smelting department.
In the past, a Cao Guan in the Smelting Department would start with two thousand dan, and he was the kind of guy who didn't show off his wealth, but he had to be a member of the emperor's family. After all, a pair of armor weighed 10 kilograms, and he earned close to a thousand dan a year. Ton of steel means that armor for 100,000 people can be made.
So when Zhao Yun came up with this, he was very confused. I just had nothing to do and built a blast furnace in my yard. I relied on the operation of adding water when there was too much noodles, and adding noodles when there was too much water. Why could I finally come up with such a thing? Put two Ten years ago, if I had done this, I would have been beheaded.
If Zhao Yun is just a bit superior, others are confused. Zilong, how can you do everything? You can even make this.
In short, after confiscating this, I sent a 600-stone officer here. His daily task is to watch the craftsmen under him and tell them not to mess around, and then watch the operation of the blast furnace to ensure that the furnace is not damaged by me. , and the furnace was successfully operated for a year last year without exploding.
This makes it even more reluctant to demolish it. So far, no more than five blast furnaces of the Bingzhou Smelting Division have been successfully operated for a year without being exploded. The current new plan is to find a way to dig out the entire 20-meter radius nearby and move the blast furnaces together. to locations close to iron ore and coal mines.
It's just that this new plan was rejected. Firstly, there was no such transportation facility. Secondly, if something went wrong during the transportation process, the blast furnace fell...
To be honest, everyone is confused, so the new suggestion is to build two reliable roads there, one leading to the coal mines and the other to the iron mines.
These days, the level of productivity waste is unbearable. A furnace with an annual output of one thousand tons of molten steel and molten iron can make the county governor ask if it has exploded.
If it hadn't exploded, I would have created so many things for myself with this thing in mind. It was really hard work. Then I would have continued to be in fear and would ask again every now and then. If it had exploded, it would have been the same as if my biological father had died. I would have tried every means possible to see. See if it can be saved.
However, the furnaces in the Han Dynasty are basically the kind that are bound to explode. If they are not due to be replaced or eliminated, they must be maintained once a month. But for these people, before they explode, every day of production, then One more day's output can produce a lot more iron materials.
Therefore, explosion is an inevitable event, it is just a matter of time.
As for the furnaces with more than 2,000 tons, to be honest, every furnace has been registered in Chang'an. The 70,000 tons of steel a year depends on the efforts of these big guys. There are always several people watching around every furnace. , once the furnace explodes, quickly ask Taichang to send someone to write a memorial.
Chen Xi didn't know what to say about this. All in all, it was a tragedy.
"Gong Jin, look at Zhao Zilong. He can farm, run an army, and lead troops to fight. He is handsome and strong. He can also build steel furnaces." Sun Ce marveled, and then smiled at Zhou Yu road.
