"I am the king of the Kingdom of Dai. There is no one in the Kingdom of Dai who can be more true to his words than me. When I say 10 acres, it means 10 acres. If you have any opinions, please feel free to mention them!"
Liu Deng said with a faint smile.
"Your Majesty, the younger one's name is Qi Tiezhu. My ancestor was originally a bell maker in the palace, and later he lived in Dai. Although I am unworthy, I heard some things from my grandfather..."
Hearing what he said, Liu Dong's eyes suddenly lit up. It seemed that this kid might have something in his stomach.
You know, the craftsmen who cast palace bells all cast chimes. Whether it is patterns or timbres, they pay attention to technology and inheritance.
In this day and age, it is normal to treasure the brooms themselves. Those old craftsmen would rather take their craftsmanship to the grave than pass it on to outsiders.
This has hindered technological progress to a great extent. However, given the general environment, this is not something Liu Deng can change by himself.
"If you have any opinions, feel free to say them. As long as your words are meaningful, I will definitely reward you!"
"Your Majesty, the style of the iron furnace we use now is very different from the furnace used in the palace, so we consume more wood than they do!"
Hearing what this kid said, Liu Deng suddenly became excited.
Things like blast furnace ironmaking were nothing in later generations, but in this day and age, being able to realize this is already a great progress.
"Then do you know what kind of stove they use?"
"I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but I probably heard my grandpa say it, and it looks like this!"
Qi Tiezhu was worried, took a few steps forward, picked up a branch from the ground, and started making gestures on the ground.
Sure enough, although there is still a big gap with the stoves of later generations, it is already very close in style.
This kid is really a talented person. Now Liu Deng really doesn't have the manpower in this field. After looking him up and down, Liu Deng laughed and stood up, patting him on the shoulder.
"Starting from today, I will rebuild several iron-making furnaces according to your wishes. As long as the results are achieved, I will reward you with an official position!"
You don't even need to look at the internal structure, you can determine it just by looking at the flow of shapes and patterns. This method is definitely much more efficient than the things currently used.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Qi Tiezhu is really overjoyed now. He is just an apprentice worker in this mine, and now Liu Deng has given him a chance to rise to the top in one step!
This can be regarded as a valuable horse bone. With such an example in front of me, some people in the crowd suddenly started to move.
It's just that among the remaining people, there aren't many creative ideas.
It seemed that it was an unexpected surprise for him to pick up a guy like Tiezhu, but Liu Deng still selected a few of them and rewarded each of them with ten acres of farmland.
For no other reason than to protect their enthusiasm, this country is now in dire straits, and he doesn't have much time and energy to spend on it.
There are always specific people to do specific things. After more than two hours of hard work, the crowd finally dispersed.
Coke technology sounds mysterious, but in fact it is just a layer of window paper. However, Liu Deng only has a partial understanding of this thing.
Therefore, if you want to generalize it, you need to do some experiments first, but Liu Deng is still a little hesitant about who will do it.
After all, there are still too few talents, especially those who are good at casting. We still have to find a way to recruit a group of useful talents.
However, Liu Deng also understood that this kind of thing cannot be rushed, and one still has to wait and see the opportunity.
"Your Majesty, these are the master craftsmen in our iron factory. They were all sent by His Majesty from Chang'an back then!"
After the craftsmen dispersed, Zhao Wengu came over with a few gray-haired old people. After what had just happened, these old people had begun to be respectful.
"Don't be nervous, master craftsmen. I'm here to see you today because I have a few things that I want to discuss with you!"
Liu Deng did not directly order them, after all, but put on a posture of discussing with them.
After all, he himself is a second-hand swordsman. Although he also knows that the difference between iron and steel is just a matter of carbon content.
However, he had only seen general information on how to complete the entire process on the Internet, and he had also seen the indigenous steel mills of later generations. This technology was not really a mystery.
"..."
But the status of the two sides is too different. These people are just craftsmen. How dare they compete with him, a great king. What are you doing to discuss?
For a moment, the atmosphere became a little awkward, but Liu Deng was good at making friends, so he laughed awkwardly a few times. Then, he walked up to them and waved to them, beckoning them to come over.
The method of frying steel sounds a bit high-end, but in fact it is just adding mineral powder into the molten iron, and constantly stirring and blowing air during the whole process. It is not really a mystery.
After just a few minutes, these people were all stunned and looked at each other, some of them unable to believe what Liu Deng said.
"Your Majesty, do you mean what you say?"
Several generals looked at each other, and then one of the oldest old men walked out tremblingly and asked in a low voice with a trembling voice.
"If you take it seriously, won't you know if you try it?"
Seeing what Liu Dong said, the master craftsmen were a little unsure.
If the method mentioned by the king is really feasible, wouldn't their steel-making speed be greatly increased?
According to the previous output, they only produced 100,000 jins of pig iron per year. If the pig iron was refined into steel, the annual output would only be about 10,000 jins.
If this output were placed in future generations, it would probably make people laugh, but in this day and age, this is already the result of their hard work and dedication.
"Yes, your Majesty is right. Let's start the stove and we'll find out after we try it!"
The old man gritted his teeth and said decisively.
"Your Majesty, please stay here for a moment, let's go have a try!"
"No need, I will go with you. I also want to witness the rapid development of steel smelting in our country!"
"But……"
"Nothing to worry about, just lead the way!"
However, pretending to be cool usually lasts only three seconds. As soon as he followed them into the work shed, Liu Deng already regretted it.
The temperature was really unbearable. The autumn weather outside was already unbearable, and the shed was filled with molten iron. Less than three minutes after entering, Liu Deng could already feel the clothes on his back. All soaked.
