Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Yang Qian wrote the note and handed it to Ou Yexia.
"This forging method is just a small test. In the future, you can use processed iron or steel sheets, stack them with different qualities, and fold and forge them. You may have unexpected effects."
After all, Ou Yexia is an old master, with a lot of experience, but a lack of initiative. This is not his fault, but that in this era, unless there are special circumstances, such conditions are not met.
Ou Yexia looked troubled and said, "Sir, if you use an uncertain forging method for forging, it is very likely that a lot of steel will be wasted."
In this era, it's okay to waste bronze, but if you waste steel, you won't be able to forgive yourself, let alone whether your superiors will hold you accountable.
Yang Qian said nonchalantly, "I have a lot of steel. Now there are only a lot more slaves. I can continuously dig out as much iron ore as I need from the mine. Let's build a large factory nearby."
"Sir, it's not that there aren't enough factories now, it's that there aren't that many experienced craftsmen. Many apprentice craftsmen are just a little skilled and don't have the ability to forge weapons on their own." Ou Yexia looked confused. This apprentice couldn't do it in just a short while. Taught.
Many craftsman apprentices in the factory just help in the grinding workshop. Think about it with your own mind. It is not a simple matter to hammer a metal ingot into a knife with a hammer.
"Find a way to recruit some skilled people specifically to improve forging technology. Every time a new forging technology is invented, I can reward you with a large amount of money, land, and cattle."
Yang Qian is extremely heroic. He has all the necessities of a man, power and money, and quite a lot of them. With these two things to support him, he can walk with wind. If he likes, he can even bring a stereo.
"Okay, okay, as long as the young master fully supports the Water Conservancy Forging Factory, then we will have absolutely no problem. However, there are two things that you need to deal with urgently."
After hearing Yang Qian's heroic words, Ou Yexia also became mature with age. If he didn't make demands now, when would he make demands?
Yang Gan smiled and said, "Oh? You are quite good at choosing the right time. Let me tell you, as long as the water conservancy and forging plant can grow steadily and the technology gets better and better, there will be no problem regardless of financial resources."
"With our forging level and speed, one hundred thousand frontier troops will soon complete the entire outfit change, including knives, armor, and shields. But if all the work is completed, wouldn't there be no work in the future? Then how will we, the craftsmen, live? "
Ou Yexia was also helpless at this time. He never thought that one day the work could be completed so quickly.
If the efficiency of forging in the past was compared to walking, then the efficiency of work now is that of cavalry. There is no comparison at all, but it is because the speed is too fast that I am afraid of career.
Yang Gan shook his head with a smile and patted Ou Yexia on the shoulder, "What are you in a hurry? After the whole army changes its uniforms, do you need to prepare some in the armory? After finishing the armory, if I have a lot of iron ore, I will use the feather arrow." Replace all arrowheads with iron ones, steel ones are also acceptable, to increase the armor-breaking ability."
"If you still feel that it is not enough, we can use bronze, iron, and steel to make plows for farmers. Forging them with steel will plow the land faster. Iron products are still under control. Once they are released, we can make I believe that many Guizhou leaders will be happy to buy agricultural tools such as iron hoes."
Yang Qian really couldn't understand the thoughts of these people. He was afraid that he wouldn't have enough life, and he didn't have all his ideas. Otherwise, the iron business alone would keep them from doing anything for a lifetime.
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Ou Yexia's brows were happy, and several people around him also laughed. Yang Qian really had many more ideas than ordinary people. He had countless solutions to many problems that everyone thought were unsolvable, which was admirable. .
Especially Fujiko Jin, who was born as a businessman. The way he looked at Yang Qian looked very much like he looked at his idol.
"Sir, for one thing, the shield you need is difficult to forge."
Yang Gan glanced at him sideways. What does it mean that it is difficult to forge? With the current tools, he can definitely make a bulletproof shield. It is just a thick point, and he can't lift it.
"Why can't you make it? Are you planning to ask me for something again?" Yang Gan said with a smile.
"Hahaha, sir, you still understand me. Your previous bronze shields used a mold pouring method. You only need to make the shape and pour bronze water into the mold. When you take it out, you can polish it."
"But if it's steel, using this forging method will waste such good materials, so I think the folding and forging method can better stimulate the defensive strength of steel. I suggest building a factory not far away. Use a huge hydraulic hammer to smelt and beat more than a dozen steel ingots."
Yang Qian was stunned and said curiously, "You can cultivate it yourself. I have given you all the rights anyway."
Ou Yexia smiled bitterly and said, "We have calculated that if the hydraulic hammer is too big, the water flow here will not be able to carry it. I would like to ask the water tiger to help me survey where the water flow is relatively strong nearby. I am afraid that ordinary water flow cannot carry the huge water hammer." Hydraulic hammer.”
"You can go find it yourself. Do you still need to ask me?"
The saber was pulled out from Yang Gan's waist again, and he kept stroking it back and forth in his hand, just like a child who gets a new toy and can't help but check it back and forth.
Ou Yexia smiled bitterly and said, "They are your disciples, so they will naturally listen to you, but they are not my disciples. They have rich family backgrounds. If their family had not fallen into decline, they would at least be scholar-bureaucrats now. I can't control them."
Yang Gan frowned and said, "Yu'er, where are Shi Huacai and Shui Hu now?"
"Sir, one of them is proficient in water conservancy, and the other is proficient in ore exploration. They spend most of their time outdoors. They only come back for dinner in the evening, and sometimes they don't come back for two or three days."
Yang Qian suddenly felt uneasy, "What if we let them move around freely like this? What if they run away?"
"Sir, no. Every time they explore for water conservancy and ore, they need a large number of manpower and accompanying guards. Otherwise, if they rely on just one person, they may be snatched away by tigers in the mountains. Sometimes they go to observe water conservancy. It also requires a large number of manpower to provide rescue in case of danger.”
Yang Gan breathed a sigh of relief. These two dead heads had spent a lot of money on themselves. If it weren't for the perfect use of the water conservancy facilities, they would have lowered their money embezzlement quota.
I know a lot of water conservancy equipment, but water conservancy equipment still carries the word "water conservancy". Yang Qian does not maximize the use of water conservancy. This is done by the two of them together. After all, in this era, many aspects are still the same, and the two of them can do it together. Very discussable.
"Send someone to find these two people for me."
"Yes, sir."
Yang Gan pulled Belika to the side and whispered, "Go to the Zhuangzi and get Lao Xia, Shi Huacai, and Water Tiger's mink cloaks, and also bring a box of gold."
"Want it now?"
"Yeah, hurry up
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Go back quickly. "
"Okay~~!"
A little further away from Zhuangzi, in a temporary work shed, twenty or thirty people gathered together, and meat was being cooked in three large iron pots.
There are two iron pots for the assistants and guards, and one for Shui Hu and Shi Huacai.
"Brother Tiger, this briquette is really easy to use. One piece is better than five pieces, and it's much easier to use than firewood."
"Well, what you made is surprisingly useful. It's just that the smoke is slightly poisonous, so you need to use a special coal stove."
Shi Huacai fiddled with the iron pot on the coal stove, picked out a large piece of pork, blew on it twice, put it directly into his mouth and chewed it.
"Yeah, it's so delicious. I used to think that pork was a cheap meat that even the Guizhou leaders wouldn't eat. I didn't expect that it would become so delicious just by castrating it."
After eating a large piece of meat, Shi Huacai couldn't help but shake his head. He really missed it before.
"Do you want to tell the young master what we discovered, and what are your future plans?"
After listening to Shi Huacai's words, Shuihu took out a jade-like tobacco rod-shaped object, put in some broken powder, lit the fire and started smoking. The handful of broken powder at the pipe flickered brightly and darkly.
"I think it's not bad to work under the young master. At least we can eat and drink, and we are not told what we will do. It's a pity that the wind will blow away the beauty of the trees. The scholar-bureaucrats of Xia State are very powerful."
In Shuihu's understanding, something would happen to Yang Gan sooner or later if he danced like this. No king would trust such a talented and ambitious person to stay at the border.
The gentler way to deal with it is to transfer him. If he is not gentle, he might be cut off tomorrow.
Shi Huacai laughed at himself and said, "Who says it's not true, but so far he is the only one willing to take us in."
Shi Huacai and Shui Hu wandered together, and actually joined many scholar-bureaucrats' mansions.
It's a pity that in these two businesses, to be honest, without a certain amount of time and luck, there will be no results in a short time.
Take mines as an example. Open-pit mines are fine. The deeper the mines, the lower their value because they increase risks and costs.
Not to mention water conservancy. Even for the smallest water conservancy project, the manpower, material and financial resources required are beyond the reach of ordinary people. Even many small vassal states will not consider water conservancy issues.
In addition, Shuihu has his own persistence, and every time it is a big project, some projects almost scare the kings of some vassal states to death on the spot.
This person is not here to show loyalty, he is clearly here to deliver the bell. One project can directly take away four or five years of tax revenue from the small vassal states. Isn't this costing the lives of those great kings?
Shuihu was kicked out by several scholar-bureaucrats smoothly, and Shi Huacai followed him. The two had a good relationship and moved forward and backward together. In fact, his life was not easy either.
Compared with the easy-to-find mineral deposits of iron ore, scholar-officials were more enthusiastic about the discovery of copper and gold deposits, but these two mineral deposits were not so easy to explore.
"Let's take a look. Maybe he will be beheaded in two days."
The two of them made up their mind that no matter what Yang Gan said, they would not tell him what they had discovered. They would wait and see if he could stay around for a few days. Otherwise, no matter how much he said, it would be useless.
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