Chapter 1987: New advances in industry, rebirth of jade steel
Zhuge Liang ate that meal very carefully.
But Fei Qian didn't know whether he would have any feelings after eating it.
As for whether Zhuge Liang will gain some insights from this in the future, and whether he will understand that the so-called simple people's livelihood is the foundation of this world, this is beyond Fei Qian's control, because Zhuge Liang, like Guo Jia, is very smart.
Smart people have their own models and methods for understanding the world, and it is most effective only if they figure it out themselves.
And the longest...
Just like Zhuge Liang in history, even if he is hypocritical or dictatorial, at least he did what he said, "dedicate yourself to death and die." He did not plot the throne like Sima Yi. It is not because of his lack of ability.
But he didn't bother to do it, and he was so busy that he didn't even have enough time to teach his own son.
When there is only one step away from the greatest temptation, those who can control their behavior and do not cross that step are worthy of admiration, because there are too many people who fall down and kneel before the temptation.
Of course, the experiences are different, and the results are also somewhat different. Just like steel, the forging mode is different, and the quality of the output is also different.
Zhuge Liang may still not understand why Fei Qian wanted to keep Jingzhou, but Fei Qian hopes that one day Zhuge Liang can figure it out. This is why Fei Qian took Zhuge Liang to have a meal with a farmer.
Sometimes, if you think about a problem from a different perspective, the results will be completely different.
Zhuge Liang is not yet a qualified politician, and has not even reached his original standards in history. To put it simply, he is really just a youth version. He looks similar in appearance and has similar performance in normal times, but if
When operating under high load, it may not be able to run smoothly.
Although Zhuge Liang is close enough to the grassroots and even plows the fields himself in Nanyang, Fei Qian believes that it is just experience, life experience, just like being a big star or actor, and then pretending to be a pick, but to really do it
Are you plowing the fields at the end of the year? Haha, sorry.
So, in the final analysis, Zhuge Liang's perspective is much better than Chen Qun's, but he still doesn't stand low enough...
There is no doubt that the gentry has a promoting effect on the entire Han Dynasty, but at the same time, the shortcomings of the gentry are slowly becoming apparent, and now they are clearly exposed. For example, the gentry is like the same to the Han
It is the brain. It existed as the basis of wisdom at first, guiding the big man to advance through obstacles, but now the brain wants to encroach on the space of the hands and feet, and then tries to swallow all the hands and feet into his stomach...
Only a brain cannot resist foreign enemies, just like the Song Dynasty with the prosperity of Confucius and Mencius. Without or lack of a brain, only strong hands and feet will not work, just like the Yuan Dynasty, which cannot last long.
Therefore, there must be a degree, a brain, hands and feet, and iron and blood.
Chen Qun, Lu Su, and Zhuge Liang all have their own positions and perceptions, so they all see part of it, but they also ignore other things. From Fei Qian's perspective, it is not the three of them who push the world forward.
What we see is the appearance, but the inner connections beneath the appearance...
Farming and mulberry solve the problem of survival, and craftsman technology drives productivity. The development of productivity will reduce costs and increase profits. Business will roll these products up and generate more added value. Then the descendants of the gentry will record and summarize them and provide ideas.
and direction, and leading the continuous upward and outward development. This is the foundation of Feiqian's current strength, and it is also the model that we hope Dahan can continue in the future.
Every link is important and no part can be missed.
Just like spring plowing and mulberry farming are important, industry is equally important.
Fei Qian is now in the workshop in Chang'an. This is the lower reaches of the Weishui River in Chang'an. It is more convenient to use water power or sewage. There is no way, in this era, there is not much to pay attention to. There is also a large school ground around the workshop.
Soldiers are stationed all year round. On the one hand, they train troops, and on the other hand, they are responsible for the security patrol and defense here.
This is not Fei Qian’s boast, it is the most technically complete and advanced metallurgical workshop in the whole Han Dynasty. Half of the craftsmen from the original workshop in Pingyang have been transferred here. In other words, the construction of the Chang’an workshop base has been completed, making Fei Qian’s senior
The metallurgical industry doubled in size.
The workshop in Pingyang now mainly develops some relatively confidential things, and then Huang Dou, a master craftsman in the Huang family, is in charge of it, while those that are relatively popular and require large quantities of output are transferred to Chang'an. On the one hand,
Relatively speaking, the transportation is more convenient. On the one hand, it also has more abundant water resources than in Binh Duong, which can provide larger-scale production of some items, especially steel.
Of course, the construction of the workshop cannot be completed in a day or two, and the coordination of the blast furnace and hydraulic equipment also needs to be adjusted. Therefore, until now, the workshop here has entered a complete state and is moving towards a higher technology.
From a certain perspective, the technological development of China's Han Dynasty benefited from the legacy of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, as well as from the ambitious Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, or in other words, from wars.
In order to gain advantage in war, the Qin Dynasty pushed the manufacturing of bronzes to its peak.
In the Han Dynasty, in order to fight against the Xiongnu, the entire iron craftsmanship also developed by leaps and bounds.
Metallurgy is an important part of the entire treasure house of science and technology. This technology is not just based on the imagination of literati, nor is it completely dependent on the hard work of craftsmen, but is continuously developed through continuous trials and failures, through close cooperation between the two parties.
In summary, it is possible to bloom gorgeous flowers.
When Fei arrived in the Han Dynasty, he felt that the metallurgical technology of the Han Dynasty was very strange...
China's start in the Bronze Age was actually relatively backward. Only a few small bronze artifacts appeared in late Neolithic sites around 4,000 years ago, and metallurgical technology started much later than in the Mediterranean.
It was not until the Shang Dynasty that iron tools, such as copper yue and iron blades, appeared for the first time. Moreover, the iron was an iron-nickel alloy, which was a relatively typical meteorite iron texture. It was most likely smelted from something dropped from the sky. By the Western Zhou Dynasty, in
The basic situation in metallurgy is still not developed much, and iron is still not smelted.
At a certain period in the Spring and Autumn Period, the Chinese finally found a way to smelt iron.
It should be said that this iron smelting industry started relatively late and at a relatively low level.
At the same time, what makes China even more miserable is that the quality of China’s iron ore is not very good...
Perhaps a negative makes a positive, or perhaps the worse the suppression, the more the "root nature" of the Chinese people can be stimulated. Starting from the Han Dynasty, China has embarked on a different, even weirder iron smelting path.
In fact, before the development of metallurgical technology in the Han Dynasty, the various Warring States states that fought on the land of China, including the Qin State at the peak of bronze, were already working on improving the quality of iron products. During the metal detection of the ironware of the Warring States period, it was found that something similar to ductile iron
In the organizational structure of the forging technology, the skill of folding and forging was also highlighted, and the blower was also highlighted at the same time. However, due to problems with the quality of the iron ore, until the end of the Warring States Period, there was still no qualified steel that could be used directly out of the furnace.
So, the people of the Han Dynasty said, forget it, old man should not be able to produce good steel directly from the furnace, just produce cast iron first...
Then, with the cooperation of craftsmen and technicians in the Han Dynasty, a very strange result in the history of metallurgy occurred. Liquid flowing metallurgical products and a continuous and uninterrupted production process appeared directly!
And this model is still in use two thousand years later...
That's why Fei Qian found it strange, because if the clothes were changed and the production workshop was changed, the essence of the production process would not be much different from that of later generations.
Then, because cast iron was too brittle, the "fried steel method" was born! You know, the fried steel method appeared in the West in the 17th century. Although the raw materials and production tools are somewhat different, the process is the same.
So far, Fei Qian still can't find out which craftsman or which nobleman invented the method of "steel frying". Anyway, I haven't seen any specific records. It seems that it was so weird during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
It appeared, but only the method was preserved, but there was no name of the inventor.
Cast iron contains too much carbon, so when the cast iron is heated to a certain temperature, the carbon in it will continue to react with the air and be stirred at the same time, just like stir-frying. This is called the stir-fried steel method. If done properly, you can directly obtain high-quality products.
It's made of steel, and then it's still wrought iron.
Of course, in the actual process, over-frying is common, so the probability of accidentally frying wrought iron is very high. Wrought iron cannot be used in weapons, so what Fei Qian is doing in this workshop is the prototype of the alloy.
"Steel Method".
Over-fried wrought iron or low carbon steel, plus cast iron or high carbon steel with too high carbon content, are heated to a certain level, and then forged to fully fuse, and the carbon is transferred to each other, and finally becomes steel.
Thanks to the increase in steel production, not only the armor and blades of soldiers have been strengthened, but the cost of iron tools used by ordinary farmers has also been reduced, and the use of a large number of iron tools has also allowed farmers to
Using less energy to plow, sow, etc. will naturally increase grain production...
Unfortunately, Fei Qian suddenly thought of Zhuge Liang and couldn't help but shook his head. When he took Zhuge Liang to eat at the farmer's house yesterday, Zhuge Liang didn't notice it, or he discovered it and didn't say anything about it. Of course, it might also be the case.
He thought that these tools were issued by Fei Qian or rented to these farmers for use, and did not pay attention to what they contained.
Fei Qian thought that Zhuge Liang was shaking his head, but Tai Shiming was startled.
Tai Shiming was originally the director of the workshop in Beidi, but now he has been transferred to Chang'an. Naturally, he is quite satisfied with the construction of the new workshop. Otherwise, he would not have invited Fei Qian to come for inspection, but he did not expect that Fei Qian would do so.
Shaking his head, this, is there something wrong with this?
Did a craftsman make a mistake? Or was the hygiene management in that area not done well? Or was there a place where production safety equipment was not in place?
Tai Shiming's eyes rolled involuntarily, and he sweated slightly on his head. He looked at the area where the raw materials were accumulated, and then checked to see if there was anything that was not done well...
Fei Qian stood on the high platform in the center of the workshop and looked around, but did not notice Tai Shiming's nervous expression behind him.
The workshop occupies a large area and is divided into several parts, including the smelting area, the forging area, the raw material area, etc., separated from each other by walls as tall as one person and roads. The most conspicuous area is naturally the smelting area, which is along the line of blast furnace along the Weishui River.
Thick black smoke rises out of the way. Busy craftsmen and ordinary workers are carrying fuel or ore. The loudest sound is in the forging area. Next to some furnaces, the blacksmith is banging.
The red iron block mixed with the huge roar of the water cone hitting it seemed to form a somewhat steampunk scene.
This is the industry of the Han Dynasty, and this is the change that Fei Qian contributed to.
In fact, strictly speaking, Fei Qian did not improve much, and there was no cross-era change like steam locomotives. However, Fei Qian did push the metallurgical industry of the Han Dynasty forward by a big step, and the power of this step was demonstrated.
Here it is.
The "steel frying method" plus the "steel filling method", plus hydraulic forging, these originally may have been splitting technologies were linked together, making the steel produced here in Feiqian better quality and larger in quantity.
Perhaps, if the expansion here continues, the first large-scale iron smelting plant in Han Dynasty will appear in front of us...
A real factory, not an enlarged workshop.
"call……"
Fei Qian took a breath, and then smelled something that seemed to be similar to the smell of the imperial capital of later generations. Well, it seemed that after adding new kerosene, the smell became more similar.
"Lord, what's wrong?" Tai Shiming didn't find anything wrong, but he still asked cautiously.
"You must pay attention to safety! You must do your best to prevent fire!" Fei Qian pointed to the raw material area and said, "There are a lot of media, charcoal, and oil stored here. If you are not careful, it will cause a big disaster! Zijian
But we must pay attention to this matter!" Fei Qian did not want the inexplicable explosion to happen in Chang'an in the Han Dynasty before it happened in the Ming Dynasty.
Tai Shiming hurriedly agreed, muttering in his heart, as expected, this is still the problem...
"After the spring rush, I will send some more people..." Fei Qian continued, "There are only walls and warehouses to separate the sparks. I'm afraid it's still a bit risky. It's better to divert the Wei River into them and dig some ditches to surround them.
To isolate the dust, secondly, if there is any accident, you can also get water nearby... Well, kerosene cannot be extinguished with water, you need to reserve some extra sand..."
Tai Shiming wrote them down one by one.
Afterwards, Fei Qian focused on the highlight of the day...
The latest steel production.
When he talked about what he was interested in, Tai Shiming's whole person became obviously brighter, his voice was loud and his eyebrows widened a lot, "This steel can be called jade steel. Compared with the previous black steel, it is lighter in color and stronger in quality."
Tough, but also light... This is a jade steel sword, six feet and five inches long, with a straight back and a sharp edge... This is armor forged from jade steel. Compared with the previous black steel, it is much stronger.
Five pounds lighter, but better defensive effectiveness..."
Fei Qian looked at the sample and did not say anything like attacking the shield with a spear. After all, there is no comparability between new materials such as weapons. Only by comparing them with the original materials can we
Determine whether there is value in continuing to dig deeper and produce on a larger scale.
"Six feet and five inches, it's a lot longer... The weight seems to be only a little heavier than the original..." Fei Qian picked up the Huanshou Sword made of new materials, and took out Huang Xu's saber, weighing it left and right.
Then he turned his wrist and looked at the back and edge of the blade, "Looks like Bailian?"
Tai Shiming replied: "Exactly."
Most of the general ring-shou swords are made thirty times. Of course, it does not mean that it is actually folded thirty times, but it means that the patterns on the surface of the blade have thirty layers... The same is true for the so-called hundred steelmaking, because if it really is
Folding it thirty times, let alone the question of whether it will exceed Mount Everest, if you are not careful, the stress structure inside the steel will be damaged, and then it will be more likely to be brittle in battle...
Under Fei Qian's command, most of the thirty-refined Huanshou swords are generally between five feet one and five feet three, and then the fifty-refined ones can be up to five feet five-six, and the hundred-refined ones can be up to five feet eight, five feet.
Those below are unqualified. Of course, these are all Han rulers. As for having such a large standard span, is it Han Dynasty industry? It is naturally impossible to be as accurate as a hair in later generations. Of course, it is like what Cao Cao's soldiers used.
There are no updated Huanshou swords, and some are even only four feet five in length...
On the battlefield, such a difference in weapon length can often determine the life or death of a soldier. The new sword is now six feet five inches long, which means that this kind of sword will be more difficult to use, but it will also be more powerful.
Fei Qian handed the knife to Huang Xu and asked Huang Xu to go to the front to try the knife.
To sum it up, if this "jade steel" material can be mass-produced this time, it means that the equipment in Fei Qian's territory will usher in the third technical material upgrade...
"ha!"
Fei Qian looked at Huang Xu in the audience, exhaled loudly, cut the wooden stake tied with hemp rope and hay into two pieces with one knife, then turned the blade over, and after carefully checking the cut of the wooden stake and the edge of the blade, he moved toward the other side.
Some of them wore leather armor and some wore armored targets and walked away.
"Are the material ratios determined?" Fei Qian asked Tai Shi Mingdao.
It is not unusual for some special steel to appear temporarily, or accidentally. Just like someone would pick up a piece of meteorite in the Shang Dynasty, but the difficulty lies in stable output, so Tai Shiming and those under him
The role of the children of the noble family is very important. They will record every success and failure, and then form a file, so that most illiterate craftsmen can avoid repeating mistakes and work towards success more effectively.
close.
And this "Jade Steel" is a new product of the "Steel Filling Method".
Taishi was obviously very familiar with it. He didn't even need to read any books and wooden slips. He just told the general sources of the materials. Of course, he didn't mention the specific ratios. These specific data naturally need to be kept confidential. Actually, according to
The urinary properties of Huaxia Iron Ore, even if we know some of the current material ratios of Feiqian, if we change the raw materials of an iron ore, the output may be a pile of slag, and good steel also needs to be matched with good forging, good
Quenching technology...
While talking, Huang Xu in the audience chopped over the last wooden stake covered with Zha armor. He could not completely cut it off, but the huge gap that was broken through already showed the sharpness and destructive power of the new ring's first sword. After inspection,
After picking up the blade, he turned around and motioned towards Fei Qian.
"Good! Zijian, who is the name of the craftsman who developed this material?" Fei Qian nodded and said.
Tai Shiming raised his hands and said: "The leader's surname is Pu, what's his given name? He only has a nickname..." Tai Shiming made a slight gesture and explained that it was the word "Pu".
"Bad name?" Fei Qian smiled slightly, "In that case, let's give this steel a name. In addition, Zijian will make a list of the other craftsmen who participated in the development, and some of them will also be rewarded heavily!"
The sun just happened to shine on the new ring's first knife, and the sparkling knife patterns shone with dazzling brilliance, seeming to be radiating out in various colors...
