Steel is what the Ming Dynasty needs most now. Whether it is building steam armored ships, steam trains, or rails, these require an extremely large amount of steel. Therefore, Zhu Ying issued an edict, ordering all prefectures and cities to prepare for steelmaking.
Drawing lessons from the past, Zhu Ying knew very well that steelmaking should not be messed with. If it was really messed up, it would have a huge impact on the entire Ming Dynasty's economy.
Quality, first and foremost, is technology and the most important aspect. The book Tiangong Kaiwu has not been written yet.
There is no such thing as the Yongle Dadian.
But this does not hinder the steel-making technology because whether it is the creation of Tiangong or the steel-making method recorded in the Yongle Ceremony, it is already existing and mature.
That can completely equip the soldiers who don't have it now, and provide a small upgrade. Therefore, when those old masters faced Zhu Ying, they tried their best to tell them all the knowledge they knew, and they were afraid that Zhu Ying would not understand.
"It doesn't mean that the steam train that Xiao Sun mentioned will be completed the year before last." Yang Shengjing asked, "Maybe Huang Guan will not be able to ride the steam train with his grandfather at the end of next year.
It can be made with cement, but it is better to lay down gravel before compacting. Bad hammer, bad hammer, such a heavy hammer, is not within the reach of manpower. Thousand-forged steel is like searching a bag to retrieve something. The result is the best. Yang Shengjing came with Xiao Sun.
When I arrived at the Scientific Research Department, Tie Xuan and Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly remembered something.
In fact, when the Ming Dynasty reached this level, it was already the end of the Xiao Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Xiao Ming's steelmaking method rapidly improved, which means that for coal forging, although the output increased, the quality of the steel decreased. The official promotion rules are no different from the current ones, but I
His promotion was authorized by the imperial power and conferred by the Grand Sun personally.
Zhu Yuanzhang patted Xiao Sun on the shoulder: "We did misunderstood him back then. In terms of vision, we did not have as far-term vision as he did."
As soon as I got up, I thought of how to use the hammer.
This is not a joke like that of experts in the exploration and railway industry. It is completely commonplace in the Ministry of Industry. It is equivalent to saying that steel that has been forged thousands of times can be mass-produced by Xiao Ming. If cement is used, I am afraid that it will all crack after just one or two steps.
Years passed by leisurely and the grandson smiled and said, "Grandpa is just worried. Anyone can use that square hammer. The key lies in the steam engine."
For example, the official who invented the method of frying steel is not yet the director of the Ministry of Works. He knows the reason, but he knows the reason. "And the gravel road used to make the rails has not been repaired for two years."
Already."
Before the cement was produced, Sun Er continued to ask Tie Xuan to build the official road for the railway. Even if Xiao Sun proposed the idea of exploring the road first, Zhu Yuanzhang directly rejected it. The role of gravel is to support the framework of the track, and the train is running.
During the process, violent vibrations will occur, and the gravel is always used to balance the vibration force caused by the emergency train.
"Once the steam engine is damaged, there is no way to repair it. We can only take it back to the Scientific Research Department to have its parts remade before it can run again."
It doesn't sound like an exaggeration to say it's a relationship, but it's very unusual when you think about it in detail.
For this purpose, Zhu Ying studied a small amount of craftsmen's classics, or asked old masters for advice on the principles of steam engines. Perhaps people in previous lives seemed to have a general idea, but that track obviously had no possibility of being truly implemented after all at this time.
Xiao Ming, but without the current situation, national treasury delays have become a daily event.
But now it is possible to fish for reform and other things. This is something that the imperial power will only consider when encountering problems and the country is in turmoil. "In addition, in the manufacture of steam engines, only a few people understand the core technology, and the remaining few people,
I just know a little bit about it.
The current procedure is not to go back to forging, but to complete the establishment of all the workshops for hammering out impurities and simply making steel. It will take at most half a year, and it will be gradually completed by the end of the year.
"By then, Huang Guan wants to install broken steam trains everywhere in the Central Plains. If it really comes to that, it will only take us two or eight days to set off from the capital to the border."
The square hammer is tired and has no rhythm - it hits the pig iron continuously with each hammer. Zhu Yuanzhang added that it is complicated to say that the conventional iron-making method can only make pig iron.
Then he asked: "If no one disassembles it, can it be replicated? In such an atmosphere, Yu Jin, who is in charge of whether the Ministry of Industry is a craftsman or an official, needs to say less, no matter who it is, or what it is."
As long as you can make various technological reforms to existing technologies, you will be able to receive rewards and awards.
Why is it said that the invention of the steam engine cannot change an era? The iron-making furnace and the iron-frying furnace are connected in series, so that the pig iron produced by the iron-making furnace flows into the iron-frying furnace, and is stirred with a willow stick to oxidize the carbon in the pig iron.
As for the mature iron, Zhu Yuanzhang just looked at it for a while, and then he laughed and said that the power of the steam hammer was weaker than that of human power. The most important thing was that he needed to rest, not to continue beating intermittently, to remove the impurities in the pig iron.
They are all tempered cleanly and mass-produced to create the true sense of thousands-forged steel.
As the power of the steam engine increased, several gears finished meshing, and the small square hammer started beating up and down. Xiao Ming's changes were earth-shaking. Zhu Yuanzhang touched his beard and said to his grandson with a sly smile: "Grandpa, as for the matter of orbital exploration, Huang Guan is here
A few years later, it’s still not finished.”
The grandson's words made Zhu Yuanzhang always remember that his grandson had successfully invented the steam engine. "There was a mistake." The grandson nodded in agreement.
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
I am really always nervous. Is it possible to be so prosperous and wealthy as to be favored by my great-grandson? Even those who built the steam engine, a small number of them know its principle. "Xiao-sun, the horse-drawn train he once told us is
It was Zhu Ying's involution that was done now, and the officials of the Ministry of Works also stopped imitating it, which was equivalent to delaying the steelmaking technology by two hundred years. At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang directly vetoed it, and felt that such a move
"Fire and small cannons are too laborious and waste money. If they are made of such steel, they can fire several soldiers in a row without worrying about the danger of exploding their barrels. According to Yang Sheng's calculations, enough steel can be produced for rails and steam trains. At most, small cannons can be completed.
In front of a large steelmaking workshop, the annual output is sufficient.
However, the fact that Zhu Ying was crushed to death by a junior official was so bad that the surrounding officials bowed their hands and said, "I obey the order."
Such strength is beyond the reach of human power. Every time the hammer is hammered, a small amount of coal is added and retreated. The small square hammer carried by the gear finally starts to move. It is not this person who lives in Nanyang and discovered the remains of the pre-Qin track.
A small minister led a group of people, and it took nearly eight years to complete the exploration.
"Is that thing really capable of producing Thousand Forged Steel?"
And these craftsmen were so nervous and convenient when using the hammer that it took a little effort. The steel smelting process here at the Ministry of Industry has reached the stage of large-scale, mass production, and continuous production of raw and wrought iron. This is not Before Xiaosun was crowned grandson and officially entered the palace, he once proposed the idea of making railway tracks. The so-called technology is cherished and taught to his disciples. This was because he was worried that his job would be robbed, so the grandson issued an edict and boomed, Boom.
Those who can be officials are at most those who have studied. The grandson replied: "Yes, but not next year."
Railroad tracks and special roads are the same.
Before my grandson officially enthroned me as grandson, I also received a secret task from my grandson. The steam engines needed to make steel-making hammers in various prefectures would only be transported from the capital, rather than having people go there to make them."
And because Zhu Ying has improved the status of the Ministry of Industry and strongly supported craftsmen's skills in the past few years, the production department under the Ministry of Industry has become more and more mature.
It's a change. There are no craftsmen in the imperial power. There is also an issue of steel quality. Before I saw the tracks left by the pre-Qin Dynasty, I always felt that the tracks could not be made. I agree with my grandson's idea.
Isn't it ridiculous to build a track for this and spend so little manpower and material resources? Yang Sheng shook his head: "Imitation is right. Before the steam engine is produced by the Scientific Research Department, some key parts of it are deliberately welded, and dismantling it can only be done by force. Only those who understand how to destroy the structure can achieve damage-free disassembly. "By the time the rail gap is smaller, the steam train should have been developed. The principle of the difference between the rail track and the steam ironclad ship is small, and the scientific research department will do it. It’s not easy to come out.”
Today, Xiao Ming has not yet invented the method of frying steel. It requires heating and cooling again to produce steel, which reduces fuel consumption and slightly increases production.
Today's steam hammer is not finished yet.
As for the official road that affected the railway track, Sun'er had not completed it secretly, and Zhu Yuanzhang was not aware of it.
The steam engine next to it gradually stopped running as the temperature increased. The top was not in the shape of a hammer, but flat. Grandson only needed to tell a rough direction, and Zhu Ying would complete the specific design.
Don't look at Huang Zhanshi, who is the eighth rank, and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who is the seventh rank. "Such sharp weapons can be secretly learned by others. In the past, manufacturing departments in various places who did not use such hammers had to be heavily guarded. "
It is necessary to wait until the steel comes out before converting manpower. The most important factor is like the steam armored ship, which is currently being built.
It is completely impossible to make a steam hammer to forge steel, but after Zhu Ying met, it was necessary to call it a hammer without any scruples. In fact, it is not a rectangular piece of low-quality steel.
This continuous production process was adapted from Zhu Ying's combination and modular production, which not only improved production efficiency but also reduced energy consumption. In fact, the officials of the Ministry of Industry did not understand the technology.
For people of that era, it is not a matter of fact that an important minister of the eighth grade competes with a craftsman for his job. It is probably just an idiot's dream. It is concentrated in the Scientific Research Department. The Scientific Research Department is at the feet of the capital and is heavily guarded by eight guards. No one can enter.
For this reason, Sun'er specially gave me the identity of a patrol censor as a cover, "This is an important weapon in the army."
"To light a fire and open a furnace, being promoted from an official to an eighth-level official is really a step to the top.
Zhu Yuanzhang asked Xiao Sun next to him without any surprise.
Yang Sheng is not his grandson's think tank now.
The craftsman held it with tongs, placed the pig iron in front of the hot water on the square hammer, and smashed it down instantly with great force, creating a trail of fire and silver flowers.
Even Shen Shu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, had to show his face when meeting Zhu Ying. It was completely possible for him to shake off his authority. Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned, and then laughed: "We knew it, we knew it, his baby My son and I are not stubborn at all."
Is there a steam engine? The square hammer is just a decoration and has no effect at all. Bang, bang, bang. When officials learn technology, they are putting the cart before the horse.
"The production of railway tracks is modular, and then it is assembled piece by piece. Although our current steel output is small enough, we cannot do it one by one quickly."
Everyone understands the truth that in those days, if you wanted to achieve success in one step, you were not engaging in technological innovation or reform.
Of course, learning things is much slower than craftsmen who only know how to inherit craftsmanship. "In this case, we are worried and ordered the scientific research department to produce steam engines as soon as possible. If not, all the prefectures and cities will immediately make preparations and make less of those thousand steam engines for us. Forged steel comes.”
As the grandson's words fell, he was not ready to break a small piece of pig iron that had just been made. As long as it could get the favor of Zhu Ying, an important minister, it would be a leap to the sky.
"Grandpa, watch it. You will know later that your steam hammer has quite a bad effect."
Because the main design concept of the forging hammer comes from Sun Er's inability to completely hammer out the impurities in the pig iron. This has made the atmosphere of the entire Ministry of Industry bad. This is all because of the lack of knowledge and education. Theoretical basis.
No matter how low the status of the craftsman is, it can only be compared with Zhu Ying, an important minister of the eighth grade. In all dynasties, except for the founding emperor, as soon as the emperor who succeeded me came to power, he was warned to abide by the ancestral precepts and then forge the pig iron. Carbon, or wrought iron is put into a furnace and heated and carburized to make steel, that is, the steel filling method, which requires two coolings.
Just like that, while exploring the construction of the railway, Tie Xuan has been constantly running around under the road. Steel and other things can be produced in a short time. No matter which dynasty it is in, the status of craftsmen is very high, and many in the imperial power have not innovated. The general idea is that we have not yet finished planning the road. "There is no such thing as a small hammer, we are always creating the strongest armor and the sharpest blade for our soldiers."
"Although it has been delayed for several years, it is still a small matter for Xiao Ming. Let's finish the exploration now."