In the next few days, apart from going to court, Liu Che focused most of his energy on climbing the technology tree.
It has to be said that the gap between the emperor and the prince is almost measured in light years.
When Liu Che was still the prince, he could only carefully poach the Shaofu's walls and engage in technology research and development secretly.
However, after becoming the emperor, he could play whatever he wanted!
All the resources of the entire Young Mansion are open to him!
The Shaofu has tens of thousands of registered craftsmen. Although these craftsmen may not have much education, they have been craftsmen since their fathers, ancestors and even great-grandfathers.
With only their experience and hands, they were able to create various devices with complex structures that could only be manufactured with precision instruments in later generations.
There is even a black technology in the Shaofu - gold plating technology inherited from the Qin Dynasty!
These craftsmen used a method that Liu Che couldn't understand to forcibly coat the steel swords and bronze swords with a layer of rare metal.
Any weapon plated with this metal will immediately gain a special effect - it will never rust and can be sharpened like clay!
The metal they plated, according to Liu Che's memory, should be the chrome-plated weapons that were unearthed together with Qin Shihuang's Terracotta Warriors and Horses in later generations and shocked the world.
Liu Che didn't know much about metals, but he remembered that it seemed to be said in the news of later generations that this kind of chromium is a rare metal on the earth, with very little content. The most important thing is that it requires a high temperature of 3000 degrees Celsius to melt.
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In later generations, it was not until the 1930s that Westerners mastered the technology of metallic chromium.
However, this kind of black technology has little practical significance...
Because the output of this chrome-plated sword is extremely low!
The Shaofu can successfully chromium plating at most two or three swords throughout the year.
These swords were generally used as swords worn by the emperor and given to princes and kings as funerary objects when they died.
Basically it will not flow into the army...
But from this perspective, this era is not entirely a scientific desert.
At least, it's not like this in Shaofu.
And as Liu Che ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the Shaofu completely became his toy.
The tens of thousands of craftsmen, the huge group of workshops, and the endless wealth and manpower were all owned by Liu Che alone.
Under such a situation, Liu Che gave an order, and the entire Shaofu machine quickly started moving according to his wishes.
Within a month, mankind's first steel-making blast furnace on earth before the Christian era was erected in a remote corner of Shanglinyuan.
This blast furnace is actually not very high, only three meters high at most.
Made of clay and masonry.
Looking from a distance, it looks like an ugly little tower.
It uses coking coal and coke as fuel to 'steel-making' day and night.
Currently, at least 500 kilograms of pig iron can be turned into various types of 'carbon steel' in one day.
It’s just that the quality is worrying. It’s hard to guarantee the quality of the molten steel that comes out.
Moreover, it consumes a lot of energy and causes serious pollution.
Other than that, there are no disadvantages.
Anyway, when the young master ordered Cen Mai to see this ugly thing, he could actually make steel.
He was as happy as a child. He had decided to build 500 such steel-making furnaces within a year and strive to produce 100,000 kilograms of steel within the year!
As for environmental pollution and so on...
If you want to develop industry, how can it be possible without pollution?
During the British Industrial Revolution in later generations, London almost turned into a city of hell. It was said that even shrimps and bugs were dead in the Thames River!
At the same time, Paris, France, was even known as Stinky Paris...
But Liu Che did not agree to play like this in Guanzhong.
First of all, there are no iron mines in Guanzhong itself. Secondly, if Guanzhong really turns into a smoky place with smog blocking the sun, the Liu family's empire may not be around for a long time...
Therefore, Liu Che prefers to place these blast furnaces in major coal and iron producing areas such as Shu County or Hedong.
In addition, hydraulic forging technology has also begun to make breakthroughs.
The first waterwheel has been installed in Shanglinyuan and is expected to be put into use before spring plowing.
The successful development of waterwheels means that hydraulic forging technology has entered a critical moment, and the countdown to the emergence of cuirassiers has begun.
In addition, home-made cement has already been successful and put into use.
At present, this kind of cement is mainly used to pave roads in the palace, especially the royal roads that the Queen Mother often visits.
If local cement is to be mass-produced on a large scale, it still needs a long way to go.
Now, Liu Che is beginning to turn his attention to rail transportation.
Under his order, a wooden track began to be built in Sixian Garden of Shanglin Garden.
Orbital technology is readily available.
Back then, Qin Shihuang used this technology in order to destroy the Chu State.
The Qin people built many rail transit networks on the border between Qin and Chu.
This kind of track uses horses as power, and through a rather special design, the horses will run unconsciously on the track.
This allows materials to reach the front line quickly and quickly.
According to Qin Dynasty records preserved in Shiqu Pavilion, this kind of carriage track can deliver supplies to the front line hundreds of miles away in one day and night.
It was with the help of this rail transportation network that the Qin people quickly destroyed the Chu State and conquered South Vietnam.
However, with the collapse of the huge Qin Empire in the peasant uprising, the new Han Dynasty suffered from a serious lack of horses in its early days.
Back then, even Liu Bang himself couldn't find five horses of the same color. The dignified Prime Minister Xiao He actually went to court in an ox cart...
Under such circumstances, many Qin Dynasty rail transit networks that survived the war lost their role.
It was either demolished or ordered to be landfilled.
Because this kind of track is only suitable for horse-powered transportation.
When the Han Dynasty lost the Hetao area and had no source of horses, this track became a burden.
Its existence, that is, blocking traffic, has no effect!
However, Prime Minister Xiao He, who ordered the demolition and filling of these tracks at that time, was very far-sighted. He ordered that the entire Qin Dynasty track be completely dismantled and then stored in the arsenal.
All the technical data and construction drawings of the entire track have been sealed in Shiqu Pavilion for future use.
Today, the wooden rails used for the track laid in Sixian Garden are replicas made exactly according to the information and drawings preserved by Xiao He and compared with the wooden rails sealed in the arsenal.
It's just that this kind of wooden track costs a lot of money, and the cost per mile is as high as 50,000 to 60,000 yuan.
If we want to lay a track from Chang'an to Xiaoguan, it will cost at least tens of millions of dollars.
Moreover, it is extremely easy to destroy - a fire may interrupt its transportation.
In addition, because it is transported by horsepower.
Therefore, the horse stations and various nursing staff along the way need to be cultivated and constructed.
However, it is indeed the most convenient, fastest, most efficient and most powerful mode of transportation in this era.
Because of the special wooden track design, when the horses start running on this track, it is difficult to stop, and the coachman does not even need to whip his whip...
A standard rail carriage can deliver thousands of kilograms of supplies to where they are needed throughout the day and night.
For war, this is almost a key condition that determines victory or defeat!
Only the people of Qin could invent and create such sharp transportation technology.
After all, the Qin State had a small population. During the Unification War, almost all its young men joined the army.
Without such technology, it would be difficult for him to supply supplies quickly.
A month later, when Liu Che saw in Sixian Garden, on the completed track, two horses pulled several carriages, running wildly on the track with the momentum of a steam train.
He decided to start laying the track from Chang'an to Xiaoguan.
If nothing else, with this track, once the Huns invade again, Chang'an's troops and supplies can arrive at Xiaoguan in one day and night to participate in the resistance.
This will play an extremely important role in the military!
What's more, this kind of rail transportation will also greatly improve the commercial economy of the Han Dynasty.
In comparison, the seemingly huge investment seems worth it.
"Go and ask Zuo Xiangguo and the lieutenant to come over..." Liu Che turned around and ordered Wang Dao, who was already frightened by the track: "Let them come and see, this kind of track..."
Liu Che dares to guarantee that both Zhou Yafu and Zhi will definitely support his decision. (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
