A few days ago, after Wang Yu was about to take office as the governor of Nanyang County, he immediately handed over these two technologies to his mother. In Qin Luan's opinion, among the two technologies given by his son, the most valuable was blast furnace smelting.
Iron method.
The current level of Han Dynasty is not as developed as that of later generations. Due to the limitations of mining technology and forging technology, the production of steel is really limited, so it is impossible to produce iron armor on a large scale. Only mid-level and high-level generals are qualified to wear iron armor, and leather armor is only used in the army.
It is mainstream armor.
In the general army, there are very few people equipped with iron armor. Even if they are, the proportion of the equipment is only one tenth. Because of this, soldiers equipped with iron armor have become a symbol of elite troops.
The Yanmen Army and the Taiyuan Army are jointly supported by the Taiyuan Wang family and the Langya Wang family. Although they are wealthy, only one-third of the soldiers are equipped with iron armor. It is not a lack of money, but a lack of steel production.
Although there are iron ore mines in Jinyang, mining is not that simple. Of course, the most important thing is that the time has not come yet. The majesty of the Han court is still there. What if once it is mined, the court asks for it?
Because of this, Wang Dian did not take the initiative to mine iron ore, and still used the original iron ore from Taiyuan. Therefore, there was only so much iron in total. It was impossible to use all of these things to make armor. So, do we still need weapons?
And if the blast furnace steelmaking method that Wang Yu drew through the lottery system can be promoted in Taiyuan and Yanmen, steel production will definitely increase significantly. By then, there will be enough steel to make iron armor, and these places are
After all members change their costumes, their combat power will be greatly increased!
Not long after, I heard Qin Luan suddenly say: "Although this method is good, it requires too high a craftsman's forging ability and steelmaking equipment. The craftsmen may not be able to create a qualified mold in a short time, so maybe
It will take a while.”
Wang Yu also nodded. Now is not the time for the blast furnace ironmaking method to come out. The steel filling method is suitable. However, Qi Wuhuaiwen is still in Nanyang. Without him, learning this method is not an easy task!
And this is why Wang Yu didn't take it out!
"That set of horse gear can be made and used immediately, but Yu'er, are you sure that it can really improve the cavalry's combat capabilities?" Qin Luan asked uncertainly.
No wonder Qin Luan was like this. The main reason was that there were horseshoes in the harness, which made her a little confused. Wouldn't nailing iron pieces on the horseshoes make the horseshoes lame?
When Wang Yu heard this, he immediately understood his mother Qin Luan's concerns, and immediately explained with a smile: "Of course it is possible, these horse hoofs are actually equivalent to human toenails, but horse nails are different from human beings, they are very thick, so just be careful
It won't hurt the horseshoe."
"As for these horseshoes, they can protect the horseshoes, because as long as they are installed on the horseshoes, it is like a war horse wearing a pair of shoes. In this case, the war horse will run faster and continue running longer! And saddles and other equipment
This will make the cavalry more stable on horseback and prevent the horse from falling off easily!"
"As for this stirrup, it has been improved and its quality has become stronger. Even some powerful warriors will not destroy it easily as long as they control their power properly. Naturally, they will not appear randomly. During the battle,
, I accidentally used too much force and broke the stirrups."
"That's it." Qin Luan suddenly realized, but then she thought about it and felt that this harness was easy to prevent, so she said worriedly: "Yu'er, although this harness is good, it really doesn't have any technical content, and it is easy to prevent it.
It will be copied by others. If it is obtained by other princes, that’s okay, but if it is obtained by a foreign race, then..."
It is not unreasonable for Qin Luan to say this. How did Wang Yu's previous life, Wang Mang, fail in this world? Wasn't it because his invention was put to good use by the rebels and then they defeated him with a backhand!
Besides, the Han Dynasty was declining. As a descendant of the First Emperor, Qin Luan should be happy, but she didn't know why she felt a little sad.
No matter how bad the Han Dynasty was, it had resisted the invasion of foreign races. With the decline of the Han Dynasty, the foreign races in the north began to develop and grow. Due to the harsh environment of the foreign races, basically all the people were soldiers. Everyone, even women, were qualified knights, so
The foreigners are the most powerful cavalrymen, far beyond what the big Hans can match.
It is conceivable that once they are equipped with equipment such as horseshoes and saddles, and coupled with horse stirrups, the cavalry's combat effectiveness will definitely become stronger, and the people of northern Xinjiang will be miserable.
Wang Yu naturally knows the pros and cons, but there is absolutely no way to prevent it. You can't give up the opportunity to become stronger just because you are afraid that your enemy will become stronger, right?
"Mom, you can rest assured that as long as people of my generation are here, we will never let aliens cross the northern border. Furthermore, the best way to deal with aliens is never to prevent them from getting stronger, but to work hard to make ourselves stronger.
, until he was finally defeated!" Wang Yu said domineeringly.
History is always moving forward. Even if you don't take out the harness now, it will happen sooner or later. As the system level increases, I am afraid that the founding emperors of foreign races such as Temujin and Nurhaci will definitely be born.
No one knows whether they will bring out the harness?
Therefore, Wang Yu must try to maximize the effectiveness of the harness before it is exposed by those foreign elites or even the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty. This is the real way to respond.
"But…"
"There's nothing wrong with it. Mother, you can rest assured. When the harness was born, we were not the ones who made the biggest profit, so I'm not planning to promote it now. I'll find someone who can maximize the value of the harness and let our army make the most profit."
It’s time to promote it! After that, we can only keep it secret as much as possible, and it can be postponed for a while!”
"Hey, that's the only way it can be." Qin Xue sighed, and then asked: "Yu'er, where did you get these two technologies?"
"Well, this, I drew the harness in my spare time. As for the rules of blast furnace ironmaking, I found them in the classics of my Wang family. It is said that they were invented by the ancestors of the craftsmen!" Wang Yu said with a lot of nonsense.
There are so many ancient books in the Wang family, so my mother would not be idle reading them, Wang Yu thought.
The mother and son did some housework again, but it was already getting late. Wang Yu and Qin Liangyu said goodbye and left. It was not that they wanted to leave as soon as possible, but Qin Luan's words about tigers and wolves were too terrifying.