It was still early for Sun Luban to give birth, almost half a year away, but Cao Shuang dared to be careless and went to Sun Luban's place for dinner when it got completely dark.
Then I went to Bai Lingjun's place to have a rest. Needless to say, I had a night of tender love. Late at night, it started raining again in Luoyang, blowing the trees in the courtyard to sway from side to side, and the roads outside Luoyang City also became muddy.
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Early the next morning, Cao Shuang invited General Huan Fan to his residence and discussed with him about sending people to search for iron mines near Luoyang.
After listening to what Cao Shuang said, Huan Fan picked up the memorial that Cao Shuang had read yesterday and looked at it. After thinking for a moment, he said: "Prime Minister, I deeply agree with what the memorial said. The quality of the weapons used in the army today is indeed of the highest quality."
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The weapons used by ordinary soldiers are rarely sophisticated. If you want more soldiers to use better weapons, you really need to find more iron ore!
I think we can send some soldiers, craftsmen, dozens or hundreds of people to form a team to search for ocher in the mountains and fields near Luoyang. As long as there is ocher on the ground, there must be iron ore underground."
Cao Shuang smiled and said: "What Yuan Ze said is what I thought. Let's do this. I will send orders to the prefectures and counties near Luoyang to let them facilitate the search for mineral veins."
From the end of the Han Dynasty to the present, the main weapon used by generals and soldiers, whether infantry or cavalry, is the Huanshou Sword.
Iron smelting technology has made great progress in the late Han Dynasty. The Huanshou sword was cast and integrated from blade to handle. The advantage is that it is not easy to break.
When fighting with bronze weapons, you can kill the opponent by cutting off the opponent's weapon, thereby increasing your combat effectiveness.
Some infantry are also equipped with spears and halberds to increase the attack length. The so-called bonus is that they also have ring-headed swords.
Of course, troops with insufficient weapons cannot be generalized.
Ordinary spears are actually long weapons that save materials. At that time, halberds were the mainstream large weapons. They could stab, cut, and hook. However, their disadvantages were that they were scrap metal and the craftsmanship was much more complicated.
Dian Wei could easily get a lot of halberds on the battlefield, which shows that the soldiers at that time were equipped with many halberds.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, there was still a single stirrup, and the most important thing was to master the balance on the horse. The cavalry and generals mainly held the horse reins with one hand and wielded the ring-shou sword with the other.
But if you are good at riding, you can also equip it with halberds and spears that increase attack length.
The spear is actually a spear with more materials, because the impact of the horse is greater, and the materials must be stronger to last longer.
For the same spear and halberd, the amount of materials used, size and quality are determined by economic strength and the amount of iron resources at hand.
The same goes for crossbows and arrow equipment. The materials used in the bow also depend on the arm strength of the person who pulls the bow, but the strength of the crossbow depends entirely on the materials used.
The combat effectiveness of the cavalry in the late Han Dynasty was not only due to their impact power, but also due to the improvement of their riding and archery capabilities. The main reason for the improvement of their cavalry and archery capabilities was that the cavalry could use a crossbow with one hand, which was less difficult than firing a bow with both hands on horseback. Therefore, the cavalry was often equipped with a crossbow.
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Weapons complement and restrain each other, and the extensive use of halberds gave rise to the popularity of a special shield called hook-set in the Han Dynasty.
In the middle of the hook set is a small iron shield with spikes in the center and a handle behind the shield. There is a long iron hook with a curvature on the top and bottom, and the tip protrudes forward. The upper hook is about 25 centimeters long, and the tip is sharp.
The hook is about fifteen centimeters long and has a small ball at the end.
This kind of weapon can be blocked, hooked or pushed. It is a good tool to restrain the halberd. As long as the halberd is popular, it will have a market. Later, the halberd gradually withdrew from the stage of history, and it also disappeared.
Hook setting is not heavy, but it takes a lot of iron and the craftsmanship is complicated. Army soldiers who have the conditions to fight use hook setting in one hand and a ring sword in the other.
This is enviable military equipment. A shield is a must-have for blocking arrows. An army must be equipped with it.
However, there was not much equipment for individual soldiers in the late Han Dynasty. The main problem was that it was heavy and affected mobility. However, manufacturing these equipment in large quantities required a lot of iron ore to smelt and build.
Like people of later generations, the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu at this time all hoped to find out the distribution patterns of mineral resources in order to find the cornucopia.
Many important mineralization laws have been discovered. As we all know, look for dragons and gold to look at the entangled mountains. Each entanglement is a layer of barriers. If there are thousands of locks on the door, there must be a prince living here.
It comes from "Shaking the Dragon Sutra" written by Yang Junsong in the Tang Dynasty: "Looking for a hundred thousand dragons to see the winding mountain, each entanglement is a level of pass. Integrity and Zhen have been possessed by greedy wolves, so this article is written in detail."
In Feng Shui, there is a specific term called "Xunlong". Of course, Xunlong is not a real dragon, but refers to the main vein of the mountain.
This kind of mountain must be majestic, clear and long. Living here can gather more "spiritual energy".
Of course, many people may think that this is just Feng Shui, and what does it have to do with prospecting?
In fact, mines are just like people. Most mines always gather in specific places. The ancients have already discovered this pattern.
In the "Guanzi Di Shu Pian" written about 2,650 years ago, the book records a conversation between the ancestor of Chinese civilization, Xuanyuan Huangdi, and his minister Bo Gao more than 5,000 years ago:
"If there is sand above, there will be gold below.
There are loving stones on the top and copper and gold on the bottom.
There are mausoleum stones on the top and lead, tin and red copper on the bottom.
If there is ocher on top, there will be iron on the bottom.”
As the earliest discussion on the distribution laws of mineral resources discovered so far, its scientific nature is amazing, and it reflects the wisdom of our ancestors from one aspect.
"Those with sand above, gold below" are talking about orogenic gold mines. Orogenic gold mines often contain lumps of gold. It is probably one of the earliest types of gold mines discovered by the ancients. This kind of gold mine is often associated with arsenic.
Mercury and other symbiotic, cinnabar is mercury sulfide,
"Those with cishi above and copper and gold below" are talking about porphyry copper ore, and the magnet is magnetite. The crystallization of magnetite plays a key role in the formation of porphyry copper ore, so porphyry copper
Magnets are often produced near gold deposits.
"Those with mausoleums on top and lead, tin and red copper on the bottom" refers to skarn-type deposits. "Ling" means large earth mountains and tall tombs. "Lingshi" may refer to carbonate rocks such as marble or limestone.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Due to their low hardness, carbonated rocks such as marble and limestone are easy to process and carve, and are often used as materials for building tombs.
There is also a record in "Daye County Chronicle": "The top of the mountain is high and flat, with huge rocks facing each other. After every shower, there is a patina, like snowflakes and adzuki beans, dotted on the earth and rocks."
Daye Tonglu Mountain is named after this, and the place name also tells the world that it contains rich copper and iron deposits. There are even more records in ancient classics about gold mines:
"(Chen) Zangqi said: It is common for people to dig for gold and dig the earth more than ten feet deep. When they get to Fenzi Stone, the stone is all black and burnt, and there is gold under the stone..." Fenzi Stone is a gold-accompanying stone, but it is more complicated than a gold mine.
What's more important is
Steel has been widely used in swords, spears, halberds, and armor.
During this period, the legacy of iron and steel smelting technology from the Han Dynasty was inherited and developed, forming a scene of "mountains and forests are formed by swords and spears, and black armor shines in the sun".
In addition to advisers and strategists, what supported the Three Kingdoms era were ordinary blacksmiths who contributed their hard work and wisdom in fields such as steel manufacturing and agricultural production.
Cao Cao once ordered people to make five "Hundred Pi Swords". In addition to wearing them himself, he also gave them to his disciples. Cao Zhi wrote a poem describing the scene of making the swords, saying: "The furnace is blazing with fire, the iron is melting and the heroes are strong. Wu Huo is struggling with vertebrae, Ou Ye
It’s the camp”,
This Baipi sword was made by first frying steel and then making it into Baipi steel. Cao Shuang also has one in his house. This was given to his father Cao Zhen by Cao Pi.
Liu Bei and Sun Quan also have records of manufacturing high-quality swords. Pu Yuan, a swordsmith under Zhuge Liang, has explored the effects of different water qualities on the quenching effect. His works are known as "magic swords", but the output of these high-quality swords is still too small.
, not enough to equip in large quantities,
Huan Fan continued: "If we can find more iron ore and use more efficient tempering methods, we will be able to build more high-quality weapons and equip more teams.
This can also improve the military's combat capabilities. Although this is not a decisive factor, it is still necessary. After all, as the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools."