Yang Cong looked at the so-called "iron machine" in front of him, and was really a little speechless.

How do you evaluate this thing?

You guys really invented a "hammer"!

However, in order not to discourage the enthusiasm of these people, he cannot criticize others, and even reward others as a sign of encouragement.

How can such a hammer be rewarded?

He thought for a long time, and then nodded slowly: "Well, yes, the idea of this thing is very good." ”

When several blacksmith disciples heard this, they couldn't help but show excitement, they thought that Yang Cong would give a reward next.

To be honest, such a "hammer machine" is really not very good, but they feel that this thing is not much worse than Zhao Qi's table.

Their requirements were not high, and they did not expect a reward of 10,000 taels per person, but they still thought about 1,000 taels per person.

One thousand taels, that's how much silver, enough for their family to buy a good house, and then buy a dozen or twenty acres of land, and live a good life.

Unexpectedly, Yang Cong changed his tone, and then shook his head and said, "However, you didn't use your creativity in the right place." ”

Yes!

When several blacksmith disciples heard this, they immediately showed disappointment, and it seemed that this reward was going to be yellow.

They are too nervous about the reward, which is why they behave so badly.

Seeing this, Yang Cong hurriedly encouraged: "Don't be discouraged, if you have this idea, it will be easy to do, as long as you use the idea correctly." ”

When several blacksmith disciples heard this, their faces showed hope again.

So, how do you put your creativity to the right place?

They began to think.

To be honest, this invention is not so easy, it's not that you can't think of something, ordinary people can come up with something, the key is that the thing you come up with must be practical and meet the needs of some people, so that it is meaningful.

Of course, this is easier said than done.

These blacksmith disciples have a wide range of knowledge compared to the people of this era, but their knowledge is far inferior to that of later generations, and with their knowledge, how can they come up with a practical invention in a short time?

Yang Cong made them think for a while before he said slowly: "This invention mainly focuses on a practicality, that is, the things you invent must be useful, and there are many people who want to use them." For example, the embryo drawing machine invented by Zhao Qi, do all potters want to use it? For example, what is the use of this iron-striking machine you invented, and who would want to use it? ”

When several blacksmith disciples heard this, they couldn't help but show shame on their faces, indeed, the iron-striking machine they invented was almost useless, and at most it could make a palm-sized iron plate, what use could it be?

Yang Cong then guided: "It's not difficult to think about the practicality of the things you invented, you just need to think about it, see what things are more difficult to make at this time, and the amount is large, and then design the invention according to this demand combined with your creativity." ”

What is the most important thing to use at this time, and it is more difficult to make?

For a while, where could these disciples think of it, they could only look at Yang Cong blankly, hoping that Yang Cong could continue to give them hints.

Yang Cong must have an idea, otherwise he wouldn't have guided him like this.

He saw that these disciples were helpless, so he slowly guided: "For example, the things that the Ming soldiers want to use, there must be a lot of demand, right, because there are many of them, once the war starts, there are tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people at every turn, if they each need a set, isn't the demand for this thing great?" Think about it, what do they need? ”

What did the soldiers of the Ming army need?

In fact, you don't have to think about this, soldiers fighting wars are nothing more than weapons and armor, and the weapons seem to be there at this time, because Yang Cong has invented new muskets and new artillery, as long as all the soldiers of the Ming army are equipped, it will be invincible, it seems, it seems, the rest can only make a fuss about the armor.

There are many types of armor, there are full body armor, half body armor, chain mail, armor, etc., etc., counting them carefully, I am afraid that there are dozens or hundreds of kinds, so what is the connection between these things and their "iron machine"?

Several blacksmith disciples fell into deep thought again.

Yang Cong made them think for a while, and then slowly guided: "You haven't been on the battlefield, you may not know, at this time, the average soldier has no armor, so it is very dangerous to fight, and if you are not careful, you will die, so if you can come up with a machine to make armor, it will be of great use." ”

Sure enough, what Lord Yang wanted to talk about was armor, and they couldn't figure out how to use machines to make armor.

Yang Cong saw that they were not angry, so he could only continue to guide: "There are many kinds of armor, but the most practical one is chain mail, because the chain mail is light, it is not a problem for ordinary soldiers to wear walking and marching, if it is armor, it is dozens of catties at every turn, not a general who leads the troops on horseback, wearing that thing, you have to get tired and lie down after walking for a few miles." Therefore, you should put the main idea on making chain mail, and think about how to improve this iron-striking machine and use it to make chain mail. ”

Chain mail is actually a piece of finger-thick thin iron pieces strung together with tough animal skin ropes, this thin iron sheet now seems to be able to hit the iron, the problem, it takes a while to play a piece, and the speed of human play does not seem to be much different.

Several blacksmith disciples were about to break their heads, and they still couldn't think of a machine to produce chain mail.

Yang Cong saw that they were all frowning and pondering, and it seemed that he couldn't think of it for a while, so he could only helplessly prompt: "The armor piece of chain mail is actually very easy to make, you think about it, how big an iron lump does a piece of armor need, if it is red, put it in a special mold, and then use a hammer of dozens or even hundreds of pounds, and go down with a hammer, won't this armor piece become?" ”

This is for sure, the iron of the nail piece, as long as it is burned red, the inside of the mold, dozens of pounds of hammers, a hammer down, absolutely becomes, the problem, there is no such a big hammer at this time, ordinary people who move such a big hammer!

Yang Cong saw that several blacksmith disciples were looking at the hammer weighing more than ten catties in a daze, so he could only continue to prompt helplessly: "Do you think that you can't find such a big hammer, this is simple, you can make it yourself, you can make it as big as you want, can we still lack such a little iron in the School of Physics at this time?" ”

When several blacksmith disciples heard this, they couldn't help but suddenly realize.

Yes, is there still a shortage of iron in the School of Physics at this time, you must know that the railroad track weighs hundreds of pounds, and what is it to make a hammer weighing dozens of pounds.

One by one, they all began to gear up, as if they were going to make a sledgehammer out, and then try the whole mold.

Seeing this, Yang Cong could only shake his head helplessly, and then explained the principle of the punch in later generations to them, and told them that the punch can not only be made into chain mail armor, but also many other things, until several blacksmith disciples understood it, he waved his hand, signaling that they could go to work.