Section 637 Iron and Fire (2)

The Son of Heaven listened, closed his eyes and thought about it, then nodded and said, "I will tell Shao Fuqing to do it!" ”

Zhang Yue hurriedly thanked: "Your Majesty Shengming! ”

In China, since ancient times, as long as the top leader nods and orders, things are generally extremely precedent.

If His Majesty gives an order to the Shaofu, the current secretary of the Shaofu Gongsun will be afraid that he will take this matter as a key point and a political achievement.

Just like he is now grasping the paper workshop in Shaofu.

Zhang Yueke heard that in the past two months, Gongsun has lived and eaten in the paper workshop.

He even took the lead himself, participating in the cutting of bamboo forests and soaking bamboo tubes.

Under his strict supervision, the scale of papermaking in the Han Dynasty swelled up like blowing up balloons.

The first batch of paper produced by Shaofu has been made.

The total number is as high as 100,000!

Since then, the paper mill has been able to supply hundreds of thousands of sheets every month.

It's nothing short of terrifying!

Moreover, more than that, under the supervision and spur of Gongsun Yi, Shaofu also developed the technology to make paper from tree bark, broken fishing nets, and other cheap raw materials.

I believe that you will soon be able to click on the relevant technology technology tree.

Therefore, Zhang Yue believes that Gongsun Yi will definitely be able to do this well.

The only pity is that Zhang Yue is not an engineering student and has not systematically studied superheat treatment.

All we know is common sense and what we have seen and heard.

Otherwise, taking an introductory guide book related to heat treatment from any university in the future will be enough to solve most of the problems.

It doesn't matter, though.

What the Chinese fear most is the word serious.

As long as you get serious, there is really no technology and things that can stump the hard-working, brave and intelligent working people of Zhuxia.

Qin Shi Huang wanted a sword that was as golden, and the craftsmen of the Shaofu of the Qin Dynasty plated the metal chrome on the sword.

You know, the plating of metal chromium to metal in the West was only completed in the forties of the twentieth century.

Qin Shi Huang wanted to connect his great empire.

As a result, Qin Chi Road runs through the north and south, and Zhuxia before the Western Yuan Dynasty completed the infrastructure construction that shocked the world, and in the present and future, the entire Zhuxia nation will benefit a lot.

To be honest, without Qin Chidao, it would be difficult for the unified Central Empire to appear and continue.

Such a vast territory, from the southernmost point of the empire to the northernmost point, even the cavalry had to travel for a year.

Without the connection of the gallop and the design of the same track book and the same text, the north and the south would have been split long ago.

Chinese mainland, like the Warring States period, will continue to sink into civil war.

Even the Great Wall and Qin Chi Road can be built.

Even metallic chrome can find a way to plate it on the sword.

With just a heat treatment process, Zhang Yue believes that with the wisdom of the people of Zhuxia, a solution will definitely be found.

Besides, he can also provide some theoretical guidance.

He retraced his memory, although he did not find any relevant technical information.

However, some ideas can be provided.

For example, he had read some related books in college, which seemed to popularize the development routes of white cast iron, gray cast iron, and ductile iron.

In later generations, this is common knowledge that can be easily obtained.

However, this common sense is based on the experience and technology accumulated by human beings since the industrial revolution and the development of industrial metallurgical technology for more than 200 years.

Undoubtedly show the way!

The Son of Heaven didn't care about this matter anymore, and then asked: "Now, how to solve the horseshoe needed by the Han cavalry?" ”

Zhang Yue said: "Today's plan can only be to change clothes step by step, step by step, and ......give priority to starting from the main elite of the field cavalry."

There's no way around it.

The cavalry of the Han Dynasty, at the peak of Wei Qinghuo's illness, was once as high as more than 200,000!

Today, although it is far less than Wei Huo's peak.

However, there were still more than 100,000 cavalry in the border counties and the main field army.

The cavalry is generally equipped with two horses, which is 200,000 war horses, and then the horses equipped by the Wugang vehicles that provide them with logistical supplies and transport ordnance.

There are at least 300,000 horses, waiting to be replaced with brand new riding gear.

Each horse requires a minimum of eight horseshoes.

Four for equipment, and the other four for replacement.

Thirty times eight, that's 2.4 million horseshoes.

On average, each horseshoe weighs about half a kilogram (100 grams), which requires 1.2 million kilograms of iron.

It is equivalent to two-fifths of the country's total annual pig iron production.

It's just horrible.

So, we can only take our time and change the corps every year.

But the saddle and simple stirrups could spread to the whole army in two or three years.

When the Son of Heaven listened, he was a little unhappy.

"Take your time?" He whispered, "How long will that take?" I can't wait long! ”

Now, there is such an artifact.

Of course, he wants to go to the Huns as soon as possible to pk a wave, and in this large-scale real PVP game of earth ol, he will press his old opponent under him and rub it hard.

However, if it takes a few thousand cavalry to change in a year, in what year and month can there be enough new cavalry to participate in the war?

He knew very well that a new tactic and new equipment would not be handed over to the troops and would be immediately available for actual combat.

Not to mention, back then, in order to let the army master and adapt to cavalry combat, Wei Qing trained in Guanzhong for a year, and after learning the lessons of the first outing, the Han army adapted to the combat of the cavalry era.

Now, the same goes for these new equipment.

It takes time for troops to train and drill, and they also need to run in to form combat capabilities and develop corresponding tactics.

For His Majesty's thoughts, Zhang Yue can almost understand and understand.

The history books commented that he was so happy, but there is really no discredit.

In fact, His Majesty, whatever he does, wants to see immediate results, and the sooner the better.

However, this is exactly what Zhang Yue wants.

"Your Majesty, maybe Xinfeng's workshop can make a modest contribution to Your Majesty's dressing cause...... Zhang Yue said on his stomach: "If Your Majesty can allow Chen to establish a smelting workshop in Xinfeng Workshop Park, and hand over part of the production of horseshoes to Xinfeng Workshop, Chen dares to guarantee that he will be able to speed up the dressing!" ”

State procurement has always been the driving force for accelerating capital development and technological development!

For the sake of profit, capital can do anything!

Even under the current technical conditions, as long as it is profitable, the overseers and stewards in the workshop garden may be able to take advantage of the present simple conditions and use all kinds of annealed cast iron.

Use manpower to pile up and pile up a miracle!

Of course, Zhang Yue can also take the opportunity to establish a smelting center in Xinfeng, and for the future, do a good job in technology accumulation and capital accumulation in Zhengxian County.

The Son of Heaven didn't think about it so much, he just wanted to see his cavalry as soon as possible, complete the redress, and then go to the Huns for trouble.

So, without thinking much about it, he nodded and said, "I'm ready!" ”

"However, Xinfeng must produce at least 50,000 horseshoes next year, can Qing do it?"

Zhang Yue thought about it, 50,000 horseshoes are indeed difficult.

However, it was worth a try, so he bowed his head and said: "The minister and Xinfeng are confident to complete the task assigned by His Majesty!" ”

50,000 horseshoes require at least 25,000 catties of annealed calcinable iron.

It's about six tons or so of annealed cast iron.

Worth tens of millions, profits can exceed ten million.

After getting this order, the development of Xinfeng's workshop park will immediately be on the fast track.

Since ancient times, the characteristic of capital has been that whatever money is made, it flows to.

Capital can even enter Bitcoin and various derived virtual currencies like crazy.

Not to mention this kind of tangible profits and benefits.

Therefore, Zhang Yue can foresee that next year's Xinfeng will become extremely hot.

In the hands of those local tyrants and nobles in Guanzhong, there is a large amount of money that has nowhere to go and can only mold in the cellar of the house.

And once these funds poured into Xinfeng Workshop Park, then the initial accumulation of capital and industry was completed.

Iron and fire will take root in Xinfeng and thrive under the cover of themselves and the cause of 'building a well-off'.

In a few years, He will be able to amaze the whole world!

Let the whole world prostrate at His feet.

Because, even small fish in the ocean, once they gather in a clump, can defend against predators that are more than 100 times their size.

And after the reunion of capital and handicrafts, the scale effect produced is enough to change the world!

Not to mention, in the current Xinfeng Workshop Park, the workshops settled in have all made profits, and the speed of profitability is getting faster and faster.

Large-scale production and division of labor cooperation make their costs greatly reduced.

And the reduction of costs equals the increase of profits!