The hardness of manganese steel after quenching is much higher than that of carbon steel after quenching, and although the steel produced in Aramura cannot be said to be carbon steel that meets modern standards, it is at least already steel. Being able to split Jin Xuedi's long sword was purely a fluke due to Jin Xuedi's backward smelting technology.

Although Jin Xuedi said that after accidentally discovering that the combination of manganese ore and iron has the benefit of improving the properties of iron funds, it is impossible for them to master the technology of preparing pure fierce metals, nor do they have the technology to coking steelmaking to obtain good steel.

Under the influence of the two factors, the texture of their iron swords was still much worse than that of the deserted village. Even so, if Jin Xuedi was allowed to attack the hinterland of the Central Plains, the combat power of his 100,000 army would be enough to withstand 300,000 elite legions equipped with bronze weapons.

Bai Liyan (Wei Xian) couldn't imagine what the consequences would be after Jin Xuedi went north.

Putting away the horizontal knife and taking a sip of water, Bai Liyan was silent for a moment and then continued:

"Master Qi Mo, the method of steelmaking can be considered for transfer to the Ligong faction, but you must agree to three conditions for this general."

Hearing the news that Bailiyan was willing to transfer technology, Qi Mo's joy was overflowing:

"General, please say that he will convey the conditions put forward by General Wei to the head of the house."

"This first article, the method of steel-making can be transferred to the Ganggong faction, but the Ganggong faction is not allowed to teach the method of steel-making to the outside world for 20 years, otherwise there will be a new iron-smelting technique in the future, and it will not be discussed."

"This ...... How can this be, the method of refined iron smelting is used by my royal master, if it can't be popularized, won't it be shelved? ”

"Master Qi Mo, after listening to the next word, it's not too late to make a conclusion." Bai Liyan said solemnly.

"Okay, General Wei, please."

"This second article, would have allowed the Ligong faction to forge and sell blade equipment by the method of steelmaking to make a profit, but the profit score Wei Mou 20%, but where the supply of the Ligong faction is insufficient, there is a supply from Xianguo, after converting all costs, 10% of the profits will be owned by Xianguo, 10% will be owned by Wei, and the right to profit from the steel blades sold by Xianguo will be owned by China.

The third article, the Ligong faction needs to send a master to be stationed in Xianguo, in order to resist the Black Turban Army, for a period of 20 years, after 20 years, the first article will automatically become invalid, and the master sent by the Ligong faction can decide to stay at his own discretion, what does Master Qimo think of these three articles. ”

"This ...... Inside and out, Xianguo is not a loss at all. ”

"But the Gonggong faction is not at a loss, twenty years is not a long time, this general can never give the lifeblood of the Xianguo to the other countries, and in the future, with the steelmaking method of the Xianguo, and then attack the Xianguo, so is it not a cocoon to bind himself.

Besides, the Xian State was occupied by the Jin State five years ago, and now it is occupied by the Black Turban Army nearly two-fifths. ”

"Well, what the general said is reasonable, but this matter is very important, and it is up to the head to decide this matter, I don't know what the general wants."

"Yes, after the first month, our army will build a new city on the bank of the Yongxing River, if the head is sincere, you might as well send some craftsmen and construction masters to help our army."

"It's easy to say about this matter, as long as the head of the family agrees, he will definitely help the Xian army to crusade against the rebellion and seek peace and prosperity for the common people in the world."

The equipment of the Ligong faction is far more complete than that of the ordnance supervision and industrial workshops of other countries, and the problem of mass production of weapons is not big, but the problem is that there is not enough iron and coal for the consumption of the Ligong faction.

Nowadays, iron ore and coal are strictly controlled by the countries, and iron is a strategic material that is strictly forbidden to be exported.

In this way, the time and speed at which the nations were equipped with steel weapons were limited, and the Gangongists were able to sit on the ground and collect all kinds of benefits, and the wicked Ganggongs did it themselves.

At the same time, the production capacity of the Ligong faction was limited, far from enough to meet the speed of equipment of the armies of other countries, taking this into account, Bailiyan opened a trade channel in Xianguo, and sold the surplus ordnance through the Ligong faction, earning profits at the same time, and enriching the small treasury of Xianguo and Bailiyan, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.

The broken ship of Xianguo is stormy, and if it doesn't make money by guarding technology, it will still be stolen by people with ulterior motives in the end. Instead of this, it is better to be flexible, first take the benefits in your hands, and strengthen yourself.

After talking about the three conditions with Qi Mo, Qi Mo asked again how to find manganese ore, Bai Liyan just smiled bitterly, and couldn't help but think that Qi Mo's heart was too big, and he wanted to smelt manganese steel.

Not to mention that manganese steel is an alloy, how to smelt it needs to be studied, he Bailiyan at most provides the proportion of elements that he has known in his previous life, and how to smelt it does not have much knowledge that he can provide. And with the current technology, the development of manganese steel with stable characteristics is very expensive.

Secondly, Bailiyan's cognition of minerals mostly comes from his mother in his previous life, but he only knows more about common minerals such as iron ore, copper ore, coal mine, and oil.

Iron ore contains arsenic, lead, zinc, chromium, copper, titanium, manganese and other elements, of which the content of manganese is very small, and it is very easy to react with oxygen to form compounds, and the density is smaller than iron, so that the catalyst needs to be added during smelting, so that the manganese element can be evenly distributed in the molten iron, rather than floating in the top layer of impurities.

Therefore, if there is no catalyst, most of the tiny manganese elements in iron ore will become impurities floating in the molten iron and be cleaned up, and cannot be evenly integrated into the iron.

Secondly, such a small amount of manganese cannot produce qualitative changes to iron-metal metals, so it is not of much use.

If you want to find manganese ore, you can only rely on luck and chance to find it. In other words, in the future, with sufficient human resources and a perfect scientific system, it is not impossible to launch a movement to go to the mountains and go to the countryside and sweep the entire Xianguo country. But for now, it is more realistic to directly send troops south to attack Jin Xuedi and occupy their manganese mines.

In the afternoon, he talked with Qi Mo and his son and others, and not long after he was sent away from Yicaotang, Bailiyan rode into the palace and informed King Xian about this matter.

Such a big matter is related to the country, even though he has the technology, but at this moment, the military affairs can no longer be left to his own decision, and it is necessary to inform King Xian.

Not long after Qi Mo and his son left Yicaotang, the news reached the Prince's Mansion, and Xihuan heard the news that Qi Mo found Bailiyan, and became more and more worried about the fine iron forging method in the deserted village.

"Your Highness, Qi Mo is a master of forging and casting of the Ligong faction, and he personally visited Wei Xian, and it must be the method of forging fine iron for the deserted village." Gu Chen said.

"Needless to say!" Xihuan said angrily: "How can you underestimate such a matter related to the fortune of the country. In August, my father asked me to get this method as soon as possible, and it has been four months, when will you get it? ”

"Your Highness, my subordinates have sent people to infiltrate the deserted village more than ten times, but they really can't get close to the secret, and the Guangxin Mansion has already sent people to sneak into the deserted village, and so far they have not obtained the method of fine iron forging, which makes it very difficult for subordinates."

"It's hard!" Xihuan glared at Gu Chen, and his gorgeous face was even more angry: "This matter is related to my Jin Kingdom's hegemony, if it is preempted by the Xian Kingdom, how will the Jin army be able to fight ten years later." ”

"What His Royal Highness said is extremely true, it is rumored that the blades produced in the deserted village are as sharp as mud and short hair, and even the sword of Li Yi, the grandson of Jing Shanggong, can be split in two sections, and there is no one on the battlefield, which is why Wei Xian's soldiers are so brave, and the iron cloth shirts they are equipped with are invulnerable, and they are even more powerful weapons for victory."

After half a year of spreading and fermenting, the news of the production of refined iron in the deserted village has been well known, in addition to Guangxin Gong Jiang Min, Xihuan and Xianwang are all operating in secret, Antai Hou Jitong is of course all the way, and there are other unknown forces are also ready to move, trying to seize the steelmaking method of the deserted village, but they have not succeeded.

The reason for this is that it is kept confidential properly, especially the employment and process arrangement, and the entire production process cannot be obtained through a single person and a certain process.

Nowadays, the perception of the production process is only to look at it, steal a little, and only think that what you see is the truth, but it is not.

Steelmaking is actually very easy, but to make a well-crafted weapon, it takes as many as dozens of processes, and it is not as simple as knowing how to make steel, and you can forge a sophisticated weapon.

Starting from coking, how long does it take to suffocate coke, how long does it take to boil molten iron before it comes out of the furnace, and it needs to be kept warm and cooled after being cast.

How to forge the billet after getting it, how many times to forge and fold, how much the heat is, and how much thickness the cladding steel is, all need to be accurate to single digits. How to quench, what is the raw material of the quenching medium, the use of normalizing, annealing, tempering, low temperature, high temperature are all exquisite.

The process is slightly careless, hard and rigid can be quenched into soft iron, and even nowadays there is no knowledge of carburizing, and there is a problem in all links, even if the steelmaking method is obtained, it is still impossible to manufacture sophisticated weapons.

The people sent by Gu Chen are all laymen, how can they know the secrets inside, even if they dig up one or two people, they can't copy the full set of production processes, which is also the fundamental reason why Bai Liyan is relieved that Yang Dun is in the deserted village.

The sudden appearance of Qi Mo added another variable to the highly competitive manufacturing process, and Xihuan pinned his hopes on stealing the full set of processes, so that the Jin Kingdom's plan to first equip itself with well-equipped weapons would be completely defeated.

"Gu Chen, tomorrow with the name of the princess, invite Qi Mo to the prince's mansion, and the princess will personally interview him about this matter."

"The subordinates obeyed. However......" Gu Chen wanted to speak and stopped.

"But what?"

"Your Highness, why don't you let the Great King order King Xian to hand over the method of fine iron forging, wouldn't it be more convenient."

Xihuan glared at Gu Chen and muttered:

"Weapons are the foundation of the country, how can King Xian say let it go."

"But didn't the Marquis of An Tai also agree to seal the title of King Xian of Chan and the king of the county, and he still has the method of making ice, why can't my king make an excuse and deceive the method of fine iron forging and casting from the hands of King Xian."

"Where is it so easy, is it really a fool to be the king of salt. The murder weapon of the soldier is also a sharp weapon for killing people, how can the king of Xian give it to others. However, this matter is not advisable, instead of asking King Xian for it, it is better to ask Wei Xian directly. ”

"I'm afraid this won't work, Wei Xian is extremely deceitful, what King Xian doesn't allow, how can he make decisions without permission."

"It's not up to him. You go, tomorrow morning will invite Qi Mo to this princess, and then invite Wei Xian in the afternoon, if he doesn't come, this princess will let Wei Han's army withdraw from the Yongxing River after the first month and enter the Lingling, see if he gives it. ”

King Xian didn't know about the army, even if Wei Han's army withdrew, as long as Zhao Xun's army of more than 300,000 troops pressed on the Yongxing River, King Xian could still sleep peacefully. But Bailiyan and Zhao Xun are different, they know what the consequences will be if the Jin army retreats back.

The Liang army did not plan to cross the Yongxing River at all, the Jin army was intent on coming to the vacation to pick up heads, Wei Han's 100,000 army withdrew, and the Black Turban Army was bound to increase the offensive against Beihai County after the New Year, and the Yongxing River Xian Army had to draw troops to the north, and the defense line of the Yongxing River section was bound to be weak, and the Black Turban Army fought back, even if the Yongxing River defense line was not breached, the Xian Army would suffer heavy casualties.

It is probably useless to use the withdrawal of troops as a threat to persecute King Xian, and it is used to blackmail Bailiyan, but Xihuan thinks that it is not a big problem.