Chapter 430

Rather than spending a lot of time trying to get the old school to change their minds, it is better to start with a brilliant reformer who is full of ambition and ambition for change.

And today's son Zhao Xu and his brother Zhao Ji are such benchmark figures. And these two people have full and unreserved trust in Wang Yang.

What Wang Yang has to do is to use a temporary new thing, so that the government and the opposition of the Great Song Dynasty can realize the benefits that these new things can bring, and although the Song Dynasty is relatively weak in some aspects, it is very bold in the acceptance of new things.

However, if you want to make a carriage, the most important thing is the spring, without the spring, it is equivalent to waste wood, but how is the spring made? First of all, there must be steel.

Moreover, it still requires high-carbon steel, and the iron smelting industry of the Great Song Dynasty is very developed, and both the steel filling method and the steel frying method are extremely popular.

Even metal drawing technology exists, and the so-called metal drawing technology, which is the wire drawing technology of later generations, has appeared in this era.

After all, the population of this era is huge, and the number of sewing needles consumed and needles used for needles can be used in tens of millions, so a large amount, of course, it cannot be ground out with a latte pestle.

It is this metal wire drawing technology that is relied upon. It is even obtained by pouring molten metal into it and squeezing it out through a small hole.

This made Wang Yang have to sigh that the wisdom of the ancient people was really endless. The work in Nayujie was completely on the right track, and Wang Yang decided to shift his focus to smelting technology.

However, it is a pity that almost all of the steel smelting in the Great Song Dynasty is in charge of the Ministry of Industry, and with the relationship between Wang Yang and that Ning Shangshu, I am afraid it is difficult to contact.

But it doesn't matter, Wang Yang has his own blacksmith shop, and he has been building iron stoves before, but the old blacksmith has an old friend, all of whom are engaged in similar industries.

Of course, there are also those who engage in private smelting, and the smelted pig iron will be sold to old customers like the Wang family's blacksmith shop.

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"Childe, walk half a mile from here, and it is the smelter of Boss Wu's family......" Old Blacksmith Chen led Wang Yang's master and servant, and after leaving the city together, he came to this ground located in the south of Bianliang City.

A thick smell of soot filled the nasal cavities. Wang Yang rubbed his nose and looked over. Mountains of coal can be seen everywhere inside, and there are also mountains of ore, but each smelter has its own fence, after all, their own coal and ore are also bought with money, and people can't steal them in the middle of the night.

"Good boy, why is this so big...... I'm afraid there must be thirty or fifty, right? ”

"Because our government has an order, all those who are engaged in smelting can only do things here, after all, smelting requires burning a lot of coal, which is very choking, and those slags and other things can't be piled up in the city......" Old Blacksmith Chen explained with a smile.

Wang Yang nodded thoughtfully, it seems that in ancient times, he already knew that he wanted to leave industry outside the city, instead of allowing it to grow wildly, destroying the environment and polluting the living space.

The so-called road, which is completely paved with slag and cinder, extends from the side of the main road to the end, and seeing these slags, Wang Yang couldn't help but have another thought. "These slags are usually useless, right?"

"Of course it's useless, I don't believe you look over there, it's almost a mountain, but this thing is all waste after smelting, it's useless, it can only be piled up there, including cinders."

"If someone needs it, can you give it away?" Wang Yang's eyes couldn't help but light up.

"Given away for nothing?" Old Blacksmith Chen glanced at his master and rolled his eyes. "Childe, this thing is useless, who wants these things? If someone is willing to ask for it, I believe they must be willing to give it away for nothing, otherwise it will be very unsightly to pile up there, and sometimes the government can find a reason to fine money. ”

"Well, we can talk to them then." Wang Yang couldn't help but be overjoyed, although the value of the fine sand and gravel used to pave the road was not expensive, it cost money.

"Sir, do you want these things useful?" Zhao Ji beside him couldn't help but muttered quietly.

"Your Highness, do you think that if you can have so much slag and cinder, it can definitely be used to replace a large amount of fine sand, which is not only economical, but also can reduce environmental pollution, which is simply so easy to use that it is outrageous?"

Taking advantage of the rest of the family, with Wang Yang rushing here, Zhao Ji, who was bent on seeing what Wang Yang, a talented man, wanted to do, could only worship Wang Yang. "Sir, your brain is so alive, you can think of new ideas to save money when you see these things that others don't want, which really makes my little brother admire."

"But, sir, what are you doing here today, can you give your little brother a thorough understanding first? I've been with you for such a long journey. ”

Wang Yang explained helplessly. "Didn't I promise Your Majesty before that I would make an eight-wheeled carriage? But to make an eight-wheeled carriage, you need a spring, and if you need a spring, you need excellent high-carbon steel, and if you want high-carbon steel, you need to have good smelting technology, so let's take a look here......"

After listening to a long list of words, it really made Zhao Ji very unconscious. "I said, sir, isn't it just to build a carriage, and it takes so much effort?"

"The carriage is small, but with an extra pair of wheels, it requires a lot more parts, and if you want it to be light and durable, it's best not to think about saving time and effort."

Wang Yang and Zhao Ji bragged and farted while walking inside, and they soon came to the smelter located in Boss Wu.

The scale is really not small, just after entering the factory, you can see that there are five small smelting furnaces standing there, dozens of workers are working hard to carry coal and ore, back and forth, some are pulling blowers, and there are also old craftsmen squatting at the mouth of the kiln, shouting something.

Boss Wu heard that it was the owner of the old blacksmith Chen, and Wang Wushan, the champion of the current department, came to visit in person, so he naturally did not dare to slack off and came to welcome the guests in person.

Seeing that Wang Yang wanted to visit his torch factory with great interest, Boss Wu naturally welcomed him very much, and led Wang Yang and his party to walk around the factory area, which covers an area of three acres.

I can't help but secretly smash my tongue, such a smelting workshop, the output of a day, can actually produce about 5,000 catties of pig iron, more than 3,000 catties of wrought iron, but the steel output is outrageously low, only about five or six hundred catties a day, but only one-tenth of pig iron.

In addition, the iron produced is all aside, and there are even some iron materials, because they contain too many impurities, they are directly thrown aside, and when the furnace is opened again, they are thrown back into the furnace for reconstruction.

Seeing Zhao Ji's novelty, he never thought that the original steel was actually made of these stones.