In the end, he was helpless to be entangled by everyone, Bai Fan promised to teach them some tips for practicing qi and maintaining health, as for wanting to have a peerless secret book for everyone, don't even think about it, a group of old men, what do you do if you become a peerless master or an old immortal? Opportunities are reserved for young people.

Among them, Li Er was innocently lying on the gun, and he was only thirty-four years old, so he was classified as an old man.

"Jianzhi, what is the annual steel output of this Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant?" Walking out of the blast furnace range, Li Er glanced at the busy steelmaking area and asked Bai Fan.

Waving his hand to summon the chief steward of the steel mill and taking the steel output statistics book, Bai Fan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is asking about steel, not iron, this steel mill is also mainly steelmaking, and the average daily output of steel is 1,000 tons, which is 360,000 tons a year."

This year's production is and will be increased in the future as the scale increases.

Of course, this is steel production, and if it is pig iron or ordinary pure iron, it will be even more, at least a hundred times that of this. ”

Everyone looked confused, and Fang Xuanling asked, "Jian Zhi, what does this ton mean?" Sounds like a lot, is it a dialect where? ”

"Oh, I forgot to explain, with the increase in production, it is already very inconvenient to count with the traditional catty taels, so from the beginning of the academy, the unit of measurement of tons has been used.

The one ton I am talking about is actually equal to two thousand catties of Datang. ”

2,000 pounds???

The crowd exclaimed.

Li Er looked at Li Jiancheng and asked, "Big brother, how was Datang's steel output last year?" ”

Li Jiancheng has been in charge of Datang's finance for many years, and he has long been familiar with the economic aspect, "Last year, Datang's annual steel output was 20,000 catties, if it is calculated in simple tons, it is 100,000 tons, most of which are pig iron."

Steel production does not reach one percent of it, that is, not even a thousand tons, and even less than one thousandth.

This is still the result of the sharp increase in production after the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in recent years, and during the Wude period, the annual output was less than half of the current one.

Pig iron can only be used to make agricultural tools and iron pots, and most scissors, kitchen knives or sickles are only wrapped with a small amount of steel. ”

Li Er was already stunned, "A thousand tons? Is it just the output of this Yaozhou steel plant in one day? How is this possible? ”

Everyone also felt that it was impossible, and Bai Fan opened his mouth to explain: "All the steel production of the Tang Dynasty comes from blacksmiths, whether it is an official blacksmith in the imperial court or a private retail blacksmith, how much iron can a person smelt in a day?" How many people can forge pig iron into steel? How much does a person produce in a day?

How many blacksmiths are there in Datang? How many are masters and how many are apprentices? It is this that limits Datang's steel production.

And this steel plant is different, there are tens of thousands of people working here, the difference is that these people are rarely blacksmiths, only a few masters, ironmaking and steelmaking rely on finished blast furnace equipment, which also unlocks the dependence of steel on blacksmiths, here, as long as raw materials and labor keep up, steel can be continuously produced for twelve hours a day.

Ordinary blacksmiths need to keep forging iron-making into steel, I don't need this refining steel furnace, with this, pig iron has gone in once, and it is good steel when it comes out, as for the quality of steel that can reach the quality of Datang Bailian's steelmaking and Qianlian's steelmaking, I also have other blast furnace production here, which is the result of strict mechanism combined with iron-making technology. ”

Everyone understood, and everyone admired it, I'm afraid that only an all-rounder like Bai Fan can have such a whimsical idea.

"I saw a sentence in your academy, science and technology are the primary productive forces, this blast furnace is science and technology, a blast furnace can be worth tens of thousands of blacksmiths in the Tang Dynasty, it is really extraordinary."

"That's right, this is science and technology, steel mills instead of blacksmiths, iron cattle instead of ploughing cattle is just a starting point, in the future, but everything that requires a lot of manual work to complete, basically have to use technology to find a shortcut, the intention of science and technology is to save labor to speed up efficiency."

Li Er nodded and praised, "Very good, since this steel mill can produce so much refined steel and 100 steel, Jianzhi, I want to give me 12 guards to change their clothes, all of them will be replaced with 100 steel-making knives, and within three years, all of them will be equipped with Mingguang armor." ”

Bai Fan: "......"

Wei Chigong shouted: "That's right, if our soldiers are all Mingguang armor and all steel swords, Lao Hei alone can sweep through the surrounding countries." ”

Li Jing scolded with a smile: "You black goods, if the armor and sword can dominate the surrounding areas, we will destroy those alien races as early as the Han Dynasty, why wait for you to destroy the country?" ”

"Your Majesty, the output of the Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant will not be used to make armor and swords, here is the best stainless steel equipment in Datang, and it will all be used to make large machinery for domestic people's livelihood.

Datang has now suppressed Siyi, there will be no big war in a short time, and the style of Mingguang armor is old and clumsy, the production is too cumbersome, and it is unrealistic for all the twelve guards to change their clothes, let's build more steel factories in the future. ”

Li Er frowned and said, "Boy, you have a constant supply of steel, so stingy?"

Mingguang armor can be postponed, but isn't it a waste if the hundred steels are not used to make swords? Besides, it doesn't take much to make swords, and I don't think you can use half a year's output. ”

Bai Fan laughed and said: "Hahahaha, Your Majesty, don't say half a year, even a month's worth of goods can't be evenly given to you."

I have booked all the steel for the next two years to make iron cattle, because food is our number one priority.

Recently, 100 steels and 1000 steels have all been set by Master Li Chun, so it will take two years for you to place an order. ”

Li Er was puzzled, "Master Li Chun? The first bridge master of Datang? What does he want of steel? Do you want to build bridges with steel? Is there a stone that is not used, but steel? This is too extravagant, doesn't it mean that cement has been mass-produced now? I think it's better to build a bridge than a stone. ”

"Let's go, you are here today, and I will take you to visit the first artifact produced by our steel factory."

Under the leadership of Bai Fan, everyone walked for a quarter of an hour before they came to a huge site built on the mountain, with high courtyard walls and strict guards, all of which showed that the guards here were strict.

"Lao Li, are the students ready?" Bai Fan greeted the busy old Li Chun.

"Alright, everything is ready, just waiting for you to call the shots."

Bai Fan laughed and stepped forward to open a behemoth under the cover of the giant curtain in the puzzled eyes of everyone, it was a huge steel beast, Li Er and the others looked a bit like an enlarged version of the iron bull, but it was different.

"Master Li, what is this steel beast?" Li Jiancheng asked.

Li Chun beckoned everyone to back away and make way for Bai Fan, only then did he turn around and explain: "Jian Zhi said that he is a mountain beast. ”

"Drill Mountain Beast? What is Diamondmon? ”

Everyone had doubts, at this moment, Bai Fan started the huge machine, and in a rumbling sound, Bai Fan drove the Drill Mountain Beast to the foot of this small mountain, the tongue of fire spewed out black smoke and spit wildly, and there was a loud noise in the smoke and dust.

Li Er and the others were already stunned, what did they see? This Diamond Beast is actually eating rocks? In just a quarter of an hour, the mountain was drilled into a shallow pit ten meters square and one foot deep.

Is this the Diamond Beast?

Shocked, Li Er asked Li Chun beside him, "Master Li, Jian Zhi said that you asked for the steel of the steel mill for January, I don't think this giant beast needs so much." ”

Li Chun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, no, I want stainless steel to build a bridge, the old man's lifelong dream is to build a giant bridge on the Yellow River, this time is to build a 100-meter-long bridge on the Jing River in Yaozhou to try, after the success, the old man will go to the Yellow River to repair the bridge, if you can use the rest of your life to build a bridge in the Yellow River, the old man can die without regrets." ”

Li Er: "......"

What is a prophecy? You old man, do you really use pure steel to build bridges? Extravagant or not? Aren't you afraid that others will steal your bridge and sell it?

Of course, Li Er didn't know what a reinforced concrete structure was.

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