"Zihang, what do you think this place should be done?"

"Go away, Zihang, you come to me first to see what this thing should do?"

", Zihang, come to me, do you think this thing would be better if it was changed to some other material?"

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As soon as Lu Ye arrived at the Baigong Prison, before he had time to greet Jin Xin and them, he was directly pulled over by Jin Xin and a group of old craftsmen to ask questions, Lu Ye's mind was swollen when he listened, and he hurriedly smiled bitterly: "Brothers, you are pulling me like this, whose question do I have to answer first?" ”

Don't look at these old craftsmen to speak politely, but in fact, the relationship between them is quite deep, after all, they have been working together for many years. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Jin Xin also found that this is not good, in the end, it is an old qualification, there is no supervisor in the Baigong Prison, and the prestige of the old man Jin Xin is not low, at this time he spoke: "Don't worry, everyone should not worry, since Zihang has come here today, I think it should be the ...... of Master Hu's instructions." Then he turned his head to look at Lu Ye, as if asking.

Lu Ye nodded: "Indeed, it was Master Hu who asked me to come over." So you don't have to worry, I will stay here for a long time, and these problems can be solved slowly. ”

After listening to Lu Ye's words, the commotion of these old craftsmen in the Hundred Workers Prison was slightly reduced.

Jin Xin also hurriedly said: "Zihang, you don't know, since you told us about this Quyuan plough yesterday, we thought about it for a while and found that it is indeed feasible...... It's just the problem of the plough and the plough arrows you mentioned, and we found that if it is made of copper, it does not seem to achieve the effect you said, but if it is made of iron, it will not be too wasteful. Refined iron is used to make fine weapons, and it's unlikely that those adults will give us this kind of thing, right? ”

Iron ore was a rarity in this era.

When Lu Ye heard the confusion of Jin Xin and others, he also deeply felt that these old craftsmen still had the ability to do so, and in just one day, he discovered the problem that affected the efficiency of the Quyuan plough the most-the material.

In these years, most of the agricultural tools were cast from red copper, and the weapons used by the armies of some princes were even cast in bronze, just like Yuan Shao in Jizhou, not far away, most of the weapons used by his army were cast from bronze.

The bronze is soft, and the weapons cast are not sharp.

The materials used in agricultural tools are already inferior to weapons, and if bronze is used to make plough evaluations and plow arrows, the difficulty of achieving the two points that Lu Ye said before will inevitably become much higher than that they are easier to operate and can dig deeper.

And if it is cast with fine iron, even if it is Cao Cao's army at the moment, not everyone can be equipped with equipment made of fine iron, and the weapons are also manufactured by the Zuo School Administration.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, iron smelting was originally a difficult thing to do, and the way to obtain refined iron was even more rare, and it was used to make agricultural tools.

And this idea arose because of the years of melee between the princes, which gave these craftsmen an idea that military affairs were above all else, and Lu Ye couldn't reverse it, and he didn't want to reverse it.

Lu Ye said: "This doesn't matter, I discussed it with Young Eunuch Hu before, and he said that he would provide us with whatever we needed." Besides, we already have a complete idea, and we don't need too many materials. We only need to cast a sample first, and if it works, how to produce it is something that the big guys need to think about, and we don't need to worry about it. ”

So the old craftsmen glanced at each other and nodded their heads.

What Lu Ye said is indeed reasonable, they craftsmen can make things out, how to promote them when the time comes, whether to promote them or not, this is not something they should consider.

This may be cruel, but it is a very realistic thing.

Once the things made by these old craftsmen are in the world, then the things that follow are not very relevant to them.

Jin Xin also said to everyone: "Then we will brainstorm and solve the current problems first." When the time comes, it will be a good thing to make this thing for the benefit of the country and the people! ”

Everyone nodded their heads and was full of energy.

Lu Ye is also like a brick at this time, where he needs to move. This also made Lu Ye happy, the fun of doing these things was much more comfortable than facing those boring official documents in the recording room.

These craftsmen had experience in making farm tools, and Lu Ye was able to provide them with some ideas that they had never had before, and many old craftsmen were suddenly opened.

Originally, there was some stagnation in the idea, but at this time it was suddenly enlightened.

All of a sudden, the Hundred Workers Prison was in full swing.

Carpenters, blacksmiths, and many others performed their own duties, and according to Lu Ye's instructions, they built the parts needed for the curved plow. Lu Ye dispatched and observed.

It is also constantly giving orders, lest they do something wrong and start again.

The most complicated part of the Quyuan plough is the plough evaluation and the plough arrow, which must be built temporarily at this time, and the difficulty of building other parts is not very great.

"Wait......." Although Jin Xin and the others were anxious at this time, their faces were still quite calm, and they all knew that this matter was in a hurry.

Lu Ye looked at their appearance, and he also felt quite pleased. These craftsmen are indeed doing practical things with their hearts.

It's just that perhaps because of the limitations of their background and education level, in fact, they are unlikely to be promoted in this life. The prison gave them hope and cut them off hope.

Lu Ye said: "Let's rest first, this matter can't be solved in a moment." ”

Jin Xin sighed: "Actually, we don't know that this thing can't be made in a moment, it's just Zihang...... Spring ploughing is imminent, and we will inevitably need to practice and improve this thing after it is made. When the time comes, report to the officials, and the officials will discuss the implementation...... If we can get all these things done well before spring ploughing, then wouldn't we be a great achievement? ”

Lu Ye listened to Jin Xin's earnest words, but he couldn't help but sigh faintly in his heart, at this time, he wanted to completely promote Quyuan Plow, it was a little too naïve.

At the beginning of Xuzhou, Yanzhou was unstable, and Cao Cao needed to arm his fangs at the time, and he would never use most of his production capacity to make Quyuan plows.

It's just that seeing the hopes and yearnings flashing in the eyes of these craftsmen, Lu Ye doesn't want to say what he thinks. lest they be relieved of their passions.