"Don't panic, everyone, sit down, this king has no malice." Seeing that several people were twisting, Chen Chen hurriedly got up and said with relief.

Several people hurriedly took a step back and said in horror: "Thank you for the prince's love, the villain is still standing." ”

Chen Chen smiled, without saying a word, took out the silver from his sleeve, and then said: "You are all the most skilled blacksmiths here, this king wants to discuss with you how to make steel today, so I brought you here today." ”

"Steel? What is this, Lord Wang? Iron ore? When a few people heard about the steel, they couldn't help but be stunned, and they couldn't help but connect it with the iron ore.

Chen Chen smiled and explained: "Although steel is also iron, its plasticity is better than iron, this is pig iron produced in our factory now, it is difficult to have plasticity, today this king wants to make steel, you just need to do it according to the king's method." ”

When several people heard this, their eyes lit up, and they stared straight at the prince, eager to learn the new technology.

Looking at the starry eyes of several people, Chen Chen smiled slightly: "I called everyone over today to tell you about this technology, but today this king wants you to ensure that this technology cannot be passed on, otherwise you will ask for more blessings." Speaking of this, Chen Chen's voice cooled down, technology is still very tight, and it must not be spread.

Several people hurriedly nodded in agreement, indicating that they would never say anything.

Chen Chen nodded lightly and said, "Steel is a general term for iron-carbon alloys with a mass percentage of carbon content between 0.02% and 2.11%. Its advantages are also very good, high strength, good plasticity and toughness, at the same time, the material is uniform, the working reliability is high, it has weldability, and it is heat resistant. ”

"What we have to do today is steel, the new technology is the steel filling technology, the process of steel filling is roughly, the molten pig iron and wrought iron are combined, the carbon in the pig iron will diffuse to the wrought iron, and tend to be evenly distributed, and can remove some impurities, into high-quality steel, these steps will not be difficult for you, right?" Looking at those drunken craftsmen, Chen Chen asked tentatively.

Several people hurriedly nodded: "Don't worry, we don't have any difficulties in what you said, but we are afraid that we will make a mistake when we first contact this technology, so I hope that the prince can guide you on the side." ”

Chen Chen naturally had no reason not to agree, so he followed a few masters to the place where the factory operated.

"Ah, why are you here, bold, you dare to bring the prince to this place, don't you want to live?" Seeing Chen Chen follow a few craftsmen into the factory, the official was startled, and pointed at the noses of several craftsmen and scolded.

Chen Chen waved his hand to stop him immediately: "Okay, it's this king who wants to follow, you go down." ”

"The prince is too dangerous to operate here, let's let the minister accompany him here, in case there is any danger, the minister can't afford it." The officials were about to cry when they heard Chen Chen's words, and they couldn't wait for Chen Chen to leave immediately, in case something happened to the noble prince here, he couldn't afford to be guilty.

Chen Chen watched the officials prevent him from entering the factory in every possible way, and immediately became unhappy: "What? If you don't let this king in, is there some ulterior secret in it? ”

As soon as these words came out, the official was suddenly frightened and hurriedly knelt down in a cold sweat: "No, the minister doesn't dare to do anything under the prince's hands, the minister is really worried about the prince's safety." ”

"Okay, this king is free to measure, you can go down." Seeing him crying, Chen Chen was also stunned, this reaction was too big.

The official left helplessly, Chen Chen followed the craftsman into the workshop, there were many people in it striking the iron vigorously, all kinds of high temperature and heat only made people sweat all over the body, Chen Chen only felt that his back was hot, no wonder the official was unwilling to let him in.

Wearing a wide robe and a lewd coat inside, I only feel uncomfortable, and now I miss modern shirts and shorts more and more, lightweight, convenient and comfortable.

Patiently watched the workers start to operate, first smelting the melted pig iron and wrought iron, only to see a few pieces of pig iron being thrown into the boiler, a large amount of coal was burning, and more than a dozen people were shirtless and two shifts desperately pulling the bellows.

Chen Chen stood by from afar, constantly pulling the clothes on his body in an attempt to release a little heat, but it didn't work at all, the heat was still very hot.

The official also came over after a while, brought Chen Chen clean water, drank cup after cup, and ran to the toilet several times.

After lifeless work and smelting, the master finally came to report that the pig iron and wrought iron had been melted into molten iron.

"If the molten pig iron is placed on wrought iron, the carbon content in the pig iron will diffuse into the wrought iron and tend to be evenly distributed, and then the finished product will be smelted with fire." Chen Chen panted and kept fanning his fan.

Several people nodded and hurriedly complied.

The official hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Lord Wang, you see it's too hot here, and it takes a long time to make this product, why don't you go back and rest first, and when the things are made, the next official will invite you to come and have a look, what do you think?" ”

This time, Chen Chen did not refuse, nodded again and again and left the factory quickly, and after going out, he felt a cold atmosphere, only to feel that the whole person was struggling back from the death line.

"Ah, this place is really not for people, and it is not easy for the workers and masters, but don't treat others badly, and the wages will increase for them." Chen Chen relieved himself and hurriedly told the officials that they must not treat the workers harshly, after all, people have worked hard to sell coolies, and they must not be treated badly.

The official smiled: "Don't worry, Xiaguan has always been a shift system, and many people wanted to come in some time ago, so Xiaguan recruited a lot of people and asked them to come in a different way, which not only took into account everyone's interests and moods, but also ensured that the work was carried out as usual." ”

Chen Chen said approvingly: "Adults have done a good job, don't be stingy with money in this regard, remember that human life is a matter of heaven, but don't make a moth." ”

The official nodded his head in agreement.

Chen Chen looked at the factory again, everything was going on in an orderly manner, and then he left the factory and returned to the capital with peace of mind.

When I returned to the capital, I immediately asked the kitchen to make some things to cool off, and drank a large bowl of water before I felt relieved.

Said helplessly: "Although the steel filling technology is also good, the workload is too large, and people suffer too much, so it seems that we have to find a way to improve it." ”

At this time, Chen Chen hated himself a little bitterly for not studying history well, otherwise it would be very easy to come up with a few techniques.

It was not early, so Chen Chen lay down early and fell asleep.

When he got up the next day, his servant reported that Chen Cheng had already sent the things over.

When he came to the warehouse and took out saltpeter powder, charcoal and sulfur, Chen Chen sniffed it with his nose and was very satisfied.

As a real person, these things are very pure things, without any additives and other impurities.

After dismissing the people around him, Chen Chen took the notebook alone and flipped to the place where gunpowder was made, and looked carefully at the production method, because it was written in English, it looked quite laborious.

After fumbling for a while to understand the text, Chen Chen took out saltpeter powder, sulfur and charcoal according to the instructions, then mixed them together according to the proportion, added a little water, made a few small balls with them, and took out a few twists and inserted them into the gunpowder pill as a lead.

When he was done, he left the gunpowder in a dry place to dry, gave him empty water, and then moved a chair to eat next to him and waited for the powder ball to dry.