Wang Chuan is looking for Kuan because Kuan is also looking for Wang Chuan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In the period of time before the snowfall, although the farmland and water conservancy reservoirs were built, countless iron tools were damaged. At the same time, the quality of the iron produced by the forging method is uneven, and it is only natural that the degree of damage to the iron is high after high-intensity use.

The production efficiency of the tribe's iron tools is not high, and almost all the craftsmen are disabled, and the number of iron tools is not enough for the tribe to use.

Wang Chuan counted that the number of intact machetes and axes in the tribe was less than fifty. Not to mention the number of troops that need to be trained for labor, there is not enough equipment for training. Fortunately, the spear does not have to participate in the labor, otherwise someone will come to attack at this time, and the tribe will have to use stone tools to fight with others.

Lu took the slaves to the iron ore to mine them, and had already returned with a shipment of iron ore. Now there is no shortage of raw materials. Charcoal has been burning, and there is also quite a bit of stock. However, if you still use the forging method to make iron, you can't keep yourself busy with the current manpower in the blacksmith's workshop.

Kuan is following everyone to night school these days, and he knows that in order to increase production, he can increase the manpower, so he came to ask Wang Chuan for someone.

Wang Chuan already had a plan in his heart, but he still wanted to hear what his father thought, so he asked, "How many people do you want?" ”

Kuandao: "At least twenty, all of them are strong men." There are at least forty or fifty centurions under the other centurions, and I am now a dozen cripples. It's not too much to have more than 20 or 30 people. ”

After a year of blacksmith workshop, Kuan finally changed from thick to a little bold. And when he asked his son for something, he felt that it was a matter of course.

He was also forced to have no choice. Now the population of the tribe plus slaves has exceeded 1,400 people. There are more than 900 strong laborers alone. Each of these people is equipped with one iron tool, which is enough for them to work for a year at the current rate, but this is not all the amount of labor, because in the process they also have to spend time repairing the damaged iron tools. Sometimes it doesn't take much time to fix it than to build it new. In other words, even if one piece per person is used, it may not be able to be used for a year.

In addition to these strong laborers, there were also the half-grown children of the tribe and other iron tools needed in places such as docks.

In this way, even if they don't sleep, they won't be able to fight so much.

Wang Chuan said: "Give you twenty men, how many iron weapons can you beat?" ”

Kuan gritted his teeth and said: "By the beginning of spring, you can beat a hundred axes, a hundred machetes, a hundred spears, fifty hammers, fifty hoes, fifty shovels, and then repair the current ones." ”

These are calculated based on the recent production and let Ling and others help calculate. In fact, this thing spirit put a copy on Wang Chuan's table.

Of course, these things are not enough. What's more, with the development of the tribe, Wang Chuan needed some new iron tools. Such as plowshares, rakes, iron pots, etc.

Now the farmland and water conservancy have been opened, but those fields are just a piece of raw land. After the beginning of spring next year, if you want to plant rice, these fields need to be ploughed and loosened. With shovels and hoes alone, the speed is simply too slow. If you make a plough out and let the baby elephant and the little rhinoceros or the calves that have been raised for a year help pull it, it will definitely save a lot of manpower.

After the ground is turned over, it is still a lump of soil, and when the time comes, soak it in water and go through it again with a rake to form a muddy paddy field that can be used to grow rice. These are all necessary tools for the development of agriculture. The farmland and water conservancy have been completed, and Wang Chuan has to play slash-and-burn farming and stone tools by himself, Wang Chuan feels that he will go crazy.

There is also an iron pot that is also a must. The tribe is still cooking for pregnant women. Wang Chuan had previously proposed that pregnant women cook rice to ease their workload. But when the tribe has grown to the present, this purpose is reversed.

With the increase in the population of the tribe, and the formation of such a habit as three meals a day. I used earthenware to cook soup and was very luxurious now. Because it can't be cooked at all. Most of the tribe's stuff is now steamed in a steamer.

However, because pottery is heated slowly, the larger the diameter of the pottery, the more likely it is to be heated unevenly and cracked, and even if it is steamed, it is often not cooked.

Pregnant women are now more tired than others when they get up early and work in the kitchen late at night, and even then they are complained.

If you want to maintain this form of big pot rice, Wang Chuan feels that it is necessary to make an iron pot that is heated faster and has a larger caliber.

Things like plowshares, rakes, and iron pots are not something that can be forged and made.

Therefore, Wang Chuan prepared to build a small blast furnace.

The method of small blast furnace steelmaking, Wang Chuan knows the theoretical knowledge. In the tall furnace body, the iron is melted into molten iron by blasting, and in this process, the molten iron absorbs a part of the charcoal and converts it into molten steel, which is basically poured. If the molten steel is suitable, the poured iron may be better than the iron that is being forged now. And if these molten iron can't work, Wang Chuan still knows something called the steel frying method, and then he will think about it.

Of course, this is theoretical knowledge, and it shouldn't be so easy to get the right molten steel, so Wang Chuan called Kuan. He wanted to get Kuan to understand the theory first, and then spend the whole winter slowly experimenting with it.

It is unlikely that Wang Chuan has been thinking about this issue all winter, and there is only so much in his stomach. After these things are taught, how to develop the iron and steel, Wang Chuan basically has to let Kuan and other iron-striking people explore.

Wang Chuan knew that it was not as easy to gain experience as teaching ten times by himself, and after teaching these theories to Kuan, let him explore them slowly, and maybe he would be able to have a more thorough understanding of them.

Therefore, Wang Chuan was ready to give the focus of these things to Kuan, and he stood next to him to instruct. Of course, he still has to participate in the early stage of blast furnace construction, mold making or something.

After listening to Wang Chuan's explanation of the theory, Kuan Dengshi's eyes widened: "You said that something like a hammer can be poured down like this?" Don't have to fight? ”

Wang Chuan nodded and said: "The hammer does not have high requirements for iron, and there is really no need to beat it again if there is a mold." As long as the molten iron is sufficient, a hundred a day is not a problem. ”

Kuan hesitated for a while and said, "If we all pour that building like this, what else do we want to do with iron?" ”

Wang Chuan said: "Pouring is not the point, the focus is how to get these molten iron out and make it into better molten iron." You're responsible for getting this out, and you're still responsible for it in the future. Whether the iron is poured or forged, these are the responsibilities of you. I've told you before that iron is very useful, and everything we see can be made of iron, except for the iron tools we use now. For example, if you make a wheel, it won't break no matter how you use it. For example, if you build a house, you can build it taller than the villa in Rumbla, and taller than the watchtower. For example, shipbuilding, which can be built very big, can fit our entire tribe into it. You're responsible for all of this. You can take your time to make the others, and when the molten iron comes out, I'll make a pot and fry a few hard dishes for you, there are no stones in it. ”

His wide eyes lit up, and his son had never deceived him. If one day we could build an iron ship, how majestic would it be?