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At the end of the Ming Dynasty, steelmaking and ironmaking belonged to the nature of private workshops, and the official demand for steel was purchased. This was an era of economic transition, the privatization of resources and capital had already taken its rudiments, and later generations said that capitalism had already appeared at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and because of this, although it was not perfect.

These two complete Sugang workshops are an economic product, and Zhou Huchen gave three times the salary, and the owners of these two workshops handed over the workshops to Zhou Huchen because of interests.

Zhou Huchen does not have a complete concept of steel, steel is a strategic material in this era, and its sale is not much profit, because the utilization rate of steel is relatively low, and the utilization rate of iron is almost negligible. The price of steel is six times that of ordinary iron, and it is because of the huge difference of six times that the use of steel is obvious, and the yield of the most haode steel is even lower, and the price is even higher and outrageous, just used to make some luxury weapons.

The truth of the matter Zhou Huchen didn't know, giving these craftsmen three times the salary, which is equivalent to completely surpassing the annual profit of the entire workshop, the owner of the steelmaking workshop and these craftsmen reached an agreement, he paid these craftsmen double the salary, and then, although he gave up, dozens of craftsmen's salaries were enough for him to live well, and he didn't have to worry about it, he just had to be his own shopkeeper, and he could also do other businesses, which was tantamount to leasing his workshop to Zhou Huchen.

Zhou Huchen, who was kept in the dark, actually knew that he wouldn't have any opinions, because he needed steel, as long as he achieved his goal, these craftsmen would make steel for him, and these things had nothing to do with him. The three-year contract is a bait, and that bit of silver is a drop in the bucket for Zhou Huchen, he just wants to arm his army in the fastest time, and he urgently needs a great wall of steel to increase his confidence.

Zhou Huchen is definitely a very dedicated person (if you are not dedicated, the game will be over), and the next day, after breakfast, he ran back with great interest to win people's hearts.

Chen Shouye is not only a keeper, he is also very dedicated, when Zhou Huchen entered the workshop, Chen Shouye was discussing what problems with two steelmaking workshop craftsmen in his house.

"What this steelmaking workshop needs is not this kind of kiln, this kind of kiln can only make iron, Chen Suozheng you only need to provide manpower, we will build the furnace for steelmaking ourselves, after the kiln is built, you only need to provide iron, by the way, don't forget that it is best to use wrought iron plates, which saves time and effort, and makes steelmaking faster!"

Zhou Huchen came to the door, and the three of them were still eagerly discussing Jishu and Jihua, and they didn't notice his arrival at all.

"This steelmaking still seems to be different from ironmaking, then I will hand it over to the two of you, you need people and tools to just open your mouth, no matter what you lack, it is not a problem, and silver is not a problem

, the young marshal said, he only needs steel, everything is not a problem! ”

Chen Shouye is doing things very vigorously now, which is within his purview, this is the right given to him by Zhou Huchen, obviously, Chen Shouye is a person who respects jishu, and his management has his own set.

Very dedicated! Zhou Huchen spoke in front of the door with a smile on his face: "You are all here!" ”

When the three of them heard the voice, they turned their heads and saw that it was Zhou Huchen, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

Zhou Huchen exchanged a few words with the three of them, and in order not to delay the business, he hurriedly said, "Where did you go?" Go ahead, I'll listen! ”

"Young marshal, it's time to build a furnace." This is the head craftsman of one of the steelworks, named Liu Wenjin.

"Sit down, sit down and say, I just heard in front of the door, this steelmaking and ironmaking are not the same thing at all, it seems that a special kiln is needed, and this sugang process seems to be not so simple!"

Liu Wenjin arched his hand: "Young marshal, this steelmaking is a craft, but it is not complicated!" ”

Zhou Hu saw that several people were still standing stiffly, and he waved his hand: "Sit down and talk slowly, and talk about this steelmaking in detail." ”

Chen Shouye knew Zhou Huchen better, he sat down first, and then greeted: "Liu Jiangshou, wait for the craftsman to sit, the young marshal doesn't like to be so restrained, they are all their own people, don't be restrained, sit down and talk slowly." ”

Another craftsman surnamed Hou Yuanshan, named Hou Yuanshan, hurriedly responded: "Young Marshal Xie! ”

Seeing the two of them sit down, Liu Wenjin also hurried to a chair and sat down, and then he continued to respond to the topic raised by Zhou Huchen:

"My descendants of Yan and Huang have had the process of steelmaking a long time ago, and there are mainly several methods that have been passed down to our dynasty; They are fried steel, 100 steel, cast iron and forged steel, steel filling, and steel frying is a combination of two processes, that is, smelting ore to generate pig iron, and then smelting; Hundred steel is mainly to repeatedly heat and forge iron, thousands of hammers, this kind of steel takes too long, so the production is less; Cast iron and forged steel are actually the most common wrought iron, which is mainly used to make hoes, shovels, iron kettles, and iron fans for agricultural tools, which cannot be used to make firearms; As for the steel filling, it is obtained by smelting pig iron and wrought iron together, that is, the pig iron and wrought iron sheets are bundled together, sealed with mud, and smelted in the furnace, which is called 'group steel', also known as 'steel filling', another method is to put the pig iron on the wrought iron sheet for smelting, and the pig iron will be first melted and infiltrated into the wrought iron, which is also commonly known as the Suzhou steel, which is also 'steel filling'. ”

Liu Wenjin said in detail, Zhou Huchen couldn't help nodding to express satisfaction: "It seems that Sugang is the smelting process of raw wrought iron, it sounds simple, in fact, the experience and jishu required are not so simple to say, there should be its process secrets in it!" ”

Hou Yuanshan and Liu Wenjin smiled and replied in unison: "That's, that's!" ”

This is an era when Jishu is passed on to sons but not daughters, Zhou Huchen has no interest in digging other people's corners, and there is no need, he changed the topic: "This Sugang workshop is more than 30 people, if you let go of your hands and feet to start work with all your might, how much steel can be produced every day?" ”

Not involving the secret issue of the steelmaking process, Liu Wenjin and Hou Yuanshan relaxed, and Hou Yuanshan quickly grabbed the conversation: "Hui Shaoshuai, if you are prepared to produce wrought iron, more than 30 craftsmen can produce two furnaces of steel every day, and the steel of one kiln is generally three or four hundred catties, and two workshops can produce nearly 1,500 catties of steel per day." ”

"Yes, this steel production is still good!"

Sugang is almost the most batch steel in this era, 1,500 catties of steel is already a lot, forging weapons and armor, making firearms is enough. Zhou Huchen can not be according to the output of the mechanical era to require the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty, the process of steelmaking in this era is estimated to be very complicated, and the required process has its whole set of strict processes, otherwise everyone can go to steelmaking, where to use Zhou Huchen to make a special trip to Jiangnan.

Zhou Huchen stood up with satisfaction: "In this steelmaking matter, the two craftsmen can just ask Chen Suozheng if there is anything, and others will not interfere." If you really can't solve it, you can come to me directly, and if you need anything, just open your mouth, or that sentence, as long as we are the most haode, everything is not a problem! ”

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