In the huge workshop, the outer three floors and the inner three floors are guarded by the most elite sergeants of the right guard, and the ones who lead the troops are at least generals.

When the first foreman of the craftsman of this workshop saw Li Yuanxing coming, he ran over from a distance and threw himself on the ground: "Your Highness, the old decay does not live up to the trust of His Highness, and does not live up to the trust of His Highness!" ”

"Done?" Li Yuanxing's heart was also raised.

"Your Highness, it's done!" This craftsman snatched the second-class craftsman from Li Yuanxing of the Ministry of Industry.

From preparing for suicide and disobedience, to working like crazy, just because of a drawing in Li Yuanxing's hand.

"Old horse, you have worked hard!"

"The old man didn't dare to take credit, but it was my grandson who made great efforts, and several key points were completed by my grandson."

Li Yuanxing nodded slightly, and said as he walked towards the workshop: "Call your grandson, this king wants to see him!" ”

What it is, even Qin Qiong doesn't know, let alone Cheng Motou. Their task is only to guard, not to supervise the craftsmen, and when the craftsmen of Datang are really crazy to work, what they have to supervise is whether they are resting on time.

A huge object three feet high and five feet wide appeared in front of everyone's eyes, tightly wrapped in linen.

A young man came to Li Yuanxing and knelt down.

"In winter the ground is cold, get up and speak. The king just wants to know, when will this thing be used? Li Yuanxing was very excited in his heart, but on the surface he was extremely calm.

The young man kowtowed: "Your Highness, this thing consumes 130,000 catties of pig iron and 10,000 catties of third-grade stainless steel." It can be disassembled into 1,361 parts for easy transportation. The craftsman has already chosen a sloping land by the Jing River. As long as the order is given, it can be used after ten days. ”

"10,000 catties of stainless steel!" Cheng Motou roared.

130,000 catties of pig iron and 10,000 catties of stainless steel, how many knives and how many armors do you have to make?

Li Yuanxing waved his hand: "Let this king see!" ”

The sackcloth was ripped off, and the giant beast of 140,000 catties of steel was used.

This is a stone crusher, single pipe bar type crushing stone crusher. Li Yuanxing needs tens of millions of tons of gravel to pave his new road, and he doesn't know how long it will take if he relies on manpower. Moreover, the limestone also needs to be crushed, so another machine can be adjusted. Crushed stone plus crushed!

Huge machines can replace manual ones.

Cui Dunli stared at the steel behemoth. With his mouth open, he was stunned, and he was really out of shape.

"This thing ......" Wei Zheng didn't know how to ask.

Cheng Motou rushed up, touched the giant beast and shouted: "130,000 catties of iron." 10,000 catties of steel! Stainless steel. My steel! Cheng Motou was calculating. How much of that steel blade can be made from this steel.

"What's your name?" Li Yuanxing was not surprised, in the modern era of later generations, this kind of thing with more than ten tons of iron is not worth mentioning at all. Huge machines with millions of tons to count.

"Little craftsman Ma Yuan!"

Qin Qiong added a sentence next to him: "The descendants of Ma Jun at the end of the Han Dynasty." Generations are all good craftsmen and masters! ”

"Very well, Ma Yuan listened. Within half a month, this stone crusher can be used, and this king will personally write a recommendation for you. Let the Ministry of Industry order you a craftsman level! Li Yuanxing was very satisfied with this steel beast.

Cheng Motou only thought about exchanging these steels into weapons, and he didn't understand the value of industry at all.

Li Yuanxing seemed to be deliberate: "Lao Cheng, in fact, this king is going to make three or five such things." ”

"Ahh Cheng Motou, screaming strangely, punched the steel stone crusher, grinned in pain, and then turned his head violently: "Wulang, Lao Cheng wants to impeach you, he wants to impeach you." ”

Wei Zheng also said: "Your Highness, the ministers also think that Your Highness has done something wrong!" ”

"Impeach! It's been a long time since anyone has impeached this king, and it's been a bit boring lately. I didn't quarrel with those imperial historians, by the way, I went to tell those people in the Imperial Court that they were too idle and quarreled about useless things. Li Yuanxing said very plainly, and then took out a cigarette and lit it for himself.

The more Li Yuanxing had such a bland expression, Cheng Motou couldn't stand it.

Look at that giant beast, and then look at Li Yuanxing, Cheng Motou is going crazy, and he rushed in front of Li Yuanxing: "Wulang, Your Highness, His Royal Highness King Qin, millions of catties of pig iron, tens of thousands of catties of stainless steel." ”

Li Yuanxing also knows how huge this number is.

According to historical records, in the first year of Zhenguan, the national steel output of Datang was about 500 tons, and it was not until the third year of Kaiyuan that it reached 5,000 tons, and this amount was already the limit of Datang.

5,000 tons, that's about 10 million catties.

According to the first year of Zhenguan, Li Yuanxing consumed the annual steel output of Datang just by these steel crushers.

If you don't let Cheng Mofa go crazy, not only Cheng Motou, but Wei Zheng can't stand it!

"Lao Cheng, you should go to the saint and cry immediately." Li Yuanxing said with a smile to the Cheng Demon.

Cheng Motou's eyes have changed, if you want to say who is the smartest among the Tang Dynasty generals, Cheng Motou is cunning, and he can definitely be in the forefront, Li Yuanxing's evaluation of Cheng Motou is that he is a military general as wise as Zhu Bajie.

What is Zhu Bajie? In a fight, it hides behind, there are difficulties on the monkey's head, there are coolies on the sand monk, and there is a delicious food on the first one.

Lao Cheng reacted, and a strange smile appeared on his face, and this smile disappeared in an instant. Immediately, he looked pitiful again, and pulled Wei Zheng: "Heizi, write a seal for Lao Cheng, Lao Cheng wants to impeach King Qin!" ”

Wei Zheng was also dragged away by Cheng Motou before he could react.

Trouble, no matter what farce there is, the guards stand straight, only when they don't see it, what a million catties of steel represent, they don't understand very well, but it seems that it is definitely not that simple, and they forget that they are a qualified guard.

The craftsmen didn't listen at all, they were paid by the piece, and the more they worked, the higher the quality, and the more money they paid monthly.

After a while, a personal guard came over to report: "Your Highness, General Cheng left with the personal guard." Looking in that direction, it should be going to Chang'an. ”

"Yes! He is galloping wildly, and it is already time to arrive in Chang'an, and it is estimated that he can just catch up with the zuihou game of today's long ball league. Maybe you can even have dinner at the royal brother's! Li Yuanxing smiled.

Naturally, the guards didn't dare to take this, and retreated after the report.

Wu Cao, who had not spoken, spoke at this time: "I'm tired, I'll go back and rest." ”

"Good!" Li Yuanxing nodded, Wu Cao hugged himself tightly with his cloak and patted Su Yan's head: "Go back!" ”

Wu Cao was very surprised, he didn't expect that the craftsmen of Datang would be able to make this thing, just use the simplest, casting, forging, grinding, and riveting that he had just learned, but he really made this thing. It's amazing, it's amazing. Even if this thing is very rough, the craftsmanship is not considered a craft at all compared to the modern times of later generations, and the steel monster of more than 20 tons is definitely a legend of the Tang Dynasty.

Wu Cao was not tired, but she wanted to go back and think about how to build this road.

"Your Highness, the steel of the entire territory of the Tang Dynasty is only a million catties!" Cui Dunli whispered beside him.

Li Yuanxing did not answer, but asked, "Where is Zheng He?" ”

"If you go back to Your Highness, you have already sent someone to find it just now, so you should be there." An attendant replied.

Li Yuanxing nodded and beckoned to Ma Yuan: "Ma Yuan, what do you think of this king's hydraulic forging machine?" ”

Ma Yuan stepped forward and replied neither humbly nor arrogantly: "If you go back to His Royal Highness the King of Qin, no matter how much I study it, I can't make the hydraulic power reach enough strength, no strength, no speed, it is not as good as artificial." As for stamping, blacksmiths are working on the super-hard steel used in the molds, and the soft copper oil shaft will have another ten days to produce the finished product. The craftsman thought that he would have two more months to try the stamping of the armor blades. ”

"Very good, a pair of armor is the size of thousands of blades, if you let the craftsman hammer it out, it will be too painful!"

"Your Highness is benevolent!" Ma Yuan replied.

"Do a good job, who said that high-level craftsmen are all old men, this king is optimistic about you." After Li Yuanxing finished speaking, before Ma Yuan could react, his grandfather, the old horse foreman, came over to salute: "Your Highness Xie!" ”

Li Yuanxing stretched out his hand to help: "Old Ma, you have to take care of your body, go to Lao Sun these days, and let him check your pulse!" ”

"Your Royal Highness Xie, ...... Xie" Lao Ma, a second-class craftsman who was almost sixty years old, couldn't cry.

When Zheng He arrived at this time, Li Yuanxing ignored his etiquette, but asked: "In the first year of Zhenguan, how much iron and how much steel can you produce in a year, and how much first-class steel is there?" ”

"Your Highness, two million catties of pig iron. 300,000 catties of stainless steel, including 20,000 catties of first-class steel! ”

The less impurities and the greater the strength of the steel, the higher the natural grade. The first-class steel required by Li Yuanxing is not barely up to the standard of modern tractor girders, of course, under the condition that Datang does not have enough testing capabilities, the first-class steel is called Qianlian refined steel.

Whereas second-class steel is known as 100 steel.

Third-class steel is crude steel, and it is okay to make a few kitchen knives, and at least second-class steel is required to make military knives.

Pig iron can be cast but not malleable, two million catties of pig iron in addition to a little cast some pig iron parts, is equal to the steel fine raw materials that are easy to store. At least it is much more practical than iron ore, all because it is impossible for Datang's process to turn iron ore into steel after only one smelting.

"Cement?" Li Yuanxing asked again!

Zheng He gritted his teeth with an embarrassed expression: "Your Highness, seventy, eight hundred thousand catties!" ”

Li Yuanxing looked back at Zheng He, but Zheng He was frightened. Because of Li Yuanxing's expression, he was very dissatisfied.

How could it be satisfied.

You must know that a small cement factory in modern times is 300,000 tons a Chinese New Year's Eve, and there are only 780,000 jin here, what can you do?

"Cui Changshi, ordered Lu Chengqing. 500,000 catties of steel, 40,000 catties of first-class stainless steel, and 4 million catties of pig iron. Ten million pounds of cement, at least. And don't affect the development of Yaozhou, what ideas do you have to report to this king! (To be continued......)

PS: The third more presents the next, more exciting,