Daqin Fusu: It is difficult to start the battle

Chapter 21 Manganese Steel Sword

Pig iron cannot be forged, so there is no way to make a barrel, and even if it is made into a barrel, the hit rate of an arquebus without rifling is really impressive...

But it can be used to cast cannons!
Bronze Age points out artillery technology?As expected of me! ... Fusu raised a smile at the corner of his mouth, and immediately vetoed the idea of ​​casting a cannon.

With a few cannons, it is wishful thinking to solve the upcoming national rebellion!
The people are not afraid of death, so how can they be afraid of death!
Therefore, in order to solve the situation where Chen Sheng and Wu Guang waved their arms, and the whole world gathered to respond, winning food and Jing Cong, what must be solved is the problem of people's livelihood.

The common people in ancient China would not help the rebels and the court with their lives if their wives and children were hot on the kang!
To solve the problem of food and clothing, we must first increase food production.

As the saying goes, if a worker wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools.

Jinkela has already started to be collected and is being fermented in the field, so another fetish, Quyuanli, needs to be put on the agenda!

Previously, Fusu had not allowed the public transport rails to build new plows, mainly because the output of iron could not keep up.

Well now, the shallow mineral deposits around Xianyang have been basically found out, and the vertical blast furnace has also been erected.

There will be a steady stream of iron ready to go in no time!
The surrounding Qiang, Huns, Donghu and other ethnic groups were still in the age when bone and stone weapons were the main weapons, supplemented by bronze weapons. For them, iron weapons were undoubtedly Zenith Star technology.

In Fusu's plan, at least 100 blast furnaces will be built along the entire Bashui coast, and the prisoners who built the Lishan Imperial Mausoleum and their families will be moved in batches, and a new home will be built for them in Lantian, so that they can become The first batch of workers in the entire Great Qin!
When Fusu's imagination was running wild, and Gongzi Dagon and Meng Yi were shocked, the temperature inside the blast furnace was already enough to melt the iron ore.

Through the furnace door, one can see pieces of rolling molten iron, and the craftsmen who are busy by the blast furnace, their faces are flushed under the light of the fire, and the sweat is evaporated immediately before it can flow down.

"After the iron is tapped, each person will be rewarded with a thousand dollars!" Fusu said to the public transporter.

"Your Majesty is kind, thank you on behalf of all the workers!" Gong Shugui bowed to the ground, and then read aloud the edict of Fusu to the busy craftsmen.

"Your Majesty, ten thousand years!" The craftsmen who were replaced loudly cheered, and the rest of the craftsmen who were busy also felt their spirits shaken, as if they were full of strength.

According to the Qin system, corn is 30 yuan per stone, and these craftsmen pay 2 stones a month, 1000 yuan. If they buy all the grain, their whole family will eat for almost two years!

It was about afternoon, and the molten iron in the furnace was almost formed, and the iron slag was about to be higher than the slag discharge port.

The public transportation rail ordered the craftsmen to stop adding materials, and asked people to take a little molten iron, pour it into the mold that had been prepared earlier, and then called the swordsmith.

"Add manganese and manganese powder!" the public transportation rail stammered.

A craftsman immediately poured a handful of manganese powder, which had been weighed long ago, into the mold, and the manganese powder disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"Wrought iron!"

Two swordsmiths opened the mold, put the slightly cooled iron sword on the forging table, and began to strike with large and small hammers.

Gongzi Dagon stared at the iron sword that was constantly beating on the forging platform. It was the first time he had seen this kind of sword making with his own eyes.

Fusu was also a little apprehensive. Although the ratio of carbon and iron was done according to his own account, the ore had not been supported by laboratory data, and in the ironmaking process, the specific temperature was not easy to control, so the carbon content of the iron now It's all about guesswork!

And now, in order to prove to the ministers that he is not fooling around, he first mixed a little molten iron with manganese powder to make a manganese steel sword, so the hardness should be stronger than the long sword on his waist that once cut Jing Ke... right?

After knocking for an entire hour, the swordsmith who forged the iron changed two dials, forging, cooling, heating and then forging again... After putting the iron sword into the water tank for the last time to cool down, Daqin's first manganese steel sword was considered a it is done.

After simply grinding out a surface with a whetstone, the swordsmith fitted the iron sword with a hilt that had already been prepared.

The first sword was just to test the method of making swords, not to create a magic weapon for someone.

Otherwise, it would take at least half a month for a skilled swordsmith to evenly grind a few surfaces on the iron sword.

During this period, if any surface is not well ground, the whole sword can only be recast.

Therefore, the six-sided sword and eight-sided sword handed down from later generations are also valuable even in the age when they were made.

"Please take a look, Your Majesty!" The swordsmith offered it with both hands proudly.

...Uh, I want to say that I actually don't know if this iron sword is good or not, whether my previous character set just collapsed...

Fusu pondered for a while, took the iron sword, and danced it twice casually.

"What a good sword!" Young Master Dagon clapped his hands and praised.

...Are you sure you're not cursing? ... Fusu threw the iron sword back to the swordsmith, and asked Young Master Dagon, "How do you see it?"

"Your Majesty is testing me..." Young Master Gun said cheerfully, "The sword has the sound of a dragon's chant, and it cuts through the air very cleanly without any sense of lag. It is really a rare and good sword! "

...Well, is that so? ...Fusu laughed in agreement, and said: "It is said that a sword is bestowed on famous scholars. Since Mr. Zongzheng knows the beauty of this sword, I will give this sword to Zongzheng!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Young Master Dagon bowed to the ground.

After a while, the blast furnace was refilled with materials, trying to make another furnace before sunset.

The previous batch of molten iron was drawn out of the blast furnace and cast on the spot in the shape of plowshares and U-shaped long iron bars.

The former is naturally prepared for the promotion of Quyuanli, while the latter is used by Fusu to make horseshoes.

Just like human feet vary in size, horse hooves also vary in size.

Therefore, there is no standardized casting of horseshoes. It is necessary to temporarily modify the size of the shoe according to the shape of the horseshoe after repairing the too long horseshoe.

It is worth mentioning that the nails for nailing the shoes are made of copper, not iron.

After simply instructing the public transportation, Yang Xiong led three thousand elites to join Fusu's guards and headed towards Shang county.

In the evening, Fusu and his entourage entered Shang County, stayed at the county magistrate's mansion, and drove the original Qi Ji's family to the wing room for a temporary stay.

About half an hour later, Taiguan Cheng, who came from Xianyang City, simply cooked a dozen dishes according to Fusu's instructions and sent them up like flowing water.

The only ones who accompanied Fusu to have dinner were Zongzheng Gongzi Dun and Lang Zhongling Mengyi. As for Huben General Yang Xiong, he went out to take over the defense of Shang County and did not return. He was kicked out on the grounds of the system.

In a short time, Yuefu Cheng began to direct the musicians to play music.

A group of dancers who couldn't hide their figures even in togas and sleeves began to dance gracefully.

Among them, the lead dancer was a girl with an oval face, thin and ruddy lips, round almond eyes, and delicate and three-dimensional facial features.

(End of this chapter)