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Chapter 601 The Dream of Li Chun, the Steel Behemoth

In the end, helpless to be entangled by everyone, Bai Fan agreed to teach them some tips on Qi training and health preservation. As for everyone wanting to have a copy of the peerless cheats, don't even think about it. A group of old men, what do they become peerless masters or immortals?Opportunities are reserved for young people.

Among them, Li Er was innocently lying on the gun, and he was only 34 years old, so he was classified as an old man.

"In short, what is the annual steel output of this Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant?" Walking out of the blast furnace, Li Er took a look at the busy steelmaking area and asked Bai Fan.

He summoned the chief manager of the iron and steel factory with his hand, and fetched the steel output statistics book. Bai Fan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is asking about steel, not iron. This iron and steel factory is also mainly for steelmaking, and the average daily steel output is thousands of dollars." tons, 36 tons a year.

This is the output of this year, and the annual output will increase as the scale expands in the future.

Of course, this is steel output, if it is pig iron or ordinary pure iron, it will be more, at least a hundred times this. "

Everyone looked confused, Fang Xuanling asked: "Jian, what does this ton mean? It sounds quite a lot. Is ton a dialect?"

"Oh, I forgot to explain, with the increase in production, it is very inconvenient to use the traditional catty to count, so from the academy, the unit of measurement is ton.

The one ton I mentioned is actually equal to two thousand catties of Datang. "

Two thousand catties? ? ?
The crowd exclaimed.

Li Er asked Li Jiancheng, "Brother, what was Datang's steel output last year?"

Li Jiancheng has been in charge of Datang's finances for many years, and he has long been familiar with economics. "Last year, Datang's annual steel output was [-] million catties. If it is calculated in simple tons, it is [-] tons. Most of them are pig iron.

The output of steel is less than one percent of it, that is to say, not even one thousand tons, and even less refined steel is less than one thousandth.

This is the result of the sharp increase in output after Datang became rich in recent years. In the Wude period, the annual output was less than half of the current level.

Pig iron can only be used to make agricultural tools such as iron pots. Most of the scissors, kitchen knives, or sickles are only coated with a small amount of steel. It is rare for ordinary people to make steel. "

Li Er was stunned, "A thousand tons? Just the output of this Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant in one day? How is this possible?"

Everyone also thought it was impossible, Bai Fan explained: "The iron and steel output of the Tang Dynasty all comes from blacksmiths. Whether it is an official blacksmith of the imperial court or a private retail blacksmith, how much iron can one person smelt in a day? Can pig iron be forged into fine steel? How many people are there? How much output does one person produce per day?
How many blacksmiths did Datang have?How many are masters and how many are apprentices?It is this that limits Datang's steel output.

But this steel factory is different. There are tens of thousands of people working here. The difference is that few of these people are blacksmiths, and there are only a few master craftsmen. Iron and steel are made with finished blast furnace equipment. The dependence of steel on blacksmiths has been solved. Here, as long as raw materials and labor keep up, steel can be continuously produced twelve hours a day.

Ordinary blacksmiths need to forge continuously to make iron and steel, but I don’t need this furnace for refining steel. With this, the pig iron goes in once, and it comes out as good steel. , I also have other blast furnace production here, which is the result of strict mechanism skills combined with ironmaking technology. "

Everyone understood it, and everyone admired it. I am afraid that only an all-rounder like Bai Fan can have such a wonderful idea.

"I saw a saying in your academy that technology is the primary productive force. This blast furnace is technology, right? A blast furnace can be worth tens of thousands of blacksmiths in the Tang Dynasty. It's really extraordinary."

"That's right, this is technology. The replacement of blacksmiths by steel mills and the replacement of oxen by iron oxen is just a starting point. In the future, for things that require a lot of manpower to complete, technology will basically be used to find shortcuts. The purpose of technology is to save manpower and speed up the process." efficiency."

Li Er nodded in praise, "Very good, since this steel factory can produce so much fine steel and hundred-smelting steel, in short, I want to change the clothes of my twelve guards, and replace them all with hundred-smelting steel knives. Inside, all are equipped with Mingguang armor."

Bai Fan: "..."

Yu Chigong shouted: "That's right, if our soldiers are all made of bright light armor, and all of them are made of fine steel swords, Lao Hei alone can sweep the surrounding countries."

Li Jing scolded with a smile: "You idiot, if armor and swords can dominate the surrounding area, we would have wiped out those alien races as early as the Han Dynasty, why wait until you go to destroy the country?"

"Your Majesty, the output of the Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant will not be used to make armor and swords. This is the best stainless steel equipment in Datang, and all of it will be used to make large-scale machinery for domestic livelihood.

The Tang Dynasty has now overwhelmed Siyi, and there will be no big wars in a short time, and the Mingguang armor is old and clumsy, and the production is too cumbersome. It is unrealistic to change all twelve guards. We will build more steel factories in the future. "

Li Er frowned and said: "Boy, you have a steady stream of steel, so you are so stingy?
Mingguang armor can be postponed, but wouldn't it be a waste if Baisteel is not used to make swords?Besides, it doesn't take much to make swords, I see, you can't use half a year's production. "

Bai Fan laughed loudly and said: "Hahahaha, Your Majesty, don't say half a year, even a month's worth can't be distributed to you.

I have booked all the stainless steel for the next two years to make iron cattle, because food is our top priority.

In the past month, Master Li Chun has ordered one hundred steelmaking and one thousand steelmaking, so it will take two years for you to place an order. "

Li Er was puzzled, "Master Li Chun? The first bridge master in the Tang Dynasty? Why does he need steel? Does he need to use steel to build bridges? If there are stones, use steel? Isn't that too extravagant? Doesn't it mean that the cement has been measured now?" Did you give birth? I think that bridge repair is more useful than stone."

"Come on, it's a coincidence that everyone came today, and I will show you the first artifact produced by our steel factory."

Under the leadership of Bai Fan, the crowd walked for a quarter of an hour until they arrived at a huge site built against a mountain. The high courtyard walls and tight guards all showed that the guards here are strict.

"Old Li, are the students ready?" Bai Fan greeted the busy old Li Chun.

"Okay, everything is ready, just waiting for you to give orders."

Bai Fan laughed and stepped forward under the puzzled eyes of the crowd to pull away a huge monster under the cover of the giant screen. It was a huge steel monster. Li Er and the others looked a bit like an enlarged version of the Iron Bull, but How different.

"Master Li, what is this giant steel beast?" Li Jiancheng asked.

Li Chun told everyone to step back and make way for Bai Fan, then turned around and explained: "In short, it's a mountain-drilling beast."

"Drilling Mountain Beast? What is a Diamond Mountain Beast?"

Everyone had doubts in their hearts. At this moment, Bai Fan started the huge machine. Amidst a burst of rumble, Bai Fan drove the Mountain Drilling Beast to the foot of this small hill. There was smoke and dust in the sound.

Li Er and the others were stunned, what did they see?This mountain drilling beast is actually eating rocks?In just a quarter of an hour, the mountain was drilled into a shallow pit with a radius of ten meters and a depth of one foot.

Is this the Mountain Drilling Beast?

Shocked, Li Er asked Li Chun who was beside him: "Master Li, Jianzhi said that you want the fine steel from the steel factory for a month, and I don't think this giant beast will need so much."

Li Chun said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's useless. I want fine steel to build bridges. The old man's lifelong dream is to build a huge bridge over the Yellow River. This time, we will first build a small bridge with a length of [-] meters on the Jinghe River in Yaozhou to try it out." Give it a try, after success, I will go to the Yellow River to build a bridge, if I can spend the rest of my life building a bridge on the Yellow River, I can die without regret."

Li Er: "..."

What is a word of prophecy?You old man, really use pure steel to build bridges?Luxury or not?Are you not afraid that others will steal your bridge and sell iron?

Of course, Li Er didn't know what a reinforced concrete structure was.

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