Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 164 Jumping into the Yellow River Can't Clean It Up (Part [-])
Qingshuigou, twenty miles west of Lingzhou City, was originally a tributary of the Yellow River, irrigating 30 to [-] acres of land around Lingzhou.At this time, on the banks of this small river, which was no more than four hundred steps wide, under the auspices of Chen Ying, the Lingzhou Iron and Steel Works began to break ground.

Although it has entered the March of the second year of Wude, Lingzhou is still cold and windy.However, the vigorous Lingzhou people and prisoners of war have already begun to sweat on their foreheads.

Chen Ying is not a major in steelmaking, and his nominal host is just offering some references.The specific matters will still be presided over by Lin Chuanfu.Chen Ying presided over the modification of the Lingzhou Iron and Steel Plant, which was designed to have a daily production capacity of [-] jin.That is five tons, of course, this scale is similar to the post-family workshop level.However, in this era, it is already quite large.

Lin Chuanfu is worthy of being a legendary craftsman, he designed a set of hydraulic bellows system, this huge bellows is similar to an accordion.Up and down are planks.Surrounded by folded leather.Utilize the water flow drop of the Qingshui ditch to drive the ground bellows.Chen Ying originally wanted to abandon this primitive bellows and transform it into a hydraulic fan blower.However, this idea has just been proposed.

Lin Chuanfu looked at Chen Ying with incredulous eyes.

Chen Ying was a little embarrassed by Lin Chuanfu's gaze, and Chen Ying blushed and asked, "Why is there a problem?"

"Problem, the problem is big!" Lin Chuanfu would become eloquent when he talked about professional matters: "Although the hydraulic power is strong, but the speed is too slow, how can wind be formed? Also, if the speed is increased, it is not impossible to use the ratchet wheel. However, after this, new problems will arise, not to mention the fragile shaft, how to solve the problem of air supply?"

In fact, after Lin Chuanfu's explanation, Chen Ying discovered the gap between laymen and experts.Gears, bearings, shafts and lubricating oil, which are not a problem at all in later generations, are all unsolvable problems in this era.Using the ground bellows fan is the most economical and most affordable way.

Only then did Chen Ying feel relieved to hand over the task of modifying the steel plant to Lin Chuanfu.For this iron and steel factory, Chen Ying specially set aside nearly [-] mu of land along the Qingshuigou River as the factory land.The whole factory is divided into four major areas.It is Linhe blast furnace area, coal storage area, iron ore storage area and the living area of ​​craftsmen's families.

The four major regions started construction at the same time.Nearly 5 young and strong workers started working at the same time, and the entire Lingzhou Iron and Steel Works became a huge construction site.Those Han slaves who had just been rescued from the Turks were too weak and needed to recuperate, so they were not useful for the time being.With the passage of time, more and more Han slaves were released by the Turks. Lingzhou alone received more than 5 people, and more than [-] mouths had to eat a mountain of grain every day.

Shi Yang, governor of Lingzhou, was the first to be unable to support himself. He found Chen Ying and complained: "Boss Chen, we don't have much food. If there are more people, we won't be able to sustain it for a month!"

Chen Ying said disapprovingly: "We didn't seize more than [-] dead or injured horses, and kill all the injured and abandoned horses for meat!"

"Hey, Chief Manager Chen, you really don't know how expensive food is if you are not in charge of the family!" Yang Ze sighed, and his face became more depressed: "You don't know how many people in Lingzhou eat now?"

"How many?"

"A total of 10 people!" Yang Ze said: "Based on two catties of grain per person, 20 catties will be eaten in a day. Besides, whether it is building a steel plant or mining coal or iron mines, it is all heavy physical work, and you will not be full. , have no strength to work at all.”

Suddenly, Chen Ying found that Yang Zemeiyu was not worried, but relaxed: "Yang Changshi seems to have a clever plan?"

Yang Ze lowered his head and coughed to cover up his embarrassment.I was so smug that Chen Ying could see it.

Yang Zedao: "Boss, the Turks were shocked by our Great Tang Tianwei, and the people who were looted before were released. Such a happy event, why not report victory to Chang'an?"

It was only then that Chen Ying discovered that he subconsciously regarded himself as the master.When there are difficulties, I try to solve them by myself, without thinking about Chang'an at all.

In any case, these people have been rescued, and the Turkic people did not have enough food to feed these slaves when the Turkic people were in their prime. That's why they released these captured Han people happily.Although Qi Lifu was scared by Chen Ying, most of the Turkic nobles were not afraid of Chen Ying.

If Princess Yicheng hadn't told these Turkic people that spring would begin soon, and after a winter of tossing, the cattle, sheep, and horses would lose weight severely.As long as a white wind blows down in winter, they will suffer heavy losses.

There is a saying that the season of the year lies in spring. This sentence is not only applicable to Han people, but also to Turkic people.No matter what kind of animal they are, they like to mate and reproduce when food is plentiful and the climate is mild.So when the grass grows in spring, whether it is war horses, cattle or sheep, they all start to estrus.If it is because of the war, the estrus of animals will be delayed, and the Turks will suffer heavy losses, which is almost the same as that of the Han people who have no harvest.

However, the Turks did not have the habit of storing food. If it were not for the victims of disasters in successive years, even if there were no crops in some places, it would not cause a large number of disasters.However, the ability of the Turkic people to resist natural disasters is weaker than that of the Han people.The Turkic people had just passed through a long and cold winter. At this time, their war horses were thin and their cattle and sheep were seriously fattened. If war broke out again, they would have to drink the northwest wind.Unless they can guarantee, this battle can definitely win.

No matter what the Turks released these looted Han people, it was a very proud and proud thing for Datang. Since the end of the great cause, the Central Plains was turbulent, and the Turks regarded the Central Plains as their own. Your own vegetable garden, ready to pick at any time.

As long as Chen Ying reports the news to Chang'an, Li Yuan will never be stingy with food.Naturally, Chen Ying would not swell his face to make himself fat, so he nodded directly and said, "That's fine, just trouble Yang Changshi to write this memorial, and the manager can join hands with you!"

Here, Yang Ze had just finished writing the memorial and hadn't had time to send it out yet.Someone came to say, "Report to the manager, report urgently."Just as Chen Ying opened it, his expression changed drastically.

"what happened?"

Yang Ze asked nervously, "What happened?"

"Thief!" Chen Ying said indignantly, "The new military observer appointed by the imperial court was attacked at the foot of Liupan Mountain in Gaoping, Yuanzhou.

Yang Ze's complexion changed drastically.

Here Liu Zhongzhi had just fled back to Chang'an, and the new military envoy here was attacked again before he had time to take office.At this time, Chen Ying might not be able to clean himself up even if he jumped into the Yellow River.

(End of this chapter)