Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 207 Forging

The mentality before doing things is very important. A slave who can’t even eat enough to eat, what is the spirit of craftsmanship?
Li Yue directly transferred a thousand shi of grain from the Shanyang government treasury, and piled it in the iron workshop.

"Starting today, each person will receive three stone grains per month. If you can improve your smelting skills, you will be rewarded ten stone grains!"

Three stone grains a month, more than 360 catties, enough to feed a family.

The eyes of the craftsmen were straightened, and the iron officials who were being dismissed hurriedly shouted: "Master, we are also skilled hands, please stay here!"

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

This group of iron officials and apprentices have been playing iron for several years, practice makes perfect, and their bodies are strong. What they lack is motivation.

"Then let's stay, one stone and a half per month." Li Yue waved his hand and let the soldiers start to distribute the food.

Within a few days, blacksmiths from all over the world came one after another.

The first thing is to distribute food, and the second thing is new clothes.

Li Yue watched their smelting methods. The method of frying steel was popular in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The pig iron was burned to a semi-molten state, then stirred continuously, and iron ore powder was added to it, and finally smelted into steel.

Since it is "fried", it is a test of the craftsman's control over the heat.

The quality of steel fried by different people is also different.

There is no such thing as a circle without rules, and Li Yue immediately took various incentives.

Bring out a qualified apprentice and reward five stones of food.Those who exceed the task will be rewarded with five stones.Those who can improve the craftsmanship and quality will be rewarded with ten stones to a hundred stones.

Others are throwing away real money, but in this era, food is more valuable than gold and silver. Gold and silver cannot be eaten or drunk, and it is difficult to buy things if you have money. Food can save lives, and the effect is better.

The advantage of the method of frying steel is that after blacksmiths practice, the quality will get better and better, and the efficiency is not bad, depending on the number of people.

And manpower is also the easiest solution.

Smelting cannot be assembled, but forging can.

Each step can be separated, and Li Yue divides it into seven steps: forging, quenching, shaping, grinding, polishing, decoration, and quality inspection.

In addition, all the craftsmen were organized into Shiwu teams, and the Shichang, Wuchang, and team leaders were set up.

If any link is wrong, the collective penalty will be confiscated.

Knives, spears, lances, arrows, axes, maces, and iron armor pieces, among which iron armor is the easiest to make. Zhajia is popular in China, that is, pieces of iron armor are connected in series, like bamboo slips, so it is called Zhajia.

It only needs a two-inch long cold iron sheet to be continuously forged without heating, and it is punched into a three-inch long piece, and then weaved into Zhajia.

Tougher and lighter than fire-forged armor.

The difficulty is the bow and crossbow. There are many things that need to be used, such as ox tendon, ox horn, machine tool, shade-dried wood, etc., which are difficult to get out in a short time, and can only be purchased from Jingxiang.

The assembly line is not a novelty. The Qin Dynasty has already been born. The difference between the arrow clusters, arrow shafts, and arrow feathers is very small, and they can be replaced at will. There are craftsmen's marks on the arrowheads.

This shows that there is already preliminary standardization and traceability.

Of course, compared with later generations, it can only be regarded as a prototype.

"Tiefang, you will manage it on your behalf. It will be divided into three parts, A, B, and C. I will give priority to supplying food and meat. You should pay more attention." Li Yue still wants to stay a few more days and go back after mass production.

But after the autumn harvest, the situation in various places obviously became tense.

Fangtou, Yecheng, Xuchang, Yangcheng, Luoyang, Liyang and other places are all gearing up, as if waiting for something.

Even Guanzhong is in turmoil.

Tiefang can be set up so quickly, it is inseparable from Cao Ning's dispatch.

Coal mines, iron ore, grain, and people coming in and out are not simple things.

After traveling south in clothes, the quality of the prefect and county magistrate of the Northland has improved to a higher level.

There is no money to be made in the local area, refugees and thieves are everywhere, and they have to face the oppression of Jie Zhao.

Some time ago, when Sima Xun was attacking key points, the heroes of Guanzhong killed prefects and county magistrates from all over the country to respond...

"This subordinate obeys the order." Cao Ning cupped his hands.

After explaining some details, Li Yue returned to Chenliu with his personal guards.

It's been almost a month now.

The autumn wind suddenly blows, and the air of killing is everywhere.

Almost all the Heiyun army who went out to hunt, fish, and suppress thieves have returned, including the hundreds of Heiyunlang.

It has only been more than two months before and after, and the momentum is obviously different.

A little less childish, a little more calm and capable, and more like a soldier.

Looking at the horses they were riding on, Li Yue suddenly remembered the more than 200 pieces of horse armor that Ran Min gave him when Shi Zun went north to seize the throne.

There are also more than 600 sets in Chenliu's treasury.

Heiyunxiao cavalry are mostly light cavalry, and the horses are covered with a layer of leather armor to be used as heavy cavalry. The casualties of the soldiers and the wear and tear of the horses are extremely great.

In the future, whether it is the Central Plains War or the Hebei War, the heavy cavalry who charge forward are indispensable.

This is the development trend from the Sixteen Kingdoms to the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Until the Sui, Tang, Liao, Song, Jin and Yuan Dynasties, there were figures of heavy cavalry until the appearance of firearms...

However, with the horse armor, there are very few qualified war horses. A set of horse armor is divided into face curtain, chicken neck, chest, body armor, rear, and parasite. Weapons, about two hundred catties.

A war horse can move on a pack, but if it charges, it will be powerless.

The horses of the Heiyun Army are of all kinds, and many of them have been weak for a long time, and they have only been fed intensive feeding this year.

The best war horses of this era are naturally in the Liaodong and Hetao areas.

After many selections, more than 500 horses were collected, and Hei Yunlang equipped them, barely producing a 200-man heavy cavalry.

At the end of October, the weather turned cold, and the cold wind howled on both sides of the river all day long.

More and more news was sent back from Hebei Xizuo.

Zhao Zhu Shi Zun summoned the vassal kings from all over the country, Yiyang Wang Shijian, Leping Wang Shibao, Ruyin Wang Shikun, Huainan Wang Shizhao, etc. were all recalled to Yecheng.

Shi Bao failed to rebel, but Shi Zun did not kill him.

Ran Min transferred Zhou Cheng's army deployed in Liyang back to Yecheng.

In addition, all the Pu family changed their surnames to Fu, and the detailed work also found out that they sent people south to Jiangdong.

Chang Wei said: "Hebei chaos is imminent!"

After his family members took it back, he was completely devoted to Heiyun Mountain.

Some time ago, Li Nong had the audacity to send someone to ask for it, but Chen Liu didn't respond. Li Yue was forging in Shanyang, and he didn't have time to meet them. After seven or eight days, he could only leave in despair.

Li Yuedao: "I'll send someone to Fangtou to find out about Pu...how is Fu Hong's reality?"

The two sides are still allies so far, and Fu Hong's posture is obviously going to make a big fight, so it's better to make preparations in advance.

Chang Wei laughed, "Fu Hongcheng's mansion is very serious. If he wanted to tell, he would have sent someone here long ago. Since he didn't send anyone, he didn't want the governor to know. If it doesn't work as expected, within ten days, There must be drastic changes in Hebei."

Although Li Nong's strategy of driving away wolves and tigers was unsuccessful, it still left a thorn in both sides.

Fu Hong was so cautious, he must be guarding against the Heiyun army.

"How do you know?" Li Yue was not very interested in Fu Hong.

His goal is Guanzhong, and his own goal is the Central Plains. There is no conflict of interest.

"Shi Zun called Shi Jian, Shi Bao, Shi Kun, Shi Zhao and others to deal with Ran Min. Once Ran Min raised slaves and monopolized the internal and external power, how can the Jie people be convinced? disaster."

(End of this chapter)