Datang first village

In the huge workshop, the outer three floors and the inner three floors are guarded by Youwuwei's most elite sergeants, and the soldiers are at least general level.

The first foreman of the craftsman in this workshop saw Li Yuanxing approaching, ran over from a distance, and threw himself on the ground: "Your Highness, this old man lives up to His Highness's trust, Your Highness's trust!"

"Completed?" Li Yuanxing's heart also raised.

"Your Highness, the work is finished!" The craftsman snatched a second-class craftsman from Li Yuanxing from the Ministry of Industry.

From preparing to commit suicide to disobedience, to working like crazy, all because of a blueprint in Li Yuanxing's hand.

"Old horse, you have worked hard!"

"I don't dare to take the credit, but it was my grandson who made great efforts. Several key points were completed by the grandson."

Li Yuanxing nodded slightly, and while walking into the workshop, he said: "Call your grandson, I want 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. When the craftsmen of Datang are really working crazy, what they need to supervise is whether they rest on time.

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

A young man came to Li Yuanxing and knelt down.

"It's cold on the ground in winter, so get up and talk. I just want to know when this thing can 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 13 catties of pig iron and 360 catties of third-class refined steel. It can be disassembled into [-] parts for easy transportation. The little craftsman has already chosen a slope by the Jing River , as long as the order is given, it can be used after ten days."

"[-] catties of refined steel!" Cheng Motou roared.

13 catties of pig iron and [-] catties of fine steel, how many knives and armors will be made.

Li Yuanxing waved his hand: "Let me see!"

The sackcloth bag was torn out, and a 14-jin monster of steel was used.

This is a rock crusher, a single-barrel rock crusher.Li Yuanxing needs tens of millions of tons of gravel to lay his new road. If it is done by manpower, he does not know how long it will take.Moreover, limestone also needs to be crushed, so another machine can be adjusted, gravel plus crushing!

Huge machines can replace human labor.

Cui Dunli stared at this giant steel beast with his mouth open, stunned, really lost his composure.

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

Cheng Motou rushed up, touched the giant beast and shouted: "13 jin of iron, [-] jin of fine steel! Fine steel, my fine steel!" Cheng Motou was calculating, these steels can be made How much of that fine steel blade Mingguang armor.

"What's your name?" Li Yuanxing wasn't surprised at all. In the modern age of later generations, this kind of thing that uses more than ten tons of iron is not worth mentioning at all, and there are millions of tons on a huge machine.

"Little craftsman Ma Yuan!"

Qin Qiong added a sentence next to him: "The descendants of Ma Jun at the end of the Han Dynasty. For generations, they are excellent craftsmen and masters of mechanism!"

"Very good, Ma Yuan listened to the order. Within half a month, this stone crusher can be used. I personally write a letter of recommendation for you. Let the Ministry of Industry order you a craftsman grade!" Li Yuanxing is very satisfied with this steel giant.

Cheng Motou was only thinking about replacing these steels with weapons, and he didn't understand the value of industry at all.

Li Yuanxing seemed to be doing it on purpose: "Old Cheng, in fact, this king is going to make three or five sets of this kind of thing."

"Ah, ah!" Demon Cheng screamed strangely, punched the steel stone crusher, grinned in pain, and then turned his head suddenly: "Wu Lang, old Cheng wants to impeach you, wants to impeach you."

Wei Zheng also interjected: "Your Highness, the servants also think that what His Highness did is wrong!"

"Impeach it! It's been a long time since anyone has impeached the king. It's really boring recently. I didn't quarrel with those censors. By the way, I went to tell those people in the remonstrance court that they are too free, so I need to quarrel. It's useless." Li Yuanxing said flatly, then took out another cigarette and lit it for himself.

Li Yuanxing's expression was so flat, but Cheng Motou couldn't bear it.

Looking at that giant beast, and then at Li Yuanxing, Demon Cheng was about to go crazy, and said to Li Yuanxing, "Wulang, Your Highness, Your Highness King Qin, millions of catties of pig iron, tens of thousands of catties of fine steel."

Li Yuanxing also knew how huge this number was.

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

Five thousand tons is about 1000 million catties.

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

If you don't make Cheng Mo go crazy, not only Cheng Mo, but also Wei Zheng can't stand it!

"Old Cheng, go to the Holy Master and cry immediately." Li Yuanxing smiled and said to the devil.

Cheng Motou's eyes changed. If you want to say who is the smartest among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Motou is definitely in the forefront in terms of cunning. Li Yuanxing's evaluation of Cheng Motou is that he is as smart as Zhu Bajie.

What is Zhu Bajie?When fighting, it hides behind. If there is difficulty, the monkey head will come, if there is a coolie, he will go first if there is something delicious.

When Lao Cheng came to his senses, a strange smile appeared on his face, which disappeared in an instant.Immediately, he looked pitiful again, and pulled Wei Zheng: "Heizi, write a letter to Lao Cheng, Lao Cheng wants to impeach King Qin!"

Before Wei Zheng could react, he was dragged away by Cheng Motou.

Nao, no matter what farce is going on here, the guards stand straight, just as if they didn't see, what a million catties of steel represents, they don't quite understand, but it seems that it is definitely not that simple, and a qualified person is to forget it after hearing it. guard.

The craftsmen didn't listen at all, they were paid on a piece-by-piece basis, the more they worked, the higher the quality, the more they paid per month.

After a while, a personal guard came to report: "Your Highness, General Cheng left with his personal guard. Looking at the direction, it should be heading for Chang'an."

"That's right! He's galloping like a gallop, and it's already time to arrive in Chang'an. I think he can catch up with the last game of today's long ball league. Maybe he can have dinner with brother Huang!" Li Yuanxing laughed. .

Naturally, the guards did not dare to answer these words, and left after reporting.

Wu Zhao, who had been silent all this time, spoke at this moment: "I'm tired, I'm going back to rest."

"Okay!" Li Yuanxing nodded, Wu Zhao hugged himself tightly with the cloak, and patted Su An on the head: "Go back!"

Wu Zhao was very surprised. He didn't expect that the craftsmen of Datang could make this thing. He used the simplest methods, such as casting, forging, grinding, and riveting that he had just learned, to actually make 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. A giant steel beast with more than 20 tons is definitely a legend of Datang.

It's not that Wu Zhao is tired, but she wants to go back and think about how to build this road.

"Your Highness, the steel collected from the entire Tang Dynasty is only a million catties!" Cui Dunli said softly beside him.

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

"If you go back to His Highness, I have sent someone to look for it just now, so I think it should be here soon." An attendant replied from the side.

Li Yuanxing nodded, and beckoned to Ma Yuan: "Ma Yuan, what do you think of my hydraulic forging machine?"

Ma Yuan stepped forward and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Returning to His Royal Highness King Qin, forging is one of them. No matter how much I study, I can't make the water power reach enough strength. Without strength and speed, it is not as good as manual work. As for, In terms of stamping, blacksmiths are studying the super-hard steel used in the mold, and the soft copper oil shaft will have a finished product in ten days. The little craftsman believes that it will take another two months to try the stamping of armor blades."

"Very good, a pair of armor is as large as thousands of blades, if a craftsman hammers it out with a hammer, it will be too much work!"

"Your Highness is kind!" Ma Yuan replied.

"Work hard, 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 foreman Ma, came over to salute: "Thank you, Your Highness!"

Li Yuanxing stretched out his hand to help: "Old Ma, you need to take good care of your body. Go to Lao Sun's place for a few days and let him feel your pulse!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you..." Lao Ma, a second-class craftsman who was almost 60 years old, broke down in tears.

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

"Your Highness, 200 million catties of pig iron and 30 catties of fine steel, including [-] catties of first-class fine steel!"

The less impurities the steel has, the greater its strength and the higher its natural grade.The first-class refined steel that Li Yuanxing requested was not just barely meeting the standards of modern tractor beams. Of course, since Datang did not have sufficient testing capabilities, first-class refined steel was called Qianlian Refined Steel.

And the second-class steel is called hundred-smelting steel.

Third-grade steel is crude steel. It is okay to make a few kitchen knives, but at least second-grade steel is needed to make military knives.

Pig iron can be cast but not forged, and 200 million jin of pig iron is equivalent to fine steel raw materials that are easy to store, except for a few cast iron parts.At least it is much more practical than iron ore, all because it is impossible to turn iron ore into steel with only one smelting process in Datang.

"Cement?" Li Yuanxing asked again!

Zheng He gritted his teeth with a troubled expression on his face: "Your Highness, seven or eight hundred thousand catties!"

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

How can you be satisfied.

You have to know that any small cement plant in modern times in later generations has a capacity of 30 tons a year, but here it is only 80 million catties. What can it do?

"Cui Changshi, ordered Lu Chengqing. 50 jins of steel, 400 jins of first-class fine steel, 1000 million jins of pig iron, [-] million jins of cement, at least. And don't affect the development of Yaozhou. If you have any ideas, report them to me!" (To be continued.)