Travel through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 191 Steelmaking
As the construction of Youzhou's countryside was in full swing, many unfavorable things happened before Yang Yu could be happy.

Among them, the most unfavorable thing is the lack of transportation capacity. First of all, all the cement kilns are in the mountains, and the clay needs to be transported in the mountains. This is okay because the road is relatively smooth and smooth.

However, the external transportation of cement is not so beneficial, because of limited conditions, all the carriages are made of wooden wheels, and the distance is close, but the distance is far, and the carriage does not know how to transport it. How many times it needs to be repaired, in this way, it will definitely affect the progress of the project.

But fortunately, due to the shortage of construction workers, this can still reach a state of balance. However, as the construction workers become proficient, and even the number increases, the capacity begins to show its fatigue.

"My lord, this can't be done. I think, how about limiting the number of constructions now, and letting the people go through the application and approval before allowing them to build."

Liu Hui came up with such an idea. Although it was a good idea, Yang Yu didn't want to implement it. You know, his time was limited, and he didn't want to spend all his life on this construction. Can the construction of Youzhou be completed in 50 years?
Therefore, Yang Yu decided to go to the steelmaking furnace. Yes, some time ago, a blueprint of a soil steelmaking furnace appeared in his mobile phone. In this era, it can be regarded as the most advanced steelmaking furnace. Moreover, this steelmaking furnace is not a real earthen steelmaking furnace, but has some earthen methods to assist in the treatment of impurities in steel. In Yang Yu's opinion Come on, this is enough, and even, in Youzhou in the future, the iron that is smelted, except for some places where iron must be used, can be completely replaced by this new steel.

And the most important thing is that after the soil steelmaking furnace is installed, the rails can be released, which is the most common carbon-containing steel rail. With the rails and cement, it is completely possible to build a train pulled by horses.

This kind of train does not need the chassis to be heavy or long, it just needs to be able to pull more than a horse-drawn carriage and be more durable than a horse-drawn carriage.

"My lord, we are in trouble!" When Yang Yu was thinking about this track, some mine owners also came to ask for help.

What they are asking for help is also a question of capacity.

"My lord, you see, since we used gunpowder to mine, the output has increased, but the transportation volume has not changed much."

In the mine, it is more complicated. The transportation is still using manpower to transport it out. At most, some places use animal power to carry the ore out, but no horse-drawn cart is used.

Well, why not use a carriage?

It can't be used. Even if the roads in the mine are well repaired, they are still bumpy. Not to mention the carriages, the hooves of horses and cows are often injured.

"Don't worry, I will solve this problem right away. During this time, you should work harder." Yang Yu comforted these mine owners. He couldn't help comforting them. You know, these mine owners Lord, that took out all the fields in the family and replaced them with minerals. If they were disappointed with the mining because of the transportation, it would really not be a good thing.

Maybe, some people will say, wouldn't they figure out a way by themselves?
This, their brains, really can’t figure it out. You know, what Yang Yu is doing now is basically a leap forward. How can people’s brain power keep up? But, if Yang Yu points out the way After that, their brains will have a place to use.

This, even if it is a matter of vision, you must know that any thing develops gradually, and it cannot be achieved overnight.

And I am a big man, it's not that I don't have that opportunity, the main reason is that whenever something is about to develop, it will be interrupted by the war. There are certain internal reasons, but the main reason is external. For example, in this era, Cao Cao's Wei The country, and later the Jin Dynasty was established, but it was disrupted by a five random China. You must know that within this dynasty, no matter how chaotic, this technology, it can be said, is constantly improving, but once If external forces come in, this society will be directly set back hundreds of years.

After the chaos of the Five Dynasties, came the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the appearance of the prosperous Tang Dynasty had just appeared, and then came the barbarians again, causing the entire Tang Dynasty to be torn apart.It is also the fault of the nomads.

When the Song Dynasty was established, there was another Liao Kingdom established by the nomadic people. Both the Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty respected Confucianism. If these two dynasties could not have any external forces, the two countries would be in conflict all day long. , that's okay to say, maybe the industrial revolution is coming, but unfortunately, there is another gold, after the gold, that is Mongolia, these two tribes, apart from being able to destroy, there is no merit .

Next, after the Ming Dynasty, there came a post-Jin Dynasty with no self-confidence, which directly brought China into the abyss and became an international joke.

This is also the reason why Yang Yu wanted to drive away the foreigners first, instead of advancing to the Central Plains.

After thinking so much, Yang Yu was even more eager to get on the horse railway immediately, even if it was not for transportation, it was also for the timely transportation of troops to the border and the timely response to the invasion of foreign enemies.

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"My lord, what are you?"

The soil steel furnace was built, and even a few furnaces of steel were produced, and Yang Yu also increased the transportation capacity to fully support the materials used in the steelmaking furnace.

On this day, Yang Yu sold all the wooden rails next to the iron-making furnace, as well as the wooden rails and wooden carts next to the new steel-making furnace, and put new ones on them. Rails poured with molten steel.

These steel rails, to be honest, are really not easy to use, and they are very ugly. First of all, the roughness is the biggest shortcoming of these steel rails. But, does Yang Yu care? After having a model, if they can't do things well, Yang Yu needs to ask them what they are thinking.

"My lord, it takes a lot of effort to pull this iron cart, let alone a human!"

"Well, this is your business. I want you to use the fastest time to study this track, and this iron car, to add shock absorption, this technology for making springs, I am already master I have taught you, it depends on your comprehension ability, hurry up, now, many places are waiting for the rails and trains to transport it! I am very optimistic about you."

Well, Yang Yu's last sentence can be regarded as arousing people's competitive spirit.

"Please rest assured, my lord, we will work hard to make the rails and cars the most reasonable, the lightest, and the most transportable materials."

(End of this chapter)