Huanxi Farm: Pick up a husband for farming

Chapter 168 Iron Ore Talk
In the big courtyard of the Rong family, Rong Shui had a beautiful face and smiled lightly. He caressed the white dove letter paper with his delicate fingers, and laughed aloud. When all the official documents fell into his hands yesterday, Rong Shui returned home immediately. Send someone to inform Huchangzhai immediately and let them prepare for action immediately.

Unexpectedly, early in the morning, Huang Zhi sent someone to knock on the door of Rong's house and said: "Our master specially invited skilled mining masters from neighboring counties to the mine to help Miss Rong."

Rong Shui was so happy that he even found the workers for himself. It goes without saying that Mrs. Liu thought well, so he set off to the mine.When they arrived at the designated place, the craftsmen Huang Zhi mentioned and the people from Huchangzhai had all arrived, and they could not intervene in professional issues, so they watched the miners collectively discuss the mining location and the location of the work shed. Shanhu and his party fully cooperated, and the two parties also cooperated happily.

It was a bit boring to stay for a long time. Zhao Yu came to report the work situation when he saw the situation, and chatted with Rongshui casually, and said to Rongshui: "Rongshui's mining business is a major plan for profit and people's livelihood, but has it ever happened?" Have you thought about where this ore vein, this iron making, and this seemingly endless resource come from?"

In fact, Rong Shui liked to chat with Zhao Yu when he was in Huchangzhai. He only knew that he was a scholar who was framed, but he never knew that Zhao Yu, who was a scholar, could know astronomy and geography.This meeting will suddenly chat, and the opening is to discuss with her the source of time, everything, and the source of nature.

This kind of complicated and profound question is an obscure knowledge even among modern people. Rongshui majored in the field of human brain psychology, which mainly focuses on human beings, and the field of biology and natural science is not easy. Only dabbled a little.

So I humbly expressed my superficial point of view: "Mr. Zhao, this question of yours really has to be discussed. Isn't everything in nature a gift from God? As mortals, we only care about enjoying it, and we can just take it. Why bother about the origin?"

Rong Shui didn’t tell Zhao Yu anything about the generation of iron element learned in modern times and the natural evolution that began in ancient centuries, because Zhao Yu was so smart and thoughtful, and Rong Shui was afraid that he would talk too much, and Zhao Yu would have doubts in his heart. , So I chose an ancient way of thinking to answer him, everything is bestowed by God, and human beings only need to be grateful to be inexhaustible.

However, Zhao Yu shook his head after hearing this. He knew that this was not Rongshui's point of view. The structure in this little girl's mind was so different from ordinary people's. She thought about any problem with her own set of patterns, and she would never blindly follow the crowd.

So you said: "Rong Shui - it's not your idea at this moment, is it? The old man is just chatting with you today, so don't take it too seriously."

After finishing speaking, knowing that Rong Shui didn't want to reveal his point of view, he expressed his feelings on his own: "Everything is bestowed by God, so where does God's bestow come from? It's really just that you can't use it. Exhausted immediately? Since the founding of Dayan, iron has been smelted from the furnace. This hard metal is widely used in marching and fighting. Swords and swords are everywhere, so it has formed everywhere to search for and mine iron ore. The old man believes that everything is in number. Once used up, it cannot be regenerated.”

After hearing Zhao Yu's words, Rong Shui was a little shocked. As a modern person with high knowledge, it is impossible for Rong Shui not to know that iron, natural gas, and oil are both non-renewable resources, but when iron is widely used Only after mining in the 21st century did some people slowly propose the concept of protecting non-renewable resources.

However, he did not expect that the concept that was proposed after so long was now easily stated by an ancient man. Before iron was over-exploited, he had already thought of everything as a non-renewable resource.

While Rong Shui was shocked, he couldn't help asking: "Then Mr. Zhao, what do you mean?"

Zhao Yu didn't know what Rong Shui was thinking, so he just mentioned: "I don't mean anything, Rong Shui laughed at the old man's unfounded worries, but seeing me, Dayan, building iron mines like this, I couldn't help but sigh, Rong Shui Don't take Zhao's words too seriously."

Zhao Yu has already said that it is impossible for Rong Shui not to take it to heart, and he is even more amazed by Zhao Yu's advanced thinking. At the same time, he also reminded himself of a certain concept of environmental protection, as long as it is enough, there is no need to dig too much.

Today, there are more than a dozen large and small iron mines in Dayan. The number is not small. How much iron each iron mine turns over to the imperial court every year for casting weapons and ironware. However, it is a peaceful era and there is no large-scale Where did Zhan Luan use so many weapons?

Rongshui seems to have understood something. Earning money from iron ore mining is a small thing, and the rich people are also small. Adhering to the plan of sustainable development, taking as much as you use, and paying as much as you want is the best way to manage.

So Rongshui immediately called the old miner and said, "Don't climb over this mountain in the early stage, just build a mine furnace within a radius of three miles."

The old miner was puzzled and said, "This...Miss Rong, don't you know something? According to my opinion, there are huge mines on the nearby hills! How can you give up so easily?"

Rong Shui said: "There are a few huge mines in the world. It is up to you to decide. I am in a hurry to start construction now, and I won't give you so much time. Besides, if my initial investment can only build one or two mine furnaces, it will take so much." Multi-iron ore is useless, don't question my decision, master, just follow suit."

The old miner clearly wanted to say goodbye: "But!"

But she was interrupted by Rong Shui's ruthless eyes, she said: "This is my decision, the mine belongs to me, you have to obey my orders if you work for me, at present, the news about the huge mines on other hills is not allowed to be disclosed! Just mine the current mine!"

Since Rongshui issued such a strict order, the old mining industry had no choice but to obey.

Rong Shui knew that his decision was correct, even if he knew that the iron ore would not be exhausted no matter how he used it in this era, even if he knew that his meager strength might not help the depletion of the world's resources, but...some things are not right. If you start by yourself, you will not know whether it will be useful for the future or whether it can be changed.

The future... After all, it is the era she lived in, and what if the speed of human self-destruction can't be outweighed by meager strength?Do your best.

After a while, someone came to report that the construction of various facilities had been confirmed, and Rongshui ordered the construction to start today: "Since the location drawings have been prepared, there is no need to wait any longer, and we can start construction from now on."

Shan Hu also came over and nodded and said: "Well, what I said is very true. I will take a group of brothers down the mountain to carry a batch of bricks and tiles up later, and then the construction can start. The dust here in Rongshui was flying after construction. There was nothing wrong with it. You and Zhao Yu will supervise, you go down the mountain first!"

Of course Rongshui didn't want to go alone first, and she said that she would have to sit in the town on the first day of construction, so she politely thanked Shanhu for her kindness: "No, today I have to see the construction progress and their construction method, There is also the most complicated iron furnace, which cannot be sloppy."

Seeing that Shan Hu couldn't be persuaded, he had no choice but to follow her.

After waiting for a while, the construction of iron mines began one after another. Rongshui held the construction blueprint of the mine furnace, and first recalled the modern ironmaking method and the history of ironmaking drills in China in the past. Fortunately, he had gone through it before. This is a similarly introduced professional extracurricular book.

Early smelted iron was usually lump iron, which was very soft and could not be made into complicated shapes.Then it appeared that the pig iron was in a liquid state because it was out of the furnace, and could be cast into shape.

At first, our country used the ground furnace ironmaking method, that is, dug a pit on the ground and filled it with ore and charcoal for smelting. In the Han Dynasty, a blast furnace ironmaking method appeared. Difficulties.

So Rongshui asked the man who repaired the iron furnace: "Master, may I ask whether the furnace used for ironmaking is the ground furnace type or the blast furnace type?"

The master didn't expect a little girl to understand this, and said in surprise: "The girl is really not simple, but what kind of furnace did the girl talk about making iron? I don't know what generation it is. Although the furnace is convenient and easy The cost saving is true, but the wind power is not good and the firepower can’t reach it, and the smelted iron is soft, but there are still some small workshops that save costs and have such a furnace.”

Rong Shui now understood that this is the era of using blast furnaces, so the quality of ironmaking should have been greatly improved, so there is another question next.

So he asked: "Then what are you using to blow the wind to support the combustion and smelt iron?"

The worker said: "Miss Rong, coal is used everywhere! That stuff comes out faster than the old cowhide and horsehide, burns higher, and greatly increases the output, but it's easy to use."

Fortunately, the fuel has been discovered now, and Rong Shui thought about it. In this era, it is reasonable to say that there should be better fuel than coal. If coal is used to make iron, is it true that the coal contains sulfur and other substances? Good for ironmaking!
I should be able to start improving from this point, yes!When I have free time, I will try them one by one. Unfortunately, I haven't finished reading the "History of Chinese Casting and Training", otherwise I can copy them all one by one!
Zhao Yu also came to his side, and seeing Rong Shui's clothes in deep thought, he asked, "What is Rong Shui thinking about? Could it be that he was thinking about fuel?"

Rong Shui nodded, and said: "Yes, Mr. Zhao, I always feel that coal is not the best fuel. If I can change to a more suitable fuel, I will definitely be able to smelt iron with the highest hardness and the best yield."

Zhao Yu applauded and said: "Rong Shui is really diligent in thinking. Iron has a long history. It has evolved to this point through constant changes in ironmaking methods in the past dynasties. However, Zhao also feels that the current method is not the best. There is not a single fuel during the day, if you can test the fuel that is most suitable for ironmaking, that is the best, and you can make the most of it!"

Rongshui was also very excited to get Zhao Yu's support, and he was even more certain in his heart that he would find the most suitable fuel for iron smelting, so that iron could maximize its value in this era.

(End of this chapter)