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Chapter 151: Furnace Iron Miraculous Skill Ning Mulberry Boiling ([-])

The envoys of Chu and Wei thought that they had got what they wanted, and at the same time, they were satisfied with the guarantee that the Mohists would not serve another country collectively.

Things like reasoning, sometimes even if they are right, don't mean that the right reasoning will always be implemented.

The Wei and Chu countries each have their own difficulties in reform, and the "righteousness" of the Mohists is too radical. It can also be said that as long as this "righteousness" is still there, it is impossible for the monarchs of all countries to use the "righteousness" of the Mohists to change.

The envoys of the two countries stayed in Pei County for a short period of time and chose to leave before the autumn harvest.

Not long after they left, the Propaganda Department led by Shi Shi once again had a second verbal battle with Lie Yukou over thousands of miles of paper over the issue of "universe".

This time, the verbal chatter was able to draw the legendary Lie Yukou who could walk against the wind into Mohist's concept.

Applying the concept similar to that of the Mohist's concept of time and space during the Warring States Period, it is said that "Jingchu is not without things, but it is called the south, and there are many south of it."

This is an exposition of the relative concept of spatial position, which Lie Yukou refuted.

Lie Yukou had already read the falsified "Shan Hai Jing" handed down by the Mohist, and he was quite critical of the concept that the earth under his feet was round, but he couldn't refute it from other issues, so he had to feel that it was in the Mohist's logic. Find out where the logic isn't consistent.

He asked Mo Zhe, if the ground under his feet is round, then he would go south and pass the so-called pole, but I did not change my orientation.

Well, in fact, I was walking north, but I did not change the direction of going south, so if the earth is round, then does the Mohist think that north is south and south is north?
This is a question that is easy to answer but not easy to answer, and it is also a question that makes Shi very happy. Being able to ask such a question is obviously a little closer to the philosophy of "destroying people and tirelessness".

In addition to Lie Yukou writing articles to refute, Yang Zhu, Confucian scholars, Laodan disciples and other schools of thought also expressed their views, either agreeing or opposing.

After the envoys from the Wei and Chu countries left, Shi was busy with the township school and writing articles and arguing, but he didn't know his age.

One day at the end of autumn and winter, he had just finished writing an article on how to refute Lie Yukou's question. Gong Zaoye pushed in the door and saw that he was arranging papers there, and asked, "Is it finished?"

Shaking his wrist, he looked at the scar on Gong Zaoye's face, and wanted to ask who left the scar, but he held back after thinking for a long time, and asked, "What happened?"

Gong Zaoye sat aside and said with a smile, "It's a big deal. Now the autumn harvest is over and the winter wheat has been planted. Through the Sanjin Artisan Association, I found many artisans who can forge iron, but they don't seem to know what you said. A method of furnace melting and annealing. There are ores in the south of the mulberry, and the black stones there can also be burned. You have everything you said. It’s too late for the people’s affairs now, and your Propaganda Department has also explained the truth clearly. It’s time to hurry up and do this well.”

Shi rubbed his hands together and asked excitedly, "The craftsmen from Sanjin have come?"

"It's coming. It's just that they haven't heard of the method of smelting iron you mentioned."

Even though he said that, Gong Zaoye didn't doubt Shi's words, and believed that since Shi said it, he would be able to do it.

Ironware occupies the most important role in the "promised land" of "explaining knowledge and deduction" in a suitable place. Whether or not iron for agricultural tools can be smelted in a cheap way is also related to whether the inference of the Mohist's paradise can stand.

At this time, through the Sumai and two-season rotation method, the prestige of the Mozhe in Pei County has temporarily reached a small peak. The soybean harvest in the second season of this year has been bumper again, and the Mozhe's oil has also opened up sales in Taoyi. The soybeans were purchased by the Mozhe, which also brought a lot of income to the farmers.

The people in the Propaganda Department have already explained all the truths that can be explained clearly. It is the time when people's hearts are boiling. If you don't take advantage of the opportunity to smelt iron at this time, it will be a waste of time.

The use of iron in the Sanjin was relatively early, but apart from meteorite iron, the earliest artificial iron was lump iron.

Decades ago, when the San Jin cast Xing Ding, a large amount of iron was expropriated from the people in the name of military taxation. The level of iron smelting in the Three Jin Dynasties was acceptable, especially in the next few decades. constantly improving.

Block iron smelting and furnace smelting iron go in two different directions.

Furnace smelting iron is suitable for mass production of farm implements. Good enough refractory bricks can be produced to build arc-surface heat reverberatory furnaces. Fuel and iron can be separated into two chambers without pollution, and wrought iron can be obtained by stirring.

Among the Mohists, there are a bunch of copper smelters and a bunch of potters. As long as they understand the principle and build a furnace to melt iron and add a high-temperature annealing kiln, they can completely manufacture agricultural tools in batches.Unannealed pig iron is still too brittle, and annealed pig iron is no problem for making farm tools.

Tao Fan, You Fan, Tie Fan, and various pouring methods can be done as you like. There are many technical handicraft Mohists who have accumulated a lot of technology from the bottom. They are one of the most valuable assets of the Mohism at this time.

The steps of melting iron in a furnace, annealing, or stirring and decarburizing into wrought iron are completely two branches from the block ironmaking method in Sanjin, but these first batch of blacksmiths in Zhuxia can still be used to teach Some blacksmithing techniques.

At this time, pig iron can only be cast and cannot be forged, but wrought iron with curved surface reflection and iron dye separation can be forged. I hope to train a group of qualified forging craftsmen. best candidate.

Since Gongzaoye came forward to find Shi, the rest of the high-level officials who presumably were Mozhe had also arrived, so Shi tidied up and followed Gongzaoye to another room.

The craftsmen from Sanjin had a heavy accent in their dialect, and because they only knew Song-Lu dialect, they couldn't quite understand what they were saying.

However, quite a few of the Mohists knew dialects, and there were a lot of people from the Three Jin Dynasties. If you talk about it a little bit, you can tell that these people are very happy to be here.

They are not members of the Craftsman Association, but some of the morals of the Mozhe and the ideas of the handicraftsmen, and now that the Mozhe is rich and hired with gold, these people are naturally satisfied.

Since he had received the money from the Mohist, he had to help the Mohist. A craftsman shook his head repeatedly after listening to the Mohist's method of smelting iron, and said, "I'm afraid there is no such iron smelting in the world."

"When making iron, you have to burn the ore and charcoal together to form a rough lump, and then use a hammer to squeeze out the sundries inside, until it becomes soft and then beat it with charcoal..."

"As you mohists said, iron is produced directly like copper is smelted. I have never heard of it."

The Mohist trusts some of Shi's ideas, and smiles at what the craftsmen say. People would not believe many things if Shi didn't bring them up.

Shi looked at the thick arms of these craftsmen, and said to himself that the accumulation of hydraulic mills and the like is enough to make hydraulic bellows and hydraulic hammers. I am afraid that your arms will not need to be so thick in the future.

After hearing the craftsman's doubts, I asked the rest of the Mohists to bring the iron ore collected on the hill south of Niasang.

As soon as the iron ore was taken, the eyes of those craftsmen immediately showed a luster of satisfaction.

Even if there is a language barrier, you can tell through their expressions.

Sure enough, after the words of the craftsman were translated by the Mohist, he understood that the craftsman meant that the iron ore was good and could be used for ironmaking.

Shi didn't answer, but nodded to the Mohists behind who knew the inside story, and bursts of cheers came from behind.

There are many such iron mines between Pei and Peng. Xuzhou was originally a heavy industrial mining city in later generations, and there are a large number of coal mines in the Weishan Lake area that has not yet formed. Iron was smelted here in the Han Dynasty.

Today, the Yellow River has not been diverted. The water and grass here are rich and the land is fertile, which is enough to support a large non-agricultural population.

Going north to Taoyi and southeast to Hangou, the geographical location can be described as extending in all directions.

Everything is ready, the only thing missing is the iron smelting furnace mentioned earlier. It can even be said that the Mohists have been doing justice in Pei County for a long time for this purpose and to create a foundation.

Since iron ore can be used for smelting iron, it is not a problem to use it for melting iron in furnaces.

Shishi said to those craftsmen: "The Mohist knows the will of heaven and has his own way. I just want to ask you, if the Mohist makes soft iron, that is, the kind of soft iron that has no impurities without beating, you can beat it. Is it the shape that the ink-maker needs?"

After the Mohist relayed Shi's words, most of the craftsmen were surprised and did not answer Shi's question, but questioned Yu Shi's assumption.

Smelting iron is sponge iron, and the temperature is too low to melt. A large amount of charcoal, slag and iron are fused together, and it needs to be beaten continuously to remove the impurities inside.

This thing can be used as a weapon, but it is too inefficient to be used as a farm tool.

Only one blacksmith said: "If there is really soft iron that can be used without hammering, I can smash it into the shape you want."

He didn't say no, but, etc. He was full of joy and asked a few words about this person, where he was from, and what he had built.

This craftsman was born in Jindi and Gongyi.Gongyi belonged to Wei at this time. It was originally regarded as the capital area of ​​Zhou Tianzi.

It used to be the capital of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was between Wei and Zheng. It was an orthodox Central Plains with advanced technology.

The craftsman said that he had used lump iron to forge iron bars before, and he felt that he could use block iron to make iron bars, and his level was not low.

Iron 锸 is a rare iron farm tool that has appeared in some of the most central plains of the Sanjin region. This kind of tool has long appeared, both copper and stone.

It looks like a concavo-convex letter, and the bottom is like a crescent blade. It can be used to dig pits and weeds when it hits a wooden stick. In fact, the effect is similar to that of a shovel.

However, the shovel cannot dig the soil, but the shovel can dig the soil. It may be because the bronze is too brittle, and the smelting iron can make the shovel light.

It is quite satisfactory to be able to use lump iron to make metal.

Shi asked a few more weird questions, but the craftsman was able to get a rough idea, and gave either a suitable answer or an irrelevant answer.

He asked a weird question, but some Mohists recognized the true meaning of the weird question.

Gong Zao Zhu listened to the strange questions asked by Shi, pulled Shi slightly, stretched out his hand and clasped it into a hand gesture, and asked in a low voice, "You want to make this out of iron?"

(End of this chapter)