When the steel ingots cooled down, Old Liutou beside Zhu Hongyu hurried forward and looked at them carefully, and even reached out to touch the steel ingots that were still a little hot.

Looking at the large steel ingot in front of him, he was shocked and speechless, and his old face was full of shock.

Turning back, he knelt in front of Zhu Hongyu, kowtowed and said loudly.

"Long live Emperor Taizu, the revival of the Ming Dynasty is expected!"

Seeing this, many craftsmen and soldiers of the Restoration Army around him also kowtowed to Zhu Hongyu.

"Long live Emperor Taizu, Long live the general, and the revival of the Ming Dynasty is expected!"

"Long live Emperor Taizu, Long live the general, and the revival of the Ming Dynasty is expected!"

“…”

Everyone knows how difficult it is to make steel, and have you seen such a method of making steel.

In just half a day, I have mastered such a large piece of steel ingot!

In their opinion, such a magical method of steelmaking is nothing different from a magical art.

Apart from what Emperor Taizu taught to Zhu Hongyu in his dream, they could not think of any other possibility.

Since Zhu Hongyu is really protected by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, expelling the Tartars and restoring China is no longer a false statement.

Perhaps Zhu Hongyu can really take them back to the Central Plains!

Even the Spanish craftsmen were like those Chinese, kneeling on the ground and kowtowed to Zhu Hongyu, praising Zhu Hongyu, and flattering desperately.

These Spaniards knew that their lives were controlled by the people in front of them. If they didn't want to die, they could only please the people in front of them.

Amidst the long live cheers, Zhu Hongyu was not blinded, but ordered everyone to do their own things.

Old Liu led his men to try to build weapons with the newly trained steel, and Hu Dinggao took his men to explore the situation around the valley.

Zhao Erhu, who made his mark in the mine battle, took his men to the place where the open-pit coal mine was located, and was responsible for mining coal and iron ore.

More people are busy in the river valley, building shacks and reclaiming fields.

Zhu Hongyu personally led people to start making cement, crushing the limestone into powder and mixing it with clay, and then calcining it.

After calcining, add the remaining slag from the iron smelting!

In order to determine the optimal proportioning ingredients of cement, Zhu Hongyu ordered people to try three materials with different proportions.

After the cement is manufactured, the cement solidification speed, strength, etc. are tested, and finally the best formula is selected.

Then mass production will be carried out!

...

The first building built in the valley was a weapon workshop.

The Restoration Army now has no shortage of craftsmen or steel. The most important thing is to sort out all the military equipment of the Restoration Army.

You should know that there are still many soldiers in the Restoration Army who have no weapons available. During the battle in the mine, many soldiers went to the battlefield with a wooden stick.

And in that battle, many weapons were damaged and needed a blacksmith to repair it before continuing to use it.

Therefore, even if the current Restoration Army was captured in the mine battle, it was still very scarce in weapons.

Without enough weapons, it will greatly affect the combat effectiveness of the Restoration Army!

Old Liu's head was naked, revealing his strong muscles.

He waved a hammer hard, and a large drop of sweat fell from the ends of his hair, and a triangular spearhead was gradually pounded into shape by him.

Quenching, pounding, quenching, pounding...

Lao Liu kept repeating the above process.

Squirt!

This is the sound of the hot spearhead being cooled in the cold water, and white smoke comes out of the bucket.

Lao Liu took out the spearhead from the bucket and then began to polish it.

Zhu Hongyu just watched his movements quietly. Soon, the triangular spearhead was polished and shining, and the sharp spear tip was shining with a cold light.

Old Liu handed the spearhead in his hand to Zhu Hongyu with a proud look on his face, and then spoke.

"General, do you see if this triangular spearhead is suitable?"

"The old man has never attacked the Triangle spear before. Today is the first time that the big girl has been in the sedan chair!"

Zhu Hongyu took the spearhead, looked at it carefully, and nodded to give a very pertinent evaluation.

"Not bad, really good!"

Old Liu continued to speak.

"The spearhead is made of good steel!"

"If Master Longwu and his team had so many good weapons back then, they would not be able to defeat Jianyi's Manchu heavy step."

"If this triangular spearhead made by good steel stabs into a person, it will be useless to pierce armor. Once the stab is a blood hole, it will be impossible to stop the blood!"

The Qing Dynasty actually relied on riding and shooting to conquer the world, but their Manchu heavy steps.

The Qing army's Eight Banners usually fought on horseback, and then dismounted and fought in the field after arriving on the battlefield.

There are double armor per capita, and there are even a small number of elite white armored soldiers who can fight in three layers of armor.

The Qing army, who was wearing armor, had heavy attacks against the almost unarmed beggars of the Ming army guards, was a one-sided crush.

Faced with the heavy armor of the Qing army, the Ming army was unable to break the armor at all, and often dozens of casualties were killed and killed to eliminate a heavy armored infantry of the Qing army.

It was with such military advantages that the Qing army defeated the Ming army with fewer and more time and time again!

Old Liu couldn't help but sigh that if the Ming army could have so many good steel to build weapons back then, the Qing army's Manchu heavy attack would not have become arrogant.

As for why the Qing army, which only occupied a corner of Liaodong, could put armor on the entire army and crush the world-rich Ming Dynasty in terms of military equipment?

I can only say that I have my own national conditions in the Ming Dynasty!

Even in the late Ming Dynasty, the steel production of the Ming Dynasty was arrogant in the world. It was hard to say that it accounted for 60 or 70 percent of the world. Conservatively, half of it is still there.

Even if the court replaced all the hundreds of thousands of Ming troops with heavy armor, it would not be impossible for such steel production.

If the Ming army could have hundreds of thousands of heavily armored infantry, would the Manchu heavy stances of the Qing Dynasty still become arrogant?

However, due to constant natural disasters, heavy taxes and land annexation, refugees have arisen and a large amount of taxes have been lost in finance.

In addition, various reasons such as corruption among officials and the military's wages and blood.

The Ming Dynasty was not as good as the Qing Dynasty in terms of martial arts!

Zhu Hongyu pondered for a while, and then proposed the concept of a sleeve-type bayonet to Lao Liu.

"Can the triangular spear tip be used as a bayonet?"

"The bayonet is installed on the musket in the form of a sleeve instead of being stuffed into the barrel. In that case, the bayonet will not affect the normal fire after the musket is put on. After a round of volleys, our army can immediately launch a bayonet charge."

"In this way, the combat effectiveness of our Restoration Army can be greatly enhanced!"

“Can such a sleeve bayonet be used?”

Old Liu showed a contemplative look on his face, and he thought for a while before speaking.

"It's okay, but I'm afraid the bayonets I made are not strong enough!"

Although the stuffed bayonet has various shortcomings, it is strong enough that as long as it is stuffed into the barrel, you generally don’t have to worry about falling out.

Due to insufficient strength of the steel, the connection part of the sleeve may be broken when the bayonet is applied.

If such a situation occurs on the battlefield, it will be quite dangerous!

Zhu Hongyu nodded and said.

"Then use the best steel!"

"Try to make a few sleeve-type bayonets and try it out!"

Old Liu nodded and agreed, saying that he would try it.
Chapter completed!