Although Chen Xi often teases Liu Ba for being a cheat, and is always ready to pick up Liu Ba's benefits after Liu Ba collapses, in fact Liu Ba is one of the few wise men in history, and this guy doesn't agree with Chen Xi
His economic thinking is actually one--too much is given to the people.
In Liu Ba's view, it is not necessary to give so much to the people. Even in Liu Ba's view, it is unnecessary to promote rice favors and fight rice enemies. The people are in a state of survival, and then all the excess capital is integrated into the hands of the state to play its role.
Producing the greatest effect is the most meaningful thing.
Chen Xi gave too much, so much that if the money was returned to the country, the country as a whole would develop faster. As for the future that Chen Xi mentioned, in Liu Ba's opinion, it is best to grasp the present first and then talk about the future.
Meaning, which one is more important, let’s get some points.
Therefore, in Liu Ba's eyes, Chen Xi's ability to achieve this level can only be said to be because Chen Xi himself is so amazing. It does not mean that the development and expansion of this system has reached its limit.
This is why Liu Ba said that Chen Xi is much more powerful than him, and at the same time he is engaged in economic construction according to his own ideas. Liu Ba has nothing to do. He does not have the ability of Chen Xi. If he develops according to Chen Xi's path, wouldn't it be a doomed rhythm?
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Therefore, Liu Ba chose to focus on development. Therefore, as long as it is something that is truly important, Liu Ba will not rely on his own knowledge to improve the so-called efficiency. Therefore, Liu Ba really did not mess around in the Smelting Department.
Things like weapons and armor affect national strength. Liu Ba knows that he is not as good as Chen Xi, so naturally he will not test his abilities in these aspects. If he makes a mistake, he will die.
Therefore, what Chen Xi stipulated was what Liu Ba implemented. At least in terms of the process, development direction, and management system, Liu Ba has basically not changed. Alloy preparation is the future direction, and research requires sacrificing a certain amount of production efficiency.
But considering the current war situation, which still has an overall strategic advantage, Liu Ba is able to accept this sacrifice of the current development model.
Those who can sit in this position are all unique talents. In troubled times, it is important to have capable people, and in prosperous times, it is important to have virtuous people.
The core factor in the collapse of prosperous times into troubled times is not only the people who steal high positions, but selfishly promote the unscrupulous and incompetent people, leaving the capable ones unable to do their jobs. As time accumulates, conflicts will explode, and finally the prosperous times will collapse and the dynasty will
The periodic law begins to operate again.
At this time, the guys who can get to the top are strong enough not to mention their ability. Even the guys who were dealt with by the supervision department established by Tingwei Manchong before are really capable. It can only be said that those people have committed other crimes.
The problem is not a lack of ability.
Liu Ba valued the Bingzhou Smelting Department very much, and even if possible, Liu Ba would like to replicate the Bingzhou Smelting Department under Cao Cao, because Liu Ba, who had witnessed the construction of a prosperous city from scratch, understood that this system might be better than the dragon
The place of prosperity is more important.
It's just that some things cannot be solved by piecing them together, and Liu Ba can only drool while looking at them, but there is no way to fully replicate them.
Therefore, in the entire Bingzhou Smelting Department, from management to planning to future development, Liu Ba did his best. At least when Chen Xi took a look at it, it was impossible to find any flaws, which was what Chen Xi was worried about at the beginning.
It’s not a problem. The reason why he has been so productive can only be said that Liu Ba really put all his energy into this aspect.
This is the result that Chen Xi is most satisfied with, because achieving this level is equivalent to what a top wise man can achieve with all his strength. Even if there is a problem, it is not a problem with the manager's mentality, but beyond the scope of the manager's ability.
Just like now, Pu Yuan followed Liu Ba's regulations at that time and asked someone to bring over the secret recipe he had accumulated during casting and smelting. After Chen Xi looked at it, the blood vessels on his forehead became thicker.
"Well, can I ask, how much is this little amount?" Chen Xi pointed to the contents in the record book and asked Pu Yuan with a stiff smile.
"Probably this much." Pu Yuan recalled for a moment, and then gestured with his hand. To be honest, Pu Yuan couldn't remember what the earliest formula was. After thinking hard, he finally recalled that it seemed like this
One thing.
Chen Xi covered his forehead and looked at Pu Yuan with a twitching face. He did not address him with honor this time. He looked at Pu Yuan with a smile, "Master Pu, let me ask, what is their approximate ratio, and this
, this one grinds the gems into fine powder and adds it to the furnace. May I ask what kind of gems it is and how much is added?"
Chen Xi really collapsed looking at these records. If it weren't for the finished product, Chen Xi would have wanted to curse people now. Do you call this experimental preparation records? Do you know that I want to beat people? You have created such a thick stack of records.
, the results are all like this, how should I use them?
Chen Xi's purpose of doing this is as a technical reserve so that people can understand it, but your recording method can probably only be used as a verification direction.
"I have gems here. I have been studying this recently. I think this is a promising development direction." Pu Yuan may have sensed Chen Xi's faint anger and said quickly, even taking it out of his pocket.
Several sparkling gems.
As for the previous proportions, Pu Yuan has almost forgotten them in the early days. Anyway, the habit of a swordsmith is to rely on feel and experience. When I cast, when I add to it, my feel is enough.
The rest is up to God.
Chen Xi squinted at the gems Pu Yuan took out. They were not too big and of good quality. However, he glanced at Liu Tong and the other four and knew that gems of this level would be useless to those four guys.
Attraction.
Chen Xi stared at the gem in Pu Yuan's hand for a long time, and finally realized what it was. It was indeed a gem, but if Chen Xi remembered correctly, it should be called peridot.
The problem is that peridot has nothing to do with alloys. Well, there is cobalt in peridot.
Thinking of this, Chen Xi reluctantly remembered that if this thing is added to steel, a very good alloy can be produced if the ratio is suitable.
But then Chen Xi realized that according to Pu Yuan's ratio, just such a small amount of cobalt would not produce the intensity he recorded.
"Are you sure it's this kind of gem?" Chen Xi scratched his head. If the cobalt alloy is really good, it is indeed very good. It is much better than Chen Xi's current earth steel, but the cobalt element of peridot is not enough. It's really
If anything, it may contain more manganese than cobalt.
"Usually I crush this kind of gemstone together with this one." Pu Yuan looked for the ore base and then put them together and said.
Chen Xi scratched his head, what the hell is this, an associated ore? An associated ore of olivine? Who knows what it contains, it feels a bit like iron ore.
"What kind of ore is this?" This time it was really beyond Chen Xi's ability. "Is there any refined product?"
"It can't be refined. It feels similar to iron, but much stronger than iron. I usually throw it into the furnace where I am as an additive." Pu Yuan said awkwardly. Although he didn't know what this thing was, he added it.
It can increase the strength, so Pu Yuan added, "But if you throw this thing in with these gems, what comes out will be very strong."
"Where did you get this thing?" Chen Xi had a headache. He didn't have the ability to distinguish the ore, and he couldn't determine what was in it. It felt a bit like iron ore, but this thing was too shiny.
Iron ore cannot grow like this.
However, the effectiveness of the magnet proves that this thing must be a kind of iron ore.
"It's just over the Hexi Corridor." Pu Yuan said very naturally, "Someone over there pulled a boat of this as ballast, and there were some gems in it. I felt that this thing could make good things, so I gave it a try.
, the results were pretty good.”
Pu Yuan's answer made Chen Xi hold his forehead. This thing is really full of all kinds of mystifying feelings, but why is there something familiar underneath Beidi.
"I remembered." Chen Xi pondered for a moment after hearing this, and finally realized what this thing is. This is chromite, a truly heaven-defying thing, an associated mineral of olivine, used to make additives.
Once inside the steel, the strength of the steel that comes out will be greatly improved.
To be honest, Chen Xi was able to fish out this alloy from his brain thanks to Xianglishi. The swords Xianglishi made for Da Qin were all chromium-plated. I won’t go into detail about the incredible level of this technology, but so far, Xiang Lishi
Richter produces antimony alloys, not chromium alloys.
The reason is very simple. Xiang Lishi couldn't find the ore his ancestors used, so he changed to a feasible alloy method. Anyway, antimony alloy is also very easy to use.
Xiangli knew that his ancestors used the mines in the Hexi Corridor when they were doing chrome plating, which was also the mines in Gansu in later generations. But where is the location? I don’t know. In addition, I offended people hundreds of years ago, and there are no samples.
I took it out and couldn't find it.
Chen Xi knew that what Xianglishi wanted was chromium ore, but Chen Xi couldn't find it without knowing what it looked like. In fact, Xianglishi couldn't find it himself.
So this matter is over, and no one will mention it because they can't find it. Antimony alloys and manganese alloys now have great advantages, and there is no need to upgrade to higher things.
If Chen Xi had not met Pu Yuan today, he would never have thought that this was the so-called chromite ore.
But then Chen Xi thought of more applications of this thing. Although at this time Chen Xi also remembered that Xiangli might have used lead chromium ore, and this one was chromite, but it didn't matter. The former was used to smelt bronze.
Adding attributes, this is used to increase attributes in steelmaking, they are all good things.
After all, the application range of the gadget is really wide. The CR steel of later generations is an ordinary carbon steel product with this added, and its strength is incredible for this era.
