Although Bai Qi also felt that others were going to tell him that there was a big gap in qualifications between him and Han Xin. Whether he was much higher than Han Xin or Han Xin was much higher than him, he would not believe it. But if they were between equals, then
It's boring.
"Why do you still keep this in your arms? With the experience of Marquis Huaiyin, you should be able to fight it." Chen Xi chased after him a little strangely and asked.
"Not yet. The main reason is that Marquis Huaiyin doesn't want to fight anymore. He just put the head together and can eat. It seems that he doesn't want to fight for the rest. After all, it was broken twice and it will inevitably break again." Bai Qi
He explained with a sense of indifference that he had seen through the future.
"But even so, it's not okay for you to put his hand in your arms and carry him around every day." Chen Xi asked with some hesitation, this is too weird.
"Now I will rely on this hand to perform the teaching task." Bai Qi took out the cracked hand, showed it to Chen Xi, and then put it back.
"How are the students at the Military Academy?" Chen Xi asked, following Bai Qiqi.
"There's nothing to see, most of them are the kind that can see the end at a glance." Bai Qi replied casually. As a lecturer at the Han Dynasty Military Academy, he was better than the vice-principals Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, so he was just short of being given a bonus.
An honorary principal has been banned.
"Isn't that great?" Chen Xi was shocked. Under Bai Qi's teaching, only most people could see the end at a glance.
"The rest are all from now to the end." Bai Qi was stunned for a moment, realized that Chen Xi had misunderstood his words, and said with a dark face.
"This is very embarrassing." Chen Xi touched his cheek and said. He thought that the remaining few people were the ones who couldn't see the end at a glance, but he didn't expect this kind of answer. But if you think about it this way, it's okay.
Ah, at least there is room for development.
"The people you stuffed into the military academy are just like that." Bai Qi said with some regret, "There aren't even people like Wang Lu who can be used as deputy generals."
"The question is, you have to think about whose lieutenant is that." Chen Xi casually put a high hat on Bai Qi and said with a smile.
"That's it. The deputy general can't explain the problem." Bai Qi thought for a while and said, "But to be honest, he is better than Lian Po in the field."
Chen Xi was silent for a while, not knowing how to respond to these words. He always felt that when Bai Qi recalled the past, he always felt like he was stepping on others, but it was all true.
"Is there anyone in the younger generation worth cultivating?" Chen Xi sighed and changed the subject. Again, even if the frontline position where a large army commander can be born is a carrot or a pit, Chen Xi still has to ensure that the Han Dynasty
The command of the Grand Army slowly increased.
This ensures that even if the Han Dynasty encounters an accident and someone or even a few capsizes, they can quickly take over the command of a new army.
"I suggest you train your disciples, or train Zhuge Kongming." Bai Qi thought for a while and said, "Although there are other malleable talents, these two are the most qualified."
"Well, forget it about Kong Ming. He wants to take over my class. I have already arranged for my disciple, and I have prepared a promotion direction for him." Chen Xi waved his hand and rejected Bai Qi's idea, "It would be smaller.
Where’s the guy?”
"Deng Ai, this guy is worth cultivating. In fact, Odenatus who ran away is the most valuable to cultivate. Unfortunately, he has already returned to Rome." Bai Qi said with some regret. He was really optimistic about Odenatus.
That bastard Tusi is unfortunately not one of our own.
"Oh, it seems that these are the only ones. I've pretty much figured it out, okay." Chen Xi didn't hear any other unknown people from Bai Qi's mouth, expressing his understanding.
"At that time, maybe we need to go and see those students." Chen Xi stepped back slightly and said to Ma Xinde. Compared with Bai Qi's rough division method, Chen Xi thought about whether he had time or not.
It would be better to let Masinde take a look, people, positioning is very important.
Liu Tong's bicycle left Weiyang Palace and turned right to Huayang Street, and then stopped at the entrance of Huayang Smelting Department. Yes, the blast furnace built by Stina in the inner courtyard of the Yuan family has not exploded yet, although that thing
The child looks very twisted, but it has been running smoothly until now.
Even when Zhuge Liang used his special spiritual talent to conduct an inspection at the beginning of this year, he determined that the steel furnace still had at least two years of life, which made Li You very satisfied.
It would have been a pity to crush his own house first and then the city wall if it had exploded too quickly, regardless of whether he would lose money or not. However, it has not been blown up yet and can even be used for two years. Li You can confidently say that,
This steel furnace is worthy of my shameless operation back then.
"Please come in, both of you. This is the Huayang Smelting Department, the only smelting department in Chang'an City." Chen Xi made an invitation gesture to Masinde and Rangarajan. The two nodded slightly and moved toward the interior of the Smelting Department.
Went in.
Liu Tong got off the carriage. At this time, he was no longer wearing a cloak, but a smart embroidered robe. Maybe he had visited these places more times, and Liu Tong also realized that dressing more smartly in these places would be more important to the craftsmen.
It only benefits you and yourself.
"Look at Stina." When Liu Tong climbed up the steps, he habitually said to Si Niang beside him.
Si Niang pursed her lips, but remained silent in the end. After Stina successfully repaired the steel furnace, she started building it with great interest. After working hard for a whole year, Si Niang realized that she really couldn't repair it.
Things are always fried, either here or there!
Huayang Smelting Department, as one of the largest independent smelting departments in the Han Dynasty, is not far from Weiyang Palace itself. Liu Tong often comes to inspect, and every time he inspects, he will habitually say "Sisi Niang", of course in Liu Tong's view
Come on, this is a spur to Si Niang.
When Si Niang heard this in the early days, she would try very hard when she turned around. After experiencing repeated defeats and defeats, Si Niang finally recognized the reality, that is, she could not fix this at all.
The best thing to do when planting something is to give up as soon as possible, so I gave up.
No matter what Liu Tong said after that, Si Niang always looked like a rotten salted fish.
Under the leadership of the gatekeeper craftsmen, Chen Xi and his party were able to enter the real core area of Huayang Smelting Department. It is said that the gatekeepers here are not only guards, but also a craftsman on duty. This is because people from this Smelting Department often come to visit, study, and learn.
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In order to prevent this group of people from disrupting the rhythm of the craftsmen who are smelting in the core area when they are paying homage, studying, and learning, there must be a rotating craftsman to explain to avoid accidents.
For craftsmen with this kind of commentator nature, they have met almost as many big guys as Uncle Chen has met, so when they saw Chen Xi and his group appear, they were not surprised at all and just took it as a matter of course.
Just treat it as normal.
Of course, one thing is that this person did not recognize everyone's identity, but the Shaofu sent a notice telling him that someone was coming to visit today and a professional was needed to explain.
The shift craftsman took Masinde and others to watch and explain along the way. During this period, Masinde and Rangarajan were somewhat emotional when they saw the large number of blacksmiths working together, but they were not shocked. After all, the Yueshi could be considered as annexing the Brahmins.
, and no matter how disgusting Brahmins are, they have completed the social division of labor these days, so they have still seen blacksmiths of this scale.
Until the craftsmen on duty brought Masinde and his party to the core area, and then watched the golden red completely melted molten iron naturally pouring into the special mold that had been dug in the ground, the expressions of the two of them did not change at that moment.
, finally had its ups and downs.
The route arrangement was prepared yesterday, so that Masinde could see the molten steel pouring out and entering a series of trenches dug into the ground to form cast steel plates of 30 cm x 20 cm x 4 cm.
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This step was not done at the earliest time. Although Chen Xi said he could build this thing, Chen Xi really did not consider how to deal with the molten steel after it came out, which led to new problems in the later forging.
Although for the current situation of the Han Dynasty, as long as steel is available, no matter how it is dealt with, it is not a loss, but the efficiency is indeed too low.
After Chen Xi completed the blast furnace and completed the trial operation, the craftsmen who took over built this thing at the location where the molten steel was produced, pouring out pieces of cast steel plates.
Of course, such steel plates are not finished products. After the golden red fades to dark red, each blacksmith quickly uses large pliers to take out the poured steel plates from the soil tank, and then takes them to the furnace in the forging room while the heat is hot, and begins to work.
Beat and forge.
During the process of repeatedly hammering and forging while hot, the cast steel is gradually transformed into forged steel, further improving the strength, toughness, etc.
But to be honest, Huayang Smelting Division is mainly limited by the environment. Basically, it can only use manual forging. Xianglishi has accumulated a lot of materials and finally upgraded the hydraulic forging workshop on the Yellow River side this year.
When it is completed, it becomes a steel wheel crushing. After the molten steel is poured, the big steel wheel falls directly for crushing, and the strength is achieved at once.
When Chen Xi first saw this design, he was silent and asked where the technology came from. Xiangli said that it was just a matter of adding gears, but it was a pity that the power of the power machine was not enough.
To put it simply, after adding a power machine, this thing is almost close to the simple form of directly forging steel with molten steel in later generations. But from a technical perspective, this thing is indeed a very old technology, but it is not really easy to use.
It needs to be circulated for one cycle, relying on the temperature of the molten steel to directly forge it into a large steel plate.
I have to say that the efficiency brought about by technological innovation far exceeds the casting efficiency of the two hundred skilled blacksmiths of the Huayang Smelting Department. More importantly, it really saves manpower. It is a pity that it cannot be used in winter.
However, even what Chen Xi thought was a rather backward technology was regarded by Masinde and others as terrifyingly efficient.
"I'm afraid this furnace can't produce a quarter of Kushan's steel in a year." Masinde asked Rangarajan expressionlessly.
"I suspect it will be more, not less." Rangarajan was silent for a while and answered. He now has a clear understanding of the 70,000 tons of steel production. The annual steel production of the Han Dynasty may be more than 70,000 tons.
The number of tons is higher, because just such a furnace is estimated to be around 4,000 tons.
After all, they have experienced the war and have their own understanding of the quantity, scale and weight of steel. According to the furnace being turned on every day, the Huayang Smelting Division alone can produce around 4,000 tons a year, or even more, and Ma Xin
I don't think there were only a few stoves of this size in the Han Dynasty.
"I need more talents to build earthen blast furnaces. Seventy thousand tons is still too little for our Han Dynasty. We estimate that to truly meet the needs of the people, the annual output needs to reach 300,000 tons to be initially realized." Chen Xi said at the blacksmith.
Their big pliers pinched away all the cast steel plates, and after the sound of hammering echoed throughout the workshop, they looked at Masinde and said.
At the peak of the Han Dynasty, the steel production was around 15,000 tons, but when Chen Xi took over the Han Dynasty, the steel production was actually only three to four thousand tons.
It sounds like a small amount, but all the steel in the Han Dynasty was in the hands of the state. In fact, the steel collected by the Tang Dynasty government was only half of this level. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the steel on hand in most of the time was similar to this figure.
Of course, the real steel output of the above two dynasties was not low, but the majority was not in the hands of the state.
So we talk about strong men, strong men, why are they strong? When the country is destroyed, the steel production that the government can obtain is equal to the steel production that the government has on hand at the peak of most dynasties. The combat effectiveness is really guaranteed.
However, Chen Xi did not continue the official system of the Han Dynasty, and relaxed steel smelting to a certain extent, but still kept the bulk in his hands, ensuring that the steel output that the Han government could use increased year by year, until it reached 70,000 tons in the seventh year of Yuanfeng
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Chen Xi estimated that the total amount of the Han Dynasty should be 75,000 tons, or even 80,000 tons, because some weapons and equipment in Central Asia were obviously not produced by the Han Dynasty, but there was an endless supply of them! But this is not important, as long as the meat rots in the pot,
However, Chen Xi still calculated based on 70,000 tons. He only counted steel that could be used by the country and did not want to purchase it from the private sector.
Then based on preliminary statistics from various aspects, Chen Xi estimated that the basic steel production level must reach 300,000 tons per year to initially meet the demand. How do you describe this scale? Japan, a country with a waste industry, only reached this production during World War I.
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However, what is outrageous is that Chen Xi has actually realized that if he is willing to sacrifice certain industries and continue to devote manpower to steel smelting, 300,000 tons can really be piled up. Just like after China launched the nationwide
Steelmaking, rapidly increasing steel production to 10 million tons.
Although many people complain that this is junk steel, in the second century, as long as it has steel, it is top quality.
It's just that Chen Xi is unwilling to sacrifice industrial layout and invest more manpower in steel smelting. He even feels that too many manpower are being invested now, which is why the growth rate cannot increase.
Ah, the author really wants to stay at home. What should I do if I don’t want to go to work at all?
