What can I say about technology? The truth is that people who use it don’t think it has much technical content, and those who work on it don’t know how many generations they have buried it in the pit before they can truly solve the problem.
The blast furnace thing looks simple, but in fact it has all the technical content it should have. What's even worse is that in addition to the technical content carried by the blast furnace itself, the smelting of steel in the blast furnace itself is also a very technical thing.
Let's put it this way, if it weren't for the three-phase diagram of water and the phase diagram of iron-carbon alloy, which are things that must be memorized when getting started with materials. When Chen Xi was looking through it, he took a note of it. The steel in the Han Dynasty must be at the current level.
That's what the hell happened.
It can be said that the phase diagram of the iron-carbon alloy gave the Han Dynasty a guarantee. Without this phase diagram, the quality of the steel produced by the Han Dynasty in the blast furnace may not be superior to the wootz steel obtained directly from minerals in Kushan.
In fact, even if Chen Xi knows the phase diagram of iron-carbon alloy, it is actually difficult for the steel plant to accurately maintain the temperature, time, and pressure when making blast furnace steel, because the accuracy of this thing requires one furnace.
One furnace of molten steel is verified.
It took the world's major steel mills 400 years to accurately figure out the various indicators of the iron-carbon phase diagram. During these four hundred years, tens of billions of furnaces were made to determine this thing.
To get the correct result, considering that Chen Xi actually doesn’t have so much time to do this kind of thing, Chen Xi’s method of making steel in the steel plant is to find a master and estimate a range according to the phase diagram of iron-carbon alloy.
Then it was created.
Although the actual strength of the steel produced in this way cannot reach the level of the 21st century, at least it is still at the level of the 20th century.
Of course, as for the local state-owned steel mills in the Central Plains, Chen Xi personally led the team to build the blast furnace and specifically hired professionals, that is, some top swordsmiths who could distinguish the temperature of the blast furnace by color, and the temperature difference would not exceed more than ten degrees.
It was Pu Yuan and others who spent more than half a month, letting these people judge by the color of the flame when to raise and lower the temperature to achieve the molten steel that Chen Xi needed.
There is no way, Chen Xi can't make a thermometer, especially this kind of thing with an upper limit of 1,500 degrees. He can only rely on masters, but considering that later generations often rely on masters to judge the color of the flame, and the accuracy
It was quite high, so Chen Xi stopped struggling. Human beings are really wonderful anyway.
Of course, there is one thing to say, because Chen Xi cannot popularize the concept of temperature to Pu Yuan and his group, and cannot explain to Pu Yuan and others what one thousand five hundred degrees is and what 730 degrees is. He can only rely on feeling.
It’s up to you to judge.
This is also the reason why Chen Xi spent a lot of time in the steel factory after he built the steel furnace in the early days. To put it bluntly, using blast furnaces to make steel must solve the problem of the final product of iron-carbon alloy. If it is just a simple and crude melting, then
Casting, the quality of the final product is sometimes unlucky, and even the steel of the era cannot keep up.
After all, the technical content here is no joke, so Chen Xi and Pu Yuan's group from the beginning taught them how to burn the steel furnace, what flame color it would burn to, how long it would last, and then cool down to what flame color and how long it would burn again, and then
The rules are determined by what color the flame will be heated to and how long it will last.
This rule is not very precise. After all, Chen Xi does not have a thermometer and does not have an accurate measurement method. However, Chen Xi burns dozens of furnaces to find the optimal result, and then just burn according to this. This is also a state-owned steel plant, and every year
The reason why the city adjusted its smelting methods is also the reason why the quality of Han Dynasty steel is getting better and better.
To put it bluntly, after having the awareness of metallography, the two special smelting departments, Bingzhou Smelting Department and Huanghe Smelting Department, will continue to try new temperatures, materials and pressures for smelting, regardless of output.
The product that comes out.
It's just that among the smelting of alloys, only iron-carbon alloy, an introductory product, has the simplest and clearest phase diagram. As long as you add something to it later, no one knows what product will be produced. This is what materials science has learned until now.
Guys, you can still make some iron-carbon alloy, add some other stuff to it, and then start burning it to see how the finished product looks like.
Up to now, the Han Dynasty has developed high manganese steel and antimony alloys, which are reliable alloys in later generations. But to be honest, they have not taken a few steps on the road to materials science. The simplest one, the Han Dynasty
Until now, there is no way to produce rebar, a material that will become very popular in later generations.
Even if Chen Xi roughly knows the material ratio of rebar, the Han Dynasty cannot really smelt and cast such a thing, because there is no phase diagram to guide this thing, so the Han Dynasty can only explore it by himself, and it is estimated that it will be like this every day.
Regardless of the cost, try burning a few furnaces. If you are lucky, a blind cat will be able to burn it if it encounters a dead mouse in thirty or forty years.
On the other hand, Rome and Kushan really entered the race track after they built the blast furnace. The problem is that this track is not a place for bastards to hang out, it can really trap people to death.
At the very least, Chen Xi is not optimistic that Kushan and Roma can produce a commercially viable product within more than ten years. From a practical point of view, most products should be inferior to wootz steel. This is not Chen Xi's fault.
Utz steel is the product of blast furnace burning, and that's about it.
The blast furnace is indeed a scientific advancement, but the crucible method and the steel frying method are small in size, many links are easy to control, and hundreds of years of technology accumulation are there, so the quality of the products is naturally better than that of the blast furnace.
Just like the internal combustion engine and the steam engine, how can the newly developed internal combustion engine be stronger than the steam engine? Even if technically speaking, the internal combustion engine has indeed improved, but technological progress does not mean that the product is excellent from the beginning. The same is true for blast furnaces.
If it weren't for the Han Dynasty Zhu Yu who took the lead, both Rome and Kushan would have had internal disagreements over the blast furnace and crucible method. After all, there were huge problems with the quality of the steel produced by their blast furnaces.
"In other words, there is something wrong with the steel produced by Rome and Kushan?" After listening to Chen Xi's explanation, Liu Bei actually didn't understand what Chen Xi was talking about or what strange technology it was, but Chen Xi's simple and crude conclusion,
Liu Bei still understood.
"Well, for a long time, the quality of steel produced by blast furnaces was still not as good as the final products produced by the crucible method and fried steel method. The advantage of blast furnaces is large quantities, but in terms of quality, before it reaches a certain level,
It’s not as good as before.” Chen Xi nodded and said, “At least it’s not as good as the Utz steel currently used by Kushan.”
"That's it." Liu Bei nodded thoughtfully. He originally thought that the molten steel from the steel furnace would be his own weapons and equipment after being forged.
"It's not that simple. Steel furnace smelting is a very important technology, and after using the steel furnace, if you don't use the assembly line and a large water conservancy forging plant, it will be difficult to use the advantages of the steel furnace." Chen Xi sighed.
He said in a breath, rolling steel, rolling steel, the result is the best in one step.
"Guishang does not have such conditions, so there is no need to worry." Chen Xi comforted him. Chen Xi had known this for a long time because the steel furnace would be exposed. After all, the technological progress he had brought about was not something that the other two companies had noticed.
Damn, the ones that are useful will definitely keep up.
You must know that the swans whose mouths were cut off were replaced with a titanium alloy mouth by humans. They all knew how to use this invincible advantage to become a local hegemon. As long as intelligent beings like humans are not anti-intellectual, new gadgets can bring new things to the world.
The progress that comes will naturally be found.
It's just that the combat power of the Han Dynasty was created by Chen Xi combining a lot of gadgets. If you copy certain parts, it can indeed bring about some progress, but you can't understand the technological innovations and social innovations inside. Even if you gain
, should Chen Xi be beaten or beaten?
"Well, even junk steel is still steel. Many of the young men recruited by Guishang in Nangui could not even be equipped with weapons and equipment before. Now the steel factory produces molten steel. Even if the quality is not good, at least it can
Let each person be given a steel gun." Liu Bei frowned. He felt that this matter was not that simple. Even though Chen Xi's relief was reasonable, Liu Bei was still a little worried.
"Let me tell you something first, Mr. Xuande, you are actually wrong. Guishan actually does not lack the steel to distribute equipment to Nangui Qingzhuang. With Guishang's steel output, can it fully meet the needs of the Kushan Army?
There's no problem." Chen Xi stopped smiling and said seriously.
"Huh?" Liu Bei couldn't help being surprised when he heard this. Can Kushan meet the steel needs of his own army? Then why do they always see Kushan soldiers using wooden weapons?
"This situation is actually similar to that of the Ling Emperor Dynasty for more than 20 years. The weapons and equipment of the Han Dynasty were actually sufficient, but distribution problems and corruption and bribery meant that these weapons and equipment could not fall into the hands of those who needed them. The same is true for Kushan.
A situation." Chen Xi sighed and said.
Just like the various grains grown and raised by humans on the earth, the total amount of livestock raised is enough to feed 20 billion people, but people still starve to death every year. And China's domestic real estate data shows that China has currently built enough housing for 3 billion people.
There are new houses, but there are still a lot of young people who don’t have new houses to live in.
In fact, these problems are not the problem of insufficient production, but the distribution of purebreds, but the very real distribution problems that still exist in the 21st century. How could they not exist in the 3rd century? The problem will only be bigger. The Han Dynasty has not been exposed.
Because Chen Xi was really strict about certain aspects, otherwise it would not be impossible for the situation when India sent troops in the 21st century to happen in the third century.
Of course, if you include Nan Gui, who was not treated as a human being by the three major empires, then what Chen Xi thought might happen has actually happened a long time ago. After all, Nan Gui's distribution issue is something that cannot be mentioned at all.
, even because of this outrageous distribution method, it has had an impact on Beigui.
You must know that in the early days, Beigui's elite guards were all lacking in talent. It was not until Oswin came to power that the long-standing evils were wiped out, and Kuishang seemed to be much normal. But again, Oswin was offended by this incident.
too many people.
Urdu said at the time that he could not trust Kushan. Oswin's answer was that everyone eats whatever he eats. Then Oswin forcefully achieved this result. This is the key to the increase in combat effectiveness of Kushan. Otherwise, he will continue to let those in Nangui
Just playing around and getting cards, Kushan will kill himself.
It’s thanks to Oswin that he finally upheld the will of the empire and directly preached the truth. Otherwise, after Qunu City, there would be no need for the Han Dynasty to do anything. Oswin would have been killed within Kushan. The reason why Oswin has not been killed now is because
Those around Oswin are the majority, and those who want to kill Oswin are the small group. Although the power that the small group could use was far greater than the majority united around Oswin, it is just like the stability of society.
Sometimes, rules are greater than strength.
"Is this so?" Liu Bei's face looked extremely complicated when he heard this, and he couldn't help but become more dissatisfied with Emperor Ling's actions.
"Kushan has actually solved the problem of weapons distribution to a certain extent. The steel they originally produced is actually enough for the Kushan army. The existence of Oswin has solved these problems to a large extent." Chen Xi said with some emotion.
He said, even he had to admit that the other party was indeed a hero, but the heroes in the Kushan Empire, judging from the current situation, would not die well.
Liu Bei nodded slowly after hearing this. He had his own understanding of the problem of steel furnaces and the loss of technology. For him, as long as Chen Xi could control this matter, he would not care too much. After all, Chen Xi's internal affairs were not
It was much better than he imagined.
"How is the matter of the martial arts performance being handled now?" Liu Bei changed the topic naturally.
"It's just that rumors have been released, and some veterans have come forward to say that they have become powerful people who have separated their inner energy from the body, so some people have come to talk about it in private, but generally speaking, they agree with this matter. Veterans are very interested in relying on their strength to obtain their own prizes.
, I quite agree with it." Chen Xi explained with a smile.
There are always some veterans who can contact the elders under Liu Bei's command. After all, some of them even served as the elders' guards in the earliest days. For example, Ruan Liangyu, Guo Jia's bodyguard, would secretly ask Guo Jia after receiving the news.
I won't tell you, it's not a confidential matter.
It's just that it's useless to say it. Ruan Liangyu will most likely not be able to get it. On the one hand, the quantity of this medicine is limited. On the other hand, Ruan Liangyu was injured when he was in Guishang. Even if he is cured later, there will still be a battle.
blind spot on.
Although Ruan Liangyu is still very confident about the fifth level of smelting, the last ones to grab this kind of thing must be ruthless people. Ruan Liangyu thought about his situation, and then hit the sixth level of smelting. Under the attention of a group of people,
It didn't take more than two games to find my blind spot, so I was helpless.
Guo Jia doesn't have much to do about this. If Ruan Liangyu can break into the top 100, he really has something to do, but according to Ruan Liangyu, he may be beaten in two games at most. Guo Jia is also a master, he is a veteran
That's right, but he did not run the Political Yuan alone, and it was difficult for Chen Xi to be too direct in this matter.
"I suggest you study other competition plans. If we only compare combat effectiveness, some special talents may miss this opportunity." Liu Bei seemed to have remembered something, and suggested to Chen Xi, "Force is indeed very important.
, but veterans are not only powerful, but also in actual combat, they are actually at a disadvantage to archers. Unless the scope of combat is expanded to the size of a school field, the advantage of close-combat veterans is too great."
This is not nonsense. There is restraint between veterans. Although veterans who can get to the fifth or sixth level of smelting have no shortcomings, this kind of no shortcomings is not for the same level.
If it really comes down to melee combat, melee players like Jiang Guang and Jiang Yu will definitely have obvious advantages.
"Who received the news and came to you to make a proposal?" Chen Xi said with a smile. Liu Bei would consider such a thing, he was so stupid. Liu Bei had never realized that such a situation existed before.
, this must be a suggestion someone gave him when he went to Bingzhou or played there.
"It doesn't matter. I think what Li Zhe said is very reasonable." Liu Bei said with a slight smile.
Again, if Li Zhe's talent is prepared, he can restrain anyone. But if he goes according to the event he prepared before, Li Zhe will definitely be finished. He is proficient in everything. The opposite means that he is incompetent in everything and restrained.
Of course the opponent is going well, but after you have restrained yourself, and you face another opponent who you cannot restrain yourself from, then why don't you give up your life?
After all, Li Zhe has researched all talents, which means that his research on most talents is not too in-depth, at least not as much as those who specialize in five or six talents of their own.
So Li Zhe was thinking about whether he should participate in the archer competition, adjust his talents to those that are most suitable for archers, and then use them vigorously.
As a result, when the group of people from Bingzhou and Ermu met Liu Bei, they asked about it. Then Liu Bei told Li Zhe that Da Yanwu currently had no bows and arrows, so it was over!
"Then we have to study this further, but it does make sense. Archers are indeed not suitable for participating in such a large-scale martial arts performance of a martial nature." Chen Xi did not refute after hearing this, but what if it is a competition of bows and arrows?
The difficulty level is another new problem. There are actually quite a lot of flashy bow and arrow talents, and when it comes to power and distance, once beyond visual range is used, there is no need to play.
The question is whether the over-the-horizon strike is stronger, but some archers fight within the visual range and deal explosive damage in a short period of time. For example, Yu Mang can basically shoot twelve extremely powerful arrows in an instant, relying directly on the burst.
The sexual output will completely destroy the opponent.
"Let's do some research. We might as well divide it into major categories." Liu Bei suggested. "And the scale of the competition can be larger. It can also be extended in the future, once every few years, just like a military parade."
"Okay." Chen Xi nodded, agreeing with Liu Bei's idea.
After eating, drinking and fooling around in the restaurant for an hour, chatting with Liu Bei and confirming some things, Chen Xi walked back as the sky turned dark. At this time, all the lights in Chang'an were turned on. Although Li Yuan was involved with Huang Yueying,
, but he did do a lot of things. At least the bright lights in Chang'an are indeed Li Yuan's masterpiece.
"啷婷婷啷~" Chen Xi walked back with arrogant steps, bought some snacks along the way, and was about to go back to entertain his son, and then he met his eldest cousin.
"Hey, isn't this Zichuan?" Fan Qin could see that he was very happy. When he saw Chen Xi greeting him with a smile, there was no hint of awe in Chen Xi's eyes when other relatives of Chen Xi saw Chen Xi.
"Hey, isn't this my eldest cousin?" Chen Xi also laughed when he saw Fan Qin.
"I went out to wander around at night. How could I be like this when I came to Chang'an? I didn't expect that Chang'an would change drastically after I came back from the south of Australia. I just came out to hang out, you know me." Fan Qin raised an eyebrow at Chen Xi.
Said, he is actually very arrogant. When he used his spiritual talent to vote for Cao Cao, it was for the family. Now he has sacrificed for the family. It is his turn to enjoy it later and be very happy.
"That's right. There is no curfew. It has always been like this at night, even all night long. Many people who have just come here are not used to it." Chen Xi said with a smile and took Fan Qin to find a familiar place to sit and chat. At night
Well, after one round of banquet, we have a second round of barbecue. After the second round of barbecue, we start the third round of musical. It's great. It's great.
"I've been here for three days, but there's nothing I'm not used to. Can you still eat it? If you can, go to a small barbecue for me. An acquaintance used to open it. I have to go and support it." Fan Qin said with a smile.
"Okay, let's go together without charging money." Chen Xi is quite optimistic about his eldest cousin. On the one hand, distance brings beauty. On the other hand, Fan Qin really has no need for Chen Xi. From a certain perspective, he has already
He is a free and unrestrained person who has completed the journey of life.
Even the Fan family has no way to drive Fan Qin. After all, the other party has made the greatest sacrifice for the Fan family more than ten years ago, and now as the head of the family, he has helped deal with a lot of debris. The elder of the Fan family is now
There was nothing we could do about Fan Qin.
If it doesn't work, fire me. I don't want to do it anyway. There are so many people in the family, right. You can't just use me. Can you have some conscience?
This set of words is very useful. After all, the current situation is that the Fan family owes Fan Qin. Of course, Fan Qin only talks about it, and he will still handle what he can handle easily, but his awareness of living for himself is very clear, so then
Such freedom and looseness made Chen Xi envious.
"Uh, this is Yuan Jiujiu's place?" Chen Xi came and realized who owned it, because Yuan Shu was acting crazy on the stage.
"Yes, that's why I came here to support you." Fan Qin said with a smile, "Drinks are free today, so you can drink whatever you want."
"Oh oh oh." Chen Xi had already remembered that Yuan Shu, Liu Zhang, and Zhen Yan had made wine. Well, this summer was almost over, so they did it.
However, the place was very lively. The free drinks attracted many people from Chang'an. After a few glasses of wine and a few skewers of meat, the red faces began to blow. There was all kinds of noise and noise. Fan Qin and Chen Xi were sitting there.
There are chuckles everywhere in a certain corner, such is the prosperity.
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