Seeing Wei Ba's silence, Wei Feng explained angrily: "Yang Yi, a native of Yu, thinks he has a surname from Xiangyang. He has always looked down upon my Wei family as a warrior, and has many complaints about his father. He is now a member of the army in the Prime Minister's Office and is responsible for raising food and grass.
He deliberately made things difficult for his father by using the excuse of military and state affairs. If his father refused to do it, he would be obstructing the Northern Expedition, and the prime minister would definitely not be happy about it. But how could he produce so much food in such a hurry? For this matter, my father
, that’s why I’m angry…”
After listening to Wei Feng's words, Wei Ba finally understood a little bit. The conflict between Yang Yi and Wei Yan had been going on for a long time. Although they were both from Jingxiang, the Yang family was from Xiangyang and had a profound background.
But he is just a small tycoon from Yiyang, with no knowledge at all. He made his fortune purely through military exploits. The two families are not on the same level at all.
If Wei Yan gave in, that would be fine. However, Wei Yan was an unyielding master and did not take Yang Yi seriously. They had many conflicts and the relationship was very tense. After Liu Bei died and Zhuge Liang came to power, Yang Yi became the prime minister and joined the army.
.In Zhuge Liang's southern expedition to Hanzhong the year before last, he planned and transported grain and grass and made great achievements. Now he is a popular person beside Prime Minister Zhuge Liang. Coupled with the banner of the Northern Expedition, it is not easy for him to pose some problems for Wei Yan.
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Hanzhong now has only four counties with less than 20,000 households. Even if the elderly and children are included, it cannot solve the food ration problem for an army of more than 100,000. Of course, transporting food is unavoidable, but it is necessary to transport food from the Chengdu Plain to Hanzhong.
The nearly a thousand miles of mountain roads is a big problem, so solving as many as possible in Hanzhong is the best solution, and the amount of this is in Yang Yi's hands. As long as he touches his pen, Wei Yan's efforts will be useless.
Because you definitely can't meet his requirements.
In other words, the initiative in this matter lies entirely in Yang Yi's hands. No matter how much effort Wei Yan spends, he will not be able to complete the task.
Of course Wei Ba can't. He is not a god and can't turn nothing into something. But he is not useless at all. He studied agricultural machinery and firmly believes that the progress of tools is a sign of the progress of human civilization. He knows better about tools.
What impact might a little improvement bring.
China has been based on agriculture since ancient times. The development of agriculture has always been a major issue that those in power must keep in mind. The development of agricultural machinery is a top priority. There are many impressive achievements in this regard. But aside from those complicated machinery
In addition, the simplest tools such as shovels and hoes were limited by smelting technology and developed slowly. Until the middle of the Tang Dynasty, with the maturity of steelmaking, farm tools were changed from casting to forging. Hoes, shovels, and shovels were
Only tools of this kind can be made large and light, so that they can really play a role. There were iron farm tools in the Han Dynasty, but they were either very small and not suitable at all. For example, the commonly used digging tools can only be made of wood as the main body, with only inlays on the top.
Use an iron blade, or make it only as big as a palm, similar to a spatula, otherwise it cannot be carried, or it is too big and heavy, so you can only use animal power. The plows in the Han Dynasty were pulled by two oxen because the plows were too heavy.
, the structure is not very reasonable, and it is unfavorable to break the ground.
To use the simplest analogy, a shovel is definitely more convenient than a wooden shovel. Two palm-sized shovels are definitely more efficient than a single palm-sized shovel. However, if a cast shovel is used, two palm-sized shovels only have natural divine power.
It can be wielded for a whole day, and it cannot be used by ordinary people at all. It is not as practical as the wooden ingot with an iron mouth. In the past few days, Wei Ba was running outside the city, and almost all the farmers he saw were using wooden ingots to turn over the wood.
Tian. He originally thought it was a bit old-fashioned, not the imitations of later generations with ancient clothes on top and leather shoes exposed underneath. Now that he heard Wei Feng complain, he suddenly thought of an opportunity for improvement.
Apart from other things, if the clogs in the hands of current farmers can be replaced with shovels for future generations, one farmer can at least play the role of two farmers. Let alone a 50% increase, even doubling it is not a fantasy.
talk.
Wei Ba suddenly found that his major was useful for the first time. He laughed.
Wei Feng was scolding Yang Yi when he suddenly saw Wei Ba laughing, which made him a little confused. He stopped talking and looked at Wei Ba in confusion: "Aba, what are you laughing at?"
"Nothing, I just thought of a way that might help my father complete this task."
Wei Feng frowned even more tightly and stared at Wei Ba for a long time: "Really?"
"Can I still lie to you?" Wei Ba grinned, and his mood suddenly improved. He patted Wei Feng on the shoulder: "Eat quickly, and take me to find some blacksmiths after eating."
"Blacksmith?" Wei Feng was confused, but Wei Ba kept it secret, picked up the bowl and wolfed it down. Wei Feng looked at it and shook his head with a smile: "Aba, it's the first time I see you eating like this. It's really a little weird.
I’m not used to it.”
Wei Ba concealed his laughter twice and quickly emptied the food in front of him, then wiped his mouth and burped. Wei Feng had something on his mind, so when he saw that Wei Ba had finished eating, he also put down his bowl and pulled Wei Ba away.
When Wei Wu saw it, he quickly followed him like a follower.
Wei Ba followed Wei Feng out of the county temple gate and came to Tiezuo. Wei Feng found a dark-faced old master and pointed at Wei Ba: "Listen to him. Whatever he teaches you, you can do it."
No?"
The old master grinned, revealing the few remaining yellow teeth, and the wrinkles on his face became more dense. He bowed and said respectfully to Wei Feng: "Promise, young general, I must be careful.
"
Wei Ba was a little uncomfortable with it. Although he was not a red-flowered young man with five principles, four beauties and three loves, he still had the habit of respecting the old and loving the young. He smiled and held his hands in a strange way: "Master, I want to ask you to help me.
To build something, ask a master to help you.”
When the old master saw Wei Ba saluting him, he was startled. He didn't care whether the ground was dirty or not, and knelt down on the ground with a plop. Wei Ba was shocked instead. Wei Feng raised his eyebrows, a little displeased: "
Ah Ba, he is just an official slave, he can't bear it if you are so polite to him."
Wei Ba was a little embarrassed, and then he suddenly understood that craftsmen these days were a lowly profession, not the working class of later generations, not to mention they were official slaves who did not even have personal freedom. He coughed, and did not make any more fuss about etiquette.
He stated his intention to the old man concisely.
The old man looked respectful at first, but a little indifferent, almost sluggish. Later, when he heard Wei Ba talk about the steelmaking technique of mixing pig iron and wrought iron, his eyebrows began to come alive, and he was impatient, and his eyes towards Wei Ba became more awe-inspiring.
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In fact, Wei Ba didn't say anything, he just told him some steel-filling methods. The steel-filling method was probably invented at the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of the Jin Dynasty. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the steel-filling method was already commonly used to make farm tools. There is no technical difficulty, but at the moment
It is just a slight improvement in the repeated folding and forging method. The most sophisticated weapons in the late Han Dynasty were all made using multiple folding and forging methods to remove impurities from the pig iron and turn it into mature iron, which was then quenched to increase the hardness of the blade and achieve overall flexibility.
And the effect of sharp blade. However, this method is very time-consuming and is only used to make weapons and has not been used to make agricultural tools. The characteristic of the steel filling method is to add wrought iron to improve the iron quality of the pig iron to make the so-called
Sutie, reduce working hours and improve efficiency.
The old master had been working hard all his life and easily understood the essence of it. Wei Ba drew another picture for him at any time. The old master took the drawing and left happily. Wei Feng frowned and asked Wei Ba
Pulled aside: "Aba, do you need to use a lot of iron to make this object? The war is about to begin, and iron is very tight. If you use too much, it won't work."
Wei Ba said with a smile: "Why are you in a hurry? As soon as tomorrow morning or as late as tomorrow night, you will be able to see things. By then, won't you know how much iron will be used?"
Wei Feng glared at Wei Ba for a long time, then said with a helpless smile: "Small virtue, please keep it a secret from me. Well, I won't ask anymore. We'll see when the time comes. If it's done well, of course it goes without saying. I'll tell my father."
, let him reward you. If you don’t do well, hehe, I will also tell my father and see if he doesn’t spank you until your ass blossoms.”
Wei Ba rolled his eyes. During the day, Wei Wu said that his father Wei Yan would spank him until his butt blossomed. Now his brother Wei Feng said so again. Could it be that his butt often blossomed in the past? This dad is a bit violent. No wonder he
As soon as I looked at him, my heart went crazy. It turned out that this fear had invaded my bone marrow and became instinctive.
Oh, how could I meet a wolf dad?
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When he woke up the next morning, Wei Ba used incomparable perseverance to get out of the warm and soft bed and once again started masochistic morning exercises. Since he started exercising, his sleep has become very good, and he basically falls asleep every time he touches the pillow.
Now, petty bourgeoisie problems such as insomnia have completely disappeared. Of course, it has become more difficult to get up in the morning. It always takes more effort to pull myself out of bed.
When Wei Ba and Wei Wu ran around the mountain, the sun had already risen high. Because he had something on his mind, Wei Ba did not stay on the mountain any longer and went straight back to the city. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Wei Feng holding up a
The newly made shovel was smiling with a smile on his face. The old master stood in front of him with his waist bowed, his face full of pride and expectation of reward.
Seeing Wei Ba come in, Wei Feng waved repeatedly: "Come on, come on, look, the Iron Yi has just been made according to your method."
Wei Ba walked over, took it and weighed it. He felt that it was still a bit heavy. It seemed that this old master was not very skilled in the craftsmanship for the first time, and it was still too thick in some places.
"It's too heavy." Wei Ba frowned slightly, "Master, can you beat it a little lighter?"
"No problem, no problem." The old master grinned toothlessly and nodded repeatedly: "This is the first one. I'm not very skilled yet. I guess I can lose a lot more when I try again. Well, that's a lot.
I dare not say, but it is always possible to reduce it by another 20 to 30%.”
Wei Ba turned to Wei Feng and said: "Brother, do you think... can it be used?"
Wei Feng thought Wei Ba was teasing him and didn't care. He laughed loudly and said: "You brat, you are quite petty. No problem. Let alone another 20% or 30% reduction. Even now, it's not a big problem. Well, I
I want to make a hundred of them first and let people try them to see if they are practical. If they are really useful, I will try more and it will help to some extent."
Wei Ba smiled and said nothing. How helpful is it? You don't know that although this thing is small and the technology is not complicated, it may be an epoch-making beginning.
At least, it is a beginning for me in this era.————
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