I want to be emperor

Chapter 23 All Talents
As for what steel is, most people in later generations know, but in the middle of the seventeenth century, no one can accurately understand what steel is and what the specific principles are.

The steel that people are making now is purely steel made according to empiricism, and they don't even know why they are doing this.

After all, contemporary Europeans are still superstitious about the four elements, and Easterners are still playing with the five elements, and they haven't even figured out the phenomenon of combustion, let alone a series of chemical elements that react to these things.

If people can understand the phenomenon of combustion, it means that they know various chemical elements such as oxygen, carbon, and carbon dioxide. built up.

But now, let alone understanding the phenomenon of combustion, even the more primitive and self-contradictory phlogiston theory has no trace.

On the contrary, most modern people including you and me know what combustion is and what oxygen and carbon are.

Therefore, don’t think that a modern person will be useless if his limbs are weak and his body is not working properly after he has traveled to ancient times.

Actually not!
A modern person who has received basic education and has been influenced by basic information went to the end of Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, and the knowledge he mastered is enough to change the world!
Even if it’s not a professional science and engineering talent, even if it’s just an ordinary starting point history reader, whether it’s you, me, or him.

The knowledge and even common sense mastered can set off a wave of scientific development in ancient times.

Of course, the premise is that you don’t starve to death, die of illness, be beaten to death, etc. before you start your business and die halfway...

You need a relatively safe environment, and it is best to obtain some external assistance so that you can describe this knowledge, form a complete set of the most basic knowledge system, and finally produce some scientific research products.

Right now, Luo Zhixue is trying to dig deep into the modern knowledge he has mastered in the initially stable and safe environment of Sanshui Village, trying to make himself live better and stronger.

as well as……

Change the world!

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In Sanshui Village, Funiu Mountain, Sun Chengli stood and watched Luo Zhixue and Ernong and others busy. Because of the hot weather, Ernong and others were sweating profusely. Zhao Hongshu was even working shirtless.

Sun Chengli stepped forward to Luo Zhixue's side: "Brother Luo, what are you doing?"

Luo Zhixue said: "It's nothing, just build a bigger bellows and build a stove."

Sun Chengli said: "I know you are working on bellows and stoves, but why? Are you really planning to repair weapons by yourself?"

When he said this, Sun Chengli still had doubts on his face.

He thought he knew Luo Zhixue quite well. He was a standard scholar. Although he knew a lot, he knew at a glance that he was powerless. No matter how he looked at it, he had nothing to do with a blacksmith.

Luo Zhixue said: "I am dissatisfied with the general. Zhixue has been fond of reading miscellaneous books since he was a child. He once read about blacksmithing and steelmaking in a miscellaneous book. Now we don't have blacksmiths on hand, so I just Prepare a dead horse to be a living horse doctor, try to see if you can repair the weapon yourself."

Hearing this, Sun Chengli couldn't help but look at Luo Zhixue a few more times. At first, Sun Chengli thought that Luo Zhixue knew enough, but he didn't expect that he also knew how to make iron and steel.

Is it true that today's scholars are so powerful?

Sun Chengli was illiterate since he was a child, coupled with the contemporary culture of respecting scholars, he still respects scholars.

Otherwise, Luo Zhixue would not have been brought back as a document at the beginning, and then gradually relied on Luo Zhixue.

However, even so, he did not expect that scholars would know so much.

"Should I get a few more scholars back later? It will be a lot easier to have Mr. Luo assisting me. If I get a few more scholars back, maybe I can really do a big job."

When Sun Chengli thought this way, he naturally ignored that Luo Zhixue was different from other scholars...

After all, although Sun Chengli had killed some scholars before, he had never been in close contact with scholars for a long time, so his impression of scholars had always been vague. Now under the influence of Luo Zhixue, he also thought that scholars It should be like Luo Zhixue.

Not to mention what Sun Chengli thinks, Luo Zhixue at this meeting is still working on bellows and stoves with Ernst Young and others.

To repair a weapon, you first need to obtain a temperature high enough to melt knives, spearheads, etc. Even if you cannot obtain the high temperature to melt iron, you must at least soften it for forging.

Luo Zhixue didn't intend to become a fat man with one bite. He never thought that with the current rudimentary equipment, he could directly melt molten iron for steelmaking.

His initial goal is very simple, that is to initially soften the damaged weapon so that it can be forged and restored to its original state.

Repairing a large number of existing damaged weapons, especially dozens of gapped and bent knives is currently their main task.

As for steelmaking, building new weapons, and making guns and so on, that's all in the future.

You have to eat one bite at a time, and you have to go step by step.

Otherwise, you'll either be overwhelmed or be fooled!
After Luo Zhixue directed Er Yongduo and the others to get the bellows and stove ready, they prepared the basic tools, and then began to ask Er Yongduo to be a blacksmith temporarily, and the handle had been completely broken into two pieces, leaving only half of the blade. The knife was thrown into the burning stove.

There are people nearby who are pulling the bellows vigorously, constantly advocating the charcoal inside to burn violently.

Originally, Luo Zhixue wanted to get some coal as fuel, but unfortunately, there was no coal in this place, so he could only use charcoal.

But charcoal is enough.

Luo Zhixue reckoned that with the use of a bellows, even charcoal could raise the temperature to over a thousand degrees. With luck, the bellows are more reliable, maybe even over a thousand degrees.

Although it still can't reach the melting temperature of iron, Luo Zhixue doesn't need iron to melt it directly. He only needs to heat the iron until it is softened and can be forged.

Sure enough, after the half of the waist knife was thrown in, as the calcination continued, its surface gradually turned red.

Seeing that half of the waist knife turned red, Luo Zhixue couldn't help but smile.

Immediately said: "Take it out, try forging!"

"Be careful, it's hot"

After hearing Luo Zhixue's words, An Yongduo immediately took out the red half knife with a long iron pliers, put it on a large iron block, and at the same time picked up a hammer and began to beat it.

Er Yongduo, who has never learned any blacksmithing skills, is naturally not a qualified blacksmith, and his beating posture looks awkward, but that's not important.

The important thing is that after An Yongduo started to forge, the fracture position of the half waist knife began to bend and deform...

After forging for a while, after the hammer stopped moving as the temperature cooled, Luo Zhixue asked Ernong to throw more blades into the furnace again.

After repeating this many times, Luo Zhixue finally saw a small knife that looked ugly.

This small knife is only half the length of a normal waist knife, because Ernst mostly beats directly on the half of the knife, and simply beats the broken part of the knife to look like the tip of the knife.

After the shape of this knife is initially formed, the next step is quenching.

This quenching is also very primitive, simply quenching the blade is enough, as for more complicated ones, Luo Zhixue has to figure out a more detailed operation process.

After Ernst and Young sweated profusely and completed many scheduled procedures, he finally got the knife that was only half the length.

Luo Zhixue directly said to Zhao Hongshu who was at the side: "Try it and see how it goes?"

Zhao Hongshu picked up the cold knife and chopped and stabbed at the wood beside him, and after a lot of tossing, he said: "The new blade is not good, but it is barely usable, at least it is better than a pure iron knife. "

Luo Zhixue said: "It's not bad to have this. After all, everyone is a layman, and it's the first time for a big girl to get on a sedan chair. It's not bad to be able to get a steel-clad blade."

As he said that, he glanced at Ernst Young and Zhao Hongshu again and said, "Everyone has worked hard these two days, so let's have an extra meal and eat pork!"

Hearing what Luo Zhixue said, An Yongduo immediately showed joy and said, "I don't have to wait hard, I don't have to work hard!"

Zhao Hongshu also licked his face and said: "Sir, you are worthy of being a gentleman, and you are generous in doing things."

Ma Dapao on the side even said: "That's right, our brothers have been able to eat their fill every day since they work with the husband. Others are very envious."

Seeing them like this, Luo Zhixue immediately chuckled: "Okay, don't brag, it's getting late now, and that's it for today, pack up and prepare to go back, brother Zhao, take some of my catties of bacon." Come out with a catty, let’s have stewed meat tonight.”

On their way to Funiu Mountain before, the sentry who went out found a wild boar that had fallen into the trap in a trap set by a mountain villager, and brought the wild boar back after a lot of tossing.

Although it is not big, it is enough for their group to have a full meal.

On the same day, under the personal supervision of Sun Chengli, the wild boar was handed over to the cook on the spot, and several large barrels of pork were made directly, and everyone had a share.

That day, everyone ate a big bowl of meat!
But at that time, only part of the wild boar was cooked, and the other part was left to make bacon for later use.

Luo Zhixue and the other leaders were also given a few extra catties of bacon.

Whether it's Sun Chengli or Luo Zhixue, they call each other "Brothers" every day, if I have a mouthful of food, you will have a mouthful of food for you. It seems to be fair everywhere, but in fact it's impossible.

It would be good to bring back a wild boar so that everyone can eat it. As for the leaders themselves, it is reasonable to share some bacon for a small stove or to win over their confidants.

And An Yongduo and others are Luo Zhixue's personal soldiers, so they naturally know that Luo Zhixue still has several catties of bacon on hand.

Now when Luo Zhixue said that he wanted to eat stewed meat, all of them were smiling immediately, and they were extraordinarily quick when packing up, for fear that Luo Zhixue would regret it.

That night, Ma Dapao, the best cook, personally cooked the knife. In addition to stewed bacon, he also cooked some green vegetables, boiled a pot of high-quality white rice that he was usually reluctant to eat, and sprinkled it on the dishes. More refined and expensive green salt.

Five big men plus Lin Ahyu, a small boy, had a rare 'big meal'.

(End of this chapter)