Aztec Eternals

"The rise of military aristocrats and samurai classes has impacted traditional aristocrats and priests, and pushed forward changes in the kingdom's politics! However, such changes also require supporting productivity improvements..."

Near lunch, the prayers of tens of thousands of warriors came from the camp outside the city. Xiulote listened for a moment, smiled, and then found two documents from the Ministry of Industry and Mining from the Kingdom Report. The key to the innovation of the kingdom's productivity lies in it.

"Your Highness, your samurai, Nekali reports to you: There are already 8,000 miners in the Chingambat mining area. Among them, there are more than 6,000 miners in the six large and small copper mining areas. There are three to four coal mines. There are more than 1,000 mining slaves in the area. There are hundreds of mining slaves in the surrounding logging camps…”

"Your revelation has always guided us! Your samurai, according to your instructions, used more ventilation equipment and transport wheelbarrows. More blast furnaces over two meters were built in the mining area, and enlarged large drums were used. Wind skin. Around the mining area, copper smelting **** and stones from the mountains are also used to build closed walls..."

"Now, the average monthly mining and smelting of copper in the mining area is about 8,000 catties, and the monthly output of copper material is 50,000 catties! God bless! In two years, the output of copper in the mining area has increased substantially. Doubled!  …”

Seeing this, Shulot nodded in satisfaction, quite relieved.

The quality of the copper mines in the Chingambat mining area is indeed excellent. Through the large-scale increase of miners and the use of shaft furnaces and large bellows, the mining area has reached the level of more than 20 tons of copper materials per month. With such a dramatic increase in production, more bronze could flow into the making of farm implements and tools, thereby radically increasing the productivity of the entire kingdom. Of course, in the Middle Ages, mining was the most arduous and dangerous form of labor, bar none. Behind the increase in copper production, the price paid...

"His Royal Highness, your samurai, I beg you: Can you add a new batch of miners from the captives of the kingdom's eastern expedition? The monthly consumption of the mining area is about 150 people..."

Shilot's eyes flashed, and he thought in his heart. The monthly loss is 150 people, and the annual loss is about 1,800. But according to the ratio of 8,000 people in the mining area...

"On average, each miner can only live for more than four years?"

Shirot lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment. Afterwards, his expression remained unchanged, he picked up the pen and wrote a new Wang Ling.

"Nekali, my samurai, you are doing very well! Continue to increase production capacity and reduce losses as much as possible... Increase the number of miners to 10,000. The output of copper materials must reach more than 30 tons per month!. ..As for the samurai of the suppression, the miners consumed... I will make up for you!"

After writing the king's decree, Xiulote took out the seal and printed the king's emblem. The red emblem fell in his eyes, and it was like blood. However, blood color is unavoidable, it is the fuel for the advancement of the times, and it is also the bones of many sentient beings. Next, is the second document, from the head of the Black Rock Mountain Iron Mine, the Tecos warrior Mavik.

"Your Majesty! Your scales on the seashore, Mavik reports to you: the rainy season has passed, the lightning will no longer fall, and the mining of the Heiyanshan iron ore mining area has returned to its original state! There are now 1,600 texas in the mining area. The miners and four hundred lumberjacks are busy day and night... In fact, this is open-pit mining, and the manpower in the mining area can be increased a lot. However, the supply of food in the mining area has always been somewhat tight..."

Seeing this, Shulot thought for a while and nodded slightly. There are less than 10,000 Tecos tribesmen stationed in Heiyan Mountain. Their farming level is also very limited, and it is difficult to provide too much surplus food. The main source of food in the mining area comes from the city of Zicao, which is 400 miles away in the north. Through the waterway of the Tulsa River, it is not difficult to travel downstream, and it is very convenient to transport food.

However, since the Eastern Expedition, too many Tlaxcala youths have been resettled in Zicao County, and food is very short. On the riverside plain north of Trout Village, more than 10,000 Tlaxcala tribes were settled. They will not have food production until after the autumn harvest next year.

"The development of industry and mining requires the foundation of agriculture. The southern lowlands are vast and sparsely populated, far from the estuary of the river and the prosperity of Gyeonggi, so further reclamation is inevitable. Since Heiyan Mountain has iron ore and convenient waterways, the focus of the kingdom's development must be Leaning to the southern seashore."

After making up his mind, Shilot looked again and reported the details of mining and smelting. This part of the content should have been written by priests and craftsmen, and it is very detailed.

"Your Majesty, both iron ore and copper ore are the condensed essence of the earth goddess. But iron ore is baptized by the main god's lightning, and it is harder than copper ore! The speed of miners mining iron ore is much slower than that of copper ore. In addition , the smelting of iron ore is more difficult, and the iron material produced is also less than the same amount of copper ore..."

Seeing this, Shiloh pondered a little. The quality of Heiyanshan iron ore is obviously lower, and when compared with the high-quality copper ore in Chingambat, it is immediately superior. Meanwhile, the Mohs hardness of iron ore is 5-6, while the Mohs hardness of copper ore is 3.5-4.5. At the current level of technology, the cost of mining and smelting iron ore is probably higher than that of copper ore.

"It has been two years since the Heiyanshan Iron Mine produced iron. According to His Majesty's continuous divine revelation, and for His Majesty Kang's reward, the priests and craftsmen have continued to explore and have achieved some results..."

"First of all, with kaolin and clay, build a shaft furnace with a height of more than two meters, equipped with a large blasting skin... The bottom is fuel, the top is iron ore, with the help of the power of Vulcan, the divine power of Fengshen is blown into, melting the ground. The essence of the mother... The iron smelting furnace produces molten iron and solidifies into iron material. However, the iron material at this time is very brittle and cannot be used. Therefore, the craftsmen followed closely and put the iron furnace again. The second melting in the iron furnace, and then the molten iron is released, it will be better."

Seeing this, Shilot nodded in satisfaction. What is produced in the ironmaking furnace is pig iron with a higher carbon content. Secondary melting is to reduce the carbon content in pig iron as much as possible.

Under his hard thinking and advanced guidance, the kingdom's iron-smelting technology quickly passed the primitive stage of the block smelting method and came to the high-temperature pig iron smelting stage of the shaft furnace. This is also the inspiration of the inheritance of the Celestial Dynasty, and the technology that has emerged during the Warring States Period.

"...After the iron furnace, there is a row of pottery fans. According to His Majesty's instructions, the main focus is on the manufacture of agricultural tools. As for the iron fans you pointed out, the craftsmen are still groping, but they have already achieved some results... The molten iron is poured into the pottery and solidified into different farm tools. But it is still slightly brittle at this time. It needs a blacksmith to burn it red and continue to forge. Repeated tempering, introducing the power of the Lord God, makes the iron harder!... Of course, according to your instructions, after the forging is completed, there will be a quenching step to introduce the divine power of the Rain God!... Consolidate the power of the gods, So you get hard and tough iron!"

"Your Majesty... As for the 'extremely hard iron' you mentioned, 'mixed forging of soft iron and hard iron', and what 'semi-melted molten iron is added to iron powder to stir-fry steel', 'to keep molten iron melted, and stir for a long time in the open air Mature iron'...Uh, the priests and craftsmen are working hard to explore. The Lord God bless the kingdom! By next year, there will definitely be a breakthrough in the mining area!..."

Seeing this, Shirot's expression changed, and his brows were slightly wrinkled. He frowned, thinking about the current situation of iron smelting in the kingdom.

After many times of forging, the pig iron was beaten into relatively inferior steel, which could be used as agricultural implements and shorter weapons. And this is also the current situation in the Heiyanshan mining area, providing some iron farm tools for the kingdom's tun fields, and further exploring the steelmaking process.

In order to obtain better quality steel, the "frying steel method" of the Han Dynasty, or the mature "steel filling method" in the Southern and Northern Dynasties~www.readwn.com~ is required to make wrought iron, and then mix it with pig iron to form steel. These leaps and bounds technology, it will take time to reproduce in Central America, where the foundation is weak...

If high-quality steel is urgently needed, wrought iron can also be produced by the block-smelting method, and then combined with the pig iron of the shaft furnace to obtain high-quality steel. It's just the cost of consumption and the quality of the final product. In general, the steelmaking method that is most likely to be realized at the moment should be fried steel in the Han Dynasty.

"It's easier to know than to do it, and it's hard to accumulate. The accumulation of the kingdom's smelting technology is not enough. Even if you know a clear route and bypass hundreds of years of exploration, it is difficult to achieve it overnight!"

Shirot sighed softly, helplessness appeared on his face. He couldn't ask for more from the priest artisans in the Black Rock Mountain mines. In the face of the devout belief in the Lord God and the attractive rewards of the kingdom, the craftsmen have done their best. The rest are really limited in ability and inexperience...

"If you can get the craftsmen of the Old World..."

The smoke of the gods rose, like a rising desire. The young king whispered to himself. His eyes, looking east again, thousands of miles away.

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