No Regrets In Flourishing Tang

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With the joint efforts of hundreds of craftsmen, the equipment for manufacturing wire was quickly manufactured and immediately put into experiment.

Because it is still experimental in nature, the equipment is not very large, and it does not use steam engine power. It is just equipment that uses human backlog.

After the semi-melted iron block in the blast furnace was put into the wire-making equipment, several craftsmen immediately squeezed hard, and successfully squeezed the semi-melted iron block into iron wire, and wound it around the ceramic cylinder little by little .

“Successful, wire manufacturing succeeded, oh oh!”

After successfully manufacturing the wire, the hundreds of craftsmen in charge of the experiment all jumped up in excitement. They invented a new thing, and it is a good thing with extremely wide use in the future.

The news of success was quickly passed into Li An ’s ears, and Li An was excited. The wire was easily manufactured. In the future, there is no need for the blacksmith to hit hard this stupid way to produce bar steel, and directly squeeze it. Yes, of course, the required manufacturing equipment is larger and mechanical power is required. Therefore, the equipment for manufacturing iron wire and reinforcing steel needs further Research & Development to meet future large-scale production tasks.

The iron making equipment that has been manufactured now is immediately put into production, and enough iron wire is produced to serve Li An’s next test service.

Looking at the iron wires that have just been manufactured, Li An felt that the next step in the production of the springs could begin, and immediately took the wires away to the craftsmen of Research & Development Springs and told them what to do.

With the guidance of Li An, these craftsmen successfully developed the spring, it should not be a very difficult thing, it’s just a matter of time that’s all.

Li An is only responsible for the general direction and guidance, and provides drawings. All the dirty work and hard work are completed by the craftsmen, and as long as these craftsmen follow Li An’s ideas, they will be able to successfully develop.

After explaining the task, Li An went to the Ministry of Industry to find Guo Xuji under the protection of a group of guards. In addition to greeting the formation of Bureau of Bridges, there are still a lot of data to ask him.

“Minister Li, how are you free today …”

A little official smiled and greeted him.

“Don’t forget, this Official still has the position of Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Industry? What about Assistant Minister Guo?”

Li An asked.

“Assistant Minister Guo just went out and should be back soon.”

“What position are you?”

Li An feels that this person has some face to face and asks.

“Minister Li, the villain is Assistant of Yuanwai Lang of Yube, and is a freelancer.”

Li An nodded, said with a smile: “It’s good to have a leisurely trip! It’s easy to get the salaries, unlike this official, it’s so hard and laborious.”

“Uh, the humble job is very interested in contributing to Imperial Court, but there is no chance.”

The little official felt very confused. In his view, leisure is a humiliation. Only people who are not optimistic about the Imperial Court will become leisure, and there may be no chance of promotion in life.

“Well, This Official asks you what you usually do. You won’t just stand here to welcome guests all day long!”

Li An is very curious, what a leisure method for Great Tang’s leisure.

“When I go back to Minister Li, the low-ranking office will help Lang Zhong and Yuanwai Lang to sort out and transcribe all kinds of documents, as well as go to various government offices to run errands, send and receive documents, and do some small things.”

The little official explained.

‘Grass, this is called errands, not errands and hard work? ‘

Li An was stunned for a moment. He didn’t understand how to do so many jobs, how could he be called a slacker? So, aren’t those officials who are not on duty not busy with their feet?

“Transcribing the documents, it seems that you know a lot of things, how many iron mines are there in the Great Tang, can you know?”

Li An feels that this clerk has been copying the documents all day, and will definitely know a lot of data.

“The humble people know a little bit. It seems that more than 300 iron ores have been discovered. At present, 200 iron ores are being accelerated.”

The little official replied.

“Oh, it turns out that way, how much do you know about the number of artisans and production of these iron ores?”

Li An continued to ask.

“Minister Li, regarding the number of people in each iron ore, is not fixed. The largest iron ore can have more than 1000 people when it is the least, and more than 10000 when it is the most, and the small iron ore usually only has dozens of people. It can also be over 1000, that is, during the farming slack, major iron ore mines will call for 100 surnames in large quantities and pay some surnames to 100 surnames. According to the following report, the minimum time, all iron ore artisans have only 5 60000 The number of people may be more than 1000000 when there are the most agricultural slacks. As for the output, there are also some. It is really difficult to count. “

The little official seriously replied.

In fact, the iron ore found by Great Tang is still relatively large, but the demand for ironware in the agricultural society is not very large, and the original ironmaking technology is too backward, resulting in high ironmaking costs, which naturally affects the mining of iron ore. Passion.

With Li An inventing black fire, medicine, and later improvements in blast furnace and other technologies, the cost of mining has been greatly reduced, and the demand for iron materials for laying railways and manufacturing machinery is extremely large, which in turn keeps the price of iron materials. Being in a high position, which further promotes the enthusiasm of the major nobles to mine iron ore.

However, the speed of mining of iron ore by the major nobles still can not keep up with the demand for iron materials in the entire Great Tang, especially the new things invented by Li An are increasing, and the demand for iron materials is also increasing. When laying railways, the demand for iron materials is astronomical.

The production of pig iron has become a bottleneck that restricts the continued development of the Great Tang Empire. If the production problem of pig iron smelting is not resolved as soon as possible, new railway lines, large railway bridges, and large-scale demand for reinforcing steel will be seriously affected. As for the current pig iron production What is it, Li An has not got a specific answer from the mouth of the official.

According to the official, at ordinary times, at least 5 people in the entire Great Tang empire are mining iron ore, and temporarily adding people during farming and leisure. The total number of breakthroughs is 60000. This manpower is already very impressive. I want to continue to increase People will affect the development of other areas. In the Great Tang era when the population is not large, manpower is a very precious resource, and it cannot be abused casually as a last resort.

Thinking about it, Li An feels that the most advanced technology of ironmaking is not fully popularized. It is likely that most iron ore is still using old equipment that is backward. Otherwise, with this manpower, the output should be more than expected. That’s right, there is also artificial concealment. Li An seriously doubts whether someone hoarded and intentionally stored the pig iron produced by the iron mine.

When the Great Tang Empire desperately needs pig iron, hoarding it is a serious problem that undermines the economic development of the Great Tang Empire. If Li An finds out, it will certainly not spare these unscrupulous businessmen.

Just at Li An’s time to think about the pig iron problem, Assistant Minister Guo Xuji laughed from the Ministry of Industry and returned to the Ministry of Industry.

“Assistant Minister Guo, you are finally back. I’ve been waiting for you for a long time. How is the Bureau of Bridges organized? Need help?”

Li An asked politely.

“Haha! Minister Li is here. I have been busy with Bureau of Bridges for the past few days. I was just busy doing it just now, haha!”

Guo Xuji said, enter the Yamen Inner Hall with Li An.

“Minister Li came today, wouldn’t it be a special greeting to Bureau of Bridges!”

Li An nodded and said: “Yes, I have more important things to ask Assistant Minister Guo. Of course, this matter is extremely important. If the solution is not good, the construction of railways and bridges will be severely restricted in the future. Assistant Minister The Bureau of Bridges that Guo has worked hard to win has little to do. “

“Oh, what is the important thing?”

Guo Xuji realized the seriousness of the matter and frowned and asked.

“The output of pig iron? If all iron mines in Great Tang cannot produce enough pig iron, railways and bridges will be difficult to build. Now all sections reflect the lack of pig iron. This is a serious problem and must be resolved as soon as possible.

Li An said seriously.

“Well, Minister Li said yes! If there is insufficient pig iron, the bridge will not be able to get enough iron supply, and the railway and machinery will also be affected, which is a very serious problem.”

Guo Xuji frowned and fell into contemplation.

“Assistant Minister Guo, a small official told me just now that I have 200 iron ore mines in the Great Tang, at least 5 60000 miners, at most more than 1000000, if there are so many people, and take the most advanced The method of mining should not be enough to meet the output! Has anyone kept it privately? “

Li An asked urgently.

Guo Xuji hearing this, frowned, busy replied: “The number of miners and iron ore is not false, but most of these 200 iron ores are local giants seeing the high price of pig iron, suddenly pulled a team to mine Yes, they did not have the support of Imperial Court, nor did they have time to adopt the latest smelting and mining methods. Moreover, Imperial Court did not trust these tyrants and dared to sell Dark Powder to them. In order to suppress these tyrants, Naturally, they will not resell Dark Powder in their own hands. Moreover, Imperial Court will not allow it. Therefore, the output of iron ore mined by small tyrants in these places is relatively low, far less than the iron material mined by nobles. It is of course inevitable to hide the iron material without permission. Many nobles see that Great Tang is going to lay such a long-distance railway. In the future, the demand for iron material will become greater and greater, so it will definitely keep some more inventory. Court is also not easy to check, there is also the problem of transportation, a large number of iron ore mines are in the southeast and northeast, and also in Shuzhong Some of these local production of pig iron must be taken to the most economical water transport, but water transport is very slow, a lot of tyrannical produced the first batch of pig iron, I’m afraid it is still on the way? “

“Oh, it turned out to be the case. It’s no wonder that more than 200 iron ore producing areas can’t provide the iron materials needed by the capital. There are so many problems.”

Li An hearing this, frowned, began to think about countermeasures.

There is no good way for transportation problems. After all, pig iron is a very heavy cargo, and it is unlikely to adopt the stupid way of carriage transportation. At present, there is only one rail line, which cannot cover the origin of pig iron. The slow water transportation method, Became the only feasible way.

As for the backwardness of most iron ore technology and production methods, Li An feels that there is still great potential to be tapped, and the best way is to let the big nobles cooperate with these places, and the big nobles provide Dark Powder and advanced mining. Technology, and get a slice of the soup from the powerful iron ore, and at the same time be responsible for supervising the local heroes and preventing them from secreting the Dark Powder in gunpowder. So, as long as the iron ore output goes up, the big nobles and the local heroes can get more benefits It is a win-win situation, and the operability is relatively large, as long as the Imperial Court decrees to let the local officials mediate from it, this goal can be fully achieved.

Li An said his thoughts, which was highly appreciated by Guo Xuji.

“Minister Li, this method is completely feasible. As long as it is a win-win situation, these nobles and tycoons will not refuse. When the time comes, the output of pig iron will definitely increase, and there will be no worries about the lack of materials for railways and bridges. , Not to report to Your Majesty today, let Your Majesty make the decision. “

Li An smiled and said: “Assistant Minister Guo will report to Your Majesty. However, the problem of someone hiding pig iron must also be solved. If every merchant hoards strangely, it is not enough to make more pig iron! “

“Minister Li, this question is not difficult to deal with, just give it to This Official.”

Guo Xuji seems to be full of confidence, and does not think this problem is a serious problem.

“Well, since this is the case, This Official will leave.”

Li An has solved the problem of pig iron production, and it is time to return to the Research & Development Center to continue to guide Research & Development personnel Research & Development and improve new equipment.

“Haha! Let’s go together! This Official is going to the palace now to solve the problem of pig iron production for Minister Li.”

After Guo Xuji returned to Yamen, before he had time to rest, he set off again, but it was quite busy. However, it is also a good thing to be busy. At least, Guo Xuji’s complexion looks very good now, his face is rosy, full of energy, if it is not white hair A lot, from the back, thought it was a young young man?

A few days later, the spring was made smoothly, and the manufacturing process is very simple, that is, the iron wire is wound around the cylinder to form a spring shape, and then a certain heat treatment is performed to change the performance of these iron wires and become usable. Spring.

After the spring was just made, many craftsmen who participated in the manufacturing felt very puzzled. They could not see the actual effect of these things that can be compressed and stretched.

Of course, in this era of no spring application, the first person who comes into contact with the spring must not guess the usefulness of the spring. However, the spring was made at the request of Li An. These craftsmen believe that these newly created The spring must be of great use, otherwise, Li An impossible is so boring that they spend so much energy on manufacturing.

“Minister Li is here.”

A craftsman shouted.

“Minister Li, the spring you confessed has been made, but what are these things for?”

A craftsman pointed to these thick and thin springs and asked suspiciously.