At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 152, Harvest Moment and Difficult to Expand Production Capacity

December 36, the 12th year of the First Emperor's reign, Chen County, the first textile factory in Han Dynasty.

The sound of clicking inside the textile factory kept ringing. Gongshu Qiu excitedly led Xu Fan to a spinning machine and said, "King Han, this is a hand-operated spinning machine that I made based on the water-power spinning machine. Although it can't be driven at once like the water-power spinning machine, 50 spindles can drive 10 spindles, which reduces the impact of the river and allows more spinning machines to be installed in the factory. I think this kind of spinning machine is more useful."

Because the commerce in Chen County is becoming more and more prosperous, the docks are becoming wider and wider. After all, Honggou Water is not as good as the ocean. The space for docks is extremely limited, so that waterwheels and docks are competing for the river channel. , although the water conservancy spinning machine is efficient, it has too high requirements on the terrain.

Xu Fan smiled and said: "Mr. Gongshu is really a hero of my great man."

The scene in Xu Fan's imagination finally appeared. He provided the idea and the Gongshu family was responsible for realizing it. Now it was finally off to a good start. The Gongshu family's hands-on ability was more than a hundred times better than his.

Gongshuqiu laughed very happily when he heard this. His beard was very praised by Xu Fan. After all, this was the praise of the King of Han.

Gongshu Qiu continued: "This is not my best invention. The King of Han has talked about flying shuttles and pedal looms. After several months of research, I finally came up with some samples. I also asked the King of Han to come and take a look."

After talking about Gong Shuqiu, he led Xu Fan to a new textile machine factory. There were hundreds of looms here. The women of Chen County were weaving quickly. The shuttles shuttled among the warp threads, and the weaver girls used pedals to keep moving. By adjusting the position of the warp threads, the cloth can be spun extremely fast, several times faster than today's old-fashioned textile machines.

Xu Fan happily asked: "How many times more efficient is this new type of textile machine than the old one?"

Their ancestors gave them craftsmanship, but it also brought them endless disasters. Those nobles often killed members of their families to hide their secrets. They were also human beings, so why should they be buried with a bunch of dead people. The nobles dare to do this just because they are lowly craftsmen, and it would not be a pity to kill them.

The Gongshu family finally became an official family, and their family's fate finally changed.

Gongshu Qiu said proudly: "It is more than three times that of the old style. The villain is still studying the water conservancy textile machine, striving to increase the speed of cloth spinning by several times, so as to realize the ideal of the King of Han to cloth the world as soon as possible."

At this time, the other children of the Gongshu family remembered that their position as duke was still on these drawings. This only guaranteed the position of duke for the Gongshu family, but there was no guarantee for who specifically.

Gongshu Qiu took out the design drawings Xu Fan gave him and said excitedly: "Because of the success of the pedal loom, the King of Han has appointed me the weaving order of Qianshi. From now on, our Gongshu family can also be called an official family."

Xu Fan said to Gongshu Qiu: "Mr. Gongshu's move has not only done great service to our rebel army, but also to the people of the whole world. Merits deserve rewards. In the name of the King of Han, I am promoted to Gongshu Qiu, weaving orders, and eating thousands of stones." .”

Gong Shuqiu was extremely excited when he heard this. He tremblingly saluted Xu Fan and said, "Thank you, King Han."

"Father, please give me a drawing."

Gongshu Chou said excitedly: "Even if I throw away these old bones, I will realize the King of Han's vision as soon as possible and spread the new textile looms throughout the Han Dynasty."

And now that he has this official status, who can say that his Gongshu family is just a man of hundreds of talents.

Gongshu Chou continued to smile and said: "The King of Han also gave the Gongshu family a guarantee of the position of prince. We will manufacture the machinery that the King of Han needs, and the Gongshu family will also be a noble in the future."

"It's true that the Emperor of the East has blessed our Gongshu family." The children of the Gongshu family burst into tears when they heard the good news.

"Father, is this true?"

Xu Fan opened it in front of Gong Shuqiu and said: "These are some farm tools I imagined, such as this is a thresher, this is a blower, and the most exquisite one is a sewing machine, which can greatly ease farmers' textile work. Mr. Gongshu will find a way to manufacture the machines one by one. If Mr. Gongshu can do these things well, the Gongshu family will definitely not lose its status as a prince, and the Gongshu family will become a family that will leave its name in history."

Xu Fan said: "Now that the new textile machines have been developed, the old man will be a little more tired during this period. He will make more of these new textile machines and completely replace the old textile machines. This can also increase the income of farmers all over the world."

Gongshu Qiu smiled and said, "Of course it's true."

"The King of Han is the true holy master!" All the children of the Gongshu family saluted in the direction of Xu Fan's residence. Three kneels and nine knocks were taken very seriously, because the King of Han really reborn their Gongshu family.

After Xu Fan left the textile factory, all the children of the Gongshu family gathered together that night.

A Taoist scholar died for his confidant, and the family's ideals were realized in Xu Fan's hands. He now plans to fight for the King of Han with his own life.

"For the sake of the King of Han, I will definitely make them." Gong Shuqiu had never seen such a painting before, and he immediately decided to help Xu Fan get all these instruments out even if he died in the equipment factory.

"Bring me my drawings!" Zhang Liang handed a pile of drawings to Xu Fan.

Since anyone has a chance to become a prince, why can't that person be me? I am only better than a carpenter. The children of the Gongshu family are confident that they will not lose to anyone.

"Uncle, give me one too." It didn't take long for the children of the Gongshu family to snatch these drawings. These were not drawings at all, they were simply a guarantee for their position as prince.

December 36, the 12th year of the First Emperor's reign. Chenjun, ironworks.

Two new blast furnaces were erected again. The blast furnaces are 5 feet high and have now become the tallest buildings in Chen County. Every day, a large number of people talk about these two blast furnaces. When they know that these blast furnaces can be refined in one go 2 kilograms of molten iron. When I see this smoking chimney, I am extremely envious. Even though the price of steel has plummeted, it is still as high as 20 yuan per kilogram. One furnace is 40 yuan. This is not a blast furnace. It is simply a gold mine.

Qin Bo smiled and said to Xu Fan: "King Han, this is the latest iron-making blast furnace. It can refine 2 kilograms of molten iron at a time, and it can be released in one day."

Xu Fan saw that these two blast furnaces were extremely new, and he hesitated: "The previous blast furnace?"

Qin Bo said with a helpless smile: "The original blast furnace has been burned. Although the coke you discovered, King Han, can burn extremely high flames, few things can withstand such high temperatures. The original blast furnace was running continuously for 10 Later, because the outer layer was burned, the molten iron flowed out and burned three craftsmen to death."

"Have you done a good job of comforting the family members, and have the pensions been paid?" Xu Fan asked immediately.

Qin Bo said: "It has been distributed, and the position of the ironworker has been reserved for their sons."

Xu Fan looked at Qin Bo strangely. He inherited his father's business, but it felt a bit strange. Their father had just been burned to death. They should not be afraid to go to the ironworks to do things.

Qin Bo smiled bitterly and said: "Although the iron smelting plant is dangerous, the salary is high. An apprentice worker has a salary of 800 yuan. After graduation, it is thousands of yuan. There is no higher job in Chen County than this. Compared with being burned, If he dies, the worker’s family is even more worried about losing his position.”

When Qin Bo said this, Xu Fan immediately understood. In this era, the blast furnace is also the crown jewel of the handicraft industry. It is a high-tech industry, and the income of iron-making workers is naturally high. But when he heard the request of the workers' families, Xu Fan couldn't help but smile bitterly. In later generations, he hated the idea of ​​one job being passed down to three generations the most, but such a thing happened under his own rule.

He thought for a while and said, "Tell the workers' families that Han will cover all the tuition fees for their son's schooling until he reaches adulthood, and then let the child choose what he wants to do."

Qin Bo looked at Xu Fan strangely and said, "No."

In his opinion, it is natural for a son to inherit his father's legacy, so he agreed to the family's request, but Xu Fan's approach actually raised the standard of pension. After studying and becoming a scholar, how can I still be a blacksmith with peace of mind?

Xu Fan continued: "If you want to find a way to set safety standards for an iron-making plant, you must first ensure the safety of workers before making iron. If possible, try to avoid such deaths."

Qin Bo said: "I understand."

It is not easy to make iron. Insufficient temperature is a big trouble, but it is also a trouble if the temperature is too high and the refractory bricks are burned.

Xu Fan frowned and recalled how future generations would solve this problem. He knew about refractory bricks, but he did not expect that refractory bricks could not withstand the temperature of coke.

How did later Taneda-style novels solve this problem?

Xu Fan recalled the novel in his mind and thought of two methods: "Can the blast furnace be built into an inner and outer double layer, and can the outer layer of refractory bricks be cooled with water."

"Use water to cool down!" Qin Bo was dumbfounded when he heard this. The double-layer structure made sense. The blast furnace requires high temperatures, but you come to cool down. Isn't it a joke?

Xu Fan didn't know if it was possible. He said, "You are the most powerful person in making iron. I'm just giving you advice. You can try it and see if you can succeed."

Xu Fan is really not familiar with ironmaking, especially modern steel plants. He may not be able to understand it even if he gives it to Xu Fan. He only knows about blowers, preheating chambers, coke, and refractory bricks through farming novels. Everything I know has been told, and the rest can only be done by Qin Bo accumulating experience.

Xu Fan continued: "Don't be afraid of waste. Do a few more experiments. As long as you succeed, you will make money. You see, if you didn't build the blast furnace, the iron making would only be dozens of kilograms at a time. Because you built the blast furnace to improve the efficiency of iron making. Hundreds of times, the money spent on building the blast furnace will be fully recovered. And now that you can build a blast furnace that can withstand high temperatures, this blast furnace will not need to be built or demolished in the future. If you demolish and build it, you can save even more wealth."

Qin Bo said: "I will go back and think about it!"

Then Qin Bo took Xu Fan to the weapons manufacturing workshop. There were 10 waterwheels here. These waterwheels drove hammers and were constantly beating weapons.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The roar of the hammer made Xu Fan almost unable to hear any sound.

Qin Bo said loudly: "This is the ring-shou sword that your Majesty asked me to make. With these water hammers, these ring-shou swords can easily reach a hundred refinements. It only takes one sword to cut off the Qin sword."

After saying this, Qin Bo gave a craftsman a piece of wood. Xu Fan slashed it, and a hole was missing in the wood. Then he got a bronze Qin sword. Xu Fan slashed it down and the Qin sword broke.

"Okay!" Xu Fan said happily.

The Han army could crush the Qin army in terms of weapons.

Then Qin Bo took out another pair of armor and said, "This is the hundred-refined iron armor. It is the strongest armor in the world."

Xu Fan slashed at the armor with his sword.

"Cang!" There was only a knife mark left on the armor.

"Okay, with this armor and the Huanshou Sword, our army has an equipment advantage over the Qin army. Qin Bo, you are a hero of our Han Dynasty."

Then Xu Fan asked: "How many Huanshou swords and armors can be equipped?"

Qin Bo said: "We can produce 300 Huanshou knives and 30 pairs of armor every day."

Xu Fan frowned and said: "Too few. Our rebel army has 30 troops, and it will take until the Year of the Monkey and the Horse. I will double your manpower and build a few more weapon workshops. How many times can you increase your production capacity?" "

Qin Bo smiled bitterly and said: "It is useless to increase the number. Now the iron smelting plant only has two blast furnaces. Using them alternately is equivalent to only smelting 2 kilograms of iron per day."

"A ring-shou knife weighs 8 kilograms. 300 of them will consume 2400 kilograms of iron. A pair of armor weighs 60 kilograms. 30 pairs will be 1800 kilograms. These two items alone will consume 4000 kilograms of iron. We also need to produce arrows, knives and guns. Weapons such as swords and halberds, as well as sickles, plowshares, axes and other agricultural tools needed by the people. The daily consumption of iron tools was huge.

Xu Fan said: "Can't we increase the number of blast furnaces?"

Qin Bo smiled bitterly and said: "How can it be so easy? It requires more than just the iron-making manpower in the blast furnace. We have to dig iron ore from the beginning to add craftsmen, dig coal to add craftsmen, and increase carriages and manpower to transport minerals. , the number of blast furnace craftsmen has increased along the way, and the increase is more than just a little manpower. These require more money to be invested, not to mention that the workers who refine the blast furnace are not just farmers. They need training. Otherwise, you will be injured by the blast furnace.”

"King Han, you may not know that although the blast furnace has only been around for a few months, it has already killed several people. It was during this period that everyone was familiar with the performance of the blast furnace, so there were no casualties."

Xu Fan said silently, industrialization is never gentle, it requires continuous use of human lives. Even such primitive blast furnaces will devour human lives, and the output is not like in the game, where you can expand production capacity with just one click. The process of expanding production capacity is extremely slow, complex and costly.

Xu Fan said: "Just find a way to slowly increase production capacity. I will let the Prime Minister support you."

Qin Bo said: "No."

Then Xu Fan continued: "Qin Bo, you have made merit in iron-making. As the King of Han, I appoint you as the Iron-making Order, with a rank of thousands of stones. You can appoint subordinate officials yourself and report to the Prime Minister's Office."

Qin Bo said to Xu Fan: "Thank you very much, King Han."

The children around Qin Bo also looked happy. They were all newly recruited Mohist children by Qin Bo. They recruited qualified craftsmen from the ironworks. They lived in the ironworks and strongly agreed with the Mohist philosophy. The giants were reused. The Mohist family finally saw hope of revival.

(End of this chapter)