Emperor Liu Hong

() Steelmaking!

Not to mention ancient times, even in the 21st century, it can definitely be called technical work.Therefore, Liu Hong also knows that even with coal and iron ore, qualified steel is not so easy to produce.

Speaking of steelmaking, especially large-scale steelmaking, although it was not impossible in the Han Dynasty, it was definitely difficult.

Although many historians in previous lives have researched it, some people in the Han Dynasty knew the method of frying steel and could make steel on a large scale.However, the technique of frying steel must have been a secret method in the Han Dynasty, and not many people knew about it.It is definitely not easy to find such a talent without knowing the name of the person.

As for Liu Hong, although he knows the principle of frying steel, but with this little knowledge, it is impossible to forge steel.And even if it could be refined, Liu Hong would not be able to play in person. After all, steelmaking is very dangerous, and people will die if they are not careful.For a guy like Liu Hong who cherishes his life, at most he can come up with ideas in a safe place, go into battle shirtless, play goblin fights with beauties, steelmaking, forget it, that really doesn't suit him.

If you can't do it yourself, find someone else to do it.

"As the saying goes, there must be brave men under great rewards. As long as the conditions are good, I don't believe that we can't recruit people."

In order to be able to find good craftsmen, Liu Hong spent a lot of money, and the conditions offered were enough to make people jealous, in order to catch all the skilled craftsmen of the big man.

Not to mention, Liu Hong's approach really paid off. In just a few days, two talented people came to join him.One of them was Lu Miao, a blacksmith who knew how to cast iron.And the other one is even more remarkable. His name is Zhang Qi, and he is a descendant of the famous scientist Zhang Heng.

Ductile iron, let alone the Han Dynasty, is definitely a good thing even in the 21st century.It not only has high strength and good toughness, but also is easy to make, high in quality and low in price.Although Liu Hong doesn't know whether this thing can make guns, but Liu Hong knows that this thing can definitely make guns.

Through the conversation, Liu Hong learned that Lu Miao not only understood ductile iron, but he also knew some steelmaking techniques.This made Liu Hong very happy. After Liu Hong explained to him the principles of frying and pouring steel, he directly handed over the steelmaking to him.

Compared with the blacksmith, Liu Hong cares more about this descendant of Zhang Heng.Because they are both in Hejian, Liu Hong knows Zhang Qi very well, and this person is definitely a celebrity in Hejian.

Zhang Qi is the descendant of Zhang Heng who stayed here when he was Prime Minister of Hejian.After Zhang Heng passed away, his branch chose to stay in Hejian.Originally, as officials, they should have a good life, but since Zhang Qi only knows how to play with the things left by Zhang Heng all day long, and ignores everything else, he even sold his family property for research and became a river. A well-known prodigal son who does not do business properly.

Others think that he is not doing his job properly and is a prodigal son, but Liu Hong doesn't think so.Liu Hong, who came from later generations, is very clear that those scientists who have made great achievements, their success is almost entirely due to their obsession with academic research.Now that Liu Hong met such a person, it was at the time when he was at his worst, if Liu Hong didn't take the opportunity to recruit him, he would be a traveler in vain.

Besides, Zhang Qi not only has potential, he also has all of Zhang Heng's academic and invention drawings.Among them are not only the drawings of the famous seismograph, but also the magical object made by Zhang Heng that can rotate on its own three wheels, and the magical wooden bird that can fly for several miles.

Liu Hong didn't care too much about the seismograph, because the seismograph was still kept in the palace in this era.From Liu Hong's point of view, the things in the palace are almost the same as his own, except that they cannot be used temporarily, so what he cares about is the tricycle and wooden bird.

It is said that Zhuge Liang can build wooden cows and horses. Although Liu Hong is very interested in this, but Zhuge Liang has not yet been born, and it is useless for Liu Hong to be interested.Well now, Zhang Qi is here, and the blueprint in his hand represents something as good as a wooden cow and a horse.

There are a few boys who don't like cars, and Liu Hong is no exception, he also likes cars very much.He thought that after traveling to the Han Dynasty, his car dream was basically shattered.Unexpectedly, the world is unpredictable. Not long after he first came to the Han Dynasty, he found a three-wheeled wooden cart as a substitute for the car.

For Liu Hong, a three-wheeled wooden cart is also a cart.

In order to be able to see these two miraculous artifacts as soon as possible, Liu Hong didn't even care about the army, and directly handed over the military training to Liu Fu, and spent all day with Zhang Qi, asking for money and things. thing.

Liu Hong's obsession finally moved Zhang Qi, and he led a group of craftsmen to rush to work almost day and night. It took more than a month to finally make these two utensils.

"Haha, car, here I come!" Liu Hong yelled, not caring about being tired, and immediately went to a place where there was no one to test the car.

Liu Hong rode a three-wheeled wooden cart that he could walk, and looked at the wooden birds flying non-stop in the sky, Liu Hong was very excited.But before he had time to applaud, he heard applause from a distance.

"Who is this, dare to steal my lines?!"

Following the voice, Liu Hong saw that the housekeeper Liu Zhong was walking towards him with two big men, and the applause came from one of the gentle-looking big men.

After the three of them approached, before Liu Hong could open his mouth, he heard the big man who had just called out to him say: "I have heard that Mr. Zhang Heng made a car that can walk around by itself, and a wooden bird that can fly by itself. I feel deeply regretful because I didn’t see the real thing, seeing these two things today, it shows that the rumors are true, and my trip is worthwhile.”

"Oh, how do you know that these two things are related to Zhang Heng and Mr. Zhang?" Liu Hong asked curiously.

"Isn't it hard to guess? This is Hejian, and Mr. Zhang has been a Prime Minister of Hejian. These two things are the same as the legends, so even a fool can guess that these two things are not made by Mr. Zhang Heng himself. , must have something to do with him."

Speaking of this, Liu Zhong hurried forward to introduce. It turned out that these two people were invited by Liu Zhong, one was his senior brother Wei Liao, and the other was his senior brother Wei Liao's friend Ou Ping.

Because some time ago, Liu Hong kept studying steelmaking, and Liu Zhong also felt that steelmaking would be helpful to Liu Hong's future career, so he thought that his senior brother knew Ou Yezi's descendant Ou Ping, so he should pay attention to Liu Hong's steelmaking. The steel business was helpful, so he sent someone to ask his senior brother to bring Ou Ping to help.

When Liu Hong heard that Ou Ping was a descendant of Ou Yezi, he was immediately excited, and quickly asked Ou Ping if he knew how to fry steel.

Ou Ping is worthy of being a descendant of a generation of master craftsmen. He not only knows how to fry steel, but also knows how to pour steel.Hearing this, Liu Hong immediately asked Ou Ping to be in charge of steelmaking, and knowing the Lu Miao of ductile iron, after hearing that Ou Ping was a descendant of Ou Yezi, he was also willing to help Ou Ping.

After arranging the steelmaking, Liu Hong wanted to talk to Wei Liao. After all, he was the steward's brother and came to help, so it would be bad to neglect him.But when Liu Hong found him, he found that he was chatting passionately with Zhang Qi.

After more than a month of understanding, Liu Hong is very clear that Zhang Qi, except for those technologies, is not valued by him. Being able to talk with Wei Liao with relish, Liu Hong is really quite curious.

Liu Hong went over to listen and found that they were talking about wooden carts and wooden birds.

"It's no wonder that this guy Zhang Qi is interested in this." Although Liu Hong couldn't get in the mouth when they chatted, it was quite interesting for him to listen from the side, and when Liu Hong heard that Wei Liao had a Juan Lu Gong’s Secret Records, which not only recorded wooden cows and horses, but also recorded how Gongshu Ban made the wooden kite that flew for three days and three nights. Liu Hong became even more interested.It even made Liu Hong think that this is also part of the novice rewards, otherwise, how could there be so many big killers continuously.