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Chapter 392 Climbing the Technology Tree

In the following time, Fusu devoted all his energy to climbing the technology tree.

Now that he had already said in the court that he wanted to refine some elixir of life, Fusu had to put on a show, and he would really stop meddling and interfering in the affairs of the court.

After a period of time, Feng Quji, who was still vigilant, found out that Fusu hadn't interfered in the political affairs at all, and finally let go of the little vigilance left in his heart.

Fusu stayed completely in Shanglin Garden, which has a huge area. As a royal garden, it was expanded several times, and it was also enlarged in the hands of his father, Emperor Yingzheng.

It can be said that what is being tested in Shanglin Garden, coupled with the strict control of people entering and leaving, the situation in Shanglin Garden will not be known to outsiders at all.

At this time, Fusu was completely letting go of his hands and feet to conduct experiments. In the past, he had an old man above him, so he didn't dare to play too much.

But now, Shaofu's resources are open to him, and tens of thousands of registered craftsmen are at his disposal. These people are skilled and experienced, and they can make complex crafts with just their hands and some simple tools. mechanical.

For subtle deviations, the perception is also very keen.

Naturally, the first thing Fusu had to do was blast furnace ironmaking, which was not very technical.

We must know that in a certain era in later generations, even a peasant uncle can build a blast furnace and respond to the government's call to smelt steel.

Although the quality of the steel produced is worrying, the layers are uneven.But this is steel after all!
You must know that in this era, most of them still use bronze, and it is too difficult to obtain steel.

The stove made of clay and masonry is only three meters high and looks rather crude, but in this era before BC, it can already be regarded as an epoch-making product.

It uses coking coal and coke to make steel day and night, and can produce more than 500 catties of steel in one day.

Although the number is incomparable with the era of industrialization in later generations, in this era, the speed has been greatly increased.

The only fly in the ointment is that the pollution is too serious, and black smoke is continuously emitted from the chimney above.Moreover, the energy consumption is huge, and a large amount of firewood needs to be felled.

Now it's just a blast furnace, so of course it's nothing to worry about. At this time, the vegetation in the Guanzhong area is extremely densely forested. Coupled with Qin Ting's intentional protection, it has not suffered much damage.

But if hundreds of blast furnaces are erected in Guanzhong at once, I believe that in ten years, the Guanzhong area will become smoky, the vegetation in the mountains and forests will become bare, the water in the river will turn black, and the fish and shrimp will die.

This is the price that the industrialization process has to pay.

Pollution is inevitable.In the process of industrialization in the later generations, not to mention the death of fish and shrimp in the rivers of Western countries, even the rivers are full of people.

In the Great Lakes of the United States, why are carp flooded but no one eats them?It's not that the common people in the United States really don't like to eat carp, but that the heavy metal content in the water of the Great Lakes seriously exceeds the standard, and the carp that live and reproduce in it are poisonous fish to a certain extent.

But the pace of industrialization cannot be stopped, and such a price must be paid.It's just that it can't be in the Guanzhong area.

Fusu already had several goals in mind. In several places in Shu County, there are excellent iron mines. Panzhihua in later generations is the famous iron and steel production base in Sichuan.

In this regard, Sima Chang, who was born as an iron official, can play a big role now, and two wealthy businessmen Zhuo Dingshan and Cheng Zhengle can also help.

Developing the iron smelting business in Shu, but there is no shortage of everything, money, people, and raw materials...

In addition, there is also the Hedong area, which is roughly equivalent to Shanxi in later generations. It is extremely rich in high-quality coal mine resources, and because of this, a relatively famous group was born in later generations-the coal boss.

After that, it was once the location of South Korea, and now Nanyang County in Daqin is also a good place for making steel.

During the Warring States Period, Korea's strong bows and crossbows were famous all over the world because there was a rich iron mine that could make excellent armored weapons.

In these places, the development of steel is much better than in Guanzhong. After all, it is close to the raw material production area, so there is no need to go through a lot of trouble, and if the Guanzhong area is seriously polluted, it will endanger the rule of the Ying family.

For a long time, Guanzhong has been the confidant of the Qin people and the headquarters of the Qin State. After Shang Yang's reform, Qin State did not fail to use troops against the six kingdoms of Shandong, but it was always able to recover in a short time, which has great potential. The reason is because of the treasure land in Guanzhong.

Not only that, Guanzhong is located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River. Once the vegetation here is destroyed, the current crystal clear river may really become the Yellow River that kills people and floods every year.

Later generations even formed a "river on the ground" in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, which is really incredible.

Naturally, Fusu would not do such a business that would bring disaster to future generations. This is a plan that concerns a century.

In addition, Fusu asked the craftsmen to improve the formula of the local method cement, which also played an extremely important role in the military.

Although, in the Jiujiang area, he has built a new tunnel camp, which is specially used for engineering construction, but if it is combined with cement, it will definitely be even more powerful.

Building a stronghold in one day and building a city in three days will be fully realized, not a dream.

During the time in Shanglinyuan, with the assistance of Shaofu, Fusu achieved remarkable results.Even speaking, Fusu was amazed by the wisdom of the ancestors.

Often when Fusu proposes something, these craftsmen of the Shaofu can infer other things from one instance. Although sometimes the ideas are not very correct, such whimsical ideas make Fusu quite emotional.

It is precisely because of such whimsical ideas that human beings can continue to progress and develop, and he, Fusu, is playing the role of a beacon, pointing out a way forward for these outstanding craftsmen, and accelerating Daqin's progress in science and technology. Tree climbing.

In the following period of time, Fusu devoted himself to an extremely important task - the research and development of black powder.

For the development of this project, Fusu also thought over and over again and hesitated for a long time before deciding to implement it.

After all, Fusu has never made this stuff before. You must know that gunpowder is a prohibited item in later generations. How can Fusu experiment and develop it at will?

People who are not in some special industries have no access to the production of this thing at all.Fortunately, Fusu knew the general formula and had enough manpower to carry out many experiments.

(End of this chapter)