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Chapter 332 Making Soup and Steelmaking, Crazy Sun Yuanhua

"This..., uh..., um..." The sweat beads rolled down the official's face, and the emperor's few words caught it. Now, he can't answer why.

"Hehe, the Qing family, the cannons are made of copper, but copper can be used to make money. Therefore, a cannon is better than a money cannon. The more cannons are made, the more powerful it is with copper. I China itself lacks copper for coinage. If a large amount of copper is used to make cannons, wouldn’t the coins be even more scarce? Without copper coins, how would the people live? This has nothing to do with the national economy and the people’s livelihood? It’s not a big deal? So, I thought, On the one hand, we need to build more cannons to deal with the enemies of our Ming Dynasty; But it’s convenient for the people to live, isn’t this killing two birds with one stone? That’s why I asked about steel. If I can make steel on a large scale and use steel instead of copper to cast cannons, it will be my dynasty’s blessing...” Yang reformed a lot The theory is covered.

The official who just broke out in sweat now lowers his head and keeps wiping his sweat. The emperor's thinking is indeed too much higher than his, his vision is indeed too far away from him, and he really has more people in his heart than he does. The official was ashamed and quickly admitted his mistake.

"I am guilty, I am guilty, I am short-sighted, short-sighted, far inferior to Your Majesty's foresight, I ask Your Majesty to punish the crime."

"Forget it, I don't blame you for this matter, and you don't need to be punished. Today, let's understand the situation with me and see if there is any way to solve this matter. It is not in vain for our monarchs and ministers." The common people do a great thing..." Yang Reform really didn't want to see those cannons of Sun Yuanhua, so the crooked building was so crooked that it turned a Wenhua Palace, which dealt with state affairs, into a lecture classroom for metallurgy. Otherwise, just to hide from laziness.

Sun Yuanhua stared dumbfounded at the conversation between the monarch and his ministers in the Wenhua Palace. Although he heard his teacher Xu Guangqi mention all kinds of things about the emperor, Sun Yuanhua was still "unacceptable" to see the "like" emperor. The emperor who likes all kinds of new gadgets is a master who is willing to learn, a very smart master, and a master whose vision is far beyond ordinary people.

So, the officials began to listen to Sun Yuanhua's lecture "Metallurgy" with their heads drooping.Because it has a lot to do with the national economy and the people's livelihood, many people hate it as if they ate flies, but if you hate it, you still have to listen to this lecture, because the emperor is already fascinated.

"Sun Aiqing, why do you get steel after pig iron and wrought iron are mixed together? What's the difference between pig iron and wrought iron?" Yang Reform enthusiastically discussed metallurgy with Sun Yuanhua in the Wenhua Palace, always dealing with state affairs, It will also be boring, but now that the taste is changed, it feels different.

"This, back to Your Majesty, I don't know. It's just that iron smelting has always been done in this way. The key is to be mastered by seasoned and experienced old craftsmen. How much pig iron and wrought iron are thrown in depends on these old craftsmen." ..." Although Sun Yuanhua has been casting cannons for many years, due to technical limitations at this time, it is impossible to know the detailed principles, because the element has not yet appeared, so it is impossible to extract the theory. Without the guidance of the theory, casting cannons has become a A matter of pure experience.

"Well, in fact, I always feel that there should be a trick in it. Both pig iron and wrought iron are iron. Correspondingly, there should be something different in the iron, so the properties of pig iron and wrought iron are different. There is a big difference. Steel can be obtained by mixing the two, which means that steel is also iron. However, steel should contain a special kind of thing. The amount of this kind of thing is higher than that of pig iron and wrought iron. Therefore, once the two are fused, that special thing reaches a special content, and a qualitative change occurs, from iron to steel... This is how I understand it, I wonder if you can understand it?" Yang Reform Inspire your own cannon-casting expert.

Not only Sun Yuanhua was confused, but everyone in the hall was also confused. What did the emperor say?Why can't you understand?What is iron or not, steel or not?

Yang Reform glanced around, and saw that not only Sun Yuanhua was puzzled, but the ministers in the palace were even more dazed. He had been talking to ducks for a long time, and the blind man wasted no time lighting the lamps.

"You don't even understand?" Yang Reform asked disappointedly.

Sun Yuanhua shook his head, all the ministers shook their heads even more, no one could understand.

Yang Reform collapsed. It is sad for people who have not received nine years of compulsory education. They do not even have this basic common sense. It is terrible to be uneducated.

"Forget it, let's keep it simple. Have you ever had soup?" Yang Reform revived and started the lecture.

"Return to Your Majesty, drink it." All the ministers agreed in unison, the soup must have been drunk.

"Okay, since everyone has had soup, let me use soup as a metaphor. This pig iron is soup with too much salt, this wrought iron is soup without salt, and this steel is just drinking it. Soup; now, we can make soup with no salt, and soup with too much salt, but it is very difficult to make soup that is just right for drinking. It's exactly the same, if you want to make good steel, Sun Aiqing, you should try more salty soup and light soup. With experience, this steelmaking will not be far behind..." Yang Reform thoughtfully expressed his thoughts to his ministers and cast members. Gun expert science popularization.

All the ministers look like this.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I understand, and I have come to understand, this steel is drinking just right soup, but now we can make salty soup, we can make light soup, but we can't make just right soup." Tang, Your Majesty said this, I understand, I feel that this metaphor is reasonable, so, as long as you master the thickness of the soup, this steelmaking will be easy..." A minister felt that he understood, and came out to express to the emperor I studied very seriously and understood very thoroughly. In fact, what he said was a bunch of nonsense.

"Your Majesty, I think you can taste the saltiness of this soup with your tongue, but how can you taste this molten iron? How do you know it's just right to drink?" Liu Yanyuan also heard something, and began to discuss with the emperor. .

I did a fuck and tasted molten iron, you think you're hellfire!Yang Reform felt that his tongue was in pain, this guy's imagination is really rich!
"Sun Aiqing, what can you do?" Yang Reform threw the question to Sun Yuanhua.

Sun Yuanhua frowned and thought for a while, then said: "Your Majesty, the fusion of molten iron depends entirely on experienced craftsmen, on doing a lot, and on experience. Generally try molten iron in thick and thin, this minister really can’t do anything about it.” Sun Yuanhua also tasted the molten iron with his tongue, thanks to that guy who could figure it out, when Sun Yuanhua thought of the hot molten iron, and then thought about the feeling of his tongue being scalded, he felt Mouth is hot.

"Actually, I think what Liu Aiqing said is also reasonable. We can taste the saltiness of the soup, so we know how much salt should be added. Therefore, we can make delicious soup, but we can't taste the molten iron..." Speaking of tasting molten iron, Yang Reform felt his tongue trembling.

"..., so, we can't taste it, but we can use other methods to make a delicious and reliable soup, such as a pot of soup that has not been salted. We serve one bowl at a time and pour it into the first bowl. Put down a teaspoon of salt; then in the second bowl, pour down two teaspoons of salt; Hundreds of bowls... Among these soups, although we can't be sure that every bowl is just right, but there are everything from salty to light, so there must be a bowl that is just right, right? So, even if we don't taste Molten iron..." Speaking of tasting the molten iron, Yang Reform's tongue was twitched.

"...So, even if we don't taste the molten iron, we can definitely make a soup that tastes just right. Therefore, even if we don't taste the molten iron, we know what the soup with a few spoonfuls of salt tastes like, so we can also make a soup that tastes just right. Steel, right?" Yang Reformed Science Popularization.

After hearing the emperor's explanation, Sun Yuanhua kept nodding his head. This theory and method is a good way to solve the unstable steel production and quality. Although the method is a bit complicated, it is indeed a feasible method. Sun Yuanhua is very happy. , from frowning at the beginning, to gradually smiling, and finally, almost dancing.

"...Understood, I understand, so it is so, so it is so..., Your Majesty has revealed the truth..." Sun Yuanhua danced wildly.

Yang Reform looked at this "lunatic" in amazement, dancing in the Wenhua Palace. Either he had a nervous problem or his neck was too stiff. He couldn't be really crazy, could he?
The ministers looked at this madman incomprehensibly, how did he become like this?What a wonderful person, what a bright future he is?It is a miracle that a Juren can get to where he is today.

Sun Yuanhua figured out how to solve the problem of unstable steel production and quality, and he felt enlightened and enlightened. He was lost in his own world of steelmaking and cannons, and he completely forgot that he still In the Wenhua Palace.After recovering, he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly apologized to the emperor.

"I'm guilty, I'm guilty, I'm innocent, Your Majesty will make amends..." Sun Yuanhua was very uneasy, for fear that the emperor would punish him for a crime of disrespect, so that his thoughts would not be verified, and that would be the greatest tragedy. .

"Forget it, it's not a big deal, Sun Aiqing, tell me, what do you understand? How to make steel on a large scale? Tell me what you plan to do?" Yang Reform asked. Yang Reform is not good at steelmaking. It is not good to directly copy the steelmaking materials of the later generations directly in the blast furnace. We can only come up with some ideas on the sidelines. The progress of this technology can only rely on the "indigenous" themselves. If you appear to be too versatile, it is not a good thing. It's too weird, and I'm afraid it will cause me a lot of trouble in the future.

Sun Yuanhua said confidently: "Return, Your Majesty, I have understood how to make steel on a large scale. After being enlightened by Your Majesty, I finally figured it out. This steelmaking is indeed the same as making soup. The different saltiness represents Different irons, such as pig iron, wrought iron, and just delicious soup are steel. To make steel, of course we can't tell whether it is just right or good steel by trying it like making soup, but we can make it through The method of adding a spoonful of salt to each bowl is to determine how many spoonfuls of salt is just the right soup. I think that before steelmaking, pig iron and wrought iron are fused according to different comparisons to see how much pig iron is. A few percent of the wrought iron can be made into steel. This is the method of adding a spoonful of salt to a bowl of soup. The minister uses a catty of pig iron for a catty of wrought iron in turn, and then decreases gradually. Decrease to one catty of pig iron and two taels of wrought iron... In this way, although it is complicated, but in the process of analogy, there will always be one or several times when steel appears in it. In this way, in the future, I only need to use this comparison If you make steel, you can directly get high-quality steel, so the steel produced will be reliable..." Sun Yuanhua said happily.

Yang Reform understands it. To put it bluntly, this method is still the brute force method. Since Yang Reform’s brute force banknote paper was successful, this brute force method has become Yang Reform’s magic weapon. To show off one's royal style, of course, money is a bit tight now, and it is a bit troublesome to shake up this royal style.

"...Yes, of course, pig iron and wrought iron must be from the same batch. If you change the batch of pig iron and wrought iron, you have to try adding a few spoonfuls of salt again..." Yang Reform understood and added road.

Sun Yuanhua was very happy. Unexpectedly, the emperor was also a knowledgeable person, bosom friend!The bosom friend said excitedly at the moment: "... Exactly, exactly, different batches of raw materials must be compared in such a complicated way every time to get the desired steel, so the larger the quantity of raw materials in each batch, the better , A thousand catties of steel should be compared in this way, and a million catties of steel should also be compared in this way, haha..., the larger the quantity, the cost of this comparison will be diluted, haha...haha..., I know, I see... the larger the scale of this steelmaking, the lower the cost! Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I think that if you don't smelt it, it will be fine. Once you practice, it's best to smelt more than 100 catties. In this way, the cost is the lowest... "Sun Yuanhua started to go crazy again.

Yang Reform looked at this "scientific madman" with sweat on his forehead, maybe he shouldn't have talked too much with him, this person is now "crazy".

"This... I'm actually just making a metaphor. In this soup, not only is there only salt, maybe ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, and even chopped green onion are added. These things will affect the taste of the soup. That is to say, for steelmaking, perhaps, Sun Aiqing, you may have to find a way to extract other things in this soup, or to adjust the steel with the most suitable taste..." Yang Reform had to pour cold water on it, according to what he learned In addition to carbon, there are other elements that affect the quality of steel, such as phosphorus that makes steel brittle, and some other rare metals that make steel have special uses.

In the end, Sun Yuanhua did not go crazy for too long, calmed down, and said solemnly: "Return to Your Majesty, I understand this matter. When making steel, there are things such as sprinkling lime and concentrate powder into the molten iron. To change the taste of the soup, Your Majesty, I have been enlightened by Your Majesty, and I have clarified the most important thing in steelmaking, and I have a way..." Sun Yuanhua said that I am an expert.

Yang Reform is depressed, is this clear?This table of elements has not yet been born, so you can figure out how to replace various impurities in molten iron?
"Is it really clear? Is it possible to make steel on a large scale?" Yang Reform asked. Forget it, the table of elements is not important. If you don't believe in the efficacy of advertisements, as long as you can tap steel on a large scale, you can do without the table of elements.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have already made a preliminary plan for this matter, and I have a plan in mind. After I go back, I will immediately compare steelmaking with your majesty's method, one furnace of pig iron, one furnace of wrought iron, and then dissolve them in a specific proportion. It's so simple, the only requirement is that the scale of each steelmaking must be relatively large, and after returning home, I plan to make at least [-] jin of steel each time, so as to dilute the cost of comparison..." Sun Yuanhua said calmly that he was ambitious The plan is to smelt [-] catties of wrought iron at a time, and [-] catties of pig iron at a time, and then compare them item by item. Specifically, how many catties of pig iron and how many catties of wrought iron can get the best steel. After getting the detailed ratio, use This ratio of steelmaking can produce [-] jin of steel at one time... This kind of steel is basically exactly the same, which is a very good way to ensure the quality and quantity of steel. [One hundred thousand catties in the Ming Dynasty is about sixty tons now]

Yang Reform had to take a high look at Sun Yuanhua. This method, in fact, is the simplest method of steelmaking. The only thing is that the initial investment is relatively large. Summing up experience and improving technology, the so-called climbing technology, is nothing more than that.

The ministers first looked at Sun Yuanhua who was dancing, and then listened to the conversation between the emperor and the lunatic surnamed Sun. They understood what the emperor and the lunatic said.

Yang Reform knew very well that Sun Yuanhua must have spent a lot of money on casting the cannon successfully, so he came to ask for credit, and he came to ask for the silver. Although Yang Reform knew that casting the cannon was very important, the material for casting the Hongyi cannon was copper. Copper is money, which is no different from burning money. Yang Reform's money is relatively tight, and he began to be "stingy", not as generous as when he was rich.After pondering for a while, he began to ramble again.

"Sun Aiqing, [-] catties is still too much. You can start with [-] catties and gradually increase the amount of iron smelting at one time. In this way, you can learn from it and avoid accidents. It's too reckless..." Regarding Sun Yuanhua's pride, Yang Reform became less courageous, and Yang Reform was also a little afraid of this "violent man", it was too violent.

"I obeyed the order. I think I was too impatient. I understand that I should start from [-] catties and increase slowly to dilute the cost of each comparison..." Sun Yuanhua immediately accepted the emperor's kindness.

Yang Reform has nothing to say about the matter of making steel and casting cannons. If he continues, he will pay the crazy Sun Yuanhua to conduct a steel-making experiment. Yang Reform also wants to, but without money, people will He became obscene, timid, and picky, and began to talk about him left and right.

(End of this chapter)