Become a feudal king from today

"Your Highness, have tea. Read"

In the military department office, Zhao Xu and Wang Ying had a lively conversation.

He asked Wang Ying a lot about the folk skills of Da Song, and Wang Ying all answered fluently.

The two of them talked more and more, almost forgetting about others.

Liu Fu was so excited that King Yan had never been so excited about him.

Feeling a little sad in his heart, he offered tea to show his presence.

"Liu Fu, you did a good job this time. I will reward you when you go back." Picking up the tea cup, Zhao Xu gave Liu Fu an appreciative look.

For him, professional things are best done by professionals.

In ancient times, the literacy rate was very low, and people who were literate and skilled in technology were almost rare.

Although Wang Ying is not a scientist, he at least does not reject technology and attaches great importance to technology.

And it is enough to serve as the head of the Military Department.

Liu Fu's feeling of falling out of favor immediately flew out of the clouds.

He said with a smile: "His Highness's urgent needs are the subordinate officials' urgent needs. The king should be able to please His Highness, and I would be honored to do so."

Wang Ying looked at Liu Fu with gratitude in his eyes.

If it hadn't been for him, I would probably still be wandering in the market now. How could I have met King Yan who had the same interests as me in my forties.

Zhao Xu nodded, drank tea and walked around the War Department.

Wang Ying and Liu Fu were introducing the situation.

The Yanjun Military Division occupies a square area.

This square is a standard area in Dasong City.

If the city is like a chessboard, then this square is the square on the chessboard.

The same is true for houses, businesses, government offices, and military departments within the square grid.

"Currently, there are a total of five hundred craftsmen in the Bingzhan Division, including blacksmiths, carpenters, masons, etc. Whatever your Highness needs, we can build it now..." Wang Ying revealed the family fortune of the Bingzhan Division like a treasure trove.

Zhao Xu was overjoyed.

His purpose in taking over the Military Division was the craftsmen among them.

With them, you can bring out the technical advantages in your own mind.

Once he has a technical advantage, he will make up for the current unfavorable situation and sit firmly on the Diaoyutai.

"From today on, the craftsmen of the Military War Department are not allowed to go out. From now on, every technique I teach you will be extremely important." After roughly inspecting the Military War Department, everyone returned to the Military War Department to set up office.

Liu Fu and others were ordered to wait outside, and Zhao Xu ordered Wang Ying.

"Yes, Your Highness." Wang Ying's heart sank.

From Zhao Xu's serious expression, he could feel the seriousness of King Yan.

At this time, Zhao Xu picked up the pen on the desk and said to the king: "Dasong's current iron-making technology is very backward. I will teach you a method, and you can implement it immediately."

Learned from him.

Dasung’s current techniques for making iron and steel are not good enough.

Iron making is basically hard burning, and what comes out is a red lump of iron.

Then these iron lumps are beaten repeatedly to mature iron or become steel.

Of course, weapons created in this way are also possible.

But the problem lies in inefficiency.

And this kind of weapons and armor that are made into steel are generally exclusive to generals.

Ordinary soldiers still use inferior steel.

This is what he learned from Chang Wei.

Therefore, if he wants to arm his pro-army, it is imperative to improve the level of steel smelting.

Only when the quality and quantity of steel improve, can he do more in the next step.

Including gradually realizing the sprouting of industry in Yan County and then gradually developing it.

After all, it is not impossible to win if they are on the same level as Beidi Xiliang.

But the price of victory was too high.

Since he has the technological advantage, why can't he use technology to make the price smaller?

"blast furnace?"

While Zhao Xu was writing and painting, Wang Ying kept looking up.

At this time, there are two tower-mounted buildings on the white paper.

In architecture, Zhao Xu uses different patterns to mark different materials.

After a quarter of an hour, Zhao Xu put down his pen and asked, "Is there anything you don't understand?"

"This is a method of making iron, but what is this coke? What is lime?" Wang Ying looked confused.

Currently, Dasong mainly uses charcoal for iron-making, so he was puzzled.

"Do you know about coal cakes?" Zhao Xu asked, like a teacher.

He knew that the iron-making concept he came up with was too advanced, and Wang Ying naturally did not understand it.

"This official knows."

Zhao Xu continued: "Did you see the kiln on the paper? Put the coal cakes into it, tamp it, and then smolder it, and the coal cakes have to pick up the smell."

"Smelly?" Wang Yingying had no difficulty understanding the smoldering, because charcoal was made by smoldering. He understood, but he didn't understand the smell of coal cakes.

Zhao Xu smiled, "This stinky carbon is different from other carbons. You can only use this to burn into coke."

The most suitable material for coking is bituminous coal, which was also called stinky coal in ancient times.

Jinzhou, which is adjacent to Yanzhou, is contemporary Shanxi. It can be said that coal is everywhere.

Therefore, there is no shortage of coal cakes in Yan County.

Wang Ying nodded, "What about this lime?"

"Thousands of hammers are struck out of the mountains, and the fire burns as if nothing happens. Don't be afraid of your bones being shattered into pieces, you want to leave your innocence in the world." Zhao Xu read a poem.

This is a contemporary Ming Dynasty poem, which describes the process of mining lime from the mountains, burning it and refining it.

His Yan County is adjacent to Yanshan Mountain in the north. In modern times, this area is rich in lime minerals.

So he described the appearance of limestone to Wang Ying to see if he had seen it before.

"Gray stones? There seem to be a lot of them in the mountains. I will send someone to the mountains later to find some for burning." Wang Ying said, there are ready-made kilns in the War Department.

The material problem is solved.

Zhao Xu also discussed the construction of the blast furnace with Wang Ying and asked him to use ceramic materials for the furnace body.

Because ceramic materials are refractory materials.

"What is this furnace connected by a pipe next to it?" Wang Ying pointed to the tower building next to the blast furnace.

"This is used to store heat and blast air." Zhao Xu explained.

The iron produced by the ancients was solid.

The reason is that the temperature is not enough.

To increase the temperature, one uses coke and the other uses air blast.

With these two things in place, the iron flowing out of the blast furnace is in liquid form, which is very easy to shape and saves a lot of hammering time.

After some explanation, Wang Ying had a general understanding.

"I will send someone to do it right now." Wang Ying looked deeply at Zhao Xu.

Before meeting Zhao Xu, he was still a little conceited.

He believes that his work in Dasong is unique and unparalleled.

But the thing Zhao Xu took out at random made him scratch his head.

"If you don't understand anything, feel free to come to the palace and ask." Zhao Xu stood up.

The trees wanted to be quiet but the wind was not stopping, so he had to buy some hard goods to deal with his enemies.

After patting Wang Ying on the shoulder, Zhao Xu left the Bingzhan Division.

It wasn't until Zhao Xu went out that Wang Ying, who was still trying to figure out the drawings, came back to his senses.

When he left the office, he could only see Zhao Xu's back.

"Those who are masters are teachers, and those who are masters are masters." Wang Ying muttered a few words and ran to the workshop in the Department of War and War regardless of image.

After mobilizing craftsmen, he started preparing materials for construction without stopping.

He wanted to see if everything King Yan said was true.

Flowable molten iron? That's unheard of.