Chapter 71 Science and Technology are the Primary Productive Forces

Chen Ying didn't care about how Wang Jue discussed this matter with the Taiyuan Wang family, and as for whether the Taiyuan Wang family would make an opponent against the Chai family, Chen Ying still didn't care.

Chen Ying knows how much profit there is in coal steelmaking, and the most critical issue now is a question of technological development direction. Sometimes Chen Ying also sighed that the ancient Chinese working people were very smart, and the use of steel originated in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, due to backward technology, it did not directly replace bronze, but went through a long process of development.

China's first generation of steelmaking technology is to adopt the "solid-state reduction method", the so-called solid-state reduction, is the use of a whole piece of iron ore, in a low-temperature solid state by charcoal reduction products, this kind of steel quality is very unstable, the output is also low, belongs to the category of large-scale mining and application.

Until the Western Han Dynasty, China invented the "100 steel" technology, in fact, 100 steelmaking was also in the Spring and Autumn Period carburizing steel technology improvement process, working principles and operation methods, are similar. Then in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, the steel frying method appeared, and the mechanical processing technology such as water discharge and blast was adopted, which was regarded as a qualitative leap. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, China invented the steel filling method.

To put it bluntly, in the steelmaking industry or non-ferrous metal smelting industry, China has always been at the forefront of history, whether it is Uzi steel or Damalay Shisa, which was blown into the sky in later generations, in fact, it is just the adoption of carburizing and forging technology, that is to say, the steelmaking technology invented in the early Western Han Dynasty of China, the gap is thousands of years.

However, whether it is carburized steel, 100 steel or fried steel, or even steel filling, can not avoid a fatal problem, that is, the production capacity is too low, so for a long time, the Chinese people have to use wooden tools to farm or produce and live, in Chen Ying's eyes, the significance of coal is not only that, this should be the first time in the land of China, people take the initiative to use coal, the coal resources into power.

When coal can be used to make fires for cooking, can be used for heating, and can also be used to make steel, when the layer of window paper "coal is treasure" is pierced, it is conceivable that craftsmen everywhere will spontaneously study and understand the principle of coal. Within a hundred years, a large number of coal mines will be mined, with Chen Ying's suggestion, the use of coal, may be exchanged for some vitality of the Loess Plateau and Qinling Mountains, as long as the ecological balance of the Loess Plateau is not destroyed, the problem of lack of resources and a large amount of desertification in northern China will not appear so early.

Hope these things, if oil is the blood of industry, then coal is the protein of industry, as we all know, when there is a lack of protein, people simply do not have strength. Chen Ying's ultimate goal is to develop technology that can liberate more people from heavy labor and slowly change this era.

Thinking like this, Chen Ying looked at Wang Jue, then at Li Jiancheng, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince, Zuo Shuzi, in fact, there is no need to be entangled, if the two of you feel very embarrassed, just assume that Chen Ying didn't say anything today." ”

Chen Ying may not have pinned all his hopes on the Taiyuan Wang family, the profits of coke steelmaking are too great, for this huge benefit, there will definitely be many people who are willing to stand up for Chen Ying, the seven sects and five hopes, in fact, it is not a monolith, it is really not possible Chen Ying will go to the Li family of Zhaojun, or the Lu family of Fanyang, or the Cui family of Qinghe.

As the so-called Zhang butcher leaves, he will not eat mixed pigs.

Hearing his words, Wang Qi couldn't help but roll his eyes, he didn't think it was difficult to destroy a Fenzhou Chai clan, but the Shandong aristocratic groups were all intertwined and married to each other, and it was not difficult to destroy the Chai clan, but the sequelae after destroying the Chai clan were not easy to digest. But the temptation of coal-based steelmaking is too great.

Li Jiancheng blinked, suddenly laughed, and said: "This palace has a private question I want to ask Chen Qing, what kind of grudge does Chen Qing have with the Chai family, or do you want to die?" The palace is still a little thin in the Fenzhou Chai family, if Chen Qing is willing, the palace can say the item on his behalf......"

"Hey......" Chen Ying let out a long sigh and said, "Actually, His Majesty and the Chai family had no enmity in the past, and there was no grudge in the past. ”

As soon as he heard this, Wang Jue couldn't help but curse in his heart: "If you don't have an enemy, you still want to destroy people, if you have an enemy, wouldn't you want to punish the nine clans?" ”

Li Jiancheng frowned and looked at Chen Ying with a thoughtful expression.

"This matter is not enough to communicate with outsiders, please forgive His Royal Highness the Prince." Chen Ying smiled embarrassedly at Pei Ju and Wang Jue.

Li Jiancheng's reaction was not what Chen Ying expected, Li Jiancheng said: "This is the heart of the palace, and there is no secret about his words and deeds." ”

Chen Ying had no choice but to smile bitterly and said: "It's just that the Fenzhou Chai clan is too ignorant of lifting, they hold Princess Pingyang's hall book, hold it to death, and insist on letting Princess Pingyang keep the festival for the firewood and horses for life." ”

Chen Ying's tone was particularly heavy on the four words of lifelong observance, and Li Jiancheng's face changed greatly when he heard this, and his face turned red with anger: "What a gut." ”

Li Jiancheng is the crown prince, and he is even more of an elder brother.

When dealing with things, Chinese often have two sets of codes of conduct, requiring others to be, often requiring others to be gracious and generous, but as long as it involves themselves or their relatives, they immediately change to another set of codes of conduct, such as blood for blood and tooth for tooth.

Wang Jue patted his head and finally came to his senses.

Li Jiancheng's handsome face looked particularly gloomy: "Shuju, you know what to do with the Fenzhou Chai family!" ”

Wang Jue couldn't help but sit down and didn't say a word, Li Jiancheng had already spoken, and there was no room for relaxation in the matter, it was basically a certainty, Wang Jue sighed secretly, why is the Chai family suffering?

Originally, whether it was Li Yuan or Li Jiancheng, he still had some affection for the Chai family, but the Chai family thought that with Li Xiuning's hall book, he could keep the family rich?

This idea is too naïve, and now there is no wealth, but it will lead to the scourge of annihilation. Now that Li Jiancheng has spoken, it can be said that the overall situation has been decided. Don't look at the Qin King Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng are incompatible in politics, but on the issue of Li Xiuning, their brothers have always been unanimous with the outside world, that is to say, the Chai family now wants to find no one to talk to in the court.

Break the county order, destroy the door of the mansion Yin.

Even if the Taiyuan Wang family doesn't make a move, there are many people who want to curry favor with Li Jiancheng. It is unlikely that Chai will make any more moves.

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Chen Ying did not stay in the East Palace to attend the banquet, and he resigned to Li Jiancheng on the grounds that Li Xiuning was in a bad mood. Chen Ying rode back to Qinglin from Chang'an, and when he came to Qinglin, it was already the time to hold the lamp.

Li Xiuning simply ate some things, and sat in Chen Ying's study where Chen Ying sorted out the manuscripts in his spare time. At this time, Chen Ying found that most of the craftsmen of this era were illiterate, and even if they were literate, they only knew some fragments of the "Examination Records", so Chen Ying decided to fund Ge Tong, Wei Meng, Yan Shihu and other craftsmen to compile a set of craftsman encyclopedia "Craftsman Classics".

Li Xiuning asked very strangely: "When the Qingliushi doctor was ashamed of his work, and regarded miscellaneous craftsmanship as a strange and ingenious technique, why did Chen Lang compile such a set of books?" ”

Although he only saw some lists, Li Xiuning found that Chen Ying had more than 250 small items in 13 categories, such as metallurgy, casting, technology, machinery, and exploration, which was a veritable masterpiece.

Chen Ying secretly sighed that in later life, even a junior high school student could say things like "science and technology are the primary productive forces" and "the economic base determines the superstructure". However, in this era, including Li Xiuning, he also thinks that this is a waste of resources.

Chen Ying smiled and asked Li Xiuning: "To put it mildly, what does Sanniang think is the root cause of the Sui Dynasty's inevitable demise?" ”

Li Xiuning has a very say in this issue, and she said without thinking about it: "Labor is endless, and the world dies in service......

Chen Ying shook his head and said: "It's not that the external enemy is difficult to overcome, but that the country's finances are on the verge of collapse, and it is difficult to recover it." ”

In fact, Chen Ying did not tell Li Xiuning the truth, the real reason for the fall of the Sui Dynasty was actually very simple. The Sui Dynasty did not perish in the peasant uprising, but because Yang Guang adopted the imperial examination system and broke the foundation of the clan gatekeepers, so the landlords and wealthy families in the world rebelled one after another, and the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of the Sui Dynasty represented by Li Yuan and Yang Xuangan, the remnants of the Southern Dynasty represented by Xiao Milling and Shen Faxing, and the local clans represented by Liang Shidu and Liu Wuzhou rose up against the Sui. Historians have argued that the secession rebellion was a "landslide" and the peasant uprising a "collapse", and it is not surprising that the Sui regime lost the support of the landlord class on which it depended for its survival, and collapsed in an instant.