Chapter 334 Doing soup and steelmaking, the crazy Sun Yuanhua

"This ......, uh......, uh-huh......" The sweat beads on the official's face rolled down, and he was put into it by the emperor in a few words, and now, he can't answer the reason.

"Hehe, Qing family, the cannon has to be made of copper, but copper can be used to make money, so, a cannon, it is better to say that it is a money cannon, the more cannons are made, the more powerful the copper is used, I Huaxia itself is short of coinage copper, if a large number of copper cannons are used, this coin is not more scarce? Without copper coins, how would the people live? Does this have anything to do with the national economy and people's livelihood? Not a big deal? Therefore, I thought, on the one hand, to build more cannons to deal with the enemies of my Ming Dynasty; On the other hand, try not to use copper to make cannons, so that the already scarce copper can not be occupied, so that it will not hinder us from casting cannons, and it will be convenient for the people to live. Therefore, I asked about steel, if we can make steel on a large scale and use steel instead of copper to cast cannons, it will be a blessing for our dynasty......" Yang reformed a large set of theories to cover it.

The official who had just sweated, now, lowered his head and kept wiping his sweat, the emperor's thoughts were indeed too much higher than him, his vision was indeed too far away from him, and in his heart, he did pretend to be more people than him, this official was very embarrassed, and quickly admitted his mistake.

"The minister is guilty, guilty, the minister is short-sighted, far less far-sighted than His Majesty, please ask Your Majesty to punish the crime."

"Forget it, I don't blame you for this matter, and there is no need to punish the crime, today, let's learn about this situation with me, and see if there is any way to solve this matter, and it will not be in vain for our monarchs and ministers to do a great thing for the people......" Yang Reform really didn't want to see Sun Yuanhua's cannons, so the crooked building was crooked, and turned a Wenhua Hall that dealt with national affairs into a lecture class on metallurgy, if not for anything else, just to be lazy.

Sun Yuanhua was stunned to look at the dialogue between the monarchs and ministers in the Wenhua Palace, although he heard his teacher Xu Guangqi mention all kinds of emperors, but, seeing the "so" emperor, Sun Yuanhua is still "unacceptable", this is an emperor who likes all kinds of new things very much, this is a master who is very willing to learn, and a very smart master, but also a master whose vision is far beyond ordinary people.

So, the ministers began to listen to Sun Yuanhua's lecture "Metallurgy" with their heads deaf. Because this has a lot to do with the national economy and people's livelihood, many people are disgusted like eating flies in their hearts, but disgust is disgust, and this lecture still has to be listened to, because the emperor is already fascinated.

"Sun Aiqing, then why, after pig iron and wrought iron are dissolved, steel will be obtained? What is the difference between pig iron and wrought iron? "Yang Reform and Sun Yuanhua discussed metallurgy in the Wenhua Hall with great interest, always dealing with national affairs, and it would be boring, but now it has a different taste, which is different.

"This, back to Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know, but iron smelting has always been done like this, the key to which has to be grasped, experienced old craftsmen to grasp, how much pig iron, how much wrought iron, all have to rely on these old craftsmen ......" Although Sun Yuanhua has been casting cannons for many years, it is impossible to know the detailed principle due to the technical limitations at this time, because the element has not yet appeared, so it is impossible to refine the theory, without the guidance of the theory, casting cannons has become a matter that completely relies on experience.

"This, in fact, I always feel that there should be a knack in this, pig iron and wrought iron are both iron, correspondingly, there should be some different things in this iron, so there is a big difference in the properties of pig iron and wrought iron, the two can be dissolved to get steel, which means that steel is also iron, but steel should contain a special thing, how much of this kind of thing is between pig iron and wrought iron, so once the two are fused, that special thing reaches a special content, There was a qualitative change, from iron to steel...... That's how I understand it, I don't know if you can understand it? "Yang reformed and inspired his own cannon casting experts.

Not only Sun Yuanhua was confused, but everyone in the hall was also confused, what did the emperor say? How can you not understand it? What iron is not iron, and steel is not steel?

Yang Gengai glanced at it, and saw that not only Sun Yuanhua looked confused, but the ministers in the palace were even more dazed.

"Don't you understand?" Yang asked disappointedly.

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

Yang reform collapsed, this person who has not received nine years of compulsory education is pathetic, even this basic common sense, it is terrible to be uneducated.

"Forget it, I'm just going to keep it simple, have you ever drunk soup?" Yang reformed and began to give lectures.

"Back to Your Majesty, I've drunk it." The ministers agreed in unison, the soup was definitely drunk.

"Okay, since everyone has drunk soup, let's use soup as an analogy, this pig iron is a soup with too much salt, this wrought iron is a soup without salt, and this steel is just drinking just the right soup; Nowadays, we can make soup without salt, we can make soup with too much salt, but it is very difficult to make soup with just right ...... drink, so I feel that in terms of grasping the saltiness of soup, it is the same as steelmaking, if you want to make good steel, Sun Aiqing, you try more salty soup and light soup, with experience, this steelmaking will not be far away" Yang Reform is very considerate to his ministers and artillery casting experts to popularize science.

The ministers looked like this.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands, and understands, this steel, is to drink just the right soup, but, we can now make salty soup, can make light soup, but can't make just the right soup, Your Majesty said so, the minister understands, the minister thinks, this metaphor is reasonable, so, as long as you master the thickness of the soup, this steelmaking, it will be simple......" A minister felt that he understood, and came out to tell the emperor that he studied very seriously and understood very thoroughly, in fact, what he said was a bunch of nonsense.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the saltiness of this soup can be tasted with the tongue, but how can this molten iron be tasted? And how do you know that it's just right to drink? Liu Yanyuan also heard the roll call and began to discuss with the emperor.

I it, and I tasted molten iron, you think you are hellfire Yang Gai felt that his tongue was very painful, this guy's imagination is really rich

"Sun Aiqing, what can you do?" Yang reformed the problem to Sun Yuanhua.

Sun Yuanhua frowned and thought about it, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the fusion of molten iron, this matter, all depends on experienced old craftsmen, all depends on doing more, all depends on experience, to be specific, if you want to try molten iron like tasting the thickness of soup, this, the minister is really helpless." Sun Yuanhua also had a pain in the egg, and tasted the molten iron with his tongue, but that guy could figure it out, Sun Yuanhua thought of the hot molten iron, and then thought about the feeling of his tongue being burned, and felt that his mouth was 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 we should put just right, so we can make a delicious soup, but we can't taste the molten iron......" Yang Gai felt his tongue tremble when he said that he tasted the molten iron.

"......, therefore, we can't use what we taste, but we can make a delicious and reliable soup in other ways, such as a pot of soup without salt, we serve one bowl at a time, and pour a small spoonful of salt into the first bowl; Then in the second bowl, pour down two spoonfuls of salt; Then add three tablespoons of salt to the third bowl,...... And so on, all the way to ten, twenty, thirty, and even a hundred bowls...... although I can't be sure that every bowl of these soups is just right, but from salty to light, there are all there, so there must be one bowl that is just right, right? Therefore, even if we don't taste molten iron......" Speaking of tasting molten iron, Yang Reform's tongue is a spirit.

“…… So, even if we don't taste molten iron, we can definitely make soup that tastes just right, so even if we don't taste molten iron, we know what soup tastes like with a few spoonfuls of salt, so we can make steel, right? Yang Reform Science Popularization.

Sun Yuanhua listened to the emperor's explanation, nodded incessantly, this theory and method is a good way to solve the instability of steel output and quality, although the method is complicated, but it is indeed a feasible way, Sun Yuanhua was overjoyed, from the initial frowning, to the gradual smile, to the end, almost dancing.

“…… Understood, understood, so it was, so it was so...... Your Majesty said a word that broke the sky...... "Sun Yuanhua is like a crazy hand dance."

Yang Gai looked at this "madman" in surprise, dancing in the Wenhua Palace, either he had a nerve problem or his neck was too hard, he wouldn't really be crazy, right?

The ministers looked at this crazy person incomprehensibly, how could he become like this when he was talking? What a good person, what a future? It is a miracle that a person can get to the point where he is today. ,

Sun Yuanhua figured out how to solve the problem of unstable steel output and unstable quality, and with the joy of Daigo's empowerment, his heart suddenly became clear, and he had already lost himself in the world of steelmaking and casting, completely forgetting that he was still in the Wenhua Palace. After coming back to his senses, he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly apologized to the emperor.

"The minister is guilty, the minister is guilty, the minister has no form, Your Majesty is ...... atonement" Sun Yuanhua was very uneasy, for fear that the emperor would treat him with a great disrespectful crime, so that his ideas could not be verified, and that would be the biggest 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're going to do. Yang Reform asked, this steelmaking matter, Yang Reform is not good to directly say about the blast furnace, and it is not good to directly copy the steelmaking data of later generations, can only knock on the side to come up with some ideas, the progress of this technology, but also can only rely on the "native" themselves, if they seem too omnipotent, it is not a good thing, too demonic, in the future, I am afraid that I will find a lot of trouble for myself.

Sun Yuanhua said confidently: "Hui, Your Majesty, the minister understands how to make steel on a large scale, and has to be empowered by His Majesty, and the minister finally figured it out, this steelmaking is indeed the same as making soup, different saltiness, representing different iron, such as pig iron, wrought iron, just good soup, is steel, to make steel, of course, we can't just like making soup by trying to distinguish whether it is just right, whether it is good steel, but we can use the method of adding a spoonful of salt to each bowl to determine that adding a few spoonfuls of salt is just the right soup, Chen thoughtBefore steelmaking, pig iron, wrought iron, according to different comparisons for fusion, to see how many percent of pig iron to several percent of wrought iron can make steel, this is a bowl of soup with a spoonful of salt, the minister in turn with a pound of pig iron to a pound of wrought iron, and then decrease, with a pound of pig iron to fifteen taels of wrought iron, has been reduced to a pound of pig iron to two taels ......of wrought iron, so, although prosperous, but, so in the process of so on and so on, there will always be one or several times in it, there is steel, so, after the minister, as long as this comparison to steelmaking, You can directly get the best steel, so that the steel that is smelted is reliable......" Sun Yuanhua said happily.

Yang Reform understands it, to put it bluntly, this method is still a exhaustive method, since the success of Yang Reform's exhaustive banknote paper, this exhaustive method has become the magic weapon of Yang Reform, and he has to go to the exhaustive method at every turn to show his royal fan, of course, now his hand is a little tight, this royal fan, to shake up, a little troublesome.

“…… Yes, of course, pig iron and wrought iron must be the same batch, if you change to a batch of pig iron and wrought iron, you have to try adding a few spoonfuls of salt again......" Yang Gai understood and added.

Sun Yuanhua was very happy, but he didn't expect that the emperor was actually a knowledgeable person, a bosom friend, a bosom friend, and said excitedly at the moment: "...... Exactly, exactly, different batches of raw materials, each time must be so complicated to compare to get the desired steel, therefore, each batch of raw materials, the larger the quantity, the better, a thousand catties of steel should also be so compared, a million catties of steel, also have to be compared like this, haha......, the larger the quantity, the cost of this comparison, it will be diluted, haha...... Haha......, I know, I know ......, the larger the scale of this steelmaking, the lower the cost, Your Majesty...... Your Majesty ......, the minister thinks that if you don't practice, you will do it, and once you practice, it is best to refine more than 100,000 catties, so that the cost is the lowest......" Sun Yuanhua began to go crazy again.

Yang Gai looked at this "science madman", sweating on his forehead, he probably shouldn't have talked to him too much, this person is now "crazy".

"This ......, I am actually making an analogy, in this soup, not only salt, perhaps, but also ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, and even chopped green onions, these things will affect the taste of the soup, that is to say, this steelmaking, perhaps, Sun Aiqing, you may have to find a way to isolate other things in this soup, or rather, adjust the most suitable steel ...... for the taste of the mouth" Yang Reform had to pour cold water, according to the knowledge he had learned, the things that affect the quality of steel, in addition to carbon, there are other elements, such as phosphorus that makes steel brittle, some other rare metals that make steel have special uses.

Sun Yuanhua didn't go crazy for too long in the end, calmed down, and said seriously: "Back to Your Majesty, this matter is clear, when making steel, there are things such as sprinkling lime into molten iron, sprinkling concentrate powder and other things, in order to change the taste of the soup, Your Majesty, the minister has been empowered by His Majesty, and the most important thing in steelmaking has been clarified, and the minister already has a way......" Sun Yuanhua said that I am an expert. ,

Yang reform is depressed, this is clear? This elemental table has not yet been born, and you can figure out how to replace all kinds of impurities in the molten iron?

"Is it really clear? Can you make steel on a large scale? Yang Gengai asked, forget it, it is not important whether the element table is not the element table, and I don't believe in the efficacy of the advertising letter, as long as it can be made on a large scale, it is okay without the element table.

"Back to Your Majesty, this matter, the minister has already had a preliminary plan, confident, after the minister goes back, immediately with His Majesty's method to compare steelmaking, a furnace of pig iron, a furnace of wrought iron, and then in a specific proportion of dissolving, it is so simple, the only requirement is that the scale of each steelmaking must be larger, after the minister goes back, he is ready to smelt at least 50,000 catties of steel each time, so as to dilute the cost of comparison......" Sun Yuanhua said very calmly about his ambitious plan, smelting 100,000 catties of wrought iron at a time, smelting 50,000 catties of pig iron at a time, Then make a comparison item by item, a few catties of pig iron to a few catties of wrought iron can get the best steel, after getting a detailed ratio, make steel in this ratio, one time out of 100,000 catties of steel ......, this kind of steel, basically exactly the same, is a pretty good way to ensure the quality and quantity of steel. [100,000 catties in the Ming Dynasty is about 60 tons now]

Yang Reform had to take a high look at Sun Yuanhua, this method, in fact, is the simplest way to make steel, the only thing is that the initial investment is larger, that is to say, to be willing to spend money, and then there is a not too stupid person willing to sum up experience from it, improve technology, the so-called climbing technology, but that's it.

The ministers first looked at Sun Yuanhua, who was dancing, and then listened to the conversation between the emperor and the madman surnamed Sun, and they knew what the emperor and the madman said.

Yang Reform knows in his heart, Sun Yuanhua successfully cast the cannon, the silver must have spent a lot, come to himself to invite credit, or come to ask for silver, although Yang Reform knows that the cannon is very important, but, the material for casting the Hongyi cannon is copper, copper is money, this is no different from burning money, Yang Reform has a tight amount of silver at hand, and he began to be "stingy", not as generous as when he had money. After pondering for a while, he began to pull back and forth again.

"Sun Aiqing, 100,000 catties is still too much, you can start with 10,000 catties and gradually increase the number of one-time ironmaking, so that you can sum up experience from it and avoid accidents, and you can go to 100,000 catties at a time, which is too reckless......" For Sun Yuanhua's pride, Yang Reform has become less courageous, and Yang Reform is also a little afraid of this "fierce man", which is too violent.

"The minister obeyed the order, I think the minister was too impatient, the minister understood, the minister should start with 10,000 catties or start slowly, and slowly increase to dilute the cost of each comparison......" Sun Yuanhua immediately accepted the emperor's kindness.

Yang Reform has nothing to say about this steelmaking and cannon casting, and if he continues, it is to take out the silver and let the crazy Sun Yuanhua carry out the steelmaking experiment, Yang Reform also wants to, but without the silver in his hand, people will become obscene, and his courage will be smaller, and he will become picky, and he will start to look left about him.