Yang Reform doesn't want to pay for the silver, it's not that he doesn't want to, but he is shy in his pocket, this silver is getting more and more slippery, and he has to spend it if he doesn't understand it in his hands, and Yang Reform is now very stingy.

For Sun Yuanhua's cannon casting operation, Yang Reform is supportive, but, spending, Yang Reform is heartache, constantly flickering, not to mention the most critical thing - silver, has been dodging.

"Hey......, this, Sun Aiqing, I don't know anything, I want to ask Sun Aiqing......" Yang Reform has always wanted not to pay for silver, or rather, not to pay for the time being, and wait for himself to get through this period of time, so the rhetoric is not as usual, and he will give the silver when he understands the problem clearly.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister knows everything, please ask Your Majesty to ask." Sun Yuanhua said.

"I know that you know a lot about cannon casting, which requires melting copper and iron, so I would like to ask you a question, in this world, I know that there is pure gold, pure silver, pure copper, pure iron, but there is pure tin? Is it pure lead? Yang Gengai asked.

Sun Yuanhua thought for a while and promised: "Back to Your Majesty, there are indeed pure tin and pure lead in this world, these things, mixed with gold, silver, copper and iron, will have some unexpected special effects. ”

"For example? Can you give an example? Yang asked reform.

"Back to Your Majesty, for example, if you add tin to the copper, you can turn pure copper into bronze, for example, the Yongle Bell of my dynasty is cast in bronze, weighing about 800,000 catties, and it is the pinnacle of my dynasty's casting achievements when it is poured and molded at one time." As an expert familiar with casting, Sun Yuanhua is proud when he talks about the casting technology of the Ming Dynasty.

"Wait, you mean that the Yongle Bell weighs 800,000 catties? One-time molding? Got me right? "Yang Reform was dizzy, no wonder Sun Yuanhua wanted to go to a 100,000 jin furnace at every turn, feelings, the Ming Dynasty people also played more bullish, pouring 800,000 jin of bronze objects at a time, I thought Sun Yuanhua was crazy, and he went to the 100,000 jin steelmaking furnace at every turn, where I knew that Sun Yuanhua was very reliable, and the scale had been reduced from 800,000 jin to 100,000 jin. Yang Reform was a little dumbfounded, emotionally, he underestimated the Ming Dynasty people too much, perhaps, the Ming Dynasty people in his impression were not as he imagined......

"Back to Your Majesty, yes, the Yongle bell of my dynasty is the pinnacle of casting history, there is no bigger, heavier, better casting object than it, it is indeed a pouring molding, which uses eighty percent of copper, nearly twenty percent of tin, so, the poured object, is bronze, two zhang high, more than one zhang in diameter, weighing 800,000 catties, more than 230,000 words cast inside and outside, because of the addition of tin, so the timbre is beautiful, gently impacted, the sound is crisp, can reverberate for dozens of breaths, if it is a heavy blow, the sound can be heard within a radius of 100 miles... Sun Yuanhua began to talk endlessly about the greatness of this Yongle Bell.

"......" Yang Reform was speechless for a while, the Ming Dynasty people were indeed more than they imagined, casting 800,000 catties of bronze objects at a time, this thing, even in the twentieth century, is also a big project, there are hundreds of thousands of words of **, even if the starting point is more than 10,000 writers, it is necessary to write nearly a month ......, the sound ......can be heard within a radius of 100 miles, the volume of the tweeter is a must......

Yang Reform was in a state of infatuation, his eyes looked up, his eyes kept looking up, his mouth opened in surprise, completely ignoring the image.

"......" Yang Reform couldn't speak for a long time, he let Sun Yuanhua 10,000 catties of blast furnace at a time, and he was afraid that Sun Yuanhua would kill people, in fact, the casting technology of the Ming Dynasty was far beyond his imagination, others played with a heartbeat, 800,000 catties ......, then, that is to say, their own steelmaking furnace can start from 100,000 catties...... Yang Reform has been stupid, the Ming Dynasty has been able to cast objects weighing dozens of tons, then, for example, casting a cannon weighing one or two tons is of course not a problem, for example, casting steel bars up to four or five meters long, No more, that is to say, if you burn some soil and cement by yourself, under the existing technical conditions of the Ming Dynasty, you can fully afford to play with reinforced concrete ......, Yang Reform is stupid, and can only use one sentence to express his respect for the people of the Ming Dynasty, that is: Ming Dynasty people, you are too great.

Yang reform is in a state of dizziness, the technology of the Ming Dynasty is far more powerful than he imagined, many things, technology, are on the eve of the dawn of industrialization, many things, has accumulated enough quantity, from quantitative change to qualitative change, only a layer of paper gap ......, the history book shows that there is a germ of capitalism in the DPRK, Yang reform is now convinced. ,

"Your Majesty......, Your Majesty ......" Shi Feng came to see that the emperor's "state" was not good, and reminded the emperor.

After ...... snort, Yang Gengai sucked his saliva, then swallowed, his expression was normal again, and he became a normal emperor.

"Not bad, it's really good...... Yang Reform muttered to himself, the Ming Dynasty can play such a powerful thing, he can learn from it, others are 800,000 jin at a time, and he doesn't want more, 100,000 jin at a time, he is very satisfied. The cost of steelmaking will be quickly reduced, the use of steel, will be popularized on a large scale, this ......, making guns, making cannons, ......, the cost will be rapidly reduced...... I want to play the overlord of the seven seas, a battleship with one or two hundred guns is not a problem, that is, to reduce the weight of the gun body, and reduce the cost, a sea monarch is a hundred guns, a hundred ships are 10,000 guns, if a gun weighs 2,000 catties, that is, 20 million catties, a furnace produces 100,000 catties of steel at a time, and it only takes 200 times, that is, as long as you have money, you can equip a hundred cannons needed by the Sea Monarch in a year or two......

Thinking of this, Yang Reform's Harry couldn't help but shed again. A hundred Sea Sovereigns, what is this concept? A hundred battleships, ah ......, crush and crush ......, and the overlord of the seven seas has no difficulty at all.

The output of steel has gone up, the various properties of this steel will be slowly explored, and the quality of steel has been guaranteed, perhaps, you can try to let Sun Yuanhua make some steel bars, and then use the soil method to get some cement, perhaps, it will not be long before you can live in a reinforced concrete house............ and then outside, perhaps, you can use the quick-drying effect of cement to use the "bunker" to go to the wild boar skin's old home, and use the obscene methods in the interstellar to torture the wild boar skin.

The embarrassed ministers, the good emperor didn't know what the devil was, his eyes were crooked and his mouth was drooling, this was completely a sheep epilepsy.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty ......" Wang Chengen also found that something was wrong with the emperor, and hurriedly reminded the emperor.

Yang Gengai woke up from the "dream" again, sucked his Harry son again, and smirked on his face, no different from an idiot.

"Steelmaking, steelmaking, steelmaking, steelmaking, Sun Aiqing, this steelmaking matter is quite important, and it must be large-scale ......steelmaking," Yang Gengai shouted loudly.

Sun Yuanhua was completely at a loss, I didn't know if the emperor was in a normal period, and the image of the emperor just now was really infiltrating.

"How much does it cost to get the silver? ......"Yang Reform can't wait to make a furnace of 100,000 catties tomorrow, the day after tomorrow can make large-scale steel, the day after tomorrow can cast cannons on a large scale, and the day after tomorrow, a hundred sea monarchs will go to the sea to crush.

"Your Ministers obey." Sun Yuanhua came here today for this purpose, to ask for silver, the Hongyi cannon is made of copper, and to cast this kind of cannon is to use "money" to cast, without silver, it is not possible. Hearing that the emperor had a great deal of grace and had enough money, he immediately agreed, and as for the rest, he didn't think much of it.

"Sun Aiqing, after you go back, don't be busy casting cannons, first think about this steelmaking thing, see how you can make steel on a large scale, I want to make cannons on a large scale, build that kind of Hongyi cannon, it is definitely not possible to use copper all the time, you must make steel, it must be large-scale steelmaking, and the performance must be stable, that is, what I just told you, through a step-by-step comparison to get the corresponding proportion, and then according to the proportion of steelmaking, of course, how many proportions with how many proportions, what kind of steel can be obtained, this, Sun Aiqing, You must be good at summing up, and apply the summarized experience to your next steelmaking, and gradually master the know-how of steelmaking...... "Yang Reform Meimei said, steel is a measure of a country's strength, steelmaking technology, but also a measure of whether industrialization, Yang Reform saw a bright future, ready to smash with silver, with silver to smash the window paper on the road to industrialization.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the emperor in surprise, the emperor and the two people just now, the previous one, no different from an idiot, looked stupid, and now this one, Shengming, decisive, courageous, completely two people.

"The minister obeys the order, after the minister returns, he will immediately follow His Majesty's instructions, try to make a furnace of 100,000 catties, strive to make steel according to His Majesty's method as soon as possible, and strive to use steel instead of copper to cast cannons......" Sun Yuanhua immediately agreed, in fact, he also agreed with the emperor's statement, using copper to cast cannons, in the Ming Dynasty, an empire that lacked copper, this is a very luxurious thing, and cannons are recognized by the government and the opposition as the preferred weapon to deal with the enemy, so if you want to cast more cannons, it will definitely not work with copper, except for steel, there is no other possibility, soLarge-scale steelmaking became inevitable. ,

"Good this matter is very important, related to the social security of our dynasty, Sun Aiqing, steelmaking, you must pay attention to it, write a note the next day, report the situation of your steelmaking, I must always pay attention to the progress of steelmaking......" For the importance of steelmaking, Yang Reform has risen several levels, from the original little concern to today's super concern, almost catching up with the attention to Shaanxi.

The ministers were very surprised, the emperor was too concerned about this steelmaking, right, he was going to play the next day, how many people have this treatment? It's not easy to lift people, this person has opportunities, and it's really important to worship a good teacher. But no one came out to stop what the emperor wanted to do, the emperor had to see this person's performance the next day, that was the emperor's freedom, the emperor's purpose of paying attention to this matter was also very important, although it was good to use copper cannons, but there was a shortage of copper, and it was impossible to use copper cannons indefinitely, so, as the emperor said, if you want to use more cannons to defend the Ming Dynasty, or rather, to use more cannons to deal with the Dongyu, you can only use steel to make more artillery ......, we can't fight field battles, but we are good at bombarding with cannons.

"Obey." Sun Yuanhua was overjoyed, this kind of treatment far exceeded his expectations, he originally just wanted to get some silver to cast cannons, but now, in an instant, he has become a hot "favored minister" who can communicate with the emperor the next day.

"Sun Aiqing, in this matter, you must be careful, the number of cast cannons, maybe it will be very much, 100,000 catties of furnaces, it sounds like a lot, but it is not much, I have built a lot of warships, and there are not a few cannons that are needed, if the technology of steel is mature in the future, even if it is a musket, it can also be made of steel, and when the time comes, I can have a more powerful musket to deal with the Eastern Prisoners, and it is better to ......" Yang Reform began to ramble.

"The minister's decree ......," Sun Yuanhua agreed.

"Okay, I will give you 300,000 taels first, you can start work as soon as possible, if there is a shortage of workers, you can recruit from Shaanxi, if there is less iron, you can recruit workers to mine, you can also hire the victims of Shaanxi ......, now, the victims have nowhere to resettle, if you can find a livelihood in the steel mill or the mine, it is also for me to share my worries" Yang Reform did not forget to promote his immigration work even if he was climbing technology.

"The ministers obey the order, Your Majesty's painstaking efforts can learn from the sky, and the victims are blessed." Sun Yuanhua made a few sycophants. His steelmaking plant, once the scale is expanded to the point of 100,000 catties of a furnace of steel, the iron ore needed is massive, and it is bound to require quite a lot of people to mine, this point, the emperor does not say, he will also find a way, now the emperor asks to recruit disaster victims, this emperor is willing to give up the silver, he recruits 1,000 or 10,000, there is no pressure at all.

Yang Reform's heart surged for a while before he turned the topic to what he said at the beginning.

"By the way, Sun Aiqing, what I asked earlier, in addition to gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and lead, are there other similar objects in the world that can be purified to the point of purity? I mean, metal and other things, metal, Sun Aiqing, can you understand? Yang Gengai was afraid that Sun Chengzong would not understand metal, so he explained.

A very powerful function of the Chinese language is to derive a completely new thing according to the collocation of different characters, the two words 金 and genus are used together, a new thing appears, a new definition appears, and it contains some characteristics of the original two words, and the basic meaning of the word can be understood literally.

Sun Yuanhua recited it a few times, "metal, metal......" and then said: "Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands, metal, metal, metal......" Sun Yuanhua kept reading the word metal.

"The reason why I want to divide these things into one category is that I think these things can be purified to the purest, pure gold, pure silver, pure iron, and then these metals can be proportioned in a certain proportion in the most pure state, and many things with special purposes can be made according to the same proportion, which are exactly the same, because the proportion of different metals contained in each item is the same, so the things created are quite ......stable," Yang Gengai said alone.

The ministers had already been in a mess, and they were completely watching the performances of the emperor and Sun Yuanhua.

This time, even Sun Yuanhua didn't understand what the emperor meant, and the emperor said for a long time, but he didn't react to what the emperor meant.

"Your Majesty, the minister is stupid, I really don't understand the truth of what His Majesty said......" Sun Yuanhua said directly, if you change to someone else, a person who doesn't understand the emperor, he definitely doesn't have the courage to tell the emperor that he didn't understand the emperor's words, but Sun Yuanhua is different, his teacher is Xu Guangqi, Xu Guangqi knows the emperor quite well, so he warned his students to speak to the emperor straight, don't beat around the bush, and don't pretend to understand. Therefore, Sun Yuanhua bluntly said that he didn't understand the emperor's words. ,

"Uh......, in this way, actually, I also have a feeling, I mean, well, for example, the silver coins I made, Sun Aiqing can see it?" Yang Gengai gave an example.

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister must have seen it, it is quite exquisite, and it is incredible, every silver coin can be blown, each one is almost exactly the same, the minister has a dabble in the minting, but the minister has seen His Majesty's silver coins, and it can only be said that it is ingenious, incredible...... now, it has become an indispensable thing in the daily life of the people, and this thing has a very good reputation among the people." Sun Yuanhua is not saying good things about silver coins, but to tell the truth, this kind of ingenious silver coins is even more valuable and acceptable than sterling silver.

"Well, you know, I was also inspired from it, my silver coins, almost all of them are exactly the same, the reason why this is possible is that it is completely pure silver to pure copper, so the ratio of silver and copper in silver coins can be almost the same, so the ratio is quite stable, the quality is quite stable, so, I mean that if you can use these things that can be purified to the purest, and then match them in different proportions, perhaps, you can make many uninteresting things to ......, such as, Of course, ......this is not my main meaning, I mean that if the metal can be purified to the purest, then the things that come out according to the proportion will be exactly the same, and there will be no different deviations due to different batches, do you understand? Yang asked again.

Sun Yuanhua thought for a while, and with the metaphor of silver coins, he understood the emperor's meaning, that is, first purify the metal to the purest, and then match the purest metal, so that the things obtained, no matter when they are made, no matter what batch they make, the things they make are always exactly the same, such as silver coins......

"Back to Your Majesty, the minister understands......" Sun Yuanhua breathed a long sigh of relief, the emperor is really a genius, the teacher is not wrong, if the emperor wants to follow his path, he must be a genius, but unfortunately, the emperor is the emperor, and it is impossible to devote his energy to his own path without limit.

"Got it? It's good to understand, what I mean is that if you have time, or when you have the ability, try to extract more metals from different ores, and then use various pure metals for matching experiments, so as to find out more formulas with special functions, for example, stronger steel, for example, steel that is not afraid of rust, for example, reduce the temperature of steel melting, etc., etc......." Yang Reform kept tearing the layer of window paper that entered the industrial era, expecting, in his lifetime, Science and technology can reach a certain level, and the Ming Dynasty can enter an industrialized society, so that the Ming Empire has more ability to fight against natural disasters and fight against this "enemy" who hangs himself.