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After returning from Kyoto, Song Jia had already returned to the Dongli Sword Sect, the huge Hou Mansion, empty.

It's Bing'er who has been out of school, and the little girl has been well-behaved for half a year, and she can finally let go of the wind, at this time, I don't know where to go with Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai.

The little girl has an idea now, and she won't stick to his brother all day long.

After drinking some wine, Ouyang Shuo was a little dizzy, so he simply returned to the study and took a nap.

In the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo took two guards to the No. 7 Research Institute.

Seeing that it was about to be the end of the year, Ouyang Shuo also wanted to know what results had been made in the No. 7 Research Institute in the past six months, and Ouyang Shuo basically did not interfere in the daily work of the Institute.

Research Institute No. 7 in the eastern district is a small stone building, the architectural style is somewhat similar to the alchemy workshop next to it, and behind the research institute, there is a large open space for various experiments.

Sun Xiaoyue's grandfather, Sun Lao, spent most of his time in the Beihai Shipyard, and the research institute was usually presided over by the alchemist Magnus and the thermal weapons master Liu Mo, and the current main direction of attack was steelmaking technology.

The work of the research institute obviously made Magnus very excited, and when he saw Ouyang Shuo, he said enthusiastically: "Oh~~ Lord Lord, welcome, welcome!" As he spoke, he stepped forward to hug Ouyang Shuo.

The guards who followed behind Ouyang Shuo immediately stepped forward, pressed the knife with his left hand, and put on a defensive posture.

Seeing this, Magnus smiled, Ouyang Shuo at this time was no longer the little lord he was at the beginning.

"Is Liu Mo here?" Ouyang Shuo hadn't seen this sworn brother for a long time.

Magnus is a Westerner in the end, with a cheerful personality, and the embarrassing scene of the other talent, he just smiled and said with a smile: "Liu is in the test field, testing the steelmaking technology that has just been researched. ”

"Oh? Is the technology for steelmaking already taking shape? Ouyang Shuo was overjoyed.

"Of course!" Magnus was a little smug.

"Let's go, let's go and see!" Ouyang Shuo was a little impatient.

Ancient Chinese steelmaking technology, which began in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, mainly had two methods: carburizing and decarburizing. With the increase in demand for steel products, wrought iron block smelting and pig iron decarburization steelmaking cannot meet the requirements. In the late Western Han Dynasty, the technique of "frying steel" appeared. The invention of steel frying technology has made the 100 steelmaking technology enter a mature stage.

The craftsman heats and forges the fine iron more than 100 times, one forging, one weighing and one light, until the catties are not reduced, that is, hundreds of steel. The Wei and Jin dynasties were the heyday of 100 steelmaking technology.

During the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, steelmaking technology made a breakthrough across the era, and the "steel filling" smelting method was invented.

The steel filling method uses both pig iron and wrought iron at the same time, and takes advantage of the characteristics of high carbon content of pig iron, lower melting point than wrought iron and dissolved first, and heats the two raw materials together, so that the first dissolved pig iron liquid is used as a carburizing agent and poured into the loose wrought iron gap, so that the carbon content of wrought iron increases and becomes steel.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the steel filling method was vigorously promoted and applied.

During the Song and Ming dynasties, with the development of cold forging technology and quenching technology, the types and properties of steel were further improved. At that time, the steelmaking technology was at the world's leading level.

Unfortunately, after the Qing Dynasty, due to the Qing Dynasty's seclusion, China's steelmaking technology has been stagnant, and there has been no breakthrough, and finally it was overtaken by Western countries, ushering in a humiliating history.

The No. 7 Research Institute restored the steel filling method in the Sui and Tang dynasties.

As an expert in thermal weapons, Liu Mo is well versed in ancient Chinese steelmaking technology, and there are works such as "Mengxi Bi Tan" and "Tiangong Kaiwu", which record various steelmaking technologies.

Even so, the restoration of the steel filling method has been a bumpy road.

The No. 7 Research Institute lasted half a year, and after repeated attempts and experiments, the steel filling method was finally studied and formed. Otherwise, how to say that the technical manual is precious, if there is a ready-made "steel filling method technical manual", why do you need to test so hard, you can directly grasp the detailed ratio and heat.

In the backyard, there is a huge iron-making furnace, and there is a complete set of supporting facilities around it.

Liu Mo was busy in front of the iron-making furnace, instructing the craftsmen to control the heat.

Seeing Ouyang Shuo, all the craftsmen saluted one after another: "Meet the prince!" ”

Ouyang Shuo waved his hand and motioned for them to continue working.

"Brother Liu!" Ouyang Shuo stopped Liu Mo.

With the growing territory, Liu Mo and other players, their attitude towards Ouyang Shuo is also imperceptibly changing, slowly changing. Although they were not as respectful to Ouyang Shuo as the aborigines, at least they would not be as casual as they were at the beginning.

Liu Mo is just a technical maniac, and he doesn't care about these red tapes.

The two were in the backyard, chatting.

According to Liu Mo, restoring the steel filling method is only the first step.

In the next step, Liu Mo is ready to make further breakthroughs on the basis of the steel filling method, so that the steelmaking technology of the territory can catch up with the level of Western countries.

One of them is the choice of fuel.

Ancient ironmaking used charcoal as fuel, and did not use solvents containing phosphorus, so the phosphorus content in ancient pig iron was very low. The cast iron furnaces used in ancient times were not hot enough to melt the iron sufficiently.

Liu Mo meant that he wanted to use coal instead of charcoal.

Ouyang Shuo frowned, looking a little embarrassed. The coal mines in China are mainly distributed in Mongolia and Hedong provinces, and there are no coal mines in the Lianzhou Basin.

Luofeng County, where the phoenix is imprisoned, is located on the eastern boundary of the river.

It seems that he needs to find time to discuss it with the phoenix, Ouyang Shuo thought in his heart.

"I will find a way to solve the coal matter, Brother Liu doesn't have to worry!"

"Good!" Liu Mo was overjoyed.

In view of the fact that the steelmaking technology has been formed, Ouyang Shuo immediately decided to build a large-scale steelmaking plant in Shanhai City to meet the demand for steel in the territory.

The site selection and construction of the steelmaking plant, Ouyang Shuo was all handed over to Liu Mo to be responsible.

Back at the Hou Mansion, Ouyang Shuo immediately sent a letter to the Phoenix prisoner to discuss the coal trade between the territories.

Ouyang Shuo's meaning is that a large coal mine in Luofeng County was injected by Sihai Qianzhuang, and the coal mine mined was specially used to supply the coal demand of Shanhai City.

Of course, the premise is to find a copy of the "Coal Mining Technical Manual", otherwise everything is in vain.

Coal was called blackstone in ancient China, and it was not widely used, and it took a lot of effort to find such a technical manual.

Ouyang Shuo simply entrusted the Hequan Ji Chamber of Commerce and the Cui Chamber of Commerce and asked them to help with the search.

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Mulan County, Lord's House.

After New Year's Day, the weather in the Lianzhou Basin began to turn cold, and the prosperity fell.

Looking at the bleak scenery outside the window, Mulan Yue was stunned. After returning from Kyoto, Mulan Yue has been preoccupied, staring out the window in a daze from time to time.

I don't know, I thought the little girl was pregnant.

Li Feixue stood behind Mulan Yue, spinning a dagger in her hand boringly. The dagger is exquisite, and it was bought for her by Mulan Yue when she was in Kyoto.

After the battle of Zhennanguan, Li Feixue joined Mulan County. At first, the death of her father made Li Feixue very depressed for a while, but it was Mulan Yue's careful care and regard her as her own sister that allowed her to come out of the shadows and start a new life, so she was very dependent on Mulan Yue.

At her insistence, she served as Mulanyue's personal guard.

Don't look at Li Feixue as just a little girl, her martial arts are really not to be underestimated, with her personal protection, Mulanyue's safety is guaranteed, Mu Guiying now spends most of her time in the barracks.

Unexpectedly, without Mu Guiying's company, Mulan Yue would become much more independent, a little less dependent, and a little stronger. Her light also began to shine gradually in the territory.

The immature little girl at the beginning was already decent when she handled the affairs of the territory.

Running a county is indeed a big challenge for Mulan Yue.

Fortunately, Mulan Yue has an innate talent in developing the territory economy, coupled with her character of not admitting defeat, she stumbled all the way, but she managed Mulan County well.

Otherwise, in her previous life, Mulan Yue would not have become one of the three giants of the Lianzhou Basin, and she would not fall behind in the battle against the two vicious wolves of Badao and Xiaofeng Wanyue.

The advantage of Mulan Yue is that she is good at learning from it.

Inspired by Shanhai City's vigorous development of characteristic industries, Mulan Yue promoted rapeseed cultivation in her territory, aiming at the oil in "firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea".

Sure enough, canola oil became a huge hit, bringing handsome returns to Mulan County.

Not only that, Mulan Yue also introduced the colored silkworm breeding industry in Shanhai City, which is very good.

The economic strength of Mulan County is also the top among the members of the Shanhai League.

In terms of government affairs, Mulan Yue copied the structure of Shanhai City.

Handling government affairs is her weakness.

Although the NPCs spawned by the system will not be as old-fashioned as the ancients under the influence of Gaia, they still have some doubts about the little girl lord of Mulan Yue.

This is also the reason why it is difficult for female lords to come out.

Mulan Yue is not like Phoenix Prisoner and Bai Hua, there is a group of people around her to assist, she lacks enough experience, and the little girl can only follow the same trend in handling government affairs.

Most of the government affairs are handed over to her subordinates.

"Feixue, go and call Sister Mu." Mulan Yue came back to her senses and turned her head and said.

"Hey!" Li Feixue responded crisply, put away the dagger, and trotted out, dangling a pair of pigtails, a little more playful.

Soon after, Mu Guiying rushed over.

"Sister, I think, it's time to incorporate Mulan County into the territory of Brother Wuyi." Mulan Yue's words were amazing, and this was also a question she had been thinking about, and it was obvious that she had come to a conclusion now.

Mu Guiying was silent, she knew that she didn't look at Mulan Yue as soft and weak on the surface, innocent, in fact, the little girl had an idea, and once she made up her mind, it would be difficult to change it.

"Okay, then let's go to Shanhai City."

"Sister, do you agree?" Mulan Yue said happily.

"Of course I'm behind you!" Mu Guiying said with relief that watching Mulan Yue's growth was also a comfort to her. (To be continued.) )