Datang Library

"When the library was in place, I knew exactly where every book was going. This kid, Yiai, was more filial than your boss. Fang Yizhi was too much like you. Although he also wanted to honor his parents, he was too upright and dared not make mistakes. .

For the sake of you and your wife, Yi Ai actually helped you memorize an article on inner strength. You must know that Yi Ai, the child who hates memorizing books, can only memorize the Spring and Autumn Book so far, and can't read the others. Martial arts It is even more refined the knife technique I taught, and there is no other distraction to learn.

Come and tell me, in that case, what does he do by reciting cheats? "

"I……

Hey, now that you know it all, the old man will not hide it anymore. As you guessed, Erlang did bring back a book called Chunyang Gong, but neither my wife nor I learned it. He has to go again, and the old man I scolded me, stealing cheats is a big taboo in martial arts.

Everything is because the old man is not strict with his children, in short, if..."

Bai Fan grabbed Fang Xuanling's hand and comforted him: "Okay old Fang, Yi Ai has always been simple and honest, he can honor you so much, I am too happy to be a master.

This child is a little naive, and I chose an excellent cheat book for you. If you hadn't broken the child when you were young, you might be able to become a master, but now that you are old, you can't even get started. And this is a man's practice book, so my wife can't do it either. "

This……

After everyone listened, they burst out laughing, Fang Yiai is so cute, why don't you choose cheats without reading the explanation?

Bai Fan continued: "It seems that this child, Yi Ai, also wanted to pick a powerful one for you, so it's self-defeating."

Fang Xuanling's face turned red, but she didn't know what to say. Fortunately, Bai Fan was generous. If it was any other Jianghu sect who dared to pass on secret books privately, the martial arts would be abolished at least, or killed on the spot at worst. The court would not care about this .

Bai Fan turned his head and cursed at the crowd who were laughing at Fang Xuanling: "Don't take pleasure in other people's misfortunes, could it be that Yi Ai is the only kid who did this?

Where does your meager internal energy come from?Don't tell me that it was given by the gods in a dream or by my own epiphany, or that a bunch of little bastards stole it from me.

Although a group of boys are well-intentioned, their foundation in martial arts is too shallow, and they don't know how to distinguish the good from the bad. Your Majesty, did Cheng Qian teach you that Yin Yang Wushuang is easy to practice?Although you have many beauties in your harem, this yin and yang method is not a method of harvesting and nourishing, but a secret book of the dual cultivation of life and soul. You have practiced it for no less than two years, hehe, it is not as good as my youngest son who practiced it for three days.

And you Yuchi Laohei, you are good at double whips and horse lances, why do you have to follow your Dahei to learn Chiyang Gong?That is the auxiliary skill of blacksmithing and smelting that I chose for him. What did you learn to do?Return to old business?

And you old Hou..."

Bai Fan scolded them one by one, everyone was ashamed and just wanted to find a crack in the ground to sneak in, it was the same as being caught stealing someone's property, even Li Er felt embarrassed.

"In short, since you already knew, why didn't you stop them and let them mess around like this, how could there be any mistakes in martial arts training?" Li Jiancheng frowned.

Here are all important officials of the imperial court, and it is not a good thing for anyone to have an accident.

Bai Fan laughed loudly and said, "This is punishment. How can my final skill be leaked out so easily? A group of little bastards, say hello anyway, isn't it stealing if you steal the master? Besides, am I being unreasonable? Tell me if I won't let you take it back?

Is it the same for you fathers?Educating children in this way should be rectified.

But I have seen your aptitude, if you practice the cheats incorrectly, you will be fooling around after decades of practice, and nothing will happen. If the old house hadn’t been punctured today, I’m going to tell you in another three to five years. "

Hearing this, Li Er understood that it was a good thing, and said to Bai Fan with a smile: "Since we have made such a fool of ourselves, Jian Zhi, you can help me. Seeing that the pharmacist and elder brother have learned from you, Zhong Nan Mystery has become a lot younger, who of us is not greedy?

Besides, the eldest brother is your father-in-law, and I am Ping'er's second uncle. We are all in the same family, so we can't favor one over another. "

Today's Chapter 2, thank you for your support.

Chapter 6 The Dream of Li Chun, the Steel Behemoth

In the end, helpless to be entangled by everyone, Bai Fan agreed to teach them some tips on Qi training and health preservation. As for everyone wanting to have a copy of the peerless cheats, don't even think about it. A group of old men, what do they become peerless masters or immortals?Opportunities are reserved for young people.

Among them, Li Er was innocently lying on the gun, and he was only 34 years old, so he was classified as an old man.

"In short, what is the annual steel output of this Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant?" Walking out of the blast furnace, Li Er took a look at the busy steelmaking area and asked Bai Fan.

He summoned the chief manager of the iron and steel factory with his hand, and fetched the steel output statistics book, Bai Fan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is asking about steel, not iron. This iron and steel factory is also mainly for steelmaking, and the average daily steel output is thousands of dollars." tons, 36 tons a year.

This is the output of this year, and the annual output will increase as the scale expands in the future.

Of course, this is steel output, if it is pig iron or ordinary pure iron, it will be more, at least a hundred times this. "

Everyone looked confused, Fang Xuanling asked: "Jian, what does this ton mean? It sounds quite a lot. Is ton a dialect?"

"Oh, I forgot to explain, with the increase in production, it is very inconvenient to use the traditional catty to count, so from the academy, the unit of measurement is ton.

The one ton I mentioned is actually equal to two thousand catties of Datang. "

Two thousand catties? ? ?

The crowd exclaimed.

Li Er asked Li Jiancheng, "Brother, what was Datang's steel output last year?"

Li Jiancheng has been in charge of Datang's finances for many years, and he has long been familiar with economics. "Last year, Datang's annual steel output was [-] million catties. If it is calculated in simple tons, it is [-] tons. Most of them are pig iron.

The output of steel is less than one percent of it, that is to say, not even one thousand tons, and even less refined steel is less than one thousandth.

This is the result of the sharp increase in output after Datang became rich in recent years. In the Wude period, the annual output was less than half of the current level.

Pig iron can only be used to make agricultural tools such as iron pots. Most of the scissors, kitchen knives, or sickles are only coated with a small amount of steel. It is rare for ordinary people to make steel. "

Li Er was stunned, "A thousand tons? Just the output of this Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant in one day? How is this possible?"

Everyone also thought it was impossible, Bai Fan explained: "The iron and steel output of the Tang Dynasty all comes from blacksmiths. Whether it is an official blacksmith of the imperial court or a private retail blacksmith, how much iron can one person smelt in a day? Can pig iron be forged into fine steel? How many people are there? How much output does one person produce per day?

How many blacksmiths did Datang have?How many are masters and how many are apprentices?It is this that limits Datang's steel output.

But this steel factory is different. There are tens of thousands of people working here. The difference is that few of these people are blacksmiths, and there are only a few master craftsmen. Iron and steel are made with finished blast furnace equipment. The dependence of steel on blacksmiths has been solved. Here, as long as raw materials and labor keep up, steel can be continuously produced twelve hours a day.

Ordinary blacksmiths need to forge continuously to make iron and steel, but I don’t need this furnace for refining steel. With this, the pig iron goes in once, and it comes out as good steel. , I also have other blast furnace production here, which is the result of strict mechanism skills combined with ironmaking technology. "

Everyone understood it, and everyone admired it. I am afraid that only an all-rounder like Bai Fan can have such a wonderful idea.

"I saw a saying in your academy that technology is the primary productive force. This blast furnace is technology, right? A blast furnace can be worth tens of thousands of blacksmiths in the Tang Dynasty. It's really extraordinary."

"That's right, this is technology. The replacement of blacksmiths by steel mills and the replacement of oxen by iron oxen is just a starting point. In the future, for things that require a lot of manpower to complete, technology will basically be used to find shortcuts. The purpose of technology is to save manpower and speed up the process." efficiency."

Li Er nodded in praise, "Very good, since this steel factory can produce so much fine steel and hundred-smelting steel, in short, I want to change the clothes of my twelve guards, and replace them all with hundred-smelting steel knives. Inside, all are equipped with Mingguang armor."

Bai Fan: "..."

Yu Chigong shouted: "That's right, if our soldiers are all made of bright light armor, and all of them are made of fine steel swords, Lao Hei alone can sweep the surrounding countries."

Li Jing scolded with a smile: "You idiot, if armor and swords can dominate the surrounding area, we would have wiped out those alien races as early as the Han Dynasty, why wait until you go to destroy the country?"

"Your Majesty, the output of the Yaozhou Iron and Steel Plant will not be used to make armor and swords. This is the best stainless steel equipment in Datang, and all of it will be used to make large-scale machinery for domestic livelihood.

The Tang Dynasty has now overwhelmed Siyi, and there will be no big wars in a short time, and the Mingguang armor is old and clumsy, and the production is too cumbersome. It is unrealistic to change all twelve guards. We will build more steel factories in the future. "

Li Er frowned and said: "Boy, you have a steady stream of steel, so you are so stingy?

Mingguang armor can be postponed, but wouldn't it be a waste if Baisteel is not used to make swords?Besides, it doesn't take much to make swords, I see, you can't use half a year's production. "

Bai Fan laughed loudly and said: "Hahahaha, Your Majesty, don't say half a year, even a month's worth can't be distributed to you.