Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

With Zhu Yunhuan's absolute certainty, and now seeing these Taoist masters who "got it" and each of them agreed that it wasn't a problem at all, Qin Kui had a general idea in mind: mass steelmaking... was a sure thing!

and……

Batch steelmaking...what does it mean?

This meant that the Ming Dynasty would possess a vast array of weapons far superior to those of other foreign races! Given enough time, those rare and precious weapons, considered by foreigners to be rare and precious, could even be distributed to every Ming soldier who needed a weapon!

This means that the Ming soldiers will be invincible!

"Why should the Ming Dynasty be so worried about those remnants of the Yuan Dynasty who are still harboring evil intentions in the north? Why should we be haunted by nightmares about those barbarians making a comeback?" Qin Kui gritted his teeth and said hatefully in his heart.

The Ming Dynasty had only been established for twenty-five years. The hardships of the past, the days when people were treated as the lowest class and trampled upon by foreign races, were something that no one, from high officials to ordinary people... could completely forget.

This kind of hatred, which seems to be rooted in genes, is difficult to eliminate.

Never mind twenty-five years.

Let’s say that the country has been established for more than 70 years. When talking about their daily lives, which child of a flower-growing family would not be indignant and ready to fight?

Zhu Yunhuan came here and never forgot that island.

At this moment, Qin Kui was thinking about the soldiers and generals of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone was equipped with the sharpest weapons and was targeting the barbarians who had bullied the Central Plains for so many years. Naturally, he couldn't help but feel his blood boiling.

Even though Qin Kui could not imagine Zhu Yunhuan's true intention, but just within his limited imagination, this was enough to bring earth-shaking benefits!

While Qin Kui was thinking about this matter.

The others were engaged in a heated discussion. After a while, Liu Yuanran took the lead, raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet for a while, and turned to look at Zhu Yunhuan on the podium and asked, "Your Majesty is knowledgeable and knows everything. I, your disciples, am not very knowledgeable. I wonder what impurities need to be removed during the iron and steelmaking process?"

Apparently, after some discussion, they felt that asking the teacher would be the most reliable option.

Zhu Yunhuan then raised an eyebrow and said, "Silicon, manganese, carbon, phosphorus, sulfur... these are the most common substances that appear in molten iron, and they all need to be removed."

"With too many impurities, the reactions involved will be much more complicated. I will teach you the process directly. All you need to do... is understand the principles of this process, then cooperate with this Minister of Industry to build the iron smelting furnace and ultimately produce stable steel."

Zhu Yunhuan did not keep the secret. After all, although these people had excellent talents and qualifications, they had only been exposed to chemistry for a few months. They did not fully understand the properties and functions of many compounds. What they could think of was already the limit.

"Minister of Works...?"

Following Zhu Yunhuan's gaze, everyone noticed a man in official uniform sitting in a corner. He looked confused and reserved. He stood up, bowed to everyone, and said, "Your humble servant... Qin Kui, the Minister of Works, greets all the Taoist priests."

He was so embarrassed that he almost dug out a three-bedroom, two-living-room apartment with his toes.

How dare I look down on these old men?

It would be fine if they were just discussing this kind of vague and impressive stuff, but really… the “disciples” they call themselves are more real than anything else! Compared to those people out there who read a few sentences and call themselves “disciples of the Son of Heaven”, they are much more “disciples of the Son of Heaven”!

He didn't understand a single word of what was said just now. It was just like a student who was at the bottom of the school being dragged to the elite class to audit the lectures and being noticed by all the awesome top students - it made even Qin Kui, the Minister of Works, look timid.

Fortunately, this group of "top students" did not ask him any academic questions.

Instead, they responded with Taoist etiquette: "It turns out to be the Minister of Works, Mr. Qin. I am honored."

Qin Kui tried hard to keep smiling: "I will need your guidance in the future."

Taoists believe in governing by doing nothing, and generally do not care much about this kind of cumbersome formalities. After getting to know Qin Kui, they all turned around and looked at Zhu Yunhuan on the podium again.

Zhu Yunhuan saw that the classroom had become quiet.

Then he picked up the chalk and turned around to draw a rough outline of the furnace, including the inlet for the molten iron converter, the oxygen or air injection port, the outlet for the molten steel after impurities removal, etc.

Then he continued, "Quicklime is placed in the furnace in advance. Molten iron is poured in through this opening. Air or oxygen is blown into the furnace while the furnace is rotated to allow for a full reaction. During this process, the surface of the liquid pig iron reacts violently, causing the iron, silicon, and manganese to oxidize..."

"..."

Zhu Yunhuan calmly explained the reactions and principles of the converter steelmaking process step by step to Zhang Yuqing, Ma Rui, Liu Yuanran and others.

The various steps involved are numerous and cumbersome.

But everyone was writing furiously, as if they were thinking about something, writing down every word Zhu Yunhuan said.

"When the phosphorus and sulfur levels gradually decrease, the flame fades, and brown steam of ferroferric oxide appears at the furnace mouth, it indicates that the steel has been refined."

Zhu Yunhuan also explained the reactions during the process and the reaction phenomena that would occur. According to this standard, with their talents and qualifications, it would not be a problem to arrange the schedule for converter steelmaking.

When Zhu Yunhuan finished speaking.

The classroom fell into a deathly silence. Everyone was either looking at the blackboard, reading their notes, or frowning in deep thought.

After a long silence, a voice of exclamation was heard in the classroom: "Wonderful!"