Chapter 334: Making Soup and Steel, Crazy Sun Yuanhua

"This..., uh..., um..." The sweat beads on the official's face rolled down and were trapped by the emperor's words. Now, I can't tell the answer.

"Haha, the Qing family, the cannons must be made of copper, but copper can be used to make money. Therefore, a cannon is better than a coin cannon. The more cannons are made, the more powerful it is to use copper. China itself lacks copper for coins. If you use a large number of copper cannons, wouldn't this coins be even more scarce? Without copper coins, how do the people live? This has nothing to do with the national economy and people's livelihood? It's not a big deal? So, I thought, on the one hand, we should build more cannons to deal with the enemies of our Ming Dynasty; on the other hand, we should try not to use copper to make cannons, so that it will not occupy already scarce copper. This will not hinder our dynasty, but also facilitate the people to live. Wouldn't this kill two birds with one stone? So, I asked about steel. If steel can be made on a large scale and steel instead of copper to cast cannons, it would be a blessing for our dynasty..." Yang Reform's large set of theories were covered.

The official who had just sweated was now lowering his head and constantly wiping his sweat. The emperor's ideas were indeed too much higher than him, his vision was indeed far from him, and his heart was indeed more people than him. This official was ashamed and quickly admitted his mistake.

"I am guilty, I am short-sighted and short-sighted, far less than Your Majesty's far-sighted vision. I ask Your Majesty to punish you."

"Forget it, it's not your fault for this matter, and there's no need to be punished. Today, let's learn about this situation with me. It's not a waste of our monarch and ministers to do a great thing for the people if we solve this matter..." Yang Jingwei was really unwilling to see Sun Yuanhua's cannons, so he turned a very crooked building and turned a Wenhua Palace that handles national affairs into a lecture classroom for metallurgy, for nothing else, just to avoid laziness.

Sun Yuanhua looked at the dialogue between the monarch and ministers in Wenhua Palace in amazement. Although he heard his teacher Xu Guangqi mention the emperor many times, when he saw the emperor who was "so", Sun Yuanhua was still "unacceptable". He was an emperor who liked all kinds of new things very much. He was a master who was willing to learn, a very smart master, and a master with a far-reaching vision beyond ordinary people.

So, the ministers began to listen to Sun Yuanhua's lecture on "Metallurgy" with their heads deaf. Because this has a lot to do with the national economy and people's livelihood, many people feel like they have eaten a fly, but no matter how disgusted it, they still have to listen to this lecture because the emperor is already fascinated.

"Sun Aiqing, then why, after pig iron and dry iron are mixed, will we get steel? What is the difference between pig iron and dry iron?" Yang Jing was enthusiastically discussing metallurgy with Sun Yuanhua in Wenhua's Palace. He always deals with national affairs and will also be boring. Now that he has changed his taste, it feels different.

"This, my Majesty, I don't know. It's just that I have always done this. The key is to master the old and experienced craftsmen. How much pig iron is thrown and how much cooked iron is thrown, all depends on these old craftsmen..." Although Sun Yuanhua has cast cannons for many years, it is impossible to know the detailed principles at this time, because the element has not yet appeared, so it is impossible to extract theories. Without theoretical guidance, casting cannons has become a matter that relies entirely on experience.

"This, in fact, I always feel that there should be tricks here. Pig iron and wax iron are both iron. Correspondingly, there should be something different in this iron, so there is a big difference in the properties of pig iron and wax iron. The two can obtain steel. This means that steel is also iron. However, steel should contain a relatively special thing. The amount of this thing is between pig iron and wax iron. Therefore, once the two are fused, the special thing reaches a special content, and then a qualitative change occurs, from iron to steel... I understand this way, I wonder if you can understand it?" Yang Jing inspired his own cannon casting expert.

Not only Sun Yuanhua was confused, but also the people in the hall were confused. What was the emperor saying? How could he not understand? What is iron or steel?

Yang Jie glanced at him and saw that not only Sun Yuanhua looked confused, but the ministers in the hall were even more confused. He had been talking to each other for the past half day, and the blind man lighted the lamp in vain.

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

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

Yang Jing collapsed. It was a pity for those who had not accepted the nine-year compulsory teaching. He didn’t even have such basic common sense. It was terrible to have no culture.

"Forget it, I just said it's simpler. Have you ever drunk the soup?" Yang Jing revived his momentum and started the lecture.

"Reply to Your Majesty, I have drunk it." The ministers agreed in unison, and the soup had definitely been drunk.

"Okay, since everyone has drunk soup, then I will use soup as an analogy. This cast iron is the soup with too much salt, this cooked iron is the soup without salt, this steel is the soup with just the right soup; nowadays, we can make soup with too much salt, but it is difficult to make soup with just the right soup. Therefore, I feel that in terms of grasping the saltiness of the soup, it is exactly the same as steelmaking. If you want to make good steel, Sun Aiqing, try more salty soup with light soup. With experience, this steelmaking will be no longer far away..." Yang Jingwei thoughtfully gave his ministers and cannon casting experts to popularize science.

The ministers looked like this.

"When you go back to Your Majesty, I understand, and I understand. This steel is just drinking the soup just right. However, we can make salty soup now and make light soup, but we can't make the soup just right. After Your Majesty said this, I understand. I think this metaphor is reasonable. In this way, as long as you master the thickness of the soup, this steelmaking will be simple..." A minister felt that he understood it and came out to the emperor and said that he studied very seriously and understood it thoroughly. In fact, he was talking about a lot of nonsense.

"Report to Your Majesty, I think the saltiness of this soup can be tasted with your tongue, but how can I taste this iron? So how do I know that it's just right to drink it?" Liu Yanyuan also heard the name and began to discuss it with the emperor.

I made a *** and tasted the iron, do you think you are hellfire! Yang Jie felt that his tongue was very painful, and this guy had such a rich imagination!

"Sun Aiqing, what are you going to do?" Yang Jing threw the problem to Sun Yuanhua.

Sun Yuanhua frowned and thought for a while, saying, "Your Majesty, the fusion of molten iron depends entirely on experienced old craftsmen, and it depends entirely on experience. Specifically, if you want to try molten iron like a soup, you really can't do it." Sun Yuanhua was also furious, and tasted molten iron with his tongue. That guy could think of it. When Sun Yuanhua thought of the hot molten iron, he thought about the feeling of burning tongue, and felt his mouth burning.

"Actually, I think what Liu Aiqing said makes sense. We can taste the salty soup, so we know how much salt should be added, so we can make delicious soup, but we can't taste molten iron..." When Yang Jie felt his tongue trembling when he said that he tasted molten iron.

"..., so, we cannot use what we taste, but we can use other methods to make delicious and reliable soups, such as a pot of soup that has not been used for salt. We serve one bowl at a time and pour a small spoon of salt in the first bowl; then pour two spoons of salt in the second bowl; then add three spoons of salt in the third bowl, and so on, until ten bowls, twenty bowls, thirty bowls, and even hundreds of bowls..., although it is not certain that each bowl is just right in these soups, it has everything from salt to light, so there must be one bowl that is just right, right? So, even if we don't taste the iron..." When we talk about tasting the iron, Yang Jie's tongue was a shock.

"...So, even if we don't taste molten iron, we can definitely make soup with just the right taste. So, even if we don't taste molten iron, we know what the soup with a few spoonfuls of salt tastes, so we can still make steel, right?" Yang Jingshi popularized science.

After hearing the emperor's explanation, Sun Yuanhua kept nodding. This theory and method were a good way to solve the instability of steel production and quality. Although the methods were a little complicated, it was indeed a feasible method. Sun Yuanhua was happy, from frowning at the beginning to smiling gradually, to the end, he almost danced with his hands.

"...I understand, I understand, so that's it, so that's it... His Majesty revealed the secret of heaven in one word..." Sun Yuanhua danced like crazy.

Yang Jie looked at this "crazy man" in surprise, dancing in Wenhua Palace. Either there was a problem with his nerves or his neck was too hard, he wouldn't be really crazy, right?

The ministers looked at this crazy person with incomprehension, but how did he become like this as he said? What a good person, what a great future? It is a miracle that a juren can reach his current level.

Sun Yuanhua figured out how to solve the instability of steel production and unstable quality. With the pleasure of enlightenment, he suddenly realized that he had already lost in his own world of steelmaking and casting cannons alone, completely forgot that he was still in Wenhua Palace. After coming back to his senses, he broke out in a cold sweat and quickly apologized to the emperor.

"I am guilty, I am guilty, I am guilty, I am guilty, I am guilty, Your Majesty atones..." Sun Yuanhua was very uneasy, afraid that the emperor would punish him for a very disrespectful crime. In that case, his ideas would not be verified, which 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? What are you going to do?" Yang Jing asked. Yang Jing didn't know how to put it on the blast furnace directly, nor did he copy the steelmaking information from later generations. He could only come up with some ideas indirectly. The advancement of this technology can only rely on the "natives" themselves. If he seems too versatile, it is not a good thing. It is too weird. In the future, he is afraid that he will cause a lot of trouble for himself.

Sun Yuanhua said confidently: "Back, Your Majesty, I understand how to make steel on a large scale, and I have enlightened you. I finally figured it out that this steelmaking is indeed the same as making soup. Different saltiness represents different iron, such as pig iron and cooked iron. The soup that just tastes good is steel. To make steel, of course, we cannot try to distinguish whether it is just right or whether it is good steel by trying to make soup. However, we can add a spoonful of salt to each bowl to determine how many spoonfuls of salt is the right soup. I think, before making steel, cooked iron, according to different

The comparison and fusion of the comparison, see how much pig iron can make steel with how much braised iron. This is the method of adding a spoonful of salt to a bowl of soup. I used one pound of pig iron to a pound of braised iron in turn, and then reduced it, and used one pound of pig iron to 15 taels and 8 qian of braised iron, and it all the way down to one pound of pig iron and 2 liang of braised iron... In this way, although Fan Hao, there will always be steel in the process of analogy, and in this way, as long as I make steel with this comparison, I can directly get the best steel. In this way, the steel refined will be reliable..." Sun Yuanhua said with great joy.

Yang Jing understood it clearly. To put it bluntly, this method is still an exhaustive method. Since Yang Jing successfully picked up money and paper, this exhaustive method has become Yang Jing's magic weapon. He always has to use the exhaustive method to demonstrate his royal style. Of course, now he is a little tight, and it is a bit troublesome to shake the royal style.

"...Of the other hand, of course, pig iron and braised iron must be in the same batch. If you change the batch of pig iron and braised iron, you have to try adding a few spoons of salt again..." Yang Jie understood and added.

Sun Yuanhua was very happy. Unexpectedly, the emperor was also a knowledgeable person, a soulmate! The soulmate said excitedly: "...It is precisely, that different batches of raw materials must be compared so complicatedly to get the steel they want. Therefore, the larger the quantity of each batch of raw materials, the better. One thousand kilograms of steel must be compared like this. Haha... The larger the quantity, the cost of this comparison will be diluted, haha... Haha... I know, I know... The larger the scale of steelmaking, the lower the cost! Your Majesty... Your Majesty... I think it's better to practice it. Once you practice, it's best to practice more than 100,000 kilograms. In this way, the lowest cost..." Sun Yuanhua began to go crazy again.

Yang Jingwei looked at this "scientific madman" and sweated on his forehead. He might not have said too much to him. This man is now "crazy".

"This... I'm actually just making a metaphor. Not only is there salt in this soup, but it may also be ginger, soy sauce, vinegar, and even chopped green onions. These things will affect the taste of the soup. In other words, this steelmaking, perhaps, Sun Aiqing, you may have to find a way to escape other things in this soup, or to adjust the most suitable steel for the export feeling..." Yang Jing had to pour cold water. According to the knowledge he learned, the things that affect the quality of steel, in addition to carbon, there are other elements, such as phosphorus that makes steel crisp, and some other rare metals that make steel have special uses.

Sun Yuanhua finally didn't go crazy for too long, calmed down and said seriously: "Your Majesty, I understand this matter. When making steel, I sprinkle lime, concentrate powder and other things into the iron, to change the taste of the soup. Your Majesty, I have been enlightened by your Majesty and have already understood the most important thing in steelmaking. I already have a way..." Sun Yuanhua whispered that I was an expert.

Yang Jing was depressed, so it was clear? Before this element table was born, you can figure out how to replace the various impurities in the molten iron?

"I'm really clear? Can steel be made on a large scale?" Yang Jing asked, forget it, it doesn't matter whether the element table is not an element table. If you don't believe in advertising, it's okay to have a large scale steel, it's okay if you don't have an element table.

"When you go back to your Majesty, I have already made preliminary plans for this matter and am confident. After I go back, I immediately compare the steelmaking method with Your Majesty's method. One furnace of pig iron and one furnace of braised iron, and then dissolve in a specific proportion. It is so simple. The only requirement is that the scale of each steelmaking must be larger. After I go back, I plan to make at least 50,000 kilograms of steel each time to dilute the cost of comparison..." Sun Yuanhua said calmly, his ambitious plan, to make 100,000 kilograms of braised iron at one time, and then compare one by one. The specific kilograms of pig iron to a few kilograms of braised iron can get the best steel. After obtaining a detailed ratio, I will make 100,000 kilograms of steel at one time... This kind of steel is basically exactly the same, and is a very good way to ensure the quality and quantity of steel. [The 100,000 kilograms of braised iron in the Ming Dynasty is about 60 tons now]

Yang Jing had to look up to Sun Yuanhua. This method is actually the easiest way to make steel. The only thing is to invest a lot in the early stage, that is, you have to be willing to spend money. Another person who is not too stupid is willing to summarize experience and improve technology from it. The so-called technology is just that.

The ministers first looked at Sun Yuanhua, who was dancing, and then listened to the conversation between the emperor and the madman named Sun. When they said something about the emperor and the madman, they had six orifices.

Yang Jing knew that Sun Yuanhua had successfully cast a cannon, so he must have spent a lot of money. When he came to him to seek credit, he would definitely come to ask for money. Although Yang Jing knew that casting cannons was important, the material for casting red cannons was copper, and copper was money, which was no different from burning money. Yang Jing had a tight silver on hand and began to become "stingy". He was not as generous as he was when he was rich. After thinking for a while, he started to talk about it again.

"Sun Aiqing, 100,000 pounds is still too much. You can start from 10,000 pounds and gradually increase the amount of iron smelting at one time. In this way, you can summarize experience from it and avoid accidents. It's too reckless to have more than 100,000 pounds at a time..." Yang Jingwei became less courageous about Sun Yuanhua's passion, and Yang Jingwei was also a little afraid of this "strong man". He was really too fierce.

"I obey the order, I think it's because I'm too impatient. I understand that I will start from ten thousand pounds and slowly increase it to dilute the cost of each comparison..." Sun Yuanhua immediately accepted the emperor's kindness.
Chapter completed!