What is a sect?

There are three reasons for the term sect in the Ming Dynasty: one is the same clan and the other is the orthodox inheritance, such as the Taoist Wudang. The third meaning is that the sect can be established by the martial arts. Can't craftsmen?

At least Bailian Sect was the first craftsman in the Ming Dynasty and even the first craftsman to open up in history.

Bai Minghe made some instructions and asked the people from the garrison to prepare for the official ceremony tomorrow. On this night, the blacksmiths needed to use steel to make a plaque overnight, and hundreds of blacksmiths worked overnight. Many blacksmiths who were originally just craftsmen believed that this was a recognition and voluntarily joined the Bailian Sect.

Back at the place where the garrison was resting, he said before sitting down Xing'an: "Bai Minghe's move is an open conspiracy. I think there will be better and more steel in less than half a year, and the steelmaking technology will continue to improve. Later, as the reputation increases, the status of the craftsman will also increase, and the court will acknowledge the existence of such a sect."

Speaking of this, Xing'an sat down and took a sip of the tea sent by his servant and continued: "After that, carpenters, mechanisms, and even various industries such as fire divisions will have the idea of ​​establishing sects. It depends on how to manage it. It is unknown whether a special yamen will be set up in the court. However, these will be the most important weapons of the country in the future!"

The words were reasonable. Yang Neng and Jie Ji nodded.

Think about the new yarn machine and loom machine, which has greatly improved the efficiency of weaving and reduced costs.

From a long-term perspective, this is a good trend.

"Why isn't there a good day far away?" Yang Neng asked again.

This time, Bai Minghe had not answered yet, and said: "Tomorrow is a good day, not a good day. But this matter may not be accepted by too many people. It is better to have some achievements first and then a year's sect ceremony can be established, and then a banquet will be held."

"It's reasonable!" Xing'an also supports the idea of ​​reveling the old-fashioned idea.

Bai Minghe said, "What I care about is how many steel ingots I have in my hands before the end of the year. Of course, the more, the better, it's better to exceed eight million pounds!"

How many eight million kilograms of fine steel is almost made Yang Neng spew out the tea in his mouth.

Xing'an smiled and said, "There were 140 million kilograms of pig iron records last year in the Ming Dynasty, of which the yield of steel is less than two cents, which is only three million kilograms. The pig iron in Guangdong last year was 18 million kilograms. It is considered the highest province in the country, but the steel is only 200,000 kilograms."

The data in Xing'an is quite accurate. According to modern algorithms, it looks like about 90,000 tons. This is pig iron, not steel. Originally, in the Ming Dynasty, it could reach about 140,000 tons. Because of the Tumu Fort change, it affected the pig iron production in the five northern provinces in the past two years.

"I don't care. I want eight million kilograms of steel by the end of the year. If you don't believe it, I will ask Lao Tie tomorrow, and he dares to protect his life."

"After passing, there is a limit for the Qianli Horse." Yang Neng dissuaded.

Bai Minghe shook his head: "A million stone of gold pile is here, and more than a thousand blacksmiths are here. The limit of people is forced out, and they will try their best to do everything possible. At present, Dusi only needs to ensure that their iron and coal, as well as other supplies are provided, and they can eat them well and have enough rice tubes. Tell Lao Tie that all the profits of the fine steel. The Bailiangmen can leave 2.5% and 2.5% as his bonus for studying the method of steelmaking. Half achievement is the reward for them. The better the steel is refined, the more they get the benefits."

"What Bai Minghe said is supported by the miscellaneous families. Millions of stones of gold can be exchanged for copper coins to pile up a mountain." Xing'an supports Bai Minghe, and Bai Minghe's madness has not only been made this time. But every time seems to be successful. Xing'an really wants to see when will Bai Minghe's madness encounter a failure?

This is not malice, but an expectation, where the limit of the white-famous crane is.

The next day, the Bailian Sect established a ceremony.

There are no flowers or red cloth here, only three animals offer sacrifices to the Fire God. The ceremony is to start a furnace and make steel. This is the best furnace, and it takes about half an hour to practice a furnace of steel. In modern times in later generations, a furnace of steel can last twenty minutes to half an hour. After all, this is the Ming Dynasty, and the heating speed, technology, etc. are naturally not comparable to that in later generations.

A modern furnace of steel is about 120 tons.

The current technology of Daming is the largest and best steel furnace, called a 10,000 kilogram furnace, which means that one furnace can produce 10,000 kilograms of steel, which is five tons. This is already the limit of Daming's technology.

Half an hour later, steel was released.

More than 90% of all the steel ingots are poured, each ingot is ten kilograms. After a thousand ingots, the last some flow into the steel mold of about three kilograms. There are nine and a half in total, which means that the furnace steel is 10,298 and a half. Of course, each ingot will have a little error, but the calculation is calculated based on integers.

One hundred of the most outstanding blacksmiths in the original craftsmen of the garrison, in groups of ten, took turns to hammer the small steel ingots again. Bai Minghe stood in the distance and watched without saying a word. Yang Neng, Jie Ji and others also watched silently. Since it was to watch the ceremony, since the rules of the ceremony of Bailian Sect have been set, they will follow their etiquette.

During the hammering process, Xing'an suddenly spoke: "Don't be idle in the stove, no delay on both sides."

"Change the furnace! Clear the groove..." Lao Tie shouted, and the craftsmen below continued to start.

Everything was prepared in the previous furnace. The preparation for steelmaking is much more complicated than actually pouring it into the furnace. Moreover, the furnace is heated and it is impossible to use water to cool it down. It can only be cooled down with wind. The cooling process alone takes about half an hour. During this process, hearthstone strips, coal and other items are prepared.

Finally, another furnace of steel was released, and it took about an hour and a half to change the furnace. The small steel bar that had been tempered for a long time finally had a finished product.

Don’t underestimate the blacksmith of the Ming Dynasty. The final quenching is made of saltpeter water, which means that saltpeter is placed in a large water tank, and there is a small pure copper water tank inside. The last step of quenching is completed under the extremely cold and almost frozen water temperature.

A short sword that was only nine inches long was held in front of Bai Minghe. The other three pounds weighed more than this one would take time to build. After all, there were too many steels, and it was more laborious to fight than this one.

Bai Minghe knows what kind of knife is? It’s good or bad, and he can’t tell whether this thing is good or bad.

Of course, there is no need to read the best one like Zhan Lu, just listen to the name.

After thinking about it, Bai Minghe handed the knife to Xing'an: "Uncle Xing helps to see it, I feel okay."

Xing'an just saw it, thinking that this is OK. The steel and the material are good. The craftsman who built this dagger is definitely a first-class blacksmith. Although the time is short, his skills are not bad. The water ripples on the sword are even, which is enough to prove that the hammering method was exquisite and proficient in this creation.

Without testing the sword, this sword has exceeded the value of decorations and is a sword that can truly kill people.

"Why don't you build a knife?" Xing'an asked. In his opinion, a knife is a weapon.

Bai Minghe smiled: "This is used to give gifts, and this short sword is just useful." After that, Bai Minghe said to Lao Tie again: "Don't have such great strength for the rest of the swords. Just knock them a few times, because these are not for the Ming soldiers. Prepare a thousand first and then prepare ten thousand steel ingots."

"Three days, give the little one three days. Prepare for the adults to come out." Lao Tie replied.

Bai Minghe said again: "In three days, one million stones of gold will be transported to you. Make more furnaces and open more factories. At the beginning, you must plan the workshop. Before the end of the year, I will see eight million kilograms of steel, which may be done."

Lao Tie did not answer immediately. It is impossible to use a furnace continuously for days and it still requires maintenance.

The daily limit of a furnace is even if it is day and night. That is, four to five furnaces. Then, there are still 100 days to calculate the 50,000 kilograms of fine steel from now to the end of the year. It will take at least thirty days to debug and use a new furnace, and the time is very tight. But eight million kilograms can still be completed. If the new furnace is made, it will be able to be used immediately, and there is even a chance to exceed this number.

But the premise is that there is no change in this. I don’t know how long this furnace can last and how many furnaces can be burned. So based on the conservative estimate of 100,000 pounds in three days.

This furnace can be used until the end of the year without overhauling, and it will be 3 million kilograms.

"Sir, it must be done for you." The old blacksmith gritted his teeth, and he thought to himself that Lord Bai was so anxious to ask for it, it would definitely be of great use. He must not miss the adult's affairs.

"Okay, there is a rule for every sect. You can discuss and report it. Each of them has a level difference in the sect. If you share profits, you will be the only one. You must be able to distinguish between ordinary steel knives and fine steel knives. I will send someone to explain in advance." Bai Minghe ordered again.

Lao Tie responded one by one.

When making steel and making iron, it became the etiquette of establishing a sect in Bailian Sect. It was a scheming man, so naturally it was considered very sacred to make iron.

Ten swords, nine long swords, and Bai Minghe is leaving, and there is no need to put the hilt here, and there is also a scabbard.

That night, Baiminghe turned back to Guangzhou, where there were more things, and Baiminghe didn't have much time to delay here.

When he got on the boat, Xing'an spoke directly: "Bai Minghe, that sword must have three swords." Before Xing'an could finish his words, Yang Neng also said: "You must also have three masters." Bai Minghe smiled: "Do you want three masters if you don't want to do it?"

Jie Ji shook his head: "I am a civil servant, what's the point of using a sword? I'm afraid Lord Bai has already got a distribution in his heart."

"Two hands, I will leave two more hands to offer for long live. There are two more hands, one for Duke of England and one for Duke of Wei. The last one is long and short, the long one is Hua Wuqi. Finally, he has worked hard for me. Another one is..." Bai Minghe kept a secret. When several people were waiting to scold him, Bai Minghe said: "Don't underestimate this princess if you want to scold him!"

"Well, there are only two of the sects. But you have to prepare the hilt and scabbard."

The white-known crane was very proud: "This is no problem. I got two sharks on the sea. The shark fins have been dried. The fish skin is kept for scabbards. There is nothing better than shark skin scabbards. The shark head, especially the tooth bones, has been soaked with lime, which is definitely a good tribute. The meat was eaten by them. The Chinese medicine officer of the cod liver army asked for it, which is of great use."

All three of them have seen the two sharks, but they have seen the fish head. They are definitely the evil god in the sea.

When Bai Minghe returned to Guangzhou City, Yu Qian had already arrived in Datong. Standing at the gate of Datong City, Yu Qian looked at the people like a hill outside the city and the tent that was constantly imprisoning prisoners. Yu Qian frowned. (To be continued...)

ps: It's been a long time...

Haven't written so many words with a pen...
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