First, we will try the iron trial of the iron ore of Chu State. If it doesn’t work, then we will find a way to test the iron ore imported from Xiangping, Liaodong County, Yan State, Shilu, Hainan or Tiandu. This is the iron ore with the best ore quality in the country known as Xiong Jing. Some people are known as ginseng iron. If the iron ore in these two places is not good, we can only give up the converter temporarily and wait until we find the alkaline furnace lining.

It is always easy to give orders. Just point here and there to the map and give a few instructions. People who are looking for the mine will run away. Fortunately, Yan State has the advantage of salt and iron, so the Yan State is naturally happy to look for it. Hainan is different. The South China Sea is the sphere of influence of the Yue people, but even the Yue people only went south to Xuwen, Hepu, and had never climbed the sea-surrounding state, and went to find the iron ore by rashly...

"Your Highness, there are snakes and insects everywhere in Yue, and there are many miasma. Can you find these two iron ores slowly?" Ji Yin looked puzzled.

The Chu people were extremely afraid of snakes, especially two-headed snakes. Legend has it that people who saw two-headed snakes must die. Xiong Jing naturally understood Ji Yin's concerns, and he said, "Let the Yue people go and find them, and then..."

Hainan is thousands of miles away, and even if iron ore is found, it has to be transported back by sailing boat. The sailing boat, the largest ship in Chu, is only 45 meters apart. Usually, the ships built are twelve or three meters, and the large-wing warships are only twenty-seven or eight meters. Because the ship is small, the original shipbuilding materials are not available at all, so they can only be selected and cut down again. The wood must be dried after being cut. The first sailing boat will be built next year according to the time. Then the captain's sailor's cultivation time is included. It is estimated that sailing in the sea will last until the next year or even the next year.

"Let's go for now." Thinking of the construction schedule of sailboats, Xiong Jing had to give up Hainan. Hainan gave up, and Yan State had to give up. After all, the iron ore of Yan State also had to be transported by sailboats. "The iron ore trial of our Chu State, especially Jiangnan iron ore, is the first."

Xiong Jing changed the order, Ji Yin, Gong Yin and others all said that they believed that the converter giant iron would definitely be refined.

"Your Highness, what kind of weapon should the ink furnace and the giant iron be refined?" The converter has come to an end for the time being. Although it has not been completed, the ink furnace can be refined. Gong Yindao just wants to know what kind of magic weapon should be created by the giant iron produced in the ink furnace.

"Your Highness, the secret of the ink furnace is crucial." Iron official Kong Su also spoke, "You must not tell me if you are the craftsmen of Chu."

"Your Highness, only the villain knows the secret of the ink furnace, and others don't know how to install the furnace." Ou Chou said quickly. He was very careful. He left all his apprentice assistants when installing the furnace before smelting to prevent leaks.

The secret of the ink furnace lies mostly in the furnace itself, and the secret of coke. Xiong Jing thought for a while before saying, "The ink furnace smelting is still outside the Mansion of the Form Mansion. The workshop where the assassin was invisible last time is no owner, so let's be there."

There is nothing wrong with smelting the ink furnace closer to the palace. When Ou Chou and Kong Su nodded, Gong Yindao still looked over. The giant iron was better than bronze. He hoped that the giant iron could refine some magical weapons.

"The output of the Giant Iron is too low. It is not enough for tools and the workmanship is not enough. I won't build any weapons for the time being," Xiong Jing's instructions disappointed Gong Yindao, but before Xiong Jing finished speaking, he thought for a while and said, "If the output is more than enough, then build a cavalry knife."

Weapons are closely related to the way the army fights. If the Chu army does not change its tactics, then the giant iron should create weapons such as spear, halberd, spear, and slaughter; if it is used to use Alexander's spear phalanx or Swiss phalanx, then it should create a spearhead; if it is used to use Roman phalanx, then it should create a Roman dagger.

However, the tactics that have been used for hundreds of years cannot be changed by just changing them. Xiong Jing himself does not know which tactics are advanced and which one is backward. The advantages and disadvantages of tactics involve environmental, terrain, military source, logistics and other factors. He knows little about cold weapon tactics, so he can only start from this month's autumn rage and spend one to two years experimenting with new tactics.

In this way, the military academy matters need to be postponed, and the large-scale casting and replacement of Juti Weapons must be postponed. Among them, only the cavalry is unchanged. Regardless of whether the cavalry uses a cavalry spear like Cossack in the future, the cavalry knife is essential.

The confidentiality of ink furnace steelmaking technology, the independent arrangement of the smelting area, the output and use of ink furnace steel... After these matters were discussed, Xiong Jing returned to the East Palace. He had already started to use small-scale papers on the palace. He briefly recorded the failure and subsequent arrangements of converter steelmaking, and finally recorded two figures: 33.33 gold and 50 tons.

The former is the accounting cost of ink furnace steel. Because of the manual amortization of equipment, the cost of each kilogram of ink furnace steel is 80 yuan, and one ton is 320,000 yuan, and one ton is 9,600 yuan, which is 33.33 gold; 50 tons is the planned output for a year, not because it cannot be produced more, but because the price of ink furnace steel is too high. Even if it only produces 50 tons per year, it will cost more than 1,600 yuan a year, accounting for two percent of the nominal fiscal revenue of Chu State. If the cost of casting and forging processing is included, the cost may not be less than four thousand gold. Economy, technology, military, and the three are closely related. No matter how good the technology is, it depends on the country's economy, and you can't think about how much it is.

'This is not a game!' Xiong Jing sighed inexplicably in his heart, ending the work log of that day.

*

"I respect the king: I heard that Qin has sent envoys to our country and want our eldest son to enter Qin as a magistrate." The next day, the Yan Dynasty was in the morning. Before he even started discussing matters, Huang Xie revealed the news that Qin State had asked the prince to enter Qin as a magistrate. Xiong Yuan was stunned on the spot.

"This matter is very important, please make a decision as soon as possible." Under the angry eyes of Zhaoshu and others, Huang Xie insisted on finishing his words. After all, he was the prime minister of Chu. It is a major event for the prince to enter Qin to be a ruling, and if he does not report it, he is dereliction of duty.

"What should I do? What should I do..." Xiong Yuan's face turned a little purple, and he only said, "What should I do?" He really didn't know what should I do. Entering Qin as a qualifier evoked his memories more than 20 years ago. He had been in Qin as a qualifier, and was lucky enough to return to the country to ascend the throne under Huang Xie's planning. For twenty-five years, the State of Chu has always regarded Huang Xie as the chief minister and also conferred the twelve counties in Huaibei. It can be seen how important it is to him to leave Qin as a return to the country.

The majesty made people have to look up at the Qin Palace, who was worshipping the Qin Palace, and no matter how they slandered the officials of the Qigong Palace who would smile and greet him, disguised as a royal hand and left Qin, but on the mid-winter night when the axle was broken on the official road... These have become Xiong Yuan's nightmare. Every time he dreamed that he would wake up in the Qigong Palace in the middle of the night. Could it be that his son would live in the Xianyang Qigong like he was back then?

"King, King," the chief servant Jiang was frightened when he saw Xiong Yuan's face suddenly turned purple. He ignored etiquette and helped Xiong Yuan caress his chest and back, fearing that the king would dizzy.

Xiong Yuan himself also noticed the physical discomfort. He gritted his teeth and struggled out of his dizziness. After calming down, he said, "I will never allow Jing'er to enter Qin as a stamina, and I will never allow it!"
Chapter completed!