Chapter 93: Luxing is a talent

"Thank you, thank you for your hard work." Zhang Yang got off the horse and said to Tang He who came to greet him.

"No, no, no, it's not hard, but my brother, running back and forth, was so tired. Tang He blushed, and hadn't done anything these days, and he spent all leisurely in the Killing Port.

Shi Xin had already reported this briefly to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang was very happy to learn that he had contacted Zhu Yuanzhang and sold 6,000 kilograms of iron for 5,000 taels of silver. He was especially happy to learn that Tang He was not nostalgic for these childhood friends and resolutely followed him. He had already regarded Tang He as his brother. Therefore, the words just now did not contain derogatory meaning.

"Who are these people?" Zhang Yang said to the dozen or so innocent faces behind Tang He. Time is tight, and Shi Xin did not mention these people.

"By the way, I'll introduce it." Tang He said, "This is Brother Zhang, and we will follow him in the future." Then he said to Zhang Yang: "These people saved Shixin and me in Haozhou. They are my old subordinates."

Zhang Yang's eyes lit up: If you can live with Tang He and Shixin, you will naturally be a trustworthy brother. Moreover, they are the Red Turban Army in Haozhou City and must have rich combat experience. They are in need of capable men to guard the Killer Port.

Tang He pulled someone over and said, "Brother, this is Lu Xing, who is a tenth-man commander in Haozhou City."

"I've seen my elder brother." Lu Xing lowered his head and said.

Then continue to be the chief of the tenth husband and stationed here. Zhang Yang thought in his heart that he was about to touch his mouth, but he heard the Sain behind him say. "Brother, this person is the person I told you just now who knows how to fry steel."

Frying steel? A hint of joy flashed through Zhang Yang's heart: I can find a way to turn iron into steel without any effort. I want to find a way to turn iron into steel, but I have no talent and I am not proficient in it. God is really helping me!

Zhang Yang immediately pulled Lu Xing's hand: "Brother Lu, you can make steel?"

"My father was a craftsman in the Iron and Metal Department of Shun Guangping. Later, the Iron and Metal Department was dismissed and became a private household. However, the land rent for the landlords was too high and they gradually couldn't survive, so they had to follow General Guo." Lu Xing said.

"How about my iron?" Zhang Yang took out the grenade and handed it to Lu Xing.

Unexpectedly, Lu Xing took a look, but did not take it: "Brother, I have seen this kind of iron in Brother Shixin. The ability to make iron ore like this means that the furnace temperature is high enough, and it is very suitable to cast it directly into this weapon. However, to make a large sword and spear of fine steel, impurities need to be removed."

Zhang Yang's eyes shone: Lu Xing really knows iron smelting, so he has found a suitable person: "Then how to remove the impurities in it?"

"There are two main methods, one is to make steel and the other is to make steel." Lu Xing paused for a moment, and saw everyone looking at him, feeling a little fluttering and never received such attention.

"Steel making is repeated heating and forging, and forging. Forging can remove inclusions, reduce the size of residual inclusions, make the composition uniform and dense tissue, thereby greatly increasing the strength of the iron. When the weight is no longer reduced, it is enough." Lu Xing explained.

"If this happens, a lot of labor will be wasted." Zhang Yang said. This steelmaking method has too much labor intensity and low efficiency.

"So there is a second method: stir-fry steel. Frying steel is to stir the liquid iron continuously, just like cooking, add concentrate powder during the turn to remove impurities."

"This is simple." Zhang Yang nodded. The wisdom of the working people is endless. Frying steel? This can make iron smelting on a large scale, meeting your needs, melting iron ore into iron in the iron smelting furnace, and then turning it into stir-frying steel, or production line!

"If the fried steel is forged again, will the quality be better?" Shi Xin began to learn from it.

"Of course, this kind of steel is also called Bailian Steel, but it is much better than the Bailian Steel Steel I just mentioned." Lu Xing said.

In fact, these technologies were found in the Han Dynasty, but they knew very little about ordinary people. Even Zhang Yang, who had a diploma and degree certificate from universities, did not know the knowledge of these majors, let alone those who deal with salt all day long.

But having knowledge does not mean that you can do these things. There are two very important words in it, namely experience.

I have no experience in cooking, either batter or cooked, and I have no experience in cooking steel, but I still have a pile of scrap iron.

"Sometimes, after stir-frying the steel, the steel will become less hard. Adding an appropriate amount of molten iron will make the steel filler." Lu Xing continued.

After hearing Lu Xing's explanation, Zhang Yang was extremely happy and decided to set off immediately and rushed to the base!

"Lu Xing, follow me to the base, Dingchen and Lu Zhen, you two take these brothers to stay here for the time being and make the defense here."

"Okay! Big Brother!" Tang He danced. This place is better than the base, right? At least if you are bored, you can go out for a walk.

"Don't be too happy too early. You have another task here. Find me some blacksmiths with irons, the more the better." It's better for those who are familiar with this industry, and they are more familiar with the road.

"How do I find them?"

"This is your business. No matter what means you use, just get it for me. After you come, you will first give me a settlement fee of five taels of silver, and each person will have a salary of one tael of silver per month." This salary is already quite high.

Any means can be done? This is simple, at worst, you can snatch him up, and Tang He is also good at this.

Suddenly, something fell on Tang He's body.

"What?" Zhang Yang looked down.

Tang He also looked down, and his face immediately became ugly. This was the pistol given to his elder brother by Zhu Yuanzhang. Shi Xin was eager to ride back to the salt field, so he handed it over to Tang He for safekeeping first. Unexpectedly, he had a happy day in the past two days and forgot all the gifts.

It won't break it, right? Tang He quickly picked it up and wiped it with his sleeves. Fortunately, it was as bright as before.

"Brother, this is a gift from Mr. Zhu to you."

"Oh? Come and take it and let me see." Zhang Yang took it.

This is a copper tube with a thick wall, a thick lower end, and a small hole. It seems that it is a bit similar to the cigarette gun that everyone in the Qing Dynasty.

"Brother, Xu Da said that this is a very powerful weapon, called a hand gun." Shi Xin said.

Needless to say, I also knew that this was called a pistol, Zhang Yang thought to himself.

The sudden musket appeared in the Song Dynasty, and by the Yuan and Ming dynasties, firearms shone even more. Especially the Ming Chengzu, named Zhu Yuanzhang, was very good at using firearms, including copper and iron guns, invincible handguns, thousand-mile guns, three-eyed guns, etc. This kind of handgun is a relatively small one. The people around him, like frogs in the well, have never seen the big scenes of war. In the foreseeable years, these firearms will definitely go onto the stage of history.

If Zhu Yuanzhang could not see this handgun, he would only think it was a symbol of friendship. In Zhang Yang's eyes, it was simply a naked threat. Zhu Yuanzhang had the ambitions of the world, not only the Yuan Dynasty, but any rebel army that threatened him would be regarded as a strong opponent and would eat the other party together with bones and meat.

"Shixin." Zhang Yang shouted: "Next time you go to deliver the iron, when you see him, give him a grenade, just treat it as a gift."

"Grenade? Yes, brother." Shi Xin was more interested in this task.

Just a simple copper firearm like you want to pose a threat to me? Wait and see my secret weapon!
Chapter completed!