Chapter 93 Lu Xing is a Talent

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

"No, no, it's not hard, but big brother, running back and forth, it's too tired. Tang He blushed. He didn't do anything these days. He spent all leisurely in the murder port.

Shi Xin has roughly reported this experience to Zhang Yang. Zhang Yang was very happy to learn that he had made contact with Zhu Yuanzhang and sold 6,000 catties of iron for 5,000 taels of silver. Especially when he learned that Tang He did not miss these childhood partners, he resolutely followed him and suddenly felt a sense of joy. He has regarded Tang and the real as his brother. Therefore, what I just said is not derogatory.

"Who are these people?" Zhang Yang looked at Tang and more than a dozen raw faces behind him and said. Time was tight, and Shixin did not mention these people.

"Yes, let me introduce it." Tang He said, "This is Brother Zhang. We will follow him in the future." Then he said to Zhang Yang, "These people saved me and Shixin's life in Haozhou. They are my old subordinates."

Zhang Yang's eyes lit up: If he can be the surname of Tang and He Shixin, he is naturally a trustworthy brother, and they are a red scarf army in Haozhou City. They must have rich combat experience. They just need strong manpower to guard the murder port.

Tang He pulled a man over and said, "Brother, this is Lu Xing. He is a ten-husband in Haozhou City."

"I've met my big brother." Lu Xing bowed his head and said.

Then continue to be the tenth captain and stay here. Zhang Yang thought to himself. He just wanted to move his mouth, but he listened to Shi Xin behind him. Brother, this person is the person I just told you about how to fry steel.

Stir-fried steel? A trace of joy flashed in Zhang Yang's heart: There is no place to find a place to break the iron shoes, and it takes no time. He wants to find a way to turn iron into steel. He suffers from the lack of talent and is not proficient in it. It's really God's help to me!

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

"My father was a craftsman in Shunguangping Iron Metallurgy Division. Later, the Iron Metallurgy Division was dismissed and became a private household. However, the land rent of the landlord's house was too high, and he gradually couldn't survive, so he had to follow General Guo." Lu Xing said.

"What do you think of 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: "Big brother, I have seen this kind of iron from Shixin. The fact that the iron ore can be refined like this means that the furnace temperature is high enough, and it is very suitable to directly cast into this kind of weapon. However, if you want to make a big knife and spear of fine steel, you need to remove the impurities in it."

Zhang Yang's eyes shine: This Lu Xing really understands iron smelting, and he has found the right person: "So how to remove the impurities in it?"

"There are two main methods, one is steelmaking and the other is stir-frying steel." Lu Xing paused for a moment and saw that everyone was looking at him. He felt a little fluttering and had never received such attention.

"Hundred steelmaking is repeated heating and forging. Forging can remove the inclusion, reduce the size of the residue inclusion, and make the composition uniform and the tissue dense, thus greatly improving the strength of iron. When the weight is no longer reduced, it will be fine. Lu Xing explained.

"In that case, a lot of labor will be wasted." Zhang Yang said. This kind of steelmaking method has too much labor intensity and low efficiency.

"So there is a second method: stir-frying steel. Stir-frying steel is to keep stirring liquid iron, just like stir-frying. In the process of turning, concentrate powder is added to remove the impurities in it.

"This is simple." Zhang Yang nodded. The wisdom of the working people is endless. Stir-frying steel? In this way, iron can be smelted on a large scale, which meets your own needs. The iron ore is melted into iron water in the iron furnace, and then turned into fried steel after flowing out, or it is still produced in the assembly line!

"If the fried steel is forged again, will the quality be better?" Shixin began to draw inferences.

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

In fact, these technologies have existed as early as the Han Dynasty, but for ordinary people, they know very little about them. Even Zhang Yang, who has a college diploma and degree certificate, does not know these professional knowledge, let alone these people 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, that is, experience.

I have no experience in stir-frying, either paste or undercooked, and I have no experience in stir-frying steel, so the stir-frying is still a pile of scrap iron.

"Sometimes after stir-frying steel, the steel will become less hard. At this time, add an appropriate amount of molten iron, which is to fill the steel." Lu Xing continued.

After listening to Lu Xing's explanation, Zhang Yang was overjoyed. He immediately decided to set out immediately and rushed to the base!

"Lu Xing, you go with me to the base, Dingchen, Lv Zhen, you two take these brothers to garrison here for the time being and start the defense here."

"Good! Big brother!" Tang and his hands danced. Is it better here than the base? At least you can go out for a walk when you are bored.

"Don't be happy too early. You are here. There is another task. Find me some blacksmiths. The more the better." It's better to be familiar with people in this industry. They are more familiar with the road.

"How can I find them?"

"This is your business. No matter what means you use, just get it for me. After you come, first pay the house fee of five taels of silver, and one taels of silver per person per month." The salary is already quite high.

Any means is fine? This is simple. At worst, he will be robbed. Tang He is also good at this.

Suddenly "Deng!" Something fell from Tanghe's body.

"What is it?" Zhang Yang looked down.

Tang He also looked down and looked down, and his face immediately became ugly. This was the hand that Zhu Yuanzhang gave to his eldest brother. Shi Xin was in a hurry to ride back to the salt farm and gave it to Tang He to keep it first. Unexpectedly, he had a good time in the past two days and forgot all about this gift.

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

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

"Oh? Let me have a look." Zhang Yang took it over.

This is a copper pipe. The wall of the pipe is very thick, the lower end is relatively thick, and there is a small hole. It seems that the smoke gun of everyone in the Qing Dynasty is a little similar.

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

Needless to say, I also know that this is called a hand, Zhang Yang thought of it secretly.

The musket appeared in the Song Dynasty, and in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, firearms were even more brilliant. In particular, this Ming Chengzu named Zhu Yuanzhang is very good at using firearms. There are more than ten kinds of copper and iron gun, invincible hand gun, thousand miles of gun, three-eyed gun and so on. This kind of hand gun is a relatively small one. These people around me, like frogs in the well, have never seen the big scene of war. In a foreseeable few years, these firearms will definitely enter the stage of history.

And Zhu Yuanzhang gave himself this hand. If he can't see it, he will only be regarded as a symbol of friendship, and in Zhang Yang's eyes, it is simply a naked threat. Zhu Yuanzhang has the ambition of the world. Not only the Yuan Dynasty, but also any rebel army that threatens him will be regarded as a strong opponent and will eat the other party with bones and meat.

"Shixin." Zhang Yang shouted, "Next time you go to deliver iron, when you see him, give him a grenade as a return gift."

"Grenade? Yes, big brother." Shixin is more interested in this task.

With a simple copper firearm like you, do you want to pose a threat to me? Wait and see my secret weapon!

Tie still wants to be sold to him. First, he needs funds. Second, so far, the number one enemy is the Yuan Dynasty, and the enemy of the enemy is his friend. Zhu Yuanzhang's strength, for the Yuan Dynasty, would be a fish bone stuck in their throats.

(There will be recommendations next week. I'm very excited. Today's time is tight. Only two chapters have been updated. Tomorrow, it will continue to break out, about 8,000 to 10,000 words. Thank you for your editor-in-charge and your great support!)