Chapter 41                                                             �

"Please rest assured by the teacher." Yin Zongyi said: "Disciples must remember the teacher's lessons. Although they are stupid, they will definitely work hard on the steam engine in the future and live up to the teacher's entrustedness."

Zhou Mengchen said, "That's good."

For a moment, Zhou Mengchen didn't know what he felt. He just felt that his disciples around him had left him and made careers in his own field. It was like the seeds of dandelions, blown by the wind, and the yard was filled with all the yard.

I just don't know what kind of seeds will bear in the future.

After all, it is impossible to rely on Zhou Mengchen alone. He will spend more time in the future in the political arena. In the Ming Dynasty, no, this is true in China. Academics and politics are connected, and without a political status, it is difficult to implement academics.

Zhou Mengchen will work hard to determine his political status in the future, but in other matters, he will rely on his disciples.

He really hoped that among his disciples, there would be several great scholars.

After all, academic struggles are different from other aspects. They are not about fighting and killing, but about passing on the torch.

A considerable city has been built seven or eight miles northwest of Shuozhou City. From here to the northwest, there is an open-pit coal mine. At this moment, a road has been pushed out by vehicles transporting coal. At the southeast, there is a river. Although this river is not big, it can also be moored by ships. It leads directly to the Sanggan River.

It can be said that the geographical location here is quite good. The only bad thing is that it is at the upper entrance of Shuozhou City, which is probably not very friendly to the people of Shuozhou.

However, this little disadvantage is negligible in terms of its huge cost advantage.

Because the amount of coal is used is huge, both the roads and rivers are dyed black. They are all scattered coal soil and traces of paving the road with cinders.

Zhou Mengchen brought a group of people to tell the story of the inside of Shuozhou Jiancheng.

If you are in the Shuozhou City, you will find that it is still an empty shell.

The outside city wall was built by Zhou Mengchen mobilized the people of Shuozhou and took a month to build it. In fact, it was not very solid. After all, the time was still short. Zhou Mengchen discussed with Yin Zhengmao. Now the most important thing is to solve the problem. When the cement factory is also built in the future, a copper and iron wall will be built nearby.

This is also the biggest disadvantage of Datong.

If you are in the mainland, you need a city wall outside. Even if you need it, it will not be too late to repair it in the end. Only in Datong, Shuozhou was in the southwest of Datong. Last year, the Tatars invaded, and it was not a key area. There were only some fragmented raids. Shuozhou was like Lingqiu, Hunyuan, and other prefectures, and it was a prefecture that was not ravaged by the Tatars.

But it's still unsafe.

Especially military and national key areas such as military weapons supervision.

Therefore, many things inside have not been built yet, so we must first build the city wall.

Moreover, after Zhou Mengchen returned, he had to dispatch troops. With the strength of Zhou Mengchen's hands, he still had to draw some of them to garrison here.

At this moment, Zhou Mengchen was looking at the first steelmaking furnace in Shuozhou Supervisory.

As soon as Zhou Mengchen entered the Shuozhou Supervisory Office, he saw the blast furnace from afar.

The stove is already in operation.

Now, Zhou Mengchen is no longer the kind of person waiting by the blast furnace. There are many things to do. In fact, Datong has urged him many times to go back soon. If the furnace had not been ready soon, he would have been on his way back to Datong.

Even if he had a little time in Shuozhou, Zhou Mengchen spent a lot of time to understand the local situation in Shuozhou and see how much power it can be used in Shuozhou.

I already have some idea in my heart.

However, after returning, we have to discuss with Yang Jisheng.

Zhou Mengchen looked at the iron furnace and said, "This furnace seems to be much larger than the one I used to do?"

The craftsmen around him were all old men from the Military Arts Prison. Seeing Zhou Mengchen say this, he smiled and said, "Mr. Zhou's eyes are poisonous, and he can tell at a glance. Yes, this furnace is a circle larger than the one in the Military Arts Prison. In fact, this is based on the original intention of the adults. But we found that it seems that the bigger the furnace, the better the effect. If the furnace is smaller, it will be troublesome."

Zhou Mengchen said little by little, "Yes, how about this furnace?"

The craftsman said, "Report to the master, overall, coal is better than that of Beijing's coal, and iron ore is not as good as Zunhua. However, the furnace is good, and this furnace of iron is definitely enough to make weapons. But if it is used to cast cannons, it is better to wait."

Zhou Mengchen also knew it.

Many things in this era depend on experience. The composition measurement and proportional calculation of coal mines and iron ore are not very good. Once the ore is produced, you have to try again and again to get the best results.

Just like the best gunpowder of this era is Nanjing Liumu Gunpowder.

The reason is that when the imperial court established its capital in Nanjing and produced gunpowder, it was found that after a lot of experiments, it was found that it was mainly based on Nanjing willow charcoal. This recipe is the most powerful because the carbon content of different charcoals is different. The carbon content of the same trees in different origins also has subtle differences in the carbon content. Nanjing willow charcoal is already very close to the perfect black-gunpowder formula.

However, after the changes in the soil and climate, the growth of willow trees changed. However, the formula remains unchanged, but the effect is not as good as before. In addition, the shoddy production of the official system has declined.

And the same is true now.

The steel used for artillery was a formula that Zhou Mengchen had tried again and again when he was in Beijing. This is based on Zunhua Iron and Mentougou coal mine foundation.

The steelmaking industry is more about experience and science. It can only be tried over and over again.

Of course, it would be better if there were more advanced analysis and determination of tear-containing instruments, but now we can only use the stupidest method.

Zhou Mengchen nodded, thought for a moment in his heart, and thought to himself: "Do you want to get out the periodic table of elements?" Zhou Mengchen thought for a moment, but still had no decision. After all, he has no time to use his energy to make a big article. After all, the periodic table of elements is not just a table, but a crystallization of modern chemistry.

It represents a staged summary of chemistry. If you want to explain the periodic table of elements clearly, there are many ideas and experiments here, and it is inevitable that you need to explain them in detail.

However, Zhou Mengchen also decided to prepare and lay a theoretical foundation for chemistry. Let's see if there are any figures among his disciples who can inherit and carry forward the vast number of people.

Zhou Mengchen waited for a while in the distance of the iron furnace, but someone shouted and the furnace was turned on.

But a few people came forward, opened the furnace door, and introduced the molten iron into the prepared groove. The rolling molten iron flowed out like magma.

Zhou Mengchen only felt that the heat was steaming, and the air seemed to be ignited. Sweat on his body suddenly came out, and his scalp was a little itchy. After all, the hair of the ancients was very long. A lot of sweating made people feel uncomfortable. Zhou Mengchen was watching from a distance, and those craftsmen who worked close at the same time were extremely difficult.

Everyone was shirtless, with only one shorts, and their bodies were extremely smooth, as if they were applied with oil. However, a lot of sweat increased the breath of hormonals.

Everyone can only work here for a while and then change it immediately. Every one who changes will drink a lot of water. It seems that there is a fire in their stomachs.

The rolling heat finally retreated. Zhou Mengchen could only look at the newly produced steel ingots. Zhou Mengchen drew out a long knife, slashed it, and tried the quality. It was more than enough to use it to create cold weapons such as swords and guns.

Zhou Mengchen asked: "Based on this number, create 50,000 long swords, 50,000 spear heads, and have several armors, and are completed before autumn. Is it OK?"

They were all armed soldiers, and Zhou Mengchen didn't want anything too good.

"It should be no problem." Yin Zhengmao said: "But the spear head is easy to talk about. I suggest that you only use the blade to hit the blade here and let the knife handle be installed on the bottom. This will be faster."

Even if there is no steam engine for a while, it is easy to build a blade with a water drain. However, the hilt of the knife is a bit troublesome. After all, the military weapon supervisors are all masters. Many ordinary craftsmen do not follow him. Moreover, installing the hilt is essentially a carpenter's job. There are countless such people on the side.

Zhou Mengchen said, "Okay. Let's do it." He looked up and said in his heart, "In this way, the problem of weapons will be solved. It's time to go back to Datong."
Chapter completed!