Encounter Qin Shihuang on a deserted island

Chapter 155

"No wonder it was different from previous war horses. It turns out that the horses' hooves are also equipped with equipment!"

Wang Jian, who has personally experienced it, naturally understands the difference between a horse without a horseshoe and a horse with a horseshoe.

If we talk about the extra points of the saber, then the horseshoe is the most fundamental magic weapon!
Without horseshoes to protect the horse's feet, even holding a magic weapon may not be able to run very far!
Although it is only a small piece of iron, it feels several times more important than the saber in hand!
It is worthy of being a child of the Immortal Family, and it is worthy of being a sharp weapon from the Immortal Court!

Wang Jian cupped his fists and cupped his hands at Chang Yu to show respect: "This old man, I am convinced."

The same is true for the Montessori generals, who admired Chang Yu's talent very much, and they all bowed their hands in respect.

In addition to horseshoes, saddles and stirrups are also very important.

I believe that after the personal experience just now, Wang Jian and Montessori will be the most clear.

Fortunately, it is not very difficult to get started, and even soldiers with no combat experience can master it in a short time.

Even if I met the Xiongnu who grew up on horseback since childhood, I believe that the Qin soldiers who have adapted to these equipment will never lose to them!
This made those civil servants speechless in shock.

Those generals were so excited that they wished they could declare war and destroy the Huns now!

"good, very good, excellent!"

The First Emperor could no longer think of any words to express it.

With a big wave of his hand, he called Xiang Heng: "I order you to go back immediately and produce three-piece sets of war horses and even sabers!"

"At least tens of thousands of cavalry must be equipped. With the help of this sharp weapon, we will definitely be able to sweep the Xiongnu!"

When Xiang Heng heard this, his face turned pale and he was about to cry.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this matter is not going well."

With ten thousand cavalry?
Just kidding!
With the current stock, it can match up to two thousand!

Not only the three-piece set of war horses, but also the armor and sabers need hundreds of forged iron!

With the current stock, there is simply not enough to make it!
If the equipment is reduced, it will not reach the desired level!
There are not so many raw materials, but so many are insisted on? !
Don't talk about it, it can't be finished, just cut it off!
Strictly speaking, the Iron Age started in the Qin Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty developed to spread throughout the country.

Qin Dynasty's ironmaking technology consumes a lot of raw materials, but the output is very low.

Without perfect refining technology, many fields need to be explored bit by bit.

The ironmaking technology of the Han Dynasty developed rapidly based on the experience of the Qin Dynasty.

It was not until the middle of the Northern and Southern Dynasties that technologies that could greatly increase production first emerged.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that the fuel was improved from the perspective of fire, and it was considered the heyday of ancient ironmaking.

According to records, the annual amount of iron smelting before the Song Dynasty was only less than [-] catties.

After the Song Dynasty, the stock of ironmaking reached an astonishing 15 catties!
It has become the first country in the world to reach the annual production of [-] tons of iron-making stock.

This method not only starts with fuel, but also tempers through watering.

The technique is far more complicated than that of Daqin, but it can greatly increase the output.

Of course, there are great conflicts around the world regarding records in this regard.

You know, the annual output of the European continent at the same time as the Song Dynasty was less than [-].

But in comparison, our land of China is the region that lacks creativity the least.

Even before BC, there were already many leading industries in the world.

After AD, with the Han Dynasty as the starting point, there was already the beginning of the Silk Road.

It is not surprising that it has been leading European countries for many years and even ranks first in the world in production.

It's just that there are many interests mixed in, so the records appear to be contradictory.

In fact, in today's Qin Dynasty, the assembly line industry has also developed very well.

Chang Yu personally forged it with the craftsmen, such as forging the saber this time.

That is the most clear about their production capacity.

He dared to say, even looking at today's Europe and even North Africa.

It is almost impossible to find a country that can compete with Daqin in terms of productivity.

However, the sudden death of the First Emperor, coupled with Zhao Gao's usurpation of power, caused Qin II to completely seal the title.

The battle between Chu and Han for hegemony can be said to have buried all of Daqin's industries in the flames of war.

When the Han Dynasty was established, it was tantamount to starting training again.

The same is true for the next few dynasty evolutions.

Many industries and cultures disappeared during the war and reappeared after the war.

The Qing army entered the customs, closed the country, and still implemented the feudal dynasty, missing the initial industrial revolution.

This wave of operations can be said to have caused misery to the people of China.

After the end of the Second World War, scientists of all ages have worked hard day and night to catch up with the development of the times.

The first to bear the brunt is the industrialization of steel.

The new order and the development of the new world are inseparable from the economy, and steel is also inseparable.

Although Chang Yu has never experienced the Great Steel Age, he has always been mentioned by the older generation.

He might not be very familiar with refining steel, but he knows a thing or two.

After all, as one of the youngest professors in the country, Chang Yu knows more than just farming.

Today, Daqin's technology is forging through repeated tempering, and there is no technology such as frying and watering.

In addition, most of the iron they forged was used for agricultural tools rather than weapons.

After all, iron farm tools are much easier to use than bronze ones.

For a while, there was not much improvement in quality.

These days, it was Chang Yu who kept strict requirements, and they were able to practice well.

Why?

Because they use wood fired.

With the ignition point of wood, it is impossible to completely purify iron ore.

Of course, the iron produced in this way can only be used as agricultural tools and not weapons.

In contrast, the ignition point of bronze is lower than that of iron ore, but bronze is obviously not enough for today's era.

If you want to improve the current situation, you have to start with the steps of burning paper iron ore.

In the era of big iron and steel, the conditions in all aspects were also very bad, but they just used coal to burn molten iron.

Daqin seems to have never seen coal, but don't panic!
There were quite a few of them when they were on the deserted island. The first emperor said that he didn't want to bring them back, but it was Chang Yu's insistence.

Unexpectedly, it actually came in handy!

Remember the whale blubber that was shot in the middle of the sea, besides coal?

Whale fat is also a highly combustible material, but it can be burned but the ignition point is very low.

That is to say, the temperature is not high, and it will only be maintained at a balanced ignition point.

However, the advantage is that whale fat is very resistant to burning and lasts for a long time!
Combining fat and coal may prolong the burning time a lot!

In this way, the problem of forging and the problem of insufficient coal stock can be solved.

Although there is whale fat prolonging the burning time, the coal is only so much and the temperature is so high that it will be gone after burning.

This is exactly what Chang Yu wants, to be able to maintain a burning point and prolong the burning time as much as possible.

In this way, from the limited materials, as much molten iron as possible can be extracted for forging!
(End of this chapter)