Li Shimin's will: Li Zhi, the throne belongs to your brother

Li Shimin repeated it many times, but he didn't fall asleep in a daze, so he didn't sleep at all.

I found a quill and began to copy Wang Xizhi's characters, but the quill broke when I pressed it hard.

Li Shimin shook his head, this thing can't use too much strength at all.

He sighed, feeling that he couldn't keep up with the changes, so he could only find a brush and start copying.

I don't know how long it took, but it was dawn.

"Your Majesty, it's dawn!!" The Yulin Army reminded Li Shimin who was a little confused.

"It's dawn!!!" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and after realizing it, he hurriedly said to the Yulin army: "Quick, wake up King Wei."

Chapter 90 Fire Dragon Furnace = Gold Swallowing Beast

Early in the morning Li Tai was woken up by Li Shimin.

When he just opened the door, a gust of cold wind greeted him, and he shivered immediately.

I don't know when, the snow has stopped.

Looking around, the mountains and trees are covered with a layer of white, cold and holy.

Only the periphery of the blast furnace was not covered by snow, and some only had traces of wetness, which looked extraordinarily abrupt.

And Yang Siqi waited here for a long time with dark circles under his eyes, along with Zhang Yajiu and a dozen or so disciples.

Seeing Li Shimin and Li Tai, Yang Siqi's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly reported to Li Tai.

"Your Highness, just over an hour ago, the fire dragon had already breathed out smoke, and it will be able to produce molten iron soon!"

"Okay, well done, are you tired?" Li Tai asked looking at Yang Siqi's big dark circles.

"Not tired, staying up all night is nothing." Yang Siqi quickly saluted.

"Well, all the craftsmen are okay, did anyone catch the cold?"

"Return to Your Highness, Caomin has asked about it, and all the craftsmen are very energetic, and there is no discomfort."

Li Tai looked around, and there seemed to be no one who was sick and coughing: "Don't be careless, if you catch a cold, you must find a doctor as soon as possible."

"Yes, Your Highness."

"You also know the time of blast furnace refining and the amount of imports.

You arrange for people to smelt iron in turn to ensure that the blast furnace continues to smelt iron day and night.

And that crow's nine, teach him, and then you go to rest. "

"The grass people understand!"

Yang Siqi's face was very calm, and he couldn't see the waves, but he was wondering why Li Tai asked him to teach Zhang Yajiu.

"Now arrange for people to drain the water in the iron pool and get the iron out.

And the iron slag is also arranged for manpower to be broken and put into the cement silo for storage. "

"Yes!" Yang Siqi turned around and began to order the craftsmen.

A small group of people work in shifts, some people carry shovels to dispose of iron slag, and most people are digging iron.

The water used to cool the molten iron pool was already cold, but it was very cloudy and did not freeze.

Under Yang Siqi's command, the craftsmen dug a ditch, and the cold water flowed away along the ditch.

After the water was drained, a little sand and countless blue and black iron shavings were exposed in the iron pool.

After the craftsmen shoveled away these impurities, they continued to excavate along the edges of the surrounding iron.

Li Tai frowned, the mold made of bricks and mud didn't work.

The weight of the molten iron was not estimated properly, so that the molten iron directly overflowed the mold and became a whole piece after cooling, with an area about the size of four cars.

Just as Li Tai was thinking, all the craftsmen cheered that the iron block had been struck.

"So big, so hard!"

"It's the first time I've seen such a big piece of iron in my life."

"How much iron is in this??"

A craftsman hit the iron block with a hammer, making a loud 'clang' sound: "Listen to the sound, and you will know that it is good iron."

Satisfied, Li Shimin squatted down and knocked twice: "It's really rare in my life to have so much iron."

Yang Siqi hurriedly reported to Li Shimin and Li Tai: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, this iron has been practiced."

Li Shimin's eyes were red with greed, and he quickly ordered: "Quick, get all the iron out."

"Yes!" Yang Siqi began to direct the craftsmen: "Dig out the four corners, tie the four corners with ropes, and pull out the iron with two horses..."

Soon, the craftsmen dug out the four corners, and then put ropes on the four corners, and two horses on the other end of the rope.

With a sound of "driving", the rope was tightened, and the horse began to exert strength, but the iron block remained motionless.

"Quick~ get some more horses!!" Li Shimin looked on anxiously.

Yang Siqi trotted all the way to the stable, and brought four more horses.

But Li Shimin grabbed the whip very anxiously, and stepped forward to command in person.

"Tie it up!"

"Yes Yes!"

The craftsmen quickly took the rope from Yang Siqi and tied it up.

Before Yang Siqi could tell, Li Shimin waved his whip impatiently: "Drive!!"

Hearing the order, the horse began to exert strength, and the hemp rope stretched straight, but the iron block remained motionless.

The iron was too heavy, and the horse neighed and sprayed a white mist from its nostrils, but it could only stand still.

This made Li Shimin very puzzled, and he tilted his head to look at the iron block behind him with confusion in his eyes.

These are six horses, they shouldn't be able to pull a thousand catties of iron! ! !

"I still don't believe it, there is such a thing!!!"

Li Shimin had a stubborn face, expressed dissatisfaction, and turned to Yang Siqi and said.

"Lead four more horses!!

I still don't believe it! !

Ten horses still can't move! "

"Yes!"

Soon, Yang Siqi and several others brought ten horses over.

"Tie it up, tie it all up!" Several people tied the ropes to the four corners of the iron block.

After the crowd dispersed, Li Shimin waved his horsewhip and shouted, 'Drive! '.

The rope was taut, and the horse no longer stood still, but neighed and let out a long whistle, moving forward little by little.

As the horse moved forward, the iron block was finally pulled and pulled out of the soil bit by bit.

At this scene, Li Shimin's eyes were straightened, and bloodshot eyes appeared in his eyes: "Such a thick piece of iron, I'm afraid it doesn't know how much it is!"

Thinking of this, Li Shimin handed over the whip to the craftsman beside him, ran straight to Li Tai and asked in surprise.

"Huang Er, this piece of iron is probably more than ten thousand catties, isn't it only a thousand catties?"

Li Tai: "..."

I have measured the density of iron myself. One cubic meter of iron weighs 7.85 tons, or [-] jin.

It's just that I don't know the output of the five-meter blast furnace.

Don't say you don't know the output, you don't even know if you can succeed.

For a five-meter small blast furnace, if the minimum output is one cubic meter, there must be at least [-] catties of iron.

The pulling force of a horse is about 1600 N, and it takes ten horses to pull it. If the loss is not considered, the total is about 16000 N, and the replacement weight is about 3 jin.

Calculated in this way, the blast furnace produced two cubic meters of iron, which weighed 3 jin in total.

Sixteen tons of iron is equivalent to the weight of a heavy truck.

"Well..." Li Tai pondered for a long time: "Qianjin refers to similar exaggerated statements, such as a thousand gold can't buy a horse bone..."

After hearing this explanation, Li Shimin took a deep breath and was speechless.

Others like to brag when they talk, but why does science like to belittle itself? ?

It is really strange to say that it can produce ten thousand catties but only one thousand catties.

Li Shimin stroked his beard and exclaimed: "A furnace of ten thousand catties is really a good blast furnace!!"

It's just that he has dark circles and bloodshot eyes, and he looks dazed.

"Blast Furnace? This name is not good. It is not worthy of such a fetish. It should be called Huolong Science Furnace.

But it's a bit of a mouthful, why not call it Huolonglu?How does the emperor feel? "

"Er..." Li Tai was unable to complain anymore.

Fire Dragon...Science Furnace? ? ?Dragon stove?

You are really a genius for naming... Do you have to make trouble with this fire dragon?

"Your Majesty, it is Tang's fortune to obtain the Huolong Furnace for refining ten thousand jin of iron!" Yang Siqi led Zhang Yajiu to flatter him.

A group of people quickly saluted Li Shimin and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have won the Fire Dragon Furnace!!"

Li Shimin stroked his beard, his face was full of enjoyment, he felt his whole body was in high spirits, and he was very comfortable being photographed.

On the other hand, Li Tai's whole body was not well. Looking at this scene, he felt his eyes twitching, and he was so embarrassed that he couldn't bear it.

But Li Shimin didn't know it, and said vigorously: "If you get this fire dragon furnace, you can win a thousand cities."

"Ahem..." Li Tai looked at the embarrassment and cancer.

"Does the emperor think this name is also good?" Li Shimin asked Li Tai proudly.

"Eh..." Li Tai silently looked away without answering, but said to Zhang Yajiu and Yang Siqi.

"Hurry up and break the iron. Dig a bigger and better iron pool, and go to see if the molten iron in the fire dragon furnace has melted."

"Yes." Yang Siqi and Zhang Yajiu saluted and left.

After the iron block was removed, some craftsmen began to repair the iron pool, and others began to deal with finding a way to deal with such a large iron block.

And Li Shimin would be foolishly laughing at the molten iron for a while, and frown at the craftsmen beating the iron block for a while.

This thing is too big, and it is the first time a group of craftsmen have encountered this kind of problem, and all eighteen kinds of tools have been used.

In the end, it can only be sawed a little bit with a hacksaw.

Li Shimin couldn't help but smile bitterly, and said with emotion: "I never thought that one day I would have troubles with too much iron."

Not long after, Yang Siqi reported to Li Tai: "Your Majesty, the molten iron in the Huolong furnace has melted!"

"Well, do as I taught you before." Li Tai waved his hand and said.

The whole process is just a few steps, open the furnace, make iron, put iron slag, put molten iron, cool...

"Yes, Your Highness, it's just~" Yang Siqi wanted to speak but stopped.

"Just what?" Li Shimin asked when he came.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's just that the iron ore and coal have been used up, so I'm afraid we won't be able to open it." Yang Siqi said with a embarrassed face.

Run out?

Li Tai turned his head to look, and sure enough, there was not much room left to pile up iron ore and coal.

On the other hand, Li Shimin frowned. The raw material output in two months is only enough to refine two furnaces?

The output is strictly limited by the efficiency of raw materials! !

The mining of ore needs people, and the casting of weapons also needs people.

Li Shimin felt the extreme shortage of manpower.