While waiting for the return of Lu Jia's mission, King Quan...

No, it’s the royal power!

Wang Quan also received one piece of good news one after another.

The first modified and strengthened hydraulic forging machine was put into use. In addition to making the craftsmen a little uncomfortable during the first use, the effect was surprisingly ineffective.

"Your Majesty, steel is used for the rotation. There is no problem with the hardness. It is just that the wear is a bit severe and the sound is a bit loud. Later we applied a thick layer of grease on it. It is much better now. It just needs to be stopped frequently to apply it.

Just a moment." The craftsman pointed to the forging machine made of steel and introduced it with excitement.

Don't underestimate this guy, it is enough to change the current situation of the big man.

"A machine like this, and a skilled blacksmith, can work for twenty people in one day!" Ding Lian also repeatedly expressed the role of the forging machine to craftsmen.

With such machinery, it is enough to solve the problem of insufficient craftsmen.

The tinkling noise is so beautiful...

"Is it really that powerful?" Wang Quan couldn't help but look at Ding Lian.

Machinery is used to liberate manpower, and Wang Quan naturally knows this.

However, this is just the beginning.

Can such a primitive forging machine be used by one person as twenty people?

"It's true!" Ding Lian nodded with certainty.

Of course Ding Lian knew that what Wang Quan was looking at was not the result, so he didn't need to organize his words and said directly: "In the past, blacksmithing was done in groups of six, with two people taking turns, one with a big hammer and the other with a small hammer, and they kept hammering..."

Wang Quan kept nodding his head, and finally agreed with Ding Lian's statement.

People are not machines, people will get tired.

Even if people in ancient times were more hardworking and hardworking, they could not treat people like animals. If they were overworked, people would naturally be unable to work for a long time.

As for the profession of blacksmith, one person has thick arms and the other person has thin arms.

Often two craftsmen would work in groups and beat the sword dozens of times. After the temperature of the sword body dropped, they would take it back to warm it up.

Take this opportunity to rest for a while while another group comes on.

The three groups of people continued to work alternately.

Therefore, a forging machine that can knock continuously and work like an automatic pile driver can withstand six people at first.

Immediately afterwards, the force of the forging machine was naturally much greater than that of a human being, and the speed was also faster.

Craftsmen with quick eyesight and quick hands can have the weapons in their hands forged more times in the same period of time.

Once heated, the number of beatings can be compared to the previous two or three times of heating. Doesn't this save manpower?

The most important thing is that today's craftsmen no longer need to take turns to rest like before.

Even if I take a break, I won't take a break until half a day later.

"How much can be produced in a day now?" Wang Quan then asked. The process is important, but the output is equally important.

Ding Lian thought for a while and said: "With such a machine, if the iron in the workshop is used, one person can mold more than five pieces a day!"

"Good! Great good!" Wang Quan kept nodding his head.

In the past, it took two craftsmen more than three days to forge a sword that could be called a good one.

But it's not needed now.

The emergence of machines has greatly saved manpower. At the same time, due to the increase in strength, the forging time has been shortened.

Although the five molded ones are not the five that can be put into use, even so, it is an absolute advantage for the Han Dynasty.

If there are a thousand hydraulic forging machines here, then the output per day is five thousand swords.

Forging and shaping is only the first step. Later, you need to sharpen the knife and keep rubbing it. This process is even more time-consuming.

In terms of pure manpower, it basically takes two or three days.

After the blade is sharpened, it is tempered, finally coated with a layer of grease, and placed in a scabbard for storage.

Therefore, even now, it takes at least five days from forging to when a sword is ready to leave the factory.

But after things are smoothed out later, basically five thousand swords will be shipped out of the factory every day.

With such efficiency, it only takes ten days for the output here to arm Han Xin's 50,000 men.

It only takes three months to re-equip all the domestic troops.

The scene was so beautiful that Wang Quan could not even imagine it.

Then it suddenly occurred to me that there seemed to be no point in doing it so quickly.

The most urgent need is Han Xin's 50,000 troops. The other troops are not in a hurry now.

In addition, there aren’t that many iron materials for him to forge for a while, so even if they build a thousand forging machines, they will have to be idle for a long time, or use them to make farm tools or something.

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"First target 300 forging machines and make a good plan. Don't waste the water flow introduced. Dig a large pond at the back and divert the water there. In addition, let the pavilions along the way organize their own people to carry out the work.

Dig ditches and bring water from the big pool to various places." Wang Quan ordered.

Although only a few hundred meters have been dug here, the pond is definitely not so close and it has to be dug several miles away.

The first is to reserve work stations for future work, and the second is to prevent people from getting too close, thus allowing people with a heart to take advantage of them.

There is no need to dig a canal like a workshop if the people dig it themselves. Basically, a canal half a meter wide and half a meter deep is enough.

Irrigation, in these days, is absolutely not allowed except for the fields next to the river, which can be irrigated as a luxury.

Water is a precious resource. During the Warring States Period, there were many armed fights over water.

After the Qin Dynasty, all aspects of governance became stricter.

This situation has improved slightly compared to before.

Even if irrigation is not allowed, it can save everyone the distance to collect water, which means they can water more times in the same time, so the yield will naturally increase.

"By the way, you can also use this method to sharpen knives. You don't need so many things. You can just use wood to build a waterwheel, just like a wheel..." Wang Buxu pointed to the working forging machine and continued.

: "Put it upright and set it up on the shore. You can install millstones on the left and right sides. Then you won't have to waste the effort. Let's do it carefully and see how much a waterwheel can drive!"

"Your Majesty... Your Majesty, you... you are really..." Ding Lian was so surprised that he didn't know how to express it.

A forging machine was enough to surprise him, and now even the most time-consuming task of sharpening the knife was solved.

As for whether it is feasible, the answer is of course it is feasible.

Aren’t the movements of a knife and the movement of a grindstone the same thing?

If it is purely manual grinding, it will probably take at least three days to sharpen a sword. How much time will this save?

The picture was so beautiful that Ding Lian felt that he did not dare to imagine it.

Leaving the workshop, I looked at the people who were busy building the courtyard wall.

Wang Buxu received another piece of good news.

The results of the second and third trains have been produced. Although they are still not ideal, the results are better than the first time.

Some molten iron has been poured out of the second furnace, and they are starting the fourth and fifth furnaces as planned.

Good news comes one after another.

After the blast furnace ironmaking was completed, the Han Dynasty really took off in an all-round way.

For this reason, Wang Quan was almost deceived by later TV series.

Rumor has it that the Han Dynasty obtained the steel smelting technology from Yuezhi during Zhang Qian's mission.

So Wang Buxu sent people to the grasslands to look for iron smelting technology, but when they got there, they discovered that there was no such advanced technology?

Their technology was not only ten or eight years behind Han's.

In the land of Zhuxia, South Korea had the strongest iron smelting technology before. Wang Buxu took over this group of old craftsmen from the Qin Dynasty.

During the chaotic period of the late Qin Dynasty, the iron smelting technology of the Chu State was also very good, even better than that of the Han State.

Now Wang Buxu took over these relics of Chu State again.

Coupled with deliberate guidance and vigorous development.

Even though Han has not yet developed blast furnace iron smelting technology, its current iron smelting technology is among the best in the world.

Historically, the iron smelting technology of the Han Dynasty truly flourished during the period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, developed during the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and reached its peak during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

During these three periods, the technology of steel-making and steel-frying emerged, which enabled the Han army to have a crushing advantage over the Xiongnu in terms of weapons on the battlefield.

But not only that, with the development of iron smelting technology, the Han army was even more armed to the teeth.

Later, when the Han army went out, the standard equipment for a soldier was a war horse, a long-handled sword, or an iron spear, and iron armor weighing 11 kilograms per person...

When the royal power realized that the Han Dynasty was already the most advanced, it began to vigorously develop and work hard.

Finally, now he saw hope.
To be continued...