Steel Dynasty - Chapter 22

[Chapter 22 Iron troubles]

As Xiao Ming spoke eloquently, Pang Yukun listened with rapt attention, and the concept of a production team gradually became clear in his mind.

A brand new production method gave him a sudden feeling of seeing the sun through the clouds.

In fact, the concept of a production team is easy to understand. It means that people are divided into groups according to the number of people. Each group is assigned cattle and farming tools. These production tools are shared by the group. When sowing and harvesting, the groups cooperate with each other to produce.

In this way, production efficiency can be greatly improved, and the team leader is responsible for production tasks and supervising production.

For Pang Yukun, this is a completely unfamiliar concept. Not only in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, but also in the past dynasties, the officials were only responsible for land and tax issues. They had never implemented production for the people like Xiao Ming.

Pang Yukun’s expression was noticed by Xiao Ming. He was just borrowing modern production methods, and the country of Chongqing was still self-sufficient in the small-scale peasant economy.

But this self-sufficiency has also been destroyed by the land monopoly of the wealthy family. Now his fiefdom can be said to be extremely low in productivity.

Xiao Ming now has no choice but to propose the production team method of production. His fiefdom is too embarrassed, and now he can only quickly get rid of the backward situation through strong organization.

At least now that productivity is lagging behind, he believes that this method is extremely efficient. In the face of national difficulties, the planned economy is the sharpest knife. Letting it go will only mean breaking the pot.

Now that a large number of his fiefdoms have been annexed, this problem has been illustrated. Without strong control, the people will lose more.

Under the influence of technological crystals, Pang Yukun has a deeper understanding of the structure and understanding of the production team.

“Your Highness, I have learned a lesson. I will now inform the state governments to organize production teams and distribute the cattle and farming tools.” Pang Yukun said.

“Wait a minute. We can provide certain compensation to those wealthy households who are willing to give their cattle and farming tools to the production team for public use. Another point is that laws must be formulated to protect the cattle and farming tools.” Xiao Ming added.

Pang Yukun bowed again and went to the Governor’s Mansion impatiently.

Although he had never heard of this production method, after understanding it, he understood that it would allow Qingzhou’s production to recover quickly.

On the way to the Governor’s Mansion, Pang Yukun remembered that Xiao Ming, who had been calm and composed just now, was very confused. The current King Qi is so different from before. Why is this?

Frowning and thinking hard, he suddenly thought of a possibility, “Has King Qi been hiding his talent and learning in order not to be regarded as a rival by other princes? This assassination made King Qi understand that there is no way to escape?”

Looking back, Glancing in the direction of Prince Qi’s Mansion, Pang Yukun looked thoughtful.

At this time in Prince Qi’s Mansion, Xiao Ming also glanced in the direction of the Governor’s Mansion. He could tell that Pang Yukun was ambitious.

There is no scholar in this era who does not have the country, the country, and the common people at heart. In short, the scholars in this era have very high standards.

Pang Yukun is known as the most fierce public speaker, naturally because he is full of ambition and enthusiasm for the country of Chongqing.

That’s why Xiao Ming likes Pang Yukun. Such people are rare because they do practical things. Such people are also very annoying because they don’t understand the world.

But no matter what, Pang Yukun was a good hand when it came to managing the fiefdom. During the five years he had been in Qingzhou, the people did not rise up and hang him on the city gate, which was also thanks to Pang Yukun.

When he talked about the production team again, Pang Yukun’s eyes lit up. It seemed that he was talking about Pang Yukun’s heart.

There probably won’t be much of a problem regarding the production team.

Stretching, Xiao Ming tightened the tiger skin cloak around him. This thing was genuine. Tigers here were not considered protected animals, but rather considered a pest.

“Your Highness, are you going to the Equipment Department again?” Seeing Xiao Ming descending the steps, Zi Wan walked towards Xiao Ming.

Today, Ziyuan is still wearing a purple dress, but inside the dress is a thick winter coat. Xiao Ming also has this kind of winter coat. He has seen it and it is made of kapok.

There are still large-scale cotton cultivation in some places in the Chongqing Kingdom, but only wealthy people can afford to wear it. Otherwise, how could the ancients say that the wine and meat smelled bad, and the bones were frozen to death on the road?

“Go and see how the forging of the farm tools I told you is going?” Xiao Ming said.

“The servant sent someone to prepare the horse for His Highness.” Zi Wan said, and then sent the servant to the stable in a resolute manner.

Xiao Ming nodded. After Qian Dafu went out to search for minerals, Zi Wan took care of all the chores in the palace, and this girl took care of everything in an orderly manner.

A lot of time has passed since the assassination incident, but Xiao Ming still brought guards with him every time he went out.

When they arrived at the gate of the palace, two personal guards were already waiting at the door.

These are the two bodyguards Lu Fei personally selected for him, specifically responsible for his safety. They are brothers, one is named Zhao Long and the other is Zhao Hu.

When he arrived at the Equipment Department, Xiao Ming went directly to see the farming tools that were going to be distributed this time.

Part of the silver earned last time was used to build a workshop, and part was used to buy cattle and forge farming tools.

But Xiao Ming is satisfied with one thing. Since he handed over the briquette technology to the Wang family, the ore and coal in the Equipment Department are now much cheaper, and the costs are deducted from his share. This saves Xiao Ming a lot. Less money.

In the Equipment Department, the craftsmen are busy, some are forging, and some are smelting iron ore.

The iron-making technology of Dayu is still based on the steel-filling method. This method generally bundles pig iron sheets onto wrought iron sheets. Generally speaking, the carbon content of wrought iron is less than 0.02%, while that of pig iron is 2%. Above, in this way, the molten pig iron can be evenly integrated into the wrought iron sheets, producing steel with carbon in between.

This method is widely spread in Dayu, and it is a relatively good steel-making method. However, according to the current demand for farm tools and coal stoves from the Equipment Department, the steel-making volume of this method has gradually failed to keep up with the requirements.

Xiao Ming came here this time to improve the steel-making method.

It’s just that he can’t change the steel filling method for the time being, because crucible steelmaking requires graphite, and converter steelmaking is even impossible.

“Blast furnace making iron?” When Xiao Ming proposed this method, Chen Wenlong looked confused.

Where there is iron, there is steel. This is a real problem at present. Xiao Ming asked Qian Dafu to look for this graphite. Now a month has passed and there is no news.

He can only temporarily increase iron production, and wait for Qian Dafu to come back. If he successfully finds graphite, the increase in iron production can form a production line with crucible steelmaking.

(End of chapter)