Chapter 1320 Joy and Sadness


    "What''s wrong?"


    Fei Qian returned to the backyard, and saw Huang Yueying squatting with a sad face, her big round eyes were wrinkled, as if she had eaten something extremely sour and bitter.


    "It''s too brittle..." Seeing that it was Fei Qian, Huang Yueying didn''t stand up directly, but wrinkled her face and gestured for the object in her hand.


    Several dark flakes.


    "this is…"


    It was far away, and Fei Qian didn''t see it clearly. After walking a few steps closer, he realized that it turned out to be a few pieces of iron.


    "No way, are you eating this?" Fei Qian was stunned.


    Huang Yueying stood up angrily, and said angrily, "I''m not a tapir, how could I eat this!"


    "Looking at your wrinkled face, I thought..." Fei Qian reached out and took the iron plate in Huang Yueying''s hand, and tapped each other lightly a few times, making a clanging sound.


    Huang Yueying picked up a hammer from nowhere and handed it over.


    Fei Qian put the iron piece on the ground, put a stone on it, and then raised the hammer and smashed it down. The iron piece was broken into two pieces in the sparks flying.


    "Well, it''s too brittle..." Fei Qian frowned, the content of pig iron in the alloy was too high.


    To mass-produce weapons, although the traditional forging method is relatively mature and stable, the production efficiency is still too low. Fei Qian has always wanted to copy the efficient bronze smelting technology of the Qin Dynasty to steel, but he always encountered such and such problems. question.


    After all, the efficiency between infusion and forging can be said to be more than ten times worse...


    Under the ancient technical conditions, there are two ironmaking methods: one is the block smelting method, which is to reduce iron oxide to sponge iron at a lower temperature in a bowl furnace or a lower shaft furnace, and then forge Smelting and squeezing **** to make wrought iron, carburizing and forging to make steel; the other is pig iron smelting and casting, which is to reduce iron oxide at high temperature and increase carbon to become liquid pig iron in a tall shaft furnace. Released from the furnace, cast into ingots or cast into vessels, pig iron can be smelted into steel or malleable cast iron through various treatments.


    Feiqian now has hydraulic blowers and coal coke refining technology, but the mineral quality is not very good, and desulfurization and decarburization are relatively difficult, which also leads to the lack of rapid progress in pig iron casting technology.


    The artificial iron products that Huaxia initially used were also lump iron products, but the pig iron smelting technology was invented very early and immediately occupied the mainstream position. In the late Warring States period, considerable development has been made. The cast iron softening technology of malleable cast iron was invented, and the steelmaking technology of annealing and decarburizing to obtain cast iron and decarburized steel was invented. Iron molds were used to cast ironware in batches.


    However, these iron tools are naturally not a problem when they are used on agricultural tools and other equipment that do not require high strength and toughness, but if they are used on weapons...


    On the battlefield, a small mistake will lead to the failure of the entire battle, not to mention the weapons that are directly used for fighting. Of course, the more sophisticated the better.


    At the beginning, Feiqian''s troops were mainly cavalry, and the number was not large. The traditional metallurgical forging, frying iron and steel methods, and then using the steelmaking technology of folding and forging for many times can still be used in general. To supply the army''s needs, but now the territory has increased a lot. Among other things, the resident infantry must be recruited.


    In addition, Yuan Shao from Jizhou, Cao Cao from Yanzhou, and even Liu Biao from Jingzhou have all placed some orders. How to produce qualified steel faster has become the main metallurgical problem that Huang''s Workshop is currently attacking.


    Fei Qian vaguely remembered that by mixing pig iron and wrought iron, he could directly obtain a more suitable iron alloy similar to steel, and then after quenching and sharpening, he could directly use it as a weapon, so he has been studying this mixture for a while. ratio, as well as specific methods.


    But, obviously, this time the experiment failed again.


    "The method of pouring steel..." Fei Qian looked at the iron sheet and pondered, "It is inevitable that the material is not uniform... We have to think of another way..."


    The current method is to obtain wrought iron first, then form the wrought iron into a ball, then cover it with pig iron and mix it with it, then carry out mixed smelting and forging to obtain a piece of synthetic steel, but obviously, the proportion of pig iron and the material are integrated If it is not easy to control, sometimes there will be too much pig iron, resulting in brittleness.


    "Then what to do?"


    Although Huang Yueying is much better at engineering than most women in the Han Dynasty, she is still a girl after all. When she saw Fei Qian standing in front of her, she subconsciously chose not to use her brain but to speak, The question he had been thinking about was thrown to Fei Qian.


    "Try another method..." Fei Qian pondered, turning the iron plate over and over again, "Wait...let me think..."


    Pig iron is brittle, while wrought iron is tough. The blade must be sharp and the whole must be strong.


    Fei Qian suddenly gestured on the iron sheet with his hand, and said: "If this is the case, take wrought iron as the body and cast iron together. If you enter it, maybe you can have both..."


    Huang Yueying tilted her head and listened, her two big eyes sparkled, "It makes sense, I''ll try it now..." After finishing speaking, she turned around and started to walk, but she wobbled after taking two steps, if it wasn''t for Fei Qian''s quick hands and feet , might fall to the ground.


    "What''s wrong?" Fei Qian hurriedly asked.


    Huang Yueying frowned softly and said, "I don''t know...a little dizzy..."


    "Come here! Go and ask Dr. Zhang to come!" Fei Qian was taken aback. After all, in the Han Dynasty, even a cold, which is a minor ailment that can be said by later generations, could kill someone.


    Zhang Yun arrived soon. In the Han Dynasty, there was no **** rule that female family members could not see foreigners. In addition, it was a diagnosis and treatment. After Zhang Yun pleaded guilty, he started to diagnose Huang Yueying''s pulse.


    Suddenly, Zhang Yun''s eyebrows twitched, his eyeballs rolled twice, and he seemed to be a bit unsure about the diagnosis again, and then he smiled and bowed his hands to Fei Qian: "Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations, congratulations!"


    ………………


    In Yanmen Xianbei Royal Court, some people also had happy events.


    Bu Dugen looked at the pile of gold, silver and jade wares with great interest, and even bacon and silk. As the more legitimate king of Xianbei at the moment, Bu Dugen was not as ambitious as Tan Shihuai, but the problem was , Budugen must be ambitious. Compared with Kirbineng, Budugen is smaller in size, and he doesn''t have the legendary Tanshihuai bloodline''s strange ability of calling wind and rain, attracting wolves and leopards to fight, but the greed and cunning in his eyes are not much less.


    Budugen is over 30 years old. He used to be young and full of vigor, but now he is slowly becoming more stable as he grows older...


    "Good stuff..." Budugen even picked up a piece of bacon, sniffed it, and threw it to the drooling guard, "Go, cook it first, share it with everyone..."


    Dried bacon is very hard, but also very fragrant.


    And wine.


    Some are packed in altars, and some are packed in porcelain bottles.


    "They are all good things..." Bu Dugen carefully held a porcelain bottle, raised his head slightly, and seemed to be recalling something, and said, "When I took people south, I attacked the big city of the Han people... The officer ran away and took away a lot of good things, but there were also some things that he didn''t have time to take away. Of course, those brats who rushed in first didn''t know what good things were, and smashed and smashed a lot of them. Gas is also fireproof..."


    "Hahahaha..." Several Xianbei ministers sitting cross-legged on the side also laughed.


    Fu Luohan patted his legs and said, "Is that brat? Those with hands and feet should be beaten!" Fu Luohan was a few years older than Bu Dugen. Dugen is a little worse.


    "Then, my lord, this time the matter of the alliance..." Kirbineng''s messenger said.


    "Well, I see..." Bu Dugen waved his hand, "Go down and rest first, and I''ll find you when the time comes..."


    "This..." Ke Bineng''s emissary was a little helpless, but he had no choice but to salute his chest and retreat, "I would like to follow the king''s wishes..."


    Bu Dugen turned around and returned to the top, and sat down again.


    "What do you think?" Bu Dugen said.


    "I think it''s okay! Yes!" A Xianbei minister stared at the pile of gold and silver treasures, his eyes couldn''t be pulled out.


    Money-greedy guy...


    Budugen glanced past this person, and aimed at the next one.


    "The name of the king, Kirby, this guy said he wanted it before, and he didn''t want it if he said he didn''t want it, hehe... This time the coalition is not impossible, the main thing is to decide who is the main one, otherwise it will be troublesome in the future..." Another Xianbei minister Said.


    Well, is this the old and serious person...


    "My lord, some time ago, people in the north also mentioned going south, but they said they were going to attack Yinshan..."


    "What''s so good about Yinshan... a bunch of poor ghosts... Yinshan doesn''t have much money, only in Pingyang, the Han people! It''s too far away! Besides, Yinshan is not easy to mess with, it''s very difficult, it''s better to follow Ke Bi can go east..."


    "Follow?"


    "Huh? Take it, take it... Hey, I said, did you do it on purpose?"


    "You said it, and I didn''t force you to say it... What, it''s terrible to say it in front of the king?"


    "Okay! Shut up!" Bu Dugen shouted in a deep voice, then stretched out his finger to help Luo Han, "Tell me!"


    Fu Luohan looked at Bu Dugen''s face, and said: "Kebi has always been dissatisfied with the king... This time it is rare to bow his head, I think it is worth a try, so that Kebi can see us The strength is not bad, if we can really break into China, we can also obtain some supplies and population, so as not to be monopolized by Kirby, and secondly, we can also find an opportunity to reduce Kirby''s troops..."


    Budugen nodded.


    Is this plausible...


    "Okay, it''s settled!" Budugen said, "Then you will bring the troops of the headquarters... I will add another three thousand to you, gather Kirby energy, and go south together!"


    ………………


    God always seems to be balanced, some people are happy, and others are naturally sad.


    Luoyang City rioted overnight, for the Han Dynasty, it was no less than when it was just about to get up, it suffered another heavy blow.


    Scientists of later generations, um, may not necessarily be scientists, but all kinds of idle guys who have done various monkey experiments, some of which are true, some are fake, and some are simply simulated by marketers themselves Yes, such as the most famous wet monkey experiment.


    But one thing is certain, when people try to stand up and are beaten down again and again, some people will get used to lying down, while some people will become more courageous as they get frustrated.


    As for what kind of person he would be, Liu Xie didn''t know, but he knew that this time, he was hurt very painfully.


    In Miyagi, Liu Xie walked up to the watchtower and quietly looked at Luoyang City outside the palace wall.


    Although most of the black smoke in the city has dissipated, there are still soldiers coming and going in the streets. The atmosphere of desolation makes Luoyang City, which has not fully recovered, look even more desolate.


    Liu Xie let out a long breath, wondering if it was because of the strong wind on the watchtower, Liu Xie''s body trembled slightly...


    After a while, the queen came and brought Liu Xie a big cloak, which she gently put on Liu Xie.


    "Your Majesty..."


    Liu Xie lowered his head and looked at the queen''s trembling hand.


    Queen Fushou tied Liu Xie''s cloak belt, and after a moment of silence, said: "Your Majesty... are we... all right? My father... are they... all right?"


    Liu Xie didn''t answer, and he didn''t know either.


    After that night of panic, the palace was sealed off and all information was cut off.


    "..." Fu Shou also fell silent, gently pulling Liu Xie''s robe, bowing his head in silence.


    "I...cough cough..." Liu Xie''s voice was a little dry, and after coughing twice, he continued to speak slowly, "In the second year of Xingping, Yanqing''s big locusts covered the sky... In the first year of Yanping, Xu Yang was shocked, Haihe Back pouring... In the second year of Yanping, thunder fell in winter, the sun and the moon changed color... I was so unworthy, and God was furious..."


    "Your Majesty..." Fu Shou shook his head, but didn''t know what to say. It''s not Liu Xie''s fault, but the minister''s fault? But the minister also includes her father...


    This time, it was not decided by Fu Shi and Liu that it was decided to evade Lu Bu. Whose fault should it be considered to lead to the current situation?


    Natural disasters and man-made disasters, man-made disasters are worse than natural disasters...


    Liu Xie smiled softly: "I used to think... there are always few thieves, but there are always many loyal ministers... It''s ridiculous that I entrust others with the state affairs of the country... I have raised soldiers for three or four hundred years, and now I have raised some what…"


    "Your Majesty!" Fu Shou was a little anxious, and tightly tugged on Liu Xie''s sleeve.


    Liu Xie patted Fu Shou''s hand lightly, and said, "Duke Fu... is a loyal minister... However, not all ministers can be like Duke Fu... These people may not be good at governing the country, but they are all good at fighting for power and profit! He is better than anyone at using tricks and tricks, hehe... Pretend to be loyal ministers and good generals in front of me one by one! Intrigue! Push the buck and balance! Fight for power!"


    Fu Shou''s heart just let go, but he raised it again, and said quickly: "Your Majesty, be careful that the wall has ears..."


    "Hmm..." Liu Xie nodded and smiled, but the smile inevitably revealed some desolation, "I am the emperor of the Han Dynasty...but be careful that the wall has ears...hehe, hehe..."


    "..." Fu Shou was silent for a while, and then said slowly, "Your Majesty... what should we do now?"


    "... I... I don''t know..." Liu Xie said slowly, "But I know one thing..."


    Liu Xie slowly put his hand on the railing of the watchtower, and grasped it tightly, his knuckles turned white.


    "No one can trust...no one!" Liu Xie looked into the distance, with a bit of determination in his tone, "This big Han country...the big man''s people...my country...my people...we can''t let these people wantonly ruin... "


    The railing of the watchtower was cold, and the coolness penetrated into his hands. Liu Xie''s body trembled slightly. I don''t know if it was because of the cold, or because of the blood churning in his body...


    Fu Shou didn''t say anything, but rested his head lightly on Liu Xie''s shoulder.


    This year, this day.


    Liu Xie sixteen, Fu Shou seventeen, two weak and small people depend on each other...


    (end of this chapter)