Chen Wenlong and a group of craftsmen were all looking at Xiao Ming at this time.

After the coal ball stove and lathe, Xiao Ming once again proposed shocking skills.

Especially the craftsmen, they have been good at this all their lives, and the skills passed down from their ancestors have never changed. Now Xiao Ming has completely subverted their cognition.

"Yes, the steel made from the steel filling method is very mature, but such steel requires repeated forging to increase the strength of the steel, which is a waste of time." Xiao Ming said: "I will now teach your blast furnace ironmaking to build two, and the two are connected. One of them is pig iron. The pig iron entering the other blast furnace will be purified into cooked iron. In this way, the ironmaking will form a scale."

Chen Wenlong asked the craftsmen to stop what they were doing, sat on the ground, and listened carefully to Xiao Ming again. Now this kind of knowledge teaching is common in the Equipment Department, and Chen Wenlong and the craftsmen are also familiar with it.

Xiao Ming took the stone pen that Chen Wenlong prepared. This was a stone similar to chalk that could draw white handwriting. In front of him was a black stone slab. He usually talked about it while drawing the structure of the blast furnace.

The craftsmen have serious expressions. Every time Xiao Ming teaches his skills, they have an epiphany, and they can quickly master these unfamiliar skills.

The boring machines, drilling machines, milling machines and grinders manufactured in the Equipment Department are all made according to the drawings of Xiao Minghua and the images they remember. After the preliminary trial, these lathes were basically successful.

For example, the drilling machine is a lathe that drills holes for accessories. They successfully drill holes in the iron sheet of the gas furnace.

For example, a boring machine, this type of lathe can bore the holes drilled by the drilling machine. In Xiao Ming's words, these two lathes can process a solid steel into something like a steel pipe.

Because the drilling machine can drill solid steel, the boring machine can bore this hole into a pipe.

Although they don’t understand what the steel pipe is in Xiao Ming’s mouth, they always think it is a very powerful thing.

An hour passed suddenly, Xiao Ming was a little dry and he finished talking about the skills of blast furnace iron smelting.

"Your Highness, then, how should we control the temperature of coke refining?" a craftsman suddenly asked.

This is a very young craftsman. Every time Xiao Ming teaches, this young craftsman is always the most serious and seems to be very enthusiastic about the skills Xiao Ming talks about.

However, perhaps because of his fear of Xiao Ming, this craftsman never took the initiative to ask questions. This time, Xiao Ming mentioned the charcoal in one sentence, and he couldn't help but ask.

"What's your name?" Xiao Ming was very interested in this young craftsman of similar age as him. In his opinion, only with a heart of seeking knowledge can a person become keen on his career.

And this young craftsman is obviously full of enthusiasm for the equipment department.

Chen Wenlong looked embarrassed at this time and said to Xiao Ming: "Your Highness, he is Chen Qi, the son of the lower-ranking officials. He does not understand etiquette. I hope your highness will not blame him."

After saying that, he shouted at the young craftsman: "Get back, when will it be your turn to speak here?"

Chen Qi frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Dad, I just asked the temperature of the coke. If it is confused, if the coke is burned, how much damage will it cause to the Equipment Department."

Chen Wenlong was going to scold him, but Xiao Ming suddenly stopped him. He looked at Chen Qi with satisfaction and said, "Chen Qi is right. You have to be serious about this skill. It is said that this lathe was made by Chen Qi and other craftsmen?"

"Your Highness, this is true." Chen Longwen shook his head. Chen Qi has never liked reading, but he is interested in these strange things.

Xiao Ming waved to Chen Qi, "Yes, my head is very flexible. Do you want to be the leader of the Equipment Department?"

Chen Qi was happy when he heard this and just looked at Chen Wenlong with concern.

Without waiting for Chen Longwen to say nonsense about Chen Qi being young, Xiao Ming said directly: "Then it's settled, you can get the job if you tattoo one tael of silver every month. You will be the one who I will continue to explain in the future."

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Qi said excitedly. This craftsman can be the military officer one step further.

In the past, his father Chen Longwen never liked him to study this, but now he is so appreciated by the King of Qi that he immediately became more righteous.

But before the question to be asked, he said, "Your Highness, you haven't said what kind of heat it takes to burn the charcoal."

"It's 30% lower than when smelting iron." Xiao Ming said that smelting iron requires about 1,400 degrees, and coke is about 1,000 degrees. "Try it boldly, it's okay if it burns it."

Chen Qi said loudly: "Yes, Your Highness."

If we continue to explain the blast furnace iron smelting, the blast furnace will still take time to build. He hopes that Qian Dafu will bring back good news of graphite at that time.

In this way, he can form a production line for blast furnace iron and crucible steelmaking.

Next, Xiao Ming went to check the lathes, which were all antique-grade lathes from his seventeenth century, and were hand-powered.

Moreover, the drill bits on the lathe are steel knives that craftsmen usually forged. These knives are enough to process some crude accessories.

Looking at the various lathes in front of him, Xiao Ming felt a little more comfortable. With these lathes, he could produce some small parts, which could be assembled into the oldest simple machinery - the clock.

In his opinion, in his time, the foundation of industry began with watchmakers, because from this time on, all kinds of precision accessories entered the stage of history.

As for things like guns and cannons, Xiao Ming thought about it, but he understood that it was a bit unrealistic within a few years.

As the saying goes, when a cannon fires, it will cost ten thousand taels of gold. Not to mention that the current fiefdom is poor and empty, but technically, Xiao Ming can't afford it even if he uses a hand-made lathe to make a gun. Basically, doing this before the steam engine appears is almost a joke.

So now Xiao Ming has made a plan that everything is for production. When his fiefdom becomes rich and his initial large-scale factories and industrial systems can these things be built with a proportionate economic scale.

Because in Xiao Ming's view, war is about money and resources, otherwise once the ammunition and food are exhausted, everything will be nonsense. It is unrealistic to abandon production and exhaust material resources to do this.

Therefore, the current plan is to build a fiefdom, and of course the army also needs to be strengthened, one is to defend against the barbarians on the grassland, and the other is to fight against bandits in winter.

According to past experience, every winter, when it is difficult to find food, it is when thieves are crowded.
Chapter completed!