In early spring, in February, the earth thawed and everything revived. The whole Guanzhong began to have spring, but the cold temperature had not completely faded.

However, the ice layer in the Wei River has melted, and the dead grass on the river bank is already sprouting.

Government offices in various places are organizing people to measure the land, redistribute land according to the population, and implementing household contract responsibility system.

There is still one month left, and spring plowing is about to happen, so we all have to get busy.

Luo Zhaoyun paid attention to improving people's livelihood and attached great importance to the land issues of the people. He no longer gave officials thousands of acres of land, which made the land highly concentrated. That is where social contradictions are forced to be sharp.

He implemented a new policy, which divided the land according to the population, and changed every five years. According to the new population and the number of married people, he divided the land equally again to ensure that the farmer has the right land.

The people of Dahua feel at ease because the land is unexpectedly the source of survival for them.

On this day, Luo Zhaoyun sent someone to invite several masters of craftsmen, including Yuwen Kai's son Yuwen Rutong, who also came. The others were skilled craftsmen, but they did not have a title, so when they entered the palace, they were a little shocked when they saw His Majesty.

"Dear masters, don't be rude. I summoned you to discuss some things and arrange some tasks for you."

One of the old craftsmen was named Lu Duanmu, a descendant of Lu Ban. He was nearly sixty years old and had the highest status among these craftsmen. He bowed and said, "I dare not be a good person. We are just a commoner and a lowly person. Your Majesty is so polite and wise, and personally summoned us who only know "slutty skills" to make all craftsmen feel excited. No matter what task your Majesty assigns, I will definitely do it!"

Luo Zhaoyun smiled and nodded, moved by the spirit of the craftsman's persistent scientific research, and affirmed: "I am very pleased with the spirit of research on technology in craftsmanship. The court has always focused on the three aspects of system and military discipline, and farming. However, our new country in Dahua and reforms have been strengthened, but we must start from all aspects to moisten things silently and subtly change the lives of the people of Dahua. In the eyes of Confucianism, we regard it as a skillful skill and not a good place. But in my opinion, it is a major factor in the prosperity of the country and the stability of the country. Therefore, I will give you the title and set up a research institute for you, specializing in scientific research, focusing on experiments, and making creativity clear, and improving the progress of Dahua iron smelting, ships, mechanical engineering, etc.."

When the few people heard this, they were surprised. Can these craftsmen also be promoted to the title?

It seemed that Yuwen Kai was the only one in the Sui Dynasty. When he was the Shaofu Supervisor, he was responsible for many large projects and projects and was respected by others. The other craftsmen were just grass-roots people and looked down upon by the scholars.

Next, Luo Zhaoyun took out a sketch, drew some parts and mechanical sketches and handed them to these craftsmen.

"To process these iron parts, great progress is needed in iron smelting, otherwise the quality of the workpiece will not meet the requirements." Lu Duanmu sighed.

Luo Zhaoyun said: "At present, there are still ordinary bellows and firewood for smelting iron, and there is a lack of fuel with higher ignition points?"

"Fuel?" Several craftsmen were a little unfamiliar with new words.

"What is it just to burn and heat it up?" Luo Zhaoyun explained further.

"Your Majesty, you have been using charcoal at the moment." Yuwen Rutong answered.

Luo Zhaoyun nodded slightly. Charcoal means the impure amorphous carbon that maintains the original structure of the wood and the remaining tar in the holes. Charcoal was used in bronzes in the Shang Dynasty and the smelting of iron tools in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It has been used in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Although coal resources are abundant and more useful, if used in iron smelting, coal will release a large amount of sulfur elements, causing pig iron to be impurities and easily broken.

"I have an idea. If you use charcoal in large quantities, the cost is too high, and countless woods need to be cut down, causing serious soil erosion and destroying the environment. There is a kind of charcoal resource underground, called coal, with amazing reserves, but it is not suitable to smelify iron. Making this coal into coke at high temperatures is the best fuel for smelting of iron and steel."

"Coal, coke? Is it also a kind of charcoal?" These masters were stunned.

Luo Zhaoyun smiled and said, "Don't worry, I will send a special exploration team to mine coal and make coke trials for these matters. At this stage, you should try charcoal. By changing the capacity of the furnace, increasing the air content, and using a blower device to increase the furnace temperature to produce a batch of high-quality iron for the manufacturing of hydraulic machinery. As long as a few units can be made and put into production, a better and better iron will be created. In this way, repeated cycles will be better and better."

These craftsmen listened to Emperor Dahua's Dun's words, which greatly encouraged them. If a king of a country attaches so much importance to craftsmanship skills, he will definitely make great progress.

Luo Zhaoyun continued: "There are several equipment models on the sketch. In addition to hydraulic forging machines, the others are cutting machines, textile machines, etc. The principles are similar, but the best operation is different. I don't know much about textile structure. You can consider it yourself. I suggest that you can separate groups, some are responsible for iron smelting, some are responsible for castings, some are responsible for operating institutions, and some are responsible for hydraulic structures. Each has its own division of labor. After breaking through their own difficulties, they will form a complete equipment together."

"We understand." After hearing this, the craftsmen learned from each other and learned from each other. In the communication between His Majesty, they came to many conclusions and new ideas.

"Okay, everyone go back and prepare and focus on the brain. The sooner these studies come out, the better. When the court returns, the more students from the engineering school will be allocated to be apprentices and internship research with you!"

"Abide by the order, Your Majesty!" The craftsmen bowed and prepared to leave the hall, and were full of energy. They immediately felt the importance of their profession? This is never before. Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce have deep-rooted thinking. Their craftsmen and merchants have similar hierarchies and businessmen, and they are not as rich as business travelers, so their situation is even worse. Now that Dahua attaches importance to it, they feel very proud.

Luo Zhaoyun sighed softly, Chinese are one of the smartest races in the world, but because the royal family and nobles of the dynasty consolidated their own regime for their own selfish interests and passed on the stability of their families and the world, each dynasty disdained natural science and even suppressed it. Instead, they vigorously advocated Confucianism to the extreme and extreme, loyal to the emperor, pedantic, and dared not resist.
Chapter completed!