Getting Simulated By The Empress Is Not My Intention

  Chapter 64 Fried Steel

  Zhang Beichen took Ying Yiren all the way to the workshop street in Liyang City, where Bai Mu was shackled by the guards and escorted over.

  As soon as Shiraki was found, people surrounded him.

  One of the dark-skinned, well-built craftsmen shouted anxiously: "My son, what's wrong with you?"

  The guard explained: "This person poisoned the prime minister's horse and has now been caught!"

   "How could you do such a stupid thing!" the craftsman cursed bitterly.

  He saw Ying Yiren next to him again, and hurriedly said: "I greet you, Your Majesty!"

  After Ying Yiren nodded, he said to Zhang Beichen in a bad tone: "I have seen the prime minister."

  Zhang Beichen knew he was dissatisfied. This person is Gongzheng and Baizang of Qin State.

   Gongzheng was the official in charge of the handicraft industry at this time. Also known as Baigong, or engineer.

  Zhang Beichen didn't expect Bai Mu to be Bai Zang's son. Although Bai Zang's official position is not very high, he has a lot of experience. When he was young, he studied under the world-renowned swordsmith Ou Yezi. After leaving the school, because of his outstanding casting skills, Ying Yiren's father valued him and appointed him as Gongzheng.

  Now the weapons and equipment in the Qin Army are almost all his improved designs. He was also invited to forge the weapons of Qin's generals, and he is now the most famous swordsmith in Qin.

  Zhang Beichen issued a decree to abolish bronze wares, and for Bai Zang, who had been casting bronze wares all his life, it was his life!

   "Your Majesty, I have not said anything about my discipline, and let this rebellious son do such vile things, please punish me!" Bai Zang pleaded guilty on the surface, but in fact he was pleading for mercy.

  Ying Yiren said: "The matter of Baimu is determined by the "Qin Law". Baizang, I heard that you refused to implement the prime minister's decree. Is there such a thing?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Zang quickly explained: "Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers didn't cooperate. It's just that the prime minister's decree to abolish bronze wares is too ridiculous! In the past hundreds of years, whether it was Qin or other countries, the armor and weapons used They are all forged of bronze!"

   "As for this ironware, it is not suitable for use as a weapon at all! Ever since the workshop stopped forging bronze wares, the entire Liyang City, and even the workshops in other parts of Qin State have lost their business!"

   "As a worker, I still have a salary to support my family. What about other craftsmen? They can only starve! Your Majesty, please be aware!"

  After Bai Zang finished speaking, all the craftsmen in Workshop Street shouted, "Your Majesty, please observe clearly!"

   "I still have to support a whole family!"

   "Your Majesty, please abolish this decree! If you don't forge bronzes, all workshops will be closed!"

  Zhang Beichen shook his head helplessly. He has already explained before that all iron weapons are smelted. During this period, the forging of weapons can be suspended. The current pig iron technology can be used as agricultural tools without any problem, and can be used to make a living.

  The new iron smelting technology can be completed in a few days, but the craftsmen can't understand, and some people even encouraged Shiraki to do such an impulsive thing.

   Zhang Beichen knew after a little thought that it was the people of the old clan who were at work again.

  Bai Zang and Bai Mu belong to the Bai family, but they are not very close to Bai Jiayi's lineage. Generally speaking, they are biased towards the Qin government.

  Bai Mu is young and has a quick temper. If anyone comes to encourage him, he will come to trouble him.

  Ying Yiren looked at them, and said coldly: "Mingcha? This matter is what I mean! Bronze materials are expensive, and we don't have much bronze materials in Qin State. We need to exchange money and food to other countries!"

   "And iron and stone, Qin has it! And it is easy to smelt, and it can equip the army! Don't you guys know that many of our soldiers don't even have a sword of their own?"

  Bai Zang was full of grievances, and said: "Your Majesty, we also know that iron and stone are cheap. But iron is easy to break. If it is forged into swords and spears for soldiers to use, wouldn't it harm them?"

   "The ironware used to be like this, but it won't happen in the future!" Zhang Beichen said.

   "The prime minister is not a craftsman, how can he guarantee it?" Bai Zang asked rhetorically.

Zhang Beichen smiled confidently, and said: "Gongzheng, and all the craftsmen. What you hear is deception, but what you see is believing. If Gongzheng or other craftsmen are interested, I will forge a weapon with you here today. Use iron. Use bronze, everyone, and see who can forge a better weapon!"

   "How dare you compete with me in forging swords, our technology is top-notch in the entire state of Qin!"

   "An iron artifact, no matter who it is, can break it with a bronze artifact!"

   "Okay!" Bai Zang immediately agreed when he heard the words, and said, "If the bronze ware I forge is better than the prime minister's iron ware, please ask the prime minister to take back the ban! Allow me to continue forging bronze ware!"

   "Yes!" Zhang Beichen nodded, "If I win, you will strictly implement the government order. From then on, bronze wares will be abolished and iron wares will be forged!"

   "Okay, please be a witness, Your Majesty!" Bai Zang said to Ying Yiren.

   "The widows are here, and I can see you forging with my own eyes!" Ying Yiren agreed.

   "The workers are about to forge swords!" Not only the craftsmen, but other people on the street gathered around. Bai Zang is the top swordsmith in the country, and he hasn't made a move for many years.

   Now that they are going to make a move, they are still trying to forge it with the new prime minister. Everyone is naturally curious!

  Bai Zang started immediately. He first asked Ying Yiren to uncuff his son's handcuffs temporarily and help him, then took out the bronze material and started smelting.

   On the other side, Zhang Beichen asked his subordinates: "Is the shaft furnace ready?"

   "Back to your lord, it's ready!"

   "Okay, now enter the workshop, smelting iron and casting swords!" Zhang Beichen shouted.

   "Shaft furnace?" Some craftsmen who didn't know why were wondering what kind of medicine was sold in Zhang Beichen's gourd.

   Soon, they saw the so-called shaft furnace. It is about twenty feet high (four to five meters high), and has a diameter of eight or nine feet, showing an oval shape.

  The top is loaded, and the bottom is blown, so that the high-temperature gas burned can better heat the charge and reach a higher temperature.

   "Is this the shaft furnace?" The craftsmen here have never seen such a smelting furnace.

   "Light a fire!" Zhang Beichen gave an order, and someone began to add ingredients to make a fire.

  When the temperature came up, everyone felt the heat wave around them.

   "What a big fire, much bigger than our stove!" A craftsman exclaimed.

   "It's a pity that such a good furnace is not used to smelt bronze!"

   "Prime Minister still understands smelting?"

  Bai Zang and Bai Mu were also extremely surprised. They naturally knew that the higher the temperature of the furnace, the better the smelting effect.

  In Zhang Beichen's shaft furnace, the pig iron has been melted into molten iron, but in their furnace, the bronze material is still heating slowly, which is indeed much slower.

  The temperature in the shaft furnace is getting higher and higher, the heat wave is roiling, and the craftsmen around are sweating all over their bodies just by getting close.

  Ying Yiren brought up the aura, wrapped himself in a trace of coolness, and distributed it to Zhang Beichen at the same time, it felt like turning on the air conditioner.

   "Start stir frying!" Zhang Beichen ordered again, and craftsmen stirred the pig iron and iron ore above.

  This method is called steel frying, which uses the mutual chemical properties of materials to reduce the carbon content of pig iron to the composition range of steel and wrought iron.

  Bai Zang and others became more and more confused as they watched. What are they doing? When they smelted bronze, they had never seen such a method.

   When the stir-frying is almost done, the molten iron is taken out and gradually solidifies into iron embryos.

   "Get the hammer!" Zhang Beichen took off his shirt directly, revealing his strong and firm muscles.

   Those rewards in the simulator are not for white-collar workers, and now Zhang Beichen's physical fitness is already very strong!

  Ying Yiren glanced secretly, thinking: "So white, still very strong, Kong Wu is powerful, Bei Chenjun's body is really attractive... What the **** are you thinking, so many people here are watching!"

  She quickly looked away, at this time Zhang Beichen had already held a bronze hammer and began to hammer the iron embryo.

  (end of this chapter)