Chapter 2579
Technology is never a problem
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However, this level of precision puzzled many top thinkers as to why they did not continue construction and expand steel production.
Not only did people in Chang'an have this idea, even Xu You himself was quite puzzled by this.
If the judgment was made simply because the other party was lazy and unwilling to make it, Xu You would not believe this reason.
A traditional steel furnace that can stably and effectively produce more than eight kinds of steel can be placed in any force. If the leader of that force fails to show respect to the wise, he is definitely a fool.
Also because of this ability and the location it is in, it can better represent the country, so there is no reason to stop building it, right?
This is not normal, both morally and logically, for both individuals and the country.
However, Lu Jun actually understands the reason for this situation better than anyone else.
For things like traditional steelmaking, the larger the volume, the stronger the effect of the refining will be, and the output will also be higher and higher.
At the beginning, he had the same idea and directly built a large number of primitive steel furnaces in Qingzhou area. However, the final result was that many steel furnaces were completely idle.
Because the mining personnel and transportation capacity cannot fully meet the production and manufacturing of steel furnaces, forcibly allocating corresponding manpower will not only fail to increase output much, but will waste a lot of manpower.
After all, in order to allow steelmaking workers to become familiar with and master the work as quickly as possible, most of them are actually full-time workers.
If there is a large increase in the number of people leaving their jobs in a certain area, it will only bring huge logistical and food pressure to that area.
This is also what Lu Jun did after learning about this situation. After careful calculations and classified discussions, he confirmed the final upper limit of the Qingzhou area and the total amount of steel that could be produced.
Of course, it is also because in the Qingzhou area, thanks to the huge consumption in the Donglai area and the rapid development of fisheries, these areas have a large number of non-labor population.
On the one hand, the fishery resources in the Donglai area have been consumed, reducing the pressure on food. On the other hand, an increasing number of non-direct production personnel are continuously increasing the pressure on food.
It can be said that under this tit-for-tat contradiction, building more and more steel furnaces will not only not bring any improvement, but will further widen the contradiction between each other.
Therefore, based on the problems exposed in reality, modifications were made at the practical level, and eventually the number of steel furnaces in Qingzhou area was uniformly planned and arranged.
Compared with the effective replacement of the Qingzhou steel furnace plant, the steel plant located in Bingzhou far exceeds the Qingzhou area in terms of both the number of personnel and the number of steel furnaces.
As for the reasons, in addition to the poverty and lack of food in Bingzhou itself, it also includes the plundering of a large number of nomadic laborers, using this high-intensity labor as a reward in exchange for food supplies and resources from other places, so that they can live a more satisfactory life.
It is also because of the exploitation of labor, coupled with the relatively low difficulty of mining Bingzhou iron ore, that Bingzhou's smelting site has long become the best in the country, and even the best in the world.
Hundreds of thousands of laborers worked in it, under the supervision of Bingzhou personnel. The amount of steel that could be refined and the profits that were created refreshed the views of the ministers of the Han Empire.
After all, in this era, how much steel is produced? How much is the stock? In many cases, it can be used as a country's emergency fund to enable the country to deal with wars that may occur at any time.
In fact, for the Han Empire, which has a long history and is weak, there will always be people coming to attack it. In order to deal with this threat, it needs so many things. As long as others are completely dealt with, there will be no similar threats.
This is also one of the reasons why Lu Jun never asked anyone to build more mines in Bingzhou after the number of mines in Bingzhou reached a certain level.
If the labor force that can be produced cannot match the limit of the steel furnace, then more and more steel furnaces will only become a waste of resources.
It can be said that this kind of thing is a waste of resources in China, and people don't want to build it. It's just something that everyone wants to study as much as possible. However, it is still of extremely high importance in this distant foreign country.
Apart from anything else, as long as ten tons of steel can be produced a day, the Yuan family's land development and military equipment enhancement can be put on the agenda simultaneously without having to make a difficult choice between the two.
The land where they are located is very fertile, but mining is difficult and the risks are high.
It is precisely because of this understanding that everyone in the Yuan family knows how important this steelmaking furnace is!
As for the consumption of steel, no one complains that it is too much.
Even the expanded steel production in the Han Empire at this time could not even meet the growing demand.
In addition to the army's conventional equipment and large steel warships that can be called various wonders, the real major consumer of steel comes from people's livelihood.
The Han Empire had a population of 40 to 50 million. Although not everyone had a sickle or hoe, there should still be enough for every two people to have a sickle or hoe.
Even if two or three kilograms are used to forge a hoe, or one kilogram is used to forge a sickle, the amount of steel required is an extremely large number, not to mention that these farm tools are consumables, and they will be damaged even if they are maintained by the warmth of cloud air.
It can be said that what really limited the steel production of the Han Empire at that time was nothing more than the means of ore mining and transportation.
As for the technical problems of the steelmaking furnace, that is the smallest problem, it cannot even be called a problem. Even if it is the only one in the world, it cannot be called a problem.
After the Yuan family had completely decided on the location, Lu Jun first began to direct the Yuan family's technical staff to start manufacturing a qualified steelmaking furnace for the Yuan family as compensation for the other party's stabilization.
You don't really think that 100 million yuan can build a steel furnace, do you?
If he really wanted this little bit of money, even if he only taught one class and charged 10 million per person, the noble families who dared to sign up would line up from the south to the north of Chang'an City.
But unfortunately, even if he understands these techniques and understands the principles behind them, it will be difficult for him to teach the other party in a short period of time.
Although a high school student's knowledge reserve is enough to handle all of this, for the vast majority of people in this world, they may not be able to learn so much knowledge in their entire lifetime.
It can be said that theoretical teaching and practical operation at the same time is the best way for people to learn manufacturing in this era.
However, even so, the time required to successfully make one is a torturous process.
(End of this chapter)