Chapter 2168: Lorraine Iron

In fact, even if François I knew about this, he would not take it too seriously, at best it would be unhappy. Why? Originally in history, the German princes chose him to fight the powerful Charles V and avoid the Habsburg family from becoming too strong.

But now, because of Marin’s intervention, the Spanish prince Juan did not die, and Charles failed to inherit the Spanish throne. Naturally, the German princes would not worry that the Habsburg family would be too strong, and there would be no fight between the King of France and Charles. idea.

Of course, the princes will still feel pressure when the Habsburgs conquer the whole of Switzerland. It's just that there is no pressure from Charles V who unites Spain.

In other words, Marin's disruption this time was just breaking François I's extravagant hope, and it was not something he originally had at his fingertips. There will definitely be a gap between the two sides, but they will not meet each other in battle.

But Anthony, Duke of Lorraine, who was revealed by Marin, hated Marin completely. After all, Marin didn't give him much face this time. Originally, Anthony, who was also Duke of Lorraine and Duke of Barr of France, ate very well, whether in Germany or France, and everyone was very generous. It's like Marin this time, he couldn't get off the stage on the spot. For the nobles, what they want is face, and sometimes profits have to make way for face. Therefore, the relationship between Duke Anthony and Marin is a bridge. If there is a chance of stabbing, the opponent will never be vague. Even if Marin agreed to purchase more iron ore in Lorraine, it did not reduce Duke Anthony's hatred of Marin.

Why did Marin buy Lorraine's low-quality iron ore? This involves the issue of weapons and equipment. Lorraine iron ore has low grade and high phosphorus content. This iron ore smelted steel can be used to make farm tools and simple tools, but it is deadly when used to make weapon armor.

High phosphorus content makes steel brittle, and it is easy to break when it collides with the enemy's weapon armor. Used on firearms, it is more deadly and will cause the chamber to explode.

Even if Marin uses quicklime as a slag-making agent, it has a certain desulfurization and dephosphorization effect, which is good for desulfurization, but the dephosphorization effect is not very good. Dephosphorization mainly relies on oxidation reaction to generate P2O5 and discharge. But dephosphorization is best in a low temperature environment. How high is the temperature of the steelmaking furnace? Not only is it not conducive to dephosphorization, it may also regenerate phosphorus-containing impurities in the reverse direction, reducing the dephosphorization effect.

In later generations, the main method of oxygen top blowing was used to increase the oxygen supply, so that the oxygen and phosphorus could generate P2O5 (sublimated into gas at 360 degrees). This method has strong dephosphorization ability. But in this era, let alone oxygen top blowing, air top blowing is very difficult.

Therefore, even if quicklime is used to dephosphorize, the steel produced from Lorraine iron ore with high phosphorus content is still of poor quality and cannot be used for gun casting and gun barrel manufacturing. It's not that it can't be manufactured, it's just that the quality is poor.

Why did the French always fail to beat the British in naval battles? In addition to the British have the technology of refining the steel used in the reverberatory furnace, the Lorraine iron ore used by the French has high phosphorus content, which is also an important factor that the French always suffer.

It was also a bombardment of naval guns. The French artillery made of steel made of Lorraine iron ore often exploded. How does it compare with British naval guns?

In fact, the German Gothic plate armor and the Milan plate armor of Italy would not use steel produced from Lorraine iron ore. Nothing else affects quality.

What does Marin want Lorraine Iron Mine for? Build farm tools! The steel smelted from the Lorraine Iron Mine cannot be used as a weapon or armor, but it can be used to build farm tools. For example, a **** deals with soil, not something that is also steel. Therefore, high phosphorus content is not a problem. Of course, it cannot be used as a mining pick, it is easy to collapse, after all, it has high phosphorus content and cold brittleness. But mining picks are not farm tools...

On the one hand, Marin wanted to sell farm tools to these unfriendly princes. After all, the cost of blast furnace iron smelting in the North Sea country was relatively low, and coke was used.

However, Marin worried that these hostile princes bought back the iron farm tools made in the North Sea and melted them into weapon armor for use in the North Sea country. Therefore, Marin had been reluctant to sell ironware to the princes before.

But the ironware produced with Lorraine iron ore is different. This low-quality steel product, even if it is melted, is of poor quality. It’s no problem to make farm tools and daily utensils, but to build weapons, armors and even guns, there is definitely a problem.

While selling iron farm tools to make money, on the other side, you don’t have to worry about hostile forces using them to build weapons and armors against yourself. Why not do it?

If he traveled to ancient China, Malin would also find a way to trade with the grassland tribes, deliberately using iron pots with high phosphorus content to trade with the grassland people. In this case, if the opponent uses it to build a sword, it will be unlucky, and it will be easy to collapse when slashed...

What? You said that iron ore with high phosphorus content like Lorraine iron ore is hard to find? Don’t you know that bones are high in phosphorus? Especially fish bones. When smelting iron, add some fish bone meal to increase the phosphorus content of the smelted iron. At that time, it’s okay to build an iron pot, but it’s easy to make a scimitar...

The ashes are a magical thing, this thing, added to the porcelain clay, the ceramics burned out are the best bone china. However, when added to iron ore, the smelted iron is inferior, brittle iron.

Of course, the phosphorus content cannot be made too high. If the phosphorus content is too high, there will be problems in the construction of agricultural tools, which will cause the agricultural tools to break easily. Therefore, Marin also needs to let his craftsmen test steels with a variety of phosphorus content, and select steels that are just suitable for making farm tools but not suitable for making guns.

If it is too obvious, and even the farm tools that are made are very problematic, then no princes will use them to melt the armor of weapons. So, with this ratio, you have to try...

In order to make the princes willing to buy the iron farm tools of the North Sea country, Marin vowed to brag-using our new style of iron farm tools, the North Sea country has only harvested every year...

As for the real high-yield secret fertilizer in the North Sea, Marin said nothing but Italian volcanic ash. Yes, you go to compete with France and Spain for the Kingdom of Naples...

Under Marin's apparently misleading propaganda, many princes became interested in the iron farm tools of Beihai Country.

Moreover, Marin is not purely cheating. In order to strengthen the persuasive power, Ma Lin even took out the Quyuan Plow, and let the princes marvel again and again. However, Marin did not bring out the most advanced artifacts such as the Prader pear cart and the wheat samarium. He is here to make money, not to lead the princes to get rich together. So, a little good stuff is enough. It would be silly to take out all the good things.

In fact, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Quyuanli is a magical tool for homesteaders, and it is just like that for nobles.

why? Because the biggest feature of Quyuan Plow is to save animal power. The straight plow, which originally required two cows to pull, can be pulled by one cow after it becomes a curved plough.

This is of great significance to ordinary homesteaders and can save animal power. But for the great nobles, animal power is not a problem at all, some of them are beasts and horses. And self-employed farmers, in this era of Europe, do not have to pay taxes. Therefore, even if Marin sells the Quyuan Plow to other countries, it will not bring huge changes to the farms of the nobles. At most, it saves the number of animals used, but the labor efficiency is still not much improved, and it does not have much impact on the output.

Of course, this doesn't affect the princes present who were amazed after listening to Ma Lin's introduction. After all, this thing sounds tall. Moreover, it is said to come from the legendary Eastern Empire, which is even more mysterious...

Moreover, the so-called "Prad plough cart" of the North Sea State is actually a combination of the curved shaft plough and the Saxon heavy plough. The Saxon heavy plow is also called the Saxon wheel plow, which has a wheel to control the depth of the plow and the direction of the plow. It's just that the plowshare of the Saxon heavy plow is straight, while the curved shaft plow is curved. The Prader plow is to replace the straight plow with a curved plow, so that three curved plows are arranged side by side on the wheel plow to form a plow with higher ploughing effect, nothing more.

In addition to iron farm tools such as shovels, shovels, hoes, and ploughs, there are also daily necessities such as kitchen knives, axes, and wagon iron frames. When exported to hostile vassal states, Lorraine iron, such inferior iron, is also used as much as possible. In short, Marin will not give his opponents a chance to strengthen himself. In addition, the matchlock gun "made by Master Hans" will also be made of Lorraine iron.

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