经过老工匠的一番解释,朱雄英才明白了过来,灌钢法其实是一种取巧的办法,也就是将生铁和炒钢法获取的熟铁再次放到一起去炼,从而获得品质较好的熟铁,甚至是“伪钢”。

说是“伪钢”,是因为灌钢法原理是让生铁里的碳分进入熟铁扩散,跟真正通过锻打来脱碳获得的钢材完全是两码事,沈括《梦溪笔谈》说的很清楚了“世间锻铁所谓钢铁者,用柔铁屈盘之,乃以生铁陷其间,泥封炼之,锻令相入,谓之‘团钢’,亦谓之‘灌钢’.二三炼则生铁自熟,仍是柔铁”。

所以虽然灌钢法弄出来的看起来像是钢,但本质上还是铁,不是钢,适用的情况是需要短时间内大量获取品质更高的铁,用来打造甲胄、兵刃,从而与快速爆兵相匹配。

而数量上的猛增,往往就意味着质量上的严重下滑,用灌钢法获得的铁打造的军械,肯定是没法跟纯手工锻打获得的钢材制作的军械相媲美的,所以话本里常常会出现千锤百炼的宝刀,一刀就把普通腰刀砍断的描述,倒也不算特别夸张到了明朝中叶倭寇作乱的时候,倭寇的武士刀,就经常能做到这种效果,明军的刀在质量上完全无法与倭寇的刀相媲美,因此更多地会采用火铳和狼铣(带枝桠的竹子做成的长矛)来扬长避短。

而出现这种情况的根本原因,就是日本的工匠虽然跟大明的工匠一样缺乏优质铁矿,但他们会把伴生矿石的粉末加入到武士刀里,然后不厌其烦其反复锻打上千次,再进行淬火,成品如果不行,那就继续锻打,主打的就是一个不计成本,毕竟在日本武士刀的价格是极其昂贵的,一把好的武士刀更是被争相追捧,可谓是有市无价,而大明的工匠们则必须要考虑成本的问题,因为明军所需要的是成本能够控制的制式装备,是要量产的,而不是个体化定制的优质武器。

“那现在生产军械用的钢材,一般都锻打多少次?”了解了这些情况后,朱雄英问道。

“标准是百炼钢。”冶铁所的大使小心翼翼地解释道,“非是匠人们不出力,而是锻打费力,加上淬火后也有失败的几率,上头每年都有固定的产出任务,所以委实做不到千炼。”

这么走一圈问一问,基本的情况朱雄英就已经了解了,大明现在的钢铁工业能力怎么说呢,肯定不算差,甚至是世界一流水平,各种类型的铁都能大量生产的同时还能保障基本的质量,但是钢材却由于炉温有限,只能通过人工锻打获取,而且由于各种因素限制,单位钢材的锻打次数还不够多,因此获取的钢材数量和质量都很有限。

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“焦煤?”

词汇,军器局冶铁工匠很茫煤炭,焦煤

朱雄英垃圾堆焦煤,烧完扔掉煤炭,工匠纷纷蹙眉头。

煤炭烧完