Chapter 12: Iron
"Iron, Iron, Iron......"
The surrounding crowd cheered excitedly, and Du Ge smiled and nodded. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info rushed up one after another, smashed the clay mold and took out the iron ingots inside.
"Boss, it's iron......"
Holding the iron and touching it repeatedly, Mu Xue trembled with excitement. This kid's injury, after Du Ge made him a few pots of supplements, he got good quickly, and now he has recovered from the backlash of forcibly releasing his skills.
"Yes, our fox clan is about to enter the Iron Age. ”
Du Ge smiled and commanded the excited hands to set up the iron ingots.
The iron ore sent by the pangolin was about 2 cubic meters and 8 tons, and it was delivered in 4 vehicles. Because no matter how high it is, the vehicles made by the current technology will not be able to carry the load, and will be directly crushed. Without iron, the bearing capacity of wooden bearings is not high. The four-wheeled vehicle has a load of only 2 tons.
Only half of this iron ore was used by Duge.
Counting the iron ingots on the ground, there were 36 iron ingots with a size of about 8 cm * 15 cm * 30 cm, and 1 piece of defective product, totaling 1 ton.
The first ironmaking was successful, and the output was still the same, and Duge was still quite satisfied.
With a wave of his hand, he put these iron ingots into the space, and only threw 3 pieces for the excited people to study.
Now he's going to the Queen. Because of the matter of iron smelting, he only briefly mentioned some of it, and after he was ready to refine it, he threw it directly to the queen, which was troublesome to explain, but he was pinched by Melissa again.
But before that, a question came to his mind.
That's the future of iron ore mining, although there is a small iron ore mine in the mountains. The mine is very shallow, and there is no difficulty in collecting, but the key point is the fox itself.
Look at the thin arms and legs, the average strength and physique is only 0.7, which is less than the average of continental creatures 1. Sweet looking, with fluffy ears and tails, let these cute things go to the mines? Not to mention the feeling of some violent things, just that efficiency problem, Du Ge didn't dare to look at it.
Because now the tools are backward, and they are all smashed by hand. Duge estimates that 100 people can't dig up half a ton a day. And the current fox clan is short of manpower.
From the pangolins, they are too few in number, and a large part of those iron ores were accidentally mined before. It is obviously impossible to entrust them to them.
After thinking about it, Watari looked at his ally, the Gray Wolf Tribe.
Picking up parchment and charcoal pens, Duge wrote a letter. "Dear Mo: ......"
After writing a brief answer to the iron-making matter, Watari sealed the letter, taught it to the wolf ambassador, and instructed him to send it over.
After that, Watara went to Melissa.
Melissa, who was teaching Elwei the sacrificial spell, was forcibly pulled out by Duge and dragged to Melissa's study. After being disturbed, Melissa pursed her red lips with some dissatisfaction, grabbed Du Ge and asked while pinching:
"What did Xiao Duge do when he secretly called me out?"
"This, a~"
Du Ge replied word by word, and at the same time took out the iron ingot from the space.
Unrecognizable at first glance, Melissa took it, and the unexpected heaviness almost made her fall off.
"It's so heavy, what is it...... Iron ?!!!"
"Yes ~ the latest research results in our laboratory. ”
Melissa patted her chest and took a deep breath.
"Hmm, Queen Melissa, what's wrong with you?"
"Love you to death!!"
"Don't ...... Woowoo woo ......"
After a few moments, Du Ge walked out of Melissa's study with a red lip print. As for what Melissa said, she naturally praised her love. When iron appeared, the power of the bang was no less than that of salt. Melissa wants to hold a council of elders, and Watara wants to stop it, because of the precedent of the barbecue powder thing. The emergence of this epoch-making technology, if the news leaks, will inevitably provoke the greed and fraud of the big clans.
He didn't think that the silver blood was monolithic, and there must be a 'pro-lion' faction. It's just some rats who eat inside and out, and sell their people for selfish desires. To put it simply, a traitor.
And those rats are generally hidden in the shadows, Duge asked Melissa, she has few clues in these aspects, but she found that some elders have the intention of 'pro-lion', but whether they are real rats or not, it is not yet certain.
Talking about this, Du Ge's mind became active and conspired with Melissa. Just prepare to take this opportunity to clean up the inside of the silver blood.
After some conspiracy, Melissa happily imprinted two more red seals for Duge before letting him go.
A portion of the iron ingot was left with the queen, and the rest was sent to the military blacksmith's shop. It was a place where weapons were made specifically for the army, and the coppersmiths inside were seasoned veterans. With the advent of iron, these coppersmiths also officially evolved into blacksmiths.
Wataru has to test the next step, turning iron into a weapon.
Before coming, he also recruited a junior dwarf blacksmith from the system.
With people and iron ingots, Du Ge came to the military headquarters and found Wei Ya.
"What are you doing again?"
This cute black-haired apprentice put down the documents in his hand and stared at Du Ge directly. I didn't pretend to be reading a book like I did before.
Du Ge directly took out an iron ingot and slapped it on Wei Ya's table, the latter immediately recognized what it was, his body trembled, and he immediately picked it up and looked at it.
"Where did you get that?"
"The latest results of the laboratory. ”
As soon as Du Ge's words came out, Wei Ya's breathing accelerated significantly.
"Really?"
"My good apprentice, have I ever lied to you?" asked Du Ge with a smile.
At this time, Wei Ya couldn't help but stand up excitedly, and said loudly: "You really have studied how to make iron! If the weapons of the army are updated, then the battle of the army will rise to a higher level." And if you can have iron armor like a human, you can go up again...... Duge, your lab has done a great job this time! I ...... Inform the Queen of this!"
Wei Ya's excited words were a little indescribable, as the supreme commander of the army, she naturally understood what the appearance of iron weapons meant to the army. What does it mean in the orc alliance where there are no iron weapons?
Bronze is scarce, and the toughness and hardness of the weapons made cannot be compared to human iron. In the hard-hitting combat effectiveness, the first to be damaged must be the bronze.
And in battle, weapons and equipment are a crucial factor.
If iron weapons are popularized in the fox army, then the combat effectiveness of the army. But it's a big leap forward. Why doesn't this excite Wei Ya, the army captain?
"I've already told the queen that I've made some iron ingots this time, I've sent you some first, and I'm going to make a few sample weapons today. Tomorrow at the Presbyterian Meeting, Queen Melissa will officially propose the popularization of iron and iron tools, and you will also go to participate when the time comes. Du Ge said with a smile.
Hearing that there was still an iron ingot in Duge, Wei Ya excitedly stepped forward and grabbed his arm, shook it and said, "Where, where, I'll let the craftsman make weapons!"
Just about to take out the iron ingot, Du Ge rolled his eyes, wagged his tail, and laughed evilly.
This apprentice, who has always been lukewarm to him, not close or far, makes him feel very unhappy. Every time I come to her, I will always be sent away inexplicably, and I can't do it if I want to win her over.
Seeing Wei Ya's excited appearance, such a good opportunity to flirt and pull feelings, Du Ge naturally will not give up.
As soon as the action of taking out the iron ingot stopped, Du Ge turned over and put away the previous iron ingot.
"My dear Wei Ya, you see that the iron ingots that you have worked so hard to make for your teacher will be sent to you first, and you will arm your army, don't you thank you for your teacher?"
(To be continued.) )