Chen Zhi looked at the young man who came over, nodded and smiled: "I don't know how it is shaped?" ”

Then Li Wei suddenly came to his senses, and said: "It has worked, after all, it is the Lord who has instructed you to know, this has been more than half a month, if I still don't see any results, then I am really ashamed to see people." As he spoke, he took a few steps closer.

Behind him, there were bursts of strong steam floating, which originally covered half of his body, making the outline of the whole person appear blurred, but now as he stepped out, the naked upper body that was originally shrouded by the steam was completely exposed to the sun, glowing with a bronze luster, and the tendons and flesh were exceptionally strong.

The little scholar Chen Wu couldn't help but be surprised when he looked like this, he especially remembered that he had seen Li Wei once two or three months ago, although the other party couldn't say that he was thin, but he also looked a little shriveled, why was it only so long, and it was actually like this? Not to mention, this person is heroic at the moment, and there is an air of confidence between his eyebrows.

Chen Wu didn't know that Li Wei had a lot of ability in the past, and he was very talented in the way of Mohist creation, and now he joined Chen Zhi's command, and was valued by Chen Zhi, not only did he eat well and keep up with his nutrition, but also a few Mohist craftsmen and masters could ask for advice, and he learned a lot of ability, and there were workshops and factories under Chen Zhi to provide him with experimental ideas, and he had many successes, so he naturally became more and more confident, which made him look radiant.

didn't say that the little scholar was surprised, but said that Li Wei led Chen Zhi inside, and through the layers of steam, he could hear the sound of ping-pong on both sides.

Chen Wu knew that this was the surrounding iron.

Originally, there was only one paper mill here, but now the paper mills are blooming everywhere, and the main part of it has been moved to Chenzhuang outside the city, while this area of the northern city has not been vacated because of this, but has been naturalized by Chen Zhi Many factories and workshops, and there is a detailed planning and division.

According to Chen Wu's memory, these two sides seem to be specialized in iron smelting workshops, the mining area outside the city has recently heard of a small amount of iron ore, and the mine on the north bank of the Sanggan River, it is said that there is a lot of iron ore, also down the river, transported to the iron workshop in Dai County, so in the past two months, this side has been working almost day and night, and I don't know how much iron is hit.

However, Chen Wu is very clear, Chen Zhi's attention to this side is far more than other places, he will talk about it when he has nothing to do, and he will run over when he is free, and he has transferred the most elite 200 people to come over to garrison, and there are routine inquiries every day, and the code is changed once every two days, and the password is directly determined by him, the prince of the mansion.

But despite this, Chen Wu didn't like to come over very much, the reason is very simple, that is, it is too hot here, and it is all steam, not to mention that every time he goes back, he will be soaked all over his body, just say that the first time he came over, he accidentally touched a place, and the heat gushing out burned him, and it took several days to recover, and there are scars until today.

Bang!

Chen Wu was still thinking about it, when there was a sudden explosion next to him, and then a large amount of air gushed out from an alley on the left, accompanied by a few exclamations, and then several figures stumbled out in the thick smoke.

Li Wei was talking about the recent harvest with a red face, but when he heard the voice, his face was suddenly ugly, he looked at the voice, saw a few people coming, and hurriedly ran over to ask, followed by a few words of comfort, mobilized a few people around him to help, and then walked back quite disappointed.

From Li Wei rushed over to the present, it was only a few breaths before and after, during which Chen Zhi looked at it but nodded again and again, and when he saw someone coming back, he asked, "What's wrong?" But something went wrong with the ironmaking? No one was hurt, right? ”

"No one was injured, since the Lord you promulgated the regulations, we have strictly followed them inside and outside, there is a set of rescue and evacuation regulations, although such accidents still occur frequently, but there are fewer injured," Li Wei said and shook his head, "In recent days, several shaft furnaces have been formed, and they can already make iron on a large scale, but the alley here is not for ironmaking, but for testing new furnaces." ”

"New furnace?" Chen Zhi listened to the movement in his heart, "Could it be that the kind of steam furnace I mentioned before, you already have a clue here?" ”

"Yes," Li Wei nodded, "We listened to your suggestion from the Lord before, and we changed those oval shaft furnaces into cross-section furnaces, and sure enough, the efficiency has increased greatly, and it can produce more than three percent of iron every day, I thought, try the steaming furnace you mentioned, and after a few tests, I began to try to assemble it, and it was originally burned smoothly, and it took a few hours, but the result was still not good, alas! ”

Good guys, it would be amazing if you got it out!

Chen Zhi listened to this, he was silent on the surface, and even comforted and praised him, but in fact, he couldn't help but marvel in his heart.

Of course, he has no experience in these shaft furnaces used in iron smelting, let alone built them, but he has seen a sentence or two in the acting before, using the hundred sticks of the lottery holder to refine the memory, but it is also incomplete, and he only vaguely understands a few key nodes.

For example, the transformation of the blast and the oval shaft furnace that Li Wei just mentioned is derived from these trivial memories, if it were not for Li Wei's own talent, and the assistance of many craftsmen in this area, I am afraid it would not be easy to take shape in a short period of time.

That's it, or because of this kind of improvement, it was originally a new technology born in the original historical process, the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the early Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and even in the current history, it may appear, but because of the view of the portal, as well as the lag of message transmission, and the sensitivity of iron-smelting technology, it is not seen in the world.

However, being able to make such an improvement is enough to prove Li Wei's ability.

"But this steaming furnace, is not along the historical process of technology accumulation, but directly across hundreds of years of time, although those trivial memories are not systematic, but more or less marked time, this steaming furnace is the technology of the Song Dynasty, the current time node, from the Song Dynasty is separated by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty Five dynasties, if this is all at once, it is surprising!"

Thinking so, but Li Wei on the other side recovered immediately after a short period of frustration, and said: "Although it has not been completed this time, but after this trial, the villain has an idea, if this steaming furnace can be made, or it can be used to make iron, after all, our Daijun will produce coal now, and with the recent expansion of the iron mill, charcoal is no longer enough, but if you use coal to make iron, the quality seems to have an impact......"

Thinking so, he explained briefly, Chen Zhi almost understood, and realized that this was a plan with both pros and cons, but he did not veto it, but encouraged and supported it.

Li Wei was encouraged, and immediately became energetic, led the way in front again, and said excitedly: "Look, the villain almost forgot his business, the lord hurry up and see Xingang, this meeting should also be able to meet." ”