Iron ore is generally the concentrate of iron ore after crushing and beneficiation in modern times, and this kind of iron ore is formed because of the long age, iron ore fragmentation and peeling by the water flow alluvial out of the rock wall or cave, is natural, and the purity is far worse than the iron sand of ore separation.

Iron ore generally exists in the chemical state of iron oxide or iron hydroxide in nature, including magnetite, hematite, pyrite, limonite and lazuli. Among them, the color of magnetite is black and gray, which is the color of iron ore in Yang Wenli's hands.

Magnetite is easy to be beneficiated, but the reducibility is very low, which means that it is difficult to smelt, but Yang Wenli doesn't know these situations, he is excitedly inspecting the purity of iron ore, to see if it is difficult to beneficiate?

The iron ore in this riverbed has actually been screened by nature, this is because the specific gravity of different ores is different, washed by the current, and the sedimentation sections are also different, so the purity of these iron ores is already very high, so Yang Wenli is even more excited after seeing it.

Later, Yang Wenli went up and down the creek to investigate, and found that there was not much iron ore, only more than 100 meters of land, although it was a pity, but compared to Yang Wenli, it was enough, and he was not engaged in industrialization, just making some weapons and armor, and it was less than one ten-thousandth of it.

Yang Wenli's abnormality was seen by both Rentian and Rendi, so they asked him: "Big boss, is this sand iron ore?" ”

"Yes, and it's very pure iron ore, quick, let's bring some back with each of us." Yang Wenli replied while taking his clothes and spreading them on the shore, there were no carrying tools, he planned to wrap some of them back with his clothes.

Iron ore is very heavy, just wrap a little bit of hundreds of catties, the distance is so far, and it is the most difficult mountain road, they can only carry more than 100 catties back.

Although Rentian and Rendi were puzzled, they also followed him, taking the short placket they took off and spread it on the bank of the river.

"The mineral sands in the middle of the river are of higher purity." Yang Wenli demonstrated as he spoke, and he walked to the center of the river and began to dig with his bare hands.

The proportion of iron ore is heavy, but it is not as good as digging sand, because he is digging too hard, his hands are so painful. So he took out the Yang knife he wore on his waist and dug it up as a shovel.

"Wow...... Exercise! Yang Wenli was shocked at first, and then scolded fiercely, it turned out that he went down with a knife, and after pulling out the water, a thick layer of iron ore was attached to the knife.

Only then did he know that this kind of iron ore was magnetite, which was difficult to smelt, even by the time of the Qing Dynasty, there was no way to smelt, and in terms of difficulty in utilization, it was not as good as the worst quality limonite.

Anyway, the worst has to be taken back to give it a try, it is not easy to find mines, and it is similar to the welfare lottery awards in the later generations, he has no confidence to find iron ore again.

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"Big boss, I'll help you carry it." When Yang Wenli and the three of them crawled to the door of the cottage topless and sweating profusely, Yang Renhuang immediately ran to him and took the iron ore and said.

"Okay, I'll take a break, the mountain road is too difficult to walk, and the weather is hot, so I can't stand it." Yang Wenli let out a sigh of relief, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said.

Yang Wenli didn't have to carry the heavy iron ore anymore, his body was much lighter, he walked in front to lead the way, and said as he walked: "You come with me, and go directly to the weapons workshop." ”

In the wild, the three of them were naked, no one saw it anyway, and when they passed by the residential area, several girls came up to them, and they saw three shirtless men walking over, and they didn't blink their eyes.

It was too strong, and all three of them had bulging muscles, highlighting their explosive strength, and they were extremely strong. Just as men love to look at beautiful women, women actually love to look at men's majestic bodies.

This is not modern, it is the late Ming Dynasty, even in modern times, only professional fitness people can achieve their appearance, and they may not be able to catch up, after all, who has nothing to do with all day fitness! In the late Ming Dynasty, they could be said to be rare.

The fourth person approached, and when they saw that it was Yang Wenli, they immediately saluted him to the right: "Big boss"

"No courtesy," Yang Wenli replied very kindly.

Now the old lady is looking for a man for them, although they have not yet agreed, but after a long time, they will definitely marry again. In short, these girls will definitely become the daughters-in-law of the cottage and begin to form happy families.

This is very rare, they are bandits, unless they go outside the mountains to rob women back, who is a normal person who wants to marry a bandit! It is also the duty of him, the big boss, to find a daughter-in-law for his subordinates, so he looks at these girls as if they are precious.

As for himself, because he is still young and has great ambitions to dominate the world, he has no heart to find a woman before his career improves.

With iron ore, Yang Wenli plans to start experimenting with melting iron ore. But at the beginning, there was a problem that stumped him, there was no crucible.

He didn't know how to make crucibles, he used to buy ready-made crucibles from blacksmith shops, and this time it was the same, so he could only go to the state city again to find a blacksmith shop to buy crucibles.

In the past, when he went to the state city to buy things, Zhao Laosi went to buy them, but now Zhao Laosi stays in the farmland under the mountain all day, and he can only talk to him when he waits for dinner. I have to send a few more people to go with him, the first is to protect him, and the second is to buy more to come back, Happy Valley is far away from the state city, and it is not as convenient as Maoshan Chong before, Yang Wenli thought in his heart.

At dinnertime, in the big canteen, Yang Wenli really found Zhao Laosi, he just wanted to speak, but the people in the big canteen greeted him together: "Big boss"

"No courtesy, everyone continue to eat, I have something to find Fourth Uncle Zhao." Yang Wenli said to everyone with a smile.

"I don't know what the big boss is looking for me?" Zhao Laosi stopped his chopsticks and asked Yang Wenli respectfully. He is no longer called Young Master Li, and everyone calls him the big boss.

Yang Wenli's ability has won his respect, only after so long, the cottage has been thriving, those former bandits who were demoted to slave Tuntian soldiers, have no complaints against him, just because he is fair, does not discriminate against anyone, is both decisive and bodhisattva-hearted, he seems to be born with a leader's demeanor.

"Fourth Uncle Zhao, I want to ask you to take a few people to the state city to help me buy a few crucibles and come back, you can buy as many as you can, and you can choose four people from the Tuntian soldiers to accompany you. Do not bring weapons, and prepare a miscellaneous stick for each person to defend themselves. If the price is higher, buy it, don't worry about it, I just need a crucible. ”

Yang Wenli sat down next to Zhao Laosi and said as if talking to him. He doesn't have a bit of a big boss, as if he is talking to a friend.

Yang Wenli is this advantage, he does not put on a stand with anyone, he is very kind, so that people feel very comfortable when they hear it.

"Yes, but, boss, I want to go home and pick up my family by the way, I don't know if it's okay?" Zhao Laosi agreed without thinking about it, but he also made a small personal request.

"I don't have an opinion, you can do it!" Yang Wenli nodded in agreement.

…… To be continued