Iron, for a long time in history, was a measure of whether a country is strong enough. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoThe dictatorship of salt and iron also began in the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and lasted for a long, long time.

Yan Ming rushed to the smelting village as soon as possible. Yan Ming was the first to know the news of refining high-strength iron. Lao Fan of the Iron Smelting Village did not dare to tell Liu Che of Weiyang Palace the news of smelting a new type of iron first.

This iron model, Lao Fan is not sure if it is better, so he can only consult Yan Ming first.

The iron smelting village is still the same as before. To Yan Ming's surprise, those manpower pile drivers were simply modified by them, making the machines run and more powerful.

"Who made the modification of this machine?" Yan Ming asked.

"It was only recently modified by the blacksmith of the elder Chen. Don't say it, this change, the power of the machine is much greater. Lao Fan said.

Yan Ming looked around the machine, and the hammer, which was not too big, was replaced by Da Lao Chen with a slightly larger model.

"It's not okay to change it like this!" Yan Ming shook his head.

Lao Fan also looked around, but he didn't feel anything. In his opinion, it is just this little marquis, who is unhappy that his things have been modified.

But when he looked at Yan Ming carefully, he couldn't find a trace of unhappiness on Yan Ming's face. I only heard Yan Ming say: "The spirit of the elder Chen and the blacksmiths who love to think and use their brains is good. It's just that if you continue to do this, it's not in accordance with the rules! ”

Lao Fan was also afraid that Da Lao Chen would be in the limelight too much, so he said with a smile: "My subordinates also said so, but Da Lao Chen said that the rules are used to break." ”

Yan Ming was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Da Lao Chen is an interesting character. Go and call him. ”

Lao Fan nodded and ran out. These days, the blacksmiths have built many swallow knives in batches, which have been valued by the emperor and the army, which has made Lao Fan, who originally had no thoughts, have an inexplicable antipathy towards Da Lao Chen and the blacksmith battalion.

Now he made a vinegar for the eldest elder Chen in front of Yan Hou, but he didn't expect that Yan Hou was going to find the eldest elder Chen to come, and Lao Fan felt a little sorry for the eldest Chen, and he was a little happy.

After a while, the elder Chen came over and greeted Yan Ming from afar.

"You modified this manpower piledriver?" Yan Ming asked with a smile.

"Back to Master Hou, it is the villain who modifies." There was a look of pride on Da Lao Chen's face.

Yan Ming nodded and said with a smile: "After your modification, the strength of the pile driver will be greater, and the speed of the sword will be faster, mass production, what you want is the production volume, originally you did it right, but it's a pity that ......"

Elder Chen had listened to Yan Ming praising himself wholeheartedly before, but in the end, it was a pity that the sentence made Elder Chen's heart mention it slightly.

"It's a pity that if you do this, not only will the swallow knife not reach the level of 100 steel, but this manpower pile driver will also be extremely badly damaged." Yan Ming patted the pile driver, which was the first mechanical equipment he made after he arrived in Dahan.

"How so?" Elder Chen frowned, although he was a blacksmith, he was not stupid. At this moment, he also thought that Yan Ming was deliberately looking for trouble for him again. After all, he modified the pile driver built by Yan Ming without authorization.

Seeing that the elder Chen was still respectful, but his face showed a little dissatisfaction, Yan Ming smiled: "Look, the cam and connecting rod of this pile driver are all in size. And the dimensions I designed were just enough to withstand the original pile hammer. Now that you have replaced with a large model of pile hammer, but the connecting rod and cam of the pile driver have not changed, what kind of consequences do you think will have after using it for a long time? ”

Da Lao Chen is a senior blacksmith, not a stupid person, Yan Ming said this, he only needed to think about it a little, and he immediately understood the principle.

"Oops!" He immediately climbed on the connecting rod and cam of the manpower pile driver to take a closer look, and really found that the connecting rod had a slight deformation, but the cam was not deformed, but the edge was a little concave and convex, not as smooth as the original.

"Master Hou, I'm here, I'm also kind!" Elder Chen saw sweat on his forehead. This manpower pile driver is something that the emperor likes, and he has changed it without authorization and made it deformed, so he naturally has to worry about whether his head can sit firmly on his shoulder.

"And the swallow knife you made, although it is the same as the previous piledriver, it was formed after a hundred tempering. The weight that can increase the gravity makes the steel expand rapidly, although it has been refined a hundred times, but because the speed is too fast, it still makes the originally better and denser iron loose, and the sword created is probably a lot worse than the previous Yan knife. Yan Ming continued.

Elder Chen shook his head and said: "Yan Hou, this pile driver has indeed been deformed, but his subordinates dare to vouch for their heads, and the quality of Yan Dao is definitely not bad." ”

Yan Ming reached out and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Who wants your head to vouch?" Keep your head and do more in the future! Go and take out a swallow knife and I'll take a look. ”

This is not necessary for Da Lao Chen to go in person, someone has already run there and brought a swallow knife.

Yan Ming weighed it with his hand, and this knife was on par with the Yan knife he had created before in terms of appearance and gravity. Yan Ming took out the small short knife he was carrying, and the void gestured for a moment, and then slashed towards the Yan knife.

"Dang!" There was a soft thud.

Yan Ming's short knife slashed into the Yan knife, which was about a few millimeters.

"You see, although this knife is sharper than the others, it is still not as sharp as the weapons that have been created before." Yan Ming handed it to Elder Chen and said.

Seeing this scene, the sweat on Da Lao Chen's face came down. He said before that he would vouch for it with his head. But now that the facts are in front of him, he also wilted.

"Alright, don't get down. You don't understand the properties of metals. After this time, I will choose a few people to study with me in Hongyantang for a period of time. Let's not talk about that, let's take a look at the refined iron you have refined. Yan Ming smiled.

The refining of refined iron was led by Lao Fan.

Although Yan Hou didn't deal with Da Lao Chen, seeing that Da Lao Chen was a little wilted, Lao Fan felt that he could finally be on an equal footing with the blacksmith camp again.

By the time Yan Ming said that he wanted to take a look at the refined iron, Lao Fan had already gone to the warehouse where the iron ingots were stored, took out a piece of iron ingots from it, and held it in front of Yan Ming with both hands.

Yan Ming took the iron ingot, flicked the iron ingot with his hand from time to time, listened carefully to the sound of the iron ingot, and after a long time, he smiled slightly on his face and said: "Old Fan, fortunately, you told me first, if you tell the emperor, I am afraid that a lesson will be indispensable." ”

"What? Isn't this iron considered refined iron? Lao Fan asked with some disappointment.

"It's a little better than ordinary iron, but there is still a certain gap with refined iron." Yan Ming said with a smile: "In this way, Lao Fan, you can also choose a few people and go to Hongyan Hall with me to study for half a year." Half a year later, with your understanding of ironmaking, I'm afraid you will really be able to refine steel! ”

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