Li De picked up a basket of iron ore and walked up the steps in front of him. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info this newly repaired blast furnace is one zhang high, and a soil step has been built next to it, so that people can add materials to the furnace mouth. Li Deyi decided to refine this first furnace of iron by himself, so he naturally did what he said.

The blacksmith master was stupid when he saw Li Deyi's actions, and he didn't understand what he was going to do at all. Seeing that Li Deyi had already reached the top, he was about to pour the ore into the furnace, and Zhou Quan said boldly below: "Little, little hero, what are you doing here?" ”

Turning his head to look at the blacksmith master below, Li Deyi smiled and said, "I plan to refine this furnace of iron by myself." Zhou Quan had a long mouth, hesitated, and said, "Little hero, I haven't let go of charcoal yet." It is necessary to put charcoal in before putting ore. ”

Li De suddenly blushed, he took it for granted that he would just put in iron ore, but he didn't know to put charcoal first. Embarrassed to come down from above with a basket of iron ore, Li De didn't move anymore, he was afraid that he would make a joke again.

The blast furnace built now in Weibeiying is not very large and can only be said to be a small one, because the furnace shell is made of masonry temporarily, so it can not be used for a long time, and it will not be used many times, and it will crack and be abandoned. According to Zhang An, the Taizu blast furnace in the Royal Iron and Steel Bureau of Zhongshencheng is made of stainless steel, so it is very durable, and it has been maintained by successive emperors and has been used to this day.

After Li Deyi heard this, he secretly kept all this in his heart, thinking that when he practiced steel in the future, he must build a blast furnace as big as Zhongshen City. "The Tuliao people destroyed one, and when I have a chance in the future, I will build another one!" The bellows used in the earthen blast furnace in Weibeiying are two-way bellows pulled by three trainees, and this two-way bellows is also a two-way bellows that Li Deyi found a carpenter from Weibeiying to make one according to what he said after Zhang An said it. The carpenter was startled when he heard that it was a huge bellows that could only be pulled by three people, but because of the presence of the little medical officer, he did not say much, and honestly did as requested. At this time, the bellows made by the sword and armor battalion in the Weibei camp were just the kind of small bellows that could be pulled by only one person.

However, according to Zhang An, the bellows made by the Taizu blast furnace in Zhongshen City were too huge to be manpower and animal power, so they were driven by water drainage. The water row is a huge wooden wheel erected on the shore of the turbulent Shuangshui River in Zhongshen City, which is driven by the impact of the water flow to rotate, and then the huge two-way blower box is rotated by the transmission mechanism, so as to blow the powerful wind into the blast furnace.

Li Deyi asked Zhang Anke if he remembered the structure of the water drain, and he planned to try out a smaller water drain by the Xiaoqing River. As a result, Zhang Ango only knew that there was such a water drain, and he didn't know what the structure was inside. I think too, he is a blacksmith, where will he know how to make this water drain.

At this time, a blacksmith student came over to pick up the basket of iron ore that Li Deyi had just moved and sent it to the old blacksmith Zhou Quan. Li Deyi blushed again, turned around, and didn't let others see it.

The iron ore is processed, ground and crushed, and then screened to make ore grains of uniform size, which are poured from the top of the blast furnace along with the charcoal and limestone. The old blacksmith Zhou Quan took people to deal with the iron ore by himself, and Li Deyi carefully memorized each step with a hard charcoal pen next to him, and carefully recorded the size of the crushed iron ore particles and how many centimeters, and other specific values.

While taking notes, Li De asked the old blacksmith why he used centimeter measurements to write down the size of the ore grains. Zhou Quan couldn't say why, only said that this was a measure passed down from his master, according to word of mouth among blacksmiths, this was a set of measurements specially set by Taizu in the Royal Iron and Steel Bureau, and there were millimeters below, which was one-tenth of a centimeter, and above was a meter, which was a hundred centimeters. Not long after Zhou Quan came, he made such a measuring tape, and when he saw Li Deyi asking, he took it out of his arms and gave Li Deyi a closer look. As soon as Li De saw this twenty-centimeter-long wooden ruler, several scenes of déjà vu flashed in the sea of consciousness. These pictures flashed in the sea of Li De's knowledge, and Li De grasped the key in an instant.

After writing it down on the paper, Li Deyi said to Zhou Quan: "Give me this wooden ruler first, and let the carpenter make hundreds of them, and all the students of the Steel School will be issued with a wooden ruler in the future." In the future, we will use this kind of measuring stick left by Taizu as a standard. Speaking of which, Li Deyi couldn't help but sigh with emotion, Pingzhou Taizu is really a god and a man, and he is really omnipotent. Cultivating the original gas is the first in the world, and the ability to make steel is also the first in the world, and there are more than that, what papermaking, glassmaking, etc., are all invented by Taizu. "Ping Zhou Taizu is really an extraordinary hero!" The more Li Deyi remembered on paper, the more he admired Pingzhou Taizu very much. Well, the degree of stallion is also the first in the world, to paraphrase a famous saying, Pingzhou Taizu sat in Zhongshen City, and there were mothers-in-law everywhere in the world.

While Li Deyi was talking to Zhou Quan here, the charcoal and crushed iron ore had been poured into the blast furnace, and the blast furnace had already opened fire. One of the three masters of the school, Zhang An was busy instructing the students to open the bellows and supply air to the blast furnace. After Zhang's demonstration, the three students began to push and pull the large two-way bellows together. Li Deyi went over and carefully remembered the relevant data of the bellows. During the entire ironmaking process, Li Deyi kept memorizing the relevant detailed data, and did not miss any details, and wrote them down in detail. The blacksmith did not understand his intentions, and did not dare to ask.

After about an hour, molten iron flowed out of the iron mouth below the blast furnace and flowed directly into a pre-built square pond next to the blast furnace. The old blacksmith Zhou Quan stood on the low brick and stone wall by the pond, and personally took a long wooden stick and quickly began to stir the molten iron in the square pond. At the same time, the blacksmith Bao Shan took the fine ore powder left over from the previous crushed iron ore and began to quickly sprinkle it into the square pond.

After a while, the wooden stick in the old blacksmith Zhou Quan's hand burned the front part, and there were already students waiting with new wooden sticks in their hands, reaching out to replace a new wooden stick, and Zhou Quan continued to stir rapidly. Li Deyi stared at the whole process grimly, turning his head from time to time to ask Zhang An beside him a few words, and then quickly clicked on the relevant detailed data on the paper, such as how many times to stir in a few breaths, how many times to stir in total, and so on. Gradually, the molten iron in Fangtang began to cool, Zhang An stepped forward and used the iron knife prepared in advance to cut the molten iron that had not completely cooled into hard iron into four pieces, and then fished them out one by one.

Zhou Quan touched the sweat on his forehead, and said to Li Deyi: "Little hero, this is the steel produced by the production, this method is called the steel frying method 1, according to the villain's master's word of mouth, this frying steel method is created by His Majesty the founding ancestor of the Ping Zhou Dynasty, his old man. Li De nodded a little, and began to ponder in his heart again: "The founding ancestor of the Ping Zhou Dynasty is really a god, and there is no one who he will not." Papermaking, steelmaking, military training, fighting, governing the country, and even cultivating the original qi are the first people in the world. Such a god is really a sigh for future generations. "Young man, have you ever thought that the author who wrote the book "The Romance of Taizu Dingchao" is also a god.

Zhou Quan didn't know what Li Deyi was thinking, but he was still listening carefully, and then said: "How to make this steel and what to make it depends on what you want to fight the little hero?" Li De pondered for a moment and said: "First hit five sabers and then make ten spear heads, and see how the condition is." ”

Next, Li Deyi still followed closely to watch the whole process, and the three blacksmiths began to take the newly refined steel blocks and make sabers. During the whole process, Li Deyi was still watching with those students. Li Deyi carefully wrote down a few detailed data on the paper, such as how many hammers Zhou Quanquan forged, how long it was burned in the furnace, and so on, all of which were recorded in detail one by one.

Although the three blacksmiths worked hard, they did not even make a saber in this day's work, and the forging alone was not completed. However, this time it is not to create any treasure sword, but just to familiarize students with the entire process of forging weapons.

When it came to the forging part, Li Deyi would be able to play, and he learned to use a small hammer at the blacksmith in Weibei Camp. Now that his original qi cultivation is gradually improving, his mastery of his strength, as well as the control of the landing point of the hammer, are extremely accurate.

Bang bang, smashed down a few times, and Li De immediately received a group of exclamation expressions from the surrounding group. Secretly proud in his heart, but not showing a little on his face, Li Deyi deliberately forged for a while, and then handed the small hammer in his hand to the blacksmith master Bao Shan.

"The little hero's iron-striking skills are really proficient, even if he is an old blacksmith like us, he can't compare." is still an old Zhou Quan who can speak, he has lived longer, experienced more, and seen widely, so he naturally understands some people's hearts. Just now, Li Deyi was there forging the steel block in his hand, and most people only noticed that Li Deyi was skillful in forging skills and extremely precise force control.

Only Zhou Quan saw the casual smile on the corner of Li Deyi's mouth. People are old spirits, ghosts and spirits, and they have lived most of their lives, and of course Zhou Quan understands that the little hero is showing off his skills and redeeming the joke he made before pouring ore.

Li Deyi is showing off, it's not okay to show off, someone has to hold it. The people around stood there and watched, and sighed in their hearts that it was really good, it was amazing. If you don't say it, it's like rushing, you have walked 99 steps, but you are short of the last step, you just can't take it. After seeing the doorway inside, Zhou Quan took the last handful, and said it lightly, and Li Deyi's vanity was immediately satisfied.

"Where, where, I'm still a layman, but I can't compare to the three blacksmiths who are skillful." Li De smiled shyly, but he couldn't hide the smugness in his expression. The sedan chair was carried by everyone, and the other two blacksmiths also reflected at this time. They have been in the lowly status for a long time, and they have to flatter everyone they meet, so this ability to say good things is naturally easy to catch.

"It's still a little hero with high skills, not only on the battlefield, but also terrifying for the Liao people, and even this iron-striking craft is so proficient!" Zhang An opened his mouth to praise Li for being strong in everything. Bao Shan is even more skilled, "The little hero is so capable, I think Lingshi must be a great master, a famous old hero in the world!" Otherwise, where would such a good apprentice be taught? Famous teachers and apprentices! Amazing, amazing! After saying that, not only Li Deyi praised it, but even Old Medical Officer Sun praised it.

For a while, the atmosphere in the entire school hall was extremely harmonious, and everyone rejoiced, and then forged the saber. The 500 students didn't know what to do, but they still stood by and watched honestly.

This harmonious atmosphere lasted until the evening, when it was time to eat. Li Deyi asked the three masters to stop forging their sabers, and personally took the three of them to the Huotou camp for dinner. Naturally, there were soldiers who had arranged in advance and brought food to the five hundred students, and they were not allowed to go out at will without a military order. During the meal, Li Deyi also specially brought a pot of good wine for the servants, saying that they had worked hard today, and this was specially prepared for them, and they could relieve their fatigue after drinking.

This is the role of saying good things, and the so-called observation of words and colors is nothing more than that. After learning this, the interpersonal relationship is good, at the very least, you can mix some delicious food and drink, right?

As soon as the wine was poured out, the aroma immediately filled the room, and as soon as you smelled it, you knew that it was a good wine. The three blacksmiths gave in, and ate the tender roast mutton. After dinner, Li Deyi and the three blacksmith masters had a careful discussion on the specific data they had written down on the paper before, and asked the three blacksmiths to help correct some of the errors and omissions.

When he returned to his residence in the evening, Li Deyi sorted out the records he had made during the day according to the lessons he had discussed in advance. When Li Deyi was sorting out the materials he had memorized, the ideas of "standard textbooks" and "data" kept coming to his mind, and he didn't know what was going on. Li Deyi just subconsciously began to classify the notes in his hand, and recorded the data involved in each subject in detail, and sorted out the information in his hands accordingly.

Every day that followed, Li Deyi was busy recording every step from ironmaking, to steelmaking, to weapon casting, including all the specific operation data involved.

The data collation lasted for three months, and in the process of repeated discussions with the three blacksmiths, in the process of continuous observation of the three blacksmiths' forging and smelting of steel, and in the process of repeated revisions and deletions, Li Deyi finally sorted out the information in his hand preliminarily, which can barely be called a "standard textbook", and the "data" quantification of every process detail is barely completed.

On this day, when Li De came back from teaching the children in the afternoon, he saw that his senior brother had come to his house at some point, and was sitting there carefully looking through the "standard textbooks" of steel forging and smelting that he had made.

When Dr. Xiao Liu heard the movement, he looked up and saw his junior brother walking in, and immediately asked with a murderous face, "Who else has read your book?!" ”