Xie Hong is actually not modest, he does only know a little about ironmaking technology, but this little knowledge is relative to modern technology. As a master craftsman, how can you not understand materials? Handicraft involves many materials, steel is also one of the most important ones, in the later era of developed consulting, Xie Hong also looked for the world's ironmaking technology related information to see.

But his rhetoric fell in the eyes of Dong Zhuang, it was different, most of the craftsmanship inheritance in this era is family inheritance, even if it is passed down from master to apprentice, it is also important that the master should keep a hand. I saw that Dong Zhuang pushed away the chair next to him, and knelt down with a 'poof', "Master is above, please accept the apprentice Dong Ping's worship." ”

Wow, Xie Hongjie was taken aback, jumped up directly from the chair, hurriedly stepped forward to help, and said, "Master Dong, what are you doing here?" Didn't you talk about discussing with each other, I'm only at this age, how can I be your master? "Even if you add the previous life, Xie Hong is not as old as the owner of Dong Zhuang.

The owner of Dong Zhuang was very embarrassed and said: "Although the iron-making craft of the Dong family has been passed down for several generations, it is limited in what it has learned, I am afraid that the craftsmanship of the Dong family will not enter the eyes of adults, and adults should accept villains as apprentices." He has a lot more strength than Xie Hong, Xie Hong can't support him even if he has enough strength, listen to him, I know that I have misunderstood, and his modest words are regarded as exchanging skills.

That's not good for technomaniacs, who don't listen to others at all. Xie Hong shook his head and said, "Brother Dong, the younger brother didn't mean that, I was inspired by the eldest brother's dedication to craftsmanship, and everyone is a hand...... Trustworthy people, of course, should communicate with each other, you get up first, the little brother must know everything. ”

Shhh, Xie Hong wiped a cold sweat, excited, and almost leaked his mouth, it is really not easy to meet a person who is really persistent in his craft in this era, and the rules of grading according to profession are really not good.

Hearing him say this, especially if he even changed his title, Dong Ping got up in disbelief and said, "Thank you...... Virtuous brother, how old is Dong Mou, he will be a big one, if the virtuous brother can tell the secret method, the Dong family will be driven by it in the future, and there will be no two words. ”

Xie Hong smiled bitterly, we are selfless people, why don't anyone believe it?

After talking for a while, Xiao Er had already brought the wine and food, Xie Hong wanted to talk while eating, but he had been tossing for a long time, and he was really hungry. Just picked up the chopsticks here, but Dong Ping didn't move over there, just stared at him with blazing eyes, Xie Hong sighed secretly in his heart, yes, let's say it first, otherwise I can eat it like this.

The reason for this is not too complicated, the use of coal in the north of the Ming Dynasty has been a relatively common thing, especially the generation of Shanxi with the most coal. And iron is made from coal, which contains sulfur, so it is not as good as steel made from charcoal. Later, when the Japanese invaded, the weapons of the Ming army were vulnerable, which made many people marvel at the iron-making technology of the Japanese country, in fact, to put it bluntly, the island did not produce coal.

At this time, China was not without refined iron, there was no coal production in Guangdong and Fujian, and because of the small population and small destruction of forest resources, these two places still used charcoal to make iron, so the refined iron in these two places was not inferior to that of the Japanese country. According to Xie Hong's thoughts, many of the Japanese pirates are also pirates from Fujian, and eighty percent of their weapons also come from Fujian.

After the large-scale invasion of the Japanese invaders, many people of insight in the Ming Dynasty, such as Mao Yuanyi, a Confucian general in the late Ming Dynasty, and Zhao Shizhen, a firearms expert, have discussed this issue. It's just that there are still few people who are aware of this problem in this era, and Fujian and Lingnan are very closed, and only a technical madman like Dong Ping will travel thousands of miles to find clever ironmaking technology.

Xie Hong's theory made Dong Ping, a senior blacksmith, a little dizzy: "Brother Xie Xian, are you saying that coal contains what 'sulfur', so what is refined from charcoal is refined iron, and the reason why refined iron is excellent is because the proportion of 'charcoal' is appropriate?" The steel filling method we use is the process of infiltrating carbon, which is really unheard of. ”

Xie Hong touched his nose, what he said was a bit excessive, but if he didn't say that, it seemed difficult to explain clearly, we are not metallurgical majors, my brother is a pure craftsman.

This theory is relatively advanced, Dong Ping thought for a while, only to understand a little, and laughed at himself: "Dong has been in Fujian for a few months, and I just got a glimpse, and I thought it was a secret technique, but I didn't want the world to have a complete theory, I am really a frog at the bottom of the well." ”

This theory is not complete now, Xie Hong was embarrassed, and then he sighed a little, Huaxia has a long history, and I don't know how many geniuses there are. It's a pity that under the traditional system, I don't know how many genius craftsmen like Dong Ping have been buried, if these people can learn from each other's strengths and make up for each other's weaknesses and study together, where will the West be predominant.

Dong Ping was still focused on his craft in the end, although he felt disappointed about his backwardness, but his mind quickly turned back and asked: "Brother Xie Xian, who described this iron-making theory, can you introduce it so that Dong can meet him?" ”

Well, this is more difficult, Xie Hong doesn't know who wrote these Du Niang materials, and even if he knows, he can't introduce Dong Ping. Well, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there are hundreds of steels in the book, so let's push it into the book.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Brother Dong, these things are what the younger brother saw in ancient books."

"I see, I'm afraid this ancient book is also written by the ancient Mojia sages, but the hateful Hulu has caused trouble in the Central Plains many times, and such ancient books have been lost. Virtuous brother, I don't know what the name of this ancient book is, can you let the foolish brother take a look? The more the two talked, the more enthusiastic they became, and Dong Ping also changed his name.

I'll go, Xie Hong patted his head, forgetting that Dong Ping is also a scholar, just a part-time ironworker, or the other way around, anyway, he can't mix it up like fooling Qing'er, he said: "This book was also seen by chance by my younger brother in the past at the same classmate, and after a long time, I don't know if it's still there, but it disappointed Brother Dong." ”

Dong Ping was really disappointed, and let out a long sigh, but this person recovered quickly, and before Xie Hong picked up the chopsticks again, he cheered up and asked: "Since Brother Xian has read the ancient books, can the ancient books have a technology that surpasses the method of iron-making in Fujian?" ”

"This ......" Xie Hong pondered for a while, "It's not that there is no ...... "How modern special steel is refined, he doesn't know, but in this era, it's nothing more than the blacksmith's technology, materials, and fuel." Needless to say, technology depends on experience and proficiency, and there is nothing to say about the materials, and China's iron ore taste is low.

In addition to the fuel itself has no impurities, there is also the temperature provided, the higher the temperature, of course, the better the refined iron is also refined. Thinking that in order to attract Zhengde in the future, there may be more and more elaborate things to be done, Xie Hong also feels that materials are very important.

The music box he made before, if it wasn't for the material, where would it consume so much time, it was just some gears, a round shaft. In the past, he counted on Zhang Erniu to cooperate with him, but he later found that Erniu didn't seem to like blacksmithing work very much, and the technical freak in front of him seemed to be a better choice.

"Temperature?" If Dong Ping has an understanding, this is easier to understand, "Then how to raise the temperature?" ”

"The key lies in the refining furnace," Xie Hong said affirmatively: "Brother Dong, I'll draw a pattern for you, and after you go back, you can still make one, it should be effective." ”

"Then thank you, brother Xian." Dong Ping was overjoyed, "In the future, the virtuous brother will be driven, and the Dong family will not hesitate to go to the soup." ”

What a real person, Xie Hong is also very happy, he didn't expect people to give him unpaid labor, but as long as the quality of the fine iron practiced by the Dong family is high, it will be convenient to find materials in the future.