Recently, Chu Nan has basically put all his energy into the ironmaking business, after all, the emergence of iron tools is an epoch-making sign, the productivity will increase exponentially, and the productivity will increase, which will naturally force changes in production relations, that is, he has to deal with it carefully.

After preparing all the things to prepare, Chu Nan also felt a little excited in his heart, after all, this is what side effects he will bring about by pulling out seedlings to help society develop by leaps and bounds, he doesn't know, he can only take one step at a time, but after all, this is a moment to witness a miracle, so he can't help but be excited.

Chu Nan sat in the distance, looking at the busy ironworks with a solemn expression.

The steps of iron-making have been told to the stone, and then all will be handed over to this person, after all, he is a chief, it is impossible to do everything, but anyone who can give it to the clansmen will not do it himself, which is also one of the best ways to train the clansmen.

"You guys, hurry up and move the ore to the furnace, slow down, slow down, don't smash the furnace, if I find the furnace interesting to lose, I have to kill him, what are you stupid people doing? Don't go over to look at the dots? Do you still want to get mixed up? ”

"You, yes, yes, it's you, slow down for the old man, oops, are you going to scare the old man to death? Don't smash the stove, oh my god, you think I'm dying slowly, don't you? ”

"You guys get me a whip, I'm going to go crazy, it's so fucking scary, my heart will be scared by you sooner or later."

The stone stood aside, and his mouth didn't stop, after saying this and that, he was an old bone, and he was still running fast, Chu Nan didn't know where this old guy got the strength.

The apprentices who followed the stones, who also walked up and down in the field, supervised the work, feared that they might break the stove and other things, which the chief himself had commanded, and if they broke the slightest, they all felt that it was disrespectful to the gods.

The iron ore was poured into the furnace in baskets, and the time was very fast, and it took less than half a day to fill the furnace.

The next step is to ignite, the charcoal has been loaded in, as long as it is lit, and when the charcoal burns, it is necessary to let the water wheel turn and drive the blower.

"Huhuhu......"

The blower finally turned, and a strong gust of wind blew out of the mouth of the blower, blowing into the charcoal, far away, I felt a wave of heat coming, the charcoal burned rapidly, the whole furnace seemed to be wrapped in a hot gas, and from a distance, the air seemed to be burned and bent.

Elder Stone and a few apprentices didn't care about the heat, they always paid attention to the changes in the stove, the changes in the charcoal in the furnace, and once it became less, they let people add charcoal.

The blower driven by the waterwheel was tireless, and the strong wind continued, and the temperature of the charcoal became higher and higher, until later, the whole furnace seemed to turn red, which shows the high temperature.

After burning for nearly half a day, by watching from the high platform next to the furnace, I found that all the ore inside had turned into liquid, that is to say, the iron ore was completely melted, and the iron in this furnace was basically smelted, and it was seen what the molten iron became after solidifying.

Because everything was almost prepared in advance, after the iron ore was melted into molten iron, I did not rush to release the molten iron, but continued to add charcoal to keep the high temperature for iron smelting.

After another hour or so, Chu Nan asked people to open the furnace mouth and release the molten iron, and the slag that did not melt rolled out from the other opening, and after the molten iron flowed out, the temperature decreased, and it began to solidify, turning from golden red to dark red, to black red, and finally to black completely.

A large amount of hot air came out of the black iron, making it difficult to approach.

After staring for a long time, he felt the heat of the iron drop down, and the stone ordered someone to pick up the iron and move it aside.

Chu Nan came to the iron block to observe carefully, and found that there were still many honeycomb-shaped holes on the solidified iron block, but there were many fewer than in his memory, indicating that the temperature of his iron ore refining was high enough and the time was long enough to completely refine the carbon slag that could not be fused with the iron inside, and then he had to forge it.

Chu Nan, the candidate for forging, has long thought about it, it is Bai Fumei, Bai Fumei is not only infinitely powerful, but the main reason is that the iron rod in his hand is extremely hard, that is, it is stronger than stainless steel, and it is suitable for forging iron, and there is a large meteorite in the territory of the clan, which can be regarded as Qi Sheng.

Dozens of soldiers were left to guard the iron-making furnace, and the remaining more than 100 people continued to mine, and the dozens of people who were separated followed the Chunan stone and dragged the iron to the territory, because this piece of iron was too big, even with a two-wheeled vehicle, it was not easy to pull, and the most important thing was that it was too heavy, and the two-wheeled vehicle at this time could not bear it at all.

Looking at the iron block placed on the huge meteorite, Bai Fumei showed a look of eagerness.

"Don't worry, this kind of iron is very brittle, with your strength and iron rods, you should be able to knock it into several small pieces, you try."

Bai Fumei didn't wait for Chu Nan to continue speaking, moved the iron block to the meteorite, raised the iron rod and fought, and a huge piece of iron turned into a dozen small pieces of iron.

"Alright, that's it, use the stove next to you to burn the iron block red, and then hit it with an iron rod on the meteorite."

Chu Nan looked at the iron that was slowly turning red in the charcoal fire, asked Bai Fumei to use the iron rod to get it on the meteorite, asked the others to get out of the way, and began to beat.

As the iron rod struck on it, countless sparks popped up, and a lot of debris fell from it.

When the temperature of the iron block drops to a certain extent, it is put into a charcoal fire and continues to burn, and after it is red, it continues to be forged, and it is done a dozen times, and a smooth piece of iron finally appears in front of him, and the iron block shimmers with a cold metallic light.

"This is iron? But how can you make a sword, an axe, or a saw, as the chief said? The stone looked at a piece of iron the size of a watermelon and asked suspiciously.

"Don't rush, take your time, it's not about making those things yet, let's get the iron-striking things together first." Chu Nan also wanted to make it quickly, but he knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so he could only take it step by step.

In the next few days, there would be a tinkling sound in the territory every day, Chu Nan might have felt irritable before, but now when he heard it, he only felt like a fairy sound, pleasant to the ear.

In just a few days, all the iron pieces that were practiced were forged more than a dozen times, and they became real iron pieces, Chu Nan asked Bai Fumei to continue forging, and it took a few more days, and these iron pieces slowly underwent qualitative changes, and the hardness was much higher than before, and it could already be called steel.

Chu Nan didn't plan to use the first furnace of iron for anything else, all of them were forged into steel, and then these steels were forged into more than a dozen steel piers and dozens of iron hammers, and Chu Nan breathed a long sigh of relief when he saw what was made.

"With so many hammers and steel piers, it will not be possible for Bai Fumei to strike iron like a barbarian in the future, after all, she is a woman, and it is too wasteful to use it as a blacksmith." Seeing Bai Fumei striking iron there in a tiger skin skirt, Chu Nan felt that he didn't feel good in his heart.