Chapter 54: Cold Forging
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Four engineers each guard two or three pipes in case something unexpected happens, and one guards the diversion pumps, adjusting the flow of water as the situation changes.
Lin Bo suddenly stabbed Mo Lin, and his mouth was full, so that he could see the taste of Mo. Mo Lin looked over, and then saw that Mo Zhiwei's body was too fat, if he was too close to the cold forging furnace, his stomach would be on the stove, so he could only stay away from the stove and stretch his neck to look inside.
Mo Lin smiled and glanced at Lin Bo, meaning that his observation was too close. He Xiaogong also grinned, holding back his laughter. The nervous mood of the three newborn calves was lightened by this little episode.
"It's time to go." Mo Zhiwei waved his hand.
The ink man guarding the pump pulled down the valve, and Mo Lin immediately heard a gurgling sound in the pipe, which gradually turned into a rustling sound, and the pipe was soon filled with river water.
The three of them stretched out their hands at the same time to open the bracket on the cold forging furnace, and a red liquid called "alum" soaked the ice crystal, because of the catalysis of the alum, the power contained in the ice crystal began to burst out, and soon the temperature in the cold forging furnace dropped sharply.
There is a temperature gauge specially made for this cold forging on the cold forging furnace, on which the temperature of the river water is frozen at zero degrees, and the temperature on it falls rapidly from twenty-five degrees to minus thirty degrees.
Mo Lin was about five steps away from the stove, and he already felt a little cool, and as for the ink shaft closest to the stove, a layer of hoarfrost had formed on his beard and eyebrows.
"Record." Liu Zhouzi suddenly raised his eyebrows.
He Xiaogong, who was in charge of recording, spread out the notebook in his hand and listened attentively.
"At minus 30 degrees, the shape and quality have not changed, the toughness has doubled, and the stiffness has increased tenfold." Liu Zhouzi said quickly while operating the two iron arms on the cold forging furnace and fiddling with the cotton iron in the furnace.
He Xiaogong's pen tip brushed across the paper, recording Liu Zhouzi's words. These records can be used as important reference materials in the future, and if future generations encounter such strange metals as cotton iron, they can use the experience from the materials to avoid many detours. The mechanical manufacturing technology of the ink master was developed on the basis of the experience of his predecessors.
"The water is a little bit weaker." Mo Zhou said suddenly.
The inkman guarding the pump immediately adjusted the valve, and the sound of the water immediately subsided.
"It's time to activate the Ice Stone." Mo Zhou wiped the frost on his eyebrows, knowing the taste of ink.
Mo Zhiwei nodded, and took out a box from his arms, which contained the Ice Spirit Stone that Mo Lin had obtained by killing the Ice Spirit Spider.
Mo Zhiwei turned his feet upside down, opened a water tank above his head, threw the ice spirit stone into it, closed the lid of the water tank, and unscrewed a valve.
"Record." Mo Zhiwei finished this series of steps and said loudly.
He Xiaogong immediately stood up again.
"With oyster ash as a catalyst and ice stone as a medium, the ice crystal water-cooled furnace is started, and the furnace temperature is minus 36 degrees." Mo Zhiwei glanced at the thermometer on the cold forging furnace and spoke.
He Xiaogong's pen was fast, and he recorded everything Mo Zhiwei said word for word, and checked it twice after memorizing it.
"Mo Lin, Lin Bo, add catalyst." The ink shaft said again.
Mo Lin hurriedly picked up the water bottle full of "alum" around him and came to the cold forging furnace.
In the three jacks on the cold forge, the red alum is boiling, and the lower the temperature, the more active this strange substance becomes. In the process of activation, a large amount of alum will evaporate, so it needs to be constantly replenished to keep the ice crystal in an active state.
Mo Lin carefully lifted the water bottle and poured some alum into each of the three jacks, so that the alum was not two-thirds the size of the ice crystal.
On the other hand, Limpo also came to the bottom of the water tank, which was filled with oyster ash, which was ground from oyster shells, mixed with ice stone, and mixed with ice stone, which would immediately reduce the temperature of the water when mixed into the water, and Limbo's task was to constantly replenish the oyster ash, so that the water circulating in the water pipe would be reduced to the lowest temperature he could.
In fact, the most amazing thing about the ice crystal water-cooled furnace is that the water with oyster ash cannot freeze, so the water flow at very low temperature can flow in the water pipe to cool the cold forging furnace to the greatest extent.
"minus forty-five degrees, which has exceeded the previous minimum temperature, the effect of ice stone began to appear, the toughness of cotton iron decreased by two times, and the hardness rose to twenty-four times." Liu Zhouzi began to fiddle with Miantie again, a layer of ice had formed on the two mechanical iron arms, and Miantie's ability to regain its shape had been reduced a lot, and it looked like he was about to be caught soon.
Mo Lin's job was much easier than Limbo's, as the rate of alum consumption was relatively stable, which gave him more time to observe the changes in the cold forging furnace and the operations of the three masters.
Because of the relative proximity to the cold forging furnace, Mo Lin felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and he suddenly thought of the absurd thing that Lin Bo had said, and said in his heart that if the temperature was low enough, maybe he would really freeze when he peed.
"minus 55 degrees, the toughness is reduced by three times, and the hardness is increased by 38 times." Liu Zhouzi's third report came out soon. The Icestone has exerted great power, and the temperature has now reached unprecedented levels.
Mo Lin was a little trembling, he specially put on a few more clothes, but he still felt cold. Lin Bo and He Xiaogong are far away, but they have already begun to jump to ward off the cold. As for Mo Zhou and the others, they are all veteran craftsmen who have experienced a lot of battles, and this low temperature should be commonplace for them.
"If it's cold, stand back, and I'll call you when there's not enough alum." Mo Zhou has been monitoring the flow of water, but he has not forgotten to care about Mo Lin.
"It's okay for me, I'd better stay here and watch carefully." Mo Lin's heart warmed.
Although Mo Lin was very strong, when the temperature dropped to minus sixty-five degrees, he really couldn't stand it. The joints of the body that have not come out for a long time to make trouble have begun to hurt again, and the pain occurs in the body that is already a little stiff, and the pain is even more obvious.
If it used to be a steel needle pierced in the body, now the pain is more like an awl pierced into the bone and then stirred.
Mo Lin tried to calm his mood, hoping to reduce the pain and adjust the rhythm of his breathing. He still remembered Zhu Pingman telling him that this breathing method could adjust the energy of life, was the foundation of cultivation, and also had various excellent effects.
After breathing steadily and rhythmically, Mo Lin's heart gradually calmed down. And a cloud of heat gradually came out around Mooladhara. The heat spreads from Mooladhara and soon spreads throughout the body, like a warm current irritating the painful joints.