Chapter 51 Hard-to-melt ores
Misha took her sister Sheena's small hand and looked left and right on the streets of the Emerald Territory, walking in the direction of the lord's mansion.
Unlike before, the soldiers stationed on the road were a little scary, which made the two little ones with keen perception a little uneasy.
As if noticing that they had frightened the two sisters, the soldiers of the Noxian Black Iron Guard put away their solemnity and replaced them with bright smiles.
"Sister, why do these soldier big brothers become so terrible?"
Sheena glanced weakly at the Black Iron Guard soldier who had changed his face, and gently tugged at her sister's left hand.
"Maybe Brother Lester knows something, let's run faster."
Misha also sensed the unusual atmosphere of the Emerald Collar, and took her sister's hand and quickly ran forward.
Seeing the two little girls leave, the faces of the Black Iron Guard soldiers became solemn again, as if in the next moment, a terrible red tide would rush to this beautiful place from all directions, destroying everything with an evil aura......
"Sister Tali! Sister Kiss! ”
Pushing open the unlocked door, Brother Lester and the two barbarian sisters who had been waiting on the first floor were not here.
"Let's go upstairs and have a look!"
"Hmm!"
The two little girls turned around and went up to the second and third floors, but unfortunately, they were still empty.
At this moment, a man in a black robe suddenly appeared on the empty staircase, startling the two sisters, and when they looked closely, they realized that it was an acquaintance who often followed Lester's brother.
"Miss Misha, Miss Sheena."
Maurice indifferently saluted the two little girls, and the little girls obediently returned to the ladylike etiquette of Enos.
These rituals were taught by Rose and are said to have been passed down from the nobility of the Dark Ages.
"Uncle Morris, Brother Lester, where have they gone?"
"Lord Leicester went to the War Workshop, while Tali and Miss Kiss went to the barracks to study, and I can take the young ladies to Lord Leicester if they want to."
"Does that bother Brother Lester?"
Holding the inseparable puppet cat with both hands, Sheena's little face was a little worried.
Misha pursed her lips and didn't say anything.
Her swan puppet was carefully placed in the most precious small wooden box, and she was usually reluctant to take it out to play with.
"Of course not, this is what Lord Leicester personally told me."
In Misha's opinion, Uncle Maurice looked at her and her sister a little strangely, but there should be no malice.
"Master Lester himself said that he would not refuse the two young ladies at any time."
At the two little ones whose faces suddenly turned red, the indifferent Morris bent down and saluted.
"Two young ladies, please follow me."
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To the south of the Emerald Territory, outside the War Workshop, more than a dozen Noxian Black Iron Guards stubbornly guarded the vicinity of the Workshop, ruthlessly stopping all villagers who wanted to get close to the War Workshop.
In the workshop, several of the most important people in charge of the Emerald Collar surrounded the scorching fire, which made the blacksmith apprentices a little more uneasy.
"The temperature is still not enough to melt this strange ore."
Gazing at the furnace scorching with flames, and stabbing a long iron rod along the tiny exhaust port, Christol frowned.
"Like the crossbow arrow, this exotic mineral has a very high melting temperature (melting point...... At least it has a much higher melting point than steel, and it seems that we have to find a more suitable high-temperature fuel or furnace. ”
"So is there any readily available high-temperature fuel that can be used?"
Lester asked.
"To the south of the Quiet Forest, there is a strange tree called 'Black Stone Wood', its material is hard and heavy, it can be used to make a sword hilt or a quenched wooden shield, and it can release a lot of heat when burned, and I have some in my warehouse, so I can try it, but if it doesn't work, I can only change the furnace to increase the efficiency of the blower.
Steiner, you go and get the black stone wood for me. ”
Steiner, a short boy with freckles on his face, heard the teacher's command, and the young man who was being watched by everyone nodded in a panic, and hurried away to the warehouse behind the workshop.
As Heristol's finest blacksmith apprentice, Steiner had never been under such pressure.
Not to mention the former elder of the Mombia clan and the current Emerald Lord, Lord Harold, the famous Noxian Black Iron Guard's supreme commander, Lord Meredith, the fearsome Black Rose Mage, and the Shadow Crossbowman's chief, Lord Epsol, are all here, and even the owner of the Emerald Collar, Lord Leicester, has crowded into this small workshop.
It seems that this time things are really unusual, just like the unusual pile of ore.
The boy thought to himself, took out a bundle of black stone wood from the warehouse and placed it on a wooden shelf, and ran quickly to the workshop.
Taking the blackstone wood from the apprentice's hand with one hand, Christol added a few to the fire.
Visible to the naked eye, the red and yellow flames of the furnace fire quickly turned white and blue, and a scorching air spread around, making everyone who was already sweating profusely want to take off their clothes and jump into the river to take a cold shower.
The crowd waited in silence for half an hour, and even Christol felt the weight of the pressure.
It seems that if this strange ore is not melted today, the others will never give up.
Thinking of this, Christol threw a few black stones into the furnace again, and poked the exhaust vent with a thin iron rod, and his face was a little more happy.
"Melt! The ore is starting to melt! ”
Everyone else breathed a sigh of relief.
Christol on Leicester Road.
"Your Excellency, why don't you go back and wait first, it will take a long time for this pile of ore to melt completely."
Frowning, Lester asked.
"How long will it take?"
"It should be a few hours."
"Wait."
Knowing that Lester had made up his mind, the old blacksmith stopped persuading.
Three hours later, liquid ore melted into liquid came out of the furnace discharge and was contained by the old blacksmith into a finished mud mold.
Everyone lifted their spirits and looked at the clay mold intently.
Wiping the sweat from his forehead, the old blacksmith skillfully smashed open the clay mold, and an irregular dark red pure cuboid ingot appeared in front of everyone, and the missing part was obviously because the melted liquid mineral water was not completely filled, so the mud mold was not filled.
"So many ores, just smelt such a small ingot?"
In the face of Margaret's questioning, the old blacksmith was also a little helpless.
"Judging from this ingot alone, it doesn't seem to contain any impurities, according to common sense, this kind of ore can generally only appear in the form of ore with a high degree of purity, but the previous pile of ore does seem to be a lot, so it seems that there are a lot of impurities, and I don't quite understand the principle......
To be honest, I've been fighting iron all my life, and I've never seen anything so weird, so to speak, it doesn't look like a natural product. ”