"After the technical reform in smelting, our production has been greatly improved, both in terms of quality and quantity. Originally, we could only mass-produce 1,000 black iron-grade blades per month, but now we can mass-produce gold-level iron, thus gaining the ability to mass-produce silver-level ring-headed knives, one-zhang long blades, and six-foot wooden spears.

And with the help of more than 30 armor casters who have recently taken refuge in our Qianguo, the forging technology of bronze-level two-grade armor and basin-collar iron armor has also been basically mastered by us. Due to the lack of silver-level forging blueprints, we can only destroy the heavens and use the finest iron to build this bronze-level armor. However, because of the advantages of materials, although the level of the armor has not been raised to silver, the protective ability is definitely the top existence in the bronze-level armor! ”

"What about the monthly output?"

"Compared with before the improvement, it has basically tripled, but our weapon workshop is different from the Hundred Craftsmen Division, there are only less than 2,000 craftsmen, even if you add apprentices, there are only more than 3,000 people, and there is a serious shortage of manpower.

Moreover, we lack large-scale iron mines in Donghai County, even if a large number of old ordnance are reforged, we can only produce 1,000 silver-level ring knives per month, 1,800 silver-level one-zhang long knives, 2,000 silver-level six-foot wooden guns, 100 bronze two-tier armor, and 300 county bronze basin collar iron armor.

The manufacture of crossbows was cumbersome, with only about thirty bronze stiff bows produced, and due to the limitations of manpower and current technology, it was estimated that it would take three months to complete each crossbow preparation. ”

"I'll figure out a way for the iron ore and the craftsmen, and your immediate goal is to ensure production as much as possible. At the same time, more effort should be put into the training of apprentices, which is related to the future of the country. By the way, for so long, why hasn't Lone seen the wind to undertake business, what about others? ”

"An old friend of Feng Chengwu came yesterday, and the two are currently forging swords together."

Zhang Yangtian shook his head and said: "Since the last time everyone worked together to get the graphite crucible, coke and blast furnace out, he locked himself in the house, did not eat or drink for several days, and did not come out until three days ago."

"Is he alright?"

"Nothing serious. I heard him say that it was because of the impact of these technologies that his sword-casting technique, which was originally at the master level, showed signs of a breakthrough, and he wanted to take this opportunity to create an unprecedented divine sword, so as to break through his sword-casting ability. An old friend who came yesterday was specially invited by him to help! ”

"Old friend?"

Hearing Zhang Yangtian's words, the corners of Zhang Shuo's mouth couldn't help but curl. A character who can be called an old friend by a character like Windbeard and brought in to help him is definitely not an ordinary person, at least a master craftsman. he

Immediately said: "Take Gu to Feng Chengwu to have a look." ”

"Yes!"

After Zhang Yangtian nodded, he took Zhang Shuo, Xie An and the others to a blast furnace in the distance that was much higher than before. I saw Windbeard and a middle-aged man, staring at the medium-sized blast furnace located not far from them.

"I really didn't expect ......"

The middle-aged man beside Windbeard looked at the crucible in front of him and exclaimed: "The old man has been working on iron all his life, and he has studied hard for smelting. But when I saw it today, it made me feel half of my life in vain. I really didn't expect that there was such a smelting method in the world. It's no wonder that you suddenly wrote a letter, saying that there is hope for breaking through the Sword Forging Grandmaster, is this your confidence? ”

"How? The old man had listened to those strangers talk about this method. It was also unbelievable at first. Now...... Hmph, with this secret method, the old man is confident that he can also forge the legendary number of famous swords! ”

Speaking of this, Windbeard looked up at the sky, and when he found that the sun was in the middle of the day, he shouted to a few blacksmiths standing at the mouth of the furnace in the distance: "The hour has come, open the furnace!" ”

The next moment, several senior blacksmiths who usually worked for the wind beard carefully used iron rods to pry open the mud seal, hung the iron hook connected to the iron chain to the iron lug of the furnace cover, and signaled back, and the two strong men behind pressed the iron bar and hung the furnace cover. As a red light came out, a wave of heat rushed to the face, forcing everyone to involuntarily take two steps back.

These processes have already been experienced by the craftsmen many times, and there is no need for Wind Beard to explain them, and several blacksmiths already know how to do them. I saw them use special iron rings, iron tongs, iron chains and other objects to hang out of the blast furnace a strange crucible with a dark body and a chill from a distance.

"Use the strange thing that is said to be indestructible in the earth fire (magma) to build this so-called crucible, it seems that you have not lost a lot of blood this time!"

"Since you want to forge the divine sword, you naturally have to pay something!"

The craftsmen carefully opened the lid of the crucible, and after a burst of hot air, the pot was filled with a red glow of molten iron. I saw that the wind beard took out the treasure that flashed white, black, and red respectively, and said: "Glorious Stone, Nine Shadows Xuanyu, and Lihuo Bead, these three top strange things combined with this pot of iron essence can just create three divine swords!"

After that, Windbeard looked at several assistants and said, "Pour the molten iron into the mold!"

Crash......

At the sound of Wind Beard's words, several blacksmiths stepped forward and tilted the crucible with iron rods, and the iron juice flowed like rice soup into the pre-dug pool on the ground.

It is said to be a pool, but in fact it is only four or five millimeters high, and the bottom and sides are all paved with thick clay bricks, so it is not afraid of being fried. More than 1,000 degrees of iron juice, just touched the clay bricks there are traces of condensation, the wind beard with an iron ruler quickly scraped on the edge of the pool, with the sound of tooth soreness, the iron juice is evenly spread to a foot square, the middle is divided into a cross lattice.

Looking at the pottery pond in front of him, Windbeard immediately threw three glittering strange objects into the pool, and after a while, he saw that after the iron juice burst out with bursts of light, the color of the iron juice dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

When the surface of the steel plate was slightly blue, the wind beard shouted again: "Get up!" ”

Each of the four blacksmiths took a shovel and smashed the edges of the four sides of the pool, shoveling out the three steel plates, which were still a little soft.

The next moment, standing on the edge of the anvil, holding a tongs and a hammer, the wind beard immediately stepped forward and operated the knife himself. As soon as the steel plate was delivered, the wind beard immediately started. I saw a hammer fall, as if the space was pressed into a thin piece of paper, which was hammered on top of the sword, and each hammer hit a layer of fine paper on the surface of the sword.

Soon, the three steel plates gradually turned into three sword embryos under the hammer of Windbeard. Looking at these three swords, Wind Beard couldn't help but sweat profusely. When he exhausted all his strength and smashed the final hammer. Three swords that shimmer in white, black, and red. Already lying quietly on the anvil.