Wolf Qing kept roaring filial piety in his mouth, scolding all kinds of ugly foul words.

From time to time, he even waved the whip in his hand, urging the horse bandit captives with bronze leg cuffs on their feet, carrying baskets one by one to the top of the stove, and pouring the black raw materials into the furnace.

In addition to charcoal, these black raw materials also contain some iron ore the size of a thumb.

It should be noted that these iron ores were found on a small hill more than ten miles away by the warehouse manager with a few local men.

Although the number of this kind of thing in that place is not quite large, but after a few days of busy survival, the warehouse manager came back with a horse pack of more than 2,000 catties, which is enough to smelt several furnaces of iron.

After the iron ore was brought back, the captives had it hammered into small pieces to facilitate high-temperature processing.

In addition, when the warehouse manager was looking for iron ore, he also found some other things by the way.

In addition to a small open-pit coal mine, a large number of agate stones were also found, and it can be said that a bag can be picked up casually and returned, which is very valuable.

The only pity is that the knowledge mastered by the warehouse management.

It is also known that those ores should be iron ore, but the grade, that is, the specific amount of iron, cannot be analyzed at all.

You can only count on these siderites, and the grade will not be too low.

In this way, when the raw materials such as iron ore, coke, and limestone were packed into the furnace one by one, and the fire began to be ignited.

When the fire broke out, the pin of the water wheel was pulled out and it was turned.

With a deerskin belt attached, the bellows are constantly driven to blow air into the stove.

It should be noted that Wolf Qing used some ordinary steel balls from the modern plane as the core to process some ball bearings.

In this way, the waterwheel not only lasts longer, but also turns faster and generates more force.

In addition, they also processed some bronze hoist cranes, and it is with the appearance of these hoist cranes that they can save considerable manpower......

After the blast furnace was ignited, Wolf Qing and the warehouse manager led a group of craftsmen to stand in front of the blast furnace and waited for several hours.

Finally, when the baffle of the tap hole was opened, a red molten iron passed through a passage and flowed into the crucible.

The two people who were present at the time, Wolf Qing and Cangguan, almost cried out without excitement.

But they also know that now is not the time to be happy, there are several kinds of iron, and whether they can use it or not will have to wait to check.

In the time that followed, several strong slaves shirtless, wearing a deerskin apron and gloves.

Holding a bronze rod in his hand, he kept stirring it up in the crucible, until the molten iron was in the crucible and became a lump of shape.

In such a process, the bronze rods are constantly replaced.

No way! The melting point of bronze is only a mere 800 degrees, and if it is mixed for a long time, some of these bronze rods will melt off at high temperatures.

The loss of a few bronze rods is still a trivial matter, and I am afraid that such a pot of molten iron will be wasted in vain.

And a lump of molten iron, after being clamped to a bronze felt by two craftsmen with pliers, was continuously beaten by a bronze hammer driven by water power.

In this kind of forging, the iron ball constantly begins to get smaller, which can be regarded as an ancient way to knock out the impurities in it.

Finally, after repeated beating, it is determined that the finished product on the felt is no longer smaller.

A rectangular piece of finished product is thrown into a quenching oil made of flax oil to cool.

He didn't even have time to wait for the finished product to cool down completely, so he was so anxious that he just took it out, picked it up with his hand and began to beat it against the stone, and slashed it with his own horizontal knife.

It was still a little hot, but Wolf Qing's face was still full of joy.

Because he can be sure that this thing is not ordinary iron, it can already be counted in the category of steel.

Specifically, it should be able to reach the level of the so-called ancient hundred steels; Even if the so-called 100 steels get to the modern plane, it is also a substandard and defective product.

But now it's an era when ironmaking technology is only mastered by big men, so what more bicycles are needed?

This means that in future missions, they will have a group of warriors wearing steel armor and wielding steel spears and steel knives in their hands.

With the advantage of equipment alone, you can defeat several times the opponent.

In the end, the molten iron from this furnace processed a total of 2560 catties of 100 steel.

After the initial joy was over, reason returned to the wolf green on his body, and the first thing he found was Yang Dongli, who was training his natives fiercely.

After the opening, a long list of requirements were made:

"Lao Yang, I need more manpower, most of them labor, to dig coal for me, mine, and then transport it back; This is because the iron ore here is not of high grade, and if you want to produce enough production, you have to increase the intensity of iron making.

In addition, I also need a trustworthy person who will take someone to keep watch around for me day and night, and once I find someone close to kill me, there is no negotiation.

Otherwise, this kind of technology that can make 100 steels on a large scale leaks out, and we will be sinners of history. ”

"I'll figure out a way to work hard, it's great to recruit some people from the surrounding tribes, take care of the food, and just give a little stuff." After hearing this, Yang Dongli replied like this.

It can be regarded as solving the first problem of insufficient manpower, but the second problem of secrecy, he thought about it for a while.

It was the molars who shouted and said murderously: "Let the two fat and the martial arts take turns to guard."

When the matter here is over, as long as you see the people who have seen the earthen blast furnace, whether they are craftsmen, captives, or guards, all but the two of them will be killed. ”

After hearing this murderous statement, Wolf Qing was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded silently.

In this kind of big thing, it can only be like this......

******

Time: Three days after the successful baking of the first molten iron at the Hongbaishan base.

Location: Luoyang, Weiyang Palace.

I hurriedly read a copy of Liu Zhuang from his heavy general, Fengche Duwei Dou Gu, the second emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the 46-year-old Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.

With his right hand, he slapped a low table in front of him.

Ignoring the sharp pain in the palms of his hands, he shouted a sentence in his mouth: "Thousands of miles away, in the capital of another country, kill all the members of the Hun envoy group with less victory and more force."

Under the First World War, he pulled back the Shanshan Kingdom, which was going to fall to the Huns; Ban Chao and Ban Zhongsheng are really good ministers of the country~"

Yes! When the eldest prince of Shanshan and his party were still slowly coming over on the way, the report sent by Dou Gu in an urgent manner had already been delivered to Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, in advance.

And with the fastest time, it was sent to the imperial eucalyptus of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.

After reading it in a hurry, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was stunned by this, and it really made Ban Chao Jian in the emperor's heart from now on, and he was registered with the emperor.

In the following time, Liu Zhuang waved his hand to let the eunuchs and guards who rushed in when they heard the movement retreat, and told himself that there was nothing to do.

I picked up the report again and began to read it again.

After reading it, I thought about it a little bit, and then I took a pen and began to write a relevant reply.

The content is: Since Dou Qing is ready to continue to send envoys, continue to go to the Western Regions to unify all countries, and cut off the people of the Western Regions from using the manpower and material resources of the Western Regions.

So Ban Chao is a great talent, why should he send someone else?

It is better to promote Ban Chao to be the Sima in the army, and let him continue to envoy to the Western Regions as an envoy; Tell him that as long as he is loyal to the country with peace of mind, the widow will not hesitate to reward the prince. ”

In this way, when such an instruction was sent out of the palace, it represented Ban Chao's new mission to the Western Regions, and the appearance of the third phase of the mission of Hu Biao and others, and the countdown to the official entry......

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