The use of the acid bottom blowing converter method to make steel, in fact, was the first project that Eli planned for the Francis No. 1 smelter, which had no shadow, and although this method had many limitations, it was already the easiest to achieve.

Eli had imagined in the middle of the night that Francis's steel would be exported to the mainland, and who knew that the dwarves were one step ahead.

It's so magical and technological, it's like a running fish in a flock of ducks, and the sight of it can make people feel like they're out of DNA.

Uncle Frank was no less deranged than Eli, and it was a long time before he pointed at the wooden machine in disbelief, and almost suspected that something was wrong with his ears: "What do you say that is for?" ”

"Blow in the air."

Then oxidize the impurities in it to dissipate heat to produce molten steel, which Eli silently replenishes in the bottom of his heart. When he was in high school, he still studied chemistry very well, and he was also very interested in geography, but he only applied for a computer major and his college entrance examination score to maximize the benefits.

Uncle Frank's mouth was wide open, his throat rolled several times, and he couldn't say a word.

Eli was kicked out of the smelting workshop by the Patriarch who arrived in a hurry, and was denied any involvement in any of the next projects.

The patriarch even glared at his big Kazlan eyes and found a very convincing reason: "You only said that you wanted your friends to come, but you didn't say that you would let yourself. ”

Eli also left happily, discovering that the dwarves had already started steelmaking was a bonus, and his knowledge of chemistry allowed him to understand smelting, and that the magical thing of forging was left to future professionals like Clarence.

As Clarence accompanied him out of the cave, the dwarves everywhere he could see looked at him with mixed eyes.

After being reprimanded by the patriarch, Parry, who had been much more restrained, shouted in a low voice: "Look! He stole the forging techniques of the great dwarves. ”

The bearded dwarf next to him snorted heavily from his nose and said disdainfully, "Come on, you don't know what that machine is up to now, and he only glanced at it." ”

"I'm just not in charge of this," Parry said indignantly, "and if I were in charge of this, I'd know better than he does." ”

The bearded dwarf looked at Parry in surprise, it was the first time he knew that Parry's mind was so unclear, and didn't the human cubs also take care of this?

"Parry, you've changed." The bearded dwarf sighed heartily, "Although you used to hate humans too, you just hated the puppets of the Holy See and the despicable adventurers. On top of that, you're going to talk about dirty humans and send the lost human girl back to the village. ”

Parry's indignant expression froze on his face.

"They almost put on their faces, 'The place you find is important,'" Eli spat to Clarence as he sat in Uncle Frank's cabin, "and if it were me, I'd pretend that it was uneventful, and that an eight-year-old could easily be fooled." ”

"Will you be fooled?"

Eli honestly replied, "I won't." ”

"Because you're not an ordinary eight-year-old." Clarence looked into Eli's eyes and found that they were as clear as ever, like a lake in winter or a lady's mirror, "Eli, you're really smart. He paused and found a more apt adjective, "It's amazing too." ”

The unheard of and unseen things came from him, and he is behind Francis's recent hot Ministry of Commerce and Agriculture, and he is a bit outrageously powerful at a young age, not to mention that he has the last dragon in the world.

Clarence knew that some nobles privately thought that these were nothing more than tools for the wealthy Curtis family to give their only young master, but as a friend, he didn't think so.

"Being smart isn't a bad thing, Clarence." The only light source in the room after the wooden window was closed was the light of the fireplace in the fireplace, and Eli's face was a little hazy, but Clarence could still easily recognize him smiling, "Do you mind if I'm smart and you look stupid?" ”

Eli wasn't surprised that Clarence sensed something was wrong with him, after all, he had always been unbridled in revealing his true personality and had never tried to look like a real child.

He has been a very freewheeling person from his previous life to this life, I don't know for some reason, and no one thinks his way of thinking and the things he takes out are strange. Eli guessed that there should be a little secret behind this that the adults knew secretly, just like his little secret.

But Clarence apparently did not know the secret, and he fell silent. He was originally a boy who didn't like to talk much, and if it weren't for Eli and the lively husky lady, he would probably grow up to be an excellent head of the family who meets the public's stereotype of the Lopu family.

Eli sighed softly, he propped his chin with his hands, blinked his eyes and asked, "Aren't you going to continue watching and learning?" Although they won't show you the most important points, even their widely used skills are enough for you to learn for a long time. ”

The topic that used to light up Clarence's eyes lost its appeal, and Clarence said, "I'll be better than the dwarves." ”

"I know." Eli nodded affirmatively, "I've known since the first day we met, when you showed me to your smelter. ”

He stood up, stood on tiptoe and hugged Clarence, and by the disguise of his movements, he quickly whispered in Clarence's ear, "Don't look at the burner, I have thought of a better way." ”

Eli let go of Clarence and winked playfully at his right eye.

A better method is simply to use an open-hearth steelmaking alternative, an upper-grade alternative to converter steelmaking, which yields better quality steel and higher yields.

Eli didn't plan to use steel to craft weapons, liquid steel was just one of the materials the dwarves used to craft weapons, but they also used dark iron, powerful sword wood, and all sorts of strange magical materials, and then enchanted them. In short, the process is cumbersome and cannot be replicated in a short period of time.

But the iron plating was ideal for the untalented, such as most of Francis's lords.

Digging a ground and cutting a monster is not easy.

Eli now has only one problem: the open-hearth steelmaking process requires the use of gaseous fuels.

For example, shale gas, natural gas and - coal gas.

Eli stretched, pushed the heavy wooden window that closed tightly, and the slightly cool air poured into the enclosed space, breathing very comfortably, as if all the burden of his body had been lifted.

Uncle Frank's cabin was well placed to see the grey bare mountain in the distance from the window, over which Dylan's dragonbird was flying, flared-flapping its wings into the hands of several small birds and monsters that tried to attack it.

Coincidentally, there is an undeveloped coal mine in the Longji Valley with huge reserves.

Eli tapped his temple: Let him think about it, how does coal make gas?