Jiang Xingchen had just finished the test in the morning, and he hadn't eaten at noon, and in the afternoon, he was called over by Xian Ning again to continue testing the newly sent mineral materials.

Of course, Jiang Xingchen will not say anything, and now the development of manganese steel is the top priority of the development of the territory. Hearing the message from the private soldiers, he rushed to the research institute immediately. As for the bicycle, anyway, I have already mastered the technology of making zuò, and I will just go back and make another one.

Running the formation, Jiang Xingchen tested the materials sent one by one, and eliminated the useless through the familiar Cheng dù of the guò formation feedback.

"Huh?" When Jiang Xingchen saw the shiny black stone, he stopped suddenly. This stone is a little peculiar, not to mention the luster of metal, and there are radial stripes on the surface, which is very special.

Jiang Xingchen stretched out his hand to pick it up, and did not run the formation, but rubbed it first...... At this time, a new discovery was made, and his hands were stained with a layer of black and black things.

"I'll go, don't be coal anymore!" Jiang Xingchen said secretly, rubbing it again. Click, the surface of the ore was actually dropped by his rubbing.

"It's so crisp!" Jiang Xingchen pinched the small piece that fell and broke it gently, and it was actually broken in half.

Then he used the formation to perceive it again, it was definitely a brand new thing, and there was no familiar feeling. Now he can be sure that this thing is definitely not coal, otherwise it has something to do with charcoal, and the formation will definitely feed back to him a familiar perception.

"Extract this ore first, and try to reduce it with charcoal and yuanshi!" Jiang Xingchen immediately handed over this piece of ore to Xian Ning. The thermite method is not available now, and the current technology of aluminum cannot be extracted at all, let alone the electrolysis method. So it doesn't matter if the extracted metal contains carbon or not. How much purity, this is also one of the few methods now.

At the beginning, chromium (as if it was chromium) was extracted from the black stone of the desert mountain, and it was also reduced with carbon-plus stone. As for the previous generation, the ancient ancestors were able to use chromium on swords. He was so impressed that he couldn't imagine it.

"Okay! I'll try!" Xian Ning took the black ore. She could see from Jiang Xingchen's expression that she attached great importance to this piece of ore.

For real and scientific research, Xian Ning has always been an acute child, never waiting. While Jiang Xingchen was still continuing to test other ores, Xian Ning had already hurriedly walked out.

After a long time, Jiang Xingchen had finished testing and sorting all the ores, and seeing that Xian Ning had not returned, he went back to the lord's mansion first. The real nature of the metal is not so simple, even if the metal element can be restored, it must be smelted into an alloy with the steel to know whether it really meets the requirements.

Now he has a lot of things to do. In addition to the hot pot festival to be held, he also had to think about how to build an education system, where mathematics should start, where physics should start, and how chemistry should start, all of which he needs to ponder.

Education is the foundation of the future development of the territory, and with the beginning of industrialization, every invention involves more things. In the case of the railway project, there are all kinds of things involved. Mineral deposits, smelting, materials, chemistry. Physics...... Many times, he felt that he was overstretched, and with only himself and Xian Ning, he could no longer meet the needs of the future development of the territory. More talent must be cultivated.

Just when Jiang Xingchen was pondering how the discipline would start and how to spread out. A piece of news also spread throughout the continent: the Kingdom of Thousand Mountains has not only obtained the privileges of the intermediate user of the Star Domain. And an additional ballista and a steam engine were purchased.

"What's going on, didn't you say that it would take three years to have a chance to be promoted to an intermediate user? That's too fast, isn't it?"

"What is Jiang Xingchen going to do, what needs can you mention, why only give the Thousand Mountains Kingdom a chance, what about us?"

"Isn't it just a security agreement, we can sign it too......"

When the news broke, the other kingdoms couldn't sit still. The Thousand Mountains Kingdom was the first to obtain the ballista, not to mention whether they could research anything, even if it was just two ballistas, it was also a threat to them. After all, the relationship between the eight kingdoms is not as good as before.

In addition, with two more steam engines, the output of paper production in the Kingdom of Thousand Mountains will increase significantly, and if they seize the market, the loss will not be small.

"No, I have to write a letter to Xingchenling, and we also ask to apply for intermediate users immediately, anyway, you have already set a precedent, and three years is no longer a hard and fast rule."

The emperors of the major forces sent letters to Jiang Xingchen one after another to apply for intermediate users, but the great elder in the hall of Xuanyuan Tianzong was slapping the table and shouting: "Ji Gang, this bastard, who let him go! Didn't I sue him for a while, who gave him the right to act without permission!"

The Great Elder was also very greedy for the things of the Ice Plain, but he wasn't ready for it. After fighting with Jiang Xingchen for such a long time, he really understands Jiang Xingchen's habit of leaving everything behind, and even he didn't have such scruples about Jiang Xingchen for the Qiankun Emperor, there must be a reason why he established a base in the ice field this time, and he didn't need to be protected by the Thousand Mountains Kingdom.

According to his original plan, how could he find out the situation before making plans, but who knew that Ji Gang's second goods actually led people to act by himself, and the last one didn't come back, and it was all dry without asking!

There is also the Kingdom of Thousand Mountains, he hates it so much when he thinks about it, you have a way out, and if you can't rob it, you can still end up with an intermediate user. As for us, more than 50 masters have all filled in in vain.

The Great Elder was furious, and none of the people below dared to speak, so they lowered their heads and kept silent. Whoever speaks out at a time like this is unlucky.

In the end, the Great Elder left angrily, and the group of people below breathed a sigh of relief and began to discuss.

"Is Ji Gang stupid, the sect master didn't order, he dared to go!"

"I think this guy is meritorious, he used to be the hardcore of the previous sect master, and he was not valued at all!"

"It's good this time, I didn't get the credit, but I put myself in!"

"You say, what did the Star Leader set up in the base of the ice field, so many masters were wiped out...... Didn't you say that Tang Tian was already gone!"

"Who knows! But people have folding crossbows in their hands, even ordinary people are not easy to deal with....... hey! Now the weapons are getting more and more powerful, I don't even know what is the use of practicing martial arts!"

"What's the use, live longer...... I still think there is something wrong with the base of the ice field, and now this month, the ice field must be windy and snowy......"

A group of people talked about leaving, and at the end of the crowd was the elegant middle-aged man who attacked with Ji Gang that day. If you look closely, you can see the smile in his eyes.

Soon after, the man got into a carriage and went straight to the gates of the main city.

"Is it done?" he heard a voice as soon as he got on the train, and a black-robed man had been made in the carriage, covering his head and face.

It's a pity that Ji Gang didn't come back...... I don't know what Jiang Xingchen has arranged in the Ice Plain Base?" the elegant middle-aged man bowed his head slightly and said softly.

"Yes, it's a pity, but I have already arranged Ji Gang's family...... Let's just wait and see Jiang Xingchen and the Great Elder fight each other!" The black-robed man raised his head, and it turned out to be the previous sect master who had been missing for a long time.

"yes, it doesn't matter who wins or loses, it's good for us...... If Jiang Xingchen makes trouble, he will definitely buy the eight kingdoms first. It's the same with the Great Elder...... Hehe, there's something to see!" The elegant middle-aged man showed a hint of a grim smile......

At this time, Jiang Xingchen came to the research institute again. It was his third trip of the day, and it was already dark at this time.

"Xingchen, this kind of restored metal still doesn't work!" Xian Ning frowned, shook his head and said: "Not only is it not good, but the steel becomes more brittle after being added, which is not as good as the original!"

"Oh!" When Jiang Xingchen heard the news, not only was he not as depressed as Xian Ning, but he was a little happy, and his eyes lit up. Ask aloud, "What percentage of this metal is in the alloy when you test it?"

"About half a percent!" replied Xian Ning.

"Great!" Jiang Xingchen cheered with a smile. He had the impression that manganese was a very strange metal, and that the specific gravity of the steel was less, which would not only not play a good role, but would make the steel as brittle as glass. But if more than 13% is added, it will become high manganese steel, which is hard and tough.

The real results made by Xian Ning now are exactly the same as the phenomena of the previous life.

Xian Ning was surprised by Jiang Xingchen's reaction at this time, what are you happy about if you fail, are you angry with me?

"Xian Ning, you continue to be real...... Oh, is there still this metal?" Jiang Xingchen asked, after all, what he brought back was only a piece of ore, and there was not much metal that was separated.

Sure enough, Xian Ning shook his head and said, "No, it's all gone....... you said you still want to use this kind of metal to make real yàn?"

"That's right!" Jiang Xingchen nodded and said, "When I do it again this time, this metal will account for more than two percent of the alloy...... Let's not talk about this for now, what about the person who found this piece of metal, find it for me immediately!" The last sentence Jiang Xingchen ordered the private soldiers.

The private soldiers did not dare to slack off, and immediately ran to find someone. After a short time, he led a young man to the research institute.

"That piece of black ore, that is, the black ore that will stain your hands when you touch it, where did you find it?" Jiang Xingchen asked.

The young man hurriedly bowed down and replied: "It's in Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect, that place is a mountainous area, and there is this kind of stone on the fault at the foot of a mountain, and I dug it out ......."

Jiang Xingchen didn't take what the young man said in the back to his heart, but frowned: "This kind of mine is not easy to do in Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect!"

This is easy to say if other countries are it, but it is difficult to do it in Xuanyuan Heavenly Sect. They are not a thousand mountains, and they can be done with an intermediate user.

At this time, another private soldier ran over, handed over a letter, and said, "Sir, a letter from the Ice Fields Base!"

"Oh!" Jiang Xingchen subconsciously took it, unfolded it and looked at it twice, suddenly laughed, and said loudly: "I really want to sleep and send a pillow!" (to be continued......) R1292