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Chapter 441: Everyone else is making iron, but the great talent Wang is making steel directly (first update)
Chapter 440

After a full cup of tea, Old Liu Tou slowly picked up one of the heavy metal ingots, and after carefully identifying it for a long time, an unbelievable expression appeared on his face. "Steel...it's really fine steel, and it's still the best fine steel!"

The crowd was in an uproar, and several craftsmen howled with the sound of remarriage, drinking steel, and the steel was tapped.

"It's really steel, and it's really high-quality steel. My God... Zhuangyuan Gong, oh no, you are like a living fairy. You can actually turn pig iron into high-quality fine steel..."

At this time, Wang Yang also picked up one of the steel ingots weighing about two catties. After thinking about it, he asked someone to bring a piece of wrought iron, and then scraped hard on the surface of the wrought iron piece. A shiny scratch.

"Sure enough, it is fine steel. My God, sir, you have succeeded again. You can actually make steel directly without frying or filling. This... this is simply a miracle..." Zhao Ji had already started to say something. No matter how many times.

He really didn't know what to say, looking at this piece of fine steel that can scratch a scratch on the wrought iron with the corner, if this thing is made into a sword, it will definitely be very sharp .

"It's a pity, it's quite difficult to forge such fine steel into a sword, after all, this shape..." Old blacksmith Chen stamped his feet regretfully.

"...I said, old Chen, what are you talking about? With these treasures, what kind of swords and swords can you do?" Boss Wu's mouth was trembling, and he stretched out his hand to cover his heart, for fear that his old heart would not be able to bear such a thing. surprise.

"Fine steel, these are high-quality fine steels. I have been frying steel for a lifetime. I can fry such high-quality fine steel three or five times a year. I can laugh. I didn't expect that you would directly refine the fine steel." , If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, even other people wouldn't believe it even if they were beaten to death."

"Mr. Zhuangyuan, why don't you give me some pointers, I want to try a furnace myself, to see if I can directly smelt fine steel..."

Seeing this old Liu head who was looking at him eagerly, Wang Yang nodded naturally. "Of course it's no problem, and when the time comes, not only you, Old Liu, but also all the old craftsmen in our workshop who have signed long-term contracts will have to learn how to use tongs to make steel..."

When Wang Yang said this, he glanced at shopkeeper Wu, and shopkeeper Wu immediately understood. "Of course, masters, as long as you work hard, the more good steel our workshop produces in the future, the more rewards you will get."

After hearing about shopkeeper Wu, those old craftsmen couldn't help but feel excited.

"What did the shopkeeper say? Only a fool would leave if he could work for Mr. Zhuangyuan, right?" one of the old craftsmen said loudly.

All of a sudden, the crowd joined hands, Wang Yang looked at these energetic old craftsmen, and couldn't help but feel unsympathetic in his heart, um... I can't imagine that this talented man who came from a brothel has a kind of washing point now. The feeling of changing identities and changing jobs to become a steel wit.

According to Wang Yang's practice, another furnace of molten steel was released, and the quality of this furnace of molten steel was also very good. This time, because of the preparation in advance, it was no longer made into rectangular steel ingots, but directly It was made into a steel sheet about three feet long and no more than one finger thick, or called a steel plate.

The enthusiastic old craftsmen did not intend to stop, but continued to practice for three more furnaces before giving up.

Because it is an experimental blast furnace and steelmaking, each furnace has about ten kilograms of molten steel, but the steel ingots and steel plates cast from the molten steel of the four furnaces have proved that the success rate of this clamp pot steelmaking method can up to one hundred percent.

"The last furnace took about a third longer than before, so the steel obtained seems to be more elastic than fine steel, but it seems to be tougher than mild steel..."

"Hmm... It seems that if we add another third of the incense stick time, we should be able to refine the kind of soft steel that we usually fry."

For the next two days, Wang Yang squatted there, because many wonderful ideas in his mind were not finished, such as how to make springs with high carbon steel, and various wear-resistant parts.

Of course, it is also necessary to make a batch of various wear-resistant parts suitable for the needs of hydraulic machinery, and it is even more indispensable to let the old blacksmith Chen create a few excellent treasured knives.

Wang Yang remembered that mild steel is also a very good material. It seems that in later scientific discussions, ancient cold-forged armors seemed to use mild steel.

And mild steel is the most resistant to machining...

In front of Wang Yang is the Xixia cold wrought iron armor from the collection of the Duanwang Mansion. more than enough.

In other words, the Xixia monkeys recorded in history, uh...yes, the cold-forged armor worn by the Xixia monkeys has indeed achieved a thickness reduced by two-thirds of the original thickness.

Only in this way can the impurities in its armor pieces be greatly reduced. In addition, the armor made by cold forging under a thousand hammers can have a defense force that exceeds that of Song's iron armor.

"Sir, when are we going to present these treasures to the officials? We have been here for almost ten days, and the steel swords and swords that should be forged have been forged, and the two officials from the Ministry of Industry have also Recorded all the procedures..." Zhao Ji yawned big, sat up from the couch, glanced at the time, well, this afternoon nap was really comfortable.

"Don't worry, we still need this. As long as we add this, it will be perfect." Wang Yang's big hand stroked the protrusion of the wart. "Let's go find Old Chen and ask him to help with something."

"Old Chen, you have really worked hard these few days, but now it seems that I have to continue to work hard on you." Wang Yang found the old blacksmith Chen who was resting and commanding his disciples to beat their swords there.

"Master Zhuangyuan, if you want Lao Chen to do anything, you can just say a word. Why bother?"

"I need your help to build a pair of armor." Wang Yang looked at old blacksmith Chen with a smile and said.

The expression on Old Blacksmith Chen's face was as if he had just been swallowing delicious food and suddenly found that all the delicious food in his mouth turned into dog shit.

"Why, is there something wrong with what I said?" Wang Yang couldn't help raising his brows curiously and asked.

Zhao Ji, who was always by his side, poked Wang Yang gently. "Sir, forging armor privately is a serious crime that requires a hundred rods, a fine of ten thousand yuan, and a exile of three thousand miles."

"Please, I didn't make it for myself to wear and play. I didn't want to design a light and very tough armor for Da Song. The important thing is that the protection power will definitely not be inferior to the armor of the Western Xia monkeys. "

"Sir, are you saying that you have found a way?" Zhao Ji finally thought of something. It seems that he has been busy here with Wang Yang these days. Focus, focus.The point is, Wang Yang once told the emperor that he would be able to produce a Song Dynasty armor that was as good as the Xixia Hao Zijia.

"Now you finally figured it out, right?" Wang Yang couldn't help but said proudly when he saw the look of realization on Zhao Ji's face. "Now, it's finally time to have everything ready, all we need is the east wind."

(End of this chapter)