Folding the halberd to seal the cold

After cultivating Haoqi for some time, today is the day to open the furnace to forge swords.

However, Ye Feng woke up early this morning on purpose. He took out a bundle wrapped in silk cloth from the box, carried it on his back, and walked towards Baiyifang in Luoyan City in the faint morning light.

If possible, Ye Feng would like to check it out when there are few people, so that he can start a furnace to forge swords in the future.

He remembered that day when Qin Yan solemnly handed over the broken Yuqing Xuanming to him, he said to him with pleading eyes: "This broken sword...is actually me...wishful thinking , can I ask you to keep it secret for me as much as possible?"

Although Qin Yan didn't want to explain the reason, Ye Feng never cared about other people's privacy.Entrusted by others, it is a matter of loyalty, since she gave the sword to herself at ease, then he only needs to be responsible for recasting the broken sword.

Because Qin Yan had helped him with the arrangement yesterday, Ye Feng, who was holding a waist card, was able to travel unimpeded all the way until he reached Baiyifang and saw the sword stove standing tall.

Haoqi is worthy of being a powerful Jianghu alliance organization. Because of the support of various sects behind it, even a foundry is so well-organized and magnificently furnished.

Ye Feng walked around the large and small sword furnaces, knocked on the furnace wall casually, and soon discovered the problem.

He jumped up to the furnace mouth with his toes, looked down at the inside of the furnace wall, and knew it in his heart.

It seems that the smelting method used by Haoqi is still the smelting method of the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties, but it has not been improved.The iron smelting furnaces were built incorrectly, so it's no wonder they couldn't extract cold star iron.

Ye Feng looked down at the large pile of raw materials neatly placed in the northwest corner, and couldn't help feeling envious.Due to the successive loss of strongholds, the materials in the Valley of the Wicked were running low. That day he sneaked into Haoqi's territory in the Black Gobi to check the mines, and he almost succeeded...

If it wasn't for meeting Qin Yue.

Ye Feng sighed helplessly.

All the subsequent incidents were caused by that time, as if it was destined by heaven.

At that time, he was actually standing in the majestic foundry, facing the rich ore and iron materials, he really couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

"Are you the swordsmith Ye Feng brought back by General Qin?"

Ye Feng was thinking about his own thoughts, when he suddenly heard someone under the sword stove ask such a question, so he looked down - he saw an old man with a beard and a tough body staring at him with displeasure. Looking at him, I just realized that I was a little disrespectful standing on the furnace mouth at the moment, so I quickly jumped down, cupped my fists and said: "Young Ye Feng, I was just checking the structure of the sword furnace, please forgive me for disturbing you."

"Etiquette is considerate, but I'm a rough blacksmith, so I won't pay attention to this with you! Kid, you look thin and tender... Are you really that master swordsmith, Ye Feng?" The man looked up and down Picking up Ye Feng, looking at his thin body, he shook his head again and again, as if doubting the authenticity of Ye Feng's words.

Ye Feng smiled helplessly, but didn't care.Ever since he became famous, many people have seen him with such a skeptical attitude, and he has long been used to it: "A master is just over-reputed, because he has devoted so much to casting, so he has achieved a little bit." The junior is indeed Ye Feng, dare to ask the senior is..."

"I see you like this... Maybe the rumors in the world are really overrated. The old man is the forging manager in the foundry of Luoyan City, Bai Lie. What were you looking at when you stood alone on my iron furnace?" This forging manager named Bai Lie still doesn't have a good impression of Ye Feng. Even if this kid is really Ye Feng, seeing him like this...maybe it's just a waste of fame.

What is a sword to seal the cold?He only knows to stay in the sword hut all year round and concentrate on forging iron. These things are just heard, but he has never seen how amazing that sword is.

Who knows if it's because the rumors spread in the Jianghu, and this Ye Feng was passed on too brilliantly?

Just because he forged a rare and famous sword, he became a talent at a young age and became famous. Maybe this good luck was picked up for nothing.

After all, the matter of casting swords also needs to pay attention to the right time, place and people.

Some people have forged swords for a lifetime, but they have no chance to forge a rare and famous sword; some people happen to be lucky, and maybe this life is due to that one.

"Senior Bai, since you are the steward of the workshop, I hope you can give me some advice while Ye Feng is refining the meteorite." Ye Feng didn't want to pay attention to the contempt of the white steward, anyway, he was just here to complete his task. Necessary, I just want to quickly start the furnace for smelting, and I am too lazy to argue with others: "Also, the junior was not sneaky just now, just looking for improvements in the structure of the sword furnace."

"Improve?!" Bai Guanshi's thick eyebrows frowned, and his voice was filled with astonishment and anger: "Who told you that these sword furnaces need to be improved?"

"Of course it's the sword furnace itself." Ye Feng replied indifferently: "Although these sword furnaces have been built for a long time, the materials used are wrong, and the structure is also slightly inappropriate. The younger generation's suggestion is that at least half of them should be demolished and rebuilt. "

"Remove it?! Kid, why do you say that?"

Bai Lie is the chief steward of the foundry. Although he is just an ordinary steward at this age, he is highly respected and respected in Luoyan City.However, his personality has always been fierce and irritable. Now when Ye Feng said that the material and structure of his sword furnace were wrong, and he had to tear it down and rebuild it, he couldn't help being furious.Who does he think he is? !It's just a young and energetic kid who speaks wild words. When he forged his first knife, this kid must have not been born yet. Why should he question his experience and experience? !

"Because of the collapsed iron furnace." Ye Feng's eyes were sharp, and he pointed towards the northeast corner seemingly unintentionally.

Manager Bai seemed to be surprised, and couldn't help but follow the direction Ye Feng pointed.

There were seven original sword huts over there, but one was suddenly missing. Although the broken ruins had been cleared away, the scorched black circles left on the ground were obviously the traces left by the long-term burning of the iron furnace.

"If the junior's guess is correct, the melting iron furnace should have been damaged when you tried to smelt the cold star meteorite."

Ye Feng finished speaking calmly, waiting for Manager Bai to explain, but he fell silent at this moment.

"The melting point of Hanxing meteorite is extremely high, which is by no means the high temperature that this kind of iron furnace made of ordinary sand and clay can withstand, so it is normal for it to explode."

This Ye Feng's analysis hits the nail on the head, as if he had witnessed their failure with his own eyes, which made Guanshi a little guilty. It seems that he really knows a lot...

But because he is the steward of the mighty foundry, and being pointed out by a young swordsmith in the Valley of the Wicked at this moment, the white steward suddenly felt embarrassed and slightly dissatisfied: "Even if you guessed right, so what? Ordinary As you said, your furnace can’t withstand the high temperature of smelting Hanxing meteorite, so can you have a better way to build a furnace that won’t explode?”

"That's why more than half of it needs to be demolished and rebuilt. This may be a bit of a big project. It is not easy to build it with the strength of the younger generation alone, so I also ask the white steward to mobilize the craftsmen to help Ye Feng together."

"Assist? Before you prepare to torment us with great fanfare, always tell me, what method do you plan to use to rebuild these sword furnaces? Do we have to listen to your work for nothing based on your words?"

This white man is really difficult...

Ye Feng sighed, and had no choice but to speak slowly and seriously: "The significance of rebuilding the sword furnace lies in improving the refractory materials. Therefore, the furnace temperature must be increased normally in order to prolong the service life of the furnace. Refractory materials must not only be resistant to high temperatures, Moreover, it must resist the erosion of molten iron and the attack of heat flow. Although the refractory material combined with ordinary fine clay and coarse sand is sufficient for most molten iron...but to smelt Hanxing meteorite, some special materials must be added, Such as bottle sand, white wall, and charcoal chips, supplemented by wheat ears and mud, in order to make the building firm. And...the furnace body must be raised to at least three feet."

Bai Guanshi was a little stunned when he heard it, as if he was thinking about the doorway in Ye Feng's words, and after a while he asked the most crucial sentence with a little doubt: "Although what you said seems to be right, but rebuilding the sword furnace is a lot of waste after all. , if it still fails according to your words, how will you bear the consequences?"

Ye Feng smiled, but his eyes were full of confidence: "Then let your General Qin deal with it."

Since Qin Yue was willing to exchange a city for him, he should have tried his best not to let him lose this value.