Three Kingdoms: From Yinlin to Great Wei Xiongzhu

Chapter 139 Mu·Bai steel making is not as soft as twisting fingers

Cai Mansion, the backyard...

"哐, 哐, 哐..." The sound of forging and iron hammering continued, and the frequency seemed to be denser than before.

At this moment, dozens of blacksmiths had already had a hot breakfast, trying to put iron into the furnace and forge steel with the old method like a month.

In a small courtyard, in just one month, more than [-] fine steel war halberds and more than [-] sabers have been forged.

It seems that every craftsman has worked hard, and the heat in their eyes is far better than before.

"It's been a little warmer these days, the temperature in the furnace needs to be controlled..."

Cao Mu was no different from usual. She came to the courtyard early. She first carefully inspected the four large melting pots, and then carefully reminded the craftsmen...

However, today is different from the past, she is always frowning, looking worried!

Most of the craftsmen here knew that Mr. Cao would be back tomorrow, and he came back specially to attend the wedding between his daughter and Mr. Xiahou's family.

This daughter of the Cao family is about to get married. The so-called marrying and obeying her husband, I am afraid that from now on, it will be difficult to appear beside this melting pot.

Don't say it... After all these days, I'm used to having her record by the side, remind...

It's hard to avoid having to leave so suddenly...

Speaking of which, every morning, Cao Mu would always be the first to arrive here before the big guys arrived. In addition to placing some rare meat and snacks from the Cao Mansion on the table, he would also collect the information from last night. Some of the local examples of the success or failure of forged steel, and tell everyone in simple and in-depth words.

At first, everyone listened casually, but gradually, they discovered that when forging steel, if they avoid these risks and rely on successful experience, the probability of success is often much higher.

And in the past month, the success rate of forging steel has indeed been soaring day by day!
From [-]%, to [-]%, then [-]%...

After experiencing a bottleneck for a period of time, Cao Mu once again summed up the brand-new theory. After the craftsmen listened to it... and then combined it with their practice, the success rate of forging steel directly jumped from [-]% to [-]%. Eighty percent!
And today…

Everyone is very nervous, because Cao Mu has already summarized the complete steps in the steel forging process, including more than 100 details, more than 200 wrong operations that need to be avoided, and even... the five major time nodes in forging steel, the fire temperature The several key changes in the book are described to the big guys one by one, which is almost regarded as a nanny-level forged steel teaching.

Even... During the steel forging process, she will remind me carefully.

All the craftsmen know that Cao Mu wants to complete [-]% success in forging iron and steel before the big wedding!

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The white mist shrouded in the morning gradually turned into dewdrops...

Everyone worked hard, they did not do anything else, just for the good memories shared with Miss Cao at this moment, and they also wanted to help her fulfill this dream!
[-]% successful dream!

"Aren't you full? Come on... cheer up, today we have forged a total of 12 yuan of iron, all of which are the best materials in the iron! Everyone is full of energy..."

When Dian Wei shouted, he did not forget to take a deep look at Cao Mu.

His words are thick and detailed, and the meaning is very clear. When translated into foul language, it means--Grandma Te, listen to me carefully, and we must not fail together today!
terrible...

More than 20 days ago, 100 yuan of iron can be smelted into 30 yuan of steel. The blacksmiths here are going to burn their incense, but today, they all succeeded in challenging!
And the gap here, everyone is very clear, is the continuous integration of Cao Mu's theory and their practice!
Same...they know it too.

If I can't achieve this goal today, I'm afraid that tomorrow... I won't have another chance.

"Master craftsmen, let's all work harder today and try not to make any mistakes..." After Cao Mu said a word, all the craftsmen have already done their own thing.

When Cao Mu spoke, he subconsciously glanced at the courtyard beside him from the corner of his eye.

It is now the experimental base of Youfang, which is well-known throughout Yanzhou and is making a lot of money every day.

"Zhuge Liang" is in charge, and like Cao Mu, he will constantly try to extract more oil from that unit of grain in the courtyard next door from morning till night...

In fact, what Zhuge Jun did was similar to Cao Mu's, and it required a lot of practice. He recorded the amount of oil brewed each time, summarized it repeatedly, and then practiced it with a new method. Strictly speaking, it was similar to the forged steel. The method is the same!
"Huh..." Cao Mu exhaled slightly, and there was a little more sadness in his eyes.

She also knew that after her father came back, she might not allow her to act recklessly like this again...

"You boy, in the future...you have to work harder!"

whispering...

Gradually, Cao Mu's eyes moved away again, this time looking at a courtyard in the middle of the pavilion, which was Lu Yu's bedroom.

I heard that Lu Yu came back drunk yesterday, so he must...haven't woken up yet.

"This Lu Yu..." Mentioning this name, Cao Mu wanted to say a lot. Wasn't it because of Lu Yu's scolding that she was able to persevere here?
She especially remembered that Lu Yu said that she was "a bottle full of dissatisfaction, and half of the bottle dangling!"

Say she doesn't know anything... say she's naive.

To be able to persist until today, Cao Mu's heart is full of dissatisfaction and unwillingness. He wants to prove to Lu Yu that she is not "a bottle of dissatisfaction". to leak out!

Of course, Cao Mu was grateful to Lu Yu. If he hadn't scolded him, how could Cao Mu have realized the great knowledge contained in this forging?
How can I understand the craftsmen... how difficult it is for every servant?

And how can he restrain the young lady's temper, get along with the craftsmen and become intimate.

When the words came to his lips, Cao Mu had a lot to say, but he only uttered three words... "Thank you, you!"

Although there are only three words, they mean a lot.

Dian Wei noticed Cao Mu and the direction of her gaze.

Dian Wei scratched his head, and immediately handed over the furnace to another craftsman, then stood up and walked to Cao Mu's side. "Shall I invite Mr. Lu for you?"

Ah... Cao Mu was slightly startled, "Invite him? Why invite him?"

Although her mouth was firm, the anticipation between her brows had revealed her inner thoughts.

"Oh..." Dian Wei said in a flat tone. "Today may be Miss Mu's last time here, so Mr. Lu should come and see what Miss Mu has brought to our forging steel this month...Besides, since today is the pursuit of all success, then I have to call Mr. Lu to witness this incredible 'miracle'!"

Having stayed with Cao Mu for a long time recently, Dian Wei feels that he has become more educated, and even...has learned to guess other people's hearts.

He didn't know what words like "miracle" meant at all.

But as the proportion of successfully forged steel increased day by day, Dian Wei subconsciously recognized the word "miracle". Even now, if I give him a stone, I can write these two words on the ground.

"Okay...okay..." Cao Mu bit her red lips with her silver teeth. Since it was the last day, she might as well let Lu Yu see if she was still the naive girl with a bottle full of half a bottle dangling around a month ago!
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Lu Yu, who was still sound asleep on the bed, was awakened early in the morning by a loud knock on the door.

Rubbing his head, he was still a little dazed. Yesterday, he drank a lot of Jiuniangchun wine, and he was dizzy...and even, he drank a wave of admiration for Xiahou Dun. Thinking about it this way, it's not worth it!
"Who is it?" He asked casually.

"Last General Dian Wei!"

Ah... Lu Yu hurriedly got up, Dian Wei didn't come here easily, let alone choose to disturb people's dreams early in the morning, he must have a reason for coming here.

"But what happened to the forge?" Lu Yu opened the door and asked urgently...

"It's something." Dian Wei's tone was very flat. "But one or two sentences are not clear, I hope Mr. Lu will go to the backyard to find out..."

As he spoke, Lu Yu followed Dian Wei quickly to the furnace in the backyard.

"Bang, bang, bang" is still the sound of iron strikes...

"Swish..." There will also be a few subtle sounds when the breeze collides with the flame.

And in the courtyard, there are still more than 20 craftsmen as usual, and there is a girl in red who is particularly conspicuous among the group of five big and three rough craftsmen——Cao Mu.

During this period of time, Lu Yu didn't bother to pay attention to this side. Seeing that Cao Mu looked dark, he seemed to be tanned.

The sun's rays and the scorching heat in the furnace almost made her whole body dark...

But fortunately, the foundation is good, and it doesn't affect her appearance at all.

It's just that her appearance of sweating profusely doesn't look like a country girl who once pampered and pampered her!

After all, she was sweating profusely, but she still walked into every furnace from time to time, sometimes bent down to peek into the flames, sometimes searched for something in the bamboo slips in her hand, and sometimes told the craftsmen some things.

To Lu Yu's surprise, the craftsmen would gladly accept her instructions and make more or less changes in the process of forging steel.

Speaking of which, Lu Yu has been paying attention to the oil workshop recently, but he has neglected the progress of the forging steel a lot...

I don't know now, what is the success rate?
"Dian Dutong? Did you call me here just to see forged steel?"

In Lu Yu's opinion, this is not the first time forging steel, the freshness has long passed, but it is a matter of success rate, there is no need to specially pull him over to witness, right?

To be honest, it was quite hot here, and Lu Yu felt that his pants were almost wet.

"Master Lu, just look at it..." Dian Wei pointed to a furnace.

But at this time...

"It's done, Miss Mu, look, it's done!" A craftsman danced... Cao Mu ran over slowly, and the craftsman took out the forged steel from the furnace...

From a distance, Lu Yu could tell... the craftsmen here are very skilled in the process of forging steel, even more skilled than Dian Wei in the past!

This...isn't it just made out?This...is nothing?

Lu Yu turned his head and looked at Dian Wei, as if he still had question marks on his forehead...

"Young Master Lu, you might as well continue watching..."

After about half an hour...

"Miss Mu, it's done here!" Another craftsman yelled... They are used to it, and every time they succeed, they call Cao Mu to come over and take a look, because...she will record the color, flame, texture...

Cao Mu nodded to indicate that the water can be solidified...

The craftsman began the next step.

hiss…

At this moment, Lu Yu came up with a very strange idea, this Cao Mu couldn't be socially obsessed, right?
One month... to mingle with so many craftsmen?Today...could it be...Dian Wei asked him to come and see Cao Mu to pretend?

The idea just came up...

"Miss Mu, the forging here is also successful, exactly as you said, all the steps are accurate to the nearest millimeter, and there is no difference!" Another voice of the craftsman shouted at another furnace that was a little farther away...

Wait... Lu Yu figured out something inside.

All three steel forgings were successful?Is this a [-]% success rate...

No way?
Before Lu Yu could think about it...

"I also succeeded here!" Another craftsman said, that is to say, the first wave of steel forging in the four furnaces was all successful?
Lu Yu was very surprised, very surprised...

You know, this is so special in ancient times. There is no refined temperature-controlled furnace here, and there is no intelligent equipment operation. All the process of forging steel is done manually.

Moreover, Dian Wei mentioned it when he successfully forged steel for the first time. Although the process of forging steel may seem simple, there are hundreds of changes in it... Every deviation may have a huge impact on the material of the iron influence, and thus fall short.

That is to say, it is almost impossible in this era to complete forging steel step by step according to the assembly line and systematic strategy!

But... Lu Yu's eyes looked at Cao Mu, and at the bamboo slips she held in her hand...

If the guess is correct, Cao Mu actually sorted out and summarized the impossible steps, and it became an effective strategy!

This…

With a "gudong", Lu Yu gulped down his saliva. Now, he finally knew why Dian Wei called him here...

This small pavilion, these more than twenty craftsmen, and a young girl... They are creating a miracle, and the one who is in charge of the overall planning and directing is the one who has severely reprimanded the eldest daughter of the Cao family in the past——Cao Mu!
"Mr. Lu..." Dian Wei still wanted to speak when he was forged from four pieces of refined steel...

Lu Yu waved his hand, signaling that he doesn't need to speak, he understands everything, he already understands everything...

However, the first furnace was all successful, which does not explain anything.

He's going to keep watching... keep reading!

One morning, the steel forging went quite smoothly...

What surprised Lu Yu was not only the successful forging of all eight pieces of fine steel, but also... the speed of the forging steel!

That's right, it only takes more than an hour for each furnace to complete the fusion of wrought iron and pig iron, and it can be solidified into steel, and the time required for each furnace to forge steel is almost exactly the same...

This is simply an assembly line, system-like speed!

Lu Yu originally planned to send some food, but Dianwei refused... The craftsmen here only eat two meals a day, one meal when they start work, and one meal when they finish work in the evening...

Hearing this, Lu Yu, who was still hungry, felt full. At this moment, he was willing to accompany these craftsmen and Cao Mu to continue witnessing miracles.

Of course, maybe Cao Mu and this group of craftsmen haven't realized what a terrible thing they are doing!

Steel...steel spear, steel halberd, steel knife...

In this era, this is almost a crushing existence on the technology tree!

Just like when iron ware replaced bronze ware, how iron ware crushed bronze ware, so... steel-structured weapons can crush iron ware.

Hundreds of refining steel, under such a weapon, this is the basis for creating an invincible and tough as steel master!
Thinking of this, Lu Yu trembled for all the princes.

A young girl, dozens of blacksmiths, will really make the princes of all walks of life tremble from the bottom of their hearts!
...

For a whole day, I originally planned to forge 12 yuan of fine steel, but it was overfulfilled. Today I forged 16 yuan of fine steel.

That's not the point...

The point is, the success rate of forging steel is [-]%!
The facts were before his eyes, which made Lu Yu fall into a deep, indescribable shock, a shock for a long time.

This quantity is enough to make more than 40 fine steel war halberds and more than 100 fine steel sabers!

Even Lu Yu couldn't help giving a thumbs up to Cao Mu and these craftsmen. This can no longer be described as awesome. This is a heifer dancing - the one on the left is awesome, the one on the right is awesome!
When dusk came, after a full meal, it was time to go to work, and all the craftsmen did not leave. They walked to Cao Mu one by one, talking to her about something...

There is nostalgia in the eyes.

And Cao Mu's eyes were already filled with tears...

"Master Lu, I'm afraid Miss Mu won't be able to come tomorrow..." Dian Wei, who was beside Lu Yu, had a rare voice choked up...

Only then did Lu Yu realize that it seemed... Cao Cao would return triumphantly tomorrow.

If he came back, how could he allow his soon-to-be-married daughter to run to Lu Yu's mansion every day?Not to mention... go for that totally unfeminine wrought steel?

"Oh..." Dian Wei let out a long sigh. "If it weren't for Miss Mu's daily records, the summary after going back every night, and telling us the places to avoid the next day, it would be impossible for the forge to achieve today's results..."

"This is right..." At this point...Dian Wei hesitated. In Lu Yu's impression, this strong man with strong bones was stumbled like this for the first time today.

Finally, Dian Wei still spoke. "This should be the last gift we craftsmen gave Miss Mu..."

In a word, Dian Wei walked away from Lu Yu's side, and he walked towards Cao Mu without saying a word...

In other words, he was afraid that once he spoke, he would not be able to stop crying.

Dian Wei took out a dagger from his bosom, the sharp edge of the dagger was hidden in the sheath, but Lu Yu recognized this dagger at a glance, it was the first piece of steel Dian Wei forged, and the first dagger made of it !
This must have a special meaning for Dianwei, right?
At this time, Dian Wei stuffed the dagger into Cao Mu's hand, then turned around and walked away quickly...

The ancient evil never shed tears in front of others.

Looking at the back of Dian Wei leaving, Cao Mu clenched her lips and loosened her teeth. She carefully held the dagger in her arms and shouted: "Master Dian, thank you... thank you..."

At this moment, from Lu Yu's perspective, he could see that Dian Wei was crying...Dian Wei, who was bleeding, sweating and not crying, really cried.

And at this moment... Lu Yu felt that he...should say something to Cao Mu...

Then, do something about it!

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(End of this chapter)