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Chapter 67 Embarrassing Explosive Welding
"What about our current elf archers, do we have to go there too?"

Anthony thought for a while and said, "It depends on their own wishes."

"I see, I'll arrange it now."

"Ah."

Feng Yu specifically emphasized to Anthony that he wanted to find untrained recruits, and Anthony thought it was Feng Yu's second-best idea at first.

But seeing Feng Yu's elf students helping the dwarves push carts today, Anthony realized deeply that maybe Feng Yu didn't like those elf fighters at all, and what he wanted were raw recruits, not An elf patrol that has formed a habit.

From the comparison of today's scenes, and from Feng Yu's completely different attitudes towards elves, dwarves, and halflings, Anthony found that it was not Feng Yu who had a problem, but the elves.

Although the elves will not be domineering like human nobles, their attitude has unconsciously created a distance from the dwarves and halflings.

Elves can't be called indifferent, but indifference is there after all, especially when compared with halflings and dwarves, there will be a strong contrast. Although not all elves are like this, but think about those halflings in the camp. The elves who get along well with the dwarves are all enthusiastic elves like Nicole.

The other elves, on the other hand, have a vague sense of distance from halflings and dwarves, which also makes halflings and dwarves gradually alienate them, forming the current situation.

Anthony had to think about that question: Maybe, as Darren said, it was because of the elf himself...

Although some minor problems were exposed in the weapon experiment, overall it was quite successful, and Feng Yu's set goal was accomplished, because Herbert had brought the new recruits into the training team.

But now there is a problem in front of Feng Yu, that is, the transportation capacity on the Lengshui River. The weight of copper ingots and iron ingots is not light, not to mention the possibility of transporting large machinery such as heavy steam engines in the future.

Building a large wooden boat requires a lot of professional steps and craftsmen. It is a very difficult and lengthy project. Feng Yu is determined not to understand it. Moreover, because there are intelligent life in the oceans of this world, the shipbuilding industry is very underdeveloped. Especially large transport ships usually rely on rafts to cross the river.

This is also the fundamental reason why the two great empires of mankind, the North and the South, stared at each other across the Lushui River.

Because of this, the strategic position of the Elven Forest at the source of the Lushui River is very important. This is a big reason why the two empires invaded the Elven Forest at the same time.

By occupying the forest of elves, you can use the great forest as a springboard to bypass the natural moat of the Lushui River and enter the hinterland of the enemy country.

With machine tools, but lack of raw materials, Feng Yu had to step up to solve this problem.

He didn't tell others about his idea of ​​solving this problem, because he was afraid that others would not believe him.

Before that, he will do a small experiment. If the experiment is successful, then he will be able to build a satisfactory large-tonnage ship, that is the explosion welding experiment.

There is no need for armor pieces repeatedly forged by dwarves, only iron plates poured with molten iron. If the edge of the iron plate can be melted by the ultra-high temperature generated after the ignition of Wrath of the Earth, and the process of 'welding' can be completed, an iron ship can be made .

He doesn't need a warship that can withstand the vibration of artillery, but only needs a flat-bottomed iron ship for transportation, which greatly reduces the need for the strength of the hull, and makes this idea theoretically feasible.

Dick and the others watched Feng Yu sprinkle the dangerous Fury of the Earth into the gap between the two adjacent iron plates, but the dwarves knew that because it was not a confined space, the Fury of the Earth would not be dangerous. , so they all watched from the sidelines to see what genius design Feng Yu was going to come up with.

Feng Yu ignited the fury of the earth with a long wooden pole, and the fiery flame burst out, burning quickly along the gaps in the iron plates.

After cooling down, Feng Yu cleaned up the slag on the weld and observed the adhesion of the weld. Because Feng Yu had done experiments with small iron blocks before, the amount of Wrath of the Earth was just right. It is a black impurity, but the naked eye can see that the metal has been connected together.

Feng Yu waved everyone away, picked up the largest dwarven hammer, and smashed it against the weld seam.

An embarrassing thing happened. After a loud sound of gold and iron clanging, the two iron plates broke into two original pieces along the weld seam.

He dropped the hammer and looked at the joints of the two iron plates, and found that there were many places on the section that were not melted, and the melted places were all black impurities and small air bubbles.

Dick looked at Feng Yu who was carefully observing the section of the interface and said, "Brother Darren, do you want to ignite the wrath of the earth to generate high temperature so that these two iron plates can be combined?"

Feng Yu nodded and said, "That's right."

"Then why don't you just pour a bigger iron slab?"

"Because what I need is not only a flat iron plate, but also something like a huge washbasin."

Dick thought for a while and said, "Then you can pour the mold that was turned upside down, wouldn't it be good? We have iron basins made of metal here, and they are also poured through molds, as are large pots."

"Uh, it's indeed feasible...but...it's too big to be poured, right?"

Dick nodded and said, "That's right, if it's too big, it won't be easy to pour, because it will be more difficult to make the mold, but as long as you are careful and make a precise mold, there is no problem, but it is a bit troublesome.

However, even if you want to use the method of bonding iron plates to make what you want, why don't you go to Clarence Alchemist?For their alchemists, bonding two iron plates made of ordinary materials should be considered a very simple matter, right? ! "

"Uh... my god, isn't an alchemist who can make special alloys? Can he still do this job?"

Feng Yu was shocked.

When he thinks about problems, he will subconsciously ignore magic. This is the reason why Feng Yu's big technology chauvinism is causing trouble. He subconsciously considers how to use technology to solve problems. He did not expect that in the world of high magic, magic is the top power. Not so useless.

"Yeah, just like our steam engine, there are many joints that don't need to be disassembled. If the alchemist burns and seals them, the airtightness will be improved.

I wanted to tell you a long time ago, but I thought..."

"Uh, thank you, brother, next time you have such a good method, you must tell me sooner. Wait, I'll go find Clarence."

If the alchemist can solve the problem of welding, then many ideas in his mind can be realized.

Feng Yu rummaged to find a scrapped gun barrel, connected it to a cutting machine, and cut the neat iron pipe into two pieces. Holding it in his hand, he ran to Clarence's alchemy tent.

(End of this chapter)