Datang Longya

Chapter 717 Seasickness
Soon, a cordon was pulled up around the ravine, and the miners looked at the soldiers on the mountain with puzzled faces.

At this time, shouldn't we start a fire to burn the stones, prepare cold water, and wait for the stones to heat up before pouring water to crack them?

Can you dig out ore with a chisel?
The soldiers on the mountain did not expect chisels to cut through the rock, they dug holes to install explosives.

The slender iron rods are said to be specially made by Jingleisi for mine blasting.

As users, they don't need to know the principle, as long as they ignite it.

The soldiers who dug the pit, after loading the explosives, each pulled a fuze and walked down the mountain.

When all the fuzes were gathered together, Feng Zhen looked at Huo Xingyun, the leader of the Dragon Scale Army, and asked doubtfully, "With just these few ropes, can you get iron ore?"

Huo Xingyun smiled and said: "The artifact made by Duke Hu, not to mention breaking mountains and cracking rocks, even destroying mountains and filling seas, is not a problem!"

Under Feng Zhen's shocked gaze, Huo Xingyun ignited the fuze in his hand.

Although the fast fuze developed by Jing Leisi is not as good as the fast fuze of later generations, it is more than twice as fast as the general fuze.

"Anyone who doesn't want to die for no apparent reason, all go into the wooden house!"

Huo Xingyun gave an order, and the miners frantically got into the wooden house.The soldiers of the Dragon Scale Army at the back set up their shields and blocked the door of the wooden house tightly.

After a few breaths, there was a roar of a giant dragon, accompanied by the vibration of the ground, causing the absentees to fall to the ground, and they were all so frightened that they could not speak.

Terrible, what means is this?Could it be that the earth dragon turned over?
Could it be that Lord Protector used some means to invite Dilong to help him find iron ore?
People in ancient times were in awe of natural phenomena. In their fantasy, the abnormal phenomenon of earthquake became the saying "earth dragon turned over".

Some gravel hit the wooden house, making a rattling sound.

After a long time, without any movement, Huo Xingyun ordered the soldiers of the Dragon Scale Army to put away their shields and let the miners out.

Walking out of the wooden house, Feng Zhen picked up a dark stone on the ground and said in surprise, "It's iron ore! It's still high-grade iron ore!"

When the miners heard this, they immediately searched around.

Huo Xingyun looked at the big hole on the mountain and said, "Don't pick it up, look at the top!"

The crowd looked up.

I saw that the lower half of the original small ravine had been covered with mud. In the middle, a huge pothole appeared at this time. The edges of the pothole were all black.

if these were all iron ore
Feng Zhen took a deep breath, and then he was ecstatic: "Damn, such a good mine! Hurry up, don't be stupid! Go dig!"

Huo Xingyun stretched out his hand to stop Feng Zhen: "What are you digging? Next is our job. Do you think you dig faster or we explode faster? Your task is to continue to find iron ore. The Lord Protector said that this place is rich in iron ore. It is impossible for iron ore to be in just one place like this.”

Feng Zhen rubbed his hands and stood restlessly. As a miner, he can't dig a good mine, what is that?
Huo Xingyun took out the letter in his arms and said: "The Lord Protector is waiting to use the iron, we can't wait too long, one iron mine is too slow, we should find more places."

Feng Zhengong cupped his hands: "Master Jun, take a look, why don't we let people dig it first, and we only need a few of us with good experience to find the ore, so it will be faster, right?"

Huo Xingyun nodded: "Alright, let's go, and then find the next place."

Looking at the huge pothole on the mountain, Feng Zhen took a deep breath.

He never thought that opening a mine could be so simple. In the past, they had to dig a pit or burn pyroclastic rocks to find an iron mine.Many times, hard work is empty joy.

Now, as long as he points out a place, some soldiers will use their supernatural powers to directly open the mountain, not too quickly.

It's just that, isn't this kind of magical skill a bit too good for mining?
Shaking his head, he shook his thoughts away.Feng Zhen laughed at himself, why bother such a small person like him.

Finding ore is his job.

In order to establish a steel manufacturing plant as soon as possible, Leng Feng asked the old man to visit the old miners of the people.In this era, no matter what industry has its own means.Some ancestors who have worked as miners for generations can always find iron ore in ways that others cannot understand.

Feng Zhen and others were like this. Under their search, the iron ore could be exploded seven or eight times after they opened the mountain ten times.

After the iron ore was blown out, the migrant workers who followed immediately began to build roads. After the cement solidified, construction workers rushed here to build an ironworks.

After the Wang family was beaten up by Leng Feng, they lost many coal merchants in their control. They got the contract from Tianxialou and signed it without hesitation, and sent many old miners to Liaodong to help find coal mines.

When coal and iron ore were found, the steel plant that had just been established began to operate immediately.

While the letter of good news was still on the way, Li Tai's first-generation ironclad ship had been completed, and the water test began.

The ironclad ship the size of a fishing boat has basically no wood in it.After the dock was filled with water, it actually floated wobbly.

Seeing this scene, Li Tai threw away the notebook in his hand excitedly: "It really floated, hahaha! Let's build a warship tomorrow!"

Leng Feng slapped him on the back of the neck and reprimanded him: "You are so happy when you float? Look at this thing, can it catch people?"

Li Tai was photographed covering his neck and jumping his feet. When he saw the appearance of the iron-clad boat, he couldn't help but forget the pain: "How could this happen?"

I saw the iron-clad ship in the dock, even if there was no wind, it was still swaying from side to side.

Such a boat, even a good fisherman who is used to the wind and waves, will shake his head dizzily!

Leng Feng walked to the water's edge, looked at the iron-clad ship and said, "It must be that the weights of the two sides of the hull are different. When you manufacture, you must strictly control the weight. You can't just think that it's all right as long as the two sides are symmetrical in size."

At this time, the iron will have some impurities more or less, and it is impossible to ensure that the quality of the same iron block must be equal.

Li Tai looked at the swaying iron-clad ship, but still gritted his teeth: "Master, why don't we use it to go to sea first?"

Leng Feng grabbed Li Ke and said, "I have something to do, Li Ke, you can go out to sea with your brother for a walk!"

Li Ke gave Master a resentful look, but he couldn't resist.

The iron-clad ship wobbled out of the dock, only swayed once on the sea surface, and then swayed back again.

When it was less than [-] meters away from the shore, Li Ke couldn't help but jumped into the water and swam back by himself.

And Li Tai was dragged back by the accompanying fishing boat.

He got seasick so badly that he lay on the boat, even when he went ashore, his guards carried him up.

(End of this chapter)