The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 174 Let’s Make Steel Together
Regarding Li Muyun's proposal, Li Yuan did not object, but just hummed a few times in noncommittal.

Li Muyun didn't seem to force anything, and if he didn't object, it was taken as permission, and he started to prepare after leaving Li Yuan's place.

These days, it is not easy to do anything, and it is even more difficult to live a better life.

……

There was nothing to say all night, and the next day came in the blink of an eye, and the quiet cottage became lively again.

Maybe it was because Li Muyun was back to the cottage. The excitement of the cottage this time was obviously different from usual. Somebody dragged Zhong Tiejiang out of bed without waking up, and came to a pile of black stones outside. .

"Old Zhong, today is the time for you to show your skills." In front of the pile of black stones, Li Muyun smiled happily.

"This is..., this, this is not a black stone." Tiejiang Zhong rubbed his sleepy eyes, grabbed a black stone from the ground, and said with some doubts after only one glance.He is a professional blacksmith. Charcoal and black stone are the things he often uses when making iron, so the difference can be seen at a glance.

"Of course this is not a black stone. This is called coke, which is much stronger than that black stone." Li Muyun also held a piece of coke in his hand and said while weighing it.

"Much better?" When it comes to professional things, Blacksmith Zhong immediately regained his energy.

"Stop talking nonsense, turn on your stove, let's try to burn it once and we'll find out." Li Muyun is full of theoretical knowledge, but he has never experimented, so he is not sure what this thing can produce. .

"Hey!" Blacksmith Zhong was very excited, all the drowsiness seemed to have disappeared, and he ran away with two pieces of coke in his arms.

Li Muyun had no choice but to arrange for a few young men to carry some coke in baskets and chase after Blacksmith Zhong.

……

Let’s not talk about how to make a fire and how to prepare materials.

Once the single fire was born, the experienced blacksmith immediately noticed the difference, because the burning flame was not the usual blue, but pure white.

And even without considering the difference of the flame, the blazing furnace temperature alone made Blacksmith Zhong's complexion change drastically.

"How about it, old Zhong, how about this thing." Li Muyun stood far away, in hot weather, he was not stupid so he would not run to the stove to suffer that foreign crime.

"Master Hou, this, is this fire too hot, this, this person is simply unreliable." Zhong Tiejiang only saw Li Muyun shouting outside, and immediately took the opportunity to run out from inside, dare to say that this guy is also hot Unbearable.

"I didn't ask you this, I asked you how the coke feels when you use it!"

"Master Hou, do you need to say it? This thing is an artifact for ironmaking. I just looked inside it. When the ore was thrown in, it burned red within a short time."

"Well, if that's the case, I guess if you go in later, the ore will be burned."

"What? Melted, melted?"

"Yes, it turned into molten iron!"

"Tie, what is hot metal?" Blacksmith Zhong blinked in embarrassment.

Datang ironmaking has always used charcoal and black stone, and the maximum temperature is 1000 two hundred degrees. Naturally, it is impossible to burn iron, so no matter whether you are experienced or inexperienced, you don’t know what molten iron is. The lively old Li Yuan also didn't know what molten iron was.

And at this time, it was naturally time for Li Muyun to blow Boolean, and Ya coughed lightly, and then said in a voice similar to that of Teacher Zhao talking about the animal world: "Bing, everyone knows that, right?"

Everyone nodded, including Li Yuan, Su Wanqing, Wang Jie and others.

"Ice can be melted, and after it melts, it becomes water, right?"

Nod again.

"In the same way, iron can also be melted, and it can also be turned into water after being melted. It's not called molten iron!"

Everyone shook their heads, and Wang Jie murmured, "Molten iron, I don't know what it tastes like!"

Li Muyun was a little speechless looking at Wang Jie, mother,,, the dare-emotional foodie empire has an inheritance, it has been so powerful over 300 years ago, and when it comes to anything, the first thing that comes to mind is Can you eat it, is it good?

But after thinking about it, the words turned into: "It's delicious, you can try it yourself. The temperature of boiling water is [-], and the temperature of molten iron is [-]. Pour it into your mouth and keep it. Come to grandma's house!"

"Tch, you think I'm stupid!" Wang Jie showed disdain on his face.

However, Li Muyun nodded solemnly, showing an expression of 'I just thought you were stupid', Wang Jie was so angry that he wanted to kill someone.

"Okay, okay, stop making trouble, it's almost time, come a few people, go get some dirt." Li Muyun saw that it would be too much to talk about, so he quickly stopped Wang Jie, and ordered people to go Get some dirt ready.

Wang Jie was so angry that his eyes almost popped out for such a straight-forward approach.

But now no one cares about Wang Jie's depression, everyone wants to see what Li Muyun is going to do.

The soil was quickly fetched, and Li Muyun ordered someone to wet the soil, knead it into mud, and finally stretched out his hand to Wang Jie: "Bring the sword."

"What are you doing?" Out of instinct, Wang Jie protected his sword.

"Forget it." Li Muyun looked at Wang Jie's stingy look, rolled his eyes, looked around and saw Chen Muzheng standing aside, so he hooked his finger at him: "Knife!"

"What are you doing?" Chen Mu asked the same question, but he still handed the knife to Li Muyun.

Li Muyun just waved his hand, without explaining, he casually pressed the knife into the freshly kneaded mud, and made a knife mark on it, Chen Mu looked distressed, but he also knew that he was making a mold.

……

The next thing was much simpler. The mold was taken to dry, and it was brought back after a while.

At this time, Li Muyun followed the blacksmith into the shop. After a scream of chicken feathers, he and the blacksmith each took a big iron spoon and ran out in a hurry. Still burning red fire liquid.

Seeing such a scene, everyone quickly moved out of the way, but they could feel the scorching temperature from a long distance. If they were touched, they would probably peel off their skin even if they were not dead.

The molten iron that was still burning was poured into the mold at the fastest speed, and it was only at this time that Li Muyun was relieved, wiped the sweat from his brow, and said to Chen Mu: "Old Chen, go Get some lard and horse urine."

"Horse pee? What are you doing?"

"It's useful, go quickly! The sooner the better!" Li Muyun also didn't explain why, but just urged him to go quickly.

Chen Mu didn't know why, he had no choice but to take a few people to fetch things separately, he just hoped not to be played by Li Muyun!

(End of this chapter)