The First Happy King of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 194 Difficulties
But trash is trash, Li Muyun still didn't throw away that piece of iron after all, after struggling for a long time, he still didn't change his mind, and continued to refine according to the original method.

Li Yuan and Yu Zhining are two old guys who don't know much about technology, so they let him go when they saw that he would not repent.

As time passed, the molten iron gradually solidified, and finally turned into a huge iron block, which was dug out from the ground by the workers and carried aside, while molten iron flowed out of the small blast furnace again, and flowed into the newly emptied container. .

That's it, one day later, four big and stupid iron lumps were smelted and put on the open space on one side. The workers were already familiar with how to use the blast furnace to make iron. Only then did Li Muyun and Wang Jie have a chance to leave the one that was almost baked. Dead man's blast furnace.

"Muyun, how do you get this thing? Is it too big?" Fang Yizhi obviously realized something, pulled Li Muyun and said quietly.

"Look at it for a while and say, if my guess is right, it should be some pig iron that was smelted this time. This thing is very brittle, and it should be smashed open with a sledgehammer." Li Muyun blinked and looked at the riverside. The two old men who were watching the fun felt uneasy for a while.

"Can this thing be broken open? It's made of iron!" Fang Yizhi didn't know that Li Muyun had been reminded by the two old men during the day, and when he heard that he said it could be broken open, he asked in disbelief.

"You will know if you can try it or not." While talking, Li Muyun picked up the sledgehammer (why is there a sledgehammer), and jumped on the iron block that was just carried over, regardless of the burning of his feet.

With a sound of "哐...", the hammer hit the iron lump, and Li Muyun felt his hands go numb for a while, but he didn't pay attention to his hands at all, but lowered his head to look at the place where the hammer touched the iron lump just now. past.

Sure enough, pig iron is brittle, and there is even a crack under one hammer, which is enough to prove that his previous idea was correct, and it also proves that it is impossible to be lazy.

As the so-called blast furnace ironmaking, open hearth furnace steelmaking, Li Muyun originally wanted to try to see if he could make steel by cheating, but now it seems that it is impossible, and the construction of the open hearth furnace seems to be on the agenda up.

Just as he was thinking, Li Muyun only felt a shadow around him, and then he heard Fatty's voice: "Master, it really broke, is this thing still steel?"

"This should be pig iron, not steel, and steel won't be so brittle!" Although Blacksmith Zhong is not a great craftsman, he still has some basic knowledge of blacksmithing, so he can make a judgment with just a glance.

"It's not steel? Then, is our work in vain?" the fat man murmured.

"That's not true. Even pig iron is useful. As far as I know, our Tang Dynasty doesn't have such a large output of pig iron." Fang Yi stood aside, pinching his chin and frowning.

Originally, he also thought that what was smelted in this furnace was steel, but now he was somewhat disappointed to see that it was pig iron.

But he is the son of Lao Fang after all, and he still knows some things about Datang, and he knows that Datang's annual iron production is actually only about one million catties.If the current speed of iron tapping is followed, it is not actually a failure, at best it has not reached the ideal level.

"The problem now is not here, but that we don't have enough raw materials." Li Muyun jumped off the iron lump, interrupted everyone's discussion, and turned his attention to Wang Jie.

"Look at what I'm doing. I didn't dig out the ore." Wang Jie instinctively felt that something was wrong, but just after explaining a sentence, Li Muyun "ruthlessly" suppressed him: "You didn't dig the ore, but it was your family. Yes, so it’s up to you to increase the volume.”

Wang Jie's handsome face instantly turned bitter-melon-colored, and he said anxiously, "No, what does this have to do with me, I...".

"You will definitely complete the task, go!" The fat man also jumped off the iron block at this time, and patted Wang Jie on the shoulder carelessly: "Anyway, that is the Shuozhou emissary and your uncle. I will give you some face."

Wang Jie was dumbfounded by what the fat man said, and he didn't say a word for a while.

Having achieved the goal of reconciling with Li Muyun, Wang Weiwei did not break his promise and included Wang Bodang's family in the genealogy again.

Although Wang Jie doesn't think it's good to be a member of the royal family, his wife Dongfang Yumei doesn't think so, no matter what he says, she wants him to recognize his ancestors, so the Shuozhou governor became his uncle. .

But having said that, it is one thing to kiss the uncle, and another thing to increase the transportation capacity. In the eyes of the family, family affection and interests are definitely calculated separately. Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, let alone Wang Jie. nephew.

So when Wang Jie rushed to Shuozhou and saw Wang Weiyi's purpose, he was pushed back immediately: "This is impossible! Xiaojie, it's not that uncle doesn't help you, it's really that this matter is beyond uncle's ability."

Although Wang Jie knew that the chance was not great, he still couldn't figure it out after being rejected, and asked with an ugly face, "Why?"

Wang Weiyi didn't show any anger because of Wang Jie's attitude, but just smiled indifferently, and then asked: "Xiaojie, you only know that the iron mine supplied to Li Muyun is from our family, but you know I don’t know, where did those iron ores come from?”

Wang Jie didn't speak. Of course he didn't know where those ores came from, but he believed that Wang Weiyi would tell him.

Sure enough, Wang Weiwei did not disappoint him. After a brief pause, he said: "Those ores all come from Lan County, Lan County in Xizhou. That's not our family's business. This has crossed the line."

"And there is another point, your Shanyin County has absorbed a large number of people during this period, which has attracted the joint impeachment of the [-] surrounding governments. Do you think that under such circumstances, they will increase their attacks on our Shuozhou without forgetting the past? Shipments?"

After listening to Wang Weiwei's explanation, Wang Jie didn't know what to say for a while. If it was about the things on the green forest road, he would understand a little bit, but the things in the officialdom are completely familiar to him. Knowing nine orifices—knowing nothing!
So this trip to Shuozhou ended in failure, and Wang Jie was sent back to Shanyin County by Wang Weiyi in despair.

And after he left, Wang Weiwei showed a strange smile on his face: "Happy wait, my Wang family's things are not so easy to get, if you don't have that ability, you will lose your appetite! So, let me show you I hope you don’t let me down, otherwise I won’t be able to protect you in the clan.”

(End of this chapter)