The first free king of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 670 How Steel Was Tempered in Datang
At the wine table, Old Uncle Wang silenced all the people at the table with a single word, and Old Uncle Wang even brought a glass of wine to drink, grinning widely without noticing it.

Tang Sufan almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

He also looked at the old man whose mouth was twitching.

However, Li Shimin quickly recovered from the joke.

After all, the key is the most important thing!
Ignoring his son-in-law's eyes from the sidelines, Li Shimin's bearing was not in the slightest to blame, but he asked calmly.

"Brother Wang, this Mo Dao is the best weapon of our Great Tang army. It cannot be equipped by an elite army. It has also made great contributions to the founding of our Great Tang. It can be seen from it."

"I don't know what my brother said, where do I start?"

Mo Dao is also the thing that Li Shimin is most familiar with.

It is also the great reliance of the Tang army to fight against alien races outside the grassland pass. It is the pinnacle of forging technology in the Tang Dynasty today. The cost of a Mo knife makes Li Shimin feel distressed. Are there any shortcomings?
"Since Dong Li's family has asked, my old Wang will talk about it."

Old Uncle Wang, who had drunk a little too much, put down his glass and said confidently.

"Boss Li, in our line of business, we only pay attention to two points when we take out the iron we use. It is strong and durable."

"As for the sword, the most important thing is to be sharp!"

Tang Sufan raised his eyebrows, interestingly, a word popped out of Old Uncle Wang's mouth rarely.

He also understood what Uncle Wang said about "brittleness" just now.

Can't help but interject from it——

"What Uncle Wang means...is it too rigid to be easily broken?"

As soon as the words came out, Old Uncle Wang slapped the table and echoed again and again.

"That's right! Su Fan is a scholar after all, and he is particular about what he says. That's what I meant when I said just now about our Tang Mo Dao's problem!"

Then he turned to Li Shimin and continued——

"Li Dong's family, our Datang sword is not like ordinary swords. It is longer than ordinary long swords and narrower than knives. Although our old king has never been on the battlefield, he knows it. Killing, the sharpness of the sword is second, whether it is strong or not, and whether it has weight is what matters."

"Our Mo Dao, at least the workmanship is excellent, at least four times of hot hammering and three times of cold hammering!"

"Although the workmanship is good, but for the Mo Dao, which is longer than the sword and narrower than the knife, if you encounter a long weapon with even less craftsmanship than the Mo Dao, it will be easy to fold in the middle!"

After all, Old Uncle Wang gestured and picked up the chopsticks on the table, which meant it was very easy to understand.

Li Shimin's eyes couldn't help but pick up, he didn't expect the old Wang to mention the main forging process of this Mo knife in one sentence.

Four times of hot forging and three times of cold forging.

This is the key to Mo Dao's sharpness, and it is also the most important thing on the battlefield to cut horses horizontally and wear the edge like a light.

As for the shortcomings mentioned, Li Shimin naturally came to his senses.

Mo Dao is indeed unrivaled in terms of sharpness. At present, even the Turks and Tubo cannot forge such a sharp charge weapon.

However, just because of the narrow and long blade, it is indeed easy to break when encountering a hard long weapon when facing the enemy.

Therefore, when facing the battle on the spot, the soldiers will be more inclined to the Ma Chan spear.

Everything you say makes sense!
This old brother Wang, Li Shimin really missed him, he is also a great talent!

Li Shimin's eyes froze immediately, his brows frowned, and he asked for advice directly.

"If you take Brother Wang's opinion, I wonder if there is a solution?"

There is no distinction between high and low when asking for advice. If you can solve the only shortcoming of this Modao, then you will make a lot of money.

Hearing Li Shimin's polite words, Old Uncle Wang waved his hands again and again.

"Boss Li's family has flattered me, Old Wang, and I'm just thinking about it for nothing."

"However... If you want to make this Modao better, my old Wang thinks... there is a way."

Although he hesitated a bit, he was determined.

Tang Sufan couldn't help picking his eyes. Unexpectedly, the old Uncle Wang, who was usually afraid of his wife, was really surprised.

It can actually solve Datang's big problem!
Mo Dao, that is a great weapon of the Tang Dynasty's dominance of the battlefield, and it has earned its reputation throughout the history of China.

This is what is often said that masters are among the people?Sincerely do not deceive me.

Li Shimin's eyes lit up suddenly, as if he had smelled it. With Xu De's eyes jumping wildly, he picked up the jug next to him and poured a glass for Old Uncle Wang, and said sincerely.

"Haha, Brother Wang, why don't you tell me, a certain person is also very interested..."

For this, Old Uncle Wang was naturally flattered, wishing to find out all of them.

Smiling, he quickly said: "Li Dong's family likes to listen, so I, Old Wang, will chat more."

"The first method is to use better iron and melt it into the blade. My old king calls this kind of iron Baihammer iron!"

Hundred hammers and irons?
Everyone was stunned.

"Ahem, Brother Wang, what is a hundred hammers and irons?"

"This hundred-hammer iron, to put it bluntly, is better than the good iron forged with four heats and three colds. Generally speaking, the current iron materials of our Tang Dynasty are usually forged one at a time. Forging four heats and three colds, the weight is not enough." reduced."

"However, after getting Su Fan's charcoal, my old Wang thought about it and used it on blacksmithing. The heat is so much better than charcoal!"

"I tried it before, and I can make iron that is four hot and three cold, let alone five hot and four cold!"

"And this fifth forging is really strenuous, at least it can't be counted as a thousand hammers."

Five hot forging four cold forging!

Li Shimin's eyes trembled, which is equivalent to directly raising Mo Dao's level by a level.

Tang Sufan was even more startled, that's right, charcoal was the main raw material for blacksmithing before his coal came out to cause harm.

The heat released by charcoal is at least twice that of charcoal.

This alone can directly increase the quality of wrought iron.

It's true that there is a specialization in the art industry, and the old Uncle Wang has already researched it.

According to this level, Uncle Wang's promotion can be said to be the initial steel of Datang.

For this wrought iron, it is not as simple as one plus one if it can be improved by a whole lot.

If Uncle Wang is asked to study the method of pouring steel or something like that, wouldn't Datang be about to enter the country of steel?

Hiss, good guy, the old Uncle Wang's figure instantly became stalwart in the heart of Tang Sufan, a person who only knows how to be happy~
Tang Sufan couldn't help but say at this moment——

"Based on what Old Uncle Wang said, what you forged, Old Uncle Wang, can already be said to be steel, and it is also steel that is far more pure than ordinary iron."

Uncle Wang was stunned, steel?

steel? ! ! !
Li Shimin's eyes had become a little fanatical, and he could barely sit still.

The word "steel" sounds domineering and extraordinary, and it belongs to an extraordinary weapon!

He even directly wanted to bring his group of ministers over for a meeting to study this steel together!

If this steel was present in his Great Tang, wouldn't his Great Tang be invincible on the battlefield and unstoppable by the country!

Then wouldn't he, Li Shimin, be aiming for his sword, all for his land of the Tang Dynasty? ! ! !

Just thinking about it, Li Shimin almost drifted away.

but.

Hold on tight!
You have to ask clearly and find out the real steel!
Li Shimin frowned quickly and asked——

"Su Fan, as you said, the iron that Brother Wang forged is for...steel?!"

"The temperature of coal is more than double that of charcoal, and if you use a better method of ignition and forging, you can forge iron into another level of iron, also known as steel!"

The corners of Tang Sufan's lips twitched together, and he tried to explain to the confused dog emperor in an easy-to-understand way.

If it is steel, it would be understood through thorough research by Uncle Wang.

Will there be a book "How Steel Was Tempered in the Tang Dynasty" in the future?

Although there have been early steel forgings since the earlier Spring and Autumn Qin and Han Dynasties, at that time, it was not called steel.

And looking back, adding the hardness conversion of steel that has been discussed in later generations, it can only be said that it is called iron with higher purity.

But now the coal, I didn't expect to directly drive the development of wrought iron technology, and this opportunity!It actually happened to Old Uncle Wang.

Old Uncle Wang also laughed and said, "Su Fan is worthy of being a reader. Steel, tsk tsk, is indeed much better than your Uncle Wang's Baihammer."

"My old king's method is to melt this hundred hammer... oh no, this forged iron is better than the original iron of Mo Dao, and melt it on the blade of Mo Dao."

"In this way, the blade at the back is protected, and the toughness of the Mo Dao is directly improved as a whole."

That's it!

Li Shimin's eyes lit up, if he had obtained this wonderful method before this conquest of Turks, wouldn't he be more invincible to the Tang Dynasty?
oops!Li Shimin couldn't help sighing a little bit, why didn't he realize that this old brother Wang is such a great talent!

Mistake!
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