When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 119 Iron Smelting

Xinqu sees far, because it is all about living.

He is such a person. Before the security problem is solved, he often thinks more about the problem. However, compared to people of this era, he has more choices.

After all, others are worried that wildfires will destroy habitats, but Xinqu knows very well that humans have been burning forests to gain living space since ancient times.

Since we are all burning down the woods, if we don’t take advantage of the opportunity to burn out a bright future, will we still be sitting in the city of sleepiness?

The solution was different, and Xin Qu could have more angles, so he dared to do so.

In the middle of the night, Xinqu opened his red eyes and looked at the cooled roasting earth pit. He took out the stuff inside, then sieved it and blew it with the wind to remove the plant ash, leaving behind a pile of slag and small things in the slag. Iron beads and some particles softer than iron beads - manganese.

Xinqu took a stone hammer, gently smashed the slag, and picked out the iron and manganese beads one by one. He only picked out about ten kilograms.

The cheeks twitch slightly, the iron content is too low!
Out of ten pounds of iron and manganese, only about three pounds are iron, and the rest is all manganese!
He got thirty kilograms of ore... Could he have made a mistake?

This piece of siderite is actually pink because it contains a lot of manganese?
Doesn’t that mean that the iron content is only [-]%?

I got a big weed!
Xinqu covered his face for a long time, and finally let go, forget it, at least this thing is rich in manganese!

I can only comfort myself so much.

Xin Qu picked them out and weighed them with a wooden scale.

In fact, the so-called wooden balance is a rope tied to the middle section of a wooden stick, and then wooden plates and ropes are hung on both sides. Finally, the middle section of the rope is constantly adjusted to ensure that the two are balanced, and then used as a counterweight.

I have designed six proportions and plan to try them one by one to see which one is more durable.

There is really no way, manganese is useless if it is not used.

After Xin Qu finished fiddling with the experimental proportions, he crushed a large amount of roasted snail shells mixed with some limestone, placed them in the blast furnace and stacked them one on top of another. Put the designed ratio of iron and manganese into it.

Then it is overfired, ignited, heated, and reduced and smelted.

The burned slag was also thrown into the bottom of the furnace where the crucible was previously burned for a second reburning.

Then continue with the second round of roasting the ore.

What follows is a mechanical and repetitive busyness.

In the afternoon, Chu Dagu came to find Xinqu again and saw Xinqu holding an iron piece in his hand and testing the hardness of the knife.

With a trembling sound, the flying knife penetrated the wood for three points. Xin Qu stepped forward and violently pushed it left and right, and then it broke directly as expected.

Then Xinqu took a bronze short spear and stabbed the broken iron piece.

boom!
Shu Dagu walked up and his eyelids jumped when he saw the spear raised by Xin Qu and the iron piece that had not been penetrated.

"Barely enough." Xinqu muttered, probably burning out medium-carbon ferromanganese, which could barely block the thrust of the bronze.

"This is already a big killer!" Shu Dugu squatted down and picked up the piece of iron: "Just this, as long as you have this armor, you can already kill Dayi merchants on the battlefield. With this, as long as you are not being attacked The chariot collided, and we already have the potential to fight against Dayi Shang!"

Chu Dagu's words did not avoid others. The dazed slaves looked at what Xin Qu was smelting in shock. They suddenly knelt on the ground, lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything, for fear of being killed by Xin Qu for keeping it secret. .

After all, these smelting ratios are all in their memory, and they can all see them.

Many tribes will protect this kind of secret from being leaked, so the slaves who are best able to keep the secret will naturally end up dead.

Xinqu noticed the slaves' movements.Quite speechless, he said to Shu Dagu: "These are just trivial matters. The ferromanganese is barely enough, and the formula will have to be adjusted later. Besides, in addition to smelting, there is also forging. It will take a lot of time to actually go to the battlefield.

But now there are many problems, such as the blast furnace's insufficient temperature, the need to constantly add charcoal, resulting in too much carbon, and so on.

We still have to find ways to increase the temperature of the furnace, which requires continuous improvements below. "

Xin Qu changed the topic and looked at the kneeling slaves: "Do you have the confidence to help the Xin family improve the iron materials?"

"For the sake of the Xin family, we will never refuse!" Tao Ao, the overseer of this group of slaves, was the first to answer loudly.

Other slaves also responded.

This group of people are actually quasi-naturalized people. Xin Qu allows them to stay in the workshop, so he naturally chooses loyal people.

"Okay! So, you made iron for the sake of the Xin clan. From now on, you are the iron clan of the Xin clan. Everyone will be unified into the iron clan and will be under my direct jurisdiction. Tao Aoqian has done a good job, and I will reward you with one. A first-level meritorious service is enough to establish a household. Everyone else will be rewarded with a first-level first-level meritorious service in recognition of your efforts.

When you give birth to children, you are allowed to pass on your memories to your children and grandchildren.Of course, you also have to pay a certain amount of freedom. You are not allowed to leave the workshop area unless necessary in the future, and your heirs must stay in the clan to be smelted. Do you understand? "

"Yes! Chief Xie." Tao Yao and his group of slaves kowtowed excitedly.

Xinqu nodded: "Then go down and have a good rest. Starting tomorrow, I will select some female slaves to come to the workshop to cook. Except for Tao Ao, no one else is allowed to leave unless necessary. Tao Ao, you are the manager of the iron lawsuit. Responsible for future smelting."

Tao Ao should be.

Xin Qu turned around and gave Shu Dagu a wink, and the two of them left the room.

Soon cheers came from the room!
Many of them turned from slaves directly into naturalized people!
The days are getting brighter and brighter!
"You... bypassed the clan to make a decision again." Shu Dagu helplessly listened to the cheers inside, "Iron Guanshi, should be an official position under Elder Sikong, right? Why don't you say a word to Elder Sikong?"

"Here, Elder Sikong is here." Xin Qu waved to Gulu Xiaogui, who was walking over with a smile, "Just in time, take a look at this."

Gulu Xiaogui took the iron piece handed over by Xin Qu, his eyes bright: "Okay, okay! Bronze thorns can't be pierced, right?"

"A strong person can still pierce it."

"It's enough if ordinary people can't pierce them!" Gulu Xiaogui waved his hand, "If you really encounter such a powerful opponent, you will naturally have powerful people to fight against it. Then it will be a competition to see who has the stronger force. Right. By the way, what to do with the slaves?"

"I bestowed upon the Tie clan, given them the first-level head skill, and made them all naturalized. From now on, all their food and clothing expenses will be in the workshop area, and their marriages will also be here. Only Tao Ao, the general manager of Tie Guanshi, is qualified to follow I’ll report it directly.”

"Yeah, sure." Gulu Xiaogui nodded, "I will tell the managers of other departments later and ask them to be careful and not hit anyone."

Shu Dagu just watched the old man and the young man complete the transaction. In the end, he could only sigh: "It's up to you, but when can I make a weapon? I want to change it to a powerful sword."

"What kind of sword do you want? I'll get you a sword later, a one-handed sword!" Xin Qu patted Chu Dacheng's shoulder, "Some skills are not good if they are rolled out too early. Just hide them for a while. And ours There are not many mines, and we still need to look for ore veins. When you arrive near Jundu Mountain, take turns arranging people to go out to explore in your free time. There are common ores along the mountains. Send as many samples as you can, and I will identify them. .”

"Okay." Shu Dagu didn't object when he saw Xin Qu's smelting ability.

"Then I'm going to get busy. I'm leaving again tomorrow."

"Let's go slowly." Xin Qu sent Chu Dagu away, and Gulu Xiaogui waited for him to come back before saying, "This time the Xin family will be stronger, but Dagu is right, you can't always bypass your clan members when doing things. .At least the clan’s laws still don’t allow you to go around like this.

What if one day you do something that fails?

Leave a way out for yourself. "

"Hmm..." Xin Qu nodded, playing with two iron beads with his fingers, not knowing what he was planning.

(End of this chapter)