The Supreme Being of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 36 Fried Steel Technology

Qin Ye's tongue-in-cheek battle with Confucianism spread throughout Luoyang that day, and spread to the whole world.

It turned out that that person was not only powerful in martial arts, but also had such perverted attainments in literary talent, the scholars all over the world were shocked.

Being a country thief in Qin Ye's role is also a historical precedent.Not only from the body, but also from the soul to attack the world's scribes.

After Dong Zhuo learned about this, he laughed and called him a great virtuous man.

When Qin Ye returned to the barracks, he saw Pu Xiang.

Qin Ye is now in control of military supplies and is Pu Xiang's immediate boss.Pu Xiang didn't dare to be as fiery as Zhang Liao, but he still complained, "General Qin, in the time it takes to forge one steel knife, you can forge dozens of wrought iron knives. No one has ever asked soldiers to equip all steel knives. There is simply no supply."

Pu Xiang told the details, not because he didn't want to make it for Qin Ye, but because the steelmaking process is complicated.The time it took to provide Qin Ye with a thousand steel knives was enough time to renew the wrought iron knives for the entire Dong Zhuojun.

"So that's how it is." Qin Ye asked, "How do you make steel?"

It was later learned that after the iron block was burnt red, it was smashed desperately.Also because of such a process, it needs to consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

Pu Xiang also said: "If it is wrought iron, our Pu family has mastered the refining technology of molten iron, and one person can forge a dozen or even dozens of knives a day."

"Do you know what the molten iron technique means?" Pu Xiang asked.

"Isn't it just melting the iron?" Zhang Liao said.

Pu Xiang sneered, "It's just as the name suggests."

"It's too simple." Qin Ye said casually: "It is to heat the pig iron until it is melted or basically melted, then stir it in the furnace, and use the oxygen in the air to dissolve the carbon and other impurities contained in the pig iron, so as to obtain wrought iron. .”

Pu Xiang was dumbfounded, this is a newly developed new technology.In fact, blacksmiths thought of melting iron technology a long time ago, but they were unable to remove the impurities in molten iron. In the end, they could only make pig iron utensils in batches, and wrought iron still needed manual forging to remove impurities.

It was only recently that the technical problem of removing impurities was successfully solved, but wrought iron could only be smelted, and it could not reach the finished steel.

Zhang Liao and the others breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, the general knew that otherwise, they would have been stumped.

But Qin Ye was very puzzled, "This is the technology of frying steel, why not extract steel from it?"

"You can also think of extracting steel from molten iron?" Pu Xiang was very surprised, and said: "All the famous craftsmen in the world are studying the technology of frying steel, but they are still in the experimental stage. My Pu family is at the forefront, but I have not yet developed it. If you succeed, now you can only refine wrought iron. General Qin, you say that frying steel is probably just hearsay, and there is no one in the world that can fry steel, I'm sure."

Pu Xiang is very proud, his Pu family is the most famous craftsman in the world.His Pu family can't figure it out, let alone others.Pu Xiang still has this confidence.

The main difference between pig iron, wrought iron and steel is the carbon content. Iron with a carbon content of more than 2% is called pig iron.Iron with a carbon content of less than 0.05% is called wrought iron.Iron with a carbon content of 0%-05% is called steel.

The ancient steelmaking process generally involves smelting iron ore into a spongy solid block in a furnace, and taking it out after the furnace cools down, which is called block ironmaking.Ironmaking has low carbon content, soft texture, and many impurities. It is the method to make wrought iron.

If you want to make steel, you need to use ironmaking as a raw material, heat it in a carbon fire to absorb carbon, increase the carbon content, and then forge to remove impurities and infiltrate carbon, so as to obtain steel.

Since the carbon content range of steel is in the middle, it is difficult to grasp the problem of forming steel when it is melted into molten iron.

Although molten iron can melt a large amount of wrought iron at one time, it still cannot be turned into steel.It still needs to be forged with hundreds of refining methods, infiltrated with carbon, and tapping the steel is still time-consuming and labor-intensive.

However, Qin Ye has traveled through the crowd after all, and has seen a lot. Before returning the chemistry to the teacher, he still remembered some techniques. "It's still very simple to remove impurities that infiltrate the carbon."

"What?" Pushing Pu Xiang to pull out several beards, "It's very simple?"

A young man named Pu Yuan who came with Pu Xiang was stunned at the moment.Simple?General, do you know how many years our Pu family has been studying this?For 50 years, no research has been done.how old are you
Pu Xiang was very dissatisfied, thinking that Qin Ye was pretending to be coercive, "Then tell me, how to fry steel?"

Qin Ye smiled faintly, "Why should I tell you?"

It was not until the late Three Kingdoms period that the method of frying steel was gradually perfected. The first person to master this technique was a man named Pu Yuan.

After a long time in the Three Kingdoms period, frying steel is still a new technology, and most blacksmiths have not mastered it. In "Zhuge Liang's Biography", there is a record about Pu Yuan casting a knife for Zhuge Liang at Xiegukou.There is a description of 'Allometallic Artifact, Special Abnormal Method' on it.

After the knife was cast, in order to check the quality, Pu Yuan asked the soldiers to fill the bamboo tube with iron beads and slash it like cutting grass, the bamboo tube broke and the iron beads cracked. The "magic knife" that cuts gold and jade, cuts iron like mud.

Even in the Three Kingdoms game, there is also a weapon with a force bonus like the magic knife, which shows its name.

Pu Xiang was suddenly embarrassed. This kind of technology is a secret of each family, so he said that there are many differences in the craftsmanship of wrought iron, and no one will tell anyone.

Zhang Liao and the others were stunned. They didn't expect the general to know how to make steel. Is there anything he doesn't understand?

However, Pu Xiang thought that Qin Ye was exaggerating, anyway, he could use the word "secret" to cover up everything.Pu Xiang's violent temper came up, especially in steelmaking technology, how could he be suppressed by Qin Ye's empty words.

Pu Xiang was very annoyed, and said forcefully: "If the general can tell the reason, my Pu family is willing to be a famous craftsman of the Qin family for 30 years."

In other words, selling oneself for 30 years.

In the long history of thousands of years, the improvement of smelting technology is calculated in hundreds of years.The Pu family has obtained a peerless craft and is willing to work for Qin Ye for 30 years without any loss.On the contrary, the Pu family will always be ahead of the world's famous craftsmen in the next hundred years.

"30 years..." Qin Ye thought about it, and it seemed that he was not at a disadvantage.

After all, it is impossible for him to be a blacksmith. Mastering this technology also requires people to produce it.

Qin Ye collected his mind and said flatly: "Well, let's go to your Pu's workshop to have a look first, and then I will consider whether to accept your conditions."

This is a field trip. After all, such a good technology cannot be given to a craftsman who has no scale or ability, and needs to be matched.

Pu Xiang almost twitched when he heard it.Someone actually wants to test the strength of our Pu family?Do you know that if our Pu family thinks they are second, there is absolutely no blacksmith in the world who would dare to say that they are number one.

"Okay!" Pu Xiang stood up abruptly, and went to have a look. At that time, the young man would not be able to explain why, and it was only himself who was ashamed.

"Uncle, if he is really skilled, wouldn't our Pu family have to become slaves of the Qin family for 30 years?" Pu Yuan, a young man who accompanied him, began to worry.

Pu Xiang regained his composure and self-confidence, "If you don't believe in yourself, you have to believe in the power of our Pu family. The power of the entire Pu family can't figure it out. He is a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old. He can figure it out? He is not a god." Is it? It’s him who has to be careful, if this matter spreads, it will ruin his reputation.”

"Uncle is right." Pu Yuan was resolute and no longer worried.

(End of this chapter)