Primitives are stunned

Chapter 217 Copper Water
Therefore, next to the copper furnace, at least a tin furnace is needed, and a furnace that mixes copper and tin to produce bronze.

Under normal circumstances, tin ore is usually associated with copper ore.

Liucun's copper mine is no exception.

Therefore, the ore they transported also contained a small part of tin ore.

Blister copper is soft and has a high melting point, so it is not suitable for pouring.

Even if it is poured into a device, the service life is not long.If it is made into a weapon, let alone compared with the alloy iron produced by the system, even if it is compared with the black iron wood that grows naturally in the wilderness, it is slightly inferior.

Once tin is added, according to a certain ratio, the smelted bronze is much harder than pure copper and very wear-resistant.

In fact, the name of bronze was given to it by later generations.Because it has been buried in the ground all year round, it will turn blue after oxidation and other reactions.You know, the bronze that was first produced was yellowish-reddish.

There are three furnaces, one for copper smelting, one for tin smelting, and finally one for bronze smelting, and then direct pouring.

Calculated in this way, at least fifteen clansmen are needed to be busy.

However, there are only more than 30 male clan members in Wangcun.Except for those who have other things to do every day, Wang Hao can draw seven or eight people at most.Although the savages don't have to worry that they will leak the technology, they are too stupid and can only do some physical work.As for such an important place as the copper smelting furnace, it is not possible for those from other villages to touch it for the time being.Therefore, after repeated consideration, Wang Hao finally decided to use only one copper furnace at present.

The refining of bronze ware is divided into three waves.

On the first day, copper liquid was refined.

Wait until the next day to smelt tin.

On the last day, tin and copper are melted into alloy bronze according to a certain ratio, and then poured through a pottery crucible, and you can get what you want.

Today is sunny and sunny again.

Wang Long looked at Huiyun the first evening, and then told Wang Hao that such good weather would last for a long time.During this period of time, for Wang Hao, copper smelting is definitely enough.

Today is the first day of steelmaking.Memorials and prayers are essential.

The Great Wilderness is different from the Earth. In the Great Wilderness, there are evil gods who can enter the human brain, so Wang Hao won't be too surprised if any strange things happen.

The theory of ghosts and gods is very tenable in the Great Wilderness, therefore, these seemingly superstitious and useless prayers and sacrifices, Wang Hao is still unswervingly prepared to inherit them.

Wang Lung has now become a figure like the elder in the village.On occasions like this, he always presides over them.

There is no way, Wang Hao is good at everything, but he just can't remember those prayers passed down by word of mouth, even if he taught them more than ten times.

After Wang Long finished praying, Wang Hao prayed again in person.If you get closer, you can still hear Wang Hao muttering, let the ancestor gods bless this copper furnace from exploding.

In fact, how could an ordinary steelmaking furnace explode for no reason without putting explosives in it, but Wang Hao has a phobia of explosions. Although he knew it in his heart, he just couldn't help worrying.Just like many people know that those fleshy caterpillars are not lethal at all, but every time they see them, they feel creepy.

Inside the stove, it has been burning since last night, and by now, the preheating has been completed.

The one-meter-thick furnace wall completely isolates the heat inside, even if it is close to the furnace wall, it will not feel the temperature.

Following Wang Hao's order, a clansman standing on the top of the stove added the charcoal piled up on the side with a shovel.

The four savages pumped the bellows vigorously to fuel the charcoal.

When the temperature rose to a certain level, a member of the tribe pushed a wheelbarrow full of mineral powder particles and sent it up the slope built with bricks and stones on the side of the copper furnace.

After pouring it on the top of the stove, the clansman who had been waiting there used a shovel to fill it in along the filling port on the top.

Because it is the first time to smelt copper, to be on the safe side, only half of the material was added this time.

After Wang Hao saw through the observation hole that it was almost there, he asked the people above to stop.

Move the top cover, cover the feeding hole, and the four savages desperately blew up the wind below.

Wang Hao once heard that in some large factories, it only takes three to ten minutes to smelt a furnace of copper with those electric heating equipment.

In the Great Wilderness, this time cannot be reached at all.

Because it was the first time to smelt copper and lack experience, the temperature in the furnace did not meet the requirements, so copper material was added.

As a result, the fire in the furnace collapsed, and it took a whole morning for the temperature of the furnace to rise.

During this period, the charcoal fire alone was added twice.

The strength of the people in the wilderness is great, but it doesn't mean it's inexhaustible.

Wang Hao found that four blast outlets are completely redundant, but two blast outlets are completely sufficient for combustion.

Because of this, the four savages were divided into two groups.Take turns to rest.After all, repeated mechanical movements still cause great damage to the muscles. Even people in the wilderness cannot insist on pulling the bellows all day.

Although Wang Hao knew the principle of copper smelting, it was his first time to do it.Although I encountered a series of small problems, everything is moving in a good direction.

Wang Long stood aside and wrote down these questions on the bark.In this way, when they next smelt copper, they will know how to avoid these problems.

After lunch, the sun was shining.Under the sun exposure, even Wang Hao felt a little uncomfortable, not to mention the clansman who was directly above the copper furnace where the temperature was the highest.

Fortunately, at this time, I finally saw traces of melting copper ore from the observation hole.

Seeing this situation, Wang Hao was very excited.

"Come on, when you smelt copper, your wages can be increased by [-]%!" There is nothing more attractive than black iron wood coins.Wang Hao's words made everyone want to do it with all their might.Even the vicious sun in the sky is not so hateful anymore.

"You can have a whole piece of fish with your evening food!" This is the translation of the words of the wildlings.After such a long period of domestication, these savages have understood some simple human words.Especially when it comes to eating, they have unparalleled talent, and they can often remember what they say once, and they can compete with fur balls.

Because of the monotonous cooking method, animal offal that can be made into gourmet food on earth is not suitable for consumption in the wilderness.

Therefore, most of them are boiled, and then mixed with some edible plants that can be seen everywhere in this season, but the taste is not very good, and they are eaten by wildlings and captives.

Only when they work beyond the standard or have a very good performance can they eat a delicious meal of boiled fish like ordinary people.

Those fish that are already eaten by the people of Wang Village are the ultimate delicacy for them.

After listening to Wang Hao's words, these savages naturally used their strength to pull the bellows whirring.

It didn't take long for the molten copper to sink to the bottom of the copper furnace.

And those burning charcoal, like slag like semi-solidified magma, are all floating on the top of the copper water, which looks extraordinarily strange.

Lime powder was added to the furnace as a combustion aid.By mid-noon, the gates could finally be opened to release copper.

Wang Long held a long iron tongs, clamped a clay pot that was thin at the bottom and thick at the top, and connected it under the copper stove with a nervous face.

"Don't be afraid, I'm going to open the gate!" Wang Hao said to Wang Long.

Wang Long nodded, assuring himself that there was absolutely no problem.

When Wang Hao opened the gate, the orange-red, shining copper water flowed into Wang Long's clay pot like magma.

There was a little stagnant water in the clay pot, under the high-temperature copper water, it immediately made a "squeaky" sound, and then turned into a white mist.

Although Wang Long said that he was absolutely not afraid, when he really saw the power of the copper water and felt the high temperature contained in it from more than one meter away, he still shivered in fright.With a trembling hand, the clay pot was almost knocked over.

He was like this, and the four savages with little knowledge were even more unbearable.

They were first startled by the vapor of the copper water, and then felt the high temperature contained in the copper water, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and worshiped the copper water.

They didn't know that it was copper water. To the savages, that copper water was flame.

Although the power of fire is powerful, it cannot be seen or touched.I have never heard of anyone being able to condense fire into a ball.

When the savages saw the copper water, they thought it was made by the flames condensed by them.

The intangible flame has such great power that it can burn down the forest and kill everything, so how powerful is the crystallization of this kind of flame.

After worshiping the copper water, the savages suddenly thought that this kind of thing was actually made by Wang Hao.That means that Wang Hao is stronger than the flame crystal.

Thinking of this, they kowtowed to Wang Hao again.

Wang Hao couldn't understand what these savages were thinking, anyway, he was used to it.

These savages did not kowtow once or twice.

They will kowtow when they are given food, they will kowtow when they see giants, and they will even kowtow when they see tiger tooth fish that have been caught.Seeing Tongshui this time, Wang Hao would be surprised if they didn't kowtow.

It's just that he didn't have time to take care of them at this time. Seeing that the clay pot was almost full, Wang Hao immediately closed the valve.

Changing to a clay pot, Wang Long picked it up again under the copper stove.

With experience this time, he wasn't as frightened as the first time, but he was also very careful.

This furnace of copper mine received a full seven tanks of copper water. Although the last tank had a lot of impurities, there was no problem. Anyway, they still needed to be smelted again.

After cleaning up the slag, the fire was not extinguished, and Wang Hao planned to practice the tin while it was hot.

When the tribe finished adding the ingredients, they looked at the rapidly melting tin mine.Wang Hao patted his forehead suddenly, and then said, "Oh, why am I so stupid!"

(End of this chapter)