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Chapter 157 Furnace iron magic skill mulberry boiling (end)
The boring thing of iron smelting will become a little romantic in the eyes of those young people who are full of spring.

The combination of iron and oxygen is perfect, but it is inserted by the dark charcoal.

With the hotter passion, iron and oxygen finally separated, charcoal and oxygen combined in the red flame, turned into blue smoke and floated to the clouds, leaving only the lonely iron.

Maybe after a long time, iron will still like the smell of oxygen, and join hands again.Lost its luster, slowly aged, and turned into powder, but now the iron is lonely, sharp, free, and hard.

The oxygen blown into the furnace by the hydraulic bellows through the ventilation holes first combines with the charcoal to increase the temperature in the furnace, and the oxygen that is still nestled next to the iron declares that the combination with the charcoal is happier.

A trillion such stories are staged in the furnace, joys and sorrows.

This is a story suitable for Mohists, which is suitable for his youthful age, and it is also suitable for those Mohist who listen to the story.

The lime that was added lowered the melting point of the slag, just as salt sprinkled into water made the water freeze colder.

The air blown in by the bellows also makes the temperature inside higher and the reaction more violent.

Everything seemed to be going well, those Mohists who stood watching from the side believed in Shi, and those surrounding the people in the distance believed Mohism.

Their eyes were dry, their stomachs hurt, and they wanted to relieve themselves, but they couldn't bear to leave, because they couldn't see what was going on in the furnace, and they were worried that if they left, they would miss the most exciting scene.

After a long wait, the red molten iron was finally allowed to flow out. The casters who had already prepared picked up the long-handled stone container, filled it with molten iron, stepped back and stepped on the mold below, and practiced it for several months. The technology of pouring water is to slowly pour the viscous and red molten iron with high carbon content and much lower melting point than wrought iron or pure iron into the first batch of models made of red mud.

No one yelled during the whole process, just staring closely at the red molten iron that would sting after looking at it for a long time, slowly flowing into the mold.

The weather is still winter, even though Pei County is southerly, it is still a bit cold.

Shi is not close to the iron stove, but his head is full of sweat.

The high-ranking Mohists who are in the same row as him are also sweating.

Gongzaoye wiped off his sweat, looked at his younger brother who was casting iron molds next to the iron smelting furnace, took a long breath, turned around and looked at Shi, who was also nervously sweating, and joked: "The fire is really hot enough, You and I are so far apart, and we are covered in sweat."

Shi Wenyan chuckled, gradually unable to control his emotions, he looked up to the sky and laughed.

His laughter infected the high-level Mohists, as well as the surrounding crowd, and the laughter rang out.

Today, the quality of the iron is not yet known, but those craftsmen who know the method of making lump iron have been completely convinced. This is the first time they have seen molten iron that was directly melted and cast.

Originally, iron smelting and copper smelting were not the same process, or even not similar at all, but here they are surprisingly consistent.

They finally believed that these Mohists could directly produce molten iron, and finally believed that those Mohist's ideas were not ridiculous, but because they were ridiculous, they would regard non-ridiculous things as ridiculous.

Mozi also raised his head and laughed, laughing that this kind of benefit to the world can finally be promoted on a large scale, and laughing because he had talked about many more mysterious things.

Now that the furnace iron miracle is real and has been realized, why can't those things that sound more mysterious be realized?
After laughing, Mozi glanced at Shi, nodded secretly, but didn't say much.

There was only laughter around, no cheers, it seemed people had forgotten to cheer.

It wasn't until Gongzaozhu and others carried the first batch of ironware to the annealing furnace with clay tablets to continue the slow high-temperature annealing process for seven to ten days that there were bursts of cheers from around.

Pu in the crowd excitedly shook Wei next to him, and kept saying, "Did you see it? Did you see it? That's iron!"

Wei just kept nodding his head, but he didn't think about how ridiculous this question is, who can't see it?

In the eyes of farmers, this is not only iron, but a better plow, a more convenient hoe, and a faster shovel.Also, it means more land, more barren meadows to become land, harder woods to grow crops...

And, Pei County's own god of rain, drought and waterlogging: the canal that is said to be dug soon.

It will be the hands of every farmer who will shape this god, and this god will truly respond to every request.

Just like the stories told by the Mohists, the Youchao clan could not prevent the rain from falling on the heads of the clansmen, but they could build houses to cover them.Houses are the gods of those tribesmen who hope that they will not get caught in the rain.

These farmers who originally believed in those witch wishes, after two years of subtle changes, have begun to believe in another kind of god - the one most familiar to the holy king of water control, Dayu, who gathered the power of all people, originated from the cocoon of the palm and the legs. God of pain.

Slowly changing all these things, as the head of the Mozhe Xuanyi radical, led the laughter and cheers of the crowd, and after the cheers, let the crowd quiet down.

He wanted to say something, but he didn't know how to say it.

Mo Zhe looked at him, hoping that he could explain more truths.

Farmer looks at him, wishing he could picture more of the future.

However, Shi thought for a long time in the silence of the crowd, and finally shouted loudly: "Before spring plowing, every village in Pei County has iron plows! Before summer harvest, every family in Pei County has iron sickles!"

At this moment, this is more beautiful than any truth, and it is better than any future.

The crowd roared, and the people rushed to the front, lifted the inkmen, and threw them high, expressing their feelings in this way.

Among the Mohists not far away, Gao Zi, who had been obsessed with the fact that Shi was nominated as the head of the Xuanyi Department, heaved a long sigh after thinking about what Shi had said just now.

If it was me just now, I'm afraid I couldn't say these two sentences.

Maybe what I said would be better and more reasonable, but...it's definitely not what the public loves to hear, at least not at this time.

He thought, perhaps, Shizhen can ignite the passion of the people, but he is still a little worse after all.

After cheering for a long time, Gaozi walked up to Mozi, saluted and said, "Sir, I understand."

He didn't say what he understood, but Mo Zi knew what Gao Zi understood, nodded and said, "Just understand."

Understanding does not mean doing, nor does it mean agreeing, nor does it mean being completely convinced, understanding is just understanding.

But for Mozi, it is already a kind of progress that the disciples can understand these and solve the doubts in their hearts.

When the crowd quieted down again, Shishi really began to talk about the future, reasoning, the righteousness of those Mohists, and the changes that those iron tools would bring.

Although we don't know the quality of the first furnace of iron, but at least the iron produced is stronger than stone, at least Mo Zhe still has a lot of time to improve.

There is still some time before spring plowing, and things like plowshares can be produced first.

There is still a long time before the autumn harvest, and agricultural tools such as sickles and hoes can be slowly produced.

It may take longer to make wrought iron into iron and then find a way to carburize it into steel as a weapon, but now there is bronze, and there are great craftsmen who cast bronze like Gongzao. Many weapons of the Mozhe can still use bronze replace.

It may take longer for wrought iron to be rolled into a roll and then rolled into a tube, but it will always appear within a few years or decades if you try regardless of the cost and wish.

And enough ironware will also bring Zhuxia's agricultural production to a new level, not just in Pei County, but in the entire Kyushu.

Agriculture is the foundation of handicraft industry, I have always thought so.

When grain production increases substantially and large areas of wasteland are reclaimed by iron tools, cheaper grain prices will give birth to a large number of "career changers".

This is a problem that Guan Zhongqihuan has faced since the time of Guan Zhong, and he will face it now.

It is no longer possible to integrate the Legalists who rewarded farming and warfare with the Mohists who gave birth to the handicraft bourgeoisie.

Countries and philosophers will adopt various means of change based on new forms and new things, which will stimulate more and more radical ideological confrontations...and more leisure classes after the promotion of agricultural products.

Some of the truths that Shihe Mohist said required painstaking thinking to understand in the age of stone tools, copper tools, and well fields.But in the era after the appearance of ironware, cattle farming, and private acres, it is concrete, which can make it easier for more people to understand on this material basis.

Because the world designed by the Mohists was an unfeasible fantasy in the era of Yao, Shun and Dayu; but in the era of ironware, ox farming, papermaking, gunpowder, etc., it was surprisingly in tune.

Waving his arms, he spoke fiercely and frankly about many futures, gathered the hearts of the people, told the truths that he could understand at this time, and calculated the changes in the Warring States Period after the popularization of iron.

And those people who listened to him, the deepest memory is everything that is closely related to them.

Shi said that the people of Peixian County can go to the village pavilions to buy ironware on credit with the help of Caobo's life card, which can be paid off in several years just like cattle and horses.

The people were very happy, and Shi Ye was also very happy. Anyway, ironware is a huge profit, and the working capital and gold needed by the Mohists can be obtained from Taoyi and exchanged from other places.

As long as capital turnover can be guaranteed and huge profits can be monopolized, the sooner the people of Pei County can get iron and reclaim more land that can only be reclaimed in the Iron Age, the stronger the power of the Mohists will be.

It is said that those who have been rewarded can wait here and get their first irons if they wish.

It takes seven or eight days for annealing. Except for the first batch of special tools, the iron molds will be formed after a few days, and various agricultural tools can be produced continuously.

At that time, those who complete the share tasks ahead of time can take away their rewards and return home happily.

Those who completed their assigned tasks ahead of time were happy, Mohist was happy, and those who did not finish were also happy.The former got what they wanted, the latter got the hope for the future, and the inkmen got more trust.

Shi said that the first batch of ironware to be sold outside will definitely be replaced with cattle and horses first. I hope that those Shiwu who have not yet been assigned to lease cattle will prepare a large amount of hay and plant more grass in advance after receiving the ironware. legumes, don't wait until the time and miss the opportunity to divide cattle and horses because of insufficient forage preparation.

Shi also said that those strange currencies commonly used in Peixian County can buy ironware, and all village pavilions will be sold at a slightly lower price than copper in the future-the reduced price is lower than that of Taoyi, which is transported by peddlers and merchants. Shipping price.

These are the questions farmers are most eager to know about, and therefore they remember most clearly.

As for the truths that Shi said, they may have understood it, or they may have heard it but were too busy imagining the beauty of the future to remember it.

But after this incident, they will be more willing to listen to Mohist's reasoning.

(End of this chapter)