Extraordinary Voyage

2020-12-31

Chapter 546 Territory Inspections and Groundbreaking

West Georgian Territory, edge of the Cumberland mountain range.

“Open the furnace!”

With the Chief-In-Charge’s order, the main body is built with refractory bricks and the outer layer of the iron-making blast furnace is clad with steel. Workers with full body protection used iron hooks to forcefully open the furnace door of the tap hole.

Phew——

The heat wave is surging, the iron flowers are splashing everywhere, and the orange red molten iron rushes out. It then flows through an intermediate tank and is slowly injected into a water-cooled crystallizer.

Although the final pig iron ingot is not yet fully formed, there is already a cheer from the onlookers. Everyone’s face is covered with a layer of red light, not only because of the reflection of the hot molten iron, but also because of the boiling blood in the body.

“Oh–!”

“Ah, it’s done!”

“Hahaha, it’s really done, this new blast furnace is really good! That’s great!”

Olivia, who was also watching the furnace door, swung her pink-white fist hard, turned her head slightly, and saw the same excitement in Alwin’s eyes.

Wait a while.

A thin middle age person wearing a gray wizard robe with one eye replaced by a red prosthetic eye, personally holding a pig iron ingot with a rough surface and a dark color weighing ten kilograms, trotting all the way to the place. beside the two.

He held the iron ingot in front of Alwin with both hands, and bowed to report to him about the first time the furnace was opened:

“Sir, the iron ingot has come out, and the quality is very good. No. 1 A furnace of molten iron has been crystallized and weighed, and now it seems that there is no problem with the average daily output of 600 tons.”

Taking the iron ingot in his hand, Alwin directly broke it with his bare hands, and after seeing the cross-section Satisfied nodded:

“Mr. Kingslem, you’ve worked hard.”

hearing this, the thin middle age person with prosthetic eyes is bent lower, but it is not the slightest Don’t dare to take credit:

“It’s all thanks to the new ironmaking technology brought by the adults, our work is not worth mentioning.”

It is obvious that this is a former “mechanical immortality school” wizard apprentice , and is an apprentice who has almost no potential for further age.

It is now the end of September.

After being brought back to Georgian and implanted by Alwin with [Symbiotic Strain].

This group of wizard apprentices, who have returned to the orthodox “construction school” and are all smart people, have completely seen the form, and have been very obediently enriched into the various new industries in the territory.

And bring a qualitative breakthrough to these industries with their knowledge and ability far beyond the ordinary person.

These guys have the cruel side of doing forbidden experiments, but also the pure side of the technicians. At least with the help of this group of wizard apprentices, Alwin’s industrial planning has blossomed more, and the pace of development has quickly entered the fast lane.

As the first iron-making blast furnace newly built at present, the effective volume is 200 cubic meters. It can produce an average of 600 tons of iron per day, and the annual output reaches an astonishing 220,000 tons.

In Alwin’s time, this is a decently outdated capacity that must be swept into the rubbish heap of history without the slightest hesitation. But now, compared with the technology of coke and iron smelting that the kingdom has just learned, its significance is already epoch-making.

Even if the effective volume is expanded to 400 cubic meters, or even 800 cubic meters, there is no technical difficulty.

For this reason, after Alwin carefully screened the steel workers, he also dispatched a large number of loyal “skinned men” to serve as the factory guards of the steel factory, closely guarding the secrets here.

And this technology is obviously not from the hand of alchemist, but from the city of Spirit World, an Ancient God, which is the harvest of Alwin and Olivia in a Spirit World expedition.

In the past, when they encountered the city of the Ancient God, they would deliberately avoid it. Knowledge.

Although they won’t deliberately chase, they won’t deliberately run away either.

Among the several practical technologies analyzed by the two of them, this advanced iron-making blast furnace equipment is just suitable for the current situation in Georgia.

Using this blast furnace technology to smelt 1 ton of pig iron requires 1.5-2.0 tons of iron ore, 0.4-0.6 tons of coke, 0.2-0.4 tons of flux (limestone), and a total of 2-3 tons of raw materials.

The prerequisite is to ensure the continuity of blast furnace production, and there must be sufficient supply of raw materials, which is the advantage of the Cumberland mountain range, which is rich in iron ore and coal.

A generation of blast furnaces (from the start of the furnace to the shutdown of the great cultivator) can be continuously produced for several years to more than ten years. key to attack.

In the future, as the scale of the industry expands and steel production capacity increases, there will eventually be a day when Georgia singles out the entire new continent, or even the whole world.

After encouraging the steel workers here, the two left the “Steel City” which had just started.

In the blink of an eye, they came to the middle of the territory more than 100 kilometers away through 【Black Tunnel】, and it was also the second stop of their inspection – the ceramic town.

Here may have the most abundant porcelain clay resources in the world, and how to realize the clay is the top priority of their work.

When the two stepped out of [Black Tunnel] to this small town with only a few buildings.

Old Buck, Will and another wizard apprentice Kenneth, who once escaped under the sword of the evil spirit “Deer Bone God”, have been waiting here.

Seeing this unfathomable method, they showed the first batch of finished products after the kiln opened yesterday with a look of awe on their faces.

In fact, there are only a dozen or so in total, not only are all small objects, but also full of various defects.

When Olivia marveled at this magical “magic”, she picked up a deep azure porcelain bowl and played with it carefully.

Alwin frowned slightly, somewhat dissatisfied:

“Since it is the first batch, let’s not talk about the quality and type, even if it is a defective product. The rate is too low, I’m afraid there is not even half of it?”

In his memory, the qualified rate of ancient porcelain fired in the past life should be about 10%, not to mention defective products. .

Old Buck, who has two brushes for firing pottery, is currently the Chief-In-Charge of the technology here, step forward and report carefully:

“Sir, put it in the kiln There are 200 whole pieces of porcelain embryos, and only these eleven pieces can be picked out completely. Most of the others are broken. From my experience, the problem is mainly in the control of the furnace temperature.”

There is not much stock of ceramic firing in Alwin’s body of knowledge.

Just remember that the firing temperature of pottery is 800-1000 degrees, and the porcelain is fired at a temperature of 1300-1400 degrees. The specific sintering temperature varies from place to place, and the final sintering shall prevail.

These knowledge, which can be called unspread secrets in the Peacock Islands, have been told to the craftsmen in advance, but it will obviously take a long time and a little bit of experimentation before the final success.

Apart from this, the enamel on the porcelain is another difficulty.

The glaze is actually the bright coat that covers the surface of the porcelain.

It is mainly made of clay, quartz and feldspar as raw materials. After grinding and modulation, it is applied to the surface of the embryo, and then it is calcined and melted at high temperature, and it is a glassy crystal formed after cooling.

The three most basic and simplest colors are celadon, white porcelain, and black porcelain. Celadon appeared the earliest time, and the iron content is generally between 1% and 5%, and less than 1% is white. Porcelain, more than 5% is black porcelain.

The first purpose of this experiment is to burn the celadon first, and the short-term goal is to burn the white porcelain that was highly sought after among the dignitaries of the various kingdoms of the old continent.

Firing white porcelain is the process of removing iron from the glaze, and it is also the basis for all other colors. It is an important milestone in the firing of porcelain.

The issue of personalized color will be considered later. The colorant of blue and white is cobalt, red is from iron oxide or copper oxide, and other Alwin can’t remember.

After thinking about it, he looked towards the three people again:

“Currently, the fuel used for burning porcelain is mainly firewood, but also coal can be used. The nature of the fuel determines that the furnace temperature is indeed difficult to control. After that, we will continue to experiment, and we have no shortage of raw materials anyway.”

paused, and clicked the name of the wizard apprentice:

“Mr. Kenneth, can we Trying to design a temperature control device using the power of alchemy? You are responsible for submitting a feasible research proposal to me.

At least we need to be able to produce white porcelain steadily, and then we can start to sell it to the market. Goods. Gentlemen, I don’t need to say more about the value of porcelain, and the opportunity to turn the soil into gold is at hand.”

“Yes, my lord!”

Yes With the knowledge support provided by Alwin, they are already a big step ahead of other countries that are also trial-producing porcelain.

When the two returned to the Governor’s Palace hand in hand, it was already the afternoon of the day.

The warm golden sun filled the clean and tidy study room, and Alwin and Olivia were leaning against the large sofa, feeling a little tired both physically and mentally.

Relying on ka ka with gradually increasing abilities, they can travel to and from the Governor’s Palace, the wizard tower and all parts of the territory at any time, so as to achieve meticulous control of this 100,000 square kilometers of land.

In only half a day, the two of them traveled to five towns in all directions of Georgia, dealing with all kinds of affairs, even the physique of the transcender was a little tired. Enough.

In addition, combined with the “construction” knowledge of gem wizardry and alchemists’ inheritance, the construction of short-range teleportation devices in wizard towers has begun.

In the future, members of the school, territory officials and even the army can also pass through, indirectly allowing Alwin to firmly control the entire territory.

The resources needed are nothing to worry about.

After destroying the “Mechanical Immortality School” that day, I also looted my own spills of war.

It is worthy of being a representative of advanced productivity and a big dog in wizards. In the official wizard of less than 20 people, only five magic pockets were found.

And after the fortress collapsed, although it rushed into the bottom of the river, it was opened by ka ka [Shadow Vault] and packaged as a whole, and it was not wasted at all. In addition to the knowledge from the “Mechanical Immortality School”, the poor “Living Chemical School” has been equipped with a fast-growing rocket thruster.

The “Mechanical Immortality School” fell, and the “Living Chemical School” was full.

In terms of personal cultivation, Alwin has also started to study Second Volume “Flesh Puppet” with An Qi, quickly making up for the prerequisite knowledge for promotion to third rank.

But in addition to the Meditation Method progress, Alwin’s promotion to third rank also faces the biggest problem – making groundbreaking results related to the biology of the first three volumes of the inheritance secret volume.

Alwin’s secular development (chao) Ming (xi) can already be said to be a car load, but the pioneering achievements of this wizard road still need to be carefully considered.

“Master, Your Excellency Viscount, afternoon tea is ready.”

At this moment, Sara, who was wearing a decent maid dress and high heels, walked away with a silver plate. came in. This group of beautiful “night spirits” has been well brought into their role as maids, adapting surprisingly quickly.

“Thank you for your hard work, Miss Sarah.”

Looking at this “night spirit” who is actually 38 years old, but still as young and beautiful as a girl, Alwin thought in his mind. Suddenly dive light flashed.

“Hey, there it is!”

(End of this chapter)