Chapter 229: Spell Forge

Outside the east gate of Jinxia City, next to Yantian.

A huge brick stove suddenly appeared on the beach.

It is about 9 feet high, with an inner diameter of more than 15 feet, and the

outer ring is made of bricks for three full layers. The cracks in each layer

are filled with fine sand to prevent heat leakage and strengthen the furnace

wall. Pressure capacity.

By the side of the stove, the soldiers were adding raw materials back and

forth, and it was Mo Yun, the head of the Bureau of Mechanical Engineering,

who commanded them.

"Attention, the order of the iron ingots must be correct, and remember to read

the markings on the raw materials!"

"One bar is up, two bars are down, and the iron ingots are mutually staggered,

leaving a gap!"

"If you find a problem, don't make it hard, you must report it to me,

understand?"

"Yes, my lord!"

"This is the new test product you are talking about?" As the familiar voice

sounded, Ning Wanjun shook off his guard and walked quickly to Xia Fan's side.

"Did you hear the incredible whispers again?"

"I have seen your Highness!" When the busy crowd saw the princess appearing,

they all bowed their heads.

"You continue to work on your own work, don't make trouble for me!" The

princess waved her hand.

"Hey!"

Xia Fan sighed helplessly. Ever since she pointed out that Luo Qing was the

listener, she now regarded herself as a member of the listener, even though he

had never heard any whispers, but when the other party met He always asked if

he had lost his mind in a thoughtful way, which made him dumbfounded.

"It is indeed a new experimental project, but it has nothing to do with

whispers." Xia Fan curled his lips, "Speaking of which, why don't you ask Miss

Luo if she is still rational?"

"People are more serious than you at first glance, do you have to ask?" Ning

Wanjun said without thinking, "I never worry that she will have any problems."

"Thank you for your trust." Luo on the side nodded gently.

Okay, I'm getting together again. Xia Fan rolled his eyes silently, "In fact,

I only started this project. The real preparation and implementation was Miss

Mo Yun."

"Oh? Tell me what?"

"This has to start with Miss Luo's ability..."

Xia Fan’s thoughts on the day were not just in his mind, but he ran into

trouble when he tried to work out a production flow chart at night-he did not

know the level of smelting technology in this era, and he did not have any

special skills. Knowing the modern steelmaking process is just like the theory

belongs to the theory, but it has become a difficult thing to transfer to

practical operation.

So he approached Mo Yun with the idea of trying.

And the latter actually has a lot of accumulation in this area.

After all, the Ministry of Industry manages the entire production and

construction of Qiguo, and naturally also includes iron and forged steel. For

one of the directors of the Machinery Engineering Bureau, even if he has not

personally operated it, the technology and craftsmanship in this area will

never be unfamiliar. .

After one night of intense exchanges between him and the other party, an

experimental plan that meets the level of the times and surpasses the times

was born.

From Mo Yun’s oral account, Xia Fan learned that Qiguo’s smelting technology

is not backward, or in the Yongguo period, some people have realized that

steel is between pig iron and wrought iron and is an excellent sword-making

material. It's just that iron is more difficult to melt than copper, and

bronze is still the mainstay of large metalware.

After a hundred years of research, the popularization of tower kilns and

manpower blowers has made the output of iron steadily increased. The Ministry

of Industry naturally shifted its attention to steel with higher strength. The

method they advocate now is to burn pig iron into molten iron and pour it on

wrought iron sheets, and the two are mixed to form steel. In popular terms, it

is to fuse iron with high carbon content and iron with low carbon content to

obtain iron with moderate carbon content, which is the so-called steel.

Although the Ministry of Industry does not know that the element that

determines the performance of steel is carbon, it still produces qualified

smelted products based on experience, which is quite amazing. However, this

method is limited by the temperature of the molten iron. There are only a few

steel ingots in each batch, which are generally used by the Ministry of

Industry to build the most sophisticated weapons or the core components of

machinery and equipment. Even if the use is saved, steel is still in short

supply.

It can be said that as long as the furnace temperature cannot be raised, the

scene of large-scale smelting will be difficult to achieve after all.

And Xia Fan's plan is to directly enclose a furnace, layer the pig iron and

wrought iron, and melt from the upper layer. The molten iron will increase the

chance of contact with air during the downward flow process, and further

reduce the carbon content-this is also considering that the wrought iron

smelting process at this time is mainly stirring, and the carbon content may

be higher overall, so Just make this arrangement.

Once the restriction of the heat source is freed, the entire process flow

becomes simple and easy to implement.

After hearing that Ning Wanjun’s eyes had lost focus, she was obviously

confused by a lot of nouns, "Uh...I roughly understand the principle.

According to you, if this method is successful, my soldiers will not Lack of

steel knives and hard armor?"

"You can think so," Xia Fan smiled, "But its ultimate goal is to make soldiers

no longer need steel knives and hard armor."

Improving weapon performance is only an incidental use of material technology

after a breakthrough. Its greatest significance is to go back and improve the

quality of the original device, thereby further expanding production capacity.

Luo has only one lightly. It is difficult for a strong man to rely on her

ability to reach the position in one step, but the method of heating is not

limited to dragon scales. With a high-quality steel furnace, the arc produced

by the seismograph streamer can also have the same effect. Compared with the

indescribable Listener spells, the magical implements engraved with the

amplifying circuit talisman are at least hopefully copied in batches.

The key lies in where this initial melting pot came from.

The answer is right now.

"My lord, all the ingredients are in place," the soldier reported.

Mo Yun solemnly ordered, "Check the ignition mechanism."

"Report-the ignition mechanism is normal!"

"Close the bottom furnace door~www.mtlnovel.com~Report-the furnace door is

closed!"

"Everyone evacuated."

"Yes, all staff withdraw from the furnace area!"

When everything was ready, she walked up to the three of them, and Chao Luo

nodded gently, "It's up to you next."

Luo gently stretched out one palm and pointed it at the brick stove, "I will

do my best."

Under the gaze of everyone, a sword blade with a faint golden light appeared

quietly above the furnace top.

Then, it slowly descended, from the hole at the top into the furnace.

is blocked by the wall, the vision is invalidated here, Luo Qing can only rely

on the experience and feeling accumulated in the previous simulation

exercises-after she leveled the blade, she tried to close it in the direction

where she was.

At this moment, the "ignition device" was triggered.

It is essentially a falling platform, and the iron ingot on it is pulled by a

rope. When the dragon scales thin as a cicada wing cut the rope, the iron

ingot slams on the blade.

Luo lightly felt this change.

The outer layer of the dragon scale temporarily disappeared, and the power

flowing in the blade suddenly poured into the iron ingot. This heat quickly

spread, and quickly ignited the entire upper layer of the furnace.

"Boom——"

Everyone saw that the top of the brick furnace spewed out a flame of several

meters high!