Lang Qing kept roaring and cursed all kinds of unpleasant and foul words.
He even waved the whip in his hand from time to time, urging the captured horse bandits with bronze shackles on their feet to carry baskets one by one to the top of the furnace and pour the dark raw materials into the furnace.
In addition to charcoal, these dark raw materials also include some thumb-sized iron ore.
It should be noted that these iron ores were found by the warehouse manager and several indigenous men on a hilltop more than ten miles away.
Although the quantity of this kind of thing was not very large in that place, after a few days of busy work, the warehouse manager used a horse to carry back more than two thousand kilograms of weight, which was enough to smelt several furnaces of iron.
After the iron ore was brought back, Lang Qing asked the prisoners to beat it into small pieces with hammers to facilitate high-temperature processing.
In addition, when the warehouse manager was looking for iron ore, he also found some other things.
In addition to a small open-pit coal mine, a large number of agate stones were also discovered. It can be said that just picking up a bag and taking it back is very valuable.
The only pity is that with the knowledge possessed by the warehouse manager.
We know that those ores should be iron ore, but the grade, that is, the specific iron content, cannot be analyzed at all.
We can only hope that the grade of these siderites will not be too low.
In this way, when the raw materials including iron ore, coke, limestone, etc. were loaded into the furnace one by one, and when it was full, Lang Qing started to light the fire.
After the fire started, he directly pulled out the pin of the waterwheel and let it rotate.
The bellows were continuously driven to blow air into the furnace using a connected deerskin belt.
It should be noted that Lang Qing used some ordinary steel balls brought from the modern plane as the core to process some ball bearings.
In this way, the water wheel can not only be used for a longer period of time, but also rotate faster and generate greater power.
In addition, they also processed some bronze hoist cranes. It was the appearance of these hoist cranes that allowed them to save considerable manpower...
After the blast furnace was ignited, Lang Qing and the warehouse manager, together with a group of craftsmen, stood guard in front of the blast furnace and waited for several hours.
Finally, when the baffle of the taphole was opened, a stream of red molten iron passed through a channel and flowed into the crucible.
Lang Qing and the warehouse manager, who were present at the time, almost cried with excitement.
However, they also know that now is not the time to be happy. There are many kinds of iron things, and they have to wait to check whether they can be used.
In the following time, there were several strong slaves who were shirtless, wearing deerskin aprons and gloves.
Holding a bronze rod in his hand, he kept stirring it in the crucible until the molten iron became a lump in the crucible before he stopped.
In this process, the bronze rods were constantly replaced.
There is no way! The melting point of bronze is only a mere 800 degrees. If the mixing time is too long, part of these bronze rods will melt away at the high temperature.
Losing a few bronze rods is a trivial matter, but what I fear is wasting such a pot of molten iron in vain.
The lump of molten iron was clamped onto a bronze felt by two craftsmen using pliers, and was then continuously beaten with a bronze hammer driven by water.
During such forging, the iron ball continued to become smaller, which was used to knock out the impurities in an ancient way.
Finally, after repeated tapping, it was determined that the finished product on the felt would no longer become smaller.
The finished rectangular piece was thrown into quenching oil made of flax oil to cool.
He didn't even have time to wait for the finished product to cool down completely. Lang Qing was so anxious that he just took it out, picked it up with his hands and started pounding it against the stone, and slashed it with his own horizontal knife.
This thing is still a bit hot, but Lang Qing's face is still full of joy.
Because he can be sure that this thing is not ordinary iron, it can be considered as steel.
Specifically, it should be able to reach the level of the so-called hundred-refined steel in ancient times; even if the so-called hundred-refined steel is brought to the modern dimension, it is still a substandard and defective product.
But now, in an era when iron-making technology is only mastered by big men, what need is there for bicycles?
This means that in future missions, they will have a group of warriors wearing steel armor and wielding steel guns and steel knives.
Just relying on the equipment advantage, you can defeat several times your opponents.
In the end, a total of two hundred and fifty-six kilograms of hundred-smelted steel was processed from the molten iron in this furnace.
After the initial joy was over, Lang Qing's mind returned to him, and he immediately approached Yang Dongli, who was training the natives under him.
After opening his mouth, he made a long list of requests:
"Lao Yang, I need more manpower, most of which are laborers, to dig coal for me, mine it, and then transport it back; this is because the grade of iron ore here is not high, and if you want sufficient production, you can only
Increase the intensity of iron smelting.
In addition, I need a trustworthy person who can lead me to watch around day and night. Once I find someone approaching, I will kill him without mercy, without any discussion.
Otherwise, if this technology capable of large-scale refining of steel leaks out, we will be the sinners of history."
"I'll think of a way to use the labor force. I can recruit some people from the surrounding tribes to take care of the food and give them some random things." After hearing this, Yang Dongli replied like this.
The first problem of insufficient manpower was solved, but he thought about the second problem of confidentiality for a long time.
It was then that he shouted with his molar teeth and said with murderous intent: "Let Er Fat and Wu Su lead a group of people to take turns guarding.
When the work here is over, kill everyone who has seen the blast furnace, whether they are craftsmen, prisoners, or guards, except for the two of them."
After hearing this murderous statement, Lang Qing was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded silently.
In such a big matter of right and wrong, this can only be the case...
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Time: Three days after the first batch of molten iron was successfully produced at the Hongbai Mountain Base.
Location: Luoyang, Weiyang Palace.
Liu Zhuang hurriedly read an urgent report from his important general, Fengche Captain Dou Gu, the second emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the 46-year-old Han Ming Emperor.
Use your right hand to slap hard on the back of a low table in front of you.
Regardless of the severe pain that his palms were red from being slapped, he shouted: "Thousands of miles away, in the capital of another country, the entire Huns envoy group was killed with a small victory and a strong one."
After the first battle, they pulled back the Shanshan Kingdom, which was about to surrender to the Huns; Ban Chao and Ban Zhongsheng are truly good ministers of the country~"
Yes, that's right! When the eldest prince of Shanshan Kingdom and his entourage were slowly coming over on the way, Dou Gu's urgent report had already been sent to Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, in advance.
And it was delivered to Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty as soon as possible.
After reading it in a hurry, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was so impressed by it that it really made Ban Chao stay in the emperor's heart and registered with the emperor.
In the following time, Liu Zhuang waved to the eunuchs who rushed in after hearing the commotion, and the guards retreated, telling himself that nothing happened.
He picked up the memorial again and began to read it carefully again.
After I finished reading it, after a little thought, I took a pen and started writing a related reply.
The content is: Since Dou Qing is going to continue sending envoys to the Western Regions to unify the countries and prevent the Western Regions people from using the Western Regions' manpower and material resources.
So why is Ban Chao such a talented person sending someone else?
It would be better to promote Ban Chao to the rank of Sima in the army and let him continue his mission to the Western Regions as an envoy; tell him that as long as he is loyal to the country with peace of mind, I will not begrudge the reward of the prince."
Just like that, when such an instruction was sent out from the palace, it represented Ban Chao's new mission to the Western Regions, the emergence of the third phase of Hu Biao's mission, and the official countdown...
