When he arrived at the blacksmith shop, Wei An told everyone to rest. He went into the forging room by himself, picked up a meteorite and rubbed it repeatedly.
After Wei An came to that world, he entered Zhang Sanqiao's blacksmith shop as an apprentice and was promoted to a master blacksmith through simulation.
When it comes to smelting and forging, he is actually a true expert, and no one can match him.
Subsequently, he began to try different smelting methods and conduct wrong tests.
The night passed quickly.
Wei An stayed up all night. After repeated experiments and errors, he found the best way to smelt.
"The first step is grinding. Put the coarse ore into a water mill, crush the large pieces of ore through hydraulic action, and then use a stone mill to grind it into powder;"
"The second step involves washing, and the third step involves making the dough and sintering it;"
"The fourth step is to 'smelt iron from lumps'. Mix crude iron blocks with charcoal, smelt them at high temperatures, repeatedly forge them while they are hot, anneal them, and squeeze out most of the inclusions to obtain 'piggy iron'."
After struggling all morning, Wei An decided to use the hundred steel-making process for quenching.
He wrote down detailed smelting steps, including every operational detail, and developed a set of procedures.
After receiving Donglai, we should train those blacksmiths.
After breakfast, Wei An summoned all the blacksmiths to the forging room and asked them if they had any good ideas.
A group of old masters were experienced and expressed their opinions, and one of them proposed the method of "making iron from a lump".
As far as they know, the craftsmanship is very rough, and some steps are even wrong.
At that time, Wei An came up with his own plan and asked a group of masters to study it.
"Hey, those steps..."
Each of the masters was shocked. From calm discussions, to heated arguments, to quarrels that turned red in the face and vomiting sweet smells. At first, they all showed expressions of admiration.
The afternoon passes quickly.
"Master Sanqiao, I didn't expect that my forging level is so high that he and others are willing to respect me as their master."
Everyone was completely convinced and bowed their heads three times.
Wei An smiled softly and said solemnly: "No need to be polite, everyone, we are just learning from each other."
In the next few months, Wei An stayed outside the forge, instructing the blacksmiths on specific operations. They all had leg skills at hand, and quickly grasped the requirements, and divided the work and cooperated, so that the smelting process began in an orderly manner.
Ding Datong also came to help, supervising the work and preventing theft.
"According to the current progress, just tempering the process will probably take two months, and then forging the finished product will probably take another month."
"I beg you for three months..."
Wei An was not in a hurry, but he was worried that someone might ask him to leave.
The Dihu Gang broke the legs of so many people, killed one of his own sons, and the only elder. What was Huo Xuanying doing?
Until now, the Dihu Gang has not issued a reward order.
Huo Xuanying seemed to be so frightened that he turned into an ostrich and buried his head in the sand as if nothing happened.
"If it were him, what would he do if a young sixth-grade suddenly appeared in his territory?"
Wei An thought about it in his mind.
"Huo Xuanying will feel that he has no great chance of winning. Even if he defeats him personally, I am afraid it will be a miserable victory. Both sides will suffer losses. It turns out that Yan Sixing will take advantage of Ke Keqiu and enjoy the benefits of the fishermen."
"In this case, Huo Xuanying will definitely not choose to fight with him alone."
"He has two choices. One is to form an alliance with Yan Sixing and join forces to expel outsiders and ensure his dominance; the other is to ask for help from the Red Lotus Sect."
Thinking of this, Wei An couldn't help but feel strange.
It stands to reason that the Red Lotus Sect is not the backer of the Dihu Gang. If the Red Lotus Sect gets involved, all ten Yanjia Forts will be wiped out.
But no, Yanjiabao has remained standing for so many years, and can even hold down the Dihu Gang.
Why is that?
"Is there a strong backer behind Yanjiabao?" Wei An couldn't help but trembled.
He only wanted to destroy Yanjiabao, but now that he thought about it, maybe that idea was too naive.
"Well, with how powerful their background is, we just ask them to strive for self-improvement. There is nothing that a strong enemy cannot solve."
Wei Ansi thought about it, made repeated plans, and made two preparations:
First, smelt the meteorite as quickly as possible and forge a weapon or protective gear;
Second, find a genius to imitate another skill and get rid of the shackles in your body.
"If his shield is removed, a weapon can be made from meteorite iron."
Wei An thought.
As for Bunao, it is currently unknown how much meteoric iron can be smelted from more than 400,000 kilograms of meteorites.
"Let's take it one step at a time."
Wei An did not attack rashly. He liked to make decisions before making a move, and only took action when he was fully confident.
He walked east, took a piece of paper and a brush, and thought about every genius he had ever encountered.
Swish, brush, brush!
He wrote the names of four people on the paper, namely Han Yunzhi, Zhang Mingzhu, Chen Ji, and Zhuo La.
Apart from Chen Wanyi, there are four people who are most promising to advance to the sixth level.
Han Yunzhi, Zhang Mingzhu: Blood Jade Art
Chen Ji: The Demonic Sound of Lion and Camel
Zhuo La: Chonglou Xuanjin
"The fates of Han Yunzhi and Zhang Mingzhu are closely related to the Yan family. As long as the Yan family does not fall, their fate will not change and it will be difficult to advance to the sixth rank in their lives."
Wei An sneered secretly.
There is a chance that these two little beauties can advance to the sixth level, but if Yanjiabao survives for just one month, then it will be difficult for them to escape their fate.
Wei An sighed and wiped out their names.
"Chen Jifu is a very special person with clear goals. It seems that he has a great relationship with the Tantric Sect of the Western Regions."
Wei An thought about it and found that he couldn't easily change this person's fate and couldn't use it for himself.
Crossing out Chen Ji's name, he focused his attention on Chuo La, the duck king!
"It seems that we can put our hope in Zhuo La." Wei An quickly thought about it and immediately set off for Hongshui City.
At noon that day, Wei An sneaked into Hongshui City as a middle-aged man, inquired about things casually, and found that it was quiet outside the city.
When the He family died, father and son He Deyan and He Yuzeng did not mourn in secret, and the people in the city did not even know that they were dead.
The lower-level members of the Dihu Gang were also doing whatever they were supposed to do. They had no idea that their top brass had suffered a heavy setback. The entire seventh-level gang was in panic and everyone was in danger.
In the blink of an eye, in the evening, Wei An once again disguised himself as Ji Canghai, sneaked into the Dihu Martial Arts Hall, and knocked on the door of the study room of the owner Dong Che.
"Hey, am I right?!"
Dong Che opened the door and saw a stern young man standing outside. The old man was stunned for a moment before he came back to his senses.
"Why are you back?" Dong Che was startled, and before he could go, he pulled Wei An into the room and closed the door.
Wei An smiled lightly and said: "Master, his participation in the rebellion didn't cause you any trouble, right?"
Dong Che said speechlessly: "He is already half dead. He knows everything and doesn't know anything. Who can do anything to him?"
Wei An sighed: "In terms of stability, if your old chess skills are superior, you are really a dog!"
"Bah, bah, bah, who cares?" Dong Che rolled his eyes, "What he does is knowing destiny and following his heart's desires."
"Ah, wrong, wrong, wrong!" Wei An kept flattering him, "Everything you say is wrong, otherwise he would be shallow."
Dong Che waved his legs to stop and asked: "Why did I return to Hongshui City to find him? What is the matter? Let's make an agreement first. In view of past friendship, he will not report me, but he will not be involved in any rebellion.
In the muddy water, I don’t ask for fault and he has any wrong ideas.”
Wei An was speechless and said: "He doesn't have any wrong thoughts about me. He just wants me to help him."