After drying the lotus root powder, Yun Buliu continued to build his blacksmithing room.
There was a blacksmith furnace, and the forging bench was a giant wooden pile with a hole dug in the middle. He had thought before that he would need to make tools in the future, so he definitely needed to build a forging bench.
Therefore, he had already prepared a large iron ingot and cast it with molten iron.
But now it seems that the big iron ingot is hard enough, but too brittle. He is afraid that if he hits it with a sledgehammer a few times, the big iron ingot may not be able to withstand his huge force and be broken into pieces.
Therefore, he needs to heat this large iron ingot at high temperature and temper it.
But one thing that was more troublesome was that he had to forge the big hammer, which weighed about ten kilograms, first. Because the big hammer was also made of cast iron, and its texture was also very brittle.
So, he used the black stone that he had previously used to hammer salt mines and other things as a hammer, and used fireproofing agent to mark a place on top of the giant wooden pile.
He added white charcoal to the blacksmith's furnace, then threw the big hammer into the middle of the white charcoal, then snapped his fingers, and a small flame appeared on his fingertips.
Of course, he did this just to look cool.
In fact, he doesn't need any extra movements at all to rub the fire ball. He only needs his mental thoughts to mobilize the fire energy from the outside and gather them together to produce flames.
No spells or seals are needed, and the principle is very simple.
The flame falls on the white coals and quickly burns them red.
He waved his hand casually, and a wisp of breeze rushed up from the bottom of the blacksmith's furnace. Then the wind gradually increased, and the white coals burned redder and redder, spreading to all sides.
Soon, flames burst out in the furnace, and the big hammer gradually burned red in the flames formed by the charcoal fire.
When the sledgehammer was so red that it was transparent, he used iron pliers to pick it out, and then slowly hammered it with a black stone hammer.
He didn't dare to use too much force, because the black stone hammer was a stone after all, and even though it looked very hard, its material still couldn't withstand his huge force.
After repeated forging and beating, the shape of the big hammer became irregular. After all, the shape of the black stone hammer was also very irregular, and the hole originally used to install the hammer handle became smaller.
But he wasn't worried and continued hammering slowly and repeatedly.
Half a day passed gradually, and the original big hammer had shrunk in a circle, and the impurities inside turned into black iron shavings and fell to the ground.
He finally hammered the big iron into an irregular iron ingot.
Then the hole was re-drilled, and a drill was used to punch out a hole from the middle of the red-hot iron ingot to install the wooden handle.
The next step is to reshape it, which is not difficult. Just use an iron piece to press the iron ingot, and then slowly smash the iron piece. Just don't use too much force, otherwise the iron piece will be cracked. After all, it is too brittle.
After the big hammer was re-forged, half a day passed.
He threw the reshaped hammer into the water tank used for quenching. There was a sizzling sound, and smoke, bubbles, and a smell came out of the water tank.
The tank contained the urine of the tiger cubs and various animal fats.
Of course, he also added water. Although in the past few days, he had instructed the tiger cubs to urinate in this sink specifically, the amount of tiger urine was really not much.
Yun Buliu did this because he had to do this. After all, the puzzled look on the little tiger cub's face really made Yun Buliu not know what to say.
I guess this little tiger cub may also be thinking about why this weird owner is interested in its urine!
Although he has never forged iron, he has read many historical novels. In those novels, when many male protagonists traveled back to ancient times to play with metallurgical technology, they mentioned using animal urine and animal fat as quenching agents.
This can increase the hardness of iron.
As for the principle behind it, Yun Buliu is not very clear.
Since you don’t understand, just follow the same example!
After lunch, he reinstalled a wooden handle on the sledgehammer, and a dark sledgehammer weighing an estimated eight or nine kilograms reappeared in his hand.
But compared to the previous big hammer, this new hammer felt stronger to him.
Now, it's time to start hammering that big iron ingot again.
The area on the giant wooden pile that had been covered with a layer of fire-proofing agent was already full of holes and pits, but it didn't matter. He just had to paint a new area to remove it.
That night, the big hammer was placed in the middle of the giant wooden pile, turning the giant wooden pile into a simple forging platform.
Then after breakfast the next day, Yun Buliu transformed into a blacksmith and began to recast the hatchet and the iron spears. That afternoon, he carried the hatchet and five iron spears on his back, and set out again.
The journey to the Snowy Mountains.
This time, he had two goals. One was to carry some ice back from the snowy mountains, and the other was to find some honey.
Taking the little fur ball and the tiger cub with him, Xiaobai became a house snake again and didn't want to go out.
Yun Buliu wasn't worried about the danger of leaving it at home. He used to worry that it wouldn't be able to defeat those fools in Goose Village, but when he found out that it was the descendant of the hidden boss in the lake, he wasn't worried anymore.
What's more, now that the idiots from Goose Village have to take a detour when they see it.
However, he still told it to take care of the little dumplings and don't swallow them as food, and don't swallow the fawn, mother and son downstairs.
When hearing Yun Buliu's explanation, Xiaobai raised his head and looked at it quietly.
Yun Buliu didn't know what it meant, so he just reached out and patted its head, then looked at the little dumpling who was sleeping soundly after drinking deer milk, then turned and went downstairs.
It can also be seen from the fact that the dumpling likes to sleep. This little meat dumpling is indeed very problematic. Normal dumplings, when they are so big, have already rolled around.
Tuanzi are very lively and active, and they dare to try anything. They have no idea how fat they are, or that they have short legs, and they always do stupid things.
But this little dumpling was so quiet that it seemed ridiculous. It ate and slept, and even those who didn't know thought it was still small! Yun Buliu really didn't know at first and just thought it was still small.
It wasn't until he was diagnosed with a heart disease that he gradually understood that that was not the case.
It's just that he can't cure this disease, or in other words, he doesn't dare to do it. After all, using the power of thunder to kill those diseased cells is not so easy to control.
If you are not careful, this fragile little life may end.
And the concept of this possibility is not low.
He was walking with the little furball and the tiger cub in the forest towards the northeastern shore of the lake. As he walked, the little furball squeaked in his ear, and the little tiger cub also started to purr.
Yun Buliu didn't know whether his luck was good or bad. He looked up and saw a dark mountain of meat hanging on a giant tree not far away.
Under the giant tree, there are four small meat mountains surrounding it.
ps: I’ll update one chapter first. I’m busy today, so the update tonight will be late. I’d like to apologize in advance!