As far as Han Cheng knows, there are two ways to make iron pots.
One is cast with molten iron, and the other is formed by forging like iron.
The casting method is relatively easy to understand, but the forging method is a bit confusing.
After all, this is an iron pot, not any other utensil, weapon or the like, so the requirements are much higher!
Not only must it be round, but it must also be waterproof.
Under such circumstances, using the forging method to forge it like a weapon seems a bit mysterious when you think about it.
But things that are more mysterious in imagination and unlikely to be realized actually do exist.
Later, when Han Cheng was reading China on the Bite of the Tongue, he once introduced Zhangqiu Iron Wok.
That thing was made by skilled craftsmen using forging methods.
However, although I knew that iron pots could be made by forging, and when I first watched the show, some of the forging steps were briefly mentioned, but because of the age, and Han Cheng was also
Just taking a quick look, a lot of attention was focused on the delicious and mouth-watering food, so I just knew that there was such a thing that could achieve such an effect.
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He really wanted to get the people in the tribe to use this method to get the iron pot out, but Han Cheng really didn't have such an idea for the time being.
At present, it seems that it is more reliable to use the casting method to make the iron pot first.
After all, the people in the tribe are more familiar with casting.
If you really want to make an iron pot through forging, you can only wait until the people in the tribe get the iron pot out according to the casting method, and then try to use forging.
Han Dashenzi now has no idea of having a bite of iron pot cooking. It is impossible for the people in the tribe to give up the casting method, which is easier to make, and use the forging method.
The drawing of the pot given by Han Cheng is the round-bottomed open shape that was common in later generations, not a pan.
The pan with a handle is a weapon that Red Wolf and Gray Wolf work together to use with fire. Han Cheng is not in a hurry to get it out now.
Of course, it's not because after Han Cheng made it, he was worried that Bai Xuemei would carry such a weapon and throw a tantrum at him. If something happened, he would practice using a pan on him.
But when it comes to stir-frying, cooking in large pots, and steaming, pans are far inferior to this large, open iron mouth with a round bottom.
The only place where a large open iron pot is not as good as a frying pan is when making kang cakes, making vegetable boxes, spreading egg pancakes, making fried dumplings and other foods.
This is also the reason why the pan exists.
If even this point was compared, the frying pan would never have been born and would have no value in existence.
Many people cannot resist the temptation of delicious food.
After all, if you can eat delicious food through normal channels, not many people are willing to eat cheap food.
Not to mention that these people present have all seen delicious food and experienced delicious tastes with Han Cheng, and then they have been running wildly on the road of delicious food and transformed into foodies!
After Han Cheng told them the effect of the iron pot and directly compared it with cooking meat, everyone present was all motivated!
Everyone is gearing up and full of energy.
The person who made the mold started working non-stop after carefully looking at the drawings drawn by Han Cheng and asking Han Cheng carefully about other things about the iron pot.
As for those who smelted iron, because the molds had not been finished yet, although they were anxious, they could only suppress their anxiety and wait anxiously while urging twice from time to time.
The people in the tribe who specialize in making molds are already very skilled in making molds. Even if there is no master-level person like Hei Wa here, there is still no problem.
After all, mold making in the tribe has been developing for many years.
The iron pot was not produced, and Han Cheng didn't have much thought to do other things. He just sat here and watched these people making molds here.
Beeswax has great uses, especially when making some more advanced molds.
Han Cheng was now watching how these people spread beeswax evenly and flatly on the outer layer of the mold that had been made.
This process is very meticulous, especially testing skills and patience.
It took about half a day for these few people to finish it.
At this time, the beeswax attached to the outer layer of the mold already looks like a pot with a diameter of more than half a meter, a round bottom, and a sharp bottom!
After completing this task, several people present took a short rest and then started to work on the next task.
This work is to then use the materials that have been mixed and used to make the mold to smear on the 'pot' made of this layer of beeswax.
Although it is said to be applied, the thickness is actually not much thinner than the outer layer.
After it was done and dried, it was already a few days later.
This is not because it takes several people to make a mold, but it takes a long time for the mold to dry afterwards.
While waiting for the first mold to dry, the people who made the molds were not idle, and continued to make some molds with different specifications.
After a few days, the first mold is dry, and the person who made the mold begins to heat the mold.
As the temperature rises, the beeswax in the middle of the mold melts. The person who made the mold standing on the side holds it with his hands and carefully tilts it to slowly remove the holes left from the top.
Pour it out.
This is the great use of beeswax.
This material has a low melting point and is soft and easy to shape. It is a rare good material when making molds.
Just like the current iron pot mold.
After melting the layer of beeswax in the mold and pouring it out, there will be a model of the pot inside, which is exactly the same as the one made with beeswax before.
The poured beeswax can be recycled after a period of time and solidification.
And the furnace over there has already boiled a furnace of molten iron.
After confirming that the mold was easy to use, everyone worked together to lift it to the side of the stove, then took out the molten iron and poured it into it along the holes reserved in advance on the mold.
The bright red, extremely high-temperature, relatively viscous liquid was poured in through the opening on the mold, making it steaming hot.
Han Cheng and others, who were standing on the sidelines and watching, could not help but feel hot in their hearts.
Especially Han Cheng, the son of God in the tribe, couldn't help but start swallowing saliva at the bright red molten iron.
The molten iron was poured in, and then cooled and solidified while Han Cheng and others waited.
After doing this for a while, someone began to use a very rigid small saw and started sawing along the upper edge of the iron pot mold.
This process also takes time. Even if there are three people cutting things at the same time with small saws, it still takes almost half an hour before the worker can saw them neatly.
There is a reason for being so careful.
Because it is not easy to make a mold once, you need to be careful with this mold. After doing this, it can be used many times in the future.
After sawing it open, several people carefully removed the upper layer of mold, and then the situation inside appeared in front of Han Cheng and others.
A round-bottomed iron pot suddenly appeared here.
Different from the common iron pots soaked in oil and blackened in the homes of later generations, this newly made iron pot looks like the color of new iron just out of the oven. The color is not heavy, but a little whitish.
There are some bluish tints.
If in later generations, someone told Han Cheng that looking at an iron pot can produce a pounding feeling, then Han Cheng would definitely think that this guy was really crazy and was bullying him for his lack of education.
But now, Han Cheng really felt it himself!
He was really excited!
It actually feels like the legendary first love...
"Quick, get it out!"
Han Cheng couldn't wait to speak out, and then quickly warned: "Be careful, don't get burned."
The few craftsmen on the side couldn't help but get excited when they saw the Son of God being so excited.
Naturally, the temperature of the iron pot has not completely dropped yet. In order to prevent it from burning their hands, they first used a long-handled iron tongs to pound the edge of the iron pot that was still in the mold a few times to soften it.
The iron pan becomes loose and separates from the mold below.
Then someone increased their strength and tilted it until one side came out. Then someone took a thick stack of rags soaked in water and placed it on the edge of the iron pot that was tilted out.
He pinched it with his hand and lifted it up hard. The iron pot was immediately and completely lifted out of the large mold below, and then carefully placed on the ground.
When Han Cheng saw this, the smile on his face couldn't help but grow stronger, and he couldn't wait to come over to see this freshly baked iron pot.
However, the smile on Han Cheng's face soon became a little stiff.
Not only him, but the other people who had gathered around impatiently looked at the scene in front of them, all looking a little dull or speechless.
This situation occurs, of course, because there is a problem with the iron pot that has just been cast and freshly baked.
Just now when the iron pot was placed on the mold below, nothing could be seen. But when you pick it up now, it suddenly becomes invisible.
I don’t know whether it’s because of bubbles or something else, but there are actually several small holes in the newly cast iron pot!
The larger ones are about the size of soybeans, and the smaller ones are about the size of mung beans.
Everyone in the pot tribe knows that there must be no holes in it.
Pots with holes cannot be used.
It is precisely because of this that everyone present had this reaction after seeing this situation.
After waiting for so long, I finally got an iron pot, but it turned out to be a crappy pot. This is really embarrassing and disappointing.
Han Cheng sniffed, adjusted his emotions, and then wanted to tell the people in the tribe not to be sad and disappointed. Even if it was such a bad pot, he could still use it.
This is not that Han Cheng is talking nonsense, but it can really be used.
In the past, in later generations, pots leaked at home.
In addition to asking the pot repairman to repair the pot, another simple way to save the pot is to use a little glutinous rice paste and paste it from the inside when the pot is hot.
After such an operation, the pot will temporarily stop leaking, and it can still be used to cook two or three meals.
Of course, if the paste is good sometimes, it can last for two or three days.
However, Han Cheng thought for a moment and still did not say these words.
This is because the tribe still has a long way to go, and we can’t just keep making bad things, right?
The premise of repair is that you can make a good pot, instead of always repairing on the basis of a bad pot.
"It doesn't matter, just put it here first, and then find a smaller mold to cast it later."
Han Cheng spoke first to save everyone present from this embarrassment.
Everyone who was stunned for a moment, then realized that some people blushed, and some people seemed to be a little hurried and started to do what Han Cheng said. They did not directly attack the large-sized pot as they did just now, but started working on the small-sized pot.
The pot moved its hand.
Han Cheng stood on the side and looked at the big pot that had just come out of the oven, looking a little pity.
It's not a pity that the iron was wasted.
This iron will not be wasted. After waiting, smash it with a big hammer, then put it into the iron smelting furnace and burn it with fire. After it melts, it can be used again.
It's a pity that the iron pot cooking that I want to eat has to be postponed for some time...
"I will prepare the ingredients and wait to cook them in the iron pot. As soon as the iron pot is ready, I will use it to stir-fry and taste it with everyone."
After standing here waiting for a while, Han Cheng said this to everyone present, and then opened his mouth.
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left without waiting for anyone to answer.
After a while, the panicked screams of the pigs were heard. After a while, they became low again and finally became inaudible.
Everyone here making iron pots knows that this is the son of God preparing to make braised pork.
But now, everything is ready, the only thing missing is the iron pot!
At that moment, each one seemed to be spurred by something, and became more active and attentive...
