Chapter 583 Heaven and earth are furnaces, creation is a myriad of works, yin and yang are carbon, and all things are copper.
"Melted!"
"This is tin ore!"
After the charcoal fire continued to burn for a while, the bottom layer of smashed tin ore began to melt.
Han Cheng, who saw this scene through the hole on the side of the stove, shouted excitedly.
The rest of the people who had been waiting for the news also cheered.
Han Cheng watched here for a while, and saw that the flames were spreading through the tin ore at the bottom and starting to melt towards the charcoal above. The gradually melting tin ore had a tendency to flow outward, so he quickly covered the lowest opening with charcoal.
There was also clay to seal it tightly.
"Huhu~huhu~"
The person who dominates Feng Gulu has been replaced by the third one.
Han Cheng looked down from the top of the furnace and saw that most of the ore inside was melted, so he had the higher hole poked open. Molten slag began to flow out of the hole, and even more
The heavy molten metal remained under the furnace.
"Put the clay pot in and turn on the stove!"
When the ore in the furnace had melted and the slag was almost flowing, Han Cheng gave an order, and two men came over immediately with long wooden sticks.
Put the thin end of the wooden stick against the hole under the stove, and with a sudden force, the blocked hole was opened.
The wooden stick was quickly withdrawn, and the molten metal flowed out through the hole on the stove and fell into the clay pot.
Even though they had seen copper smelting more than once in the tribe, everyone could not help but feel surprised when they saw good stones being burned into water and flowing out.
After cooling for a while, the clay pot was smashed, revealing a pot-shaped metal ingot that was thick at the top and thin at the bottom.
The shape of this metal ingot really looks like the word "gold".
Perhaps when our ancestors created Chinese characters, they came from this aspect.
Looking at this thick tin ingot, Han Cheng became interested in making bronze.
Most of the people were asked to continue mining the newly discovered tin ore. Han Cheng left a few people with him, and while the charcoal fire in the stove was still hot and the fire was not extinguished, he added more charcoal to it.
Then he worked hard to get some rough tin from the tin ingot and put it into the fire to continue melting. At the same time, he put a copper hammer head made of rough copper in and melted it with the rough tin.
The ratio of tin to copper is roughly one to two.
I remember that when I was reading ancient general history, I saw records about the proportion of copper and tin, which was "Gold has six equals".
Six parts of raw materials, one part tin and five parts copper, can be used to make bronze, and two parts tin and four parts copper can be used to make utensils...
Han Cheng couldn't remember exactly what proportion of copper and tin bronze was used to make and what kind of utensils it was suitable for.
Even if he had recorded something on the pottery tablet in pinyin before, it wouldn't work.
Because when he first recorded it, he was vague about this issue.
But there is nothing to regret. With copper and tin, and knowing the saying that "gold has six equals", all that is left is to make these bronzes of different proportions, and gradually you will know that they are all suitable.
What did you do?
The wind grunt continued to rotate, and the smoke rising from the stove became lighter and lighter, eventually turning into less conspicuous blue smoke.
As time went by, and after several people were changed, the thick copper and tin in the stove finally melted and mixed together.
However, Han Cheng did not turn on the stove immediately because he remembered an idiom - perfection.
It is talking about the best state achieved when smelting bronze.
Although the two metals in the furnace have been melted now, it is obvious that they have not yet reached the point of perfection.
After waiting for a while, as the flame continued to burn, the fire finally became pure green.
Han Cheng no longer hesitated, picked up the long stick he had used before, and poked the hole hard, and the cyan molten metal flowed out and fell into the clay pot below.
In fact, it is best to pour the melted copper liquid directly into the mold at this time. In this way, after cooling, you can directly obtain bronze utensils with a little correction.
However, Han Cheng smelted bronze this time in a hurry. The purpose was to verify whether the copper and tin he made could be smelted into bronze. There was no model at all, so he could only pour the bronze juice into the jar and waste it in vain.
This is a good opportunity to cast bronzes.
The clay pot was broken again, and green copper ingots appeared in front of several people.
Han Cheng looked at the piece of bronze and stretched out his hand to touch it. Perhaps due to psychological effects, a thick and hard feeling was transmitted to him, making him unable to suppress the smile on his face.
After a while, Han Cheng picked up another thick copper hammer from the side and hammered the bronze ingot hard.
"when!"
There was a sound of metal clashing, and the thick copper hammer in Han Cheng's hand was bounced up.
He held the hammer head in front of his eyes and looked carefully. There were some marks on the rough copper hammer head.
The bronze ingot was also flattened in some places, but it was not as serious as the rough copper hammer head.
Sure enough, the bronze smelted after adding tin is much harder than the blister copper that was simply smelted before.
"Hahaha...the Bronze Age is coming!"
The smile on Han Cheng's face grew bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a hearty laugh uncontrollably.
Junior Brother Sha who was following him didn't understand what the Bronze Age Shenzi was talking about, but they knew that Shenzi was happy from the bottom of his heart, knowing that their tribe had another good thing.
Infected by the Son of God, they all laughed together.
The west-slanting sun shines on Tongshan, on the smoky stove at the foot of Tongshan, on the cyan copper ingot placed next to the smoking stove, and on a group of laughing people.
Heaven and earth are the furnace that creates all creation, Yin and Yang are carbon, and all things are copper.
When the Qingque Tribe obtained copper, the people in the tribe also became different from before through the tempering of life in the past few years. They were very different from other people of this era.
The long-legged man was holding a wooden stick in one hand and holding the lucky charm hanging around his neck tightly with the other hand, smiling happily.
On the one hand, I am happy that there is a good thing in the tribe.
On the other hand, because he provided the tribe with information about the copper mine and found the tin mine, not long ago, the respected Son of God announced that he would be relieved of his slave status and become a citizen of the Qingque Tribe.
And he is not an ordinary citizen, but a first-class citizen with a beautiful ceramic ID card!
How could Long Legs be unhappy when such a lucky thing happened to him?
He held the lucky charm tightly and was reluctant to let go. He felt that the reason why he was luckier than all the slaves was because of the lucky charm...
