I now have three fists, one is fat and fleshy, one has protruding bones, and one was just broken yesterday.
Whichever fist hurts, whichever fist is made of steel.
I understood it instantly.
Simple and easy to understand.
The technology is still the same technology, and the focus is on the carbon content, as long as it is 2%...
But there is no accurate way to identify this range in this era. The best way to identify it is to rely on the craftsman's feeling and then hit it with a hammer.
A true one-shot deal.
Steel is both hard and tough. If it breaks with a hammer, it is a defective product.
Got it.
The reason why I can't become a master craftsman is because although the patterned iron is excellent, it doesn't seem to meet the evaluation standards of steel.
"In other words, whoever can create a perfect, true steel sword will be the master craftsman?"
Yi Jun also nodded seriously when facing Dui's question.
"That's right, no joke."
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The earliest physical weapon made of steel in ancient China is the "Yangjiashan Iron Sword", which was unearthed in Changsha, Hunan and belongs to the late Spring and Autumn Period.
Its appearance has a very important significance. Hunan is the state of Chu, and most of the famous swordsmiths in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods spent time in the Chu state in the south.
In other words, the so-called Tai'a, Long Yuan, and Ganjiang Moye, these ancient famous swords, are probably not bronze swords, nor ordinary cast iron swords, but the real ones, the kind of perfect "" that were respected by the ancients.
Steel Sword".
Therefore, blowing hair and cutting hair, cutting iron like clay, should not be false, steel swords can indeed do these things.
With steel as the material, these famous swords will of course be called divine swords. After all, the iron smelting technology in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods was not particularly developed. It was not until the late Warring States period that iron smelting technology advanced by leaps and bounds because of the war, especially when South Korea held a large
iron ore.
Although South Korea is not good at fighting, the world's most precious swords and strong bows and powerful crossbows are all from South Korea. The sword is called Tangxi, and the strong bow and powerful crossbow is called "Chen Yin Jushu".
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From that day on, Dui became an ordinary craftsman in the handicraft street. His simple house was rented to him by others. Although the craftsman who rented it to him said that he would not charge him money, Dui still said that when I passed the exam,
If you have obtained the professional qualification of a master craftsman, I will definitely repay you.
Dui decided to learn all over again. Even Guangchengzi was influenced by his apprenticeship spirit. Dui asked the craftsmen for advice on the alloy ratio. Some of these craftsmen had passed advanced examinations and became famous, but they did not
He would not be rude to others, but would talk about them in a respectful manner.
Dui was also very moved. He said, if craftsmen in other places had such superb craftsmanship as yours, they would have become arrogant and arrogant. But you are so humble. Is it because of the existence of Guangchengzi?
The senior craftsman smiled and said: "No, before Guangchengzi arrived, we already knew about the smelting of copper and the smelting of iron. This is what our leader told us."
"The great leader's wisdom is as numerous as the stars in the sky. As many stars as there are in the sky, the leader possesses as many kinds of knowledge."
"In the past, Yan Long, the musician from the Central Plains and the divine son of Emperor Kuang, came to recommend him."
"Later Dayi also came to examine him."
"Huandou is afraid of his talent and doesn't want him to serve in the Central Plains."
"It wasn't until later that the emperor came in person to recommend him and ask him to come out of the mountain."
"People say that when they come to Hongzhou, they don't want to go back. The changes here are changing rapidly. In fact, it's not how well we do, but the wisdom of the big leader that attracts the attention of those people."
"Actually, you are one of them. I think more people will come here in the future."
After hearing this, Dui was speechless for a long time, thinking about the recommendation made by Dayi before. Yi recommended him to go to the south to further his studies. At that time, he didn't think that there could be any masters in a remote and remote place like the south, although in recent years, Hongzhou has indeed become the best place in the world.
There are some famous names in the outside world, but they are only "little famous" and far from reaching the level of "world-famous".
If you want to be a lighthouse, it's still a little early.
Now it seems that I really thought a lot of things wrong. It turned out that the frog in the well was not others but myself.
Of course, Dui wouldn't understand. If Ruanzai heard this, he would probably sneer at it. The light of the lighthouse is too weak and cannot compare to the sun. The pattern is really too small.
The days passed like this, with the flames burning and rising in the kiln boringly, listening to the howling ghosts and wolves coming from the explosion factory, from sunrise to sunset, another day passed.
There was a lot of news from the outside world. The Susha clan in the east wanted a caravan to enter Hongzhou, but was rejected.
There were wandering Sanmiao people near Chongyong Pass.
The Ba people seem to have appeared in Zaoli Wilderness.
In summer, many things become tense, because summer farming no longer requires so many people compared to spring, and the workload is reduced. This is actually also due to the implementation of ox farming and plows in Hongzhou.
The Ba people were so complacent that Hongzhou actually spread advanced technology, and now that they have learned it, they will in turn destroy them.
However, an accident happened. Those Ba people were caught. A group of slaves in rags appeared in front of the checkpoint in Zaoli. They said that they were rescued by the leader of Hongzhou. They walked all the way to the east and came to this land where the sun rises.
The place.
When Yu Zai found out about this, he seemed to have left the paper mill and went there.
Dui felt a little pity. He originally wanted to go to Yuzai and learn something about alloy casting.
So, he could only think about it by himself for the time being, but fortunately, he heard that a batch of new "equipment" was going to be cast in the No. 1 Iron Smelting Plant, and he knew that an opportunity to learn new technologies would come soon.
Later, I heard that several more people had come here from the Central Plains, and they were still recommended by Yi, and they also had some guards.
There is an outstanding young man that people are concerned about, his name is Niao Cao. Yi Jun, who had previously commented that he was not up to standard in his assessment, met him and seemed to be very interested in him because the young man was good at making bricks.
Brick burning! Incredible, how many years has it been since bricks appeared?
I heard he is the kind of talent needed to make new equipment.
Dui listened to the news from all directions, and the work at hand was not slow at all.
He took a long stick to the tap hole of the furnace, opened the blockage, and the red molten iron slowly flowed out.
Lime is added to the ore in advance as a co-solvent for the slag, so that the slag has good fluidity and sufficient temperature, so the iron slag is perfectly separated.
The blowing equipment whirred the wind, and the loud sound made Dui very obsessed.
Strong wind, fierce fire, light, black iron, all things are changing in the process of melting. This is the joy of casting tools.
With such good fluidity, it is obviously a perfect furnace of white pig iron.
The casters scooped out the molten iron and poured it into various strange clay molds. After cooling and shaping, they smashed the clay molds and placed the first batch of iron objects into the already heated annealing furnace.
The pig iron is also transported to the iron furnace, and coal is used as fuel to melt the pig iron.
The iron in the annealing furnace cannot speak.
There is no sound, but the iron surface is indeed changing, just like this era.
Guangchengzi was also watching this scene.
He had gained something and nodded slightly.
Heaven and earth are the furnace, and creation is the work.