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Lang Qing kept roaring, swearing all kinds of ugly words.

He even waved the whip from time to time, urging the horse bandit captives with bronze shackles on their feet, carrying baskets one by one to the top of the furnace, and pouring the dark raw materials into the furnace.

These black raw materials, in addition to charcoal, also have some thumb-sized iron ore.

What needs to be explained is that these iron ores were found by the warehouse manager and a few indigenous men on a small hill more than ten miles away.

Although there were not many such things in that place, after a few days of busy work, the warehouse manager brought back more than 2000 catties on horseback, enough to smelt iron for several furnaces.

After the iron ore was brought back, Langqing asked the captives to beat it into small pieces with a hammer to facilitate high-temperature processing.

In addition, when the warehouse manager was looking for iron ore, he also found some other things along the way.

In addition to a small open-air coal mine, a large number of agate stones were also found. It can be said that it is very valuable to pick up a bag and take it back.

The only pity is that the knowledge mastered by the warehouse manager.

It is also known that those ores should be iron ore, but the grade, that is, the specific iron content, cannot be analyzed at all.

We can only count on these siderites, as long as the grade is not too low.

In this way, when the iron ore, coke, limestone and other raw materials were loaded into the furnace one by one and filled, the wolf green began to ignite.

After the fire started, he pulled out the pin of the waterwheel and let it turn.

With the connected buckskin belt, the bellows are constantly driven to blow air into the furnace.

What needs to be explained is that Lang Qing used some ordinary steel balls brought from the modern plane as the core, and processed some ball bearings.

In this way, the waterwheel not only lasted longer, but also turned faster and generated more force.

In addition, they also processed some bronze gourd cranes. It is the appearance of these gourd cranes that they can save considerable manpower...

After the blast furnace was ignited, Lang Qing and Cang Guan led a group of craftsmen to stand in front of the blast furnace, waiting for several hours.

Finally, when the baffle of the taphole was opened, a glowing red molten iron passed through a channel and flowed into the crucible.

Lang Qing and Cang Guan, who were present at the time, almost cried out of excitement.

But they also know that now is not the time to be happy. There are many types of iron, and they have to wait to check whether they can be used.

In the ensuing hours, several shirtless slaves, wearing a buckskin apron and gloves, were strong.

Holding a bronze rod in his hand, he kept stirring it in the crucible until the molten iron remained in the crucible until it became a lump.

In such a process, the bronze rods were constantly replaced.

no way!The melting point of bronze is only a mere 800 degrees, if it is stirred for a long time, some of these bronze rods will melt away under high temperature.

Losing a few bronze rods is still a trivial matter, and I am afraid that such a pot of molten iron will be wasted in vain.

And the lump of molten iron was clamped onto a bronze felt with pliers by two craftsmen, and then it was beaten continuously by a bronze hammer driven by water power.

During this kind of forging, the iron ball began to shrink continuously, and it was an ancient way to beat out the impurities in it.

Finally, after repeated beatings, it was determined that the finished product on the felt would no longer become smaller.

A rectangular finished product is thrown into the quenching oil made of flax oil to cool.

Without even waiting for the finished product to cool completely, Lang Qing was so impatient that he pinched it out, picked it up with his hand and started beating it against the stone, slashing it with his own horizontal knife.

This thing is still a bit hot, but Lang Qing's face is still full of joy.

Because he can be sure that this thing is not ordinary iron, and it can already be counted in the category of steel.

Specifically, it should be able to reach the level of the so-called one hundred steelmaking in ancient times; even if the so-called one hundred steelmaking is obtained in the modern plane, it is still a substandard product.

But now is the age of ironmaking technology, which can only be mastered by big men, so what kind of bicycle is needed.

This means that in future missions, they will have a group of soldiers wearing steel armor, wielding steel guns and steel knives.

Just relying on the advantages of equipment, he can defeat opponents several times.

In the end, a total of [-] to [-] catties of steelmaking was processed from the molten iron in this furnace.

After the initial joy was over, Lang Qing, who had regained his sanity, immediately found Yang Dongli, who was training the natives under his command.

After opening the mouth, a series of requirements were put forward:
"Old Yang, I need more manpower, most of which are labor, to dig coal for me, dig mines, and then transport them back; this is because the grade of iron ore here is not high, and if I want to produce enough, I can only Increase the intensity of iron smelting.

In addition, I need a trustworthy person who will lead me to guard the surrounding day and night. Once I find someone approaching Kill Wushe, there will be no discussion at all.

Otherwise, if this large-scale steelmaking technology leaks out, we will be sinners of history. "

"Let me figure out a way for the labor force. It's great to recruit some people from the surrounding tribes, take care of the food, and just give a little stuff." After hearing the words, Yang Dongli replied so in his mouth.

It can be regarded as solving the first problem of insufficient manpower, but the second problem of confidentiality, he thought about it for a while.

It was the back molars that yelled, and said murderously: "Let Er Fatty and the military soldier lead a group of people to take turns to guard.

When the work here is over, as long as the personnel who have seen the blast furnace, whether it is a craftsman, a prisoner, or a guard, all but the two of them will be killed. "

After hearing this murderous statement, Lang Qing was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded silently.

In this kind of big right and wrong things, it can only be like this...

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Time: Three days after the first furnace of molten iron was successfully released at the Hongbaishan base.

Location: Luoyang, Weiyang Palace.

Hastily finished reading the urgent report from Liu Zhuang, the second emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the 46-year-old Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty.

He slapped hard with his right hand, and slapped heavily on the back of a low table in front of him.

Regardless of the severe pain that his palms were red from being shot, he yelled out a sentence: "Thousands of miles away, in the capital of another country, kill all the members of the Xiongnu envoy group with less victory and more strength.

After World War I, the Shanshan Kingdom, which was planning to fall to the Huns, was brought back; Ban Chao and Ban Zhongsheng are really good ministers of the country~”

Yes, that's right!When the eldest prince of Shanshan Kingdom and his party were still slowly coming over halfway, the memorial sent by Dou Gu had already been sent to Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, in advance.

And in the fastest time, it was delivered to Emperor Han Ming's imperial case.

After reading it in a hurry, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was overwhelmed by it. It really made Ban Chao simple in the heart of the emperor and registered with the emperor.

In the following time, Liu Zhuang waved his hand to make the eunuchs and guards who rushed in after hearing the movement retreat, and told himself that there was nothing wrong.

He picked up the report again and began to read it carefully again.

After reading it, after a little thought, I started to write a related reply with a pen.

The content is: Since Dou Qing intends to continue to send envoys, continue to go to the Western Regions to unify the countries, and cut off the Western Regions from using the human and material resources of the Western Regions.

So Ban Chao is such a great talent, why should he send someone else?

It is better to promote Ban Chao to be the Sima in the army and let him continue to go to the Western Regions as an envoy; tell him that as long as he is loyal to the country with peace of mind, the widow will not hesitate to reward the prince. "

In this way, when such an instruction was sent out from the palace, it represented Ban Chao's new mission to the Western Regions, and the appearance of the third phase of missions for Hu Biao and others, officially entering the countdown...

(End of this chapter)