The Young Master Is Fierce Chapter 421: Talent
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There is no steel in this era!
Feng Linshan used a blast furnace to make iron. This iron contained fewer impurities than all the iron on the market, so the red cannon cast from it solved the problem of exploding the chamber.
But it has not yet reached the requirements of steel.
Fu Xiaoguan originally didn’t care about this matter. Anyway, the iron in Fenglin Mountain was already the best, and he didn’t plan to spend any more time and energy tinkering with it.
But just now he heard the clear sound of the blacksmith forging this week, and when he saw the rough **** in his hand, he realized the importance of steel.
The so-called pig iron pouring technology is to mix carbon and molten iron according to the proportion and pour it on the cutting edge, and then beat it repeatedly to make the finished cutting edge sharper and tougher.
So if Baishang Steel can be produced, this will definitely be an epoch-making thing!
In the previous Han Dynasty’s military reversal against the Huns, on the one hand, Ma Liang smoothed the speed gap, but on the other hand, there was also a very important aspect. The weapons of the Han Dynasty were much ahead of the Huns.
The weapons of the Han Dynasty were made of steel, using the technique of frying steel!
The two most important aspects of steelmaking are temperature. Even if there is a blast furnace, because the blast furnace is not advanced, the furnace temperature cannot reach above 1600 degrees, so the best way is to stir-fry steel.
Steel frying involves the control of carbon content, which requires the method of carburizing into steel.
Tiejiang Zhou is the only craftsman Fu Xiaoguan has ever seen who knows how to carburize steel. He is such an incredible talent!
So Fu Xiaoguan posed this problem to Blacksmith Zhou, thinking that if he could solve this problem, then he would have to get this person into his hands no matter what.
Blacksmith Zhou is also very confused at the moment. He has devoted himself to studying this craft passed down from his ancestors for more than 20 years. It can be said that he has mastered the pig iron pouring technique to a high level.
But to cast the entire sword into steel… He has been trying in his early years, but has not yet succeeded.
No matter how you do it, the impurity content in the iron will exceed the standard, causing the final product to not reach the hardness of steel.
This young man obviously knows his stuff, and you definitely can’t fool him, but you have to earn the money yourself…
“To be honest, sir, I am indeed in urgent need of silver to save my life, but I have not yet mastered the method of turning a whole block into steel. Can you give me some time?”
Fu Xiaoguan thought for a while, “Do you have any paper?”
“…Is it possible to use yellow paper?”
“Okay, take two pieces of yellow paper and I’ll tell you.”
“Can you read?”
“Know it.”
“That’s better.”
Blacksmith Zhou was surprised again. Could it be that this young master has mastered the method of making steel?
He couldn’t believe it!
Because there is only iron but no steel in the world, and even his own technique of pouring pig iron is unique in the world. If his ancestors had not taught him not to leave Pingling, he would have taken his family to a big city to make a living.
He brought yellow paper, and Fu Xiaoguan took a stick of charcoal and started writing and drawing on the yellow paper.
This is the simplest method of frying steel.
Fu Xiaoguan drew a wok and explained to Blacksmith Zhou: “This thing is a steel-frying furnace. It has a simple structure. It is dug into a pot-shaped furnace and the inner wall is coated with refractory mud. During operation, the furnace material is ignited first and the fire is strong. Then add broken pieces of pig iron, block the furnace door, and blow air from the furnace mouth…”
He wrote while talking, writing three pages eloquently, and unknowingly explained for an hour. He didn’t notice Zhou Tiejiang’s shocked expression, and he didn’t know that Zhang Pei’er, who was hiding on the roof and eavesdropping, had already covered her mouth. Son——
“How does he know so much?”
“Isn’t he the most talented literati in the world?”
“He can actually tell a blacksmith what kind of steel to make!”
Zhang Pei’er was extremely shocked. Only then did she understand why no one has been able to build the things Fu Xiaoguan was tinkering with in Xishan.
And the method of frying steel he mentioned will probably change the entire smelting industry!
Tiejiang Zhou’s shock came from Fu Xiaoguan’s expertise. The doubts he had previously had in his mind were easily solved under Fu Xiaoguan’s detailed explanation, but he knew deeply that this was not easy, at least for the young man in front of him. It must have gone through countless experiments to master this top-notch technology!
It’s just… Zhou Tiejiang began to doubt himself. Why did this young man pass on such top-notch technology to me?
Even my ancestral pig iron drenching skills are still subject to group training. Not only can I not pass them on to outsiders, not even my own daughter!
It can only be passed down to sons. If there are no sons, this skill will be extinct.
The reason why Fu Xiaoguan handed over the steel-frying technology to Blacksmith Zhou was because he only had a superficial understanding of it.
He didn’t know how to carburize and what the ratio should be, but this technique was only known by Blacksmith Zhou.
He is not worried that Blacksmith Zhou is playing tricks on him. With his current status, strangling Blacksmith Zhou to death is no different from strangling an ant.
“Do you understand now?” Fu Xiaoguan put down the charcoal and asked.
“I understand, the young master’s explanation made me enlightened! It’s just…”
Blacksmith Zhou paused and asked the doubts in his heart, “Young master granted me this method. I wonder what conditions you have?”
“It’s very simple. I have an iron mine in Linjiang. The iron I calcine is also very good. When I pass by here and hear the sound of your forging, I come in and take a look. Go to my iron bureau and pay monthly You pay thirty taels of silver, and you are responsible for making steel for me!”
Blacksmith Zhou was once again surprised, the wages were thirty taels of silver! This naturally made him excited, but…
He sighed and said, “Sir, can you make another condition?”
Fu Xiaoguan frowned, “What difficulties do you have?”
“It’s not my own difficulty, but the training from my ancestors. If we inherit this smelting technique, we cannot leave Pingling.”
“What’s the point?”
Blacksmith Zhou was silent for dozens of breaths and said in a low voice: “My ancestor was originally a blacksmith of the imperial court. He was ordered to come here during the previous dynasty to search for gold mines in the Pingling Mountains… and then he stayed in Pingling. Now here we are. My generation is already the eighth generation, and the training has been passed down from our ancestors to the present.”
Fu Xiaoguan’s heart moved, “Can you find it?”
Blacksmith Zhou shook his head, “There is no record in the ancestral homepage, but in the early years of the Yu Dynasty, people were sent to the Pingling Mountains to search. It is said that no gold mine was found, but an iron mine was found, but the mine was not large, so there was no Mining.”
“Do you know how to view mountains?”
“It’s also ancestral.”
“Have you ever gone to Pingling Mountain to see it?”
“I went in with Sun Er three years ago and had a look.”
“Do you think it is worth mining?”
“The vein is very complicated and buried very deep. I only found a few iron caps. If I want to explore in detail, I have to dig out the mud. If I can find more iron caps, I can confirm it. How valuable it is.”
Fu Xiaoguan pondered for a moment, “Only you know this method of steelmaking, please do not spread it to others! You can experiment first, keep these banknotes, and I will come back to you in a few days!”
“What’s your surname, sir?”
“Fu Xiaoguan!”