"Let's go and have a look." Wu Nian couldn't sit still, greeted everyone, and went out the door.

In the front yard, a large cart was parked, with ugly iron ore on it.

Wu Nian and others didn't know about forging, but they still knew about iron ore. They surrounded them one after another, raised the iron ore and put it in front of them to watch.

"It's really a good ore." Wu Nian held a piece of iron ore that was the size of a bowl and was irregular in shape in both hands. After watching it carefully, he said with a smile.

“It’s really good.”

Zhang Sheng knew better than Wu Nian. He picked up the iron ore and observed it one after another, nodded repeatedly.

Good thing.

A good thing.

Although large iron ore is good, it is difficult to have a low ore content.

Iron is not born, but is extracted from these ores. I extracted iron first, then pounded, and obtained good steel, and finally it was forged into a weapon.

Iron ore with high iron content can save a lot of effort from blacksmiths.

"Everyone can appreciate and explore the team. Knowledge and action. You can arrange it as appropriate." Wu Nian was very happy. He waved his hand and received a lot of rewards. However, the specific task was still handed over to Liu Zhixing.

"yes."

Liu Zhixing agreed immediately. Although the burden on his shoulders was heavier, the more burdens the better.

Large iron ore.

This matter soon spread. The officials of the entire General of the Han Dynasty put down their work and surrounded the cart, as if they were having a holiday, and they all laughed happily.

Strongly watched.

Iron ore.

This thing is worth more than gold and silver mines in Beishan Fort.

Gold and silver cannot be eaten, the economy was blocked by the Mongols and Yuan people, and they could not spend money. What is the use of it? With iron ore, the supply of weapons from the army is guaranteed.

Wu Nian retreated with a smile, stood in the corridor, watching the officials watching around the iron ore chariots and whispering.

It's so great.

Steadily upward.

It is precisely the one who has attained enlightenment that can help. The rise of Beishan Fort cannot be stopped. It is not something that the Mongols and Yuan people said they wanted to block the materials.

When I send troops next time, I will have more good weapons and more armor.

The real capture of county towns and prefectures and thirty-two counties in Liaodong.

Restoring Liaodong and expelling the Tartars.

Wu Nian took a few breaths, smiling and ambitious. But soon, his eyes showed a confused look, and he lowered his head and thought hard.

Wait, I seem to have forgotten something?

This matter is very important, but Wu Nian couldn't remember it. After a while, it seemed as if a lightning flashed in his mind and then roared.

He immediately reacted.

For ancient blacksmiths, making steel was a very physically consuming job and a very tedious thing. So why not just use a furnace to make steel?

Wu Nian is not very familiar with these primitive techniques.

So far, no inventions have been made.

But Wu Nian accidentally learned about the method of making steel in a furnace in a museum.

"I don't know if it's OK, but I won't lose anything after trying it. If I can get the ingots directly, that would be great."

When Wu Nian thought of this, she couldn't help but feel excited. She quickly raised her head and said to Wang Gui: "Brother. Get ready for the guard immediately. I'm going to Zhangguang Fort."

"oh."

Suddenly, Wang Gui was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and immediately went down to prepare for escort.

While Wang Gui was preparing, Wu Nian came to his study in the General's Mansion of the Supplementary Han Dynasty and simply drew drawings and things to pay attention to.

My memory is already blurred, so let's try it.

Not long after, Wang Gui came to invite Wu Nian in person. Wu Nian sent someone to tell his family, then took the carriage and headed to Zhangguang Fort.

It was not until the next evening that Wu Nian arrived at Zhangguangbao.

It's hard to walk on the mountain road.

"General. Why are you here in person?" At the city gate, Long Qi brought the officers to greet Wu Nian. Seeing Wu Nian get off the carriage, he couldn't help but wonder.

Although it is a good thing to discover a large iron ore, it is enough to ask Li Yong and Liu Zhixing to send someone to do it. Don’t Wu Nian come in person, right?

"Of course I came here only if I have something to do. Why should I do if I have nothing to do?" Wu Nian made a small joke. Then he asked in a low voice: "How is it? I asked you to summon craftsmen, is it all right?"

"It's right. There are carpenters, blacksmiths, craftsmen, and bricklayers. There are all kinds of craftsmen." Long Qi nodded and said.

He was confused. What did he do and needed so many kinds of craftsmen?

"Let's lead the way." Wu Nian couldn't explain clearly, and smiled and pulled La Longqi's sleeve. The two brothers walked into Zhangguang Castle together and arrived at the Longqi's lieutenant's mansion in the fort.

In the main hall.

Thirty craftsmen of all kinds have been waiting for a long time. There are both old men with gray hair and young men, all of whom are good craftsmen in their respective fields.

Wu Nian and Long Qi entered the main hall and came to the main seat to sit down.

"Everyone. This is the assistant general Wu Gong." Long Qi pointed to Wu Nian and introduced solemnly.

"General." The craftsmen bent down and saluted, very respectfully.

"No need to be polite. I'm asking you to come here this time. I thought of a way to make steel, but I don't know if it can be done. Here are the drawings, so you can come and have a look."

Wu Nian took out the drawings he had drawn from his arms, put them on the coffee table, and greeted the craftsmen with a smile.

The craftsmen were very confused. General Wu was really a general who was very popular when leading troops to fight.

But this iron-making forging steel is the blacksmith's business. General Wu also understands it?

Although they were confused, since it was Wu Nian's order, they dared not to obey, let alone make fun of it, and quickly surrounded them.

Several respected old blacksmiths picked up the drawings and looked at them. They were careless, but their eyes soon became wide open.

The drawings and the things written by Wu Nian’s paintings are written based on memory and are not complete. But these old blacksmiths are all experienced.

They could tell at a glance that this thing was really awesome.

Blast furnace steelmaking?!!!

Unexpectedly, General Wu really knows how to make steel and knows how to make steel. Could it be that General Wu was originally a blacksmith who threw his pen and joined the army in the middle of the journey? It was wrong.

Have you thrown a hammer into the army?

What a pity that such a good blacksmith.

No. That's not true.

What a good thing. There is a good blacksmith missing in the world, but there is a peerless general.

A great thing.

The old blacksmiths thought in a mess. Then they looked at each other. One of the old blacksmiths bent down to Wu Nian and said, "General. We want to go over there to discuss."

"The old man is willing to do it." Wu Nian said with a smile. Then he looked up and shouted at the door of the main hall, "Come here, make tea and bring pastries."

Thirty craftsmen came to sit next to him, and a few old blacksmiths took the lead in thinking and talking to see how the blast furnace was built.

How to produce steel.

Soon the tea and pastries came in. They drank tea and ate pastries with peace of mind.

Soon it was dark. An old blacksmith stood up, bent down to Wu Nian and said, "General. After we discussed it, we thought this thing was OK."

"But it may take some time to build it."

"Time is nothing, just create it. If this thing is made, you thirty people will be rewarded." Wu Nian is an outsider and understands it. He can't command an insider. He waved his hand and gave it to you.

It's right.

"yes."

The old blacksmith didn't care about rewarding or not, but he was interested in the furnace steelmaking thing.

Everyone knows it.

If there is steel, there are weapons, and if there is weapons, you can kill the Mongols.
Chapter completed!