Chapter 19 Iron Smelting Art ()

Xie Hong was not humble. He really knew a little about iron smelting technology, but this little about it is relatively modern technology. As a master of handicrafts, how can you not understand materials? Handicrafts involve many materials, and steel is also a very important one. In the later era of advanced consultations, Xie Hong also looked for relevant information on world iron smelting technology.

But his words fell in the eyes of Master Dong, which was different. Most of the craftsmanship inheritance in this era are family traditions. Even if it is passed down from master to apprentice, it is important for Master to keep one hand. Master Dong pushed away the chair next to him and knelt down in a flash, "Master is here, please accept a bow from his disciple Dong Ping."

Wow, Xie Hong was really shocked, jumped up from the chair, hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said, "Master Dong, what are you doing? Didn't you talk about each other? I am only at this age, how can you be your master?" Even if you add your previous life, Xie Hong is not as old as Master Dong.

The owner of the Dong Manor said in embarrassment: "Although the Dong family's ironmaking craftsmanship has been passed down for several generations, the learnings are limited. I am afraid that the Dong family's craftsmanship will not be seen by adults, so the adults should accept villains as apprentices." His strength was much greater than Xie Hong, and Xie Hong could not support him even if he used enough strength. After hearing what he said, he knew that he had a misunderstanding. His humble words were regarded as exchanging skills.

This is not good for a technical maniac. He doesn't listen to others at all. Xie Hong shook his head and said, "Brother Dong, I don't mean that. I am moved by my brother's persistence in craftsmanship. Everyone is a trustworthy person. Of course, he should communicate with each other. If you get up first, I will definitely know everything."

Shush, Xie Hong wiped his cold sweat, was excited, and almost let it go. It is really not easy to meet someone who is really obsessed with skills in this era. It is really not good to divide the rules according to occupational ratings.

After hearing what he said, especially when he even changed his name, Dong Ping stood up half-believingly and said, "Thank you... Brother, how old is Dong, I will ask you to be older. If I could inform you of the secret method, the Dong family will never say anything in the future by driving it."

Xie Hong smiled bitterly, we are just selfless people, why no one believes it?

After talking, the waiter had already brought the food and food. Xie Hong wanted to eat and talk, but he had been struggling for a long time and was really hungry. He just picked up the chopsticks here, but Dong Ping did not move, but just stared at him with bright eyes. Xie Hong sighed in his heart, "Okay, let me agree first, otherwise I can eat it so much."

The reason for this is not too complicated. It was a common thing to use coal in the north of the Ming Dynasty, especially the Shanxi generation, which produced the most coal. When coal was used to smelify, coal contained sulfur, so it was better to smelite steel made with charcoal. Later, when the Japanese pirates invaded, the weapons of the Ming army were vulnerable, which made many people amazed the Japanese iron smelting technology. In fact, to put it bluntly, it was just that the island did not produce coal.

At this time, China was not without fine iron. There was no coal production in both places in Guangdong and Fujian. Moreover, due to the small population and the damage to forest resources, these two places were still made of charcoal, so the fine iron in these two places was not inferior to that of Japan. As Xie Hong thought, many Japanese pirates were also pirates from Fujian, and their weapons were probably from Fujian.

After the Japanese pirates launched a large-scale invasion, many knowledgeable people in the Ming Dynasty, such as Mao Yuanyi, firearm expert Zhao Shizhen and others, discussed this issue. However, there were few people who realized this issue in this era. Lingnan in Fujian was very closed, and only technical madmen like Dong Ping would travel thousands of miles to find clever iron smelting technology.

Xie Hong's theory made Dong Ping, a senior blacksmith, a little dizzy: "My brother Xie, are you talking about what 'sulphur' in coal? So the refined iron is refined with charcoal. The reason why 'charcoal' is the appropriate proportion of 'charcoal'? The steel filling method we use is the process of infiltration into charcoal. This theory is really unheard of."

Xie Hong touched his nose and said it a little too much, but if he didn't say that, it seemed difficult to explain clearly. We are not a professional metallurgy, and I am a pure craftsman.

This theory is quite advanced. Dong Ping thought for a while before he understood it slightly and said to himself: "Dong was in Fujian for several months, and then he got a glimpse of it. He thought that the secret technique was not expected to have a complete theory in the world. I am indeed a frog in the well."

This theory is not complete now. Xie Hong was ashamed and then felt a little moved. China has a long history and I don’t know how many geniuses are. Unfortunately, under the traditional system, I don’t know how many geniuses like Dong Ping have been buried. If these people could learn from their strengths and make up for their weaknesses and study them together, how could the West be more beautiful than before?

Dong Ping was still focused on his craftsmanship. Although he felt disappointed with his backwardness, his mind quickly turned back and asked: "Brother Xie, who is the theory of iron smelting? Can you introduce it so that Dong can pay a visit?"

Well, this is more difficult. Xie Hongke doesn’t know who wrote these materials from Du Niang. Even if he knows, he can’t introduce them to Dong Ping. Well, there is Yan Ruyu in the book, and there is also Bai Ruigang in the book, so I’ll push it into the book.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint Brother Dong. These things are what I saw in ancient books."

"So that's it. I'm afraid this ancient book was written by the great sages of the ancient Mohist family. It's a pity that the barbarians have caused trouble in the Central Plains many times, and such ancient books have been lost countless times. I wonder what the name of this ancient book is. Can you let the foolish brother view it?" The two of them became more and more enthusiastic, and Dong Ping also changed his name.

I went, Xie Hong slapped his head, forgetting that Dong Ping is also a scholar and just a part-time blacksmith, or the other way around, it's okay. Anyway, he couldn't get through like fooling Qing'er. He stammered: "This book was also something I saw by chance at my classmates. I didn't know if it was still there, but it disappointed Brother Dong."

Dong Ping was indeed very disappointed and sighed long, but the man recovered very quickly. Before Xie Hong could pick up the chopsticks again, he cheered up and asked: "Since my brother has read ancient books, can ancient books have more techniques than the iron smelting method in Fujian?"

"This..." Xie Hong pondered for a moment, "It's not without..." He didn't know how to make modern special steel, but in this era, it was nothing more than the blacksmith's technology, materials, and fuel. Needless to say, the technology depends on experience and proficiency, and the materials are nothing to say. China's iron ore tastes low.

In addition to having no impurities in the fuel, it also provides temperature. The higher the temperature, the better the refined iron you trained. Thinking that in the future, you may need to do more and more exquisite things, Xie Hong also thinks that the materials are very important.

The music box he made before, if it weren't for the material problem, wouldn't it take so much time? It was just a gear and a circular shaft. In the past, he expected Zhang Erniu to cooperate with him, but later he found that Erniu didn't seem to like blacksmith's work very much, and the technical maniac in front of him seemed to be a better choice.

"Temperature?" Dong Ping felt something, and this was easier to understand. "How to increase the temperature?"

"The key is to refining the furnace," Xie Hong said affirmatively: "Brother Dong, I will draw a pattern for you. After you go back, you will still make it. It should be effective."

"Then I'll thank you for your good brother." Dong Ping was overjoyed. "In the future, my good brother was driven, and the Dong family went through fire and water without hesitation."
Chapter completed!