The original authority in the minds of the craftsmen was naturally Jiang Zhengcheng. Three generations of the Jiang family had been the chiefs of the craftsmen, and they had become hereditary bureaucrats in the actual sense. The craftsmen were accustomed to listening to the Jiang family, even if Lu Xu
He has shown his ability. As long as he doesn't defeat the Jiang family, everything will be over.
However, this step did not require Lu Xu to take action himself. Jiang Zhengcheng was trying to overpower him and even started the furnace an hour in advance. How could he let go of this opportunity to "crush" him? So Lu Xu was sure that it wouldn't be much more.
Soon Jiang Zhengcheng will come for abuse.
Lu Xu continued to lead his people to do their work step by step under everyone's gaze.
At this time, the minds of many people have changed. Some people who are quick-thinking have realized the power of Su Gang's method, and they want to take this opportunity to learn Su Gang's method.
As one of Lu Xu's only core technologies now, how could Lu Xu easily let people learn Su Gang's method?
In the history of Blue Star, the Su Steel Method took its prototype in the Southern and Northern Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, a mature steel filling method was developed. However, it was not until the Ming Dynasty that the Su Steel Method was completely mature.
There are so many technical improvements in this process. Just the construction method of the earthen blast furnace, the amount of oxygen supplied by the manual blower, and the amount of pig iron poured are enough for a layman to learn for several lifetimes.
If people who don't know how to do it try rashly, the final result will be that they can't be compared to dogs, and the steel produced will probably not be much stronger than pig iron.
So Lu Xu was happy to act like he didn't care about others stealing it, so that everyone could further witness the power of Su Gang's method with their own eyes!
Lu Xu is on the right track, but Jiang Zhengcheng is still unaware of it. Everyone who knows that Lu Xu has successfully made steel is attracted by this novel craft. As a craftsman, craftsmanship is what you eat.
Rice, now that someone dares to show off his craftsmanship to everyone, who has the heart to tip off the Jiang family.
But this gave Jiang Zhengcheng an illusion. There was no news from Lu Xu because they didn't make steel.
Thinking about this, Jiang Zhengcheng became even more excited. He mobilized all his old brothers to serve a steel ingot together. Finally, they spent a whole morning and forged countless times to refine a steel ingot of about five kilograms.
Heavy steel ingot.
After smelting the steel ingot, Jiang Zhengcheng naturally did not forget to show the power of his steel ingot in front of the only onlookers, so he also took out a knife to "test the steel."
"bite!"
It was the same crisp sound, but the difference was that the steel-testing knife did not shatter, and there was far more than just a mark on the steel ingot, but a clearly visible knife edge.
But!
Jiang Zhengcheng and the others burst into cheers!
In their opinion, they had succeeded in making steel! As for the opening on the steel ingot? It was also made of steel, and the blade was so thin. Although they did not understand the knowledge of pressure, they also knew that the knife had a certain advantage in this kind of confrontation.
So this result is already pretty good.
The steel ingot that has truly failed to be refined should be cracked inch by inch by this knife.
The blacksmiths who were watching also came up one by one to congratulate Jiang Zhengcheng.
"Master Jiang, your craftsmanship must be good!"
"Yes, you really taught us a lesson today!"
"If nothing else, I have really benefited a lot from watching you make steel today! Master Jiang."
Although everyone didn't call Jiang Zhengcheng the leader, but just called him Master Jiang, Jiang Zhengcheng felt very comfortable. Because this meant that everyone recognized the Jiang family's craftsmanship and recognized that the Jiang family was the leader in the blacksmith shop!
Jiang Zhengcheng, who thought he had consolidated his position, was naturally very proud!
At this moment, someone "accidentally" said something: "I don't know what's going on with Lu Xu?"
Jiang Zhengli immediately got off the slope and said: "Speaking of which, we will all live in Wei'anbao in the future, so we don't want to make too much trouble. Since Lu Xu hasn't made steel yet, as a senior, I will
Go give him some advice?"
All the blacksmiths immediately gathered around and flattered Jiang Zhengcheng. They either said that Jiang Zhengcheng was noble and honest, or that Jiang Zhengcheng had the air of an elder.
But in fact, everyone knew that Jiang Zhengcheng was here to show off his power. It was just because Jiang Zhengcheng was at the height of his power at this time, and no one was willing to expose him.
With everyone's support, Jiang Zhengcheng handed the steel ingot to Jiang Wenhao, and Jiang Wenhao respectfully caught the steel ingot with his hands holding a plate.
Jiang Zhengcheng deliberately put the side with the knife edge on it. This was a demonstration of the quality of their own steel. Jiang Zhengcheng believed that Lu Xu would be extremely ashamed after seeing this knife edge, and in the end he could only suffer from endless regret and resentment.
He bowed his head and admitted defeat to himself.
It was precisely based on this consideration that he became more and more arrogant on the road.
This prevented him from noticing that when he reached the perimeter of Lu Xu's side, some people looked at him very strangely.
"The chief is here!"
Someone shouted, and everyone noticed the arrival of Jiang Zhengcheng and his party.
Knowing that a good show was about to take place, everyone unconsciously gave Jiang Zhengcheng a way out.
Just as Jiang Zhengcheng was crossing the sea of people, he heard some whispers: "This time the Jiang family has suffered a big fall."
"The chief is not here to admit defeat, is he?"
"I don't think so. Look at his appearance, and look at his son. He is obviously here to demonstrate!"
"Protest? Isn't this self-defeating?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, it won't be good if others hear you."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhengcheng frowned slightly, and then he raised his head.
He doesn't believe it!
No matter what, he would never believe that Lu Xu could surpass him in steelmaking. The comments around him only showed that these ignorant people did not understand the art of steelmaking and were deceived by Lu Xu's little tricks.
"That's it! Why did you, Lu Xu, create a bunch of things that you can't understand?"
Jiang Zhengcheng sneered in his heart: "It turns out you were just preparing for a little trick! I thought you were a scholar after all, so you should be quite capable. In terms of emotions, you are just a charlatan!"
"It's a pity that you can fool these fools but you can't fool me, an expert. Let me, Jiang Zhengcheng, expose your tricks."
When Jiang Zhengcheng came to see Lu Xu's earthen blast furnace, he happened to see a pile of steel ingots stacked beside the blast furnace, and each of those steel ingots was larger than the one in his son's hand.
Now Jiang Zhengcheng sneered even more!
"Steelmaking is not like making steamed buns. How can we produce so much steel so quickly? It's just the trick of charlatans!"
Jiang Zhengcheng was thinking this in his heart, but he said with a smile: "I heard that the steelmaking here of Captain Lu is not going well? Little old man, I happened to make a steel ingot? I wonder if Captain Lu needs me, little old man?
Help?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the faces of the people around him, including Lu Xu himself, changed. The expressions on everyone's faces all expressed one meaning - Is he not a fool?