But waste is waste, Li Muyun still didn't throw away the iron lump after all, and after a long time, he didn't change his mind in the end, and continued to refine it in the original way.
Li Yuan and Yu Zhining, the two old guys, didn't know much about technology, and when they saw that he didn't repent, they let him go.
As time passed, the molten iron gradually solidified into a huge piece of iron, which was dug out of the ground by the workers and lifted aside, while the molten iron flowed out of the small blast furnace again, in the newly vacated container.
In this way, a day later, four large and stupid iron lumps were smelted out and placed in the open space on the side, and the workers were already familiar with how to use the blast furnace to make iron, and Li Muyun and Wang Jie had a chance to leave the blast furnace that could almost roast the dead.
"Mu Yun, how can you get this thing too big" Fang Yizhi obviously realized something, pulled Li Muyun over and whispered.
"I'll see for a while, if my guess is correct, what I'll come out of this time should just be some pig iron, this thing is very brittle, and it should be able to be smashed with a sledgehammer."
Li Muyun blinked, looked at the two old men who were still watching the excitement by the river, and felt unhappy in his heart.
"This thing can be smashed open, this is iron" Fang Yizhi didn't know that Li Muyun had been reminded by the two old men during the day, and when he heard him smash it, he asked in disbelief.
"You'll know if you can try it or not."
While speaking, Li Muyun picked up the sledgehammer Why does there have a sledgehammer, and regardless of the hot feet, he jumped on the iron block that had just been carried over.
With a "bang", the hammer smashed on the iron lump, Li Muyun only felt that his hands were numb for a while, but he didn't pay attention to the top of his hands at all, but looked down at the place where the hammer had just touched the iron lump.
Sure enough, the pig iron thing is brittle, and there is a trace of crack under the hammer, which is enough to show that his previous idea is right, and it also proves that it is not okay to be lazy.
As the so-called blast furnace iron-making, open-hearth steelmaking, Li Muyun originally wanted to try whether it could be made of steel under the shortcut, but now at a glance, it seems that it is impossible, and the construction of the open-hearth furnace seems to be on the agenda.
Just thinking about it, Li Muyun only felt that there was an extra shadow around him, and then he heard the voice of the fat man: "Uncle, it's really smashed, is this thing still steel?"
"This should be pig iron, not steel, steel won't be so brittle" Although Blacksmith Zhong is not a master craftsman, he still has some basic knowledge of blacksmithing, so he has a judgment after just looking at it.
"It's not Gangna, then we're not working in vain," the fat man muttered.
"That's not it, even pig iron has the use of pig iron, as far as I know, even pig iron in our Datang does not have such a large output."
Fang Yi stood to the side, pinched his chin and frowned.
Originally, he also thought that this furnace was made of steel, but now he was a little disappointed to see that it was pig iron.
However, in the end, he is the son of Lao Fang, and he still knows some of the situation of Datang, and knows that Datang's annual iron output is actually only about one million catties.
If the current speed of iron production is carried out, it is not actually a failure, at most it has not reached the desired level.
"Now the problem is not here, but that we don't have enough raw materials now."
Li Muyun jumped down from the iron lump, interrupted everyone's discussion, and turned his attention to Wang Jie by the way.
"Look at what I'm doing, I didn't dig up the ore."
Wang Jie instinctively felt that something was wrong, but as soon as he explained, he was ruthlessly suppressed by Li Muyun: "The ore is not dug by you, but it belongs to your family, so it is up to you to increase the volume." ” Wang Jie's handsome face instantly turned bitter gourd color, and he said with a white face: "No, what does this have to do with me, me."
"You will definitely complete the task, go ahead" The fat man also jumped down from the iron block at this time, and patted Wang Jie on the shoulder with a grin: "No matter what, it is also the Shuozhou assassin and your uncle, this face will still be given to you." ” Wang Jie was stunned by what the fat man said, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
The goal of reconciliation with Li Muyun was achieved, and Wang Weiwei did not break his promise and re-included Wang Bodang's family in the family tree.
Although Wang Jie didn't think it was good to be a member of the Wang family, his wife Dongfang Yumei didn't think so, no matter what he said, he had to let him recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, so the Shuozhou assassin became his uncle.
But then again, it's one thing to be an uncle, it's another thing to increase the volume, in the eyes of the family, family affection and interests are definitely counted separately, even if they are brothers, they have to settle accounts, not to mention Wang Jie, a nephew.
So when Wang Jie rushed to Shuozhou and saw Wang Wei's purpose, he was immediately pushed back: "It's impossible Xiaojie, it's not that the uncle won't help you, it's really beyond the uncle's ability to do this." ” Although Wang Jie knew that the chance was not great, he was still a little puzzled after being rejected, and asked with an ugly face: "Why?"
Wang Weiwei didn't show any anger because of Wang Jie's attitude, just smiled indifferently, and then asked: "Xiaojie, you only know that the iron ore supplied to Li Muyun is from our family, but do you know where those iron ores come from?"
Wang Jie didn't speak, of course he didn't know where the ore came from, but he believed that Wang would tell him.
Sure enough, Wang Weiwei did not disappoint him, and after a short pause, he said: "Those ores are all from Lan County, Lan County in Xizhou, that is not our family's business, this has crossed the line." ” "And there is another point, your Shanyin County has absorbed a large number of people during this time, and it has attracted the joint impeachment of the surrounding eighteen prefectures, do you think that in such a situation, they will increase the supply to our Shuozhou without remembering the previous suspicions" After listening to Wang's only explanation, Wang Jie didn't know what to say for a while, if it was a matter on the Green Forest Road, he still knew a little about it, but for him, the things in the officialdom were completely ten tricks and nine tricks and no clues So this trip to Shuozhou ended in a complete failure, and Wang Jie was sent back to Shanyin County by Wang Weiwei in a gloomy manner.
And after he left, Wang Weiwei showed a strange smile on his face: "Waiting, my Wang family's things are not so easy to take, if you don't have that ability, but you will be ruined, so, show your strength, I hope you don't disappoint the old man, otherwise the old man in the clan will not be able to protect you." ”: