When the word "hundred smelting iron" came out, people were not calm and it caused quite a stir.
They were discussing in a low voice, obviously they had all heard of this term.
Someone spoke up, his tone full of disbelief.
"The swords made of Bailian Iron can cut iron like clay.
I thought it was just in legends, but now I finally see Bailian Iron with my own eyes."
When two armies are fighting, if they are evenly matched, the side with sophisticated weapons and equipment must have an overwhelming advantage.
It's like a shotgun versus a cannon.
Unless you're lucky, it's difficult to improve your winning rate, and you'll lose nine times out of ten.
Another person added: "One of the special things about Bailian Iron is that it doesn't rust easily."
"No, every one is hard-won, and the requirements for craftsmen are very high."
"It is basically impossible for inexperienced craftsmen to create a piece of smelted iron."
"This smelting of iron is only the first step.
The next step is to test the level.
How difficult is it to make a sword or a sword from such a divine creature."
"I have only reached the level of Five Refinements and Hundred Refinements at most.
It's scary to think about it.
How strong you have to be depends on your patience and skills."
Someone said: "It is said that the famous craftsman Pu Yuan only needs seventy-two refinements to make the top blade."
According to legend, Pu Yuan was an expert in sword-making skills during the Three Kingdoms.
Once a person became famous, his greatness would be spread throughout the world.
According to legend, the sword Pu Yuan once made for Liu Bei had "Seventy-two Refinements" engraved on it, which was probably the highest level at that time. .
There must be a lot of time spent behind it.
"Pu Yuan is a master-level existence."
On the other hand, it proves that the technology at that time was really backward.
A good steel knife can actually cause a sensation.
You must know that there are so many such knives in modern times, and Qing Cang also has a military knife on his body.
The quality is really inferior.
Gotta say.
"Bailian Tie's mastery of the Fire Lord has to be as good as fire.
It's too difficult for us, and we may be defeated."
"Even my master can't reach this level, so it must be a product of the grandmaster level."
"The Commander actually has such a magical object in his hands."
Qingcang also knew that the refining process of such a good thing would have been very long in this era, but it would not be surprising if he knew its principle.
He asked: "Tell me how this iron is made."
Xu Dezhi returned the AK47 to Qingcang, fearing that it would be damaged.
He said: "After the iron ore is mined and smelted, the impurities can be removed and turned into pig iron.
The iron at this time is very brittle because there are too many impurities and it is impure.
So I have to pass it again The furnace is burned again to remove the impurities, and the calcining is called one refining.
The so-called "hundred refining" means calcining more than a hundred times until the weight is no longer reduced.
At this time, the iron produced is cast into weapons, and with excellent quenching, it can achieve The effect of cutting iron like mud.”
When he said this, Qingcang knew that he was talking about the process of steelmaking.
His AK47 is not entirely made of steel.
His weapon has been upgraded and made of alloy.
Its performance in all aspects has been improved by more than one level.
However, the magazine is made of steel.
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One hundred calcinations will take a lot of time just in terms of time, and you have to be very careful because you might mess it up.
The bottom line is that the carbon content in the iron is continuously burned away.
Xu Dezhi also mentioned the concept of quenching.
The so-called "quenching" means to first put the beaten steel knife on the fire to make it red, and then immediately put it into cold water and properly dip it to let it cool down suddenly.
Repeat this several times, and the steel knife will become tough and elastic.
"You must also know that our weapons have a very high damage rate.
Can you analyze the reason?"
"Commander, although I know about the hundred-refined iron, my strength is not enough to refining it a hundred times, at most nine refinings, and the level of the blacksmiths here varies.
Some people have difficulty reaching the fifth refining, and it is inevitable that there will be some defective products.
Moreover, if you want to produce so many weapons in a short time, the quality cannot be guaranteed, so there is still not enough time.”
This explains why the damage rate is high.
Reasons such as too high impurities and excessive carbon content directly lead to excessively high defective products.
At this point, Qingcang understood that everything was based on method.
If he could find a way to mass-produce hundreds of smelted iron, then this problem would be easily solved.
When Qing Cang was in military school, he had conducted in-depth research on sabers.
He had also read about ancient steel-making methods in an ancient book.
That is steel frying.
The principle is still the same, which is to reduce the carbon content in the iron.
The difference from iron smelting is that it injects oxygen to combine with the carbon in the iron to control the carbon content.
This set of principles will only be widely used in a few years.
This will greatly improve efficiency, steel production, and quality.
"Captain Wang, is this what happened?"
"Commander, yes, I am struggling to find a more advanced smelting method.
That's why I asked you, Commander, to discuss a solution together."
If there is something that the blacksmith cannot do, then it is even more impossible for Wang Zongwei to do it, and he is not to blame for this.
He makes decisions directly.
"Xu Dezhi, prepare ten furnaces, and assign two good hands to each furnace to guard the furnace, melt the pig iron inside, and then get ten blowers."
Xu Dezhi didn't quite understand Qingcang's purpose of doing this, but he didn't dare to ask, so he had to do it.
Qingcang didn't know how to explain it, and even if he did, they didn't understand it.
This involves some chemical reactions, how oxygen combines with carbon to form carbon dioxide or carbon monoxide, and of course, there are other things like sulfides in pig iron.
After Xu Dezhi left the arrangement, he said to Wang Zongwei beside him: "Captain Wang, go and call ten people over and bring over ten-man hourglasses."
Hourglasses were used for timekeeping in ancient times.
They did not have anything like watches, so they could only calculate time through things like hourglasses.
"Yes, Commander" Wang Zongwei's expression was relaxed at this time.
Qingcang's behavior must have made sense, and it also sent a signal that the matter was about to be resolved.
He will have more time to deal with other things and no longer worry about weapons.
Qing Cang arranged the work of the people below in an orderly manner.
The expressions of these blacksmiths were dull, thinking in their hearts, what on earth is the commander doing?
The blower hourglass needs ten people to come over.
Smelting is an extremely time-consuming task.
Now that Qing Cang is here, he has no intention of leaving soon.
It takes a long time for pig iron to be re-melted.
People in this era had long replaced charcoal with coal for high-temperature calcination.
He asked his men to set up a tent at the door and wait inside because the temperature inside was too high.
About an hour later, Xu Dezhi led a dozen people and brought ten blowers to Qing Cang.
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And brought dozens of pottery cylinders.
These are what Qingcang asked them to take.
At the same time, the people led by Wang Zongwei were fully in place.
Just wait and see how Qing Cang arranges it.
"Commander, please make arrangements."
Everyone focused their attention on Qingcang, just to see how he would arrange it.
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