Iron ore, in any era, is the most important weapon of the country.
In times of peace, iron ore can be used to cast agricultural tools and instruments, and in times of war, iron ore represents a pair of blades and a pair of armor, and iron ore represents real wealth for people in troubled times.
This iron mine can raise thousands of people in captivity and be rich, so that it has no intention of going down the mountain, which shows its value.
Such a valuable thing is naturally very important to Cao Chong.
First, iron ore has profitable sales, and second, iron ore can cast shell weapons for itself.
Although Cao Chong is not very bad for money, but a large amount of fine iron, Cao Chong is actually not easy to buy, once he buys too much, it is not out of thin air by some people who have a heart to conjecture When Cao Chong got the news of Cao Ren's defeat, he was already planning to go to the battlefield.
The throne of the prince during the war period did not come by a few poems, not by Cao Cao's love, but by military merits and the support of soldiers Cao Chong leaned down, picked up a mined iron ore, and put it in front of him to look at it carefully.
Any ore that contains an economically usable element of iron is called iron ore.
There are many types of iron ore, and the main ones used for ironmaking are magnetite {Fe3O4}, hematite {Fe2O3} and siderite {Fe3}.
The piece of iron ore in Cao Chong's hand is hematite, it is about the size of a fist, and the ore has a red color on it, and there is a cool feeling when rubbed against it.
Cao Chong held the stone in his hand and weighed it, but his eyes were aimed around.
Iron ore and iron are two different concepts, the former is just ore, but the latter can be used to forge blades.
Like the fist-sized piece of iron ore in Cao Chong's hand, Cao Chong doesn't know if it can be trained to produce a thick iron covered with a fingernail.
This gang of bandits, if they only sell iron ore, the profit is too small, but if they sell iron ore, they will be very profitable.
Cao Chong looked around to see if there was an iron-making workshop, but to Cao Chong's disappointment, he didn't see this workshop.
Cao Chong has a rough understanding of ancient ironmaking, and of course, he is naturally more aware of modern ironmaking.
The process of refining metallic iron from iron-bearing minerals {mainly iron oxides} mainly includes blast furnace method, direct reduction method, melt reduction method, and plasma method.
For modern China, the most important thing is the blast furnace method, which puts iron ore and coke, carbon monoxide, hydrogen and other fuels and fluxes (theoretically speaking, iron can be smelted at high temperature by mixing metals and ores with activity than iron} into a blast furnace to remove impurities and obtain metallic iron {pig iron}.
In this era of iron-making technology, Cao Chong didn't think they would use the blast furnace method, since it was not the blast furnace method, what was it Cao Chong frowned, stepped forward, Gao Yi and Zhou Dufu naturally waited for him, and tightly guarded Cao Chong.
The previous shelling seemed to have frightened the bandits' temperament, and for a long time, Cao Chong did not see a single trace of the bandits.
Cao Chong is not in a hurry to find trouble with the bandits, Cao Chong came here to train soldiers and become proficient in the use of mortars and grenades, as for whether those bandits surrender or flee, it doesn't matter.
And now, Cao Chong has also discovered an iron mine, so those bandits are not a problem.
Compared with thousands of chaotic times, naturally there is no iron ore that can continuously produce refined iron.
For about half an hour, Cao Chong took a general look at the surrounding terrain and had some understanding of the iron mine in front of him.
This iron ore is an open-pit iron ore, and it doesn't need to be mined, leaning down to check it, it is iron ore, as for whether there is iron ore in the depths, it is not in Cao Chong's care.
The open-pit iron ore alone is enough for Cao Chong, and as for the iron ore that needs to be mined, we will wait for later Stomp and tread Cao Chong walked all the way and finally saw the barberry village.
At first glance, the Funiu Village is still quite large, located on a hillside, but there is still some scale.
It's just that at this time, the barberry village is a little chaotic, with people on it and screams, but the surrounding grass and trees are scared to sway from side to side.
And the arrival of Cao Chong and his party is more like adding a basin of water to this pot of hot oil.
Bang la blah The blow stirred up a thousand waves, and after a short panic, the barberry village immediately became silent, and only a few cries seemed to be nothing, which still echoed in the village for a long time.
Cao Chong looked at Funiu Village, waved his hand, and signaled to step forward, but Gao Yi frowned, and immediately walked in front of Cao Chong.
"Childe, let Gao Yi step forward to explore the way first, and it will not be too late for Childe to do it."
Cao Chong nodded, but his eyes flickered a little, he was thinking about something.
Since there is iron ore, someone needs to mine it, and at present, the best people to mine it are naturally these bandits.
Otherwise, where else could Cao Chong find such a secret but so many slaves It must be known that although there are frequent wars in this era, and although slavery has not yet been wiped out, it is difficult to find a few slaves, hundreds or thousands of slaves.
Even if you can find it, the government will not allow you to keep slaves.
The common people, for the government, are taxes, wealth, and slaves, so they go to farm the land and dig iron mines So now, the bandits of Barberry Village suddenly became important to Cao Chong.
Soon, Gao Yi came out of the barberry village, he was covered in armor and there was no blood, which showed that there was no danger inside.
"Qiyu Gongzi, most of the bandits in the Funiu Village have fled from the Funiu Village, and only some old and weak women and children remain."
Cao Chong nodded, didn't speak, just waved his hand at Gao Yi.
Gao Yi knew what Cao Chong meant, and hurriedly turned sideways and saluted Cao Chong, while Cao Chong stepped forward and slowly entered the territory of Funiu Village.
Funiu Village is somewhat similar to Zhaoxian Village, the gate is made of soil layers, but compared to Zhaoxian Village, this Funiu Village is a little more angry.
Within this walled gate, it is where the bandits live, and to Cao Chong's surprise, the layout of this barberry village is not chaotic.
In Cao Chong's impression, the bandits' dens are like rats' nests, and they are like ordinary people.
Cao Chong sighed in his heart, he somewhat understood the bandit in front of him.
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They tell the truth, or good people, this is forced to become a thief by this world, if you don't want to live in peace, why do you need to fiddle with the layout of the village like this.
Entering the gate of Funiu Village, a group of people appeared in front of Cao Chong.
At this time, the old people walked in the front, and the women and children were cowering behind the old people, not even daring to show their faces.
Cao Chong frowned, and the two hundred tiger soldiers had already surrounded him
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