The world's first county magistrate

Chapter 90 Start Steelmaking

The blacksmith's actions instantly confused the other blacksmiths.

What's happening here?
Could it be... what the county magistrate gave is true?

Seeing the expression of the kneeling blacksmith, the small thoughts of the other blacksmiths became active.

If not true, why is he so?

Even if you want to flatter an adult, you don't have to do this, do you?
Thinking of this, the other blacksmiths became excited.

They are very curious about this steelmaking method now.

Song Wei looked at the kneeling servant and smiled.

To be honest, he didn't expect the blacksmith to kneel directly.

"Please hurry up, you will all belong to the official in the future, so you don't have to be so polite."

Song Wei said quickly.

"Yes!"

The kneeling blacksmith responded and stood up.

But he still held the method of frying steel tightly in his hands and was not willing to let go at all.

From here, we can see the importance of the method of frying steel. The blacksmith has already smelted an unknown amount of iron, so he can naturally see the way in the book.

This method of frying steel is simply a god to him.

He looked at the person next to him, and handed it to the second person with some reluctance.

The second person couldn't wait a long time ago, especially after seeing the performance of the blacksmith, his heart was itchy.

No, as soon as I got the steel frying method in my hand, I couldn't wait to open it.

When he saw the content, he finally understood how excited the first blacksmith would be.

Because his pupils are also dilated now, and his face is full of shock.

After a long time, he closed the book.

He knelt on the ground with a "bang" sound.

"My lord, this steel-making method is like a god, but my lord never gave it to us. The grass-roots people will definitely live up to your good intentions!"

The second blacksmith raised his voice.

Song Wei didn't know how important this method of steelmaking is to these blacksmiths or to this world until now.

But Song Wei had been prepared for a long time, and after the second blacksmith finished speaking, he quickly asked him to stand up.

Then the second blacksmith passed the method of frying steel to the third person.

As expected, the third blacksmith remained the same.

Dilated pupils and a face full of shock have become standard after seeing the steel frying method.

Still kneeling down as before, Song Wei asked him to stand up.

Now the people behind were even more curious about the method of making steel.

If one person is equally likely to be fake, but everyone who has seen it so far is the same, isn't this impossible?
Their eyes were fixed on the method of frying steel, and they were silently chanting "Faster, faster!"

And when they saw the method of frying steel, without exception, they were all shocked.

This iron smelting can still be smelted like this?
This was their unified thought. When they finished reading the method of frying steel, the shock in their hearts could no longer be stopped.

Kneel down and swear to follow Song Wei to the death, and you will be Song Wei's man from now on.

Song Wei has long been numb to these.

In his mind, he was like a person who had not yet seen the steel-frying method.It's all "faster, faster!".

Song Wei really wanted to end this boring act as soon as possible. After all his prayers, all the blacksmiths finally finished observing the method of frying steel.

Moreover, all the blacksmiths have surrendered to Song Wei.

After Song Wei asked the last person to stand up, he waved his hand.

"From today onwards, your task is to smelt steel. I have prepared a large amount of iron for you, which is enough for you to try."

"You can leave now. A government officer will take you to a designated place to make iron later. However, you don't need to worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation. I will provide it for you."

Song Wei said to everyone.

"Yes, my lord!"

All the blacksmiths said in unison.

After seeing the method of frying steel, they all couldn't wait to try it.

After looking at all the yamen servants at last, Song Wei waved his hand and said to the yamen servant next to him, "Take them away, and you must keep them secret. If the steel is really refined, it will cause a fire if others find out." Bloody."

"By the way, the coal and iron will be transported there secretly."

"Yes!"

The yamen servant and the blacksmiths said together.

As blacksmiths, they naturally knew what would happen if this method of frying steel was revealed.

So they have already planned in the bottom of their hearts that only a few of them will know about this method of frying steel.

And what is the coal that Song Wei mentioned at the end?

They didn't know, because Song Wei didn't introduce coal to them.

This is not Song Wei's negligence, but that he wants to start steelmaking tomorrow.

When the time comes he will show the magic of coal again.

The yamen servants and blacksmiths left, and Song Wei also yawned slowly.

Went back to the room to rest.

There was nothing to say all night, and it was the next day in a blink of an eye.

After taking a rest, Song Wei became full of energy.

And he also secretly went to the place where steel was made.

The steelmaking place is also in a hidden place in the city.

Of course, like the place where the stove was made, it was transformed into a secret workshop.

All this was due to Jiang Zheng, and Song Wei did not expect that Jiang Zheng would sell salt so quickly.

The inventory of Songwei Salt Mine was purchased by Jiang Zheng in just a few days.

Moreover, more than [-]% of the salt produced in salt mines is now transported to Yushan County.

This also brought Song Wei a lot of money.

So Song Wei directly contracted two places, and then transformed them into his own secret workshop.

The characteristics of the rich are clearly displayed.

But Song Wei didn't think there was anything wrong, the money was earned for spending.

And the wealth that Jiang Zheng brought him was more than that.

When they came to the door of the other courtyard, a yamen servant went up and knocked on the door.

The door opened shortly after.

The one who opened the door was also a yamen servant. Seeing that it was Song Wei coming, he quickly led Song Wei into the other courtyard.

The blacksmiths lived here, so it was convenient for the government officials to notify all the blacksmiths.

After the blacksmiths arrived, Song Wei said: "From today on, you will start to make steel. There is not much time left for you. You must make the steel as soon as possible."

"In order to make steelmaking more convenient for you, I will also let you take a look at your steelmaking tools today."

After Song Wei finished speaking, he turned around and walked in one direction.

After listening to Song Wei's words, the blacksmiths were curious again.

Originally, it would have been great if Song Wei could give them the method of frying steel, but now that he has tools for making steel, how could it be so bad?
Hastily followed Song Wei's footsteps, looking forward to it.

Song Wei came to the door of a room, opened the door, and did not go in.

Because the huge stove can be seen from the outside, but this stove is different from the previous one.

This furnace is a high-temperature furnace heated by iron smelting.

Seeing these blacksmiths, they are confused. What is this?
Why have I never seen it before?

Then Song Wei said: "This is the furnace you use for making iron. It can heat the iron better."

Then Song Wei walked into the room, and a lot of coal had been put in the stove.

Following the previous steps to ignite the coal, Song Wei explained: "This is called coal. It can burn for a long time and can better replace the charcoal you used before."

Soon after, the temperature began to rise.

The blacksmiths were all shocked, this thing is so amazing!
So much better than what they used before.

Afterwards, their expressions were happy. Wouldn't it be easy to refine steel if they had some?

(End of this chapter)