Daqin: Selling elves at the beginning, Zulong begged me to supervise the country

"Your Majesty, what do you think of iron as compared to copper?"

"In terms of hardness, copper is far inferior to iron. It's a pity..."

The First Emperor couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

Da Qin's iron-making skills are really not worth mentioning.

If iron weapons can be used in the army, why should Qin be afraid of the Huns?Why fear the world?

There was not much joy in seeing the First Emperor, but instead a bit of helplessness.

Ye Chen's thoughts changed.

Don't you know how to make iron?Shouldn't it?

"What's a pity? Can't make iron?"

Ye Chen recalled the development history of iron smelting in ancient times.

It stands to reason that blowers have already appeared in this period, which can melt ore into liquid and cast utensils.

It was even possible to make steel in the Spring and Autumn Period. Ganjiang Moye Sword was made of steel made by heating an iron block and repeatedly hammering it to carburize it.

By the Warring States Period, iron products had been widely used in agricultural tools and weapons.

I’ve seen a lot of them in museums in my previous life!

After the visit, he wrote a [-]-word essay, and he definitely remembered it correctly.

Strangely enough, in the past few months since I came to Qin Dynasty, I have met a lot of people.

Most of the weapons used are made of bronze, and those made of iron are rare.

"As Brother Chen expected, we, Da Qin, have indeed not mastered the art of iron smelting."

"It's not that I can't do it at all. It's just that it takes more than a month to create a sharp weapon. The output is low and the cost is high. It is really difficult to popularize it."

The First Emperor shook his head as he spoke.

Fortunately, Da Qin has perfectly mastered the essence of bronze casting, and the hardness can be adjusted by adding tin during casting.

Da Qin's craftsmen have mastered this skill, allowing the Qin sword's length, hardness and toughness to reach almost the ultimate level.

His King Qin sword is a bronze sword, and it is also the best in the world!

As the saying goes, one inch is longer and one inch is stronger. Other countries simply cannot make such long bronze swords.

Although the sword was too long and could not be pulled out, so the thief Jing Ke forced him to run around for several times.

But I cut off Jing Ke's left leg with just one blow, which shows how sharp my Great Qin's bronze sword is!

"More than a month? Da Qin's is still at the block refining stage?"

"What is block refining?"

Ye Chen's voice brought the First Emperor back from that shameful memory.

He thought about it carefully, but he didn't understand what the block refining method Ye Chen was referring to.

But Brother Chen’s reaction clearly involves ironmaking.

He would no longer hide his clumsiness, if he could learn a thing or two from Brother Chen.

Then my Da Qin’s force value will be greatly increased!

"The block refining method is what is called striking while the iron is hot."

"The iron ore is heated in a furnace, and after it is taken out, several shirtless men beat it there."

Ye Chen recalled the scene in the blacksmith shop on TV.

"Indeed, the toughness and hardness of the weapons after repeated beatings are excellent."

Da Qin's iron-making method is not much different from what Ye Chen said, except that he is shirtless or not.

"dream!"

Ye Chen nodded to Meng Meng and then threw the iron ore in his hand into the air.

Wang Ben on the side was squatting at the entrance of the tunnel, waiting for the big rock snake.

Anyway, it was not his turn to interrupt when His Majesty was talking to Marquis Wu An.

But I still glance at the situation here from time to time.

He was afraid that His Majesty would punish him.

As soon as he looked back, he saw Ye Chen throwing the stone at Meng Meng.

"If Marquis Wu An dislikes Huan Meng, I will help you raise him."

Wasn't it because he was hit by Mew just now and missed again?

How can you hit a child with a rock? It's so stingy.

He shouted as he ran over and was about to reach out to catch the stone.

Suddenly a dazzling red flashed before his eyes.

The stone turned into a crimson liquid and fell to the ground with a sizzling sound.

The heat wave scared him so much that he quickly took his hand back.

"Holy crap! Dream, can you breathe fire?"

Wang Ben was just amazed. There were so many dream meetings, and he was already used to it.

He is now interested in this petrifying liquid.

Picking up a branch, he poked at something that had faded from red to pitch black.

Hard?It solidified so quickly?

Wang Ben touched it tentatively.

hiss!

hot--

"Your Majesty, is this iron? Is it iron ore?"

Wang Ben looked at the two of them in surprise. Most of the iron ore originated from the original eastern countries, especially the original territories of Chu and South Korea.

Great Qin rarely produces iron, but now there is no Chu State and South Korea, and all iron ore mines belong to Great Qin.

This place has been owned by the Qin Dynasty for hundreds of years, but no iron ore has been discovered.

"Yes."

The First Emperor picked up the piece of iron and looked at it twice before shaking his head.

"Brother Chen, wait and see."

He threw the iron block, drew out his long sword and stabbed it in the air. The iron block broke into three pieces under the fierce sword wind.

"Using Pokémon to make iron can indeed greatly increase production."

"However, although weapons cast directly with molten iron are hard, their toughness is poor and they are brittle and easy to break."

"Chu and Han are really good at hiding." Wang Ben muttered dissatisfiedly beside him.