my angel

Chapter 47

When Bai Fucheng was there, the two-person tent felt crowded, but now that no one is there, it feels so empty.

"Old Bai, are you cold?"

Tossing and turning, listening to the voice in the room was very clear.

"Hua Hua, you are heartless, and you didn't say you would come back soon."

Finally, all kinds of voices in the room, chatting, talking, and laughing, all quieted down.

Another voice sounded, the voice that seemed to be crying but not laughing, the most annoying, don't you know how to avoid it?

What about those single dogs?

Who do you think of on a lonely night?

These primitive people are so powerful, with long endurance, one after another, without stopping for half an hour.

Very clear on a quiet night.

It seems that our tribe will add a lot of newcomers next year.

Finally fell asleep in a daze.

Bai Fucheng and the others took a shortcut, crossed the frozen river, and arrived at the place with black stones that day.

Tents were set up on the leeward side of the hillside, covered with leather and piled with snow, women cooked, and men dug around.

Although it has snowed, there are still bare rocks in some places.

Bai Fucheng was also worried that, like last time, the person who exchanged coal for mutton kebabs at the rally found coal?

But that's okay, even coal is useful, especially in this cold winter.

It's not really cold yet, it's just a prelude. When it's really March [-], the door can't come out, so the cat can only stay in the house.

There is food, sleep, no food, waiting to die.It's that brutal.

It was getting dark soon, and we had nothing to gain today, so we had to wait for tomorrow.

Ten women crammed into one tent, and four others slept ten men in each tent.

I continued to search the next day, and soon found the black stone that Buick said.

Bai Fucheng held it upside down in his hand. It was heavier than ordinary stones. It was black and had a shiny cross-section. It was not coal, which was in line with the characteristics of iron ore He Qinghuan said.

Let's dig first.

With the development of the working face, Bai Fucheng discovered that this mine is an open-pit mine that can be mined, just dig directly on the ground.

When encountering a particularly large one, burn a fire on it, and then pour cold water on it, the ore shrinks sharply, and cracks appear when it clicks, and then use a lever to pry it open.

Half a large piece of small pieces, enough to carry in one day.

He Qinghuan told him that iron smelting requires crushing the ore into small pieces, so if the ore is too large to carry, it should be crushed on the spot.

The women stoned these chunks of ore when they were not cooking.

After leaving home on the third day, he had to confirm with He Qinghuan, experiment with firing, and after confirming that it was successful, establish a safe passage, and build a satellite camp here. Such an important resource must be seized.

Bai Fucheng rushed back with the warriors carrying ore and equipment on their backs.

It took a day, which is already the fastest speed.

In three days, He Qinghuan led people to build a small blast furnace, and built a charcoal kiln next to it.

Use earth and stones to build a kiln through the mountain, fill it with wood, ignite and smolder from the kiln door, so that the wood is carbonized in the kiln, and the volatiles overflow through the flue, and the rest is charcoal.

After smoldering for a certain period of time, it is taken out of the kiln while it is hot, and it is cooled naturally. There is a layer of white on the surface, so it is called white charcoal.

In the past, charcoal was used to smelt iron ore, and the pig iron smelted from charcoal and coke had different structural and mechanical properties even though the chemical composition was the same.

Pig iron smelted with charcoal generally has a fine-grained structure, tight castings, and no cracks. Pig iron produced with charcoal contains less impurities and is suitable for producing high-quality steel.

Due to its reducing properties, charcoal can be used in the metallurgical industry to reduce ore and smelt metals.

The white charcoal burned out of oak, beech and other unfinished hardwoods is resistant to burning and has a high temperature. It is not the same thing as the black charcoal that is usually put in hot pot.

In the ancient Spring and Autumn Period, charcoal was used to make iron.

The surrounding hills are overgrown with dry, fallen hardwoods that are collected to burn charcoal.

Several piles of wood were piled up in the open area of ​​the canyon. Hardwoods were put in one pile for charcoal burning, and those that could not be used for burning charcoal were piled next to the big house, near the toilet.

When you come out to go to the bathroom, bring some firewood to the big house by the way.

The warriors led by Bai Fucheng climbed up from the mountain, carrying baskets and equipment, stood on the ridge, and looked down.

There are bits and pieces of light coming out of the big house, there are children chasing and playing in the canyon, and the adults are busy

I am very relieved.

White charcoal is placed in front of the kiln.

He Qinghuan used a long hardwood stick to clamp out the charcoal that was still hot to see the color.

Because the preparatory work has been done in the early stage, stacking, ignition, heat, time, chimney, all aspects have been carefully thought out, so the charcoal burned is not as good as professional ones. It is a bit overdone, but still qualified.

Bai Fucheng and his group went down the mountain slippery and slippery. It was still evening outside the valley, and it was already dark in the valley.

He Qinghuan saw Bai Fucheng: "How is it? Did you find it?"

Bai Fucheng gave him a piece: "Look, it's a huge reserve. And it's only one day's journey away from us, but it's on the other side of the river. It's better in winter, and it's hard to harvest if it thaws."

"It's okay, when we have the tools, I'll build a big boat for you, don't be afraid."

Bai Fucheng put his arms around his waist and kissed resoundingly: "Thank you baby."

He Qinghuan looked carefully at the ore and nodded, "Yes, it's iron ore." His voice trembled with excitement.

Oh, my god, with iron ore, I have to walk sideways in primitive society.

At that moment, when everyone went back to the big house, Bai Fucheng said on the road: "This matter of iron making must be kept secret. Only a few people know about it, and no one else can come to the scene."

He Qinghuan realized that the matter of iron is like a UFO in NANSA, a level five security alert.

Some people are lively, active, and sociable. Maybe when chatting with people from other tribes, if they unconsciously say a word, they will bring endless troubles to the tribe, so what Bai Fucheng said is right.

It's not that he doesn't trust people, but that his security level is not enough.

It was immediately decided to follow the fifty people who went to mine this time, plus their families, to engage in various processes of ironmaking.

The control of the heat, the ratio of iron ore and limestone and other secrets are only given to Suzaku, Xuanwu and Xiongclaw.

As for Buick who just joined, let him be in charge of the work in the mining area.

Because he grew up in this place, he is very familiar with the surrounding environment, and the surrounding tribes also know him.

He should be the supervisor of the satellite camp in the mining area.

People at every level know about their level, and people at a higher level know about their level and the next level, and only the highest level knows the whole process.

Xiongzhuo's wife, Huanghua and Xiaohua, are sisters. They are both hardworking, down-to-earth and capable women. They will not cause trouble for their men or stir things up. This way the back house is more peaceful and the men can do things outside.

Huang Hua was breastfeeding a child, and she had another child in her stomach, and she would give birth to another child next summer.

Bearpaw is quite capable.

Instead of making him a centurion, let him be the minister of the smelting department.

After the leader's meeting was held that night, Suzaku Xuanwu and Bear Claw were left alone to hold a secret meeting.

Suzaku Xuanwu is 13 years old, the age at which he can learn everything quickly. His parents were originally the backbone of the Big Bear tribe, and Xiongzhuo, a 24-year-old young man, is in the lead. They can work for decades if they are entrusted to them.

This is the benefit of reserving young cadres. In the future, they will choose their own apprentices and take them with them.

Since it is a confidential institution, a shed must be built outside the blast furnace to prevent outsiders from seeing it.

Every process is very important.

Even if it is just a crushing workshop, it cannot be seen by others.

In this case, we will have to build a shed tomorrow.

The canyon is 2,3 meters wide and there are seven or eight miles, which is very spacious and sufficient.

The Ministry of Metallurgy first occupied 300 meters, surrounded by fences, and left a five-meter-wide road outside.

25 meters by 300 meters, 7500 square meters of smelting department.

Pile firewood area, charcoal burning kiln area, blast furnace area, sand foundry molding workshop, raw ore stacking area, so there are quite a few places.

If there is not enough space in the future, expand it further.

Do the preparatory work first, the preparation of foundry, the crushing of ore, and the construction of the working shed.

So the canyon began to be busy again.

A week later, the workshops were finally in place, and ironmaking officially started.

The fire was ignited in the morning, and it burned for a day. That night, the hot molten iron flowed into the prepared mold for foundry.

He Qinghuan's first batch of foundry molds were tools for making tools, such as axes, chisels, machetes, kitchen knives, and scissors. In terms of quantity, every warrior could be accompanied by a machete. Hunting, tree cutting, and self-defense are all good weapons.

It is a mold turned with a Swiss army knife, so that everyone does not have to envy the patriarch, and everyone has one.

After 300 sabers were made, the molten iron was almost used up, and the rest were first cast into axes and kitchen knives for the women.

There are only a few handfuls, use them first, it doesn't take so much effort to cut bacon.

After a really busy night, the next morning, Bai Fucheng held another thank you meeting.

"Do you know what this is?"

"I know, this is the knife given to you by God Envoy."

"Okay, look here!"

Wow, a bunch of knives wrapped in animal skins fell to the ground, "One for each."