Chapter 125 The Power of Industry, Part 2

The machine didn't stop, and more than an hour passed before you knew it; the first smelting furnace was already red hot, and the iron powder had melted and reacted with the bamboo charcoal.

It wasn't until this time that the Zhang family began to throw in the spirit stone powder and started stirring.

Then, the Zhang family started the most critical operation. Four blowers began to inject air into the molten iron, and the stirring continued.

After a while, gray-brown smoke began to appear above the molten iron. The smoke seemed to be very heavy, but it was quickly taken away by the spell of the wind.

But the Zhang family's technology has improved a lot. The gray-brown smoke did not fly away, but entered the pool. A large amount of gray-brown smoke settled in the water and gradually turned dark brown.

This continued for more than half an hour, until no gray-brown smoke was produced, and the smelting furnace moved forward along the truss again; then, two more fans continued to blast into it. At this time, the air contained a strong aura, which lasted for more than half an hour, and the precious light gradually flowed above the molten iron.

A worker yells: "Casting!"

The fan was removed, the workers controlled the smelting furnace through pulleys and iron cables, and molten iron emitting precious light was poured into the mold.

After more than an hour of cooling, blocks of black iron ingots that were square and half a meter square appeared.

At this time, the iron ingot was still in a dark red hot state, but Li Yousheng and others couldn't care less, and went up to appraise it.

After a while, everyone's eyes widened: 95% purity!

Without any forging, it is 95% dark iron when it comes out of the furnace!

"No wonder the Zhang family asked us to swear that we would occupy 80% of the shares!" Li Yousheng sighed with emotion.

Feng Tai thought for a while and choked out a sentence: "Before, we were all deceived!"

Li Yousheng smiled: "It's not a lie. It can only be said that the Zhang family provided the first half of the technology, and can also directly produce 60% of the black iron. However, it is obviously not comparable to the Zhang family's current technology.

Xuantie Factory, we bet right! "

Feng Tai nodded, yes, the bet is right! When he chose Zhang Family and Xuantie Factory, it was a gamble. And now it seems that he bet right. Such a black iron factory directly throws the black iron guild several blocks away.

However, their surprise was only the beginning.

However, one furnace of molten iron was continuously poured, and as the production line gradually started to operate, one furnace of molten iron was poured every hour on average. A furnace of molten iron is three tons of black iron, 95% pure.

The production line is like a monster, it devours a huge amount of ores, spirit stones, bamboo charcoal, and even the water that drives the steam turbine, but produces pieces of exquisite black iron ingots.

Whether it is high-quality ore or low-quality ore, the production line is open to all comers!

Suddenly there was a different kind of mechanical spinning sound from the side, and when he turned his head, he saw that the workers had already started the so-called 'machine tools'.

Li Yousheng and others widened their eyes, and saw a furnace of molten iron slide along a new truss into a new factory area, and pouring began again.

This time, the molten iron was first poured into a high-temperature container. The container was sealed, and the molten iron began to flow out slowly from the bottom of the container, drawing wires. During the process of flowing out, the molten iron began to cool and a wire appeared.

Immediately, a worker pulled out the wire and wrapped it around a machine. The machine began to rotate slowly, and the molten iron flowed out under the action of gravity, entered the pool to be quenched, and was finally rolled into a coil of thin silk wire.

Then molten iron entered another container, and the container began to be cast into some precise molds under the control of workers; after cooling and quenching, helmets, breastplates, shoulder pads, etc. appeared one by one.

These items were carefully put into the machine tool by the workers, and they saw the machine tool crashing down, but when they heard a clang, they saw some lines on the parts of the armor.

Then take it out and give it to the next machine tool. After adjusting the position of the next machine tool, stamp the last part of the pattern again. Then, change to another machine tool...

After more than a dozen times, within a few minutes before and after, a helmet covered with exquisite and precise patterns appeared.

Some machines are responsible for helmets, some for breastplates, some for back armor, some for shoulder pads, and so on.

Li Yousheng and others saw that these machine tools were like a stamp, and a set of magic weapon embryos were 'printed' after a few clicks.

"Gudong..." Li Yousheng swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and he suddenly realized that his past life had been wasted.

Perhaps these machines do not have the dexterity of a cultivator, nor the mystery of a magic weapon, but these seemingly bulky machines are producing semi-finished magic weapon embryos at an unprecedented speed.

The roar of the machine, the power of industry is revealed little by little, and it is also changing the thinking of Li Yousheng and others little by little. The production method in front of them has completely subverted their imagination.

It wasn't until the sun rose that everyone slowly woke up from the surprise.

A new era seems to be gaining ground a little bit.

Zhang Shengye came to the crowd and said softly, "How about it, do you have any questions about Zhang's family holding 80% of the shares?"

Li Yousheng opened his mouth, and finally he was full of emotion: "It's amazing, no wonder the Zhang family has such a huge production capacity, no wonder it has to use Luanci Mountain."

Zhang Shengye smiled proudly: "The Zhang family doesn't have enough hands. Let's choose clever ones from your own homes and come to learn. We will expand the new factory after everyone is familiar with our production process and technology.

Hopefully, after two months, everything will be on the right track. Our goal is to produce black iron... 10,000 tons! "

"Ah..." Many people were startled by Zhang Shengye's tone.

Zhang Shengye walked out with his hands behind his back and his head held high: "It's only 10,000 tons, is that much?"

It wasn't until Zhang Shengye left that everyone looked at each other and saw the shock in their eyes.

Yes, 10,000 tons of black iron is produced daily, is that much? Judging from the current production line, about 3 tons can be produced in one hour, and the production line in one regulation can produce 120 tons a day...

At this moment, Zhang Hao spoke again, but not to Li Yousheng and others, but to the workers of the Zhang family: "Okay, the demonstration is over. You should adjust the production line carefully and try to double the production efficiency. "

"Yes."

Li Yousheng grabbed Zhang Hao in surprise: "Nephew, can this production efficiency be doubled?"

"Yes. The main reason is that the raw materials can't keep up. The mining speed, spirit stones, charcoal, etc. all restrict the production efficiency. If these can be solved, the production efficiency will not be a problem.

Also, because of the demonstration just now, the production line has done a lot of division of labor, which has virtually reduced efficiency. When the scale is expanded in the future, each production line only does one thing, and the efficiency may be improved a lot. "

After speaking, Zhang Hao left. Because Zhang Hao has more important things to do, that is... go home and cook steel!

Although Zhang Hao had the title of vice president, but the Xuantie factory was finally on the right track, Zhang Hao began to care about his own situation. In particular, the war in the east is becoming more and more unfavorable, which makes Zhang Hao feel a little bit of urgency.

It is because the eastern trade route is almost cut off, and the price of western medicine pills is rising steadily. This anxiety is brewing throughout the West. I am afraid that the time left for the Zhang family is running out.

The plan of the great voyage must be accelerated.

It's just that Zhang Hao doesn't know yet, the current Qixia Kingdom is already in a mess.

As soon as Ouyang Si returned to the imperial capital, he was stunned by the chaos in the imperial capital.

Just at this time, an envoy from the Kingdom of Jinyang came, bringing shocking news!