Chapter 023: Imbuing Steel, Divine Weapon!
Chen Ye drank a little too much last night. When the next day broke, he was still in a daze.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door. Immediately, someone shouted,"Chief, Zhu Hong asked me to report to you that the weapon has been forged.”
Who was Zhu Hong?
Chen Ye's first reaction was that he didn't know her.
Then, he remembered.
Isn't Zhu Hong that blacksmith? He was the one who accidentally discovered the iron mine in Liangshan.
Chen Ye had even given him the title of team leader.
Now, he was in charge of Liangshan's smelting industry.
As he thought of this, he sat up.
"Could it be that a weapon has been produced?"
He got up and quickly put on his clothes. Then, he went to the Liangshan smelting factory with the minions outside the door. The smelting factory was actually on Tiger Head Mountain, but it was all in the Liangshan River. It didn't take long for Chen Ye to arrive.
Zhu Hong was already waiting at the door. When he saw Chen Ye from afar, he said excitedly,"Chief, we succeeded, we succeeded. We forged the weapon you wanted.”
"Really?"
Chen Ye was delighted.
In fact, a few days ago, Zhu Hong had forged a batch of weapons. There were not many of them, only a dozen or so. They could be considered samples. However, after Chen Ye saw them, he shook his head.
It wasn't that Zhu Hong didn't forge it well, but that it didn't meet his requirements.
He had personally learned about the weapons of this era. He had also talked to blacksmiths like Zhu Hong, as well as weapon-wielding experts like Chong Lin. Until this day and age, the best weapons were generally made of "Hundred Refined Steel".
The so-called Hundred Refined Steel was made by repeatedly folding and forging fried steel.
To put it simply, if two red-hot steel pieces were used, folded and forged 10 times, they would obtain 1024 layers of steel.
Through folding and forging, the impurities and excessive carbon in the steel could also be removed, increasing the elasticity and toughness of the steel.
The more times it was forged, the more uniform the carbon content of the blade embryo would be, and the finer the iron crystals would be. In the end, the blade embryo would be forged into thousands of layers, giving the blade a strong toughness.
In fact, the quality of the steel needed to be dense and uniform.
This effect could be achieved through Hundred Refinement.
However, this kind of steel-making technique had extremely high requirements for the craftsman. It required an experienced craftsman to accurately adjust the changes in the strength of each hammer.
And in this era, those treasured swords were the best of the best!
However, although this Hundred Refined Steel was good, it was still far from the quality of modern steel.
Therefore, ancient divine weapons were not as sharp as modern steel.
Some divine weapons were said to be able to cut through gold and jade, not because they were sharper than the ones in the present, but because ancient gold and jade were very brittle. In fact, their hardness might not even be as good as modern kitchen knives.
Therefore, Chen Ye had Zhu Hong and his men abandon the forging method of "Hundred Steels of Steel".
After exchanging it from the system, he directly chose [Steel Imbuing].
The steel formed by pouring steel could basically be close to the steel used in modern times.
It could be said that once this technology fully matured, Chen Ye would be able to apply it in many ways.
"Chief, we forged more than ten weapons overnight. Please take a look.”
Zhu Hong had been working hard these days. His eyes were dark, but his eyes were full of vigor. It was obvious that he was very satisfied with this batch of newly forged weapons.
Chen Ye patted him on the shoulder and said,"If I test it and it's very successful, I'll give you a big reward."”
As he said this, Zhu Hong had already made him excitedly carry those weapons over.
The first was a saber.
The moment the saber was unsheathed, a dazzling green light and cold air invaded everyone.
The shining blade emitted a truly cold aura.
"Good saber!" Chen Ye's eyes lit up.
Zhu Hong couldn't help but straighten his back after receiving Chen Ye's praise.
Then, he quickly took out his second weapon.
The second weapon was a 18-foot-long spear.
Seeing this, Chen Ye knew that it was specially made for Lin Chong.
He had personally arranged this.
He remembered that Chong Lin's nickname was Little Zhang Fei, because he and Zhang Fei both used a long spear.
However, due to the government's control of weapons, there was no suitable spear on Liangshan. Therefore, Lin Chong had always been allowed to use the flower spear.
However, he remembered this matter.
He instructed them to forge a 18-foot-long spear as soon as the smelting process was stable and they could forge a sufficiently excellent weapon.
The 18-foot-long spear in front of him was completely black and emitted a faint cold light. There was actually no gap between the spear shaft and the spearhead.
It was made of a whole piece of steel.
This was something.
The so-called 18-foot-long spear was also a 18-foot-long steel spear. The spear was usually forged from 100-grade steel, but the shaft was not made of metal. Instead, it was made of plants with relatively strong toughness, such as white ash, Chinese wood, jujube wood, and so on.
This was to prevent the spear shaft from being too long and breaking.
But now, it was completely made of metal!
However, it was unusually sturdy and flexible to a certain extent. It was obviously the result of the rapid advancement of steel technology.
Chen Ye held it in his hand. It still felt heavy and very handy.
"Good spear!" he couldn't help but shout.
Next, Zhu Hong took out the other weapons he had forged. There were thirteen weapons in total. Unfortunately, three of them were flawed, and one was damaged. The other nine were perfect and could be called divine weapons.
"Zhu Hong, you've made a great contribution to Liang Shan this time!”
I'll reward you with five hundred taels of silver."
"The first batch of newly built houses on Liangshan will be completed soon. I'll reward you with a small courtyard.”
Zhu Hong was stunned for a moment and immediately knelt down to thank him."Thank you, Chief. Thank you, Chief.”
Chen Ye helped him up and smiled." Don't be happy too early. I still have a mission for you."”
"Next, I will give you money and enough manpower. I will give you as much as you want.”
"However, I have a request. Within three months, every soldier on Liangshan must at least have this weapon.”
"Chief, there's no need for three months. As long as we have the manpower, a month will do."”
"You know my method of pouring steel. It uses pig iron and wrought iron as raw materials, heating them up and smelting them into steel. This method is much simpler and better than hundred steel.”
"Alright, I'll see the results in a month.”
After giving Zhu Hong a few more words of encouragement, Chen Ye had people carry the nine finished products back to the main peak of Liangshan. Just as he arrived at the Hall of Righteousness, Lin Chong, Song Wan, and Du Qian arrived.
The three of them each had a saber strapped to their waists. They were rather eye-catching as they swaggered in.
"Brother, what do you think of my saber?”
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