Chapter 506 Refined Iron
Qiu Tie is indeed very capable of refining weapons, but no matter how strong he is, he is the only one, and it will not play much role in the army. The army needs too many weapons, but Qiu Tie, a craftsman, cannot refine many excellent weapons at all.
Why is the combat effectiveness of the White Elephant Legion in Tianqian City so strong? It is one of the best in Chu State, among which the excellent weapons are an indispensable factor.
In order to refine excellent weapons, Tianqian City has maintained a very strong craftsman army for many years. This craftsman army's ability to refine weapons is much stronger than Qiu Tie and others.
Craftsmen like Qiu Tie know this well.
"Tianqian City..." Lin Ze's tone was filled with a hint of yearning. After Lin Ze came to Huangsha Town, he kept hearing people talking about how grand Tianqian City was and how powerful the White Elephant Legion inside was.........and so on, Lin Ze's ears were calloused when he heard these contents, so Lin Ze also wanted to see this famous Tianqian City in his heart.
"Qu Tie, don't be discouraged. I believe that your strength will definitely catch up with, or even surpass those of the craftsmen in Tianqian City!" Lin Ze encouraged Qiu Tie. He did not encourage him randomly, but he did have this idea in his heart.
Why are the craftsmen in Tianqian City so powerful? In addition to the better quality of pig iron, it is nothing more than that they have a large number of weapons to refine.
The White Elephant Legion fought against the barbarian army every year, so their weapons were consumed very much. This means that the craftsmen in Tianqian City had weapons refining all year round.
Over time, I am a novice in refining weapons and have been trained to become an elite-level craftsman.
Now Lin Ze is constantly expanding his troops, and the number of weapons needed has increased dramatically. At that time, Qiu Tie and his team would have countless weapons to build every day.
If this continues, the ordinary craftsmen under Qiu Tie will sooner or later become elite craftsmen like Qiu Tie.
As for the differences in materials, Lin Ze laughed in his heart.
Lin Ze pondered for a while, then continued, "Qu Tie, don't you know you've heard of steel?"
Qiu Tie was stunned for a moment when he heard this, then shook his head directly. Lin Ze couldn't help feeling disappointed.
However, Lin Ze soon thought that maybe the name of steel in China is different, so he quickly explained: "Qu Tie, the steel I mentioned is a kind of one with higher hardness than iron but better flexibility. Weapons made of steel are much stronger than ordinary weapons......" Lin Ze kept describing the performance of steel to Qiu Tie.
"Oh, sir, are you talking about Jing Tie?" Before Qiu Tie could answer, a team leader behind him interrupted directly.
"Spirited iron?! Yes, it is Spirited iron!" Lin Ze's eyes lit up. On earth, some places also called steel over Spirited iron in feudal society.
"Do you know Jingtien?" Lin Ze asked urgently.
At this time, Qiu Tie quickly introduced this person to Lin Ze.
"Sir, he is the leader of this iron smelting team. Shen Lian and Shen Lian, come to the front to tell you what the iron smelting looks like." Qiu Tie said to Shen Lian.
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After hearing this, Lin Ze nodded with satisfaction. He knew that steel was originally done, but this method of burning impurities in charcoal powder cannot produce extremely high-quality steel. Moreover, this ratio and the specific temperature are indeed very confidential.
Such proportions, temperature control, and addition time... etc. These secrets are extremely secrets in modern earth. If you don’t know these things, you know what material this steel is made of, and you can’t make them.
There are many such examples on modern earth.
For example, the United States has the best steel in the world. Other countries are constantly trying to imitate the high-end alloy steel produced by the United States, but so far, very few have succeeded.
With modern earthly technology, it is easy to detect the specific refining materials of the United States and fine steel. However, others know about the refining materials of this combined steel. However, it is difficult to refine the alloy materials that you can figure out.
Many countries have not been able to develop research for more than ten years. Why?
The reason is very simple. They cannot test the specific order of adding alloys. They do not know the temperature control when adding alloys. They do not know how many times these alloys need to be added, what the temperature is the addition of each time, what the number of additions is... etc. So, as long as one of these problems is not solved, this alloy steel cannot be refined.
However, among these problems, each of them is an extremely difficult problem. If you want to solve it, it is really difficult.
For example, temperature control.
In modern refining alloy steel, the temperature control is directly accurate to the tensile or even tensile. With such accurate temperature control, it is really difficult to find the temperature you are fighting for.
Therefore, the United States can safely sell their most powerful alloy steel to their allies, because the United States has no worries that its alloy steel will be copied by its allies.
The same is true for those senior craftsmen in Qingzhou who can refine refined iron. As long as they do not reveal the weight and temperature of the carbon added, they are not afraid of being learned to refine refined iron by others.
"Shen Lian, why don't you try this method? Try adding toner and refining steel by yourself?" Lin Ze said curiously.
It is indeed difficult to refine alloy steel, but it is not difficult to refine iron into steel. As long as you keep adding toner, it is actually easy to experiment.
Chapter completed!