Chapter 234: The forging machine is finally reliable

That crazy wind forging machine can finally work stably. While continuously strengthening the strength of each component, the biggest secret of its success is to make the forging hammer smaller.
When Uncle Zhou originally designed, he was thinking about those super-large forging machines with tens of thousands of tons of forging capacity. When he wanted to come, it would be an exaggeration to make tens of thousands of tons by himself, but if it was too small, it would lose face.
At first, it was envisaged to get a 500-kilogram forge hammer. Uncle He couldn't make such a large structure at all, so he could only build 70-kilograms. In this way, he felt very wronged and humiliated him.
But Uncle Zhou knew nothing about material mechanics and structural mechanics, so he took pictures of cats and tigers to draw design drawings. It was this 70-kilogram forging hammer that would have ruined a ticket for humans and dwarf blacksmiths.
Everyone feels that the principle is good, but reliability is not. All the imaginable tricks are exhausted, and the blacksmiths are desperate at last. An apprentice opens his mouth and wants to make the forge hammer smaller?
Wonderful!
The blacksmiths ‘dead horses are live horse doctors’ and reduced the weight of the forging hammer to thirty kilograms. This weight can be lifted twice by ordinary people. Everyone dare not tell Zhou Qingfeng about this change, for fear that this unbelievably uncle is angry.
With this small change, the wind forging machine has finally fallen apart. It can work endlessly driven by the windmill's chain, repeatedly forging the red hot strip of iron. Under the sputtered sparks, the iron material has been steadily improved in quality.
The forging ability is small, but it can work stably. High-quality steel that could only be produced by a master blacksmith repeatedly for several days is now flowing out of the forging machine like a sausage.
Although there is still some carbon content, what crystal structure, and what are the problems of heat treatment that need to be improved, this step out of the Harmony Village forging plant is undoubtedly a big step in smelting technology, which saves a lot of manpower and greatly reduces the technical requirements of blacksmiths.
In order to pay a high salary, the gray short artificial head worked hard to realize the forging machine envisaged by Zhou Qingfeng. When he first saw this machine, he thought that he must learn the essence of this thing, and then bring the thing to his tribe.
With this kind of machinery, the gray dwarves who are good at forging can certainly be favored by the gods, and have never become stronger and more powerful. But now the foreman is extremely frustrated and terrified.
A dwarf needs decades of tempering to identify minerals, grasp the heat, control the intensity, and accumulate rich experience to become a master blacksmith.
But after the wind forging machine is built, any apprentice can make good iron. It doesn't take decades, just a few days is enough to turn the forging with iron pliers, remember how many times it is necessary to forge, how hard is this?
"Will our dwarves be finished in the future?" The gray dwarf artificial head sat at the gate of the forge and asked Zhou Qingfeng: "With this machine, who would want us to make iron? Can we still be blacksmiths?"
It is an inevitable fact that technological progress is always eliminating backward crafts and types of work. For this bearded gray dwarf, Zhou Qingfeng can experience the gloom of his mood. So he sat down and asked, "What's your name?"
"My name is Bruno, and I am from the Rockfang tribe. Of course, you do n’t know what Rockfang tribe. My hometown is in a dark area, and my tribe is a slave to the dark elves. I escaped from the ground and walked a long way to Here."
"Bruno." Zhou Qingfeng patted the gray dwarf's wide shoulders. "I heard that your people are very cunning."
Hahaha, the gray dwarf artificial head laughed. "Slaved by those black skins for thousands of years, can you expect us to be good dwarves? In fact, we are also enslaved by spirit suckers, which are more evil creatures."
"The sly grey dwarf won't worry about work. You don't need to hammer a hammer later, which is a good thing. But this forge has other work to do. For example, looking for high-quality iron ore, can machinery replace you? "
Bruno burst into tears, and suddenly laughed: "Our grey dwarves live in the darkest ground, and are the most powerful for prospecting and mining. No one can match it."
"How to build a better ironmaking furnace, how to distinguish which elements in the ore are beneficial, and those elements are harmful. Isn't it worth studying? And quenching and tempering is also a technology. Forging machines can't do it, only you can do it. . "
"Yeah." Bruno patted his thigh. "Why do I have to hit the hammer? It's hard and tiring, and I can't make a few bucks. A master blacksmith shouldn't have only strength, but a brain."
The gray short artificial head suddenly stood up, and Zhou Qingfeng was also glad that his psychological counseling had played a role. But when he thought the other party would go back to the forge to relax and work hard, the honest little dwarf ran towards the tavern with short legs.
"Hey, Bruno, where are you going?"
"I want to open it and go to the tavern for a drink and celebrate."
"It's time to go to work. Don't leave early or drink. You are the foreman and you should lead by example."
"My throat is itchy now and I will die without drinking."
The little dwarf ran away without a trace, Zhou Qingfeng could only stare at the back and cursed: "Asshole, you give me back. Otherwise, I will deduct your salary."
Bruno pretended not to hear, and it seemed that he would not stop without getting drunk. Zhou Qingfeng could only enter the forging site to inspect himself, not even one who welcomed him.
Hundreds of blacksmith apprentices are busy processing the wrought iron again into weapons or tools by hand. A dozen formal blacksmiths are assembling a second wind forging machine. With the first mature design, follow-up is much simpler.
In addition, there is another windmill under construction, and a power transmission belt is being erected, which will provide more convenience for the forging plant.
Zhou Qingfeng called out the personal deputy foreman and whispered: "Now that our forging machine is ready for use, don't let outsiders contact it. Set up a forging workshop separately, and only those who have passed the political review can enter."
The deputy foreman nodded and said, "Her Hugo, you went to explore the elven ruins a month ago, and the forge escaped the two blacksmiths. However, they did not see the full version of the forging machine, and they had incomplete technology.
Later, some people wanted to escape or mix in, and all were executed in secret. Now those who operate the forging machine are all the first to follow you and are very reliable. "
"Very good." Zhou Qingfeng expressed satisfaction. "How much equipment can the forging plant produce in one month now?"
"Eight thousand arrows, two hundred spearheads, one hundred long knives, fifty iron shields. In addition, we also made some iron tools, such as hoe, axe, iron pot, machete and the like. These things we They are all lacking. "
This output is really not much.
In addition to weapons, the lack of iron tools is something Zhou Qingfeng has known for a long time. The poor are really home in the Black Forest, and the poor clangs. When he was in Heonuma Village, the whole village could not find a few pots to boil hot water.
As the population of Hexun Village increased and construction continued, tools were scarcer than weapons. The human assistant foreman complained: "We can build more things now, but the iron furnace can produce as much molten iron as possible."
"Then build another iron furnace."
"No, we lack iron ore."
Zhou Qingfeng frowned, knowing what went wrong. Obviously someone in the Black Forest was dissatisfied with him!