Chapter 93 Iron Master Pu Yuan?

After the craftsmen finally calmed down, Ma Chao ordered these people to continue to work.

After this, the faces of the slaves no longer had that kind of mechanical look, but everyone was extremely happy. Some flexible people, with their eyes still dripping around, seeming to be looking for improvements in the iron shop.

When Ma Chao arrived here, he also wanted to leave, but when he saw that the blacksmith who used the fuse was still standing there and seemed to have something to say, Ma Chao stopped and turned around and asked, "Do you have something to say?"

The blacksmith heard Ma Chao's inquiry and immediately knelt down. Ma Chao hurriedly helped him up and said to all the craftsmen, "All the craftsmen don't have to be so polite when they see me in the future."

As a result, this caused those craftsmen to kneel on the ground again. Ma Chao and Han Feng had no choice but to work hard to get those craftsmen back to work.

"Young master, the villain found that our quenching process can be improved, so..." The blacksmith still didn't dare to get up, but he spoke very well.

"Oh, if there is such a thing, get up and talk to someone." Ma Chaole: It's not that our people don't have creativity, but that we haven't explored it well. You see, don't you throw bricks to attract jade and immediately resonate?

"The young master invented this bellows, which can obviously raise the temperature in the furnace, and the iron will melt faster and better. However, the water used to quench the forging of the house is just well water. If the molten iron block is very refined, quenching with well water will cause the iron to be stiff and easy to break. Therefore, the little man thought, can it be quenched with mild mountain spring water..." Speaking of quenching, the blacksmith's words obviously increased.

And Ma Chao is not very proficient in ironmaking, but he also knows what the blacksmith means.

That is to say, when quenching with cold well water, because the cooling speed is relatively fast, the hardness of the iron block is very reliable, but it is easy to break. When quenching with spring water, due to the small cooling speed, the iron block is not easy to crack and deform, and has a certain toughness.

However, if the mountain spring water is quenched, the hardness cannot be guaranteed. The key and know-how are only mastered by craftsmen through proficiency.

I'm afraid this blacksmith found the drawback that the quenching of well water will lead to the breakage of the blade, so he thought of using mountain spring water for quenching.

"What you just said is very reasonable, but have you ever thought that if the mountain spring water is quenched, it may not guarantee the hardness of the blade. In this way, isn't it not worth the loss?" Ma Chao said his problem, looking forward to the blacksmith's solution.

However, the blacksmith has never even tested the quenching of mountain springs. How can he think of these? However, the blacksmith was really talented. After thinking for a while, he said, "The well water gathers the essence of the moon, and the mountain spring water is as beautiful as the sun. The villain wondered if it could be quenched in the well water first, and then annealed in the mountain spring water. In this way, maybe you can get a hard and tough blade?

Ma Chao is not an omnipotent science maniac, but when he heard the craftsman talking about quenching, his mind suddenly moved and thought of a TV plot: In the Thirteen Provinces, the Qiao family's anti-Japanese sword has a very good effect of quenching with horse urine, which can easily cut down the Japanese knife...

Animal urine?

It seems that I have heard of some double-liquid quenching. Yes, this blacksmith said that using well water first and then mountain spring water means double-liquid quenching... I remember that I also read it in a novel, saying that it is the steps to build weapons...

Ma Chao frowned and thought bitterly. There was such a paragraph in his mind, but he couldn't remember it. And the blacksmith opposite seemed to be thinking. For a moment, the two of them had big eyes and small eyes, just like magic disease.

Iron and cooked iron are combined, and several nights will become steel... Take soft iron as the knife spine, bathe with five animals' urine, and quench five animals' grease...

By the way, that seems to be it!

Ma Chao suddenly remembered, clapped his hands and said to the blacksmith: Pour liquid raw iron directly on the cooked iron, dissolve it several times to carburize the iron, and then use force to repeatedly forge it to precipitate impurities, refine and even grains to make the sword full of toughness. Finally, use the double liquid quenching method - that is, quenching with animal urine and fat. This can increase the performance of swords and even cut iron like mud. And the sword forged in this way will have strange lines, cutting iron like mud, which is very powerful!

"Is the raw iron poured on the cooked iron? With animal urine?" The blacksmith had never heard of this method and was a little confused: "Young master, is this feasible?"

But Ma Chao didn't care about this and said majestically, "Whether it's done or not, you can try it first. If not, we are thinking of other ways to improve it. While walking back and forth, Ma Chao admired himself: It seems that the future iron forging industry at the end of the Han Dynasty will flourish in the hands of someone else and create another miracle!

" By the way, what's your last name? Is this idea all made by yourself? Ma Chaole looked at the already stupid blacksmith and had the intention to promote this creative blacksmith.

"The little man's name has been cut off because he is a slave, and he dares not mention it again. As for those ideas, they are all nonsense. If they are useless, I hope the young master will not be blamed. The blacksmith answered hurriedly when he heard Ma Chao's inquiry.

"How can I blame you? Based on your idea, I decided to take off slavery for you! Your previous surname can still be crowned!" Ma Chao immediately announced loudly, which made the eyes of the craftsmen who were still working shine and patted his forehead: Why can't you think of some useful methods with his iron and wooden head?

"The original surname of the villain is Pu, and he is from Shuzhong." The blacksmith immediately said his surname and kowtowed gratefully and shouted, "Pu Yuan thanked the young master Hong En. There is no way to repay him for being a cow and a horse in this life!"

"Don't talk about being a cow and a horse. Since then, you are no longer..." Ma Chao also wanted to continue to show his generosity and wisdom, but halfway through, he suddenly stopped and asked in an unbelievable tone, "Do you think your name is Pu Yuan?" Pu Yuan, the iron master who has built 3,000 divine knives for Zhuge Liang?

"The villain is indeed Pu Yuan, but what is Zhuge Liang said by the young master? What's the matter with the magic knife?" Although Pu Yuan still looked grateful, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty when he heard Ma Chao's tone: This young master won't be happy to talk nonsense, will he? So what he said before is not...

"Oh, it doesn't matter. Since then, you don't need to work yourself. I have made you the blacksmith's supervisor, and you will be responsible for the smelting and forging in the future." Ma Chao smiled and increased his bargaining chips, intending to hold the future iron master firmly in his hand.

And Pu Yuan did not know his value at this time. Hearing Ma Chao's reward, although he knew that he might have ascended to the sky in one step, he still asked tremblingly, "Young master, what is this blacksmith supervisor? How much temperature does it need to be refined in the furnace? Do you also need any double-liquid quenching..."

Han Feng was so angry that he couldn't wait to pat Pu Yuan's elm head: "The blacksmith's supervisor is the command officer in the county guard, that is to say, you will be the same person who eats the imperial grain with your salary in the future!"

"Ah?" Pu Yuan suddenly heard this and fainted. And many of the blacksmiths next to him also shouted 'ah': It turned out that these people didn't believe that they could really be officials at all. At this time, Ma Chao punched them into a state of chaos. Except for fainting, they were either scalded or smashed by iron...

'Cut, this psychological quality, the greatest iron master at the end of the Han Dynasty...' Ma Chao curled his lips and said disdainfully.