Chapter 86 Preparation for the War (Previous)

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Murphy completed the resettlement of the troops sent by the human city-states.

From tomorrow, they will be trained by the priests of the Temple of War. Six teams of 480 Greek heavy infantry will cooperate with the priests of the God of War to urge them to train. The gunmen sent by human city-states are of average combat effectiveness. If they want to make them useful, they must also train them to be familiar with the fighting methods of the Greek spear phalanx. As for the 2,000 archers, they will be trained by the Crete archers.

As soon as he returned to the territory, Murphy saw General Marcus Kane coming excitedly.

The expression on his face was irresistible excitement, which should not appear on the face of a general with a strong and steady personality.

"Governor! Governor! Look at this!" General Marcus Kane excitedly handed a long sword that had just been quenched and forged, which had not even been pressed on the hilt of the sword to Murphy.

clang!

Murphy looked at the long sword that had just been forged in front of him, raised his hand and bounced it on it!

With a crisp sound, the sword body trembled slightly.

This sound...

Murphy's expression moved, and his face couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

He pulled out the long sword at his waist, swung the long sword that had just been forged and slashed on his sword!

Sharp!

A gap immediately broke out on Murphy's original sword, but the newly forged long sword was completely damaged!

Murphy was speechless for a long time and finally murmured and spit out a word.

--"steel!"

It's actually steel!

Has blacksmiths already understood how to forge steel in the territory?

Murphy is a history enthusiast and a cold weapon stroller. He still knows a little bit about the difference between steel and iron. The key difference between the two is the amount of carbon content and the ferroalloy with a carbon content and mass percentage between 0.02% and 2.04% is steel. The forging process of steel is relatively complex and became popular around the end of the Iron Age, but the earliest steel appeared at the end of the Bronze Age.

Looking at the steel sword in his hand that was obviously of the initial craftsmanship, Murphy couldn't help but remember some fragments that were sealed in his memory for a long time ago.

When he was in college, Murphy applied for the liberal arts.

At that time, going to college was quite boring, either playing games or picking up girls. Murphy's hobbies were a bit special. He liked to wander around and dabble in some miscellaneous things. Occasionally, he would also read some historical information.

It was only after entering university that he finally understood the dynasties in Chinese history.

During the free time in college, Murphy had a not-so-friendly discussion with others in a post bar about the level of BC civilization and weapon forging technology, etc. The young man had a fight with his will, and in order to overwhelm the other party, Murphy had consulted a lot of information at that time.

Although these things were gradually forgotten after they came out to work, some pieces of knowledge couldn't help but reappear in Murphy's mind.

BC, that is, during the end of the Bronze Age.

Western iron tools are ahead of Middle Earth, which contains many reasons, such as the high-quality and rich iron ore in the West, the high sulfur content of Middle Earth iron ore, etc. In addition, the bronze forging technology in the peak era of Middle Earth is far stronger than the original iron sword, so Middle Earth is far faster in the promotion of iron tools than the West. It is precisely because of the poor quality of iron ore that Middle Earth completely surpasses the West in the middle of the Han Dynasty! In other words, the "Salt and Iron Official Camp" began during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, and with the emergence of more excellent forging technology, iron tools began to gradually become popular.

However, this speed was not fast. It was not until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the early Jin Dynasty that bronze ware was truly eliminated in full.

It's hundreds of years slower than the West!

One of the major reasons for the slow popularity of iron tools is that the development of bronzes to the peak level has delayed the promotion of iron tools!

As we all know, bronzes are resistant to wear and corrosion, and the initial quality of iron is not enough to say.

On the one hand, it is bronze ware that has developed to its peak level, and on the other hand, it is iron ware that has just begun to develop at a very low level. Ordinary people will choose which side, and you have a clear idea.

Although it was the end of the Bronze Age, the popularity of the era and the peak forging technology at that time are inexpressible.

Iron tools began to appear in large numbers at the end of bronze ware, but it took a long time to completely popularize and eliminate bronze ware. It does not mean that bronze ware is necessarily worse than iron ware. In fact, bronze ware that has reproduced to the peak level in the East and the West was far better than iron ware at the beginning.

Popularity and appearance are completely different.

When he was in college, Murphy found a relatively ancient forging method in order to argue with the other party.

That is the forging process of cast iron carburized steel.

Murphy has long since remembered what the specific craft requirements are, and he didn't deliberately look at it at that time. After all, he was not a blacksmith. His focus was mainly on one point, that is, the emergence of cast iron carburized steel during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, which was the peak iron forging technology at that time. In the BC, at that time, both in China and the West, all iron weapons that could reach the steel level were forged in this ancient way.

After the middle of the Han Dynasty, the more famous "Hundred Steelmaking" was the achievement of cast iron carburized steel to a higher level.

In ancient times, the father passed on his son and son to his grandson, so the development was very slow and even lost.

Therefore, it will take a long time to popularize a breakthrough forging process innovation.

Strictly speaking, civilization entered the steel artifact era, which was close to the end of the Middle Ages, that is, the arrival of the Imperial Fire Artifact Age. However, civilization entered the steel artifact era, but there was no conflict with the time when steel appeared. Just like in the middle of the Han Dynasty, that is, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, some elite troops had been equipped with weapons made of 100 steel forging technology.

The Han Dynasty started in the Han Dynasty, and was in the Jin Dynasty at its peak. By the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was gradually replaced by new technologies.

Murphy only knew one theory about these ancient forging techniques. If he really asked him to study how to forge steelmaking in hundreds, he probably only knew that he had to beat it many times. He really didn't know what happened later.

Saying and doing are completely different things. Many of the otakus in the era of information explosion have never even had a hammer, let alone a thug.

Everyone has heard of Baosteel clamping steel quenching, but few people are sure that how to do it and when to do it, they are very clear.

Murphy looked at the long sword that had just been cast in his hand. Although he didn't know if the sword was forged in cast iron carburized steel, Murphy was completely sure that this was definitely - steel!

For him, it's steel enough!

"Take that blacksmith here to see me, now, immediately, right away!" Murphy held the steel sword of the initial craftsmanship, and couldn't help but feel a little excited.

But I don’t know how long it will take for this kind of steel weapon to forge. However, even if it cannot be popularized with all the troops, as long as it can arm a small number of elite troops first, it will be a great help! At the end of the Bronze Age, if there could be a small-scale steel weapon army, the advantage could be said to be very obvious.

Governor's Office.

Murphy opened the "Total War" auxiliary system. On the system's blacksmith shop page, I don't know when the progress of the iron craft research and development in it had reached nearly 80%. That is to say, as long as the 20% increase is increased, the forging process of the territory can be recognized by the "Total War" auxiliary system as being able to ban bronzes and enter the Iron Age.

"Governor General, the man is brought here." General Marcus Cain walked into the Governor's Mansion with a tall, strong and dark-skinned middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was wearing a top body, dark skin, and tangled muscles on his body, as if cast by steel, and had a scar on his abdomen.

"Governor." The middle-aged man slowly knelt down towards Murphy and said in a deep voice.

When the leaders officially met Murphy, they mostly knelt on one knee, but not many like him kneeled down on both legs. After a closer look, Murphy found that the middle-aged blacksmith's left leg seemed to be inconvenient.

"You used to be a warrior?" Murphy asked, staring at the middle-aged blacksmith in front of him.

This person has the aura of a soldier, which is very strong.

"Yes. Governor." The middle-aged blacksmith stood up slowly and said in a deep voice: "In the battle of the old town, I was injured in my left leg. The priests said that the injury was too serious and the Holy Water could not be completely cured. My father was an excellent blacksmith, so after the battle I entered the blacksmith shop."

In ancient times, blacksmiths were definitely a high-paying profession.

It's roughly like the current white-collar class, but it's just quite tired.

In the old town, because of the gnolls who were several times more serious than themselves, and the elite gnolls with extremely tall physiques, even the heavy infantry of the Spartans suffered most of the casualties, and the other soldiers were naturally quite casualties. It was a tragic war, and many soldiers who were too seriously injured were left with disabilities, and they were all arranged to other positions in the town, just like the blacksmith in front of them.

Murphy stood up, walked to the middle-aged blacksmith, raised his hand and helped him up, and said in a deep voice: "You are a warrior!"

"I'm from Sparta." The middle-aged blacksmith bowed slightly and said word by word.

Murphy picked up the long sword that had just been forged and asked, "How many weapons can you forge every day?"

"If there are enough manpower, fifteen pieces can be made in about a week." replied the middle-aged blacksmith.

Only fifteen?

Or is the forging process not sufficient?
Chapter completed!