Chapter 175 Submit to Li Ke and Longguo

Li Ke couldn't help but look back at the king of the Kingdom of Women and said:

"Are you sure you are smelting iron instead of cooking? How do you use firewood?"

The king of the Kingdom of Women asked Li Ke: "What should I use if I don't use firewood?"

Li Ke seemed speechless and said:

"Whether it is forging steel or practicing ordinary iron, it requires a certain high temperature. Ordinary firewood may be difficult to reach such a temperature.

No wonder the ordinary iron in your daughter's country is so scarce. This is how you practice iron?

When using firewood, I’m afraid I don’t know how much firewood you have to burn to raise the temperature and to make a little iron.”

The king of the Kingdom of Women asked Li Ke:

"Then what do you use to forge steel in Long Kingdom to burn and heat up?"

Li Ke said:

"I didn't know before, but now we are using coal. This thing is very hot and can quickly separate the iron and ore from the gravel and some minerals to form iron.

Because the temperature is high enough, the separation is more thorough and can make the iron pure. Therefore, the forged iron is the best iron."

After hearing what Li Ke said, the king of the Kingdom of Women suddenly realized and said:

"I see……"

Only then did she realize that the technology mastered by the Kingdom of Women was really backward.

Then Li Ke continued to look and found that some iron had been extracted in the distance.

It seems that according to the method of the eldest princess Lan Xiner, some so-called minerals were added to forge it.

The iron smelter was a fat woman, holding an iron hammer in one hand and an iron pliers in the other, and was hitting hard with each hammer.

But no matter how hard she tried, the burning iron was only slightly deformed every time.

This also allowed Li Ke to finally see how the people in the Kingdom of Women smeltered iron, and even more so did he see the appearance of women who made irons.

This scene made Li Ke feel funny and helpless.

I thought to myself, if using such force to punch the iron, the iron may not deform much, and it will cool down quickly, and then it will burn red again.

More importantly, he looked at the so-called minerals added to the iron by Lan Xiner, which were not the minerals needed to forge steel.

But some gravel that is very similar to the minerals of forged steel!

These things need to be clearly distinguished.

How could I forge the steel if I add something randomly?

Seeing Li Ke smiling but not speaking, Lan Xin'er, who was constantly directing the female workers to forge steel, walked over with some dissatisfaction and looked at Li Ke and said:

"What's wrong? Is our steps different from your steps for forging steel?"

Li Ke couldn't help laughing again and said:

"Same, on the surface, the steps seem to be the same, but the differences are very big. There are problems with your methods or the materials you use."

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to the angry Lan Xin'er, but looked at the king of the Kingdom of Women and said seriously:

"If you believe me, just listen to my advice, don't forge steel again!"

These words made Lan Xiner look angry again.

But the king of the Kingdom of Women just smiled bitterly, looked at Li Ke seriously and said:

"Is this really the case?"

Li Ke nodded and said:

"Even if I tell you all the techniques and secrets of forging steel, you women's physical strength and physical tolerance will not be able to do this job at all.

Just imagine, if the temperature of this forging factory is increased to dozens or hundreds of times now, do you think your delicate skin can stay in this environment?

Even if they can stay there, how many women are willing to do this job. Compared with the textile silk, do you think they will choose to make iron here?"

After hearing Li Ke's words, the king of the Kingdom of Women pondered for a while.

She knew that what Li Ke said was probably right.

But I asked with some concern:

"What should I do? Will my daughter's country never have steel?"

Li Ke glanced at his mouth and said:

"You can buy it if you have money. If you don't sell it in other countries, I will sell it in Longguo. As long as you make enough money with silk, you can buy everything you need with money.

Just like other countries, they can’t forge steel, and many things are not made without the technology, and they can only spend money to buy them in my Dragon Country.”

The king of the Kingdom of Women sighed, and in the end, he agreed with Li Ke's words.

Then he ordered directly:

"Okay, from now on, the Kingdom of Women is not forging steel, but is working hard to develop the silk industry."

Although Lan Xin'er was a little disappointed, she had nothing to say at this moment. After being silent for a while, she still looked at Li Ke with some reluctance and said:

"Then... can you teach us how to make gunpowder?"

As soon as these words came out, Li Ke frowned and immediately looked at Lan Xin'er.

At this moment, an emperor's power was released from his body, which scared Lan Xin'er to the point of being a little trembling.

Even the king of the Kingdom of Women who was standing beside him was shocked by the pressure on Li Ke.

In her eyes, she looked at Li Ke with fear, and then she heard Li Ke say:

"I promised your daughter king to help you. But remember, don't be too tempted and challenge my bottom line.

I can find a way to make your daughter country have a skill to earn money. I can also make exceptions to guide you in forging steel.

However, if you want to obtain the secret of our Dragon Country bombs and gunpowder, then I will tell you that the consequences will be dead. Never mind, let’s make this idea again.”

Lan Xin'er's face was pale. It was probably the first time she got angry when she saw Li Ke.

I finally realized that I had really challenged this man's bottom line.

I also understand that it is terrible to come over this man.

Just by the majesty he showed at this moment, he could not breathe, as if he was about to suffocate.

This is enough to illustrate Li Ke's horror.

Seeing his sister's face pale and her body trembled slightly, as if she couldn't breathe, the king of the Kingdom of Women was very worried and quickly spoke to Li Ke:

"Your Majesty of the Dragon Kingdom, don't get angry. My sister doesn't know the world is so good. Please don't blame me."

Li Ke snorted, then he took back the terrifying pressure.

Lan Xin'er seemed to have been granted a general amnesty.

The huge rock that was pressing against her heart then moved away, allowing her to breathe again.

I calmed down in one breath and was already sweating profusely.

At this moment, she was really scared. She had never been so afraid of someone.

But she was scared today.

She was afraid of Li Ke, and for the rest of her life, she believed that she would be extremely afraid of the man in front of her.

Li Ke breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he turned around and spoke lightly:

"Go back, I will live in your Kingdom of Women for a while and then prepare to return to Dragon Kingdom. By the way, King of Kingdom of Women, don't forget your promise. From now on, Kingdom of Women is a vassal state of my Dragon Kingdom."

The King of the Kingdom of Women bowed slightly to Li Ke’s back and said:

"Xiao Wang understand..."

Immediately, he followed Li Ke and left.

She had already surrendered to Li Ke!
Chapter completed!