The few people arrived at the place where they were placed, and they could clearly see that the molten iron had completely solidified and that they could feel the heat dissipation.

Although it solidified, it has not completely cooled down.

The foreman took a wooden hammer and handed it to Wang Kang and said, "Your Madam Kang will knock this first hammer!"

What he said was to smash the mold. The soil mold carried the molten iron. Although it withstands high temperatures, it also cracked in some places and could not fall off perfectly.

Therefore, this earth mold can only be used in one go, and can only be broken and the steel is removed.

So the meaning of this first hammer is very heavy, and the craftsman asked Wang Kang to complete it.

"You guys come on. I'll watch from beginning to end, but I did nothing." Wang Kang said with a smile.

"But this..." The foreman was excited after hearing this. It was indeed unexpected that Wang Kang could say this.

"That's it. Choose a brother from the craftsman as the representative, and he will beat the first hammer!" Wang Kang said with a smile.

"Okay!" The foreman was even more grateful. Other craftsmen looked at Wang Kang again and again.

A person was quickly selected from them, and the craftsman who was responsible for mixing the materials was very close to the floor furnace and had to withstand high temperatures, which was very hard.

The craftsman is shirtless, has a big figure, and is excited when holding a wooden hammer. This is an honor!

He looked at Wang Kang and said, "Young Master Kang, then I'm here!"

"bring it on!"

"Bang!"

The craftsman directly knocked on the soil mold, and the soil mold shattered in response to the sound. The soil blocks fell down at the point of knocking, and then the craftsman handed the wooden hammer to the next person.

Then, the soil molds were quickly broken, revealing the steel inside.

It is dark and has a strong metal texture. It is slender and slender, and looks no different from ordinary iron.

There are also irregular bulges, which are of course incomparable to the steel bars of the previous life.

However, using this kind of local method can only achieve this level.

The other craftsmen dispersed, Master Xi walked forward and said with a heavy expression: "Young Master Kang, I'm going to test it!"

"Test it!" Wang Kang said with a faint smile, looking confident.

"Come and help me!" Master Xi shouted, and then several craftsmen clamped the steel with tongs in their hands and moved it to a cast iron platform next to them.

Master Xi is a master of cast iron and an old craftsman. He is experienced and can be distinguished by knocking and hearing sounds.

After erecting the steel, Master Xi picked up the hammer and then blew hard on one end a few times.

"Ding, Ding"

A crisp sound rang one after another.

"This sound?" Wang Fuchen was shocked. He was also an old craftsman. The long-term forging of cast iron allowed them to master the most basic method, knocking on the braid sound!

From years of experience, the dull sound when knocking is normal iron. The crisper the sound, the better the material performance.

Could it be that something better was really made? Wang Fuchen thought in surprise.

The knock continued, while Master Xi's face became more and more serious. After a moment, he stopped.

"Old Xi, how about it?" Li Zheng asked in a hurry.

Master Xi raised his head, showed a surprised expression on his face, and said with a strange look: "If I expected it would be fine, this hardness is comparable to the thirty-year-old wet iron in our smelting and manufacturing bureau, and it is much stronger than that!"

"What?" Li Zheng was surprised when he heard this.

When the Metallurgical Bureau wrought iron, it will repeatedly burn the fire with a hammer and beat and forge it. During this process, it will take thirty times to obtain high-hard wrought iron.

Therefore, they named it Thirty Wrought Iron, which is the most hard wrought iron they have found.

And it is simply incredible that this can be achieved by just refining directly, beyond people's cognition!

"I'll test it!" Wang Fucheng raised his sleeves and went straight to the battle.

He picked up the hammer and started to hit it, which is also a way to distinguish it, and to hit it to see toughness.

Pig iron is the one with high hardness and poor toughness, and steel is the one with good toughness.

Soon Wang Fuchen stopped, and he turned to Wang Kang and stared at him in disbelief.

"How is it?" Li Zheng asked.

"If...I feel right, it is indeed better than the thirty wrought iron in our Metallurgical Bureau, and... it is much better!"

Wang Fuchen said with difficulty: "It's true whether it's hardness or toughness!"

"If it was forged again, it might be better than it is now!"

All the words were shocked, and the two experienced old craftsmen were sure of it, so of course they were right!

"This is really..." Li Zheng sighed.

His only feeling now is the sense of misfortune and unreality, which has really been refined by Wang Kang.

And it was like this that it came out of the furnace without being forged.

This is simply incredible, completely breaking their perception, cast iron has never thought that it would be like this for many years.

It would be fine if the old craftsman did this, but it would be a rich young master who was only eighteen years old?

this……

If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it!

Seeing the few people silently, Wang Kang was very calm, because these were all the results he expected, and the steel he refined naturally could not be compared with the materials in his previous life.

He also knew that it would be better if it was forged, but that would increase labor hours, and the current level would be enough!

"Ao, it's successful!"

"Young Master Kang is mighty!"

At this time, the craftsmen who had been around them shouted excitedly when they heard the conversation.

This is all their hard work and refining. Although they are very tired, their sense of accomplishment is hard to suppress!

People looked at Wang Kang with bright eyes. During the operation, they also knew that this was completely guided by Young Master Kang, from the beginning of building the ground furnace to the refining step by step...

The ratio of raw materials is the same.

Some of these craftsmen were recruited from Xinfeng County, some were hired by Wang Dingchang from Yangzhou City, and some came from the Metallurgical Bureau with Li Zheng and others.

At this moment, I was very excited!

Because they witnessed the birth of a miracle with their own eyes!

This is a miracle in itself!

"The refining of the first furnace has been successful. Now you can follow this step and start working!" Wang Kang said in a deep voice.

"yes!"

"Business starts, work starts!"

All the craftsmen shouted, full of energy!

"Young Master Kang, we lost completely!" Li Zheng sighed.

"According to the bet, we will stay here until your work is completed." Wang Fuchen said.

In fact, they had thought before that they would stay here to help Wang Kang regardless of winning or losing, but there was still a difference between being active and being passive.

"Haha, the words are serious!"

Wang Kang smiled and said, "There is no win or loss in this bet. In the construction of the floor furnace, you have also worked hard. If you were not for you, you would not have made such a rapid progress!"

Then he said, "But I will donate a sum to the Metallurgical and Construction Bureau in the name of the Earl's Mansion, but it is not money, but iron ore worth 100,000 gold coins. How about it?"
Chapter completed!