Chapter 276: Pig iron!

After these sounds appeared in the furnace, Xu Wen started his explanation again.

"The presence of these sounds in the furnace does not mean that there is any problem with our iron ore or the furnace."

"It's just that under the action of flame and temperature, the surface of the iron ore begins to gradually break apart."

"That is to say, useful good things in the array are constantly appearing!"

Looking at the nervous and anxious faces of the monkeys, Xu Wen explained with a smile.

"Therefore, in this case, in order to make the quality of the iron inside higher, we can add firewood and try to increase the temperature of the flame."

Although this is said, the amount of heat generated by burning firewood is fixed, and the amount of firewood that a stove can hold is limited.

Therefore, the temperature that can be raised is also limited.

However, the monkeys did not know these things. After hearing what Xu Wen said, they began to add firewood to their stoves according to Xu Wen's behavior.

"Just maintain this temperature or flame intensity."

"It takes about an hour to two hours of firing, and it's enough to wait until there is no more sound coming from the furnace."

Although it took a long time, the monkeys showed no signs of impatience.

On the contrary, every monkey stared closely at his stove, for fear that the flame or temperature inside would decrease, and at the same time, his eyes were full of hope.

While the monkeys were waiting for the results to appear, the live broadcast room exploded because of the behavior of these monkeys.

They thought that the reason why these monkeys built furnaces was just to smelt iron, a resource.

But they never expected that they would be shown this oldest iron-making craft on the spot.

"What are you doing? Burning rocks?"

"Since ancient times, talents have come from upstairs! This is obviously smelting or forging, okay?"

"It's so uneducated and terrible! But why is Xiaojin's forging process different from what I saw on TV?"

"That's right. Doesn't it mean that forging requires very high temperatures? With the temperature generated by these few pieces of firewood, is it really possible to forge a strong and usable piece of iron?"

After seeing Xiaojin's demonstration at the beginning, the audience in the live broadcast room had already determined what the monkey group was doing.

However, the forging method being used by the monkey group is relatively unfamiliar to the audience in the live broadcast room.

After all, although these people have not witnessed the real process of forging with their own eyes, they have at least heard that high temperatures are required for smelting.

Therefore, these viewers directly questioned the way the monkeys used wood to forge.

"Professor Lu Yu, as our audience friends in the live broadcast room said, can the temperature provided by these firewood really be able to forge higher quality iron blocks?"

Looking at the lively discussion in the live broadcast room, Julie couldn't help but start to question in her heart.

After all, based on my previous life experience, the temperature provided by these firewood cannot even boil the kettles in my home, let alone the iron ore in its primitive form.

"If you want to achieve high-quality iron blocks, this temperature is definitely not possible."

"However, the forging and smelting method used by Xiaojin and his friends is the method used by our ancestors of the Dragon Kingdom in the beginning."

Looking at the red-faced monkeys reflected in the firelight on the screen, Lu Yu's heart was filled with shock!

Although this primitive method has long been eliminated by humans with the development of science and technology, it is perfectly suitable for the current monkey group.

After calming down his mood, Lu Yu continued to talk about the knowledge he knew about forging and smelting, as if to endorse it.

"We call this most primitive method the "block refining method"!"

"At that time, because the furnace was small and had little heat, this method was the only way to do it."

"It's just that what is forged in the end is some pig iron, which is relatively soft and contains a lot of impurities!"

"Subsequently, people modified it based on this forging method."

"However, this block refining method is very suitable for the current conditions of the monkey group!"

At the end, Lu Yu seemed to have thought of something and said with a smile on his face.

"I bet that Xiaojin and the others will continue to forge the smelted pig iron to make it the shape they want!"

After saying this, the audience in the live broadcast room instantly thought of some familiar scenes.

In some of the costume dramas they had watched, didn't the blacksmith at that time just use a relatively huge hammer to continuously forge the iron blocks just taken out of the furnace?

Although the method is somewhat backward, today's audiences almost no longer doubt the quality of the iron blocks produced using this method.

Since the ancients were able to use tools forged in this way, why can't the monkeys do the same?

"It should be almost time now."

Of course Xu Wen didn't know what was happening in the live broadcast room. At this time, he looked at the stove in front of him very seriously.

"Hou Da, bring all our stone tools!"

With a command, Hou Da was like a bolt of lightning, directly maximizing his speed.

Just from this behavior, we can see how much these monkeys are looking forward to the new objects that are about to be born in their furnaces.

As all the tools arrived, Xu Wen directly used two stone swords to pick out the iron ore inside.

"How did it become like this?

"Isn't it still dark and dark before I put it in the stove? Why is it now red?"

"Not only that, why does it feel like he's smaller in size?"

Looking at the red piece of iron ore on the ground, the monkeys started whispering to each other in surprise.

"This is how they change under the burning of the flames, and this red thing is the iron we really need!"

"Of course, this red color is just due to the temperature. When they really cool down, they will turn into another color!"

Seeing the shocked expressions on the faces of the monkeys, Xu Wen explained again.

"Considering our current conditions, it is already very good if iron ore can reach this level."
Chapter completed!