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Chapter 321: Forged into steel

It was about one hundred steps, more than one hundred meters. The distance was not close, and people with a slightly poor vision probably couldn't even see the carrot clearly at such a distance, and the divine arm in the army could not hit something that far away; but Guo Shao knew that he could, at least not off the target.

The air was very cold, Fu Ermei's eyelashes trembled slightly, she held her hand in front of her mouth, pursed her light red and smooth lips, and stopped her smile and looked at Guo Shao.

Guo Shao ignored her for a moment and jumped back and forth several times in a very funny posture, like a frog. This movement almost made Fu Ermei laugh. But when she saw Guo Shao’s face was not smiling, she refused to laugh, but just watched him do those movements with interest. He stood and twisted a few times like dancing, shaking his limbs, and let out a long sigh.

"Dong, dong..." Guo Shao obviously felt his heartbeat and had some movement. Don't think too much, he recited silently.

The sound of the heartbeat was like a faint drum music accompanying him, and he followed the rhythm of his heart; the light white mist floating leisurely in the cold air seemed to be the embodiment of the melody. Guo Shao murmured: "Everything is perfect." He gently took the arrow from the quiver, and every movement was calm, neither slow nor fast at all. He picked up the bow and put the arrow, and the muscles in his body suddenly filled with strength. The strong bow was pulled apart in a huge force, and the cow tendon was tight. It seemed that life was lying down: born for the fight!

The most appropriate moment when the arrow aims at pauses in the air, it is only possible to be self-conscious. It cannot be too hurrying or too slow. It takes a lot of physical strength to maintain a full bow, and exhaustion is more likely to be biased.

"Bang!" Li Xian's arrow pierced the air quickly. The black shadow flashed and hit the radish! The radish was overturned by inertia from the target.

"I shot it!" Fu Ermei said happily with her hands.

Guo Shao smiled and put down his bow. Fu Ermei came forward, held his hand and said, "You can shoot at such a distance. You just reminded me of playing a very difficult song..."

"I've recovered my state." Guo Shao let out a long sigh, turned to Fu Ermei and said.

Fu Ermei said, "Your husband doesn't have to go into battle in person, he is still so nervous about his martial arts."

Guo Shao said softly: "In this world, I find that most things are not useful, but I rely on it to realize my dreams. I will not abandon it, just like it has always been reliable in countless fierce battles. People only see me standing in a high position and becoming overwhelming, but few people are interested in how I got to this day, maybe by luck, or by... your sister." He smiled.

"My sister won't choose you for no reason." Fu Ermei said thoughtfully.

"There is also the second sister." Guo Shao said, "There is a saying that I wanted to say when I first met you, but I haven't said it yet. Before I was qualified to get close to you, I have done a lot and thought about it for a long time."

Fu Ermei thought for a while and said with a smile: "So you have been thinking about others for a long time."

After hearing this, Guo Shao laughed and said, "In the end, you still couldn't escape from my palm."

Fu Ermei said softly: "I'm just waiting. When did you say you're going to run away?"

...Guo Shao gradually came out of his guilt towards Fu Ermei, and he slowly found a way to get along with Ermei. He took three days off in front of the palace. At first, he planned to make a special trip with Ermei, but he didn't say anything, and he didn't want to show his mentality of compensation too obviously.

For three days, he was indeed by his second sister's side and did not even separate.

Three days later, he still started building a blacksmith shop in the middle yard, and called a few thick women, and the blacksmith Lao Huang, to help buy materials. Of course, the second sister would not do such work, but she was very interested in what Guo Shao did, so she was busy serving tea, water and meals to watch him work.

The second sister wanted to be tired of him at any time, but she would not bother him. What she was most interested in was Guo Shao's thoughts. As she said, if she wanted to learn more about Guo Shao, the second sister seemed a little addicted to her and regarded Guo Shao as her world.

He has had the experience of opening a blacksmith shop, and Huang Blacksmith also worked as a blacksmith who has been experienced all his life. Now Guo Shao doesn’t have to worry about the cost. He asks Huang Blacksmith to buy, build bellows, shops, anvils and other facilities to be familiar with. However, he has to pay in the morning and only comes back in the afternoon to work.

"The soup made by Yulian." Fu Ermei took Yulian to the separate house as a blacksmith shop in the middle courtyard, and after that, she added in a low voice, "I helped, I'm learning from Yulian."

Guo Shao took the towel from her and wiped his sweat. Seeing Yulian serving soup silently, he smiled and said, "I remembered a joke. When Liu Bang was poor, he asked Fan Kuai what he wanted to do when we were rich. Fan Kuai said, I would like to drink soy milk at a time, and drink one bowl at a time and pour one bowl; eat pancakes, throw one at a time, hum!"

Yulian handed the soup up, and Guo Shao deliberately touched her hand: "Isn't it funny?"

Yulian's face turned red, she glanced at Fu Ermei quietly, and muttered: "I see that Alang is the same as Fan Kuai, why are she doing this kind of work now?"

Fu Ermei smiled and said, "No, my husband is Liu Bang."

Guo Shao laughed dryly, speechless. Fu Ermei said, "But Liu Bang and Fan Kuai have such a conversation? I haven't seen it before...it must be fabricated by his husband." Guo Shao smiled and said, "So it's called a joke."

After the two women sent the soup back, Guo Shao worked for a while and did not finish work until dark.

When he returned to the inner garden, Fu Ermei said at the door: "Husband, I asked someone to boil water. You can take a shower and change your clothes later." Guo Shao nodded and took the second sister into the room next to the living room, and pulled out a steel plate from a pile of weapons. He picked up a sword and knocked it a few times, then turned around and said to Fu Ermei: "Don't look ugly, I took it to the Battle of Gaoping and the Battle of Wuqi Town."

"My husband built a blacksmith shop, do you want to make another pair of armor like this?" Fu Ermei asked.

Guo Shao said: "I have to think about it again. I can ask someone else to help me build armor. I want to make a new armor... This one doesn't work, it's too heavy. It's just that the iron plate is knocked on my chest, which is not useful for soldiers. I need to think of a new way."

At this time, Dong Sanmei went to the door and said, "Alang, the hot water is ready."

After hearing this, Guo Shao took Fu Ermei out of the house. After taking a shower and having dinner, he took the lamp to take out the drawings in front of the desk for a while. He drew a few pieces of armor as he imagined, but he thought about it for a while and felt that the craftsmanship was difficult to achieve.

He used to be not very knowledgeable about metallurgy, and only knew some common sense, but he was very familiar with the blacksmith's work at this time... the current craftsmanship cannot do anything on the drawings.

In this era, iron making tools are nothing more than casting and forging. Casting can achieve more shapes, but the strength is not enough, it is very brittle and thick; forging is a popular method of making weapons and armor. Repeated forging can not only remove impurities, but also adjust the carbon content of iron. Good craftsmanship can be used to make steel. As the saying goes, "a hundred forgings into steel", for example, weapons rely on repeated forging, but they are inefficient.

However, hand forging cannot achieve most of the shapes, and it is especially difficult to process large pieces.

Like Guo Shao's paintings, it is completely impossible to forge. He changed it and felt that the battle formation should mainly protect the front chest and make a chest plaque first... but it is still difficult to forge the whole piece with a hammer. If the efficiency is too low, it is better to use the popular ring marsh to make it easier to move... What if you use stamping? Guo Shao reached out and put his hand on his chin.

Fu Ermei took the picture he placed next to her and looked at it seriously. Guo Shao ignored her and continued to lift her pen to draw some gears and pulleys on the draft paper.

He wrote casually on paper: Hydraulic forging beds. But thinking about it, it is difficult to find a site to test the thing now. The rivers are about to freeze in winter, and he has never specifically studied hydraulic transmission devices before. What's more, what can be achieved by hydraulic power can be done at the beginning, and a group of people can pull or use animal power.

Moving pulleys and gears can achieve the effect of adjusting strength and direction. This is the physics knowledge that Guo Shao has learned in middle school, and he can only rely on these things.

So he drew a very absurd picture on the paper, first drew a group of people to pull a longer rope, and then there was a pulley on the rope... and then added ideas. Now, only wood can be used to build gears. Even if the tooth spacing can be calculated, the bearing capacity and wear of the wood are a big problem. Guo Shao thought that it would be easier to use pulleys. The rope can also be replaced by iron chains. As long as it is thick enough, it can withstand the strength.

After a while, the picture of the engine moving back and forth appeared in his mind. The realization of some kinetic energy conversion should be related to the principles of mechanical. He used to learn the course of mechanical principles, but regretted not being very serious at the time, and now he basically gave it to the teacher.

If the "power system" can be like a millstone, Guo Shao imagines a scene where a group of mules rotates along the millstone, like a grinding surface; then the rotating kinetic energy is converted into a linear motion of the forging hammer through the device. This is of value to be implemented.

What should I do? Guo Shao touched the back of his head.

Fu Ermei yawned and said, "I'm going to go to bed first, my husband should not be too long."

Guo Shao nodded, and thought for a while, but couldn't figure it out. He hadn't been in contact with these things for too long, and he always thought about ancient things. He picked them up for a while and was a little confused. He simply put down his brush and walked towards the bedroom, and saw that Fu Ermei was already asleep.

Guo Shao pressed her on the bed, remembering that he hadn't been with Yulian and Yang for a long time... As soon as he got home, Fu Ermei followed her, and no one else had the courage to argue with her. He quietly left the bedroom. Seeing that the light in Yuqing's room was still on, he walked to the door, opened the door and said, "Yuqing, get up and lock the door of the hall. I'll go somewhere else tonight."
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