Ou Yezi led the craftsmen as supervisors and more than a thousand soldiers sent by Wang Qi to go through Daohan, cut Cishan Mountain, drain its streams, open mines, and collect iron and stone for iron smelting.
Ou Yezi built a furnace in Han, washed it with water from mountain springs, used ten people to shake the bellows, ignited the furnace fire, and filled it with iron ore. Ou Yezi has repeated this process countless times in the past few years, but iron ore is extremely difficult to smelt compared to copper ore.
However, after several years of hard work and several changes to these tools, Ou Yezi felt that he was getting closer and closer to success.
Ten strong men pulled the bellows, and the charcoal fire rose up, several feet high, and the billowing heat waves spread in all directions. As the bellows pulled, the temperature in the furnace became higher and higher, and the iron ore placed in it finally began to melt little by little.
Zi Jue woke up from his deep sleep. This time, the system reminded him that an epoch-making event had occurred. Zijue quickly scanned the history of these years, and then looked at Handi.
"Ouyezi!"
"Is this the coming of the Iron Age?"
Zi Jue raised his head and saw the great fortune that was condensing in the void of the cave world. With the emergence of the Huai Kingdom, its influence on the world has become greater and greater, and the world has begun to move forward. The Western Zhou Dynasty plus the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in the previous life have a history of about 800 years. After the promotion of the Huai State, four hundred years had already reached the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.
The Warring States Period lasted for another two hundred years at most. Calculating this, Bang Zhou was at least two hundred years shorter.
But this is also a good thing. It promotes the development of society, advances in science and technology, and allows society to enter the feudal system.
"Ou Yezi made an iron sword. It turned out that this was the beginning of the Iron Age!"
Zijue moved slightly, and in the next second he appeared above Handi. Not far away, hundreds of people were running the iron-making workshop in an orderly manner. A large amount of selected charcoal is fed into the furnace, and the temperature of the furnace continues to rise. The iron ore begins to burn red, then softens, and finally melts little by little.
It's just that the temperature of the furnace is not enough to turn all the iron into liquid, so the calcined iron ore is not complete, but even so, weapons can be forged.
Then Zi Jue saw Ou Yezi shaping the smelted iron into weapons bit by bit.
After the forging of the third weapon was completed, the general trend that had been gathering in the void changed. The next second, three points of brilliance fell from the sky.
A white rainbow penetrated the sun, and three meteors fell into the land of Han, sinking into the three newly forged sharp swords. Suddenly, there seemed to be some charm on these three swords.
Legend has it that Ou Yezi forged a sword, the rain master cast spells and sprinkled rain, the thunder god struck the gourd, the dragon brought the furnace ore, the emperor of heaven brought the charcoal ore, and the gods Taiyi and Tianjing also came down to watch. Ou Yezi then followed the spirit of heaven and used all his sword-making skills to forge three divine swords, one called Longyuan, the second called Tai'a, and the third called Gongbu.
After forging the three divine swords, Ou Yezi sent the three divine swords to Huai'an under the escort of soldiers.
Wang Qi looked at the three divine swords in front of him. When these three divine swords appeared in front of him, he felt that there was a special power contained in the divine swords.
Immediately, Wang Qi exerted a little force on his arm, and a sonorous sword sound sounded, and a bright sword light flashed past.
"Your Majesty, these three sharp swords are forged from evil gold. They are extremely sharp and cut gold like clay!" Ou Yezi said.
Wang Qi nodded and then shouted.
"Mercy!"
"Your Majesty, I am here!" A guard next to him stepped forward and cupped his hands.
Wang Qi didn't look back and said directly: "Pull out your sword!"
"Clang."
Min then pulled out the sword from his waist.
Wang Qi swung his sword towards the bronze sword and chopped it down. With a clang sound, the bronze sword in his hand was cut off directly.
Everyone was shocked. They knew that Min was a close servant of Duke Huai, and his weapon was also a fine bronze sword. They did not expect that he would be cut off by this iron sword.
Wang Qi was greatly surprised. There was not a single scratch on the sword.
"It is indeed a divine sword!"
"Your Majesty, this is
On the day when the three swords were forged, a white rainbow penetrated the sky, and three points of light fell from the sky and submerged into it. Therefore, the three swords had a hidden divine light. Please name them! "Ou Yezi said.
"Then the first is called Longyuan, the second is called Tai'a, and the third is called Gongbu," Wang Qi said.
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"Master Craftsman, can this kind of iron sword be forged in large quantities?"
"Your Majesty, these three swords were forged by chance. If you ask me to forge them, I won't be able to forge them!" Ou Yezi said helplessly.
When Wang Qi heard this, he was disappointed.
"But although this kind of divine sword cannot be forged, iron swords can still be forged." Ou Yezi continued: "Your Majesty, I have ordered someone to forge a batch of iron swords!"
"It has been forged, let me bring it to you!" .q.
Soon more than ten iron swords were sent over. These iron swords were also shining with cold light. Wang Qi ordered people to try these iron swords. Although they were far inferior to the three divine swords, they were still stronger than the bronze swords. Quite a few.
"Your Majesty, these iron swords are indeed more useful than bronze swords." Min put down the iron sword in his hand and said: "Bronze swords are at least two feet long, but these iron swords are three feet long. Not only are they sharp and unstoppable, but they are also The sword is one foot long and can give you an advantage on the battlefield."
"If our Huai army is equipped with iron swords, who on the battlefield can stop our Huai army?"
Wang Qi also felt that the iron sword had greater advantages, so he asked: "It is made by a master craftsman. Is it more difficult to make an iron sword than a bronze sword?"
"Your Majesty, the forging of iron swords is more difficult than that of bronze swords. However, it is extremely difficult to advance the casting skills of bronze swords. However, there is a lot of room for improvement in the forging skills of iron swords. If there is enough time, manpower, and material resources, The difficulty of forging an iron sword can definitely be lower than that of a bronze sword."
"Moreover, Your Majesty, iron is lighter and harder than bronze. If it is made into armor, it will be lighter and have higher defense than bronze armor."
Wang Qi immediately said: "The master craftsman Ou Yezi, the master craftsman who presented the divine sword with merit, was rewarded with five hundred households in the city and ordered him to continue to improve the iron sword forging technology."
"The craftsman supervises other master craftsmen and rewards them according to their merits!"
Ou Yezi and the craftsmen supervisor, many great craftsmen bowed and saluted one after another. For a moment, people in the hall shouted, "The Huai Kingdom will last forever."
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With the emergence of iron swords, bronze weapons began to gradually withdraw from the battlefield. At the same time, the high cost of bronze swords also began to withdraw from the stage of history. Similarly, the emergence of iron tools made the fighting on the battlefield more and more intense, and the disputes between the states of Zhou Dynasty also became more intense. The emergence of iron tools further improved productivity, and the originally divided countries began to gradually unify. ——"Cambridge Ancient Chinese History·Warring States Period".
Ou Yezi, a native of the Huai State in the late Spring and Autumn Period, was ordered by Duke Xiang of Huaizhuang to forge swords. He traveled to Fujian and Zhejiang to search for suitable sword-making places. After three years, he forged five swords: Zhanlu, Chunjun, Shengxie, Yuchang, and Ju. Que. At the order of Huaigong, he forged the three swords of Longyuan, Tai'a and Gongbu. ——"Biography of Ou Yezi"
