"Ha ha!"

"I thought you knew what you said just now, but now I still seem ignorant!"

"Let's speak loudly!"

The few people laughed, and even the craftsmen who were originally recruited looked at Wang Kang in surprise.

Something harder than iron?

There are indeed some, but they are definitely not easy to refine.

And what steel is, I have never heard of it.

"It's good that you have this idea, but don't be foolish," Li Zheng smiled disdainfully and said, "Old Xi, come and tell him!"

Master Xi is a master of cast iron in the smelting and manufacturing bureau, and even purifies the iron embryo. He has the most say in this regard.

After hearing this, Master Xi smiled and said, "If you want to dissolve metals that are harder than iron, in fact, our smelting and manufacturing bureau has already started researching it!"

"It has been shown many times that the higher the temperature of iron smelting, the harder the iron material will be!"

After hearing this, Wang Kang nodded. It seems that the Mechanism Bureau is not useless, and it is not easy to find this.

At this time, Master Xi continued: "The one used to dissolve iron is charcoal. The temperature of charcoal is limited, which is a difficult point that cannot be broken through at all."

"I have purified the iron embryo before. Do you know how it is done? Solving, hammering, and so on, the hardness of the iron is increased."

"But this method requires a lot of manpower. What you mean is that you want to use it in large quantities. IMHO, it can't be done at all."

Li Zheng sneered: "We obeyed the order of Lord Shangshu and have come, but we found that you would not accept our method at all. Since that's the case, we have to go back!"

"Yes, I'll be immersed in something that I haven't done for half a lifetime. What can you, a rich young master, know?"

"It's just hearing, just speaking nonsense, and saying we're ignorant? It's ridiculous!"

Several people agreed, and even the entourage craftsmen showed mockery.

A rich young master was arrogant and wanted to smelter something harder than iron, which was a huge joke.

"Stop by the masters. How can you leave easily when you come here not far away?" Xu Changlin said hurriedly.

Wang Dingchang spent a lot of effort to invite these people from the Metallurgical Bureau. If he went back here, wouldn’t it be a waste of hard work?

Moreover, it was because of Wang Kang, if this was spread to the imperial capital, the Earl's Mansion would be lost!

"Young Master Kang, just follow the masters!" Xu Changlin persuaded him bitterly.

Although the young master has changed a lot now, he has developed a formula for dyed purple fabrics before, which has made Fuyang cloth shop famous and profits have increased exponentially.

But iron smelting and dyeing cloth are completely different from each other!

Wang Kang looked at them and smiled faintly, "What if I could raise the fire temperature?"

"Oh? What method did Young Master Kang come up with?" Li Zheng said disdainfully.

"Blower!" Wang Kang said directly.

"Ha ha,"

Upon hearing this, Li Zheng laughed and said, "Durable vigorous blowing of air can indeed help ignite and increase the temperature, but do you think our smelting and construction bureau does not have it?"

"The wind power of the blower is limited, and if you want to maintain fire, you have to keep blowing, which requires a lot of manpower. That being said, it is difficult to achieve."

"My blower is naturally different from what you use." Wang Kang said lightly.

"Then I'm curious. I wonder what blower Mr. Kang uses?" Master Xi asked.

"It's still under production, you'll see it then."

"So it was another empty talk, and I was still interested in this way."

Li Zheng said to the two people beside him: "Why don't we stay here for a few days to see what we are doing?"

"Okay, it's not in vain to watch a farce before leaving!"

Several people said with a smile.

"Since that's the case, how about we bet?" Wang Kang said.

"What are you betting on?"

"If my vision is realized, you will stay here and let me send you," Wang Kang said: "If I can't do it, then you can do whatever you want!"

"Okay, I've been betting!"

Li Zheng said directly: "I know that your Earl Fuyang is rich. If you can't do it, donate 100,000 gold coins from our Metallurgical Bureau!"

After hearing this, Master Xi and Wang Fuchen's eyes lit up. The Bureau of Arts and Engineering was a subordinate of the Ministry of Works. Although they were arrogant here, they were just craftsmen to put it bluntly.

Among the six ministries of the court, the Ministry of Works has the lowest status, and even more so in the Metallurgical Bureau. The Ministry of Revenue has no funds at all.

If you don’t have money, you can’t do anything, especially if you don’t have money, you can’t do it if you don’t have money.

If you have this bet, you can make a big profit, so why not do it?

"Why don't you dare?"

Li Zheng asked with a faint smile, but in fact his heart was up and down. He said this just now, and it was the lion who spoke up.

"Haha!" Wang Kang suddenly laughed, "I thought you were going to say something, but it turned out that the money was still raised..."

"Okay, this bet is true. You don't need to write a handwritten document. With so many people around you as evidence, you will not be able to pay any debts."

Seeing that Wang Kang agreed so simply, Li Zheng and the others were a little confused. This was 100,000 gold coins, so did they agree so easily?

Even if your family has money, you won’t be able to blink your eyelids, right?

But the others all looked natural. If you say anything else, you may not be sure of it, but when it comes to money, Young Master Kang will definitely not hesitate at all.

Because what he is best at is spending money.

Since he couldn't figure it out, he stopped thinking about it. Li Zheng said with a smile on his face: "I would like to thank Young Master Kang for all his money."

"Is it a bit too early to say this now?" Wang Kang said coldly.

"Haha, do you really think you can refine it?" Master Xi smiled.

Wang Kang didn't say much to them anymore. When he actually refined it, he would slap them in the face with reality.

Steelmaking is different from iron making. First of all, the fire temperature required for steel making needs to reach more than 1,500 degrees, which is the biggest difficulty.

What if there were oxidants to help ignite in modern times but it could not be achieved in ancient times?

After thinking, Wang Kang decided to write an article on the floor furnace. The floor furnace of this era cannot be guaranteed to be strict due to the material limitations of the material.

This will make the heat unable to be stored, pass away, and keep the temperature unsustainable.

But Wang Kang has now made fired refractory bricks, which can be perfect at this point, and he has made a new blower.

With the combination of the two, it is entirely possible to increase the temperature in the furnace to above 1,500 degrees.

Moreover, Wang Kang designed two floor furnaces to connect and refine, to ensure effectiveness, but even so, there must be a gap in the steel refined.

But this is the greatest capability that conditions can achieve at present. With steel, reinforced concrete can be made to support the tunnel...

And it can also make weapons and equipment...it is very effective.

The reason why Wang Kang wanted to keep Li Zheng and others was because he was interested in their profession. Iron and steel making is not an ordinary thing, and he obviously didn't have the energy to spend on it.

Thinking of this, Wang Kang raised his eyes and said to them, "When I really refined it, don't refuse to admit it!"

"Haha, then I'll wait and see!"

Wang Kang said confidently: "I promise to surprise you... at that time!"

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