Martial: I Started The Technological Revolution In Ancient Times

"Sell me the iron here? In the beginning, I'm afraid I won't be able to give you a high price. After all..."    

"How can I ask for a price in the beginning? Take it out first. We'll calculate the profit in the future. "    

" Oh? The village chief is willing?"    

The village chief laughed loudly and opened his hands to look at the mountains. He said, "There is an inexhaustible supply here!"    

Stupid Zhang's eyes twitched a few more times.    

He could not help but feel excited in his heart.    

The iron ore here was already his supply.    

If the forging speed of the iron here was really fast...    

He would use these private iron to instantly occupy the entire market of these three districts. No one would be able to go against him.    

Iron.    

It was too important!    

Salt iron, why should he control it?    

Because that was the foundation.    

If he didn't eat salt, then he would have no strength. If he didn't eat it for a long time, he would get sick.    

Furthermore, whether the food was delicious or not would be decided with just a little bit of salt.    

If it was iron, people who walked the Pugilistic World needed it. People who walked the business needed it.    

But this was actually very one-sided!    

A horse carriage, no matter how refined it was, still needed three kilograms of iron.    

If the craftsmen wanted to work, the household items in their hands had to be made of iron. If they used other items, then the efficiency would not be able to become a craftsman to feed themselves, much less a family.    

Even if it were ordinary people, the kitchen knives, farming tools, and even the smallest places, there would still be sewing needles.    

There was also an even more important iron pot.    

If there wasn't a good pot, then it would be especially costly to use firewood. After all, boiling a stone pot was fatal. As for copper? The copper had already been taken by the various countries to get copper coins, so how could it be left for the people to use? It couldn't be used either.    

Just like why the Qin Country had such a shortage of copper coins, apart from economic development, there was also a lack of copper coins. There was another important point, which was the small countries around the Qin Country. In fact, they were all using the money in the Qin Country. After all, small countries... Their own people simply didn't believe the copper coins issued by their own country.    

Gold and silver was not something that ordinary people could easily come into contact with.    

Hence, the copper coins, especially the copper coins from Qin Country, became hard currency.    

If you use it, I will use it too. I will forcefully use up all the copper coins in Qin Country.    

It was precisely because of this that the iron became even more important.    

Therefore, salt iron was the lifeline of a country.    

And in these areas where no one cared, if that merchant could monopolize salt iron, he would become the ruler of this region!    

Stupid Zhang was not that strong yet.    

But now, there was an opportunity, a chance to let him climb up one more step!    

How could he not be excited?    

The village chief seemed to know what he was thinking.    

He then clapped his hands and two villagers immediately walked out.    

They smiled at everyone.    

Then, they started to pick two oddly shaped iron cakes from a pile of black iron that looked like scrap metal.    

Then, he threw them into the small stove.    

Someone immediately stepped on the bellows beside him.    

Wood plus leather, this kind of thing could be changed to a different place. If it was smaller, it should be called "Leather Tiger."    

The drum wind's efficiency wasn't very high, but it was very easy to achieve. Moreover, because of the leather, it was even more compact than wooden bellows.    

In other words, the more strength one exerted, the more fierce the wind would be.    

It was also easier to control the temperature of the furnace.    

Soon, the discus turned red.    

Just as they were about to melt, the two of them took out the discus and sprinkled some grass and wood ash on it. Then, they started beating it crazily.    

The clanking sound was quite rhythmic.    

It was only after the color of the discus faded away that they threw it back into the furnace.    

He went back and forth several times.    

When he reached the back, he hit the ground with his hammer and there were no more sparks flying.    

And the place where he killed it wouldn't be like a peach cake, falling off piece by piece.    

Even if it cooled down, it would still be a complete piece of metal.    

Moreover, there was already some metallic luster on it.    

This was not the end.    

The village chief turned around and asked, "What is the metal that we lack the most right now?"    

Stupid Zhang did not even think about it and directly said, "Sabers!"    

Sabers.    

It was also the saber that everyone who lived in the forest wore.    

It was used to pave the way, hunt, make tools, even cut vegetables and cook, cut meat and chop bones!    

It could be said to be omnipotent.    

In terms of shape, it was the simplest.    

It looked like a wide ruler, but from afar, it also looked like a club.    

The front was wide, and the back was narrow.    

There was no need to use any mouth guard. One side was open to a blade, and the back of the blade was thick and solid enough.    

It can be said that this knife can solve almost all of the problems in a family.    

Even tools used to plow the land could be cut out with a woodcutter.    

This also meant that a woodcutter would always be the number one item on the list.    

The village chief nodded.    

However, he was shocked in his heart.    

This was because the first item that Xiao Yun had taught them was a saber! He had asked them not to do anything, but to make a saber.    

Moreover, this saber was the simplest of all iron weapons.    

This was because there were very few steps required.    

And the shape was also very easy to control.    

What was the hardest part of forging iron? It was control over the shape!    

The two villagers received the order.    

They immediately started knocking on the door.    

The red-hot iron piece easily changed shape under the hammer.    

He smashed horizontally a few times, became longer, and smashed vertically a few times, taking shape.    

Gradually, the image of a ruler appeared. It was extremely large and heavy.    

Then, this metal rod was placed on a special anvil. There was a fixed slope on it.    

The small hammer pounded madly, and the initial blade was struck out.    

Then, it was thrown into the furnace to be burned.    

Before they burned it, they used mud to smear the blade. The blade was slightly thicker, and the blade was slightly thinner.    

Then, they started to burn it.    

They controlled the fire and time.    

One of them suddenly shouted, "It's done!"    

The Knife Blank was immediately pulled out and hung on a sink.    

A few villagers looked at each other. One of them steadily put the Knife Blank down...    

Ci!    

Following a piercing sound.    

The knife cooled down.    

Next, there was something that looked like a wheel next to it.    

There was a very thick piece of wood in the middle.    

The edge of the piece of wood was made of metal.    

It supported a very large object that looked like a millstone.    

It was an extremely crudely made stone.    

However, something miraculous happened. They turned this stone around, and the entire stone actually began to smoothly rotate like a wheel.    

The person who was soaked in water immediately placed the long blade beside the wheel and carefully stuck it to it...    

Creak! Creak! Creak!    

Another sound was heard. It was even more ear-splitting and even sounded like teeth were being turned upside down.    

However, one could also see sparks continuously flying out from the surface of the teeth.    

And the place where they came into contact with the sparks also began to shine.    

That metallic luster, if one looked at it, it would make one's spirit tremble!    

Like this, the prototype of the blade appeared.    

After that, another person dipped the blade into water and began grinding on another very flat piece of rock.    

One stone after another was exchanged.    

The last stone looked quite fine. When the blade was placed on top and pushed lightly, there would be a very strange sound.    

It sounded very comfortable.    

Moreover, some powder would appear on the rock, making it look more like mud.    

When the final step was done.    

A simple leather wrapped around the handle, binding it tightly.    

Then, he took out a crooked tree branch. The tree branch was moist. If he used a normal knife to cut it, he would need at least a dozen knives to cut it. This required some skill.    

If he let a newbie, he would not be able to cut a single place with each knife... Then it would take longer.    

Second Zhang was wondering how long it would take for the opponent to cut it in half...    

Ceng!    

The blade descended.    

The tree branch immediately split into two.    

The cut was extremely smooth.    

Second Zhang was stunned. He quickly rushed over and took the knife. He hung the knife upside down and let it face him. He narrowed his eyes and looked at the blade line. He found that it was really straight. There was not even a trace of bending in the middle.    

This kind of thing. The straight edge of the knife had already met the requirements of an elite army!    

He then stretched out his hand and touched the blade horizontally with his thumb.    

This method, the sharper the blade, the more resistance his finger would feel.    

Sizzle sizzle...    

And this blade, not only did the resistance increase, it even produced a sound!    

He was shocked.    

He immediately turned his finger and used his thumb nail to lightly stab the blade.    

If it was an ordinary sharp nail, then the feeling it gave off would be smooth, and a small dent would be left on the nail.    

However, if it was sharper and sharper to a certain extent, the nail would feel a great resistance. It was a kind of 'astringent' feeling!    

This was because the blade was sharp and directly cut into some parts, and the edge of the blade was smooth, so the indentation of the nail would 'hold' the blade. That was the feeling that came from the indentation of the nail.    

After giving it a try, Second Zhang was stunned.    

He turned his hand and pulled out the precious blade from his waist.    

He looked at the edge of the knife and then looked at the edge of the knife.    

This blade... was actually not much different from the edge of the blade! Although it could not be compared, it was already extremely close!