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Chapter 154 The Art of Steel

The grassland where Ebo is located has many advantages that are conducive to industrial development, but also has disadvantages: there are no mines.

There is no iron, no copper, no aluminum, no coal, no oil, none of these treasures. Judging from the reactions of Pibali and Keke, there are many mines in the Luofeng Mountains. The problem is that the excavation of the Luofeng Mountains is not only It's a matter of location, and the difficulty is so great that we have to give up.

The "Gold Selling Cave" of the research center is undoubtedly the Foundry Institute. Every time Russell approves the funding of the Foundry Institute, his face will be ugly. Cecil has no choice but to buy all the ores. The transportation fee alone is extremely expensive, but this research has to The most painful thing about doing it is that he has no idea about the direction of research and development, so Helen and Cindy can only let Helen and Cindy figure it out by themselves, and they are destined to take many detours.

The Damascus steel that was conceived last time was indeed excellent, but Cecil could only reluctantly give up because Tambunita won her love. This time, facing the opportunities and pressure from the west, what did Helen and Cindy come up with?

"We did it! We did it!" Helen rushed out like a rabbit, almost bumping Cecil, "Your Majesty, we did it!"

"What?" Cecil asked nervously.

"Stainless steel!" Cindy rushed out, waving an ax with joy on her face. If you look closely, you will find that there are still water stains on the ax. "We put this ax next to the artificial lake. Look, it's not at all No rust!"

Cecil focused his eyes and saw that the ax was glowing bluish-white, without any sign of redness.In this era, most cold weapons do not "die" from fracture but from corrosion. Once rust occurs, the metal will become brittle and crisp, and the life of this weapon will come to an end.

"How did you do that?" Cecil asked excitedly.

"It's all thanks to Danny!" Helen turned around and pulled out a middle-aged man with bloodshot eyes and unkempt hair, "He helped me!"

"It's just a trivial thing." Danny yelled. "It's really hot in here, so hot! My God, how do you women do it!"

"You can speak in a low voice now." Helen said with a smile, "The sound of blacksmithing is quite loud, isn't it?"

"Yeah." Danny picked out his ears, "Oh, it's not easy!"

"So, who will tell me how it was made?" Cecil asked anxiously.

Helen, Cindy and Danny looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

Helen and Cindy were honored to receive Cecil's trust in every possible way, but they also felt a lot of pressure. They ate and drank every day in the foundry, facing the high heat, noise and glare of light, and the smell of household garbage every day. After a bad day, they are unwilling and afraid to leave.

Opportunities do not always exist, they must be seized firmly!

Cecil only mentioned the concept of stainless steel, but he didn't know how to do it. Helen and Cindy did a lot of experiments. They used piles of materials and piles of scrap iron and steel, but they still couldn't find it. trick.Under this kind of pressure, Helen almost gave up. She wandered around the research center every day, looking for something to relax her mind. One day, she wandered to Danny's leather yard.

Danny is doing research on chrome tanned leather. Vegetable tanning can no longer satisfy him. The "chemical" theory he heard from Cecil made him feel itchy. He kept using all kinds of weird things to "ravage" the leather, trying to get something new.This is how chrome tanned leather comes from. The chrome tanning potion obtained from chrome ore is used on leather. The resulting leather is more heat-resistant, wear-resistant, thinner and softer, with excellent ductility and super waterproof. For leather that needs to be in close contact , such as shoes, clothes, bags, etc., is an excellent advantage. After coloring, the color is also very bright, and the production time can be further shortened.

In conclusion, chrome tanning could, in Danny's words, "kill" the tanning industry!

"It also gave me a reminder." Helen said with a smile, "Chromium is a metal that can form a waterproof layer. We have tested that this metal is not only heat-resistant but also anti-corrosion. The only problem is that this metal does not have a single source. "

"Yes, I found it in the iron," Danny added.

"So, we thought, steel also comes from iron, wouldn't it be good to cover the surface of steel with a layer of chromium?" Cindy said.

Cecil smiled and said, "Successful?"

"It failed." Helen said, "First of all, there is a bonding problem. The chromium on the steel surface is easy to fall off, and the chromium layer will lose its effectiveness after a long time, and water will still corrode it. However, we thought of one thing because of this. There are many metals like iron and copper, and some metals may not be suitable for making swords alone, and their fusion properties may not be good, but what if three or more metals are mixed together?"

"I couldn't do it before because the temperature was too low!" Cindy stopped stammering when she was happy, and said, "Now, we have a blast furnace, a high temperature of over 1500 degrees, and a water-cooled pool and an air-cooled room. He also made two greenhouses for us, as long as we keep trying, we will succeed!"

In this world, if there is no way to control the temperature without magic, Cecil thought about it and adopted a stupid method. Since the temperature of one furnace cannot be controlled, it is better to build two.

Two furnaces are built within a certain distance, and the temperature can be fixed respectively. The middle is connected by a long cylinder.The molten iron is fed into the furnace with a "long-handled pot", the "pot" is inside the furnace, and the handle is outside.When the temperature needs to be changed, turn on the switch at both ends of the cylinder, hold the long handle and move it laterally, and send the "pot" into another furnace through the side gap.

This is an extremely stupid method, and it requires the operator to be a strong man and have to endure extremely high temperatures, but it is a method after all.

With such a stupid method, Helen and Cindy came up with a "strange thing": the outer shell was made of iron, nickel, and chromium metal after high temperature and water cooling, and low carbon steel was sandwiched inside. This ax is not only resistant to acid, Sea water and steam can also maintain sufficient hardness and toughness.

"It's not just 201 stainless steel, it's 304... No, it's not, this one is acid-resistant, this, this is..." Cecil remembered where he saw the description of this kind of steel, and there was a professional term for it. Can't remember, "Anyway, it's very powerful, corrosion-resistant steel!"

In fact, this is called acid-resistant steel in modern industry, especially for chemical corrosion resistance. Stainless steel is not necessarily resistant to chemical corrosion, but acid-resistant steel must have the function of stainless steel. In fact, 201 stainless steel is not suitable for seaside use. It is magnetic and has The 201 steel is even only chrome-plated on the surface, 304 is not magnetic, and its rust resistance is relatively better, and the acid-resistant steel is even better, but its toughness and hardness are a little worse.The manufacturing process of clamping steel solves this problem to a certain extent. This is not the best way but the best choice.

Cecil looked at the ax as he looked at Langdon's cat form.

"And, did you know? There is an even more interesting discovery!" Helen's eyes sparkled, which made half of her scarred face come alive, "Damascus steel has restraint on magic, we were thinking, this Will the things made this time have the same characteristics? So, we did an experiment!"

Cecil's heart was pounding, his hands unconsciously clenched into fists, and he asked in a trembling voice, "How is it?"

"Magic below level 5, including level 5, has a certain degree of protection, especially acid magic, 100% protection!" Danny shouted loudly, the excitement was beyond words, "This is simply a miracle! We tested it, and this The thing doesn't have any magic fluctuations, it's not a magic product, but this thing can completely overcome acid magic!"

Cecil couldn't help but shook his fist violently, and screamed, the four of them screamed and jumped unconsciously, like a group of psychopaths.

"Did you know? Did you know?" Cindy completely forgot about etiquette, and took Cecil's hand and said, "Ordinary acids and alkalis are harmful to this kind of steel, but magic can't! This thing As if born to resist magic!"

Cecil took the ax, took a deep breath, and said, "This is called the inevitability of fate, or in other words, it is logical."

"What is logical?" A Yoyo voice rang in the ears, and the four of them were startled at the same time.

Cecil turned his head, and Homer's sluggish expression came into view, and he couldn't help saying angrily, "Can you make a little noise when you walk, you're scarier than Langdon!"

The big cat's actions are already very silent, and Homer is even worse. After two years of getting along, Cecil only knows that one of his specialties is stealth operations and light and shadow manipulation. As long as he doesn't want to, there are very few people on this ground. There are creatures who can find him.

After going through many difficulties, Homer has proved his reliability with actions. Although the little dragon seems to be at a loss emotionally, his determination to maintain Moon City is still full marks.

"You're gay, and there's an openly gay king in the Middle Kingdom, so I feel it's in my personal interest to live here as a gay." Calm, more and more like his black dragon brother, "Unless my personal safety is endangered, I am of course willing to contribute to the survival of the Middle Kingdom."

The above is Homer's explanation.

After that, Langdon let Homer get close to Cecil - in fact, he still "managed" him in private, and gave some protective magic and so on - but, a head who specialized in stealth operations and light and shadow manipulation It's really hard to stop the dragon from doing something. For this reason, Langdon specially conducted magic research for a period of time, hoping to better protect Cecil.

Cecil should have gotten used to Homer's disappearance by now, but this was his first visit to the foundry.

"Why are you here? In the middle of the night." Cecil asked.

"Can't sleep." Homer yawned, "I haven't been able to sleep well for a while."

"What? Have you become spring?" Cecil asked with a smile.

"It's probably about to moult, it's very troublesome." Homer said weakly, "I just heard what you said is logical?"

Cecil introduced the ax with a smile on his face, his eyebrows were beaming, and when he was talking about how to name the steel, Homer suddenly spat at the axe!

The four of them stared at Homer dumbfounded, and then looked at the axe. The blue, smooth surface of the ax seemed to be completely unaffected. The little saliva slid down the surface of the axe, and when it fell to the ground, it slowly corroded the ground into a hole. Black pit.

"Really." Homer stared at the ax with interest, "Let me play."

Cecil looked at Helen and Cindy. The girls were very generous and gave Homer the ax directly. Of course, this was also related to his beautiful appearance. The slender and pale image of this little dragon is too confusing, even if It is also difficult for people who know the true face to connect him with the ferocious and tyrannical Dragon Clan.

Homer took the ax and left contentedly. Only then did Cecil remember the purpose of wandering around, and pulled Helen aside to explain in a low voice the plight of the Green Bank elves.

"Heh, the Green Bank elves..." Helen sighed softly, "I've heard of them, beautiful vases."

Cecil was a little surprised: "Why do you say that?"

"Luomasu has contacts with many magical countries because of the sale of magma." When she said this, Helen did not have the slightest pride as a royal family. The destruction of her motherland and the madness of her relatives made her full of vigilance and disdain for the so-called royal family. , now she has lost her image of a technocrat and has no regrets, "Let me just say, this is just a story and not guaranteed to be true. The Green Bank elves and the Highgarden elves once had the same Ancestor, the Elven King at that time had two sons, he let them choose the way of future development, the eldest son chose clay, because it can shape everything, and the youngest son chose flowers, because flowers are beautiful, do you understand?"

Cecil understood in seconds: "The eldest son is from Highgarden, and the younger son is Green Bank?"

"Yes, what happened to the Green Bank elves is indeed sympathetic, but before, I mean before Saint Panier was so cruel, they had many opportunities to leave Green Bank, just like High Court. After the destruction of the old site of High Court The court elves re-selected a place to build the country, and the environment of the new High Court is indeed very difficult, but it also reduces a lot of coveted sight." Helen said, "What about Green Bank? The location of Green Bank is very good, with a suitable climate, lush vegetation, and Many mines, a lot of the coal we buy come from them, but everyone in the good place wants it. In so many years of history, they have not studied magic other than life magic, but have developed extremely high self-esteem, I think they will participate in the expo no matter what, on the one hand to save face, and on the other hand to find that if they don’t do something practical, everyone will understand the emptiness inside them, right?”

According to Cecil's information from the Highgarden library, Highgarden and Green Bank are two completely different races, and there is no evidence that they have the same ancestor. The two elves have different views. Obviously, the green bank elves are looked down upon by others.

There was some disdain and sarcasm in Helen's words, and Cecil partly agreed with her, but at the same time, he didn't want to be too stubborn: "Maybe they have a last resort."

After all, Helen is not a child anymore. The identity of the royal family has indeed given her a broader perspective. After pondering for a moment, she said: "Maybe they have something more to insist on than extermination, but self-esteem without strength is nothing but self-deception." Sighs and pain appeared in her words, obviously thinking of the tragedy of Lomasu, "As a subjugated person, the only advice I can give is to die half of the people, or all of them. If you really want to To survive, it is best for the whole family to leave immediately."

This idea coincides with Cecil's, but he has selfish intentions. He hopes that these elves with knowledge and magic can become high-level labor force, even if they come to the east to rebuild the country. He has already asked secretly, elves It is not easy to reproduce, the life span is long, and the population size is absolutely impossible to exceed that of humans, so he is not worried at all that the kingdom of elves will turn hostile.

"Well, I'll go talk to this Serena." Helen said suddenly, "I don't want her to make a wrong decision."

Of course, Cecil agreed with Helen's approach. After thanking Helen, he left the foundry. The starry sky on the grassland was always beautiful. The appearance of corrosion-resistant steel made him so excited that he couldn't sleep, so he simply went to the conference room to work.

This year, Yuecheng's population is about to exceed [-], which is already considered a large city, and it is quite well-known in the circle of Luoye Bay.In such a city, the amount of administrative affairs alone is already a terrible amount. Russell's tax system keeps expanding enrollment. Unfortunately, interpreting magic can replace part of the teaching of characters, but it cannot replace mathematics. Russell complains that there is no money or no one.

It was dawn during this work, and when Cecil was woken up by Langdon, his saliva printed a face on the document.

"You stayed up all night last night?" Langdon said while imprinting an interpreter magic on Cecil's forehead, and at the same time stroked his dog's head with a cleaning magic. Everyone was too busy to eat magic bread, and the personal cleaning procedure would naturally save time. Save, "What did you do?"

Cecil mumbled over the results of last night.

Langdon was very calm after hearing this, and asked, "What do you think about the Green Bank elves?"

"Yes, I want to go to the west." Cecil had expected that Langdon would object, and then emphasized, "It is also to participate in the Magic Expo. This time the main venue is on the west, and many locals will go. I Think this is our chance to make a name for yourself!"

Langdon smiled slightly and said, "No."

Cecil knew that Langdon was a resolute person, for example, he was unwilling to participate in the magic grading, no matter how intimidated and lured by the Magic Alliance, he would not be able to survive, but he never thought that Langdon would be so resolute in his travel .

In short, one word: no.

"Don't even think about it if I'm alive." Langdon said calmly, "It's too dangerous. I can't protect you. You're not Oaks. You don't have that many lives. The God of Civilization hasn't appeared yet. Why did the God of Paper Book warn you? Didn't you always tell us to keep a low profile?"

"We can form a team." Cecil said flatteringly, "Bring bodyguards. In short, all standards will follow what you said."

Langdon looked into Cecil's eyes and said, "Then why do you have to go in person?"

"Who else knows everything but me? I mean might know one thing, like Danny knows tanning, but no one knows everything better than me!" Cecil argued. "There are many ideas , Only I know, and it’s hard for others to tell.”

Cecil has a small thought that he didn't say. For some reason, he feels that this is probably the last chance to go out to play. If the Central Kingdom encounters unexpected disasters in the future, he will naturally die. If the Central Kingdom develops smoothly in the future, As the supreme leader, he has no chance to run around.

Langdon seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said more firmly: "No."

Cecil has been trying to persuade Langdon for the next few days, explaining it from multiple angles and aspects, and even mobilizing other royal knights. However, no matter what he said Langdon always said two words: no.

Helen hurriedly came to see Cecil on the third day: "Those green-bank elves are really brainless, they just refuse to leave anyway!"

"Did she have a reason?" Cecil, who had persuaded Langdon to be unfavorable, became even more depressed and lost all energy. "Why didn't she leave?"

"It says that if they run away, once others understand their powerlessness, they will come to catch them even more." Helen gritted her teeth and said, "Do you think you can't see it now?!"

Cecil thought for a while, and said strangely: "It's okay, haven't the Green Bank elves always been famous for treating death as home?"

"That was in the past. Think about it, they have even asked you now... I didn't mean that, Your Majesty, but your reputation is obviously not enough to spread to the west, right?" Helen said without shame. After getting along for so long, She is very familiar with Cecil's temperament, "Since everyone has come here, won't other countries with a little chance ask for it? Then everyone knows their emptiness! Now that they have come to this point, Of course it’s the first move! These idiots!”

Cecil observed Helen's expression, and found that she was not as angry as he imagined: "You look...it seems a pity?"

Helen sighed and said, "Beauty is a sin."

With such a sentence, Cecil understood. Thinking of Serena crying under the light, she also sighed, but it also reminded him of one thing.

Langdon didn't want to go home that night. Recently, Cecil was very angry about going to the west, and kept making troubles. He quarreled with him on almost everything, and he really had a headache.

However, Langdon is a good person—especially in a relationship, Cecil is very young compared to his age, so it is normal for him to be tolerant as an older person—he still went home, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Cecil Searle's smiling face.

Langdon stopped, and an alarm sounded in his heart, but he still walked slowly and asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I have a bad temper recently and I've caused you trouble." Cecil smiled and said, "Come on, sit down."

Langdon raised his eyebrows, and sat down vigilantly, Cecil jumped up and almost sat in his arms, and said with his arms around his neck, "My husband, do you like me?" ?”

Langdon: "..."

A level [-] alarm whined.

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I think the car is almost warmed up... But, the space car seems to be a bit out of line, what kind of car I want to drive... a steel car?Farming car?Cooking car?