"This is the blast furnace."
Said Liv, looking up at an elongated facility made of bricks.
blast furnace.
First, put iron ore, charcoal, and limestone from above the chimney-like mouth.
Next, the magical energy of [Magic Ore] is released in a furnace with rare magic stones and red balls arranged at the bottom.
It is also familiar to raise the temperature by putting wind with rare magic stones and blue balls from the side.
This is basically the same as the way to defeat the kilns and golems of the blacksmith workshop.
However, in this [furnace], it is possible to achieve an ultimate temperature that is different by adjusting the release of magic ore's magic power.
The iron ore and charcoal react at the high temperature in the furnace, and the pig iron melted in the mush is created.
"I see. I thought it was one because it was a strange shape."
"I don't think it's crazy"
, A woman blacksmith who says his breasts are angry.
"I'm sorry, it's cool"
"Hey, I understand."
After praising, Liv was in a good mood.
She is a woman with the character of breaking bamboo as ever.
Furthermore, it seems that if we simply raised the temperature, we could do so (since we only needed to increase the amount of magic in the furnace).
However, what was newly introduced in the blast furnace was a "firebrick" that could withstand extremely high temperatures.
so.
If you can raise the temperature, there is no point unless the facility can withstand it.
The refractory brick (brick) seems to have been realized because the geological survey of Akira had revealed the distribution of clay and feldspar in the territory.
It was made by Shohei Yoshioka, who has the data, and the carpenter's master.
"It looks like it's going well."
"But ... there's a little problem."
Liv scratching the head.
"The technicians have designed the ship in detail, but the construction process is going to require a lot of fusion stones."
"What's that again?"
"Yeah. To build an iron ship, you need to form the body part separately and then" weld "each one in the dock."
welding…….
Technology that melts joints at an instantaneous high temperature to attach iron parts to each other.
He says this technology is necessary because a large hull cannot be cast at once with iron.
In order to do so, the temperature required for instantaneous (•) firing (•) must be level 4 magic [dokiradone].
"got it"
"I'll put a burden on you ...
"Hey huh, each other. Leave it to me."
With that said, I bumped my arm with a woman blacksmith.
afterwards.
I'm a little worried about who should replace the receiver that I had with Ichitaro.
It is important to develop a blacksmithing system, but for the time being, it seems necessary to build more facilities.
And the docks must also be built.
For the time being, we should focus on nurturing construction.
So, the floating frame of the receiver was replaced with the young people at the carpenter's ridge.
Heein! ......
By the way, I will return to the dragonfly immediately after this.
Fly again with the Kurouo Maru and return to Lamu.
Then, lead the elite squad and restart the experience for one wing tower.
Gain experience, transfer to territories, and collect fusion stones.
After a while, I went to the territory and changed the receiver.
Golem hunting at the tower Receiving receivers at the territory Golem hunting at the tower ……
This is a repetition of this.
For now, the focus is on young carpenters.
"Lord. Items are running out."
After a while, Nao points out so.
So when I returned to my territory, I loaded the remaining one of the sailing ships, Hansen, with ore and rare stones, and sent them to resupply mini expeditionary units.
When this happens, I'm glad we had three sailboats, Hansen.
You can use one as a supply ship.
Once the elite units have replenished their items, the sailboat Hansen carries the acquired fusion stones and sends it to the territory.
When that's done, I'll have this ship head to Onigashima.
Since Akira carries the iron ore excavated on the ship, the ship is moored on the island instead of transporting goods to the territory.
The three sailboats, Hansen, were rotated in this way.
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As you go back and forth between the tower and the territory several times, strange facilities will gradually build up around the blacksmith's workshop.
For example, this egg-shaped facility.
This is a converter that forcibly sends air into the rough pig iron made by blast furnace.
Through this process, pig iron is refined into a solid steel.
After that, it is fitted into a mold, cooled, and then delicately distorted to create weapons, buildings, and ship parts.
The formation is probably the highlight of the skill of blacksmithing.
Kankankankan ...!
The construction of docks as well as steelmaking facilities has progressed.
The docks had to revet a fairly large space, so they decided to use bricks.
Techniques for steelmaking also helped build the dock.
Every time I return to the territory with the Kuroo Maru, bricks are regularly stacked in the depressions provided on the coast.
When bricks were piled up to a certain extent, iron frames were used to assemble a scaffold-like framework.
This actually serves as a foothold, and also has a seismic reinforcement function.
It also seems to be a trial of iron products.
"Eiga ..."
As I looked down at the dock construction site, Igarashi, who was behind me, whispered in my ear, and was surprised by his rust.
"What is it? Igarashi-san"
"... Nakamura's busy season has passed."
"Is rice planting finished?"
"Yes. Rice field management continues, but the busiest period is over."
"Yes, then ..."
"Yes"
You can recruit troops from Nakamura to the quest.
In other words, you can get experience points with a unit of 150 people.