In the rune instrument manufacturing skill promotion region of the tower of time, Zhang Tie was completely immersed in his own world.
In the wilderness, Zhang Tie started to sort out and check all the skills that he had grasped by craftsman apprentices. After that, he integrated what he had just absorbed into his operation.
Zhang Tie had not done such a thing before. It was both familiar and strange for Zhang Tie. If it was outside, Zhang Tie would never have time to do this seemingly childish and time-wasting thing; however, in the tower of time, he had abundant time. Additionally, Zhang Tie's main target in the tower of time was to promote to an immortal craftsman, which was the key step for him to realize that dream. Therefore, he had a lot of time to do these things.
Zhang Tie completely treated what he was doing as entertainment. The entire rune instrument manufacturing skill promotion region was exclusive to Zhang Tie.
After making the simplest small brick kiln, Zhang Tie didn't stop there.
Zhang Tie sharpened the edge of the stone on a stone beside the brook. After that, he found two more pieces of rotten wood and some small wooden sticks.
After rolling those small wooden sticks on a piece of flat stone, Zhang Tie could easily select the most suitable fire-making material. After that, he sharpened a part of the wooden stick using that piece of stone. Then, he made the first tool of fire-making by drilling wood.
Although this step was simple, the simplest way to choose the firewood stick that was most suitable to be rubbed and rotated in one's hand, and the angle of the tip of the firewood stick that was convenient to drill while maintaining the highest coefficient of friction heat was something that could not be learned from books.
After doing all these, Zhang Tie smashed a piece of rotten wood by rubbing it into a pile of wood dregs. After that, he ran to the brook and picked up two brown stones. After rubbing the two brown stones by rubbing them, Zhang Tie could confirm the sulfur content of the two stones. After that, he smashed one of the two stones a bit, leaving a handful of fine sand-like stone granules. After that, he pinched some of the granules into the hollow of a piece of rotten wood and sprinkled some wood dregs over it. After that, Zhang Tie started to make fire by drilling wood.
The stones and gravel with a high sulfur content could increase the friction between the wooden stick and the plank when drilling wood to make a fire, making the fire twice the result with half the effort. The smashed and ground wood chips and dregs could be ignited in the shortest time possible.
If Zhang Tie used his battle qi or his knight's ability, he could easily make all these; however, if he did it with the ability of a common craftsman's apprentice, he would have different gains and fun.
Only after a few minutes, Zhang Tie's wooden board had started to smoke while the fine wood dregs started to turn red and burn. Zhang Tie then added more fine wood dregs and tiny firewood onto it. After a short while, the fire started to burn. Zhang Tie had succeeded in lighting the fire.
After moving the fire into the small brick kiln, he picked some firewood and added it. After controlling the fire head and degree of heat, he ran to the riverside and dug a big pit to mix the mud once again.
It was the key to mix mud well. If there was too much water, the mud would be too thin and hard to be plastic; if there was too little water, the mud would be not viscous and easy to crack. Additionally, in the process of mixing mud, Zhang Tie had to ensure that all the mud was evenly and meticulously mixed without particles or bubbles. The most important step was to determine the size of the bricks according to the properties of the mud. There was a corresponding relationship between the size of bricks and the properties of the mud, which determined the fire-resistance and durability of the refractory bricks. If the size of the bricks didn't match the properties of the mud, the bricks would have problems. Although it was rough work, it also contained knowledge.
After mixing mud, Zhang Tie found some wood blocks and two stones over there and made the simplest manual brick-making tool. After poking the tool into the pile of mud, Zhang Tie picked it up and put it on the flat surface. Closely after that, he made a relatively regular rectangular brick.
As he mixed the mud, he made tens of thousands of mud bricks in one breath.
Later on, when the mud bricks were almost dry in the shade, Zhang Tie put those bricks which were almost dry in the shape of the brick kiln to be baked.
After all, he didn't feel hungry or thirsty in the tower of time. Zhang Tie was so focused that he even forgot about the passage of time …
After baking the bricks, Zhang Tie built the first coke oven with the first batch of refractory bricks.
After building the coke oven, Zhang Tie went to dig coal and used it to make coke.
In the following days, Zhang Tie had been busy.
He baked bricks, burned coke, made the simplest blower, dug some iron ores with simple tools, built a smelting furnace with the fired refractory bricks and clay, put in coke and iron ores, and lit a fire …
When Zhang Tie saw the red molten iron flowing out of the smelting furnace, he almost dropped off tears. 'It's really not easy to start from scratch.'
At the sight of the molten iron flowing out of the smelting furnace, Zhang Tie hurriedly guided the molten iron into the simple sand moulds which were made of baked clay and stream sand.
Zhang Tie made over 30 moulds in total. After pouring molten iron into these moulds, Zhang Tie would get the first batch of iron tools after cooling them down and simple processing. With this batch of iron tools, Zhang Tie's production efficiency would increase many times and he would be able to do more things. Later on, Zhang Tie could smelt iron into steel in this wilderness step by step, including block smelting method, steel frying method, steel pouring method, raw and cooked double iron steelmaking method, crucible steelmaking method, converter steelmaking method, open hearth steelmaking method, one step steelmaking method, rune steelmaking method … Zhang Tie had mastered a lot of methods of making steel.
With steel, there would be more tools, and more things could be made. Things like steam engines and the like could be made at any time …
This process was the basic skill of a rune instrument manufacturing master's apprentice craftsmen.
Zhang Tie tried it from the beginning and gained different achievements as expected.
After those moulds cooled down, Zhang Tie processed the 30-odd iron tools using the sand and stones beside the stream. Watching the 30-odd iron tools in front of him, Zhang Tie finally let out a deep sigh satisfactorily.
Zhang Tie then took out a compound iron chisel which was used to process wood and flicked it with his finger. Hearing the melodious metal sound from the iron chisel, Zhang Tie nodded. The quality of iron produced by different people was different. Although his iron-making equipment was the simplest, Zhang Tie also adopted some skills of frying steel to further reduce the content of carbon in the pig iron. Therefore, although these tools were made of iron, their quality was definitely much better than that of common iron tools. They looked a bit like steel.
'After leaving here, even if I expose my identity as a rune instrument manufacturing master, nobody would doubt me anymore.'
Zhang Tie thought as he put down his tools satisfactorily. Previously, if he exposed his identity as a rune instrument manufacturing master, he might arouse people's suspicion and criticism. However, from now on, he didn't have to worry about that anymore. His skills as a rune instrument manufacturing master also came from the tower of time. As for the fruit of plunder, he didn't know about it at all. 'What's wrong? Who dares to be dissatisfied? I could only say that I'm too lucky to encounter another tower of time. Kindness always has its own reward. Anyone who wants to admire me can just admire me …'
"Hahahaha …" Zhang Tie burst out into laughter. After that, he touched his face as he muttered, "I wonder how that woman is and whether she has recovered from her wounds or not. Well, I will take a look at her. It's been 15 days since I entered this rune instrument manufacturing skill promotion region …"
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Tie had stayed in the rune instrument manufacturing skill promotion region for 15 days. During this period, Zhang Tie made his first batch of iron tools from scratch. Not until then did Zhang Tie feel a bit fatigued.
Even though he was a knight, it was against the rules of living beings to stay awake for 15 days in the tower of time. No matter how powerful Zhang Tie was, of course, he would feel a bit fatigued.
After washing his face and being covered with dust these days, Zhang Tie left the rune instrument manufacturing skill promotion region and walked out of the huge "crystal Mongolian yurt".
The moment he walked out of the "crystal Mongolian yurt", Zhang Tie had looked at the high platform.
Yan Feiqing was not cultivating there. If she was, he would sense an evident element response from that cultivation platform. After finding that Yan Feiqing was not cultivating, Zhang Tie walked towards her crystal bed.
Before walking to the bedside, Zhang Tie had caught sight of Yan Feiqing the moment he bypassed the cultivation platform …
At the sight of Yan Feiqing's situation, Zhang Tie had been startled. Closely after that, he sped up over 100 times and arrived at the bedside in the blink of an eye.
Yan Feiqing was not sitting on the bed; instead, she was lying on the bed with her eyes closed and disheveled hair. There was a puddle of blood on the bed, which flowed out of Yan Feiqing's left wrist. Yan Feiqing was holding a bun in her right hand. Given the wound on her wrist, it seemed that she had pierced her arm with the bun. Zhang Tie wondered what was wrong with this woman. How could she hurt herself here …
Zhang Tie hurriedly checked her wound and found that there was still blood on her bun. The wound on her wrist was still bleeding, which indicated that Yan Feiqing had just hurt herself less than 1 hour ago …
Zhang Tie instantly tore off one of his sleeves and wrapped up the wound on Yan Feiqing's hand.
When Zhang Tie cleaned the blood stains, he found that there were more than one wound on her wrist. It was definitely not the first time for her to injure herself like this. She had been doing this for a long time these days.
Zhang Tie wondered whether this woman was mad or not.
Previously, Yan Feiqing was icy all over. However, the moment Zhang Tie touched her hand, he felt like pressing a switch. Closely after that, Yan Feiqing's icy body started to heat up like a kettle of boiling water …
When Zhang Tie was dressing her wound, Yan Feiqing, who was in a coma, uttered a low moan as she opened her eyes. At the sight of Zhang Tie, who was tearing off his sleeve and dressing her wrist for her, Yan Feiqing opened her eyes.
"Piss off … piss off …" Yan Feiqing's voice was quivering and weak. At the sight of Zhang Tie, Yan Feiqing's eyes flashed with a struggling look.
"Aah, my lady, don't be so stubborn. Even though I know that the guy who was killed outside has an emotional entanglement with you, you don't need to do that at this moment. Even if you want to die for love, you shouldn't do that at this moment. We're alone. If you really want to die for love, the others would think that I did something to you. I hate to see a woman being stubborn in front of me the most …" Zhang Tie lowered his head as he dressed the wound on Yan Feiqing's wrist. To be honest, as Zhang Tie had a recovery body, he could not do this fast; especially the wound on Yan Feiqing's wrist was not the same as the old one. It was a bit troublesome to deal with it. "It seems that you've not recovered. If you need my help, just tell me. I'm a good man. I'll help you to the end. I've got some vials of medicament with me …"
"You … let go of my hand … don't touch me …" In only a few seconds, Yan Feiqing's face had turned as red as fire as she panted. She wanted to draw her hand back; however, even though she was a shadow knight, she still couldn't match Zhang Tie in terms of strength. Zhang Tie just held her hand and didn't move it at all as he just focused on bandaging the wound.
"Don't move. I'm going to recover soon. I don't usually do this kind of work. It's strange. Why are you so hot now? You were cold just now …"
Zhang Tie only felt that Yan Feiqing's current state and voice were a bit strange; however, he didn't think too much about it.
However, Yan Feiqing directly slapped towards Zhang Tie's shoulder with another hand. Zhang Tie had not imagined that Yan Feiqing could launch a strike at this moment. As they were so close to each other, Zhang Tie was directly slapped by Yan Feiqing's palm and fell down at once …
Yan Feiqing's palm strike didn't carry the power of a shadow knight anymore. Plus Zhang Tie's thick skin, Zhang Tie only felt a bit pain; instead of being injured.
As Zhang Tie pulled Yan Feiqing's wrist by another hand, Zhang Tie directly pulled Yan Feiqing off the crystal bed. Plus the great strength of her palm strike, Yan Feiqing directly rolled into Zhang Tie's arms …
Before feeling any pain, Zhang Tie had felt soft and fragrant in his arms. Yan Feiqing's hot face almost touched his face. Coincidentally, one of his hands was tightly grasping a plump and soft thing while the other was putting his arms around Yan Feiqing's waist …
Previously, Zhang Tie wanted to lose his temper; however, the moment he felt the plump and soft thing in his hand, he kneaded it habitually. It was a conditioned reflex that Zhang Tie had formed when he stayed with his beautiful wives and concubines.
The moment Zhang Tie moved, he had heard a gasp, which scared Zhang Tie so much that he loosened his grip at once, "Ah, sorry, I'm not …"
Zhang Tie wanted to turn around and explain it to Yan Feiqing. Coincidentally, Yan Feiqing turned around at once. Closely after that, their lips met in the air and kissed each other …
At once, they were nose to nose, eye to eye, mouth to mouth …
As for Zhang Tie, he widely opened his eyes as if he was struck by a lightning bolt as his mind became blank at once …
'I'm done, I'm done. I've touched her just now; now I've kissed her. Is this woman going to kill me?'
When he recalled that Yan Feiqing always treated men straightforwardly and this woman's comment on him for the first time, Zhang Tie's heart raced. He could only pray that Yan Feiqing wouldn't lose her temper; otherwise, they would have to stay in this tower of time for 6 decades and would have a hard time in the future.
However, Zhang Tie didn't know that this kiss was the last match that lit a powder keg which was going to explode for Yan Feiqing.
When Zhang Tie was at a loss and thought that Yan Feiqing was going to lose her temper and chase after him, Yan Feiqing moved. In a split second, she had hugged Zhang Tie tightly and kissed his lips forcefully …
(To be continued.)
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