Suhlen would never complain about having too many items that could increase his attributes. It was best to have more of them.
Suhlen picked up the Big Dipper Heavenly Serum and drank it. A cool energy spread through his body and quickly merged with it.
"Congratulations, Host. Your Constitution has increased by three points."
He opened the system to check. On his personal panel, his original 25 Constitution had become 28. Suhlen stretched his body and adapted to the sudden increase in his Constitution. He then prepared to make the hydraulic forging machine.
It was not difficult to make a hydraulic forging machine because there were two rivers here. Both rivers had plenty of water. It was not a problem to build a hydraulic forging machine.
Suhlen drew all the parts of the hydraulic forging machine and asked his craftsmen to make them according to the drawings. To put it bluntly, the hydraulic forging machine was powered by the water flow. Then, a steering device was used to convert the power from the water flow into the hammering force of the forging hammer. The most important part was actually the conversion device. However, it was very simple.
Install a concentric axle on the water flow. The short wooden bar on the axle would move the forging hammer, causing it to rise and fall. This was the simplest hydraulic forging hammer. Suhlen made some improvements to it. He used gears to change the rotation speed of the hammer so that the hydraulic forging machine could adjust the rotation speed and hammering force.
The craftsmen in Suhlen's territory were not bad. Moreover, the hydraulic forging machine's structure was not complicated. Therefore, with his guidance, a hydraulic forging machine was completed in two days.
"Let's begin!" Suhlen took a deep breath and looked nervously at the freshly made hydraulic forging hammer in front of him.
"Open the gate!" one of the craftsmen shouted. As his voice fell, the sluice gate opened, and the surging river water rushed in. The surging river water rushed into the channel that had been excavated, and quickly rushed to the waterwheel. The heavy waterwheel was driven by the current, and then slowly turned.
As the water flow turned, the forging hammer connected to the water flow began to rise slowly. Soon, the heavy forging hammer was raised to a high enough position and then smashed down with a loud bang.
"Bang!"
The sound of metal was deafening and sparks flew everywhere.
Then, the forging hammer was raised again and smashed down with a loud bang.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The dull sounds of metal colliding rang out continuously, and soon became one. A piece of iron ingot was being hammered by the forging hammer in the water. The shape of the iron ingot could be seen with the naked eye becoming compact.
It didn't take long for this iron ingot to be forged into a steel ingot. Suhlen picked up the steel ingot sent by Bruce and weighed it with his hand. It was full of weight and toughness. Although it was not as good as the steel he got from the system, it was not much worse.
"Ding! The construction of the hydraulic forging machine was successful. The hydraulic forging machine will be integrated into the blacksmith shop. "
[Hydraulic Forging Machine: This is a cleverly designed machine. The machine's structure isn't too complicated, and it successfully uses the power of water to forge weapons and equipment. Production efficiency + 3, steel quality + 1]
Suhlen was also very excited when he saw that the system had recognized the Hydraulic Forging Machine. With this Hydraulic Forging Machine, the blacksmith shop's production speed had increased by three times.
"Good job. We can use this steel ingot to produce 35 sets of two-handed axes and armors," Suhlen said with satisfaction.
"How long will it take to complete the forging?"
"Monseigneur, other than me, the blacksmiths are all apprentices. Their skills are still lacking, so the speed of forging armors …" Bruce said hesitantly.
"I'll give you half a month. With the hydraulic forging hammer, the difficulty of forging weapons and equipment has been lowered. If you still can't do it …"
"Don't worry, Monseigneur, I promise to complete the task." Suhlen's words made Bruce's heart skip a beat. He did not want to bargain anymore and immediately agreed.
"Alright, I'll give you the blueprint later. Just forge the equipment according to the blueprint." Suhlen waved his hand and gestured for Bruce to leave. He then opened the system interface and drew the equipment of the Barbarian Giant Axe Warriors.
Now that he had the conditions, he was ready to equip the Barbarians with the recommended equipment. After Suhlen drew the blueprint, he asked someone to send it to Bruce.
After the first hydraulic forging machine was built, the hydraulic blower was also put on the agenda. With the experience of the hydraulic forging machine, the speed of the blower was faster. It only took one day for the blower to be completed.
Since it used hydraulic power, the blower was much bigger than the previous human-powered blower. It was two meters tall and three meters wide. This blower required at least ten slaves to work together to operate. However, with the help of the water wheel, the blower was easily operated.
"Huff! Huff! "
Back and forth, a large amount of heated air was sent into the red-hot blast furnace. The temperature of the boiler, which was already very high, rose again. The heat waves were rolling. A few slaves who were close to the blast furnace were covered in red sweat. However, the sweat was quickly evaporated by the surrounding high temperature.
A large amount of crude weapons and some scrap iron were sent into the blast furnace. They were quickly heated up, turned red, and finally became soft and liquefied.
[Hydraulic Blower: A blower that uses hydraulic power to operate. Simple structure, ingenious design, can increase the temperature of the furnace. Work efficiency + 2, flame temperature + 2.]
With the hydraulic blower, the temperature in the blast furnace was increased again. The higher temperature accelerated the melting speed of pig iron and ore, and the speed of ironmaking increased instantly.
With the addition of the hydraulic blower and the hydraulic forging machine, the output of Suhlen's blacksmith shop continued to increase. Although there was only one blacksmith shop, it was more than enough to supply the territory.
Forging, quenching, grinding … In the blacksmith's shop, Bruce and a few blacksmith apprentices were methodically forging weapons and armor. A two-handed axe with a steel blade that was specially made for barbarians was quickly formed.
Suhlen picked up a completed two-handed axe. This axe was made according to Suhlen's blueprint. The two-handed axe purchased by the Kingdom of Florence was made according to the size of an ordinary person. The two-handed axe had a short handle and was much lighter. Compared with the axe in Suhlen's hand, it was a whole size smaller.
In fact, the Barbarians were not very comfortable using it, and the weight of the axe was a little light. The average height of these Barbarians was 2.1 meters, which was at least 30 centimeters higher than the Florentines. The weapons made according to the size of the Florentines were not suitable for them.
Now the two-handed axe was made according to the size of the Barbarians. It was very suitable for them to use. These two-handed axes weighed up to 15 kilograms. Only the Barbarians could use them freely.
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