Rise of Rurik

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Two huge furnaces are emitting blue smoke, and when you look closely, there is more flames erupting, like two erupting volcanoes.

Rurik came quietly, without attracting attention.

But I saw shirtless men everywhere here, many with scars on their bodies, and many with gray beards.

Obviously it is a cold period, why do they dress so coolly?

Not only them, but Rurik stood here, and even his entourage took off their coats of protection against the cold.

Because here are not only two earthen blast furnaces, but also a number of traditional small furnaces, which are the hot core of the Roseburg Industrial Zone.

He quickly saw a familiar figure.

It's Kawei!

A young man full of tendons yelled, and another group of men lined up with clay abrasives.

Kawei personally took a frequent iron rod, seeing that there were a lot of people in the line, he suddenly roared: "The **** is here!"

He pierced the **** channel at the bottom of the blast furnace, and the hot and viscous silicate material quickly flowed out. As fertilizers, they flowed to the side along the preset grooves rescued by iron ore, and immediately someone took the snowmelt water and splashed them.

Suddenly, the pungent steam burst out...

The strong steam even slammed Rurik's face. He squinted and held his breath, watching the steam gradually dissipate. He saw that the **** had turned into a large pile of cracked black matter. They were still steaming, and they were quickly beaten by the helpers with shovel and hammer. A large amount of broken **** was shoveled aside and thrown on. A hill of **** that forms hills.

Obviously even **** has a huge use, and Rurik guessed its role almost instantly-as a filling stone for making raw concrete with cement. Indeed, the main component of these silicate slags is silicon dioxide. What's even better is that they do not contain sea salt, which is indeed a good concrete filling. In other words, if everything is the inevitability of history, the Soviet cement industry in history was particularly good at using water **** from these metallurgical wastes. Nowadays, the scale of the Russian Duchy of Sudden interest is very limited. The cement industry uses water **** to make concrete. The material is indeed a wonderful destiny.

After the initial disposal of the slag, the guy Kawei shouted again: "The molten iron is coming! Brothers are ready!"

Those who operate rotary blowers are sweaty. Each furnace has three air inlets, matched with three blowers, and each blower is operated by two persons.

They are blast furnaces, not the extreme size blast furnaces. The molten ore that can be placed inside is limited, so the demand for the air intake of the blower is not extreme.

With the current technical level of the Ross people, both blast furnaces can operate reasonably. High-intensity oxygen was poured into it, and a stomach of molten iron was accumulated on its bottom. As Kawei pierced the iron hole, bright yellow pig iron quickly gushed out and poured into the prepared mold with flames.

Kawei has been able to control the amount of iron produced more accurately, and the people waiting with the mold are also quantitatively controlled.

When one mold was filled, it was pulled aside by the iron rod and waited for natural cooling. As many as fifty molds lined up to be filled.

What is this casting? Rurik estimated that it was probably the most common iron axe. After all, this cast is all pig iron, and it is because the carbon content is too high that Ross can melt the ore with such a crude technology. As a crude price, don't expect to use it as a tool. But as a hammer and axe, it is quite suitable for a tool that uses multiple environments. Of course, it is not as good as the magical goods made of ferrochrome. It is better at low cost. Even if it is sold to the Birka Bazaar in Merlaren, it can be easily relied on. With the cost advantage, they beat the fellow blacksmiths of Granite.

The fact is that the traditional instrumental ironware of the Russ has relied on the advantage of cost-effectiveness, and instantly monopolized the Birka Bazaar, which is equivalent to occupying the Swedish market during this period. It also made the new Swedish king Bjorn speechless and helpless. thing.

Rurik just watched them finish casting a furnace of iron, and he even felt that Kawei had made preparations, and he was stuck at the point of casting iron to give himself a demonstration. Is it the so-called please?

Maybe it's just a coincidence.

Kawei did not notice Rurik. He and his people have been busy smelting metals for the past year. Looking at the two blast furnaces, although they are normal for smelting molten iron, they have done it occasionally to smelt bronze. Even using this furnace to smelt pure copper water and bronze is more efficient, but copper ore is not as good as iron ore.

"Good job! Brothers, let's make persistent efforts and invest in ore charcoal, let's continue!"

Kawei gave orders, and soon someone took the materials onto the hot soil platform, and put them into the cupola that burned people to ashes in almost a minute.

"They continue to smelt? It's amazing, our Rose is so great, we should let people in my hometown look at it." Yevlo said with emotion.

This remark reminded Rurik: "Those hundred Suomi shooters have not yet returned home. Maybe they shouldn't just log them. Send them here to work? In my opinion, they are too thin."

"Then let them carry the ore. Sir, I know what you think. You see, these two furnaces are monsters that devour ore. If Kawei and the others work so hard, the ore supply will definitely not work..."

"You?" Rurik turned his head and glared at Yevlo with a smile: "You actually see that the supply of ore in the furnace is insufficient? You are far wiser than many people. Just being a martial artist is just a talented person. You are me. My favorite! I already know your idea, maybe it's feasible, I give it permission. Go! Let's look at Brother Kawei."

Kawei was not overly surprised by Rurik's visit, he had also come quietly before.

After asking Kawei, he answered fluently, but even for inspection, it would be too uncomfortable to stay in this **** like a mountain of flames.

"Kawei, wipe your sweat off. We are gathered in your council chamber. You! Smelting metals, you are such a hero!"

Kawei was praised for a while, and it was precisely because of this praise that he knew that Rurik was about to issue a new major decree.

Make a lot of money? Indeed, I and my friends work together to run the large-scale "blacksmith shop" nowadays. All blacksmith families have made huge fortunes, and their helpers have also made good profits.

But Kawei's brain has long been infected by the dream of "Atomic Theory." He no longer felt that he was just smelting iron and copper, but was understanding and using the power of Thor, even...

Kawei, he often stared at the wooden board that Rurik directed to carve, which was a rough version of the periodic table.

He stared at the gold marked with the Roman letter AU, eager to create it! Maybe that is too impractical, but he has become Ross's number one master of metallurgy in the non-stop operation of blast furnaces and ordinary furnaces.

This is what Rurik most hopes to see, Kawei clearly has far surpassed his father.

However, Rose’s metallurgical industry cannot be built on a few super craftsmen. The metallurgical industry needs a whole, a group of people to do this all-time, and immediately expand production.

Kawei changed into a fur suit, the smell of coke and rust still lingering.

Kawei tried to suppress his excitement, and asked casually: "If you don't mind, can you tell me what you want to order..."

"It's okay." Rurik pointed at the stove, "I want to further expand production capacity. Even if we don't rely on war and plunder, we will make a lot of money by selling iron."

"That's a great thing! Aren't we already doing this? Maybe you think it's not enough. But..."

"Yes! Lots of problems! Don't worry, I will make arrangements and I will try my best to solve the problems."

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"That's great."

The blacksmiths had already established an industrial alliance in the past few years. At the beginning, it was just a series of "smiths", but now they are organizations that advance and retreat together, relying on the contract with Rurik to carry out their activities. Their production activities have been endorsed by the Duke of Ross, and the development of the industry has always been smooth.

With the need for infrastructure construction within the Principality of Russ, an unprecedented large domestic demand market is being formed. Where there is demand, there is a market, and where there is a market, there is profit.

All blacksmith families spontaneously formed the leader of the Ross industry, even if they did not need Rurik’s administrative order and succumbed to the power of capital, they would inevitably start to develop.

The heavy industry of smelting metals is by no means simply melting ores into liquids and then processing them into appliances. It actually drives various supporting industries, directly or indirectly allowing a group of relatively idlers to invest in new production, thus sharing the industrial dividend. .

The state apparatus of the Principality of Rus is operational!

What Rurik sees is that many people are accumulating wealth around the heavy industry of the primary industry. Many people do not need to participate in war and plunder, or even do fish catches. They can stay in their hometown and do metallurgical work. Share the benefits.

He has nothing to sigh. In the end, the metallurgical industry of heavy industry is the root of the rise of a country.

No, all the parents of all five blacksmith families gathered in their shared chamber.

Not only them, but Kamnier and Lilica also came. It seemed a bit strange for them to appear among the white-bearded old men. It is precisely that they have now become a tiny but important pillar of the industrial power of Ross.

If you insist on gathering people engaged in light and heavy industries in Roseburg, and hundreds of craftsmen with all kinds of skills gather together, the "Ross Dumas" hall of the Duchy of Roses will become extremely important.

The old guys in the gathering saw each other happily, and when Lurik entered the room, a pair of eyes projected over again.

Rurik also smiled, sitting cross-legged on the leather cushion at will, and ordered his entourage to stand guard at the door.

"The room is quite warm, and the fire in the fireplace may be able to increase a little." He casually polite.

Cravason smiled and still added a new charcoal block, claiming: "It is easy to make charcoal, and we are not short of charcoal."

Thus, their negotiations kicked off.

Everyone is very familiar with each other, and Rurik will undoubtedly make meaningless polites again. First, a few polite greetings are on the main body of the picture book.

What he wants to know most is how many people are engaged in metal smelting, and to be more specific, it is how much labor this group of senior blacksmiths have hired up to now.

Here, even if the old Klavasen is suddenly aging, he is too senior to have the most right to speak.

"We employ 200 workers of all kinds, and they provide all kinds of labor for the operation of our various furnaces. In addition, there are at least 20 pottery craftsmen who supply us with molds, and there are even more people who make charcoal. We are not in an employment relationship with them. They sell molds and charcoal, and several of our families give them money. The supply of molds and charcoal is very stable, and there is no problem until now. If there is a problem, it is the problem you can best understand. Adults, we The supply of ore is not stable..."

Rurik listened with sincere ears, and Klavason said, his mind was doing analysis.

Indeed, although the clay mold is a disposable tool, it can be discarded after the metal is cast. The broken mold is then ground into powder for re-characterization, and it can be shaped again after firing. The clay ore here in Roseburg is not a rare thing. In addition, the mold can be used twice. The craftsmen who make the mold can indeed be busy working and making money every day. After all, Rurik personally saw that when the blast furnace is tapping molten iron, it will be used all at once. Lots of molds.

As for the only fuel charcoal, the woods near Roseburg are still luxuriant. Although the tall oak and pine were cut down a long time ago to be used as boat materials, no one feels regretful that the other trees are cut down to make charcoal. Even more, people are happy to see the disappearance of the nearby forest, so that the people of Roseburg can smoothly ask for land from nature to produce and live.

"Ore supply problem? Let me guess, you are seriously short of labor!" Rurik's words are categorical, and he expects this to be the crux of restricting future development.

Old Cravason probed, and the other old guys probed in unison.

"Exactly. My lord! As for how many men and women are mining, our brothers really haven't calculated it well. There are even women carrying rattan baskets and carrying tools to dig rocks in the mountains. We don’t care if the miners are men. It’s a woman. As long as they bring the ore, we will pay the same labor fee. Even so, the supply of iron ore is not enough, so your dozens of little blacksmiths, on average... five days to go to the mountains Collective mining." Clavasson described.

"Is that so? I don't really understand. Do you really need a lot of ore?" Rurik asked almost knowingly.

Kawei held his chest up and grabbed white: "Of course we need ore in particular. As you said, we can make a fortune by selling Ross iron, and it is true. For the prosperity of our Ross, I have to take responsibility. I will desperately demand it. Brothers discontinued production. Did you know that the blast furnace flames were never extinguished in the wind and snow a few days ago. I dare say that only when the blast furnace reaches the end of its life will naturally collapse, and the long-burning furnace fire will really go out."

Kawei spoke very uplifted, and Rurik listened in a good mood. If you think about it, Kawei’s description is also very scientific. After all, even if it is an earthen blast furnace, the furnace is heated by the full effort of burning fine carbon blocks with the help of a blower. The cost is also high. Smart people will always let it smelt ore and keep it at a high temperature to avoid spending a lot of time and materials on the stove.

Since dozens of blacksmith apprentices are going to mine mines themselves, their digging operation, Rurik, of course knows whether it has evolved into a collective mining operation for four or five days. He then asked Kamnier who was present.

"My lord." The young man's gesture was extremely flattering: "It's true, we dig frequently, and finally we can ensure that the furnace keeps tapping iron. It is my honor to serve Ross, and I am willing to be tired.

Rurik said happily, "You kid, your words are full of flattery. Fortunately, your kid is much stronger than the boy in your hometown. Work hard, I will find you a woman next year, and I will find you more in the future. Women, gave me a large group of skilled blacksmiths~www.readwn.com~ I heard that Kamni blushed immediately, and it also caused other people to laugh, and the laughter became more and more open.

Old Clavassen slapped his chest and laughed: "This kid will indeed reach his age next year. According to tradition, he should be married. My lord, you have married more than ten wives and concubines. I think you value this kid so much. Several of our brothers also feel stuck. This child Mnie is trustworthy. It is not enough to find him a woman. It would take three or four if he said nothing."

"Well, I'll take this down first." After all, Rurik stretched out his foot and kicked the shy Kamnier, shouting: "Brother, you do it well, I have more important things to leave to you. It."

After inquiries about substantive issues, Rurik had an understanding of the exact production capacity of iron and bronze in a corner of Roseburg. In fact, its number is not too large, but compared to other feudal kingdoms in Europe, the forces with higher production capacity than Roseburg, I am afraid that only the Eastern Roman Empire is left.

Of course, this is not only because the furnaces in Roseburg have been tapping iron frequently. Its biggest advantage is that the Duchy of Rose now guards the best quality iron ore veins in Europe. Iron oxides even contain more than 70% or even 80% of the magnets. This is indeed the only ore, and what is even crazier is to guard the only chromite ore. The Elronburg in the north is still producing magical stainless steel.