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Chapter 522 - 522 522 Building a Steel Mill

522: Chapter 522: Building a Steel Mill 522: Chapter 522: Building a Steel Mill Accompanied by Qiao Miya, a group of people quickly headed towards the direction of steel refining.

The steel mill was actually built near the mining area, and the mining area was near the mountain.

When constructing cities, this world’s instinctive thought was still to build relying on the terrain, suitable for defense, traffic, and other concerns.

Hence, the city’s planned empty space was flanked by mountains on both sides.

Therefore, the distance was not very far; it didn’t take them long to arrive.

But observing the steel refining methods here, Zhao Guang felt frustrated; they were worse than the primitive workshops when the country was first founded.

“It seems I overestimated them; after all, they are foreigners.”

Having not experienced the era of large-scale domestic steel refining, they didn’t know how those rudimentary methods actually worked.

Honestly, although they seemed simple, it was really hard to imagine it from scratch without understanding.

“Forget it, I’ll do it myself.

First, I’ll set up a framework, and leave the other things for future generations to handle.”

Zhao Guang looked at the nearby iron ore; it was quite decent.

A group of incredibly strong workers easily smashed the iron ore with large hammers.

Using this opportunity, they could also train their bodies and strengthen their Combat Energy; two birds with one stone.

Indeed, many jobs in Zhao Guang’s domain were eagerly undertaken by warriors.

After all, jobs that paid well and helped them train their strength were not abundantly available.

With a wave of his hand, the ground in front of him bulged, and soon a huge main structure for steel refining was erected.

Zhao Guang found that Soil Solidification Technique combined with Soil Control was incredibly useful; truly a cheating device for civil engineering.

Once the main construction was completed, the most important part was the Graphite Crucible.

For others, creating such things was not easy, but for him, it was really simple.

All he needed was some graphite, shape and reinforce it with the power of magic, and quickly he was done.

“Alright, get people here, let’s start.”

After Zhao Guang had set the Anti-Magic Crystal in place, it was time to rely on Earth’s technology.

Well, more or less Earth’s technology.

Anyway, the coke had already been processed, just put in the stuff and light the fire.

Though they lacked tools for adding the materials midway, their own strength made it easy to complete the task.

However, the process was quite violent, as the materials were thrown in, causing a lot of molten iron to splash out.

Fortunately, because they were strong, the molten iron did not affect them.

Most dodged it, and those who couldn’t dodge simply released their Combat Energy to shake it off.

The entire work process was filled with fantasy and brutality, but it was finally completed.

Later, Zhao Guang felt that this process was too slow, so he simply added more fuel to the fire.

Indeed, he literally added more fuel; Zhao Guang used Arson Skill to raise the temperature of the flames to a terrifying extent, consequently speeding up the steel refining process tremendously.

By just that afternoon, a batch of molten steel was forcibly refined successfully.

“Come, the final step; let’s see how the results look.”

The fiery-red molten steel reflected off the faces of the people around, but no one felt the heat; instead, their hearts were filled with excitement.

If this was really successful, then they were truly witnessing history.

In this world, when could steel be refined like this?

Although it was said that many Mages and Alchemists could refine on a much larger scale with ease, that was their personal ability.

But this method, even ordinary people like them could achieve it.

The molten steel was poured down, flowing through the channels, and then entering the molds.

The fiery red steel blocks gradually cooled and then solidified into shape.

The people around did not mind the heat, directly dousing them with cold water; the “sizzling” sound was harsh, but to everyone’s ears, it was extremely pleasant.

“Fine Steel, it really is Fine Steel; just a little forging and it’s a fine weapon.”

A warrior grabbed the iron bar in his hand; he used to work as a Blacksmith, so he understood a bit.

Those with such experience were now all working in this steel mill.

But they had never seen steel refined so quickly or steel of such good quality freshly produced.

Previously, such quality required a lengthy and thorough forging process.

While they were quite happy, Zhao Guang shook his head.

“No, this won’t do.

It’s barely passable for making weapons, but not for making steel bars.”

There was no helping it; up to that point, they were only refining steel and did not intend to create special alloys.

Although steel bars are a simple alloy, they are not exactly the same as the current steel.

“Master, with these steel bars, can’t we use them as steel reinforcements?”

“No, absolutely not.

They lack the necessary elasticity.

Don’t worry, I know the formula for steel reinforcement, and I have other alloy formulas that I’ll leave behind for you to try and create.”

Once the problem of steel refining was solved, other issues were not a concern anymore.

Zhao Guang went ahead and built five steel refining furnaces in one go, causing the mining output to fall far behind.

But that wasn’t Zhao Guang’s problem; they would have to find a way to increase the production themselves.

If they couldn’t solve the problem of steel reinforcement with these resources, then they were truly worthless.

Still, it was necessary to find more talent; who knew what other work lacked skilled personnel.

“Right, there are also some special parts that need a certain precision, which those Blacksmiths may not be enough for.

Never mind buying tools, let’s take the opportunity to study the fundamental issues of Magic Apparatus.”

This could be attributed to Alchemy, but also to other technologies.

Alchemy is an exceedingly vast discipline, from which many more detailed subjects have branched out.

It could be said that to learn and develop those subjects, one must lay the foundation through Alchemy.

Zhao Guang had no intention of studying it; he planned to deduce these things on his own using Alchemy.

As for power, with Magic Crystal Stones acting as reusable batteries, there didn’t seem to be a problem.

However, knowledge was still inadequate; it was better to purchase more items from Silver Tower.

But before Zhao Guang could leave, he received a message from the Royal Family.

“The trade is about to begin, huh?

In the next few days, and they want me not to leave.

There’s not even an exact time given, and after such a long wait, the Royal Family really isn’t straightforward,” Zhao Guang muttered to himself, while others might refrain from criticizing the Royal Family, he didn’t care in the least.