Summoning Total War

Chapter 40 New Year’s Ceremony (Part 2)

In the auxiliary system of "Total War", the research progress of iron research and craftsmanship has been maintained at about 3% per month. If there are any major research breakthroughs, the progress of crafts research will increase faster. This speed is roughly equal to the progress of training skilled blacksmiths in the city of Athens. As a combat-oriented city, the quality of weapons and equipment is a top priority. With the expansion of the blacksmith shop into armor, the number of blacksmith apprentices arranged by Murphy has also doubled. !

The current differences in the level of iron craftsmanship in the auxiliary system of "Total War" focus on this point.

First of all, it is the traditional smelting and forging process.

That is, according to the progress of the earth, from the cast iron carburizing steel process to the steel-making process, and then to the steel-clad steel forging technique used around the Middle Ages. What the city of Athens is currently studying is the steel-making process, which uses repeated beating to force out the dregs in the steel and rationalize the ratio of iron to carbon. The highest level of craftsmanship of this technique is the Hundred Steel Smelting in the late Han Dynasty and early Jin Dynasty!

The characteristic of steelmaking is repeated heating and forging. Repeated forging can eliminate inclusions in the steel and reduce the size of the remaining inclusions, thereby making the composition more uniform, the structure becoming denser, the grains refined, and the steel improved. performance.

Blacksmiths in the Middle-earth period heated and forged "fine iron" more than a hundred times, weighing and weighing each time until the weight did not decrease, that is, hundreds of steelmaking.

The so-called refined iron is actually the prototype of steel.

Bailian Steel first appeared in the middle of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the forging process of Bailian Steel had already taken shape, but it was not until the Wei and Jin Dynasties that Bailian Steel reached its peak.

There are not many real steelmaking operations.

Because it takes too long to forge such a weapon.

What the soldiers actually use are mostly steel of "thirty tempers", "fifty tempers" and "seventy-two tempers". And only elites can equip it.

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The hundreds of steel-making processes currently being studied in Athens are based on the "thirty steel-making" standard.

Mainly due to insufficient craftsmanship, Murphy could only try to equip a group of elites first.

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Another path is the element quenching method mentioned in "Goblin Alchemy".

This is a craft technique that is relatively unfamiliar to Murphy, and the minimum level requirement to use this craft must be - magic apprentice!

In fact, the two forging methods are essentially the same. One is to force out the dregs through repeated beating, and the other is to temper the steel itself through the so-called elemental energy and purify the dregs. The final result is to obtain steel with a more reasonable carbon content.

But in terms of gameplay, "Goblin Alchemy" meets a much higher standard.

Because according to the above records, even the lowest level of alchemy products can reach the strength of pure steel. If it is tempered by a qualified alchemist, the result will be alloy steel!

It is the metal that dwarves now call 'adamant gold'.

Unfortunately, if you want to use alchemy, you must first become a magician, even the lowest level of magic apprentice.

The problem was that although Murphy had "Goblin Alchemy" and recorded an introductory tutorial on elemental magic, he didn't know how to select people with magical talents.

This is a rather depressing question.

If you want to know whether a person has magical talent, you must have a qualified magician test it for him.

so.

This requires a magician first!

In order to open up another path in the city of Athens, Murphy had to try meditation himself.

Test your magic talent.

Before everything is laid, the less people know about the knowledge in "Goblin Alchemy", the safer it is!

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December 28th.

There are still three days left before the New Year Festival.

It can be said that Murphy has been very busy these days, because the publicity effect is so good!

In just the past few days, thousands of indigenous people have come to participate in the celebration.

And there are more people on the way.

For the indigenous humans of this world, miracles have an absolutely new gravity. Because humans have no gods, many temples in the southern plains are dedicated to the gods of other races, and even some powerful creatures left over from the First Era. At present, among human city-states, there is still traditional worship of ancestors, that is, the heroes with surnames in ancient times.

Next is the goddess of life.

This belief comes from the ancient elves and was brought by scholars who learned knowledge from the ancient elves.

However, priests of the goddess of life rarely appear among humans. Generally, this position is held by half-elves in human city-states. Moreover, the temple of the goddess of life will not be built in the city. Half-elves and devout believers live in dense forests.

December 29th.

There was some minor commotion in the port of Athens.

Because there were a lot of aboriginal people arriving, there was some minor confusion.

The main reasons are still two points.

The first is the housing problem. Thousands of people have suddenly increased in floating population, and the port can no longer accommodate them. Murphy had to find a way to free up a number of houses and set up some tents. However, in this cold weather, living in a tent is obviously a bit too much.

The second reason is that there are some indigenous people, mainly mercenaries and adventurers.

They also strongly urged participation in competitive sports in Athens!

For this reason, they even made trouble at the port office and blocked the door of the port financial officer Plife!

The rewards of competition, especially the possibility of being promoted to general of the city of Athens, were not only attractive to Athenian citizens. For those mercenaries and adventurers who are fighting on the line of life and death, it is an unparalleled temptation!

You know, the minimum welfare for the generals of the city of Athens is not only a spacious house, but also a thousand acres of land!

Coupled with the power to lead troops, etc., it is equivalent to the title of a knight baron in a human city-state!

And he is also a powerful aristocrat.

For those Aboriginal people.

The competitive sport of this New Year Festival is nothing more than winning the championship!

Then it is possible to directly become a noble in the city of Athens!

A baron.

A status that requires generations of hard work to achieve.

And it’s just possible!

How can this not make them riot and go crazy?

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If he could obtain a status corresponding to his ability, who would be willing to wander in the wilderness and live a life without tomorrow?

People do not live alone.

There are family members, friends, parents, wives and children.

Mercenaries and adventurers live a life of bloodshed. Once they die, their families will fall into an extremely difficult predicament!

If we can get the approval of the noble lord of Athens, then...

Just an if!

It's worth their lives to try!