Throne of Vientiane Civilization

From autumn to now, almost a quarter has passed. From Zhou Xu's perspective, the entire process has been understood for a long time, and there are no problems with the equipment. This efficiency is obviously not high.

But after thinking about it again, I can figure it out.

From the initial establishment of this steelmaking project to the start of the war, there was not just a gap of one or two days. In essence, there was still time. If the forging department here really had the ability to do it, it would have done it long ago, and there was no need for it. Wait until now.

In the final analysis, the forging skills are not enough.

This also made Zhou Xu place his hopes on Li Gan from the beginning.

However, Li Gan was still a newbie at the time. He had been raising pigs in the village before, and he himself was malnourished for a long time due to famine.

Even if he personally called his name and directly joined the steelmaking project, no matter how talented he was, it would still take a lot of time to learn from scratch and to condition his body.

Now, as a forging master, he is undoubtedly beginning to gradually show his value.

When Zhou Xu received the news and rushed to the forging department, the forging director looked at Li Gan with a hint of ghost in his eyes.

When their Majesty directly designated this boy to join the steelmaking project, although he was confused, he didn't think much about it and just thought it was a whim of their Majesty.

Judging from the boy's performance later, he was indeed a pure novice with no forging experience at all. Coupled with malnutrition, his body was also very weak. After starting work, he could not swing the forging hammer for a few times before he began to breathe heavily.

This situation also made him quickly become a handyman in the project team.

There was nothing he could do, apart from some chores, he couldn't do anything else.

However, this situation improved rapidly one month after he joined the project team.

After getting a job and being able to afford food, Li Gan's physical condition recovered quickly within this month. With the strength now enough to wield the forging hammer, he was naturally able to do the forging work.

After all, this person was personally named by His Majesty. From time to time, he would send people to ask about the situation. The Minister of Forging did not dare to hinder him.

However, what the forging minister didn't expect was that in that month, this boy named Li Gan could see a lot of things with just a pair of eyes, even though he had basically taught him nothing.

But at best, this can only prove that this guy has some sharp eyesight, and with such a little cleverness, the forging director didn't take it too seriously.

Forging seems to be very simple. It's just a matter of holding a piece of iron, burning it, and hammering it.

But in fact, there are a lot of techniques and experiences involved. If a newcomer learns superficial skills and slams the hammer with his eyes closed, what can he hammer out?

Like the old craftsmen in their blacksmithing department, if they accept an apprentice, they basically have to study for three years before they can become a master.

Not even a week later, the forging director realized that he seemed to have thought wrong.

Li Gan was definitely not just stupidly swinging the hammer around, but he had ideas and ideas. He had even figured out some techniques and slowly accumulated experience.

[Damn it, is this kid really a genius at blacksmithing? 】

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and combined with the various discoveries in front of him, the forging director began to slowly come to his senses.

[If you think about it carefully, how could His Majesty suddenly instruct an ordinary boy to join such an important project as steelmaking? So, Your Majesty has actually known for a long time that this boy is special? 】

The more the forging director thought about it, the more he realized that this was the case, which made him unable to sit still at all.

"Well, Li Gan, I see that you have almost mastered your basic skills recently. Next, I plan to accept you as my disciple, and I will teach you how to forge."

In response, Li Gan scratched the back of his head with a silly look on his face.

It has been more than a month since he joined the blacksmithing department. No one has taught him about forging. He has to rely on his own observation and exploration. Li Gan doesn't know how well he has learned it now.

Now that he heard their minister's words, Li Gan suddenly beamed with joy.

"Thank you, Minister! I will definitely study hard!"

Li Gan's foolishness made the forging director breathe a sigh of relief.

He offered to teach Li Gan forging, and naturally he had his own purpose.

According to his observations so far, as long as the other party is given enough time, the other party will probably be able to master the forging technology to almost the same degree.

When His Majesty asks, if Li dares to say that he figured it out all by himself, then not only will he not get half of the credit, he will probably be punished.

But if he accepts Li Gan as his disciple, no matter how he calculates it in the future, he will still have a share of the credit.

I have to say that after all, he was the person who got into the position of minister, and he had a lot of tricks in his mind. However, it was undeniable that his guidance could indeed save Li Gan a lot of energy and time.

There are not many serious skills in forging a line, but the experience required requires a lot of time to accumulate.

However, this was not reflected at all in Li Gan.

He seemed to be born to learn blacksmithing. When it came to blacksmithing, he knew all the problems at once and mastered the skills very quickly.

The experience and skills accumulated by the blacksmithing director for almost half a lifetime felt like they were about to be emptied by Li Gan in less than half a month.

He even quickly showed a tendency to outperform others. The steelmaking project that had not made much progress before began to continue to advance here with Li Gan.

Finally, in the first month after winter, the official results were produced.

For the Forging Department, where a large number of forging furnaces are always burning, there is basically no difference between spring, summer, autumn and winter. All year round, the craftsmen here are so hot that they just want to go shirtless.

With his previous experience, Zhou Xu took off his fur cloak long before entering. The journey was smooth and he soon arrived in front of a forging furnace.

In front of the stove, Li Gan, whose appearance could be said to have changed drastically compared to before, was concentrating on the work in front of him and did not notice Zhou Xu's arrival.

When the heat was up, Li Gan quickly took out the fine iron in the furnace that was already in a somewhat molten state.

At that moment, the astonishing light produced by the high temperature on the fine iron made Zhou Xu's eyes feel like he was looking directly at the sun, and he subconsciously narrowed his eyes.

Compared to him, Li Gan was obviously used to it a long time ago. He picked up the forging hammer in his hand and smashed it down with a 'clang'. In an instant, large dazzling iron flowers splashed out.

Immediately afterwards, as he repeatedly forged, the iron flowers continued to bloom, and the whole scene was filled with an indescribable spectacle!