Hearing that the blacksmith shouted that the molten iron could be poured out, Paul immediately ran to the furnace door and watched closely, and other people also gathered together.

The door of the blast furnace was opened, and a scalding heat wave rushed towards the face, followed by bright red molten iron flowing out, like boiling magma, many people were frightened and stepped back.

The molten iron is introduced into the sand mold, where it gradually cools into pieces of iron ingots.

Paul looked happy. Although the current production is only pig iron, blacksmiths need to do various treatments manually before it can be used, but compared to the traditional smelting process in this world, this is already a cross-generational progress.

Other visitors were amazed, many seeing such a scene for the first time.

"Hermann!"

"Yes, Mr. Grayman."

"Take this iron and make me a sword. I want to see how the quality of the iron we smelt is."

"Yes!"

Paul summoned the craftsmen present and encouraged them to make persistent efforts to increase the production capacity of the ironworks.

He gave Conrad a bag of silver coins as a bonus, and asked him to assess the credit of everyone and distribute the silver coins.

Amid the sound of long live, Paul led a group of visitors to leave the valley, and Guy Burns also returned to Lake Town with Paul.

"Lord Earl."

Hansel leaned closer to Paul with a shy face.

"You once again realized the content of the plan that you showed me at the time. I still couldn't believe the content about ironmaking. Now even if you can instantly change a warehouse of swords and armor, I won't be surprised. .”

"Haha, I will become a wizard in that way, and the church will send me to the stake."

"If you really have that ability, it's probably too late for the church to win you over. Let's talk business, the royal family..."

After all, this guy is the representative sent by the royal family to him, and he is still thinking about his official career!

Several batches of food have been delivered, but the royal family does not seem to have provided him with any direct help so far.

But Hansel is still worth wooing. He really worked hard and achieved great results in recruiting people for Arda in the capital, and he also attracted a lot of refugees.

"Oh! You said that His Majesty the King is there, don't worry, I will certainly not forget."

Paul patted Hansel on the shoulder as a guarantee.

"Wait to build a few more blast furnaces, and the iron produced in those furnaces will be specially supplied to His Majesty's army."

Hansel beamed.

"I knew, my lord, that you are loyal to His Majesty the King. Even the Lord of Light will be moved by you. Your lord..."

Hansel was getting close to Paul, but was interrupted by others.

"Sir Abbott, Sir Abbott, I have something to say to Lord Greyman, can I come first..."

Guy Burns inserts himself between the two, somewhat eagerly.

Hansel frowned slightly in displeasure, this artificer was too ignorant, but this guy has been very favored recently.

He immediately returned to his smiling expression, and stretched out a hand, "Please, Mr. Burns."

"Then I'm not going to be polite, thank you. Lord Graeman, I have something to say to you."

"Oh? What do you have to say?"

Paul was very curious. Burns had been silent since he left the ironworks, and seemed to be brewing something in his head.

"Do you remember that day in the office, you pointed to the boiling kettle to let me see more?"

"Oh, you said that! Do you see anything coming?"

Paul was a little surprised, no! Really let him see what the doorway is?

"Yes, my lord! I see it! It's the future! I see the future!"

When Burns slapped his thigh, his face suddenly became a little excited.

"What do you call the future?"

"Steam, use steam to provide power to create machinery like windmills and waterwheels!"

scare! Paul was taken aback, but he didn't expect to realize it.

"Burnes, you are such a genius that you discovered it by yourself!"

Burns clasped his hands on his chest, admiring Paul.

"Where is it, you are the one who thought of this first, my lord. It is really a bold and creative idea. I am really willing to bow down."

"Haha, you are definitely a born artificer!"

"My lord, you are..."

Suddenly, a disdainful sentence came from the side: "Cut! What kind of creativity is this?"

Burns was furious, and turned his head to look for the source of the voice, and it turned out to be the female consultant Betty Dias walking behind them.

Seeing that the other party was a beautiful Xiaojie, he couldn't keep getting angry.

"Consultant Xiaojie, I admit that you are very knowledgeable, but your words are a bit biased!"

Paul, too, stares at her with that "you talk about what this isn't creative" look.

Irene has been listening to the conversation between the two of them. Later, she couldn't stand the mutual flattery between the two of them, so she decided to let them know what it means to be someone beyond others, especially that Paul Grayman. A series of inventions made him a little carried away recently. up. But his inventions are really useful.

"My words are not biased. Using steam as power has been done a long time ago, and it was more than a thousand years ago."

Erin's words successfully attracted the attention of the two of them.

"It is recorded in historical books that before the ancient Bella Empire, a sage named Rohi made a device called 'steam ball'~lightnovelpub.net~ After boiling water, the sphere on it can be continuously Rotate. Later, he also used the driving force of steam to create a temple gate that could be rotated. When believers wanted to enter the temple, they only needed to provide some offerings, and the people hiding in the dark would open the passage of steam, and the gate of the temple also It will turn and open, as if there is an invisible magical force opening the door. It is a pity that his invention is lost."

Paul was secretly surprised. It turned out that some people really realized the function of steam. Unfortunately, the craftsmanship more than a thousand years ago was not enough to manufacture a real steam engine, and it could not be used in production at all.

He waved his hands, pretending to be disdainful: "Those are just toys and tricks. The 'steam engine' I want to build is not that kind of gadget."

Burns kept nodding, too.

"Steam engine? Good name. Yes, consultant Xiaojie, the earl and our goal is to create a machine that can continuously provide power like windmills and waterwheels and can save a lot of manpower."

Erin looked disbelieving.

"Hmph! The Arabian Nights! The power of wind and water is not comparable to soft steam! The deeds of the sage Roshi are just legends. Isn't it, Ladi?"

Another female consultant said with some embarrassment: "Uh... Betty, although I can't imagine what a 'steam engine' should look like, I believe the Earl will definitely be able to make it."

"Ah? You're not on my side, let's see how I deal with you..."

"Ah~~"

…

Ignoring the fight between the two women, Paul said to Burns apologetically: "You can see the potential of steam is very good, but I don't plan to engage in this at this stage..."

"Why, my lord count?"

Burns couldn't believe it. 11