Inside the forging workshop of the College of Engineering, Yuan Feng, Gongshu Lian, the doctoral students of the College of Engineering, and more than a dozen craftsmen stood in front of a blast furnace, all looking through the furnace holes at the furnace walls that were glowing red-hot.
With the help of that huge blower, the temperature inside the furnace has now surpassed any previous temperature. Even Yuan Feng and the others, who are a meter away from the blast furnace, can still feel the scorching heat emanating from inside.
This time, they used an urgent order from Yuan Feng, the head of the family, which led Yuan Yi to spend a huge amount of money to transport over a thousand catties of coal using dozens of fast horses.
Now, the iron ore in the furnace has been calcined for three hours and is ready to be tapped. Everyone, including Yuan Feng, is anxiously awaiting the final result.
"Stop adding fire!"
About fifteen minutes later, at Gongshu Lian's command, the blower finally stopped running.
"Let's open the furnace!!"
At Gongshu Lian's shout, two craftsmen who had been waiting nearby picked up sledgehammers and came to the furnace, striking the seal.
Yuan Feng, Gongshu Lian, and the others looked tense, their eyes fixed on the iron outlet.
As the metal taphole, about the size of a human head, was smashed open, a bright yellow liquid radiating high temperature instantly flowed out.
Everyone present was immediately filled with excitement upon seeing this scene.
"Molten iron! It's molten iron! Sikong, coal is truly amazing, we've produced molten iron!"
Gongshu Lian looked at the slowly flowing molten iron, his face flushed, and looked at Yuan Feng beside him with unusual excitement.
"The molten iron has come out! That's great! That's great! Haha!"
Seeing the molten iron flowing out, Yuan Feng was incredibly excited and couldn't help but burst into laughter, leaving everyone who watched in astonishment.
At this moment, Yuan Feng no longer possessed the slightest bit of the majesty of a head of a family and the Minister of Works of the Court.
"Iron output, yes... quickly determine the iron output!"
Ignoring the strange looks from the crowd, Yuan Feng immediately turned around and went to the earthen pool not far away, looking up and down at the molten iron being poured into the pool and the latest marked capacity dimensions.
Gongshu Lian and the others disregarded everything else and hurried over, standing behind Yuan Feng, just like Yuan Feng, staring intently at the rising molten iron in the pool.
This time, they marked the size as 100%, and the molten iron was produced, which proves that the iron in the iron ore has been refined to the maximum extent.
Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, the rising molten iron finally overflowed the marked position and continued to rise slowly.
At this moment, everyone's mouths dropped open, their pupils dilated as the molten iron rose in the pool, and they were all stunned. No one dared to breathe, and the whole scene was completely silent.
Finally, after the molten iron in the pool exceeded the original mark by about five centimeters, it stopped rising, and no more molten iron flowed out of the furnace.
The onlookers remained in a daze, their eyes still fixed on the molten iron in the pool.
"More than...more than 100%?"
Gongshu Lian couldn't help but swallow, his lips trembling slightly with excitement.
"It's over! It definitely's over!"
A craftsman standing nearby quickly nodded in confirmation.
"We did it... We finally succeeded!"
Upon receiving confirmation, Gongshu Lian was so excited that he couldn't help but turn around and hug the craftsman.
"It's a success!"
The people around them couldn't help but cheer. After working so hard for so long, they had finally done it, and everyone couldn't help but hug each other and cry.
As Gongshu Lian embraced the craftsman and laughed, he turned to look at Yuan Feng beside him.
At this moment, Yuan Feng was still staring intently at the molten iron in the pool, his expression still blank, his eyes filled with the molten iron that was about to overflow, and he was completely oblivious to the cheers of Gongshu Lian and the people around him.
"Sikong? What... what's wrong?"
Yuan Feng's appearance terrified Gongshu Lian, who quickly pushed away the craftsman in his arms and waved his hand in front of Yuan Feng's eyes.
Startled by Gongshu Lian's interruption, Yuan Feng snapped out of his daze and a smile gradually spread across his previously blank face.
"It's done...it's a success! Haha~ It's finally a success! Haha~ Cao Song, you old bastard, I've finally gotten one step ahead of you, haha~!"
Under the astonished gazes of everyone, Yuan Feng suddenly burst into laughter without any regard for his image, and while laughing, he did not forget to mention Cao Song.
Seeing Yuan Feng's appearance, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment. Success was indeed something to be happy about, but why did the Minister of Works suddenly bring up the Minister of Agriculture?
"Mwah~"
Just as everyone was surprised, Yuan Feng, who was gesturing wildly, suddenly had a brain fart, hugged Gongshu Lian next to him, and couldn't help but kiss him on the cheek.
"Uh...! This...!"
Seeing this outrageous scene, everyone around was stunned.
"Sikong, please don't do this...!"
Gongshu Lian was also quite frightened by Yuan Feng's sudden attack. He couldn't help but scream and quickly broke free from Yuan Feng's embrace.
Only after retreating to a safe position did Gongshu Lian look at Yuan Feng with lingering fear. That incident had almost scared him to death.
"Huh? Ah? Cough cough... cough cough! I got too excited... I was just too excited!"
Yuan Feng, who was pushed away by Gongshu Lian, was stunned for a moment. When he saw Gongshu Lian looking at him with a look of fear, he blushed and felt extremely embarrassed.
Thinking about what he had just done, Yuan Feng felt a chill run down his spine. If outsiders found out, he would lose all face. In particular, he couldn't let Cao Song know, or he would probably be laughed at to death.
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