Traveling through time and space to achieve a well-off life with your family

"High Priest, do we have any extra bricks now?" Cheng Mo stood on the second floor and looked at the woods not far away. The house they chose was on the outermost edge, close to the river, and they could see the woods not far away as soon as they opened the window.

"There are still a lot more. What else do you want to build?" Xiong Bo asked curiously.

"I want to divert water here to dig a moat, and then build a city wall to protect the residents in the city." Cheng Mo unfolded the animal skin map in his hand and pointed at the river on it.

"Okay, the orcs in our tribe are the best at dealing with water. You tell us what to do when the time comes." Xifa patted his chest proudly and agreed.

Cheng Mo nodded and said, "Okay, I'll draw the design for you later. Now let's make the furniture first." After that, Cheng Mo left in a hurry. He still had to go and see the iron smelting.

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As soon as Cheng Mo walked over there, he saw Xiya cleaning up the powder that fell from the iron ore. Cheng Mo walked over and took a look: "Don't waste these, use them for experiments later."

Xiya nodded and collected the powder on the ground. Cheng Mo loaded the iron ore powder, limestone and coke into the blast furnace from the top of the blast furnace, and asked an orc to hold a blast device to blow hot air into the blast furnace along the tuyere around the lower part of the blast furnace to help the coke burn. Because iron ore powder was used this time, the time was shorter than before. Before, Cheng Mo would put a piece of iron ore in. After a while, some metals and impurities with lower melting points flowed to the bottom of the furnace like lava. Cheng Mo opened a small hole at the bottom to let the slag flow out, while the iron with a higher melting point that could not be melted was softened, condensed into blocks, and remained in the lower and middle part of the furnace.

When the iron blocks and charcoal ash accumulated more and more, the smelting process of this furnace was about to end. The orcs quickly broke the furnace, dug out the slag and charcoal ash that could not be melted, and obtained the white-hot sponge-like crude iron blocks. Cheng Mo looked at the inconspicuous "little sponge" in front of him with surprise. He immediately asked someone to bring the stone hammer prepared in advance, and the small sponge was placed on a flat stone. Cheng Mo personally started to strike while the iron was hot, and the sound of ding ding ding rang out. The other orcs held their breath and watched the scene in front of them.

Cheng Mo repeatedly beat the "little sponge" like kneading dough. His forehead was covered with sweat, and veins in his arms bulged. He held the hammer tightly and brought it down heavily. In this process, the inside and outside of the iron block were fully exposed to the air. Impurities that could not be softened by burning solidified on the surface with the oxides of the iron block and then peeled off with each hammering. The orcs did not dare to make a sound, and stared closely at the "little sponge" under Cheng Mo's hand, watching the red light splash and disappear in the air.

After Cheng Mo's repeated hammering, a large amount of impurities and carbon were removed from the rough iron block, making it a relatively pure iron block. And because of repeated stretching and folding, the iron block has better performance. Cheng Mo put down the stone hammer in his hand, panting. The stone hammer had become bumpy and would break immediately if he hit it again.

"Was it a success?" Xiya came over first and asked in a low voice.

Cheng Mo wiped the sweat from his head, panting and looking at Xiya. Xiya looked at Cheng Mo nervously. Cheng Mo took a deep breath, then smiled and nodded: "Yes, we succeeded, but we need to process this piece of iron."

"Good! Good! Good!" Xiya said good three times in a row, then turned around twice in confusion before cheering: "Hahahaha! Brothers, I did it!"

"Woo-hoo!" The orcs hugged each other, jumped and laughed. They finally succeeded!

Cheng Mo smiled and shook his head. They had already extracted the iron preliminarily. If they wanted to get the tools they wanted, they would need to quench and harden it again. However, the stone hammer in his hand would definitely be unusable. Cheng Mo looked at the tattered stone hammer in his hand and sighed. This stone hammer was brought by the Long Nose Tribe. It was said that it was made of stones from their original base and was said to be indestructible. He didn't expect that he would break someone else's stone hammer just by forging iron. He didn't know how distressed the owner of the stone hammer was.

As soon as he relaxed, Cheng Mo felt how sore his arm was. He raised his arm with a grimace and felt like his entire hand was not his own!

"Come, let's summarize the experience of this success!" Cheng Mo waved his hand to signal the orcs to come over.

Xiya came over happily, and the orcs behind him also gathered around. Everyone found a place to sit down quietly and listened to Cheng Mo's explanation: "This time we used the same materials, but replaced the iron ore with powder. Next, everyone will follow my steps again. If it still succeeds, we will do it this way. So, did anyone not understand the process I just described?"

Cheng Mo looked around and saw that no one had raised any doubts. Great! Then, everyone built several more furnaces and borrowed several stone hammers from the Long Nose Tribe. (Long Nose Tribe: Cry, my hammers!)

The good news about Cheng Mo had already been brought to Xiong Bo and others by the orcs. Everyone was very happy. Gua Yan, who was still learning from Cheng Lingqu, asked: What are these people talking about? What is iron?

Xiong Bo originally said that he would let Xiao Bai Que Gua Yan solve the food problem by himself, but he was not so ruthless. He still asked someone to send some food to Xiao Bai Que while he was recovering from his injury. However, the food was loaned to him, not for free! He had to pay it back later.

Cheng Mo has been busy with iron smelting recently and has neglected him. Cheng Lingqu has been very obedient and has been pulling Gua Yan to study every day. This is the first time that Gua Yan has experienced the pain of being forced to study.

"Chiji, chiji, chiji?" (By the way, little cub, when will your dad come back?) Gua Yan was lying on top of Cheng Lingqu's head, bored. He hadn't seen that gentle, lovely, beautiful and kind little female for two days! His heart ached!

"Dad is doing something very important." Cheng Lingqu calmly opened a book.

"Chijijijijijiji?" (Don't you miss him?) Gua Yan asked, kicking his legs in the air.

"I want to, but I can't be a clingy baby anymore. I'm grown up now."

“Ji! Jijijijijiji?” (It’s so funny! You still say that you have grown up when you are like this?) Gua Yan’s little body was shaking with laughter.

"..."

"Chi! Chichichichichi, chichichichichichi?" (That's right! You stay here studying every day, don't you want to go out and play?) Gua Yan turned around and stood up, and he jumped onto the book in front of Cheng Lingqu.

"I don't want to." Cheng Lingqu calmly pinched Xiao Baique's body and put him on the other side.

"Chirp, chirp, chirp?" (Really don't want to?) The little white bird hopped to the other side to see him, but Cheng Lingqu ignored the curious little white bird and just turned to the other side to continue reading.

The unconvinced little white bird flapped its wings in anger. His injured wings could move slightly recently. Cheng Lingqu raised his hand and stuffed a peanut into his mouth. Gua Yan was stunned for a moment, but after swallowing it, he was instantly overwhelmed by the aroma of the food. He shouted excitedly: "Chijijiji? Chijijiji? Chijijiji!" (Any more? Any more? More!)

Cheng Lingqu silently took out a handful of peanuts from her small bag and scattered them in front of Gua Yan: "Here, eat slowly."