Chapter 44: Blast furnace magic

9 April 1420

Large carriages filled with goods can be seen coming towards City of Carroway. Half of them ,filled with limestone and gypsum, are moving towards stone crusher side at back of the Oliver's residence and half of them filled with raw iron ore ,are moving towards Southern area of Carroway city. Oliver decided to create industrial workshop in southern corner. Academy is in north, His residence is in west, Denube river is also in south which can supply water to iron and steel industry.

Oliver realize one thing because of soap gaining popularity. Most of the noble is now observing his family movement. They even make several attempt to obtain soap and perfume formula. One time they kidnapped his 50 servant for interrogation, Thankful Oliver has been using division of labor concept from modern world. Every worker will be only told about one part of full method. They will only work on that part. so nobody knows whole process of making soap besides him, Thomas and William. because of the division of labor he has increase his productivity by large amount. Now in future, he will have to shift this soap and perfume workshop in south region.

Nobody knows about cement and blast furnace now so Oliver has leverage for a some time. He will establish industrial restricted area as soon as possible. Once the iron production and construction of merchant union start people will put there eyes on this two product and they will stop at nothing. They will also commit any kind of atrocity to get the formula.

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After completing breakfast Oliver walk towards city of Carroway, his destination was blacksmith shop. It been 5 days since he has given design to Tobias Hammerforge , he hoped to see the blast furnace by now.

Oliver walked into the open area at the back of Tobias Hammerforge's shop, his eyes widening with anticipation as he caught sight of the blast furnace taking shape before him. Tobias, a skilled blacksmith, was meticulously assembling the final parts of the furnace, with a team of experienced workers assisting him.

The furnace stood tall and majestic, its towering structure reaching towards the sky. Its massive size was a testament to its capability, with the potential to produce an impressive 10,000 tons of steel in a single day. The furnace was designed to harness the power of fire and heat, transforming raw materials into molten metal ready for shaping and forging.

As Oliver approached, he could feel the heat radiating from the furnace, warming his face and filling the air with a distinctive smoky scent. The rhythmic clangs of hammers hitting metal resonated through the area as the skilled blacksmiths worked diligently, ensuring each component was fitted with precision.

Tobias, dressed in his blacksmith apron and sleeves rolled up, supervised the assembly with a keen eye. He directed his team with clear instructions, their movements coordinated and synchronized. Sparks flew as the blacksmiths carefully secured the last piece in its rightful place, sealing the furnace's construction.

Oliver marveled at the craftsmanship and engineering behind the blast furnace. Oliver only provided them with detail blueprint and they made them this majestic structure in such a short period. The intricate details and robust structure spoke of the dedication and skill invested in its creation. He could already envision the possibilities of creating skytower, burj khalifa, and twin tower like structure also majestic castles, bigger dam and many more structure. , knowing that this furnace would play a vital role in the growth and development of Carroway Barony.

Upon seeing Oliver entering into area, Tobias wave his hand, " Young lad come here, Look at this marvelous structure off ours. It has solid, tall and sturdy body, it can work for 24 hours a day without stopping. "

Oliver was all over smiling like fool, he speed up towards Tobias, "I am fully convinced by your talent Tobias, you have created such a majestic structure. I and whole Barony is indebted to you. "

Tobias, " ohh, stop those formality, It is big achievement for me also, this beast looks amazing, only draw back is that it cost you a 5000 gold coin for this. " With low voice he said.

Oliver, " Tobias you still dont know the use of this beast like furnace. Once you know the output and quality of steel it creates, you will be laughing at that time. It will recover the 5000 gold coin cost in no time. Now that this thing is already assembled lets experiment here by putting some pig iron. limestone you can get from stone crusher workshop as per the coke to create high temperature, I think you already have it. also add some carbon obtain from coal into blast furnace during the process it will give hardness to steel. "

with the instruction obtained from Oliver, tobias started working on making his first experimentation of blast furnace. he is very excited about turning pig iron into high end steel. he coordinated the worker under him some of them went to collect the limestone some of them broad the carbon some of them put the Coke inside the blast furnace to start the furnace.

after sometimes everything was ready. with oliver's order tobias started blast furnace by burning coke. high flame can be seen from the bottom of the blast furnace. Tobias also added carbon , limestone as per oliver's instruction. temperature inside blast furnace reached very high it was like it will melt anything in this world. after sometime all the impurities present inside the pig iron can be seen melting and carbon has started giving hardness to the pic iron and first batch of high end steel gets generated.

by looking at the first batch of steel Oliver was very happy. now he wanted to make two sword from this high-end steering for his father and brother as first token of appreciation for there support to all of his ideas.

"Tobias please take out the Steel and please make two good sword from them for my father and brother. Is it possible to get them ready by evening." OLIVER REQUESTED.

" Do not worry, I will make it in no time" with a smile on his face tobias said this.

with all the business concluded in the blacksmith shop, Oliver went on to do his next task, which is to inspect the iron ore send by William. Iron ore was stored near southern part of the city. Oliver also thought of bringing blast furnace there and established a new steel factory in a southern part of city. he started walking towards southern part of city.