"Will it fail?"

  Li Meng frowned slightly as he looked at the bst furna front of him, radiating intense heat.

  The rger the bst furhe easier it is to store heat, and the higher the pressure will be.

  Higher pressure lower the melting point of iron.

  If the bst furnace is too small, the heat will quickly dissipate through the furnace walls.

  If the wind power is insuffit, it's also difficult to quickly raise the furemperature to 1300 degrees.

  "Boss, is it ready?"

  The goblin pulling the bellows was drenched i.

  Not only were they hot, but their hands were also sore and painful.

  "Keep going!"

  The goblins grimaced but had to tinue pulling.

  "Boss, my hands are going to be useless!"

  "Don't stop!"

  As the goblin minions wailed, time slowly passed.

  Five hours ter, at the underground riverbank in the cave.

  The bst furna the baed astonishi.

  Even five meters away, one could feel the rolli waves.

  Standing beside the bst furnace, Li Meng used his hand to feel the temperature without toug it.

  An ho, the temperature ihe bst furnace had stopped rising.

  Li Meng khe temperature ihe furnace had reached its limit.

  "The's open the furnace!"

  Looking at the bst furna front of him, Li Meng thought to himself.

  Whether it succeeds is important, but not crucial.

  This was just an initial experiment, and Li Meng wasn't afraid of failure.

  Even if it failed, he would gain experiend wouldn't fail ime.

  Li Meng took a few steps back, bent doicked up the mold pced beside him.

  Then he pced the mold at the iron outlet.

  He used a stick to poke opeone blog the iron outlet.

  As the stone was moved aside, the scorg molten iron flowed out.

  This se made Li Meng's eyes light up.

  He hadn't expected the first attempt at smelting iron i furo succeed.

  The molten iron, like va, tinuously flowed into the mold.

  With pig iron, there was the possibility of making steel.

  Pg pig iron in a damp pce to react with air and water would produce a rge amount of rust.

  Refining rust with pig iron could yield low-carbon steel.

  Steelmaking isn't limited to just ohod.

  Pig iron also be broken into pieces for sedary smelting, and stirring the molten pig iron to increase tact with oxygen oxidize the carbon in the iron.

  By trolling the carbon tent through experimentation and stopping the refining process, medium-carbon steel and high-carbon steel be obtained.

  Direct refining to oxidize carbon pletely yield low-carbht iron.

  P molten pig iron onto red-hht iron produce high-carbon steel.

  "Strange, such a small bst furnace shouldn't reach the melting point of iron."

  Watg the molten iron flowing out of the outlet, Li Meng muttered to himself.

  Could it be that the oxygen tent in this world is different from Earth's?

  Higher oxygen tent means a more vigorous fire.

  A more vigorous fire naturally results in higher temperatures.

  He didn't think much more about it; success was success, and the result was what mattered most.

  With the success of the first experiment, it marked a good beginning.

  In the following days, Li Meng focused ohing.

  Teag the goblin minions to familiarize themselves with the iroing process.

  And how to make iron, temper, quench, fe, and other iron-making knowledge.

  Although goblins aren't very smart, they have strong imitation abilities.

  Li Meng didn't he goblin minions to uand the principles of iroing.

  He just hem to follow the steps and plete each part of the iron-making process.

  Half a month ter, at the underground riverbank in the cave.

  "This is an hss. When the sand inside runs out, it's time to open the furnace. Uand?"

  On the riverbank, Li Meng held a simple hss made of bambooblins had no cept of time.

  To be precise, they had no way to measure time.

  The goblin minions on the riverbank nodded.

  "Good, from today onwards, you will build the bst furnace yourselves and smelt iron. If you produce molten iron, it's a success. If you succeed, each of you will earn a day's mating rights. If you fail, you'll hink about reprodug for the rest of your lives."

  Hearing that success would earn them mating rights, the goblins on the riverbank brightened up.

  They looked eagerly at their boss.

  Drool almost dripped from the ers of their mouths.

  Because the goblins on the riverbank had eaten the cave ogre's meat.

  In just over half a month, seven goblins had evolved into big goblins.

  Fag the eager goblin minions, Li Meng waved his hand.

  "Go, you have five sus!"

  Upon hearing this, the goblin minions on the riverbank quickly turned and ran towards the cave entrance.

  They had to start from scratch, seleg iroh high iron tent.

  They also o find ake the bst furnad wood for charcoal.

  Watg the goblin minions run towards the cave entrance, Li Meng grinned.

  Li Meng inteo train these seven goblin minions into bcksmiths.

  Ohey became bcksmiths, their desdants would i their craft.

  By then, the tribe would have a rge team of bcksmiths.

  "System, start the simuted life!"

  Unknowingly, a month's cooldoassed again.

  Li Meng was filled with anticipation for the future development of his life.

  [Starting simuted life]

  [You began your bcksmith career, and your efforts paid off as the tribe ehe Iron Age]

  [You crafted your first long spear]

  [You crafted your first crossbow]

  [You began arming your tribe, and your tribe thrived]

  [One of your hunting parties was ambushed and wiped out by lizardmen while retrieving spider silk from the Ghost Spider Forest]

  [Pigmen tribe traces were discovered in the east, and a Pigmen tribe entered your territory]

  [Due to the rapid popution growth of the tribe, the food pressure led you to decide to wage war externally]

  [Please make the following choice]

  [1. Seek revenge on the lizardmen]

  [2. Annihite the Pigmen tribe that entered your territory]

  [3. Cross the river to advao the south bank and expand the huntiory]

  Li Meng sat down on a rge rock by the riverbank.

  Which of the three options should he choose?

  Sitting on the rock, Li Meng stared at the water in a daze.

  The lizardmen had survived in the s for tless years.

  They were a tough nut to crack, and attag them wasn't wise.

  But the Ghost Spider Forest was he s.

  Without eliminating the lizardmen, obtaining spider silk would bee a major issue.

  The sed option was a big pitfall.

  Li Meng hadn't fotteure predicted by the st simuted life.

  In that future, the Pigmen tribe thrived and gave birth to the Golden Pigman King because of the bst furnace he built.

  This indicated that the Pigmen tribe was a rge, social group.

  Annihiting the migrating Pigmen tribe might attract the attention of the rger group behind them.

  As for the third option, it could trigger an internal war.

  Crossing the river would enter Gobu Ba's territory.

  Li Meng wasn't fident enough to defeat Gobu Ba yet.

  If he lost in a leadership duel, he would lose everything.

  For him now, the third option was also a big pitfall.

  "Choose to seek revenge on the lizardmen!"

  In the end, Li Meng chose to seek revenge on the lizardmen.