Patting the crystal, Jiang Hao could tell that the Heavenly Star Gemstone was not particularly sturdy. It was much lighter and softer than meteoric iron. After thinking for a moment, Jiang Hao grabbed the large hammer still floating beside him and viciously smashed it down onto a piece of Heavenly Star Gemstone.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Jiang Hao was immensely strong. When he brought down the fourth hammer, the Heavenly Star Gemstone shattered with a loud boom, breaking into countless pieces of varying sizes. Jiang Hao collected every fragment, even the crystal dust, storing it all in a jar.
Having settled the matter of the Heavenly Star meteorite, Jiang Hao began considering sword-forging.
Did Jiang Hao know how to forge swords?
No.
But he understood how to make steel, especially this kind of primitive steelmaking.
With the cutting complete, the blacksmiths all turned their attention to steelmaking. It was their specialty to begin with. Though the furnaces had been replaced, they handled them with ease.
The furnace fire was blazing as the master craftsman said, "Grand Astrologer, my master once forged weapons from meteoric iron. Such weapons are extraordinarily sharp, but they have one major flaw—they are too brittle and can easily break in a violent collision."
"Do you have a solution?" Jiang Hao asked.
"We could add some copper. That would make it much tougher. My master used this method before."
Jiang Hao nodded. He was not someone who ignored others' opinions, nor was he a know-it-all who believed that knowing a little modern knowledge meant he could dismiss the wisdom of the ancients. Since the master craftsman had suggested it, he must have his reasons. "All right. We'll smelt the molten iron according to your method."
Jiang Hao contributed several hundred gold coins—several hundred brass coins, that was. Sword-forging