"Old man Mo, there is business coming to the door, can you do it!" The man who led Zhang Xuan and the others shouted at the dilapidated houses.

It didn't take long to push open the door of the courtyard, and a person walked out of the door, looking very vicissitudes, looking at a very experienced life, the man yawned, looking at the person who called him and Zhang Xuan and the others. A little impatiently, he said, "Why have you found me to strike iron recently!" Are all the blacksmiths in this city? ”

"Old man Mo, I won't tell you, many young and strong blacksmiths in the city have been called by the government, and some who don't want to go have hid out, and there are not many blacksmiths in the city now. It's good now, the business is all for you to do, so you can steal the fun! The person who led the way also knew that this old man Mo stayed all day and night except for occasionally leaving his blacksmith shop to make purchases, and he didn't know what to do in the house, so he followed him and explained.

"No wonder, my business here has been good recently, and the business of these two days can be worth a year's business of mine, but what are those blacksmiths called by the government to do?" Old man Mo frowned, and he couldn't figure out what the government asked the blacksmith to do, could it be that they were all drawn to build weapons, and they wanted so many blacksmiths at once.

"Old man Mo, I heard from one of my buddies who worked on an errand in Taishou Mansion that these blacksmiths were all called to Yangping County, and I don't know what happened there, it seems that blacksmiths are being found in the entire Jizhou, or famous blacksmiths." The person who led the way paused, "Old man Mo, I know your iron-striking skills, they didn't even come to call you, and those officials are also blind." ”

"You said that the government was blind, I remember, you wait to be punished with a cane! And don't talk nonsense, I'm just a bad old man, what kind of technology do you have, just eat with a mouthful. ”

"Okay, I won't talk to you, little brother, I'll take you to the blacksmith's shop too, you can give me the reward you just said! Let me tell you, this old man Mo's skills are very powerful, not me blow, his blacksmithing skills are better than any blacksmith in the city, this time you are blessed. ”

Zhang Xuan took out a small bag from his arms, handed it to the leader, and said "thank you".

Old man Mo looked at Zhang Xuan and the others, and saw that the age of the few people was not very old, except for the people at the front, they also held a knife in their hands, which was also a strange lineup. "Boy, what are you going to do? I charge a lot here, after all, there are not many blacksmith shops in the city now, and things are scarce! I'm going to have to raise the price. ”

Zhang Xuan gave Old Man Mo a look, "Master Mo, we want you to help each of them fight a dagger, as for the price, you said, anyway, I don't know the current market, as long as the price you give is within my tolerance, then make a deal, everyone be happy." ”

"Okay, hurry up, I like a cheerful person like you! Come in, you all feel that after I finish your vote, I shouldn't have to carry it out this year, and my body can't stand such a tiring job of striking iron. Old man Mo said, pushed open the door, and beckoned Zhang Xuan and the others into the courtyard.

Zhang Xuan looked at the courtyard, the door was so dilapidated, but this courtyard could be regarded as a unique cave! The yard is "messy" with all kinds of knife embryos, sword embryos, spear head embryos, and all kinds of farm tools, and you can find similar things from iron anyway. And in the middle of these things, there was a stove-like thing, and on the table next to the stove, there were also many items, including hammers, pliers, cutting boards, and four or five huge leather bags, all of which must have been tools for striking iron.

In fact, in the Han Dynasty, the iron smelting industry began to appear on a large scale, there are also some small workshops born, there are also some large workshops, the equipment in the workshop is still relatively complete, and later the Eastern Han Dynasty inventor Du Shi served as Nanyang too punctual, created water drain (hydraulic blower), with hydraulic transmission machinery, so that the leather blower bag continues to open and close, send air into the iron-smelting furnace, cast agricultural tools, less force and more effect. (But there is no such equipment as a water drain in this courtyard) but the big workshops are controlled by the government, after all, iron is an important material at all times, and it must be held firmly, otherwise if everyone has a weapon in hand, it is not a mess.

Zhang Xuan took a closer look at the huge skins out of curiosity, the two ends were thin, bulging in the middle, and they were installed on the stove, as for this operation, Zhang Xuan didn't know, he had never seen such an ancient thing, anyway, it looked like it was used to blow the wind, just like a pump, press it, and the gas would go in, and if you press it, the gas would go in.

"Master Mo, what are these skins for?" Zhang Xuan pointed to the skin bag and asked.

For example, if you hit a hoe, generally one or two whirlwinds are enough, but as for hitting your kind of dagger or other swords, it will take four or five swords." Master Mo said simply.

"What is '橐'?" Zhang Xuan asked again. (These blower skins were called puffs in ancient times.)

"Do you want to learn how to strike iron with me? Why are there so many problems, but count the number of you, there should be a lot of daggers to fight, and when the work will start, you will operate this axe! It's very simple, seeing that this lever is not, I will let you push and pull hard when you push and pull, of course, I will not let you do it in vain, and then you can be exempted from a little of your cost. ”