Five days later, we stopped blowing the fire and the charcoal, and allowed the metallurgical furnace to go out naturally.

After removing the remaining charcoal ash and gravel from the furnace, a huge bronze tree with golden glitter appeared in front of everyone.

The molten copper sinks into the base of the water, and the followers extend along the gaps between the charcoals, spiraling like an anthill, naturally forming the shape of a weeping willow.

Several people went down to the furnace and with great effort carried the bronze tree up from the stone trough.

The golden light flickered smoothly and naturally, which made me and other halfway monks feel extremely happy, and all the hard work before was worth it.

And such a naturally created divine object was soon torn apart under the stone hammers of Qin Chong, Lin Qing and others, turning into pieces of uninteresting black copper bumps.

Qin Chong's idea was to build a few copper axes so that his beloved Persian long knife could be restored as soon as possible.

And Lin Qing, Lin He, these boys, are already dreaming of becoming overseers in the spring and autumn period.

Commanding a group of indigenous men to mine and chop wood, smelt gold and stone to make bronze tools, and perhaps be accompanied by beautiful indigenous wild girls pouring wine, how fast this time is.

Therefore, their most urgent desire at present is to put into practice my strategy of exchanging goods for work as soon as possible.

In order to free the people from the drudgery of servitude, it was even suggested that in the future, all such work as cooking and laundry, and herding alpacas could be done by employing indigenous women.

With such mundane thoughts, no divine creation can enter their eyes.

These guys are bent on turning the smelted black copper into a copper knife or copper axe that can be exchanged as soon as possible.

They are all young and middle-aged people in their twenties, as long as their hearts desire, some of them have inexhaustible strength.

After the second furnace of gold and stone ore powder was reopened and smelted, the brothers set up another stove overnight to erect a stone anvil, blow the wind and blow the fire to forge the hammer, and started the business of a blacksmith.

Refining animal oil for quenching, chiseling out sharpening stones as a tool for cutting.

For a while, the whole canyon is day and night, and the sound of "ping pong" of hammering and forging copper resounded throughout the four fields.

The eagle sparrows and beasts that stayed here overnight were frightened, and in a hurry, they led their wives and concubines and children to migrate towards the surrounding mountains and dense forests.

There is still an endless stream of natives who come to see the excitement every day, and as long as they say hello, they will merrily join in.

Learn from us to quarry and chop wood, hammer forging, and do not spare our own strength at all.

From now on, there is no great difficulty in recruiting indigenous people.

Half a month later, the first batch of more than 100 copper knives and axes finally took shape.

Placed on the brown wooden shelves in front of the camp in turn, under the light of the red sun, the scorching and cold air is overwhelming, and the ancient charm of the ancient artifacts comes to the face.

"Young master! With this long knife in hand, even if there are thousands of troops and horses in front of him, Qin Chong has nothing to fear! Hahaha! ”

Qin Chong took off his long knife, tried the edge of the blade against the sun, and smiled at me with great satisfaction.

When the swords we waited for were recast, they were all added about 20% of red copper alloy.

As a result, weapons are far more resilient than before.

It is also made by his own family, so the joy of being lost and regained cannot be expressed in words.

"Yes! Who would have thought that you and my brother would be businessmen, but they could become first-class masonry and blacksmiths without a teacher! Hahaha! You can stabilize the country when you get on the horse, and you can build a boat and graze when you get off the horse! What a gold mine of human potential! All it takes is a coincidence, and you can have an endless flow! ”

I took the three-foot bronze sword handed over by Qin Chong, and played a set of meteor swordsmanship taught to me by my grandfather on the spot.

But seeing the purple light overflowing and the sword flowers raining down, it seems that he has returned to the leisurely time when he was riding the world and being romantic.

"What the young master said is right, I will not take the business road in the future, and I, Liu Zhen'er, will go to the West Market of Chang'an and open an iron workshop. When the time comes, take my Cherry Orchid lady over, and live a harmonious life with the family! ”

The pot helmet said with rare warmth, and casually inserted the long knife into the scabbard of his left hand, looking a little lonely.

It seems that this gentleman is starting to miss home again, his young wife Sakuran singer, and the children of the family who have not yet met.

"Pot helmet! Why do you want to drive the iron mill to Chang'an? So reluctant to seek the near and far away is also a bad heart! Hahaha! ”

Qin Chong was in a very good mood today, and made an inopportune joke.

"Chong Zai! We brothers are each other! The affairs of the rivers and lakes on the road, you Qin Chong are no less than me! In the Katsura Fang, was the pervert who left the address for the singers? The city-state of Herat, and which bastard touched the belly of the Egyptian dancer? Brothers! Do you want me to come with one by one? ”

The pot helmet laughed threateningly, and attracted Lin Qing and Lin He, who were busy with their work, over.

And Qin Chong was worried that the pot helmet was talking about it, making his family a laughing stock for everyone.

He no longer talked nonsense with the pot helmet, sat down next to the sharpening sword, and opened the knife in his hand.

These boat boys in Nan'an County, the Great Jin Dynasty, have not yet married and had children, so they are very obsessed with the love between men and women, just like we waited for five years ago.

"Punch the pot! If you want me to say that our brothers don't go anywhere, just run the smelting furnace in this Southern Wilderness Continent! In less than three years, we can all become Tao Zhugong of the rich country! There are thousands of acres of fertile land outside, and there are groups of wives and concubines at home, which will be thousands of times better than begging for food on the business road! ”

Lin He was the one with the strongest willingness to stay in the Southern Wilderness among the Lin brothers, and he lost no time in bewitching Qin Chong and the pot helmet.

I heard Tian Bo say that the parents of this Hezai's hometown have passed away, and the eldest sisters have all been married, and they are alone and have nothing to worry about.

Therefore, for him, it may be a very good choice for him to settle down in the Southern Wilderness Continent, where Emperor Gao is far away.

In the face of these simple and chaotic ancient relics, there are mountains and rivers and water.

marrying a few indigenous wild girls and giving birth to a large number of dolls can be regarded as worthy of the ancestors.

Life is nothing more than this, the loess in the world is buried!

"Crane boy! You're talking nonsense there again! When the ship is built, you kid won't be able to stay or not! ”

Brother Lin and the people who were in charge of cutting wood and burning charcoal happened to return from the stone kiln, and when they heard that Lin He was bewitching people's hearts, they couldn't help but scold angrily.

Lin He saw that something was wrong, so he quickly closed his mouth and returned to the bottom of the stone furnace to blow the fire.

"Big brother, don't be angry, all the brothers are poor and happy together, hehe! You came back just in time, everyone is together, everyone is together, how to make a deal with the natives! ”

I handed Brother Lin a wine bag and comforted him.

"How to do the transaction, do what the virtuous brother says! Our brewing mill still needs to be expanded, and there is a shortage of manpower for quarrying and charcoal, so I roughly estimated that we would have to hire at least 50 aborigines, men and women! ”

Brother Lin raised his head and drank the valley wine, treating the wine as a thirst-quenching tea.

"Well, ten male workers are recruited for quarrying and grinding mineral powder, twenty men are needed for cutting wood and charcoal, ten more people are needed for the blast filler of the smelter, and ten more women are recruited for the back kitchen and the dregs. 50 natives should be enough! ”

"In addition, two guys will be sent as masters in each link, and the rest of the people will do their best to brew wine and forge bronze utensils! Tomorrow we are opening! Hahaha! Lin Tie! What about Lin Tieren? ”

Brother Lin and I said a word, and soon all the matters were laid out.

Brother Lin turned back to find the indigenous man Lin Tie, ready to teach him face-to-face.

"Sir!

What is the command? ”

Lin Tiezheng accompanied several natives to enjoy the copper knives, copper ge, copper axes, and copper swords on the wooden frame one by one.

Hearing Brother Lin's shouting, he quickly stepped forward and bowed to Brother Lin.

"You go and talk to those township party members now, let them bring more young men and women over tomorrow, and say that I will have a treat tomorrow, and let them eat and drink with good wine and barbecue!" Hehe! Brother Lin put his arm on Lin Tie's shoulder and laughed.

"Let go of eating and drinking! Is this true? Lin Tie said in disbelief.

"Whether it's true or not, just say that to them! If there are many people brought, we Yizi will have another reward! ”

Brother Lin replied affirmatively, and Lin Tie happily took the order.

"Master, we only have two barrels of wine left, and the next wine will not come out until five days after brewing. Recruit so many natives at once, let me entertain others! ”

Tian Bo, who was in charge of wine brewing and kitchen food, listened to Brother Lin's words, and was very embarrassed.

"Tomorrow, when those natives come over, everything will be done according to the rules of the merchants, and it will definitely not be possible to eat and drink for nothing! Those who are willing to stay and serve me, entertained with good wine and meat, or come to see the excitement, you can only watch other people's eating and drinking! ”

I took over the conversation and retold Brother Lin's original intention to Tian Bo and everyone.

I wonder if these indigenous people, who have never known what business is, will be disgusted by my arrangement.

Or they have an ancient legacy of helping the needy, and they will pour out as long as we ask for help.

In the future, we will trade sake and copperware in exchange for the necessary manpower, which seems to be a suspicion of imprisoning freedom, but it will scare people away.

But the idea passed me on the spur of the day, and I didn't mention it to anyone.

Taishi Gong said: The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

Even if the natives are willing to help for free, we cannot call them like slaves like Lord Antonio of the Knight's Castle, and we must take them for equal price.

If you are willing to make a deal, you can't look down on it and don't force it, this is the right way.

The next morning, before the dawn had dispersed, the indigenous shepherds Shan Tsai and Eagle Tsai had already led their men and women through the rolling valleys of the Nascan Sea Country to join us.

As usual, the women carried rattan baskets on their backs, and the men led the alpacas, and brought us endless cassava and buds.

In this southern wilderness country, the grains that nourish sentient beings are completely different from those of our Han China, Persia, Rome, and Tianzhu.

From the eyes of our foreigners, there is a shortage of everything for daily life, but there is no shortage of food for the stomach.

That's why we have been generously gifted and have provided an endless supply of raw materials for the sake brewery.

However, with cassava buds as the daily staple food, it can be made up for three to five days, and it will be boring for a long time.

And these foods are too full to eat, one cassava is in the stomach, and the other fine wine and barbecue meat cannot be eaten.

For this reason, Tian Bo, who was in charge of the meal, accepted Liu Zhen'er's suggestion to grind cassava and bud grains into a paste and make a pot of naan cakes for everyone to eat.

Such a small change has turned the originally tasteless indigenous staple food into a fragrant Western Regions meal.

Wrapped in elk roast meat, the taste of bud rice naan is no less delicious than any other food in the world.

If this way of eating can be spread to the indigenous people, it will definitely be a great way to change the national customs of the South Wilderness.

The naturalization of the barbarian races throughout the ages and the manifestation of etiquette civilization mostly began with the progress of the style of food.

As the saying goes, the beginning of the Tao, food first.

(End of chapter)

Shang and Buddha