The environment in the Xinkou Longshoushan Hot Spring Manor is very comfortable, mainly because the people here, as well as the people below, look healthy and love to laugh from the outside.

Obviously, they are very satisfied with their present life, mainly because the fields are rich in production, and people no longer have to worry about food and clothing. In this era, it is easy for ordinary people to be happy, and they have enough food and clothing, and it is nothing to almost squeeze in the place where a large family lives.

There are thousands of sheep, more than 100 cows, hundreds of pigs, thousands of chickens and ducks, and the most amazing thing is that in the winter they can make green forage to feed their livestock. An Jinquan, Zhou Guangfu and others were particularly curious about the fact that the people in this manor still had fresh milk to drink and eggs to eat every day in winter.

The iron-smelting workshop in Longshou Mountain is powered by mountain hot springs, so it does not stop working in winter. With the improvement of production technology and equipment, coupled with the application of hydraulic blowers, the same furnace of molten iron, the amount of iron produced is nearly two percent more than in the past, that is to say, now the iron treatment workshop only needs less than six catties of coke for every catty of molten iron smelted.

This further reduces the cost of ironmaking.

Steel and textiles are Li Qi's main sources of income, but Huangzhuang's agricultural products are less profitable, and this income has become secondary.

An Xianqi, who looked depressed, rode to the door of the iron-smelting workshop, and after entering the workshop, he asked, "Is the Son of Heaven here?" ”

Hearing this, Li Qi walked out of the workshop's office, squinted at him and smiled, "Finally willing to come over and repair the armor and blade by yourself?" ”

An Xianqi arched his hand at Li Qi and said: "The commander of the forbidden army's horse steps has made An Xianqi see Your Majesty!" ”

This guy is the second eldest of An Jin's family, who was transferred back from Tongguan by Li Qi, served as the commander of the forbidden army, and became Yuan Ren's subordinate.

The low-ranking officers and ordinary soldiers below the rank of lieutenant of the Jin army began to issue new weapons and armor one after another, but Li Qi stipulated that the armor of the middle army above the intermediate level needed to be made by himself in the iron-smelting workshop he opened. The purpose of this is to use the winter leisure time to communicate more with these middle and senior generals and give them lessons, and the other is to let them know that the life of the craftsmen in the army is not easy, and they can treat the craftsmen in the camp well in the future.

This is what makes An Xianqi and a group of forbidden army generals very depressed.

In their opinion, the emperor let them strike iron purely to toss them and have fun!

It can be seen from the reluctance on An Xianqi's face that this guy must have been scolded by An Jinquan's old man before he was forced to come to the manor's blacksmith.

Li Qi didn't bother to bother with him, so he called Meng Yifan, Wang Quanbin, Kang Tai and a few others to inspect the entire iron-smelting workshop and visit the production process in the workshop.

"Since the Han Dynasty, the successive generations have despised the craftsmen and merchants, thinking that they are cheap, but they don't know that this is the biggest mistake. The so-called divine blades, mechanical tools, and even ploughs and rakes are all made by craftsmen, and which of them is from the hands of so-called saints? The wealth of the world comes from the labor of farmers and craftsmen, and you must understand that we all rely on the hard work of these farmers and craftsmen to be able to eat all day long. As for the merchants, they seem to be not engaged in production and do not create wealth, but they can communicate with each other, promote the circulation of products in various places, and the development of production, which is also an indispensable part of social production. I now let you experience the hard work of craftsmen, and I hope that when you return to the place, you can always remember to be sympathetic to the people and restrain military discipline. I just want to emphasize to you once more now, if you or your subordinates do something illegal in my jurisdiction, don't blame me for being merciless in the future! Li Qi stopped in front of a hydraulic forging hammer and warned the second generation of these Jin army.

He knew very well what these guys were thinking, and after seeing the high-quality hacksaws and tools made of steel, axes, farm tools, and even kitchen knives produced by these iron-smelting workshops, he also wanted to make some sharp blades or armor for himself.

"It's a pity!" An Xianqi flicked a pair of mining steel picks made of fine steel with his fingers, kept smacking and touching them in his mouth, shouting pity.

"You know a fart, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools! Tools and parts made of stainless steel, that's what good steel really does. It is used to craft weapon armor, but it is only used as an additional purpose. Li Qi looked at this rough goods with disdain.

"Okay, I don't care about this, I heard that the riding spear made by Tang Ming Tiefang is made of stainless steel, and the gun body is light and flexible, how much does it cost to build such a riding gun?"

"I don't know, I'll let the foreman figure out how many materials to use in a while, but the construction of weapons and armor needs to be done by yourself under the guidance of the craftsman, so that you can experience the hard work of the craftsman." Li Qi said, "Each person is only allowed to build one long and short blade, one set of armor, and I don't have enough machinery in the workshop, and squeezing out these two sets of forging hammers and manufacturing machinery will at least delay me to earn tens of thousands of dollars!" ”

The cost of materials and the rent of the iron-making workshop are charged according to the price, and the business of one's own iron-smelting workshop is a business, and it is the principle of doing business that you cannot give it away at a loss.

These guys have no choice, Li Qi stipulated that if they want to use the water hammer in the Li family's iron workshop to make weapons and armor for themselves, they can only do it themselves, and the craftsmen can only give advice on the side.

The kind of riding gun mentioned by An Xianqi is made of spring steel plate rolled into a steel pipe, and then tightly wound with a thin rope made of cowhide thread and silk linen mixed on the outside, which is far stronger than that of a wooden riding gun, and it is lighter than an iron gun, and can be made longer. The long soldiers used by the cavalry themselves are stronger and stronger, but this kind of steel pipe cavalry gun has become the favorite long soldier of the current cavalry generals.

The other is the riding sword, which is similar in shape to the Yanling knife of later generations, because of the high quality of steel, it is light and strong when used, which is higher than the saber made of the so-called hundred steels used at present.

The An family is a Zhaowu tribe attached to Central Asia, and An Xianqi still has a part of the Hezhong Hu blood in Central Asia, and his appearance is quite handsome from the perspective of later generations. Of course, it is not the kind of feminine and delicate like a sissy, but heroic and full of masculine beauty. He is also a famous general in the middle and late five dynasties, but the most famous thing in history is that this guy is lustful and excessive, the old cow eats tender grass, and as a result, when he lived to be in his sixties, he was killed by his concubine who hooked up with his own servants after the founding of the Song Dynasty, and became a romantic ghost.

The concubine doesn't know her name, and it is not recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty", but she hates this guy so much, probably because she robbed the people's daughters......

Li Qi thought this was very interesting, and was ready to find an opportunity to brainwash this guy and let him know the truth of a knife on his head, but he didn't know if it would work in the end......