Wu Jue ran on the hillside, like a colorful butterfly dancing. The rising sun shone on her face, full of happy laughter.

After a while, she collected a large bouquet of flowers, and ran towards Li You with a smile, she first put the bouquet under the upturned Qiong's nose and smelled it, and then held it up in front of Li You, and said excitedly: "Lord Wang, you smell it, but it smells good." ”

Looking at her delicate, sweaty face, Li You couldn't help but grab her arm, take her into his arms, and kiss her directly on her delicate lips.

The white tiger and the guards hurriedly turned their faces away, and they didn't see the state of doing anything.

In the middle of a vast forest, there was a clear stream, and next to the stream was a somewhat curvy concrete road. One end of the road connects to Shangluoguan Road, and the other end bends into the vast forest. It has been extending towards the branch veins of the Qinling Mountains.

Along the road through the vast forest, the terrain gradually rises, and at the foot of the Qinling Mountains, large buildings appear. There are neat rows of dormitories at the back. It is a wide factory area. Inside there are tall water towers, fat steelmaking furnaces and smoky chimneys.

At the end of the road is a wide gate with an arched iron frame above it. There are four huge wooden plaques hanging on it, which read: "Xigou Iron Mine".

After a year of construction, it has formed a comprehensive base integrating mining, smelting and training of steel talents.

Li You did not inform Li Duan in advance of his arrival this time, he didn't want to listen to their reports, and wanted to see the construction of this steel base in person.

Li You and the others' chariots and horses came to the gate, and the guards at the gate were drawn from the local Zhichong Mansion, and they didn't know the people and horses of the Qi Palace, although the white tiger showed his identity. But those government soldiers still didn't let them pass, so they had to wear the identity badge of Xigou Iron Mine.

Bai Hu and the others felt shameless, so they reprimanded the guards. Li You thinks that the management here is very good. So he stopped Baihu and the others, and just asked the doorman to inform Li Duan to get up and lead the way.

The scale of the mining area is very large, and they waited for a stick of incense before they saw someone coming out inside.

When the visitor saw Li You, he hurriedly stepped forward and saluted and said, "Li Hong, secretary of the Chenxigou Iron Mine Office, has seen His Royal Highness the King of Qi. ”

Li Duan was born in the military, and the Xigou Iron Mine was semi-militarized, and the staff inside spoke and behaved very standardly.

Li You saw that it was Li Jing's eldest grandson, Li Hong, and saw that although his face was still fair, his body was obviously stronger than before, and his spirit was very different from before.

Li You smiled and said: "Okay, Li Hong, the changes are not small, if the general sees your current appearance, he will definitely be happy for you." What about Li Duan? ”

Li Hong said: "Mine Chief Li went to the steelmaking furnace, and today the No. 6 steelmaking furnace was officially put into production. ”

Li You said, "Okay, let's go there and have a look." ”

Li Hong led the way in front, introducing the situation in the mine as he walked. Horse-drawn carriages were not allowed to pass through the factory area, and Li You and the others walked for nearly half an hour before they came to a large factory building with a tall iron-making furnace towering in it.

Li You saw that the people inside were busy, so he asked Li Hong not to disturb them. The workers continued to be busy, and no one cared about them, the tourists.

The temperature of the iron-making furnace was extremely high, and Li You and the others could feel the scorching waves when they stood far away.

At this time, a man wearing a hard hat and gray overalls was there to direct the workers to operate.

Li You and the others waited for a while, and then they heard the foreman shouting: "Attention, the iron is out." ”

The workers shouted together: "The iron is out." ”

Then, at the lower end of the iron-making furnace, the red light flashed, and the hot molten iron rushed down.

After the temperature of the molten iron decreased, Li You and the others came to the side of the blast furnace.

"Lord Wang, why are you here?" Li Duan said in surprise.

"The grass people have seen the prince." The workers said one after another.

"Okay, everyone's worked hard." Li You said.

At this time, the foreman said, "Your Highness, do you still know me?" ”

Standing in front of Li You was a sturdy man with a red face and rough skin, and his face was still stained with a lot of smoke and dust, but his eyes were unusually bright.

Li You felt familiar, took a closer look, and recognized it. He smiled and said, "Haha, Qiao Haiming!"

"Yes, Your Highness, I'm Qiao Haiming." Qiao Haiming said.

Li You praised: "I have seen what you looked like just now, so good." ”

Li Duan said: "Haiming is now a well-known figure in our mining area, and the well-known workshop director of the steel mill. ”

Li You said with emotion: "Okay, Li Duan, Haiming, you did a good job." ”

……

At noon, Li Duan, Qiao Haiming and Li Hong accompanied Li You and others to eat a working meal in the canteen. The working meal was three dishes and one soup, and it was the same as the workers, but because Li You came, he added some dishes and a bottle of wine to them.

Wu Jue also accompanied them, she poured wine for them very diligently, occasionally interjected a few words, and the atmosphere of lunch was very harmonious.

Qiao Haiming praised: "Brother You, sister-in-law is so beautiful." ”

Wu Jue's face was slightly red, and he said with a smile: "How can there be, the slave family is the ugliest one in the Qi Palace." As he spoke, he glanced at Li You.

Then, she said: "The prince has always been thinking about a few of you, and the magpie trading company has purchased a lot of commercial buildings, some of which are going to open an entertainment city, and the three of you have left shares." ”

"Gee, that's great. Thank you, Your Highness. The three of them were overjoyed.

……

Next, Li You lived in the Xigou Iron Mine, explaining the relevant knowledge of iron ore mining and smelting to the students of the mining school and the backbone of the craftsmen, and guiding them to manufacture related machinery and equipment.

The role of equipment is the most important factor in improving labor productivity. In addition to lecturing, he and the craftsmen studied heat treatment equipment such as uncoiling, leveling, shearing, finishing, normalizing annealing, chamfering and other steel processing equipment, as well as related equipment for mining. Li You spent two months in the Xigou Iron Mine and solved many major technical problems.

On this day, Li You, accompanied by Li Duan, went to the ironsmithing factory, which was composed of 32 blacksmiths and was responsible for the processing, production and maintenance of various tools in the iron mine.

The factory director Li Laogan is an ancestral blacksmith, with a unique skill of wrought iron, he is especially good at weapon making, and his knives are extremely sharp, so he is very conceited.

Tang knife is the general name of the instrument knife, barrier knife, horizontal knife and Mo knife in later generations, and there is no Tang knife at this time.

It can be seen from the name of the ceremonial knife that the decorative knife, the barrier knife and the horizontal knife are one-handed swords, which later evolved into the saber of the soldiers. That is, the Tang sword that people have the impression of comparing with the Japanese katana.

The forging of the Tang knife is inherited from the "hundred steel" technology invented in the Han Dynasty, and the forging of the blade is the process of compound forging.

He held a horizontal knife and said, "Lord Wang, you try this." ”

Li You motioned for the White Tiger to test. The white tiger took the horizontal knife and slashed towards a wooden stake the thickness of a calf, only to hear a "click", and actually cut the stake.

"Good knives!" The white tiger praised.

Li You also nodded and said, "Not bad." He asked, "How many of these craftsmen have mastered this skill?" ”

Li Laogan said: There is only one villain. ”

Li You asked, "Why don't you teach it to everyone?" ”

Li Laogan said: "Lord Wang, the villain's ancestors struck iron, this craft of wrought iron has never been passed on, even in the villain's family, it is also passed on to sons but not daughters. Please forgive the villain for not being able to spread the word. ”

Li You smiled: "It's okay, it's your right." However, I will teach you a craft of wrought iron, which is a little more advanced than yours. ”

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