After solving the nutrition problem of the army, Yao Jie is ready to start plugging his army.

On this day, Yao Jie came to the blacksmith workshop of the godmaster, there is not only the godmaster here, but also the other craftsmen he brought from Luoyang, there is no problem with Zhang Rang coming forward, there is no problem in collecting some craftsmen, and even a large part of these people are from the general workshop of Shaofu, and the technology is not good.

"Senior Ganfu, here are some new methods of ironmaking and a few artifacts that you need to build." Yao Jie found Ganfudao.

"Alas, since the old man is already under the command of Lord Taishou, Lord Taishou will call me a godhusband in the future, the word senior really can't afford it, if you want to say that the master is a teacher, you know no less than me, and even the old man in many places has to learn from you." The godman said to Yao Jie.

Yao Jie nodded, since ancient times, Shinong industry and commerce, although the status of craftsmen in the Han Dynasty has not been as low as that of later generations, but it is impossible to compare with the officials, although the ganfu is arrogant, but he is definitely not stupid, Taishou is already a local official, he is a small craftsman who dares to be so arrogant in front of Taishou, so the fate that awaits him in the future can be imagined.

"This official orders that from now on, an armaments department will be established, which will be specially responsible for building all kinds of weapons needed in the army. Yao Jie ordered.

The godman hurriedly thanked him, although he didn't know how big an official this minister of armaments was, but there was no doubt that this was definitely an official, and he would be a sergeant from now on.

"Let's go, let's go into the house, and call a few other masters." Yao Jie commanded.

Soon, several of the craftsmen's skilled craftsmen also arrived.

"You are all skilled craftsmen, and some of them are from the workshop, so you must be very reluctant to let your family follow this official to this bitter cold place." Yao Jie said to the group of masters.

"The subordinates don't dare." The masters said one after another, their faces very uneasy.

"Don't worry, although the official is bitter here, but if you do a good job, the official will definitely be greatly rewarded, and the order will go down, and in the future, the craftsmen will invent new utensils, as long as they are sure to be useful, the official will not hesitate to reward, and those who have made great contributions can be officials." Yao Jie said.

"Thank you, Lord for your grace." For these masters, having a reward is already a big surprise, and being an official is a life-changing opportunity.

"There are several new methods here that I need you to do." Yao Jie said to the craftsmen.

"Your Excellency, please." The masters said in unison.

Yao Jie took out the drawings that had been drawn a long time ago and said: "You see, this is called a blast furnace, this official once told the god, this is the simplest blast furnace, you have to build it according to the drawings, remember not to spread the structure of the blast furnace, violators will not be killed." Listening to Yao Jie's murderous voice, the masters hurriedly swore a poisonous oath one by one, the ancients worshiped ghosts and gods, and Yao Jie was still relieved of the oath they made.

"Look at this again, this is called the steel filling method, which can improve the output and quality of steel, and it is simpler than frying steel, and it is not as troublesome as 100 steelmaking." Yao Jie's words made the eyes of several blacksmiths light up, and they hurriedly stared at the steps written by Yao Jie.

After a while, several blacksmiths said helplessly: "My lord, I can't read. Yao Jie couldn't help covering his face, he forgot about this stubble, the previous blast furnace structure was a drawing, which could be understood, but he wrote down the steps of the steel filling method, and he wrote simplified characters, even if the craftsmen knew the words, it was useless.

The Han Dynasty used official scripts, and two of the several people that Yao Jie fused were in the Sui and Tang dynasties, one was the Southern Song Dynasty and the other was the Ming Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty used italics, the Song Dynasty was regular script, and the Ming Dynasty was round, and everyone didn't use official scripts.

So for the sake of brevity, Yao Jie simply used simplified characters, anyway, he didn't know how to write official scripts, and people in the Han Dynasty probably didn't know several other fonts.

"Then the official will tell you the method, but the specific ones are up to you to experiment." Yao Jie said helplessly.

By the time Yao Jie explained the general principles and steps clearly, it was already noon, and Yao Jie decided to have lunch and then hurry up with Sanbao.

Yao Jie followed the godman and others to eat, this is a big room, was changed to a canteen, Yao Jie has long ordered to improve the food for the craftsmen, to the canteen, Yao Jie found that although the food of the craftsmen is not as good as in the army, but it is much better than ordinary people, and occasionally you can eat meat, after thinking about it again and again, Yao Jie still called Wang Kai, the official who manages the food, and said: "In the future, the food standards of the craftsmen are the same as those of the army, and the expenses should be borne by the Taishou Mansion." ”

When Wang Kai saw Yao Jie say this, he naturally had no reason to object, and he didn't want him to pay anyway, as for the increase in expenses, it was not his turn to take care of it.

In the afternoon, Yao Jie took out the drawings of stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes, and the first two were not technically difficult, but the horseshoe needed to be made of mild steel (ordinary iron), and the ironmaking technology at this time had almost developed, and iron tools had replaced bronze, so it was naturally not a problem, but a lack of experience.

It took Ganfu and the others more than half an hour to build all three things.

When testing the horseshoe, because of inexperience, it took more than a dozen horses to break it successfully.

Looking at the war horse in front of him that had completed the equipment, Yao Jie turned over and began to gallop wildly.

"Don't leak these artifacts first, and then take them out to change the clothes of our cavalry when more than 50,000 pairs are built." Yao Jie commanded.

After Ganfu saw the gap between the war horses equipped with stirrups, saddles, and horseshoes and those without equipment, he also knew the power of these three inconspicuous utensils, and naturally knew Yao Jie's worries.

Of course, these three artifacts can pull into the gap between the farming people and the nomadic cavalry, but once they are learned by foreign races, they will also bring a great threat to the Han Dynasty, and more importantly, they cannot be obtained by other princes, the craftsmen of the nomads are scarce, and even if they get it, they cannot be equipped on a large scale in a short time, but the other princes do not have this limitation, once they are also equipped on a large scale, then Yao Jie's advantage will be gone, adding a lot of enemies to him.