The site of the chemical iron furnace, Zhang Zhimu asked to choose it outside the courtyard, he knew that the chemical iron was polluted. Li Yunhe wanted to build the furnace in a very flat place, Zhang Zhimu suggested that it be built on a slope, the reason was that it was convenient to connect the iron under the slope when the iron was tapped, and it was convenient to load the material on the slope.

This iron furnace is exquisite. From the bottom to the top, there are the bottom door, the cylinder, the tuyere, the bellows, the melting zone, the pre-heat, the air outlet, and the inlet. The furnace base is also repaired with cylinder bricks, and the furnace cylinder is repaired with cylinder bricks on the furnace base. The bottom door of the furnace was left behind, Li Yunhe said that it was enough to seal it with mud before loading. Zhang Zhimu asked him to go to the blacksmith shop according to the size of the bottom door of the furnace to make an iron door, install it outside the bottom door of the furnace, and close it after sealing the mud, so that it is safe. Zhang Zhimu had no opinion when repairing the outlet, so he did it according to Li Yunhe's command. When repairing the bellows, Zhang Zhimu asked him to flatten it and try to lean against the outer wall of the furnace, so that the furnace temperature can be fully heated by the air. In the future, it will all be done according to Li Yunhe's command. After repairing the furnace, the entire furnace was wiped with tank mud.

Li Yunhe invited a carpenter to come and wanted to make a large bellows for air blowing. Zhang Zhimu did not agree, but asked the carpenter to make a large blower that can be shaken by two people, which is an imitation of a modern centrifugal blower, but it is larger and slower, and it is shaken by manpower. In fact, Zhang Zhimu thought that if he needed it in the future, he could also use animal power to drive it.

At the outlet of the blower, a funnel was pressed, and Zhang Zhimu now added toner here, so that the toner could be blown into the furnace with the wind, because Zhang Zhimu knew that charcoal was not like coke, and the calorific value was low. Adding some toner can increase the furnace temperature and help the iron melt faster.

Li Yunhe began to wonder, what kind of person is this person, this kind of thing is taught by his father to repair the furnace, and outsiders don't tell him at all, but this person seems to know better than himself.

Regardless of Li Yunhe's pondering there, Zhang Zhimu gave some dimensions and asked the carpenter to make some wooden frames for pouring sand molds. Then, Zhang Zhimu told Li Yunhe that he was going to make **. He drew a sketch out of charcoal and told him how to make a sand mold. These are all the methods that Zhang Zhimu saw when he was interning in the factory. Li Yunhe has also made sand molds, but it is not as good as this method. Zhang Zhimu thought, it would be strange if it was not good for a few hundred years. Zhang Zhimu's requirements for ** are that they cannot exceed twelve taels (sixteen taels and one catty in ancient times, five hundred and ninety grams per catty), and they cannot be too small. The black ** should be loaded with six taels, and the iron shell should be six taels. Prefabricated shrapnel stripes should be cast on the iron shell, the whole shape is like a duck egg, with a hollow cylinder on the head, and *** is placed inside, so as not to be smashed when thrown out, and there are benefits such as moisture-proof and easy to carry.

Zhang Zhimu thought that the things laid by the blacksmith should be done, so he asked Li Yunhe to take Li Jing to pick up the goods. When he went out of the city gate, Lao Wu, the old gate army, stopped Li Yunhe, carried four boxes of things on the car, and said that Chen Yufeng wanted them.

Back at the kiln, Chen Yufeng wondered, I didn't want anything. When I opened the box, I saw that it was black**. Now Zhang Zhimu is happy. Four boxes, two hundred catties, enough for a while. Zhang Zhimu said to Chen Yufeng: "How can there be such a business, we haven't found a master for him, he sent it to the door, and the quantity is not right?" ”

"That old thing, better than a monkey. He knows you won't give him money. Chen Yufeng said.

Anyway, Zhang Zhimu thought that this ** came too timely. Weigh out six taels**, wrap it in straw paper and make it into a duck egg round, and tell Li Yunhe that the **core is so big, and it is better to use wood to pick out such a big core first, and ask two and a buckle to just put ** in. The shape with prefabricated stripes is then carved out of the wood. Weigh out six taels of iron, put it in a thick bamboo tube filled with water, and carve it with a knife on the surface of the water. Then press the finished pair of wooden molds in the water, and the water surface to the knife carving place is just right, higher than the wooden mold is thick, and below the carved line is thin.

Li Yunhe admires Zhang Zhimu very much now, and immediately led people to get busy.

In only half a day, Li Yunhe led the carpenter to make a pair of wooden molds. Zhang Zhimu saw that the appearance was very ideal, and the polishing was also very smooth, just like he imagined. For the sake of safety, Zhang Zhimu personally used a weighed iron, carved a knife mark in the bamboo tube, and pressed the two wooden molds into the water with a wooden stick, and sure enough, the water surface reached the knife mark. Zhang Zhimu was very happy and said to Li Yunhe: "In the evening, you eat with the carpenters, and each person has half a catty of wine." The carpenters and Li Yunhe were very happy. Especially when Li Yunhe was so affirmed by Zhang Zhimu, his heart felt like drinking honey.

"Pour out two hundred sand molds. Make a few more wooden molds, so that a sand box can make four sand molds. Zhang Zhimu commanded.

"After the sand mold is poured, it is necessary to build a kiln to bake, and build an arched kiln with bricks, the kiln temperature should not be too high, and the sand mold should be dried slowly." Zhang Zhimu said again.

After dinner, Li Yunhe came to Zhang Zhimu and said, "The carpentry work is basically over." The two carpenters saw that the people here were very good, and asked if they could stay. Both of them are foreigners, and it is not easy to find some work to do. They said, "We are very busy here, and we don't have carpentry work, and we can do odd jobs." Zhang Zhimu thinks that these two people have good skills, and it is okay to stay if you want to, but now there is a shortage of manpower, so let them come over.

One is in his forties and the other is in his twenties, they are father and son, the father is called Lu Qi, and the son is called Lu Wenchen. When I asked them where their home was, I heard them say it was "Luyang". Zhang Zhimu had never heard of this place, and the two of them said: "Luzhou Mansion". Zhang Zhimu thought it was the "Luzhou" in Sichuan, and he had been to that place. The result was not, and in the end I figured it out, it was Hefei, Anhui in the previous life. Zhang Zhimu said: "You just say it's a fellow Baogong." It's a place where talent comes in, so it's no wonder you're both good at it. ”

"In this troubled world, it's difficult to eat by craftsmanship!" Obviously, this father and son can still have some culture, but it is too difficult to listen to them.

"If you two want, you can stay, so that we can take care of food and housing, and give you two taels of silver per person every year, you can see it." Zhang Zhimu said.

The two of them are very grateful. Zhang Zhimu told Huang Yukun and Chen Yufeng about this in the past, and both of them also said yes.

The next day, everyone was busy, and suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves, and after a while, the horseman arrived and asked, "What is the case with Grandma Qin's house?" ”

It turned out to be a guy from Qiu Kee's pawnshop, who came to deliver a letter to the young grandmother No matter what, she was going to Qiu Ji at noon today, saying that she had something important.

Zhang Zhimu discussed with Huang Yukun, it must be that there are eyebrows. Zhang Zhimu said: "It won't be so fast! Huang Yukun said: "Almost." There is nothing to do in this troubled world, and those rich people put their minds to this, and they rush to the top of the new thing. Spending the silver like flowing water, I have long left behind the difficulty of the ancestors who earned silver. ”

There were many things at home, so Zhang Zhimu and Huang Yukun went to the city.

The two haven't chatted together alone for a long time, and there are only two people along the way. Huang Yukun was also in a good mood, and Huang Yukun seemed to have endless words along the way. It may be that the goat milk that the children can't drink is eaten well now, given to Zhang Zhimu to drink, and then can't finish drinking, Huang Yukun often drinks it, plus the life is comfortable, then Sister-in-law Xu is lovely, she has nothing to chatter about, she is happy, and she is refreshed. Huang Yukun was originally a beauty, but now looking at Huang Yukun's face, his face is ruddy and his eyes are looking forward to it. Seeing that Zhang Zhimu kept looking at himself, he was a little embarrassed and said, "Look at what, there are flowers on my face?" ”

"Beautifulr than flowers!" Zhang Zhimu said that in his previous life, Zhang Zhimu also belonged to the elite family, and he was an expert in the affairs of the wind and snow, and it was not a problem to deal with this small scene.

"Go!" Huang Yukun blushed a little with shame, his heart was so beautiful that he couldn't do it, but his mouth was feigned angry. Then the clever woman diverted the conversation, "Xiaoqing and Xiaohu, they are uncles who never leave their mouths every day, especially Xiaoqing, who can sing that song every day, and those children all have to ask her and let him teach him to sing." ”

"In the future, I will have time to teach them new songs, and I will have a lot of songs!" Zhang Zhimu said, looked around, saw no one, and said, "I'll sing you a new song." ”

Huang Yukun laughed when he heard it and said, "You sing!" ”

Zhang Zhimu cleared his throat and began to sing.

The fifteenth moon rose into the sky

Why are there no clouds next to it

I'm waiting for the beautiful girl

Why haven't you come yet?

If there is no rain from heaven

Begonia flowers don't bloom on their own

As long as you wait patiently, brother

Your sweetheart will come running over you

After singing the song "Ao Bao Rendezvous", Huang Yukun over there was stupid. The straightforward lyrics, coupled with the touching melody, hit the heart. Hearing this, Huang Yukun's face was crimson, and his eyes were full of tears. Seeing Zhang Zhimu looking at her, he quickly turned his head away. Zhang Zhimu said: "This song is called "Ao Bao Meeting". It should be a Mongolian song, is it good? ”

"Good, good, so good. But this song can't teach children. Huang Yukun said.

"Okay, I'll teach the kids when they're older. Now I'll just sing it to you. Zhang Zhimu said.

Huang Yukun's face was red for a while, but he said: "Don't let the oil tone be smooth, you have to make an example for the children, and now the children will listen to you." ”

After singing a song, both of them understood that they had already belonged to each other and were in a good mood, especially Huang Yukun, who felt that the world was extraordinarily wide and his breathing was extraordinarily smooth.

As soon as he arrived at the city gate, Lao Wu came over. Zhang Zhimu handed him a cloth bag containing one hundred and sixty taels of silver and said, "Old Wu, you are bullying me." My friend hasn't come back yet, and besides, he didn't say he wanted that much, so it's a problem if he wants to come back. ”

"No, no, I really don't want you to carry me back again. However, what you said last time may have a door, you listen to me. Lao Wu said and put the silver in his arms.

Seeing that it was still early, Zhang Zhimu asked Huang Yukun, "Sister, what do you want to eat?" ”

"I just want to eat a bowl of noodles."

"Okay, just look at your appearance." After Zhang Zhimu finished talking about Huang Yukun, the two of them found a noodle shop and sat down. After eating noodles, seeing that the time was almost up, I went to Qiu Pawnshop. As soon as I arrived at the door, the young man was already waiting in front of the door. Come and sign the reins of the cow and pull it to the backyard. Invite the two of them in through the back door, sit down in a side room, serve tea, and signal not to make a sound. Because there were many people talking in the main hall next to it. After a while, Shopkeeper Qiu lifted the door curtain, nodded at the two of them, signaled that there was no need to speak, and left. I heard the shopkeeper Qiu say in the hall, "Old boss Qiu has arrived."

Then came a kind voice.

It is estimated that Qiu Laodong's family saw that everyone was sitting firmly, so he spoke, "Everyone, all of you are distinguished guests today, and you are either relatives or friends with my family, and many of them have been friends with my family for many years. Asking you to come over today actually makes me feel very sad. Originally, an old customer of my family for many years had a treasure that I asked me to appraise, but I was only shallow in my studies, and I was not deep in Taoism, so I was embarrassed by my ancestors, and I didn't dare to estimate it. But I think we Shanxi people, there are many talents, what kind of people don't have, nothing has been seen, I am not afraid of losing face, but I can't lose the face of Shanxi people, let the world laugh at our Shanxi no one. So I invited my friends who could give me this old face to give me a long look, but no one had ever seen this thing. However, there is one point, we Shanxi people are not ambiguous, and we all agree that this treasure is priceless. Some people also say that this treasure has the power to bind dragons and phoenixes, but I don't have that knowledge, so I dare not say it. The old proprietor took a sip of tea. Zhang Zhimu thought, what he said was still a little bit sideline, but the same thing, you see what people say.

However, at this time, Zhang Zhimu is most concerned about the trouser belt and how much silver it can sell.