Li Mu didn't do anything to Yang Shou, he just surrounded them and didn't let them move. He had already sent someone to inform Li Yan to come over, and it was better to let Li Yan handle this kind of matter.

And the registration here has quietly continued. Those Yang Garrison's subordinates were all quietly lined up, listening to the screams of Yang Garrison's own soldiers being whipped, none of them stood up to question it.

At this time, Li Yan was in the blacksmith workshop, and Blacksmith Zhou finally made the wire. However, this is not what Li Yan wanted, let the molten iron be pressed out of the funnel directly, but after several forgings, annealing, the iron rod was beaten thinner, and then heated and pulled out through a hole smaller than a small one.

Li Yan watched as the blacksmiths lined up, forging the red-hot iron rods until they were almost two minutes thick, then punched one end into a pointed end, and then passed through the rightmost and largest hole in a large iron plate.

Then a blacksmith hanging from the swing clamped the tip of the iron with a large iron tong connected to the crankshaft behind him, and then pulled the rope sleeve back so that the iron tong clamped the iron tip tightly.

"Alright, let's go." The blacksmith on the swing shouted loudly.

Then the three oxen on one side began to be driven to move, driving the shaft and gears to make the crankshaft start turning. With the sound of squeaking, the swing moves with the crankshaft one after the other. The blacksmith clumsily clamped and loosened the red-hot wire again and again, and the wire was pulled out through the small holes one by one.

After this is done, heat it again and let the wire pass through another hole that is slightly smaller, so that the diameter of the wire decreases again and again until it is almost a minute (more than three millimeters).

The finished wire is sent to the workshop, where it is cut into eight-minute lengths and then made into hoops. While making the iron rings, the craftsmen next to him connected the iron rings one by one and pinched the openings. In this way, one iron ring is put together, woven into a whole piece of different sizes, just like making clothes, braided into sleeves, trouser legs, and then connected with several iron rings, you can form a complete pair of chain mail.

Li Yan has been frowning and watching this series of processes, just pulling the wire took half a day, and it took half an hour to compile a piece of nail piece one foot square. This must be done on the premise that there is enough steel, otherwise you will have to wait. And there are a lot of craftsmen used, more than 40 people, and three cows, which is not a small consumption.

"Isn't there a more effortless way?" Li Yan asked.

Blacksmith Zhou replied, "This is the best way. The kind of pressing method you mentioned, we can't cast such a tight funnel, and the molten iron temperature is very high, and the cowhide and deerskin will be burned out. ”

Li Yan said helplessly: "Then what about piercing the armor, will it be simpler." ”

Blacksmith Zhou nodded and said, "That's simpler, just make a thin iron plate, and then you can weave it with a chisel eye." ”

Li Yan took a piece of wire and put it on the iron platform, then casually took a waist knife from the guard, and used eighty percent of the force to slash down at the wire. With a "click", the wire broke in response. He picked up the waist knife and saw that there was already a gap in the contact position, and he nodded with satisfaction at this time.

Li Yan thought for a while before he said, "Forget it, the armor protection is not good, let's continue to make chain mail." You can think of a way to reduce the consumption and speed it up. ”

Blacksmith Zhou agreed, "Okay, let's take a look." But I think it's pretty good, and it's a lot easier to make chain mail. ”

"If you can improve efficiency, let's make it a little more efficient." Li Yan said: "It would be nice if there was a big river, and you could use a waterwheel instead of a cattle, and the effect could be even greater." ”

Blacksmith Zhou shook his head and said, "Even the Yellow River will freeze, and it can only be used for more than half a year." ”

"Try it, you can save a little bit." Li Yan said casually, and then asked, "Did you get the barrel out?" It's been so much longer. ”

"I made two of them," replied Blacksmith Zhou, "but I haven't tried it yet." The handcuff you mentioned was brought out, but after using flint, it couldn't be hit. If you don't get angry, it seems that the strength is not enough. ”

Li Yan frowned and said, "Let's go, take me to see." ”

Blacksmith Zhou took Li Yan to another courtyard and went to a hut in the corner. After that, he took out the finished handcuffs, handles, handguards, duckbill iron, iron buckle springs with lids, and gunpowder pools, but they were not painted, they were all primary colors, and they looked rough.

Li Yan took the handcuff and looked at it, then lifted the striking iron, pulled the trigger, and with a "snap", the flint that was clamped with leather pads was slashed over the buckle spring, and the buckle spring was lifted. But there is not a trace of Mars. The room was very dark, and if there were any sparks, it would be visible. But there was no light at all.

Li Yan repeated it twice, and adjusted the flint, but still did not see the fire. He asked, "Not once did you succeed in getting angry?" ”

Blacksmith Zhou nodded and said, "No, we have tried, there is no problem with the flint and steel, and it can be angry with your hands." It should be that the force of the impact is not strong enough. ”

"It's good to know the problem, then find a way to make this iron strike more powerful." Li Yan said: "Add a reed, or something, to make it more powerful when it comes down." ”

"So how do you get it?" Blacksmith Zhou asked while thinking, "If you have enough strength, how much strength does it take?" ”

Li Yan also said helplessly: "Let's think about it again, give it a try, and we can always find a suitable way." He was so disappointed that he thought it was a very simple matter, but there would be so much trouble. However, he did not lose faith, as long as the problem of the handcuffs was solved, then the flintlock pistol with flint and steel could be produced. Cannons, coupled with flintlock pistols that are not afraid of wind and rain, not to mention thieves, even the elite cavalry of the Tartars can not fall behind.

"General," Blacksmith Zhou had not yet spoken, and a personal soldier reported outside: "General Li Mou has sent someone to report that there is something important, please go to the north gate immediately." ”

Li Yan frowned, and instructed Blacksmith Zhou: "You guys get it first, I'll go and see it first." After saying that, he immediately left with his guards and headed for the north gate. On the way, he asked the soldiers who sent someone to pass the message, and only learned that it was Yang Garrison who found out that he was recruiting his soldiers.

Although this soldier had not yet seen the fierce conflict between Li Mu and Yang Garrison when he left, he could fully imagine that once this kind of thing was provoked, the conflict was almost inevitable.

Sure enough, when he came to the north gate, Yang Shoubei was still confronting Li Mou. And there were still seven or eight people lying on the ground who were tied, and whose clothes had been torn by the whip and oozing blood.