Chapter 30: The End of the Year

When Zhang Song returned to the iron-smelting yard, the sky was just dawning.

The whole iron-smelting yard was quiet, only a little light in the shed, and there seemed to be people.

The footsteps of Zhang Song's arrival woke up the man in the shed, and the man suddenly raised his head from sleep, stood up and faced Zhang Song.

"Eun Gong, you're back."

"Hey, Iron Guy, is that you? Why are you still in this shed? Are you waiting for me to come back? Zhang Song asked in surprise.

"Yes, Eungong, I have something to tell you." The iron guy poured a cup of hot water for Zhang Song.

Zhang Song took a sip of hot water, and the hot water flowed down his throat, and the heat dissipated, dispelling a lot of cold.

"The results of the test are out, and I think that's the coke that Engong said!" The iron guy suppressed his excitement and said to Zhang Song in a low voice.

"Really?" Zhang Song became happy, "Take me to see it!" ”

"Okay." The iron man's voice was still trembling, "Engong, please come with me." ”

The ironsmith took Zhang Song to the coke oven, and along the way he introduced Zhang Song to the smelting situation. From the introduction of the iron striker, Zhang Song knew that the smelting time was much shorter, and the iron had fewer impurities, but was harder and more flexible. Zhang Song basically concluded that what was refined last time was coke.

When he got to the place where the coke oven was, the blacksmith moved out the smelted steel in a hidden corner. This steel has a slightly different color and smoother surface than the steel smelted before.

"Does anyone else know about this?" Zhang let go of his hand and stroked the iron, thought for a while, and asked.

"No one else knows, from smelting to moving the iron here, I did it all by myself." When the blacksmith said this, he hesitated again, "But the furnace was installed by the craftsmen who made the coking last time with me." ”

Zhang Song nodded, pondering. The iron guy was a little nervous, wondering if he had done something wrong.

"Iron man, how does Green Pine Valley treat the craftsmen of the ironworks?" Zhang Song asked.

"That's it. As a craftsman, can you expect others to be so good to you? The iron man's voice was full of helplessness and bitterness, "What's more, we are all taken captive from the Green Pine Valley, almost equivalent to slaves. ”

"Do you want to get out of this situation?"

"I want to think about it, I want to dream about it!" The iron guy's eyes lit up and he looked at Zhang Song expectantly.

"Then you don't leak the coking situation, and you can't hand over this steel to Qingsong Valley and hide it." Zhang Song instructed the iron guy, "Let everyone suffer a little during this time, take out a few people to continue coking according to the method I taught you, and after dark, make these steels into weapons and collect them!" ”

"Okay!" The iron guy said excitedly that by this time, he knew that Zhang Song's plan was very big, and Zhang Song's promise was very likely to be fulfilled, "I'll do it right away." ”

It was already dawn, and the craftsmen of the ironworks began to work one after another.

Zhang Song stretched out his hand to stop the excited iron striker, and said: "Don't worry, there is one more thing to pay special attention to, you have to find a few people you can trust, work with you, and you can also tell them some truths, but don't leak too many secrets to them, and at the same time, you must beware of someone reporting to Qingsong Valley, otherwise it will be difficult to do it." ”

"Okay, I'll do what you say." The iron guy's expression calmed down a little.

"Alright, you go!"

The iron man left in a hurry, and Zhang Song still hid the iron in its original place. If the iron guy goes well, Zhang Song will be able to control the iron-smelting yard and have a source of advanced weapons.

In addition to the iron smelting field, there is also a horse farm in the green pine valley. According to Zhong Lei, there are many horses in the horse farm, but there are not many people who raise horses. Zhang Song dismissed the idea of contacting the horse farm, firstly because the name was not right, and secondly, because there were not many people in the horse farm, and there was no need to work hard.

According to the results of Zhang Song's discussion with Zhong Lei and Fang Tao last night, what Zhang Song needs to do has been completed, and the rest depends on Zhong Lei's operation today.

Last night, Fang Tao proposed to directly launch a mutiny and arrest Yu Minzhi, Zhou Mingshu, Yu Xinzhi and others.

However, in terms of strength, Zhong Lei and Fang Tao have fewer troops than Zhou Mingshu has mastered, and Yu Minzhi has recently recruited some people, and if he is an enemy of both parties at the same time, even if he succeeds, he will take over a green pine valley full of holes.

If only one side is dealt with, the fruits of victory will be picked by the other side, Zhang Song is just an outsider, and he has no roots in Qingsong Valley, and Zhong Lei and Fang Tao are both subordinates of Zhou Mingshu and Yu Minzhi, and their prestige is not enough to deter the Qingsong public.

What Zhang Song wants is a powerful Qingsong Valley, and what he wants is a powerful Qingsong Valley in his own hands, so that he can gain a foothold in this troubled world and carry out the follow-up plan.

I don't know what the situation is outside the valley? Zhang Song thought about it as he returned to his resting place, prepared some medicine again, and walked towards Li Mo's residence.

Li Mo's residence was close to the council hall, which was Zhou Mingshu's residence.

Just like yesterday, all the houses in Green Pine Valley were locked, and no one else could be seen along the way. After passing by Zhou Mingshu's residence, Zhang Song accidentally happened that Zhou Mingshu's door was not locked, and he was a little surprised.

However, Zhang Song did not come forward to inquire, but went directly to Li Mo's residence.

At Li Mo's residence, there were four attendants sitting at the door, armed with weapons, looking around warily.

On weekdays, Li Mo's residence was unguarded, and now, when the foreign enemy's attack was so fierce, four followers were left on guard. In this way, Zhang Song's words yesterday still worked, and Zhou Mingshu was still suspicious after all, and he was still not at ease about the interior of Qingsong Valley.

Zhang Song stepped forward to explain his intention to several entourages, and several entourages also knew that Zhang Song was here to treat Li Mo's illness, and his words and deeds were still a little polite.

Under the guidance of one of the entourages, Zhang Song came to Li Mo's bed.

Li Mo is still unconscious, but his face is much better than yesterday, and his breathing has stabilized.

Just like yesterday, Zhang Song methodically cleaned Li Mo's wounds, applied medicine, bandaged and fed medicine.

"Li Jun's injury has improved significantly, it's best to have someone cook some broth and feed him these days, so that he can get better quickly." Zhang Song washed his hands with the water brought by the servant woman and handed it over to the entourage beside him.

"Where is there still meat to eat, I'm afraid that in a few days there will be no food to eat......," the attendant said with a wry smile.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Get out! An attendant came in from outside the room and shouted.

"Zhang Jun, we will have someone cook broth for Li Jun to drink." The attendant who had just come in smiled and said to Zhang Song, "Is there anything else to pay attention to?" ”

"Nope." Zhang Song smiled, picked up his belongings, and walked out.

When he came to the house where the ordinary soldiers were injured, Zhang Song felt the change at the door, the moaning sound of yesterday was gone, and the laughter of several people came to his ears.

When Zhang Song entered, he saw a group of people surrounding a person, and the person was telling something vividly.

The man who was telling saw Zhang Song walk in at a glance, and he hurriedly stopped and stepped forward.

"Zhang Jun, we were talking about you, and you arrived."

"You're talking about me? What bad things are you saying about me? Zhang Song asked jokingly.

"How dare you, how dare you, Zhang Jun, you are our life-saving benefactor." The man shook his hand again and again, "Only you can think of us ordinary soldiers, otherwise, I would have to wait here to die." ”

"yes."

"yes."

……

Everyone else chimed in.

"Then you still speak ill of me." Zhang Song was playful and joked again.

When the man heard this, he was so anxious that he jumped to his feet, and he swore an oath.

Zhang Song didn't know that the ancients had no sense of humor and were so easy to take it seriously, so he hurriedly stopped it.

"We're really just talking about Zhang Jun's family background, and we're not saying bad things about you." The man was still worried that Zhang Song had misunderstood.

Zhang Song patted the man's shoulder and said with a smile: "I believe you, I was just joking with you just now." You are so curious about my family background, what do you know? ”

The man saw that Zhang Song was really not angry, so he restrained and went, and he smiled and said, "We guess Zhang Jun must be a famous queen." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Song glanced at the others and said, "Do you all agree with him?" ”

"Agreed!"

"What Chang Shen said is reasonable, and I agree!"

……

Zhang Song smiled, and he asked, "Why do you think so?" ”

"Because only by being born in a famous family can you have the filial piety, wisdom and courage to exchange yourself for your mother." Chang Shen said.

"You're wrong." Zhang Songdao.

Chang Shen and the other wounded showed disappointment on their faces, and the atmosphere was dull.

"As long as anyone has a heart, he can have filial piety, wisdom and courage."

Chang Shen and the other wounded were not touched by Zhang Song's words, and they were still disappointed.

Zhang Song's heart moved, and said: "But one thing you are right, my ancestor is Zhang Liang's lineage, and then there are Zhang Chun, Zhang Fen, Zhang Xi, etc., but since the previous dynasty, the ancestor is no longer obsessed with the official career, so that my father is no longer well-known in the world." ”

"I knew that Zhang Jun was a famous family, you see, I was right." Chang Shen shouted happily.

Everyone else looked at Zhang Song with reverence, and the disappointment on their faces was no longer there, replaced by excitement on their faces, as if Zhang Song was also a great honor for them after he was a famous family.

Zhang Song pretended to be calm and began to treat the wounded. In fact, he is also very calm, because what he said about his family background is not true.

The wounded respectfully cooperated with Zhang Song's treatment.

"If you have time, go out for a walk, don't stay in this house every day, go out for a walk, and chat with people more, which will be of great benefit to the improvement of the condition." Zhang Songxu said to the many wounded.

From the attitude of the wounded in the whole room towards him, Zhang Song knew that they would definitely listen to his words, walk around, and find someone to talk to.