Chapter 25: Walking on the Ground

After Zhong Lei and Fang Tao left, Zhang Song pondered for a while, and he didn't come to his senses until the iron guy called him dinner.

The night in the ironworks was not peaceful, and the injuries on their bodies kept the blacksmiths awake for a long time. Zhang Song also fell asleep late because he was thinking about tomorrow.

Although he slept late, the iron guy still followed Zhang Song's instructions as usual and woke Zhang Song up very early.

Loading ore, lighting the fire, agitating the bellows...... The blacksmith and the craftsmen began another day's work.

Zhang Song did not follow the ironsmith to observe the work of the iron-smelting yard as usual today. He took a bath with the warm water that had been pre-served next to the stove, washed his hair with hot water, cleaned his face, and put on the clothes he had washed last night.

The craftsmen looked at Zhang Song with strange eyes, they didn't understand what was the point of dressing up so clean in this dusty iron smelting field? But because it was Zhang Song doing it, out of trust, no one asked why.

Facing the water in the wooden basin, Zhang Song looked at himself, although the clothes were still the original clothes, they were clean, tidy, and refreshing, which clearly distinguished Zhang Song from other toiling people, and with that calm face that did not look like a young man, Zhang Song actually had a bit of the style of a child of the scholar clan.

Zhang Song smiled, very satisfied with his dress, and the next thing to do was to ensure that his dress would not be messy.

Looking at the bright light in the east and feeling that the time was almost up, Zhang Song walked to the place where he had stood yesterday by the iron pool again, and stood quietly, waiting for the arrival of Yu Xinzhi, Chen Jia and others.

"Stop! Stop it! Come and die! ”

Sure enough, Chen Jia and Yu Xinzhi came to the iron-smelting field again. As soon as he appeared, his entourage shouted loudly and arrogantly.

The faces of the blacksmith and the other craftsmen were full of helplessness, but there was nothing they could do, so they reluctantly put down their work and walked slowly towards the shed.

"As long as you let Zhang Song come to me voluntarily, you won't have to suffer. Remember, it wasn't me who made you suffer, it was Zhang Song who made you suffer. Now which of you is going to pull Zhang Song over? ”

Yu Xinzhi stood on the piece of wood in the shed, looked proudly at the craftsmen who were slowly gathering, and shouted loudly.

"Go! Just go! Who is willing to pull Zhang Song over, there will be no need to work in the iron-smelting yard in the future, we will arrange an easier job. ”

Chen Jia was on the side, enchanting the craftsman.

However, regardless of the threat of Xin Zhi and Chen Jia, or the temptation, most of the craftsmen silently lowered their heads and did not make a sound, and occasionally some people raised their heads, but they also looked blank.

"Tie them all up! Hit me hard! ”

After persuading for a long time, no craftsman came out, so Yu Xin was annoyed and ashamed, and shouted loudly.

When Yu Xinzhi's retinue heard this, they rushed up and wanted to tie up all the craftsmen.

Because of Zhang Song's teaching yesterday, the craftsmen symbolically resisted, but the habits formed over the years were still difficult to change.

"Wait a minute." Seeing that the entourage in his heart was about to beat the craftsman, Zhang Song spoke out to stop it.

"What's the matter, mercy is overflowing? Come over here! Chen Jia heard Zhang Song's voice and said jokingly.

"I'm thinking about ......," Zhang Song pretended to be contemplative, "It's not that I don't want to go to you, but yesterday Zhou Mingshu and Zhou Jun asked us to complete today's iron-smelting task as soon as possible, and if possible, we need to refine more." In this way, you let us complete today's iron smelting task first, okay? ”

Seeing Zhang Song's tone so weak, Yu Xinzhi couldn't help but feel proud, "No, you come first!" ”

"No, I can't." Zhang Song pretended to hesitate, looking very embarrassed, "Zhou Mingshu and Zhou Jun's words have to be listened to." ”

"What did you do after listening to Zhou Mingshu's words! Hurry up, or you'll die." Chen Jia said loudly.

"If I come here, will you kill me?" Zhang Song looked scared and shrank away.

"No, it won't." Chen Jia, Yu Xinzhi and the others all laughed and were very happy, "As long as you obediently listen to Yu Jun's words, I will definitely not kill you." ”

"Don't go over, Engong, their words can't be trusted!" The iron guy looked into the air and warned Zhang Song loudly.

"Don't speak, no one will be your dumb!" Chen Jia scolded angrily, "Don't you stop his mouth yet? ”

Zhang Song glanced at the iron man gratefully, motioned for him not to speak, and looked at the way from the iron smelting yard.

"Are you telling the truth?" Zhang Song took two small steps in the direction of the shed.

"Of course it's true, come to our side, we will be our own people in the future!" Chen Jia and Yu Xinzhi were very excited when they saw Zhang Song's intentions, and said without hesitation.

On the way to the iron-smelting field, Li Mo, Zhou Mingshu, Zhou Fang and others were coming this way.

Zhang Song retracted the foot that he had moved out, and said loudly: "No, I think it's better for me to listen to Zhou Mingshu and Zhou Jun." ”

Seeing that Zhang Song actually flinched, and seeing that the victory that was about to arrive was about to fly, Yu Xinzhi was a little anxious, and said loudly: "What are you doing with Zhou Mingshu!" In Qingsong Valley, you have to listen to me, my sister is the master of Qingsong Valley, Zhou Mingshu is just our servant, he has to listen to us. ”

"Really?" Zhang Song said happily, "So, Zhou Mingshu has to listen to you for everything?" ”

"Of course!" Yu Xinzhi replied proudly.

Zhang Song nodded, but he no longer spoke to Xinzhi, but took a few steps forward, bowed to Zhou Mingshu, who was quietly standing behind Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia, and said hello.

Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia knew that Zhou Mingshu, Li Mo, and Zhou Fang had already arrived behind, and they couldn't help but salute Zhou Mingshu in a panic.

Zhou Mingshu kept a straight face and didn't make a sound, as if he was very calm. However, Zhang Song could see from the curvature of the corners of his mouth that Zhou Mingshu should be very unhappy in his heart.

After the salute, Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia stood aside helplessly, embarrassed.

Zhang Song saw it in his eyes, and looked down on Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia from the bottom of his heart. He looked at Zhong Lei and Fang Tao who were standing behind Li Mo, and cast an inquiring look. Zhong Lei and Fang Tao knew Zhang Song's intentions, so they signaled Zhang Song to rest assured.

"Zhang Song, I heard that you have a way to double the iron smelting output of the iron smelting yard, is this true?" After everyone saluted, Li Mo asked.

"Yes."

The people present, except for Zhong Lei, Fang Tao and the craftsmen, the others were shocked, even if Zhou Mingshu was so calm, he had received the news in advance, but after hearing Zhang Song's affirmative reply, he was also moved.

"That's great!" Li Mo, who reacted, was overjoyed, "From today onwards, you will work hard to increase the output of the iron smelting plant!" ”

However, Zhang Song did not speak, and there was not even any expression on his face.

After Li Mo was happy for a moment, he noticed Zhang Song's strangeness, he pressed down the anger that was about to rise in his heart, and said, "What? Don't want to? ”

"No, I can't listen to your and Zhou Jun's orders." Seeing that Li Mo was about to get angry, Zhang Song then explained, "Yu Xin Yu Jun said it, and Zhou Jun also had to listen to his orders, so it was necessary to say it to Yu Jun in Yu Xin." You just heard that. ”

"You, you, you ......" When I heard Zhang Song say this, I knew that things were not good, and I couldn't even speak in a hurry.

"We don't mean that! Just now, Yu Jun didn't choose what to say, and asked Zhou Jun not to be surprised! Chen Jia hurriedly explained.

Zhou Mingshu just glanced at Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia, and didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth pulled down in a larger arc.

"Yu Xinzhi said that it doesn't count, the affairs of the iron-smelting field were originally managed by Zhou Jun, so naturally Zhou Jun had the final say. You say, don't you? Li Mo's last sentence was to Xin Zhi and Chen Jia.

"Yes, yes, it's Zhou Jun who has the final say!" Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia nodded busily.

"Yes!" Zhang Song bowed to Zhou Mingshu and Li Mo, but his eyes were looking at the craftsmen who were tied up and placed aside.

"Come on, untie them!" Following Zhang Song's gaze, Li Mo also saw the tied craftsman, so he gave an order.

"We need to work without any distractions, so we can be more efficient and maybe even increase our output." Zhang Song's heart moved, and he said to Li Mo, but his eyes were aimed at Zhou Mingshu.

Sure enough, the corners of Zhou Mingshu's mouth curled up a little, he beckoned Li Mo to come over, and whispered a few words to Li Mo.

"In the future, no one is allowed to disturb the work of the ironworks during the work, otherwise, we will severely punish the output of the ironworks if they delay the output of the ironworks." Li Mo loudly announced Zhou Mingshu's opinion, and after the announcement, he stared at Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia in particular, until Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia nodded again and again, and then gave up.

The iron guy and the other craftsmen were obviously relieved, but Zhang Song didn't completely put his mind at ease, after all, Li Mo was talking about the working period, so what about the non-working period?

Zhang Song couldn't help but look at Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia who were standing aside, and the expressions of the two no longer had the previous arrogance and pride, but a look of humility. Feeling Zhang Song's gaze, Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia glanced back at Zhang Song, their eyes full of hatred and gloom.

Zhang Song smiled, he pretended to be pretentious, quietly walked up to Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia, and said to the two: "Don't worry, we will let the craftsmen transport the steel you want to the place you designate." No one else will know! ”

Zhang Song seemed to be very careful when he said this, but his voice was just loud enough for Zhou Mingshu to hear.

Zhou Mingshu listened, and suddenly looked back at Yu Xinzhi and Chen Jia, his eyes were shining.

"You, you, you are talking nonsense, when did I ask for steel from the ironworks?" Looking at Zhou Mingshu's eyes, Yu Xinzhi said in a panic.

"Hey, you can't do this, didn't you let us increase the output of the ironworks by a third a few days ago? Everybody heard, don't believe it, ask the craftsmen. Although Zhang Song laughed badly in his heart, he was still serious on the surface.

All the craftsmen nodded, indicating that Yu Xinzhi had indeed said such a thing.

"In the future, Yu Xinzhi, Chen Jia and other subordinates are not allowed to enter the iron-smelting field, and they are not allowed to enter at any time, and the tasks assigned by them will be invalid!" Zhou Mingshu's voice was cold.

"Let's go!" Li Mo said to Xinzhi and Chen Jia, "Didn't you hear Zhou Jun's words? ”

"Complete the task assigned by Zhou Jun well!" Zhou Fang said to Zhang Song.

Zhong Lei and Fang Tao didn't speak, but just looked at Zhang Song approvingly, and Zhang Song nodded.

Zhang Song watched Zhou Mingshu and the others leave, and the iron-smelting yard took Zhang Song and the craftsmen.