used to work hard for dozens of square meters of houses, but now Lao Tzu owns hundreds of thousands of acres of land!

The difference is too big to count, Ye Hua thinks it's worth it!

He lay on a piece of withered grass, looking at the blue sky, smelling the smell of grass, laughing so hard that his cheeks stiffened, and his mind kept thinking about how to use it in order to make this treasure land play to its greatest potential.

First of all, the workshop area should be set up on the south bank of the Wuzhang River, and the raw materials should be transported by river, and then the finished products should be sent to the capital.

Steel, this is the most important, with steel, you can make all kinds of tools, you can build armor weapons, armed parts.

The dignified champion Hou, if there is no team to look at, what a shame!

There are also textiles, wood, bricks, ceramics...... All of them!

By the way, if you can erect a big waterwheel, with the help of water power, you can do more things, and the efficiency will also come up.

One idea after another kept popping up, and Ye Hua couldn't wait. This piece of land is a blank sheet of paper, waiting for him to splash ink!

When I came back, it was already dusk, and the old lady was still waiting.

"Here, here, and here, all for Big Mom!"

Ye ordered unceremoniously, Ye Hua leaned over and found that his grandmother pointed to three places, one is the village where his uncle's house is located, and many villagers have learned the method of hatching eggs from the old lady, and Ye wants to set up a farm here to let more villagers raise chickens together.

Ye Hua readily agreed, the second piece of land that Ye family fancied was the only low hill in the whole place, with sparse trees, and Ye family wanted to plant mulberry trees here and raise silkworms.

Also, to breed chickens and ducks, you need feed, and the old lady asked for a piece of sand.

"You don't need good food to feed the chickens, plant some multigrain beans, just crush them, if you don't have enough to eat, you can also pick up some grass seeds and insects, and you can decide the rest of the good land."

Ye Hua had a different opinion from the old lady.

"Big mother, free-range breeding is afraid that it will take more than half a year to grow up, it is not cost-effective, I am going to get some multigrain bran, lock up the chickens, fatten quickly, 3 months to shoot, can raise 4 stubbles a year, raise more, in order to earn a lot ......"

The old lady didn't rush to listen to Ye Hua's flickering, she thought for a while and said: "At the moment, there is not enough food, whether it can be done or not, let's take out half of it and try it first." ”

I didn't expect Ye to have such a scientific and rigorous style, in fact, it was also summarized from incubating eggs, after all, it took her several times to find out the rules, and she couldn't rush everything.

Ye Hua readily agreed, just leave these things to the old lady to deal with.

His mind is still on ironmaking, the progress of tools is the key to improving production efficiency, only when production efficiency comes up, playing real estate, playing finance, and having industrial support, can we go on.

Otherwise, it's like a commercial street, and it won't take long for it to collapse, forcing Ye Hua to work hard to wipe his ass now, it's really depressing!

Ye Hua made up his mind, one step at a time, like countless predecessors who had crossed through, dotted the technology tree, waved the golden finger, and was honest and moving forward.

It all starts with ironmaking!

He came to the Wuzhang River, ready to instruct the craftsmen on how to construct and how to make iron...... Ye Hua is full of ambition, although he is half-, but he has so many years of leading experience, just come up with some ideas, and he can't intimidate a group of people!

And in fact, when he arrived at the river, the person who was scared was Ye Hua!

For the first time, he was stunned by the skills of the ancient craftsmen.

Craftsmen are using refractory bricks to build an iron-making blast furnace, yes, it is a blast furnace, and the shape of later generations is almost the same, the furnace body belly and waist have different inclination changes, very scientific and beautiful, the height is about 3 meters.

Ye Hua remembered that there were historical records that there was a blast furnace of more than 6 meters in the Northern Song Dynasty, which seemed to be true!

Since the blast furnace doesn't need to be mixed with him, what about something else?

For example, bellows, this is also the most critical, there is always a chance to show your skills!

But when Ye Hua checked, he shook his head directly, it turned out that the craftsmen had invented a reciprocating bellows, this kind of bellows opened and closed the wooden box cover plate to blow air, there was a flap on the cover, and there was also a flap at the junction between the wooden box and the air duct, one was the air inlet, the other was the air outlet, the cover plate was fanned, and the two flaps were opened and closed alternately. At the same time, two wooden fans can be used alternately, which can continuously blow air, which greatly increases the furnace temperature, reduces time and saves fuel.

Due to the large size of the wooden bellows, many people pull a fan, or simply use animal power to drive.

The busy craftsmen took the time to tell Ye Hua that they were thinking about erecting a waterwheel in Wuzhang River, with the help of water to drive the bellows, which was more energetic, and people and animals did not work hard, but it cost money to build a waterwheel, I don't know if Hou Ye is willing to do it?

Reluctant, what else is there to be reluctant to!

Don't be too competent, give me some leeway!

Ye Hua turned around several times, and found a place that could be improved.

That is, the air blown out of the bellows is heated, and two furnaces are installed, and the hot air blows into it is easier to raise the furnace temperature than the cold air.

After listening to this, the craftsmen were extremely amazed, Master Hou really knows everything, he even understands ironmaking, what else can't! These craftsmen are ancestral crafts, accumulated little by little, and often take several generations before they dare to make some improvements. Many of the techniques that appeared in the documents of the Song Dynasty actually appeared in the Five Dynasties and even the Tang Dynasty, but it was only in the Song Dynasty that the writing was formed.

And with the arrogance of the doctors, it is impossible for them to record the latest technology in the first place.

Ye Hua pondered for a while, and he was sure that with the current level of technology, with a little integration, it would definitely reach the level of the Northern Song Dynasty, or even stronger.

Don't look at the increase by just a few decades, but the steel output of the Northern Song Dynasty has reached 150,000 tons, which is more than the early stage of the British Industrial Revolution, even if it is only half, it is temporarily enough.

Ye Hua took out the grain purchased during this period of time, the profits, as well as the champion Hou's money and rewards, as well as Gao Huaide, Fu Zhaoxin, and Wang Tingyi...... You are clamoring to get rich together, and there is not a penny in the world that you can enjoy without sitting back.

Ye Hua knocked 30,000 yuan from them, plus his own money, which was enough for the ironmaking workshop to build a blast furnace and a water wheel.

"Master Hou, there is still something to report to Master Hou."

The blacksmith told Ye Hua that around Kaifeng, there had been wars for many years, trees had been cut down badly, and he wanted to make iron on a large scale, and he lacked a lot of fuel, which was very troublesome.

"No wood? That's coal! Ye Hua blurted out, but the stonemasons shook their heads, "Master Hou, the iron made of charcoal is brittle, and it can't be used as armor and weapons, if Master Hou wears it on the battlefield, he will suffer a big loss!" ”

Ye Hua took a breath and suddenly couldn't help laughing!

Ha ha!

The craftsmen are not that good, and they don't know it!

Ye Hua remembers reading a saying that since the Two Song Dynasty, there was not so much wood in the Central Plains, and only coal could be used to make steel, but China's coal contained a lot of sulfur, resulting in too many impurities in steel and poor quality.

The Wa still used wood to make steel, so their katana was sharper.

Now listen to the opinions of the craftsmen, and sure enough!

But Ye Hua has a way!

As long as the coal is heated above 850 degrees, the sulfur in it will escape, and the remaining coke will be used to make iron, which can avoid the problem of excessive sulfur content.

Ye Hua was completely sure, and just when he was full of ambition and ready to act, the brothers Yang Ye and Yang Chongxun suddenly came over, and they looked at each other and couldn't speak.

"They are all brothers who live and die together, what can't you say!" Ye Hua blamed with a dark face.

Yang Ye sighed, "Champion Hou, our Yang family still has sword skills, do you want it?" ”

Ye Hua thought there was something wrong with his ears, "You want to take the initiative to teach me?" ”

Yang Ye was very embarrassed, "We lack a lot of farm tools, and we are not far from spring ploughing, so we can't let the big guy use hand planing, if Hou Ye can help...... I, I am willing to offer the Yang family's sword technique together! ”