The Chinese blacksmith is very great.

In the process of exploration, they innovated a lot of magical wrought iron skills. That's why they can push China's wrought iron technology to the pinnacle of the world.

As the molten iron flowed out of the blast furnace, the blacksmiths and carpenters boiled!

There is no reason not to boil, even Qin Cang feels that it is really not easy. This blast furnace was rebuilt twice and collapsed once. It wasn't until now, March 10th, that it was resolved.

The retention of molten iron also officially represented the fact that Chishu had an iron production department from then on.

The next step is for the blacksmiths to use their talents and play what they are good at. hoes, scissors, pickaxes, horseshoes, nails....... Chizhou lacks everything now.

Of course, there is also the very important Park knife, and the gun head that needs to be improved.

There are a lot of things and a lot of trouble.

But at least there was a beginning.

"I feel like I misjudged you." Still in that position, Qiao Su held his head and stared at Qin Cang with a smile.

"Oh? What are you looking at wrong? Qin Cang asked.

"I see that you still have some qualities that I didn't perceive. This is not the same as my previous estimate. Qiao Su's words made Qin Cang's heart happy.

In any case, a beautiful woman compliments you in front of you, and you will always feel a heartfelt joy.

Qin Cang was very happy.

"So what?"

Qiao Su suddenly got up and left Qin Cang's desk.

"Not good. If you dare to go downstairs at night, I will ......." Qiao Su squeezed and went downstairs now, leaving Qin Cang alone and embarrassed.

It should be noted that with hard work, Baoyin has been able to understand some of the most common words.

So of course, Bao Yin stood by the door with a black face and stared at Qin Cang.

For several nights in a row, Baoyin pestered Qin Cang with a posture of wanting to squeeze Qin Cang dry. It was clear that Bao Yin was resisting Qiao Su joining the family. Of course Qin Cang understood, but how could a man not have a little evil thought?

.......

André Conte was a Genoese urban aristocrat. He was only thirty-one years old, and he was a newcomer to the aristocracy.

Half a year ago, Andre Conte was qualified to do an internship at Kaffa Trading Post. He took his net worth and the mercenaries he organized to set out on a journey to Kaffa.

Kaffa was the largest city in the region and the most prosperous place for the slave trade. In the Crimean Khanate decades later, Kaffa was one of the two major sources of slaves throughout the Ottoman Turkish Empire. The other, of course, is the Arabian Peninsula, Persia and other regions. Wars with several dynasties in the Persian region allowed the Ottomans to plunder large numbers of people from here.

The Genoese had been in control of Kaffa for decades, and after the exclusion of the Venetians, the Genoese were almost indistinguishable in the Black Sea trade circles. The reason why they say this is because they also have an Ottoman on their heads.

And more than twenty years later, it was the Ottomans who completely drove the Genoese out of the Black Sea trade circle. That war was also the beginning of the feud between Russia and Ottoman Turkey.

André Conte gathered thirty Spanish musketeers in Italy, fifty Swiss pikemen, and then fifty Sicilian horsemen in Sicily, and when he arrived in Athens, a hundred cheap Greek peasants joined his ranks.

In this way, André Conte had a slave catcher of two hundred and thirty men. Although some of his peers had advised him that it was better to buy slaves in Kaffa, it would be safe and nothing would happen. And some experts told Andre Conte that his staffing was complete nonsense. It is difficult to command an army with a multi-ethnic combination. And it was a great failure that a hundred Greek peasants were useless except to camp and guard slaves. The musketeers are even more useless in the steppes, so it is better to hire more Norman mongrels.

But André Conte doesn't think so.

In his plan, he was the one who was going to make a difference in Kaffa. So he had an idea that no one knows.

Build a more radical camp on the Dnieper to buy slaves. After half a month of investigation, Andrei Conte chose the vicinity of Odessa for his descendants as his base. But his actions undoubtedly angered the Genoese governor of Kaffa. This is also the reason why the Genoese governor of Kaffa did not go out on tour.

The Genoese now control the Caucasian salient in the southern part of the Crimean peninsula on the other side of the Kerch Strait in the Black Sea, and the Genoese also have their own territory here in Moldavia. So not long after André Conti's camp was established, the governor of Kaffa, who rushed to hear the news, declared it illegal and demanded that he dismantle it within a time limit.

If he doesn't demolish it, he will demolish it.

Another disappointment in life is not a problem for Andre Conte. While negotiating with the governor of Kaffa to delay time, Andre Conte asked the mercenaries to take the slaves on a boat. Then when the governor of Kaffa came to his senses, André Conte had already run away in four large ships.

Annoyed, the Governor of Kaffa chased back and smashed André Conte's ship to bruises, but it was too late.

Andre Conte has already run.

And the storms in the Black Sea are impermanent. Andre Conte, who was lucky enough to escape the attack of the governor of Kaffa, was unlucky enough to be overwhelmed by the continuous storms on the Black Sea.

The Genoese, who had run off the wrong course, came to the port of Kaffa.

"Noble, a village has appeared on the coast!"

They were all newcomers, and the guide had been scared away by Governor Kaffa, so they didn't know where it was.

By this time, it was already the middle of April. There is a temporary solution to the food crisis in Chizhou. That is, on the one hand, to strengthen the fishing industry, and on the other hand, to dig up more wild vegetables and grow these wild vegetables for short-term replenishment. At the same time, food distribution is even less. And recently, Qin Cang also had a plan to go out and loot grain.

At this time, Qin Cang was very glad that he did not promote the three-meal-a-day system when he first arrived. Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be a question of whether it will last until May.

And suddenly, Qin Chuan ran into the house with a saber!

"Childe! Childe! Four big ships appeared on the sea! I have gathered the militia of the various ministries! ”

"What! Take me to see it! ”

Qin Cang, Qin Chuan and the others arrived near the dock together.

Sure enough, there were four big ships on the far sea. It doesn't look like it's Islamic, so only the Genoese from Kaffa next door is left.

Two of the four ships were already moving forward at an angle, and the remaining two were also covered in bruises.

There is no doubt that they need to be reinforced, or else they will be sunk.

"Let people hide. Let's start with the snake and then catch it all! Qin Cang gritted his teeth and said!

The sudden arrival of the Genoese disrupted the rhythm of Qin Cang's development!

Now Qin Cang must ensure that his small place will not be noticed by the Genoese! Otherwise, it's over!