When Niu Gao went to the camp to find Chao Gai, Chao Gai had already gone to the ironworks with four guards, and Liu Tang arranged for Niu Gao to live in the camp and let Li Kui accompany him, but the two frizzy people were more likely to cause trouble together.

Chao Gai and his line of five horses ran fast and went straight to the ironworks, usually Chao Gai rarely ran so fast, after all, horses are not machines, fast running hurts horses, but today is particularly happy, Chao Xun said that the ironware workshop came to two senior craftsmen, it is said that they are all cattle, Chao Gai hurriedly ran over.

The ironsmith workshop is busy, the manpower has increased a lot, and there are four more smelting furnaces in the ironmaking site, a total of eight iron-making furnaces, and the output of pig iron has doubled.

Zhang Tiehan was also happy, and saw that Chao Gai came to introduce the situation, and said: "According to the instructions of the owner, the use of coke to make iron, the effect is quite good, and now the daily production of iron is more than 3,000 catties, and our flagship product pig iron pot can also produce one or two hundred mouths a day, which can fully meet the sales needs of department stores." The 5,000 spear heads ordered by the owner were also cast with pig iron, and they were completed in a few days, but the pig iron spears were brittle and easy to break, and they were not as good as forging. ”

Chao Gai said with a smile: "The casting cost is low, and it is enough to form a team of five thousand people with a spear per person, which is to cultivate the blood of ordinary people, and pig iron weapons are also available." ”

Zhang Tiehan nodded yes, and introduced: "There are two craftsmen, one is called Tang Long, a native of Yan'an Mansion, an ancestral blacksmith, a good iron, exquisite skills, heard that we recruited blacksmiths at a high price, and several masters looked at his craftsmanship and sighed to themselves, this person is very good at building eighteen kinds of weapons, and he offered him a price of two hundred yuan a year." ”

"Okay, I've also heard that this Tang Long is very skilled." Chao Gai said.

"The other person is more peculiar, this person's surname is Xie, his name is Gang, he claims to be able to turn pig iron into steel, and he has no requirements for salary. I'll take the owner to see it. Zhang Tiehan said and took Chao Gai to the weapons casting workshop, a bald man in the workshop, not wearing a shirt, is about 1.7 meters tall, but he is covered in tendon flesh, and the scars on his body are very conspicuous, and he is forging a weapon. Chao Gai took two steps tightly, hugged his fists and said, "This is Tang Long Tang Xian Brother." ”

Tang Long put down the hammer, saw that Zhang Tiehan was still by this person's side, and said, "Mo is not Brother Chao Gai, the Heavenly King of Tota." ”

"Haha, it's here, I've heard of Brother Tang Xian's name early, but I haven't seen it, but today I saw it really extraordinary. After a while, I will arrange a banquet for Brother Tang Xian to catch the wind, and we will not get drunk and go home. ”

"It's so good, I heard about my brother's benevolence and righteousness, and when I came to Yuncheng, I knew that my brother was simply the reincarnation of the Buddha in the minds of the people of Yuncheng. Tang Long said.

Chao Gai and Tang Long chatted very speculatively, and Tang Long was straightforward and sincere.

When Chao Gai came to the newly established steel workshop, he saw a tall and thin man dressed in gray cloth with messy hair, as if he hadn't washed it for ten years, and was directing the workers to build the stove.

Zhang Tiehan said: "Xie Gang, the owner of the village is here." ”

Xie Gang didn't care, and Chao Gai didn't get angry, until Xie Gang was done, he came over and gave Chao Gai his hand: "Hello owner." ”

"Will you turn iron into steel?" Chao Gai said.

"Yes, since I said it, I will definitely do it." Xie Gang said a little arrogantly.

Chao Gai secretly said that he has such a stinky temper when he engages in technology, if you don't hold him, he won't know how to his tail in the future.

Chao Gai said: "I will too, strictly speaking, it is called frying steel." ”

Xie Gang was taken aback: "You too, tell me in detail." ”

Chao Gai said: "Frying steel is to put pig iron in the furnace from the new smelting liquefaction, and then use the rotating iron rod above the furnace to stir the molten iron, at this time a huge air bag is needed to blow into the furnace, if the steel master master master skills are good, you can directly get the high-grade steel, if the heat is not well mastered, you will get the lower grade steel or wrought iron." ”

"Ah, the owner of the village is really a god. It's exactly the same as the ancient book that my ancestors handed down. Xie Gang said excitedly.

"Technology is endless, it's important to discuss, let's go to the room and talk about it in detail." Chao Gai said.

Xie Gang's attitude became very kind, and he followed Chao Gai to the office. Chao Gai knows a lot about frying steel, but he has never done it, and the difficulty of frying steelmaking is still very high, and the two discussed for more than an hour, and Xie Gang benefited a lot.

Xie Gang concluded: "There are four main points in frying steel, first, the temperature at which the molten iron melts must be very high, which is higher than the temperature of ironmaking. Second, it is necessary to have a high-power airbag to blow air. Third, keep stirring. Fourth, keep track of when to stop. I've fried the lower grade steel before, but the top grade steel hasn't been fried."

Chao Gai said: "Yes, that's basically it, the so-called low-grade steel has actually been fried, and the carbon content in the steel is low." If it is fried well, it is medium carbon steel or high carbon steel, and you need to think about it slowly. I will give you a basic salary of 200 yuan per year, and I will give you ten craftsmen and forty apprentices for you to send to experiment with frying steel, no matter how much money it costs, and the results of each experiment must be recorded in detail. ”

"The owner of the village is loved, and Xie Gang will never give up." Xie Gang was very moved, and his expression was extremely excited when Maxima met Bole.

Chao Gai said: "I have held a reception banquet for you and Tang Long, let's go and drink two cups together." ”

Xie Gang shook his head and said, "I'm going to improve the steelmaking furnace and think about increasing the furnace temperature." ”

Chao Gai didn't care about him, and went to ask Zhang Tiehan and Tang Long to attend the reception banquet together.

Before the banquet, Chao Gai said: "From today on, the ironware workshop will be upgraded to Limin Iron Factory, and the director Zhang Tiehan is responsible for the overall work arrangements for iron ore mining, pig iron smelting, forging and so on. Each workshop is managed separately, Tang Long is the director of the weapons casting workshop, and Xie Gang is the director of the steel frying workshop. ”

Tang Long was very grateful for Chao Gai's attention, and Chao Gai also promised Tang Long that within two years, a village would be built near the Limin Iron Works for the people of the Iron Works to live in, and Tang Long would be given a family room.

The banquet lasted until late before it dispersed, and Chao Gai arranged for Zhang Tiehan to upgrade the security level of the weapon casting workshop and the steel frying workshop from tomorrow to do a good job of secrecy. The iron factory is getting bigger and bigger, and Chao Gai is happy in his heart.

In late April, it was the last growing period of wheat, and it was also the last crazy period of Yuan County's order to collect money.

Early this morning, Lei Heng came to Majia Village, and the tax collector shouted loudly to collect summer grain, and paid copper money at a discount of three buckets per mu. Ordinary villages can levy more or less one-third, but Majia Village is an exception, and no one pays attention to them. Lei Heng became angry, things have not been going well recently, and Tang Niu'er, who was covering himself for stealing dogs, was exposed, Lei Heng lost a lot of face, not to mention, and there was a lot of money missing every month. Lei Heng kicked over a farmer who refused to pay his taxes, and these got into trouble.

The man shouted, "It's time to hit someone." ”

The villagers quickly gathered, each with a sharp spear, a two-meter-long ash rod, and a spear head half a foot long in front of him, with red tassels.

Dozens of people surrounded a few catchers and tax collectors, and they were all excited.

Someone scolded: "This is the thunder of that dog who colluded with thieves, kill him." ”

Lei Heng pulled out his waist knife and said, "It is natural to farm land and hand over grain, which one can resist." ”

"You are stupid to us, what kind of summer grain is the wheat that has not yet been ripened, this is obviously someone is leaving, and he wants to catch the last handful." The villagers said one after another.

Lei Heng said: "Do you want to rebel, arrest them all." ”

"Folks, what are our spears for, are they used to see? It's used to keep your home safe. "Everyone put the spear flat, a few catchers and tax collectors softened on the spot, the spear is a domineering weapon, and the tricks used are simpler, nothing more than a stabbing word, the head of the spear stabs the body, and the person who pulls it out is basically wasted, and he has half a life if he doesn't die. Lei Heng is strong in martial arts, and he thinks he can fight dozens of them, but he is not willing to work so hard for the promise of Yuan County's order, so he has to say: "Wait for a few days when the wheat is ripe and then come to harvest, whoever dares not to give it will not be spared." ”

It turned out that Chao Gai took advantage of the efforts of the past few days to gather all the healthy men between the ages of 16 and 40 in the villages under the jurisdiction of Yuncheng County, and carried out simple lectures and training in batches, and each of them was issued with a spear, and they were the township soldiers of Yuncheng County. There are nearly 5,000 people in total, and the common people are originally people who are struggling on the poverty line, and who is willing to suffer from the tax collector's anger when they have weapons. Lei Heng was frustrated, went back to complain to Song Jiang, Song Jiang scolded Lei Heng again, his surname Yuan was about to leave and he was given a gunman, lacking heart.

In the Yahoutang of Yuncheng County, Yuan Xianling took a sip of tea, sighed depressedly, and said: "Seeing that there is a locust plague at the end of his term, I really don't feel at ease." ”

Next to him is the henchman brought by Yuan County's order, who is appointed as the county lieutenant.

The county lieutenant said: "This year's drought and locust plague are coming, if you forcibly harvest summer grain in advance, it will inevitably cause a civil uprising, so your future is worrying." It is better to accept the meaning of the following officials, and quickly leave this place of right and wrong, and go back to Tokyo to go to Huguang or Suzhou and Hangzhou to find a rich county as an official. ”

Yuan County Ling thought so, and ordered the housekeeper to take stock of the cleaning items, and was busy for two days, cleaning up the three cars of fine and soft a total of 60,000 yuan, and packed them in wooden boxes, as for the clumsy furniture or something, it was left to the next magistrate Shi Wenbin.

When Chao Gai got the information, he hurriedly called Wu Yong, Liu Tang, and Ruan Xiaoqi.

Chao Gai said: "Yuan County's order is leaving, and he has packed up three cars, according to his family, he has packed up three cars, what do you think." ”

Liu Tang and Ruan Xiaoqi looked at each other and didn't speak, Wu Yong said: "What else can I think, his money was all looted from our Yuncheng County, and he should have taken it." ”