"It's really hot, the more you go inside, the hotter it gets, and I don't know what the situation is with the new steel." Following behind Chen Zhi, Chen Wu couldn't stop wiping his sweat and muttering in his heart.

As Chen Zhi's scholar, he is now one of the closest people, and now he is exposed to more and more information, of course, he knows the importance of iron-making and forging, the former represents the improvement of productivity, and is one of the prerequisites for the development of the current county, and the latter is related to weapons and combat power.

Although Chen Zhi is clear about the division between the military and the government, and he usually does not let other people contact the civil affairs and understand the military situation, Chen Wu waited beside him, listening to the conversations of generals and officials, and slowly understood that many of the weapons of the current county martial arts still rely on procurement, and not many can be produced locally.

With the return of the first batch of money, the first thing Chen Zhi took out was to rebuild and expand the iron shops in the city, and gradually merge these blacksmith shops, recruit and manage craftsmen, and hand over people to Li Li and Li Wei brothers for unified management, and at the same time, the first batch of self-made weapons also appeared at that time.

Bang dang.

Just thinking about it, there was a sudden sound at his feet, and he followed the sound to look over, but it was the guard who followed next to him, and I don't know which one touched a few spears placed in the corner, and the spears and the spear heads rolled and collided, making a sound.

Looking at the slightly curved and damaged head of the spear, Chen Wu immediately recognized that this was the first batch of iron blades created, because the quality was relatively poor, and the toughness and hardness were unsatisfactory, so it was only regarded as a training thing in the army, and it was not equipped with the army at all, so there were still sporadic blades left in this iron workshop-

You must know that according to Chen Zhi's naturalization, as early as two months ago, the first batch of usable weapons created by the carburizing method were manufactured, and Chen Zhi specially divided the weapon workshop, pulled directly to the center of the north of the city, and put it together with a small group of barracks, layer by layer protection, so that the weapons after this can not be found here, and will be cleaned up as soon as possible.

However, although it is only a relatively scattered, poor quality weapon, but it is sharp, the same can hurt people, those few guards saw this, quickly stepped forward, packed up the scattered weapons, put them inside, to prevent being used, causing the hidden worry of Chen Zhi's safety, since that day at the banquet, by the Hun assassins in public, this generation of the county's military system, is very concerned about Chen Zhi's safety, dare not have the slightest relaxation.

Not only did he just clean up, but the leader of the guards also cast an angry and reprimanding look at Li Wei, and the latter couldn't help shrinking his neck and accused him again and again.

Chen Zhi waved his hand and said with a smile: "This is nothing, and you don't need to care too much about it, but as for the weapons after these experiments, how to clean up and summarize them, there should indeed be a charter, and you can even establish something similar to a dossier room, put the creations of different periods in it, write down the characteristics and analysis clearly, and put it next to it for future research." ”

Li Wei listened, chewed on the meaning, and couldn't help nodding, but then his face was embarrassed, and he was about to speak.

Chen Zhi didn't wait for him to speak, so he smiled first: "I know your difficulties, most of the craftsmen in the workshop, few people are literate and hyphenated, and ordinary scholars are even more unwilling to stay here. As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Wu with a smile, and the latter quickly stood up straight and shook his head again and again.

"Don't be in a hurry to deny it, I'm not blaming you, I don't like the bad environment, it's human nature," Chen Zhi didn't investigate, but looked at Li Wei and praised: "It's really not easy for you to persist in this environment!" ”

Li Wei hurriedly said: "This is our own duty, besides, the treatment and wealth that the Lord you give us are much better than the outside world does not know, and we are also grateful to repay it, besides, what we have done is just to contribute to the county, and it is not as good as the bloody battle of the front-line soldiers." ”

"These are all you deserve," Chen Zhi shook his head and said bluntly, "If you don't have a blade, how can you have combat power?" From a certain point of view, your importance is not inferior to that of the soldiers, and the importance of the Daijun is undoubted, recently I will be in charge of the real power of the northern general, after the opening of the government and the construction of the teeth, there are many positions will be recruited, when the time comes, you can give it a try, if there is anyone who thinks it is good, you can also recommend it. ”

"What?" Li Wei was stunned for a moment, "I'm a craftsman, how can I be an official?" ”

"If you have the ability, you can do anything," Chen Zhi laughed, "but there is a premise, that is, you must be able to read and break words, I know that you have been learning to write recently, you can pay attention to this aspect, then you have your own screening method, if you can stand out, do not hesitate to give a job, if not, don't expect me to make an exception for you." ”

Where did Li Wei still expect to be treated specially, but he felt that Chen Zhi's statement was a bit fantastical, and he didn't believe that craftsmen could still be officials, but he was still moved by the respect and care revealed in Chen Zhi's words.

At this time, the white-bodied people have no hometown products, no family support, and their social status is very low, and in the current society, there is no atmosphere where everyone is equal.

Li Wei was still moved here, and Chen Zhi suddenly changed his words and said with a smile: "Look, it's off topic again, or this literacy and hyphenation thing, if you can get a position, these will naturally have the opportunity to arrange, and now I will transfer you a few people who know how to read, all of them are subordinates of the Chen family recruited in the past six months, not people from the government, I believe there is not so much trouble, but when getting along, it is inevitable that habits and concepts collide, if you encounter it, you can find me to coordinate." ”

Li Wei said: "The Lord already attaches great importance to and takes care of such an arrangement, so how can it be good and troublesome." ”

Chen Zhi shook his head and said: "This matter was mentioned by me temporarily, how can I shirk the responsibility, I let you be responsible for everything, of course you have to set an example, otherwise how can you serve the public?" ”

With that, several people came to the innermost building of this factory.

At first glance, it was a two-story building, but it was extremely closed, and most of the windows were closed, but Chen Zhi didn't stop and walked straight in.

Chen Wu followed, and as soon as he crossed the threshold, there was a wave of heat rushing towards him, and he couldn't help squinting his eyes, and when he opened it again, he saw a few sword embryos on the table in front of him.

Chen Zhi walked over with his eyes shining, his vision suddenly moved, and he felt that there was a phantom surrounding the sword!