Chapter 68: Coal and Iron

After lunch, Xun You came to the county government again, and this time he also brought two people, one was over the age of six, and the other was young. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info these two are the best of the candidates who came to apply for this recruitment order.

"My lord, the people have been brought." Xun You entered the lobby and bowed first.

"The grass people have seen the adults" Seeing Huo Yu sitting upright in the array, the two also bowed with this Xun Yu, but Huo Yu found that there was only one person who spoke.

"No need to be polite, take a seat!" Huo Yu looked at the two people in front of him and said casually.

"This, the grass people don't dare." The old man who was over the age of sixteen opened his mouth and said.

"The old man doesn't have to be restrained, the lord has always treated people like this."

"Grass people. Yes, sir. ”

After a few words, Huo Yu found that the young man still didn't speak, and he was immediately curious. Xun You saw Huo Yu's thoughts and spoke first: "Lord, Mo Lao is good at building weapons, when the Yellow Turban Incident occurred, he was coerced by his family to build weapons for him, and after the Changshe War, he was bought as a slave by the Mi family, and then selected by the Mi family and sent to Liaodong. ”

Without waiting for Huo Yu to send a message, Xun Yu continued: "This little brother's surname is Ma Mingjun and Deheng, a person who helps the wind, was critically ill and rescued by Mi Zhu when he was looking for relatives in Xuzhou, and he was also selected by the Mi family and sent to Liaodong. ”

When Huo Yu heard the word Ma Jun, the whole person stood up suddenly, Xun You was even more surprised, needless to say, the lord is a human skill, could it be that this Ma Jun is also a capable person.

"Deheng is a stutterer, good at ingenuity, and loves to invent?" After taking Xun You's words, Huo Yu opened his mouth and asked.

"Uh..."Xun You subconsciously let out, he hadn't seen Ma Jun open his mouth since he saw him, Xun You also wondered why everyone would elect Ma Jun, and always thought he was a mute.

Ma Jun was stunned, he was not good at words since he was a child, and he had a stuttering problem, and he didn't like to talk much, but he was diligent in his hands, especially if he liked to specialize in things like obscenity, however, despite this, some people with a little status looked down on him and disagreed with his hobbies, which was inevitably a little ironic for Ma Jun.

"Big.... My lord.. Also.. It's to look down on... Next.... The craft? ”

For Ma Jun's thoughts, Huo Yu can understand. Since ancient times, the status of craftsmen has only been slightly better than that of merchants. Unlike in later generations, few people look down on those who have technology.

"Deheng is worried, Yu does not look down on craftsmen, on the contrary, he appreciates Deheng's skills."

Ma Jun was a little surprised, carefully looked at Huo Yu's expression, and saw that he was not a fake, but very sincere, so he was relieved.

"Deheng, I have a few drawings here that you will be very interested in, and I will talk about them in detail later."

"No"

"Mo Lao, can anyone look for mines?"

"Both the old decay and the disciples will know, I don't know what the adults mean?"

"Hahaha, that's great! Yu knows that there is a mine near Xiangping City, and people need to go to check it, I wonder if Mo Lao is willing to go? ”

"The order of the adults should be obeyed!"

"Okay, tomorrow Yu will arrange manpower, bring the map drawn by Yu, please ask Mo Lao to find it, if you find iron ore, you will be rewarded."

"No"

"Gongda sent Mo Lao for me, and Deheng followed me to the study."

Huo Yu got up and walked out, Ma Jun got up and saluted Xun You and Mo Lao and hurriedly followed. In the study, Huo Yu didn't know how many sketches he had drawn with the memory of later generations, and the things on each sketch shocked Ma Jun! However, at the moment, Huo Yu was stumped by Qu Yuan's plow, thinking about it, you have repeatedly painted several times but it has not taken shape.

Since he couldn't draw it, he simply asked Ma Jun to get the bellows he needed most in front of him, so that making iron tools would get twice the result with half the effort. The more the two chatted in the study, the more they rose, like confidants they hadn't seen for many years, and there were always endless words. In the end, Ma Jun just took away the sketch of the bellows, Ma Jun knew that once the thing in this picture was made, it would be a technological innovation, so he cherished it very much, and repeatedly assured Huo Yu that he could make this thing.

In the days that followed, everyone was busy, but Huo Yu locked himself in the study all day long, and did not take half a step for three consecutive days. Without him, Huo Yu was immersed in recalling the structure of the Quyuan plow.

Quyuan plow, in addition to the plough handrail, but also more plow wall, plow arrow, plow evaluation, etc., a total of eleven parts made of wood and metal composition, can control and adjust the depth of ploughing, up to 2.3 zhang, very huge, must be double oxen to pull. Compared with the current Han Dynasty straight plough, the Quyuan plough has increased the plough evaluation, which can adapt to the different needs of deep ploughing and shallow tillage; The improved plough wall has a circular shape that pushes the upturned soil aside to reduce resistance to advance, and it can overturn the clods to cut off the growth of weeds.

With the quyuan plough and the method of watering manure water, next year's grain output will certainly increase considerably. The hard work paid off, and after three days of writing and painting, a detailed picture of the result of the Quyuan plough appeared on the brocade. However, for the time being, it is most important to find coal mines and iron mines first, and it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice.

Mo Lao had been on his way for a few days, and he didn't know if he could find the iron ore, and the notice to find the black stone still didn't have the slightest information, so Huo Yu was always a little depressed in recent days. If you can't quickly find a coal mine and mine it, I'm afraid this year's cold winter will be difficult!

"Childe, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain" Watching Huo Yu stunned when he was eating, Zhang Ning persuaded him. From Chen County to Liaodong, Huo Yu's relationship with his children has been heating up day by day, and since the Wu family forced Huo Yu to express his position that day, Zhang Ning has changed his mouth and called Huo Yu his son. And along the way, Huo Yu told the second daughter a lot of allusions and classic jokes in later generations, and the relationship between the three of them was only the last thin layer of window paper.

Huo Yu, who was awakened, smiled self-deprecatingly when he found Yu'er and Zhang Ning looking at him with concern. He seemed to be worried, so he said to Zhang Ning: "What Ning'er said is right, my son is on the way." ”

After this meal, Huo Yu felt a lot more relaxed, and he hadn't seen Xun You and Xi Zhicai for two days, so it was better to take the initiative to see them today, in case the two of them were tired and sick again, it would be worth the loss. Guo Jia, this kid too, I haven't come out in the barracks since Huo Yumo wrote the thirty-six plans, and I'm just deaf to internal affairs, but then again, there is not much record in history about this thing being good at internal affairs, so it's better for him to go.

As soon as Huo Yu stepped out of the mansion, he was loaded with Xi Zhicai who came in a hurry, and when he saw that his eyes were bloodshot, he said: "Zhicai, no matter how much official business you have, you must pay attention to rest, take medicine on time, and you will be tired of yourself."

"Thank you, my lord!" Xi Zhicai was trotting all the way, tired and panting, Huo Yu suddenly repented when he saw it in his eyes, he actually forgot to equip Xun You and Xi Zhicai with a carriage, this lord is not up to standard!

"Look at my brain, I actually forgot to equip the carriage, I immediately ordered Liu Ji to do this."

"Lord, something important, the black stone has been found."