After recruiting enough manpower, Lü Peng began the construction of the iron factory, as the so-called many people are easy to do, just a few days of work, a simple blast furnace rose from the ground.

The so-called blast furnace is a behemoth in the eyes of the people here, a magnificent project, but in the eyes of Lu Peng, compared with later generations, it is simply low and ugly, but fortunately, this thing has added tempering and heating facilities according to its own design, so that the cold air sent into the blast furnace can be heated one step ahead, and the temperature inside the furnace can be directly increased.

The facilities were complete, and the ore was thrown in, Lu Peng personally lit the charcoal, the blower began to send air to the inside, and the charcoal began to burn, the blazing charcoal fire gradually heated the blast furnace, and looked into it from the observation hole, the dark ore began to slowly turn red, and the start was good, but if you want to make iron, it is impossible to calcinate it without a day or two.

Several old masters who had worked as smelters in the government took turns to observe day and night, until noon the next day, when the old master reported to Lu Pengyu: "My lord, it's done." ”

The furnace door opened, and a stream of white molten iron rushed out, flowing through the condensation tank and condensing into iron, Lu Peng asked the master beside him worriedly: "Is this pig iron or wrought iron?" ”

After the master gently tapped it with a small hammer, he trembled with excitement and shouted to Lu Peng: "It's wrought iron, it's really wrought iron, oh my God, just this furnace has produced a thousand catties of wrought iron, the lord is really a god." ”

A thousand catties of iron is simply not worth mentioning in later generations, but in this outrageous era of low productivity, a furnace can produce a thousand catties of wrought iron, which is simply a miracle, how can it not make those masters excited?

Lu Peng thought, when he found a coal mine in the future, he could smelt coke, and if the performance of coke was better, maybe he could directly smelt steel, and he should be excited at that time.

was busy here day and night, Xu Jie, who was sitting in the big camp, sent someone over to inform Lu Peng that his two righteous brothers had entered the valley with an outsider.

Hearing that the two elder brothers were coming, Lu Peng immediately put down the work in his hand, wrapped a small piece of wrought iron in a cloth, and rushed to the cottage camp in a hurry. ”

As soon as he shouted, there was a sound of footsteps in the lobby, and the two of them hurriedly ran out and hugged Lu Peng in their arms, who else was it the eldest brother and the second brother Zhang Shiyuan and Su Shuang?

The three brothers hugged each other tightly here, and for a while they couldn't say a thousand words, just patted each other's backs excitedly, and their mood couldn't calm down for a long time.

After a while, everyone let go, pulled their hands again, and looked at each other.

"Big brother, you're fat, and you're a rich man." Lu Peng quipped, "The second brother has lost a lot of weight, and he must have been bullied by the eldest brother." ”

Zhang Shiyuan gave Lu Peng a punch: "You bastard, you can only talk nonsense, am I fat?" I'm swollen, I've been in the brewing workshop day and night, damp and smoky, I've got rheumatism and joint pain, am I easy, and your second brother, is that thin? That's called tough, don't you understand, he runs around every day, which dealer sees him, not the respect of big fish and big meat, and flatters him to get a lot of share? ”

Su Shuang immediately wailed: "My eldest brother, I'm still a big fish and a big meat, if you mention it now, I want to vomit, why don't we change the two brothers?" ”

Zhang Shiyuan immediately glared: "The mess at home is in your hands, can I rest assured?" If you look at it, you won't make the third brother's immortal method known to the whole world in the blink of an eye? ”

Zhang Shiyuan is cautious, Su Shuang is bold, what the eldest brother said is really right, his own wine-making method is actually not high-tech at all, that is, whoever wants to pay attention to it can do it, piracy, that's not a matter of seconds? Traversers can only pirate others, how can they let others pirate themselves?

When the three brothers were talking in the courtyard, they heard a clear voice in their ears: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Su, don't be happy, the three brothers don't want to introduce General Lu to me?" ”

Who is this, disturbing our brothers' reminiscences, are you looking for death? Be careful I will pull you to feed the dog in minutes, and Lu Peng was a little impatient at that time.

As a result, Zhang Shiyuan smiled and said to Lu Peng: "Look, the three brothers who patronized us were happy, but they forgot about the distinguished guests, come on, third brother, I will introduce you to you." ”

Zhang Shiyuan turned around as he spoke, and at this time, a lean, short and elegant man appeared behind Zhang Shiyuan.

The elegant man smiled and saluted Lu Peng: "So-and-so, Mi Zhu, Zizhong, meet General Lu." ”

Oh, feelings are Mi Zhu. Lu Peng nodded indifferently, and suddenly figured it out, who? Mi Zhu? Stop pulling the dog, get on your seat.

Lu Zhu is a wealthy merchant in Xuzhou, his ancestors have been engaged in reclamation for generations, raising nearly 10,000 servants and diners, and assets of hundreds of millions of dollars. Later, Liu Bei fell, it was this guy, who took out 50 million dollars and 50,000 grains at a time, so that Liu Bei could regain his strength and rise again, this guy was finally named the general of the Han Dynasty, and his status was higher than Zhuge Liang.

"This man has to be pulled over." Lu Peng thought so about the lightning and pulled him over, Liu Bei will not be able to make a comeback in the future, so he will have one less opponent on the road to hegemony in the future.

Thinking of this, Lu Peng immediately stepped forward and bowed: "Lu Peng, the word Hanqiang, I have seen Mr. here." ”

Mi Zhu returned the salute and smiled: "The general Daming Zhu has heard of it for a long time, and there is even a knife that cuts people and breaks horses, and it is rumored all over the world, and when I see it today, he is really a real hero." ”

Yo he, the century of splitting people and breaking horses has spread all over the world? Okay, this is my own live advertisement.

At this time, Xu Jie, who had been accompanying the three of them, said with a smile: "Lord, it's not a way of hospitality for you to let your eldest brother and distinguished guests stand in the courtyard like this." ”

was reminded by Xu Jie, Lu Peng remembered that he was too happy to feel emotional, and now everyone was still standing in the yard, so he quickly apologized and invited the two brothers and Mi Zhu to come into the hall to talk.