After coming out of the gloomy Spiegel Division, Chen Kaizhi had the feeling of regaining his day.

But in his heart, there are still many suspicions, Wang Fuen's career is really a little weird, in fact, he has seen this before, because this guy's ability is really mediocre, but what is the reason for soaring to the sky?

Luck?

Chen Kaizhi does not believe that a person's luck can be good in the end, he believes that only with a certain strength, luck will have a role, and judging from Wang Fuen's experience, he is only a third-class jinshi, and his political achievements are also general, and such strength can also rise to the top, which is really incredible.

Well, although I can't think of an answer for a while, it seems that this is not a problem that Chen Kaizhi needs to consider now.

After all, Wang Fuen, who has a grudge against him, is over, and everything is ...... Actually, it's over.

It's just that I really saw the Spiegel Division today, but Chen Kaizhi was quite emotional.

He had now determined one thing, there should be an agent from the Spiegel Division on Flying Fish Peak, but ...... Chen Kaizhi doesn't care, Flying Fish Peak is his private territory, and everything on Flying Fish Peak is not a secret.

He didn't go to duty today, but returned to the mountain, and just arrived at Xiayu Village, Liu Xian happened to meet him.

Liu Xian looked very excited: "Childe, childe, good news, what Childe wanted, it's done." ”

Liu Xian's words seemed to have no beginning or end, but Chen Kai didn't react for a while, so he said puzzledly: "What has become of it?" ”

"Steel!" Liu Xian seemed to be dancing.

Chen Kaizhi was very surprised, and hurriedly followed this Liu Xian to the steel workshop.

As soon as you enter, you will be hit by a thick heat wave, the role of steel is self-evident, and even in the last century, the industrial revolution can be called the age of steel, and steel is almost the standard for calculating industrial output.

However, in this era, the so-called steel did not belong to industry, theoretically speaking, it belonged to the handicraft industry, and the reason for this was that the iron-making technology of this era was low, not to mention the amount of iron produced, and the quality was unstable, so it could not be produced on a large scale.

Chen Kaizhi has been looking for a way to produce high-quality steel on a large scale, because the demand for steel can be described as multifaceted, and now in this era, the use of iron is already very extensive, not to mention that with the improvement of steel quality, this use will be more extensive.

Chen Kaizhi tried many methods, in order to produce steel on a large scale, with the least amount of manpower to smelt the ore into steel, and at this time, in this heat wave, I saw that from a groove in the iron furnace, streams of golden molten iron flowed out, which reached the ignition point into the golden liquid of molten iron almost invisible to the naked eye, compared to the rough and because it could not be smelted, only through forging, it was also full of bubbles and various impurities, and this forging method that directly reached the ignition point and melted it, It is enough to increase the efficiency of tapping countless times.

This kind of iron can probably be called wrought iron, although in this era, there are such processes, but most of them are not stable because of the uneven residuals of the furnace, and the real wrought iron is soft, it can neither be used to make swords, nor can it be used to cast iron pots and ploughs, naturally, no one is interested in it, so this process has not evolved.

As a result, in this era, most of the iron tools were forged, and the quality was uneven, unstable, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the output was extremely low.

Iron in this era is a precious resource, and there are even iron coins on the market that are specially used for circulation, such as in the Southern Chu Kingdom, because no copper veins have been excavated, and the copper production is very low, so the currency of Southern Chu is often replaced by iron coins.

Naturally, Chen Kaizhi has no intention of casting money, wrought iron is of little use, Chen Kaizhi smelted wrought iron, because he knows that pure iron is very impractical, but if a trace amount of carbon is added to it, it becomes a low carbon steel, which increases a little hardness, which can be used to pull iron wires and roll thin white iron plates, but if some carbon is added, then this is medium carbon steel, which can produce steel plates and nails, naturally, if the carbon content reaches 0.6 to 2 percent, Then it can become a high-carbon steel with high hardness that can be used to make knives, guns and cool instruments.

In this way, not only can the output be increased tenfold, but the quality is also far beyond the average level of ironmaking in this era, which is the real purpose of Chen Kaizhi.

After this pot of molten iron cooled, the wrought iron was formed, and when the heat dissipated, the craftsman on the side said to Chen Kaizhi with a sad face: "Childe, although this iron has no impurities, it is completely useless, you see, it is soft, it is not as good as bronze, not to mention the sword, even forging farm tools is useless." ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled before he said, "Which one is Wu Wei?" ”

A craftsman stood up and said respectfully, "The villain is." ”

"You've read a book, haven't you?"

"Yes, the villain has a superficial understanding of some words." Wu Wei couldn't imagine that Chen Kaizhi had an impression of him.

How did he know that the people on this mountain, Chen Kaizhidu kept in his heart through the roster, their skills, whether they can be literate and hyphenated, as well as the approximate age and place of origin, Chen Kaizhi knows in his heart.

For example, this Wu Wei is a rare person among craftsmen who knows how to read, it is said that he studied for a year when he was a teenager, and his family was quite solid in the past, but then his family fell into the middle of the road, and finally he was taken in by a blacksmith to learn this blacksmith craft.

At this time, Chen Kaizhi said: "I have some iron-making recipes here, you follow the recipes, take the brothers to try, oh, and, from now on, you will be the foreman, and I will give you some money every year, and give you a third-level salary." ”

In Feiyu Peak, Chen Kaizhi has established a salary grading system, although these people are all domestic slaves, in fact, Chen Kaizhi has no need to give them salaries, but Chen Kaizhi thought about it, and still felt that he should give some encouragement, from the first level of salaries to the ninth level of salaries, the level of this salary has been increased step by step, for example, those who have just gone up the mountain belong to apprentices, only providing food and accommodation, but if it is a year later, there will be a level of salary, of course, only three hundred yuan a month, which is not much, but food and lodging, and some pocket money, It is enough to make people satisfied, the second level is a thousand dollars, this number is not lower than the ordinary people under the mountain, and to the third level, this is three thousand dollars, about three taels of silver, a year, nearly forty taels of silver into the account, forty taels of silver is not a small amount, it can be regarded as a solid amount, not to mention here, there is food and drink, this money saved, although it is a slave, it can give people enough hope.

Wu Wei's eyes lit up, her face was a little more excited, and she hurriedly said: "The son is loved, the villain is ......."

He was a little choked, most of the people who were sold into slavery had a rough experience, and in this life, I thought there was no hope.

But Chen Kaizhi not only provided them with a comfortable environment so that they could eat their stomachs, which made them gradually settle down, it is much better to be a slave here in this life than to be displaced outside, and now ......

Chen Kaizhi smiled and said: "This is what you deserve, after all, you have read books, and you are a craftsman, by the way, these recipes, if you have any doubts, you can go to the library to verify, there are some related books, these days, there is no need to rush to produce iron, feel these recipes thoroughly, try more, determine the use of the steel produced by this recipe, think about whether it can be improved, if there is any good news, just let Steward Liu come to me." ”

The other craftsmen are red one by one, they are only apprentices now, and they will only be officially employed next year, even so, it is only three hundred yuan a month, although they are extremely satisfied with this, even if they don't give money, they also feel that this mountain is doing well, but Wu Wei's treatment has brought them greater hope.

Here in Xiayu Village, a school has been built for night classes, and after dinner, they begin to teach people to read...... It's all free, and the craftsmen don't really want to go, after all, most of them are already adults.

Study? It's not a test for Xiucai, what's the use of reading it? Everyone sells coolies, and it's useless to learn.

Can ...... now After listening to Chen Kaizhi's words, many people's hearts and minds are alive, why can Wu Wei become a foreman, and why does he have a third-level salary? Because people know how to read, when it comes to the craft of iron, he is far inferior to everyone.

Wu Wei was busy, he knew that Chen Kaizhi had entrusted his mission, in addition to smelting iron according to the prescription, that is, to carry out trial production, the library ......

I'm afraid that at night, after work, he has to go there to see, Childe's recipe, he may not be able to understand it thoroughly, since Childe let him learn *** will not be a bad thing.

Chen Kaizhi said, and led Liu Xian out.

The expression on Liu Xian's face was a little excited, and he said, "Childe, I'm afraid that it won't be long before everyone on this mountain will enthusiastically go to study." ”

Chen Kaizhi smiled and said: "I can't read big characters, what's the use of relying on a single strength?" Here, whether it is animal husbandry, planting or craftsmen, if they can read and break words, they will know how to find better production methods. Steward Liu, you have to release the news, in the future, there will be a final exam in this school, the exam is not too difficult, as long as you can read and write, you can calculate, those who pass the exam, the salary can be increased by one level, and many positions on this mountain in the future will also be biased towards people who have read, it is useless to force them to read, only by giving them hope, giving them visible reality, they are willing to read. ”

When Chen Kaizhi said this, he shook his head and said: "Hey, this court is preaching and educating every day, but after so many years of education, in addition to those poetry and book heirlooms, how many people have been educated?" At the end of the day, you can't just let the horses run and not let the horses graze. ”