Lao Luo, who was disturbed by his thoughts, was not impatient, not only because it was Li Ji who spoke, but also because he noticed that the surrounding environment was very different from other places, the blue and red brick walls were at least four meters high, and there were tall watchtowers in the corners, and the road was very wide, and you could see the same blue and red roof tiles on the roofs of the houses inside, and this house looked much neater than other places. The ground is a stone paved ground, and there are curved nullahs on both sides of the road, although it is not very neat, but it shows that the owner here is still more thoughtful, at least taking care of the bearing capacity of the road surface and the traffic problem when the seasons change.

Compared to the rest of the houses in the town, the architecture here is more similar to the structure of the city walls, thick and defensive.

A spacious entrance, which could accommodate even a two-horse carriage, was flanked by heavy wooden doors, inlaid with sharp spikes and long iron ribs, and the walls on either side of the doorway were clearly reinforced.

In addition to the young man dressed as a guy at the door, there were also guards with weapons hanging on their waists, Li Ji said hello to several gatekeepers, pulled Lao Luo and walked inside, and Olki, who followed closely, noticed that several people guarding the door had some strange and happy expressions.

Entering the gate, Lao Luo deliberately looked back at the back of the door, and there were three half-foot-wide bolt hoops behind him, and there were nearly four-meter-long iron bolts placed side by side on the side of the door, which was comparable to the gate of this small city. And it is such a workshop house, there is actually a doorway of more than two meters, that is to say, the thickness of the outer wall is two meters? It's really a bit exaggerated, this can be regarded as the layout of a small fortress, which makes Lao Luo a little curious about the secrets inside this so-called blacksmith shop.

Entering the entrance gate, inside is a spacious empty field that can run horses, you can see a lot of busy people on the side, there are some familiar wooden shelves on the wall, there are horses and craftsmen standing next to them, it should be a horse nailed to the horseshoe, this thing is still there in the future, it has not changed, and there are people in armor guarding some people who are obviously craftsmen, experimenting with newly made weapons on the side of several wooden stakes and grass stakes, these people are not all dressed as Tang people, what Persians, Armenians and the like are everywhere, and the weapons are tried at this time, I was cheering happily and was very lively.

Li Ji pulled Lao Luo and walked directly inside, it was a few rows of tall brick buildings, and there was a jingling and crisp knocking sound inside, Lao Luo saw that there were many chimneys on the outside of the wall, which should be a wrought iron house.

But before they could reach the door of the wrought iron room, seven or eight fourteen or fifteen-year-old half-grown children rushed out of it, and if it wasn't for Lao Luo pulling Li Ji to stagger away, they would have crashed into their own pedestrians.

"Li He, Heiwa, Shi Stunned...... And a few of you, what are you doing recklessly! Li Ji was not slow, and stepped up and pinched the ears of one of the boys, stopping them from asking loudly.

A few reckless boys stopped with embarrassed expressions, and several of them showed happy expressions, and the one who was pinched by the ear was blushing like a persimmon, "Fourth sister, good fourth sister, let go, my ears!" ”

Lao Luo looked at this scene with some amusement, he knew that Li Ji was a little pepper, and he had quarreled with Cui Shiba, but it was the first time he had seen such a fierce performance.

"Fourth sister, I don't dare, let it go." The one who was pinched was a little fat man who was only 1.6 meters tall, covering the other ear at this time, and begging for mercy in his mouth.

A few boys next to him no longer looked at the excitement, and said good things to the foil, "Fourth aunt, let go of the little uncle, we are playing with the bearded man inside." ”

"Yes, Fourth Sister, we were wrong, we don't dare anymore."

"I'm embarrassed to say, how many times have I told you that this place is running around? It's all iron guys, hit it, and a knock is enough for you! Li Ji's face was also a little urgent, not entirely because of their worries, these boys were clever, how could they accidentally hit the iron, they just felt that they had disturbed the affairs of themselves and Lao Luo, and were a little angry, "Ping Erlang, you come to greet these bastards, hand them over to Uncle Zhang, and punish each of them for carrying water twenty times!" ”

"Yes, Fourth Lady." The answer was a sturdy and honest young man who came from the position where the horseshoe was nailed next to him, and stopped the rest of the boys who wanted to run at this moment.

Li Ji let go of the little fat man she was holding in her hand, "You too, I'm not at home these days, and no one cares about you anymore, right?" Let's go fetch water! Heiwa, Shi Zhuangzi, you guys are not allowed to help him! ”

"Yes, Fourth Sister." The little fat man had a bitter gourd look on his face, his eyes were rolling wildly, but he didn't dare to bargain, it seemed that he was used to being disciplined by Li Ji, and the expressions of the rest of the people were similar, he covered his ears with his hands and looked up left and right, "Fourth sister, who is this?" I haven't seen it, is it the fourth brother-in-law? ”

Li Ji's face turned red, "This is the third brother of the Luo family, why don't you come to say hello?" You guys too, don't talk nonsense! ”

A few boys honestly came over and made a salute to Lao Luo, and before Lao Luo could speak, Li Ji said beside him: "Ping Erlang, you take them away quickly, don't let them mess around in front of me." ”

Heijiro still looked that honest, but there was a hint of amusement in his eyes, grabbed a few boys who wanted to talk, and hurried away.

"Third brother, don't pay attention to them, a few bastard boys are clingy and annoying." Li Ji pulled Lao Luo and walked inside.

Lao Luo followed Li Ji's footsteps inward, and clearly heard a few boys leaving behind him talking while walking, "I guessed right, that big man is probably the fourth brother-in-law." ”

"It should be right, the fourth aunt is embarrassed."

"That guy is really tall and strong, much stronger than the stupid three of the Xie family."

"But that guy is dressed weirdly, and he has a full beard."

"Maybe it's because I've come from afar, so I don't have time to take care of it. Anyway, it looks good, at least it doesn't have the treacherous appearance of the Pei family! ”

"Well, anyway, the fourth sister is in charge now, see who still says that my fourth sister can't get married!"

"Uncle, don't talk about the fourth aunt, talk about yourself, twenty trips to the water, oh my God, I'll be tired to death."

"That's it, the fourth aunt is so ruthless.................."

Of course, Li Ji also heard the words behind her, looked at Lao Luo's somewhat mocking eyes, and said a little embarrassedly: "Third brother, the one I grabbed my ears was my younger brother Li He, and the rest of the boys are all children of the family and relatives and friends, and they are usually naughty." In the past, when I was at home, I taught them a lot, you don't care, do you? ”

"It's nothing, Siniang, I understand, children, they like to be lively at this age." Lao Luo Xin said, where is this, the bear children of later generations are much more powerful than this, the kind of beating and scolding is called trouble, and it makes people cry and laugh and have to go through pediatrics.

"As for the child, the younger brother's age is supposed to be married, and he still looks like he is not stingy." Li Ji pursed her lips and said with some annoyance.

Lao Luo couldn't help but be dumbfounded, that's right, people in this era get married and give birth very early, and it is normal to get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen, because the average life expectancy of people in this era is more than forty years old. For example, Li Zhan told Lao Luo that his own family and Li Ji's father sometimes call themselves old husbands, but in fact, they are only a little over fifty years old.

Laughing here, the two of them entered the workshop, and Lao Luo began to carefully look at this ironware workshop that was the best according to Li Ji's evaluation.

The interior of the building of the workshop is very similar to the state-owned factory in the East in the seventies and eighties of the twentieth century, the height of the interior is about seven or eight meters, the top is a thick wooden beam, spanning about 20 meters, the wooden beam is a stable structure similar to a herringbone frame, you can see that it can be walked on by people, because there is a light attic room on the ceiling, which is estimated to be a defense facility, and it should also have the function of light transmission and ventilation. There are no huge glass windows on the walls, there are vents inlaid with iron fences with a diameter of more than one meter, and there are no slide rail gantry cranes in later factories, and this technology has not been mastered by people of this era, let alone lathes.

In addition to the round windows at the heights, there are different shelves and hooks on the walls, on which different semi-finished products and tools are placed or hung, such as tongs, hammers with ring handles, iron scissors, hooks, iron drills, etc.

Lining the walls were neatly wrought-iron stoves of about the same size, about three or four square meters, all made of masonry and sealed with clay, each corresponding to a chimney outside. Not far in front of the stove are placed anvils for striking iron, these anvils weigh at least four or five hundred catties, and the style is very similar to the tools of blacksmiths in later generations, in fact, these anvils are different in size, and their functions are very different.

In addition to the anvils, the most important and inconspicuous thing here is the many iron quenching troughs placed on the ground, which are of different shapes, indicating that their uses are also very clearly classified.

Lao Luo is actually very familiar with these, mainly because he was stationed in the Western Regions when he was a soldier, and the ethnic minorities there still retain the hand-forged process, so basically there is no need to look at the products of the craftsmen here, as long as you look at their work sites, you can estimate the general situation of the craftsmanship here, as well as the level and order of management.

A number of men wearing sackcloth shoulders were busy, their heads were basically wrapped in bandanas of unknown color, and there were aprons of different textures tied around their waists with belts similar to belts, and the tongs in their hands were holding iron pieces taken out of the forge, and then cooperating with the people around them, constantly beating with sledgehammers and sledgehammers in turn.

The air was filled with the sour smell of sweat, the smell of quenching liquid, the smell of sulfide from burning coal, and the occasional smell of burnt paste.

Li Ji didn't have the disgusted expression of ordinary girls, she breathed the air here very comfortably, and said to Lao Luo: "Third brother, I liked to play here when I was a child, Grandpa likes to strike iron, sometimes I can play for a long time by creating some gadgets." ”

"yes, I didn't see it, I thought you were just learning the language with Lady Analia." Lao Luo is no stranger to this feeling, because he also likes to make some things that are hand-friendly, such as throwing knives, hook claws, climbing buckles, hand axes, etc.

"Hehe, that's later," Li Ji's expression was very pleasant, "When I was a child, I liked to take my younger brother around here, and I often roasted things with my younger brother with red-hot iron." ”

Lao Luo could imagine the heartwarming scene of a little girl taking a little boy to bake and eat, and he also remembered the fun of wrestling with his friends on the grassland with his two older brothers when he was a child.

The two of them didn't bother the craftsmen and masters working here with words, just looked at their busy figures, until a loud question came from behind them, "Siniang, why did you just come back here?" ”

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