Yan Qing naturally didn't care about Xiong Dahai's rudeness, but had a strong curiosity about him.

This guy has such a majestic physique, if he grows up, I'm afraid it won't be much worse than his uncle's majesty.

Judging from the appearance of the big child, it seems to be amazing. He didn't seem to care much about other people's eyes, and ate a bowl of rice with his head down, and then went to the courtyard to get busy. The size is mainly to pull the bellows to drum up the fire.

I saw that the thick box rod was very difficult to push.

The big boy seemed to be used to it, pushing the bellows, and his expression was relaxed.

"Yanqing, you go outside, I have something to talk about with your Grandpa Sledgehammer."

Zheng Yanqing agreed and left the lobby. Looking east and west in the courtyard, I was quite interested in everything.

The Xiongjia forged ironware was very skillful, and it was also very famous in Luoyang City.

If it is to create weapons, Xiong Kee's products are undoubtedly the best quality. It's just to build farm tools, it seems that some cattle knives cut chickens, and it's overkill. Due to the forging technology, the cost of building farm tools in Xiongjia is 30% to 40% higher than that of ordinary farm tools. This is still the technology after the compromise of the sledgehammer, if it is according to the requirements of forging weapons before, the cost will be at least doubled.

To build farm tools, it is not to fight and kill, or it is not so demanding.

As a result, the quality of Xiongji iron is notoriously good, the price is notoriously high, and the business is notoriously bleak.

However, the male sledgehammer is reluctant to lower the requirements.

In his words: I am already the seventh generation of the craftsmanship passed down from my ancestors. The fame of this majestic record was created by my grandfather, and it cannot be destroyed in my hands. It is better to have a bleak business than to lower the requirements, which is the foundation of Xiongji.

This paranoia has also caused Xiongji's business to deteriorate from day to time.

The whole family of dozens of people almost lives on the iron shop...... Now, it can only be said that it is barely making ends meet.

"Kuroko!"

Xiong Dahai heard someone calling him, raised his head, and saw that it was Zheng Yanqing, so he replied quietly: "What are you doing?" ”

"Is this a plow?"

"yes."

Xiong Dahai explained while agitating the bellows: "My family's plough is the best in the entire Luoyang City. You look at the plowshare, how sharp...... With my family's plough, the land is ploughed quickly and well. There is no way to compare with other families. ”

Zheng Yanqing sighed and squatted on the side.

Beside Xiong Dahai, there was a body that had just been assembled into a plough. But Yan Qing felt that the style of this plough seemed to be different from the plough he had seen before. It looks a little bulky and straight, and it is very inconvenient when farming.

But it is undeniable that the quality of the plough produced by Xiongji is indeed not bad.

Yan Qing looked at the plough and pondered it carefully.

It is no wonder that most of the ploughs he saw in his previous life were mainly curved plows. The Quyuan plough is famous as the Jiangdong plow, which only appeared in the late Tang Dynasty. Compared with the long straight plow, this curved plough is naturally more flexible and scientific. Since the appearance of the Quyuan plow, although it has gone through the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties, the basic structure has not changed much, and it is a major invention in the late Tang Dynasty.

Zheng Yanqing had a whim, if I let this Quyuan plough appear in advance, would I save Tianjin Bridge Market?

Well, that's a train of thought.

However, the Zheng family can't be allowed to intervene, otherwise, even if Tianjin Bridge Market is saved, this benefit will not fall on his head. This matter has to be discussed with Zheng Shi'an again. Even if this benefit doesn't fall on him, at least let Zheng Shi'an take advantage. Anyway, his grandfather and grandson are now one, and the benefits are the same for whomever they are given.

Thinking of this, Yan Qing chatted with Xiong Dahai while observing the structure of the long straight plow.

The Quyuan plough is composed of eleven parts, and Zheng Yanqing had seen the pattern in his previous life. But in retrospect, it seems to be a little difficult. I think that the curved plough developed from the long straight plough, and more observation will help me remember.

"Yanqing, it's time for us to go back."

Zheng Shi'an and Sledgehammer finished talking, and after calming Sledgehammer, they prepared to return to the Grange.

I saw Zheng Yanqing squatting next to a pair of ploughs, talking to Xiong Dahai. Zheng Shi'an felt strange in his heart, so he greeted Yanqing.

"Baby, what are you talking to Kuroko?"

Xiong Da Hammer and Zheng Shi'an are robes, and they are naturally very affectionate to Yanqing.

"Grandpa Xiong, I'm talking to Kuroko about this plough."

"Ha, the baby has a good eye, this plough, but I made it myself, if you like it, give it to you."

Zheng Shi'an frowned, and hurriedly said, "How can this be?" ”

What he meant was that my family didn't plough the plough, so what did it matter if you gave him a plough?

How do you know that the male sledgehammer glared, "Big nose, I'm giving it to the baby, not for you, what do you care about this?" Baby, it's decided, since you like this thing, I'll ask Kuroko to send it to the Grange for you in the evening. ”

"Thank you, Grandpa Xiong."

"Hey, hey, this baby is well-behaved and sensible. Big nose, you are really blessed to have such a good grandson. Compared with the baby, these black boys in my family really can't be on the stage. Baby, if you are developed in the future and become the chief manager like your grandfather, you must help me take care of the black boys when the time comes. ”

The male sledgehammer looks big and three thick, but people are not stupid.

This plough is not given away for nothing, it is conditional...... Yan Qing smiled and nodded, which can be regarded as a promise.

The male sledgehammer was even happier, patting Zheng Shi'an's shoulder, "Big nose, the baby is much happier than you." ”

Zheng Shi'an bared his teeth again and again, and said a few more polite words with Xiong Da Hammer, and then left the Xiongji Iron Shop with Yan Qing.

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"Grandpa, I have an idea, maybe I can let Grandpa Xiong and them improve the current situation."

On the way back, Zheng Yanqing suddenly spoke.

Zheng Shi'an's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "What do you think?" Tell me about it. ”

Zheng Shi'an still has a lot of feelings for these old brothers in the past. Of course, he wants to help the old and young masters of Tianjin Bridge improve their lives, but he suffers from his limited ability. He also knows that his grandson is eccentric and has a lot of ghost ideas. If there is really any good way to make the old brothers live well, he will naturally be happy.

"However, I have one condition."

"On what terms?"

"You can't tell the eldest lord about this, and you can't let the eldest prince know about it."

Zheng Shi'an was stunned and blurted out: "Why? ”

"No, I don't want them to know."

Zheng Shi'an knew in his heart that Yan Qing was dissatisfied with the Zheng family...... This kind of dissatisfaction may have been born after Cui Daolin came. Now that I see the situation in Tianjin Bridge Market, this dissatisfaction has deepened!

But he is a member of the Zheng family, and his ancestors have been doing things for the Zheng family for generations.

Hiding from the Zheng family?

How could Zheng Shi'an not understand Yanqing's intentions: he asked me to come forward and win the hearts of the people of Tianjin Bridge. If Yan Qing really came up with a way to let the old Zheng family come forward, this good reputation would fall on the Zheng family. My grandparents and grandchildren have worked hard, but they have not benefited at all. If I do it in private, then won't this benefit come to me?

But in this way, it seems that I am sorry for the big man......

Zheng Sai On was also dissatisfied with Zheng Renji, but this did not affect his loyalty to Zheng Dashi.

"Yanqing, this matter ......"

"Grandpa, listen to me, you gave this good reputation to the eldest prince, and the eldest prince may not have a good impression of you.

Besides, stopping at Tianjin Bridge is the meaning of Mrs., I am afraid that I have the idea of teaching the old soldiers a lesson. Isn't it against Madame's will that you have proposed a method with them? The eldest prince doesn't care about the family, and the person in charge of Luoyang is the lady. You tell the eldest prince that the lady will definitely be unhappy. In the future, I will not have a good face for my grandchildren. ”

Cheng took a deep breath and fell into deep thought.

Yanqing, what you said makes sense!

It's just that he has been loyal to the Zheng family all his life, and suddenly let him leave the Zheng family behind and take the benefits to himself, Zheng Shi'an always felt that there was a little bit of a turn. He thought for a moment and said softly: "Yanqing, you tell grandpa first, is there really a way to make the old brothers improve their lives?" ”

"Really!"

"What's the solution?"

Yan Qing stopped and saw that there was no one around.

He walked to the green donkey behind him, and took out a pair of scissors from the package on the donkey's back, "Grandpa, the solution is on this dragon knife." ”

In ancient times, scissors were called 'dragon knives', and they had a long history.

However, the scissors of the Sui and Tang dynasties were not the same shape as the scissors of later generations. There is no shaft eye, and there is no pivot, that is, the two ends of an iron bar are tempered into a knife-like shape, and a sharp edge is sharpened. Then bend the iron bar so that the two ends of the knife edge are opposite. In this way, when the scissors are not in use, they will naturally open; When in use, you can cut items by pressing on the blade. In general, it is the same principle as the tweezers used in later generations.

In later generations, scissors were also made like this, but the use was small and the number was not large.

Zheng Yanqing discovered this problem as early as when he was in Xingyang.

Xu's mother cut clothes for him, and it always seemed inconvenient to use scissors of this shape. It's just that he hasn't been able to find the right opportunity. When he went to Xiongji Iron Shop today, he knew that this opportunity had come. But the prerequisite is that Zheng Shi'an agrees to his request.

"This thing...... That is, forty or fifty dollars, can the situation be improved? ”

"Hehe, as long as Grandpa can agree to my conditions, I have a way to improve everyone's lives. Grandpa, don't underestimate this thing, who doesn't sew and mend it? How many families are there in this Luoyang City, and how many dragon knives are there for each family?

Besides, the purpose of the dragon knife is not just cutting, but there are many uses.

As long as we take this business down, I dare to say that it won't be long before there will be such an item in Liuchengren's house in the world. ”

"Hiss......"

Zheng Shi'an gasped vigorously.

This child's tone is too big.

It's not an iron shop in Tianjin Bridge in the world, you actually said that you want Liu Chengren to buy scissors from Tianjin Bridge? It's crazy.

"Well, if you can really figure it out, I'll promise you."

Zheng Yanqing immediately said: "That's good, once the word is spoken, it is difficult for the horse to chase...... Grandpa, you can't go back on what you said. This dragon knife is the first step, and I have a better idea. If you regret it, then I will ignore you again. ”

"Good, good, good!"

Zheng Shi'an smiled and nodded.

But in his heart, he still didn't believe that Zheng Yanqing could come up with any good way.

Back at the Grange, Yan Qing locked himself in his room, found a piece of paper, and drew the appearance of scissors in the future. In fact, the structure of the scissors is not complicated, just to see if you can come up with it. The most important thing is the axis eye and the pivot, and Yan Qing quickly drew the pattern.

Drawing the pattern of scissors, Yan Qing thought for a moment again, and drew a trademark on the paper with a pen.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, there was no such thing as a brand, but people already had a simple brand concept. For example, the steamed cake shop in Luoyang City, when it comes to steamed cakes, the first thing that comes to everyone's mind is gluttony. This is also the prototype of the brand.

Scissors are not difficult to make, as long as the scissors of Tianjin Bridge are typed, there will be imitation scissors soon.

The key is to make a brand, just like Wang Mazi and Zhang Xiaoquan in later generations. When people talk about scissors, they think of these two brands. What era Zhang Xiaoquan is, Yanqing is not clear. But he already had an idea, and it was called Xiongji Scissors.

Xiongji's family is a male sledgehammer, draw a big hammer, and then write a 'male' word on the hammer head, it is enough for people to distinguish. The more Yan Qing thought about it, the brighter his heart became. Looking at the drawings, he couldn't help but smile proudly.

In the evening, Xiong Dahai really sent the plough over.

Zheng Shi'an didn't know why Yan Qing was interested in this thing, so he asked Xiong Dahai to put the plough in the yard.

"Grandpa, you go to Tianjin Bridge and let Grandpa Sledgehammer beat a hundred according to the drawings and come out.

Remember, be sure to put this mark on it...... Grandpa, you promised me that you wouldn't tell the master. This is only the first step to improve, if you regret it, grandpa, don't think about letting me contribute to Tianjin Bridge in the future. ”

Looking at the strange-looking scissors on the drawings, Zheng Shixin was suspicious.

Could it be that this thing drawn by Yan Qing can really be useful?

Well, you might as well give it a try, and if it doesn't work, I'll put the money on it. A hundred is probably not worth anything.

In this way, with doubts in his heart, Zheng Shi'an went to discuss with Xiong Da Hammer.

Zheng Yanqing put down his worries and went back to the study to read.

As for the Quyuan plow, there is no hurry. Let's look at people's receptivity, Xiongji scissors, is just the beginning......

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