I was going to go to Chengdu today, but it snowed heavily......

The airport is closed and travel is blocked. Tossing is a little tired. I was originally going to update it after midnight.,I uploaded it in advance.,It's the first update tomorrow.。

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Kuaizheng drank a glass of wine, said something, and left.

No one knew what his intentions were. It's just that in the eyes of outsiders, Kuaizheng's arrival also seems to indicate the rise of Deng Ji. Especially seeing Kuai Zheng and Cao Peng's cordial conversation, it made people sit down with their previous thoughts, and looking at Cao Peng's gaze, it also revealed a trace of respect.

Although Kuai Zheng is only a county order, behind him, there is a behemoth, the Kuai family.

"Did you see it, Cao Langjun and Kuaixian Ling are on an equal footing...... When have you ever seen Kuaixian Ling so affectionate with people? ”

"Yes, Mrs. Deng was also respectful when she saw the order of Kuai County.

I have never seen Kuai County's order to Mrs. Deng like this. The third child is going to be developed this time! With the relationship between Cao Langjun and Kuaixian Ling, it is not Deng Cai's ramming goods that can be compared. Hehe, yesterday I saw the eldest lady at the entrance of the village, with ointment on her face, and saw that people were walking with their heads down, where there was earlier, the demeanor of the lady Ma? It's really funny. ”

"If you knew this was the case, why did you bother in the first place?"

"That's right, the old lady looks the same as before, but I guess it's the prince who can't pull his face. If you were someone else, you would have thrown your face to Mrs. Ma a long time ago...... The old lady is a good person, everything is good, but he is soft-hearted and too indulgent to Deng Cai......"

The topic of the villagers gradually shifted from Deng Ji to Mrs. Deng.

and then from Mrs. Deng to General Deng...... From General Deng Da, he talked about Zhang Xiu again, and finally returned to agriculture in the coming year.

After Cao Peng sent Kuaizheng away, he went back to the house to rest!

Cao Ji and Deng Ji were responsible for greeting outside, and this banquet was eaten until the evening, only to see the cups and plates in a mess, and then it was the end of the song.

Mrs. Hong found someone to clean up the courtyard.

Zhang and Cao Nan took Hong Niangzi to the house and gave Hong Niangzi some money, and then Zhang's family, Li Jia, gossiped briefly...... Until the willow tops on the moon, Hong Niangzi was satisfied and left with someone to say goodbye. The Cao family, who had been busy all day, were also tired. Deng Ji planned to go back to the county office the next day to do things, so he rested early. Although Zhang's mother and daughter were a little tired, they were very energetic. The mother and daughter had endless whispers, and the surname Suo slept together and whispered in the room.

Cao Peng is also tired!

However, his fatigue, in addition to physical and mental pressure.

In the eyes of others, he seems to be infinitely beautiful. But his own affairs are clear, and the pressure he is under is by no means imaginable to outsiders.

Cao Peng was gambling, and he was convinced that Pang Ji would approve of his actions. Even if Pang Ji doesn't agree, isn't there still a Sima Dejiao?

As long as one of the two of them nodded, the matter of pretending to be a disciple of the Lumen Sect could be lifted.

Cao Peng had this confidence, but he was still a little nervous before he had a definite answer...... Kuaizheng's purpose for coming today, he saw it very clearly. On the surface, Kuai is here to congratulate, but in fact, it is also the last temptation. I want to see Cao Peng's reaction.

Fortunately, Cao Peng answered very appropriately at the time: I sent someone to Xiangyang three days ago!

At least for now, Kuaizheng will not react.

Now, all he has to do is wait, wait, wait, wait......

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, private learning was very popular. There are celebrities such as Zheng Xuan, and there are those undesirable officials who go home to teach. In short, people have far more access to learning than ever before. The current atmosphere is very happy to be given by talents. Presumably, in the eyes of Sima Deyun and these people, he can be regarded as a virtuous person. Based on this, Cao Peng is very sure in his heart.

These days are very hard to temper the body and strengthen the muscles and bones.

So as soon as it was dark, Cao Peng slept!

I don't know how long I slept, but I heard movement outside.

Cao Peng rubbed his eyes, got up, put on a cotton robe, and walked out of the door.

The voice seemed to be coming from the front yard. Cao Peng walked through the central hall and stood on the steps to look. I saw that in a corner of the front yard, a burly figure was busy back and forth. The moonlight was bright, and Cao Peng recognized it at a glance that that person was his father Cao Ji.

Cao Ji set up a simple shed in the corner of the courtyard.

Right on the edge of the well, four pillars, covered with straw mats. The shed had been erected before, but it was empty and unfurnished. Cao Ji was standing under the shed, building something. Cao Peng scratched his head, jumped down the steps, and walked over.

"Dad, what are you doing?"

Cao Ji's face was stained with mud, and his hands were black.

Seeing Cao Peng coming, he couldn't help but say suspiciously: "Peng'er, didn't you sleep a long time ago?" ”

"Oh, when I slept enough, I woke up."

With an oil lamp in the shed, Cao Peng saw something like a stove. He was stunned for a moment, but then he realized that this should be the furnace that dissolves iron. There was also a pile of items spread out on the ground, including hammers, pliers, cutting boards, and a huge leather bag.

These seem to be tools for striking iron......

During the Western Han Dynasty, the iron smelting industry began to appear on a large scale. Generally, large-scale workshops will have equipment such as iron-melting furnaces, coffins, poles, and workshops. In the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Nanyang Taishou Du Shi created a water drain, which agitated the drain in the water, and its effect was similar to the bellows of later generations.

Perhaps in Cao Peng's eyes, this kind of equipment is very rudimentary.

But for Cao Ji, even if it is a water drain, he is not qualified to use it.

Cao Peng squatted down and picked up the skin.

"Dad, is this the furnace?"

The shape of the skin sac is thin at both ends and bulging in the middle. Its appearance is similar to that of a container called '橐' in the Spring and Autumn Period, so it is directly called 橐. Putting a on an iron-smelting furnace was the furnace of the time. Using the bounce surname of the whirlpool, it is bulging when it is empty, and there is a pottery lever on the whirl, which is used to push and pull the whirlpool back and forth to make it compress and bulge. Some large-scale iron-smelting furnaces often put multiple rows together to blow air, all of which are called rows.

The stove built by Cao Jilei obviously does not need to use tools such as a row.

"yes, this is the stove."

Cao Ji grabbed a piece of black mud, patted it on the wall of the furnace, and evenly pressed it with a shovel. While he was working, he said to Cao Peng with a smile: "Let's settle down now...... Your brother-in-law said you could find me a shop in the city. But I thought about it, the city is too far away from the village, so it is better to be here. If you look at the main road at the door, there are quite a few people coming and going from the south to the north. Villagers from nearby villages must pass through here if they want to repair farm tools. Instead of spending money to rent a shop in the city, it is better to be right here, and it is convenient......

Uncle Sun is an honest man and sincere.

But we have hands and feet, and we can't take advantage of him, don't you say that's the truth? ”

Daddy seems to want to make this place his home and settle down......

But Dad, this Thorny County is just an inn for us to rest after all!

Although Cao Peng thought so in his heart, he agreed with it.

It's rare for the father to be so interested, and he, as a son, is not easy to destroy, isn't it? However, repair farm tools...... There's really no future.

"Dad, do you know how to fight a knife?"

"Knives?"

Cao Ji was stunned for a moment and smiled, "You mean to build weapons." I've learned this! It's just that my father's ability is not enough, so he can't make any good knives. At the beginning, your uncle Wang also asked me...... However, after doing this a few times, I gave up. ”

"Why?"

"Well, there are a lot of reasons.

On the one hand, my father's skills are not enough, and he is not proficient in learning; On the other hand, Dad doesn't have that condition either. Knife fighting is not the same as repairing farm tools, and there are requirements for furnace temperature. Generally speaking, it takes at least two or three furnaces to build a sword, and here is only one.

The cost of the furnace was too high for Dad to afford.

And if you buy it, it may not be successful...... It's really inappropriate to spend that unjust money.

You have to weigh out how much you have to weigh yourself. At the beginning, one of my senior brothers wanted to change his career to make swords, but he built an iron furnace in Wancheng and installed ten furnaces, but in the end he failed. He created something that no one wanted, and in the end he was in debt, so he had to leave the country. ”

"Dad, do you still have a senior brother?"

"Yes, my senior brother can be said to be talented, he has failed, let alone my ability?"

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Thanks to book friends: Ren Yue, the death of sighs, Blade Thunder, Love Ends Flowing, Mu Junyan, the pp of the genius tiger, Master Zhuoer, and the son of Master Zhuoer generously rewarded.