Ji Xun wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the people around him, looked at his hands again, and laughed self-deprecatingly.

Accustomed to the palm of the hammer, fiddling with these spinning wheels is really a bit reluctant.

He is only thirty-four years old now, and he is in the prime of a blacksmith, but his hair is already gray, and his back is no longer rickety, but he can't hear the clanging sound, and he always feels that something is wrong.

"Lao Ji, your clumsy appearance is really not the material for this job." Looking at the results of his work, the steward in charge of supervision sighed.

Ji Xun smiled timidly and sighed with him.

"Every day, you are the last, and always, it's been two months in a row, how do you want me to explain to the petty officials?"

The steward glared at him, looking like he hated iron but not steel, Ji Xun was still just a nea, neither justifying himself nor admitting his mistakes, just silent.

"You guy's surname is this virtue!" The steward couldn't help but scolded: "You know the rules of the family, reward and punish laziness, you always have to go forward occasionally, so as not to be embarrassed after reporting, the little official always has to look at the accounts once a month, no matter how kind Miss Xiaolian is, you can't let her old man take responsibility for you!" ”

Ji Xun was still smiling, but a trace of shame flashed in his eyes.

The person in charge was also familiar with him, and after scolding a few words, he waved him away, Ji Xun walked out of the workshop, looked back at the door, and sighed again.

If the petty official gets angry and acts according to the rules of the family, he is likely to be transferred out of the workshop, and with the newcomers, he will be paid less and more tiring to do some heavy physical work with the dirt on his back.

Tired, Ji Xun is not afraid, what he is afraid of is that this matter will affect the future of his son Ji Yan, and now Ji Yan is also a gang leader!

Just half a month ago, the second group of teenagers recruited from Denglai and their families arrived in Xiang'an, the number of teenagers was 166, twice as many as the first batch, and the number of households that followed was 29, which was less than the previous one.

This is inevitable, and there are too many people who have died in the Denglai Rebellion.

The arrival of these people has not caused a housing shortage. Yu's fine willow courtyard, since Chongzhen five years has been constantly expanding, the Mid-Autumn Festival began to along the tributaries of the West River new courtyards and houses, after the attack of the gangsters of the Xiangxiang Sect, the progress of the project has been greatly accelerated, and now the workshop of Ji Xun is in place. The courtyard even stretched out towards the West River, and a row of huge water wheels lined up one after another, constantly rotating in Ji Xun's sight.

Ji Xun smacked his lips, this water turbine is not bad, it drives the spinning machine and loom in the workshop, but in order to make the water power sufficient, a dam with a height of about two zhang was specially built on the tributary of the West River, and then the guide trough made of wooden planks led the water to the blades of the water turbine to make it rotate.

It was Jiang Quan who made this turbine, and Ji Xun didn't have much contact with this craftsman, but he knew that he had a son who was deeply valued by Yu Xiaoguan, and he could get personal guidance from Xiaoguan every time.

"That's a little official who is descended from the stars in the sky and even knows the art of planting beads!" Ji Xun thought enviously: "It would be good if my own Ji Yan also had this skill, learning a craft would always be better than fighting in ......the past."

But immediately, he shook his head again: "How about learning the craft, it's just a craftsman, there is no last meal, and you have to serve the court every year!" ”

Thinking of this, he touched his shoulder, where there was a faint pain, a dark wound left by a battered stick by an errand servant.

Slowly leaving the workshop, Ji Xun saw that on the opposite side of this tributary, a row of new houses had also been built, which did not make him curious, but when he was about to go back to his residence, he heard his familiar voice from the row of new houses.

"Ding, ding, ding! Ding, ding, ding! ”

"Hey, it's an ironsmith...... Oh, the Workshop! ”

Ji Xun's heart suddenly moved, he is a blacksmith, and his skills are quite good, and he also has an inseparable concern for forging.

He couldn't help but walk across the wooden bridge towards the new row of workshops, and after a second glance at the door of the workshop, he heard an angry and annoyed voice: "Dad, why are you here!" ”

Ji Xun turned around, but it was his son Ji Yan.

Ji Yan's face was full of anger, in the fierce battle with the Wenxiang Sect, he performed quite well, and he trained hard in peacetime, so after the arrival of the new batch of teenagers, he was promoted to the head of the gang, and he had to take his own group of people to perform tasks after training, and he was responsible for guarding the newly built workshop now.

According to the orders of the petty officials, this newly built workshop was absolutely forbidden for anyone to approach, and the prohibition in the Hosoyanagi Annexes was so strict that no one would generally violate this prohibition. What Ji Yan didn't expect was that the first person he caught who might violate the ban was his father.

"I heard the sound of iron striking here, I'll take a look." Ji Xun said: "Let's go, let's go." ”

Ji Yan glanced at the ground, fortunately, his father had not yet stepped into the line indicating the forbidden area, and letting it go at this time was not a matter of selfishness. He was a little annoyed: "Dad, what are you doing here!" Fortunately, I haven't entered the forbidden area yet, and I haven't retreated quickly! ”

Ji Xun's eyes widened, this kid dared to speak to him like this, but as soon as he thought of the family rules, he retracted his head again.

"Stinky boy, I'll clean you up next time you get home." He muttered, and turned to leave.

Just then, a voice rang out: "What's going on?" ”

It was Ye Wuya who was asking, and now he and Luo Jiuhe were promoted to the team and took over the position of the second pillar of the high school.

Now the guards are organized into two teams, Gao Dazhu is Dazhuzheng, Luo Jiuhe and Ye Wuya are the teams, each unified team, each team is a hundred people. In addition to the two teams, there is also a teaching team, which is expanded from the original model team, and the number of personnel is much smaller than the two official teams, only more than 30 people, and the team is Qi Niu.

The teaching team will become the cradle of the key non-commissioned officers, and at the same time they will act as Yu Guozhen's guards, and the advantage of this is that the guards can get more than 30 teams out at any time, that is, they can expand by another 300 people at any time. Moreover, the identity of Yu Guozhen's guards makes their relationship with Yu Guozhen closer, and their loyalty is easier to control.

Beside Ye Wuya, it was Yu Guozhen himself and the blacksmith Zhuang Da Hammer in the other courtyard, both of them were bare-chested, Yu Guozhen's face was a little gloomy, and Zhuang Da Hammer was full of scorn.

Ji Yan stomped his feet, then quickly ran to Ye Wuya's side and explained what happened. Ye Wuya looked at Yu Guozhen, waiting for Yu Guozhen's fall, and Yu Guozhen's face became even more gloomy.

At this time, there are many habits in people, which must be changed in Yu Guozhen's opinion, such as not paying attention to confidentiality. Although there are no secrets in his new workshop at the moment, if he can't develop the habit of secrecy from now on and wait until the secret is leaked, it will be a dead end.

Moreover, the things he originally planned have been a little bad in the past few days, which has also made him feel a little bad.

"What are you doing here?" He controlled his emotions and asked Ji Xun.

"Villain...... The villain was a blacksmith, and when he heard the sound of iron, he came this way. Ji Xun gritted his teeth and told his secret: "The villain is a craftsman in the army......

"Wait a minute, you're a craftsman in the army?" Yu Guozhen was in high spirits when he heard this: "Blacksmith? ”

"Yes."

"Can you forge a bird?"

"It can be cast, but the skills are not perfect."

Ji Xun has been coming to the Xiliu Courtyard for nearly a year, so he is also familiar with Yu Guozhen, if it was earlier, he would never dare to say that he was a craftsman in the army, and it was a big crime to escape from the craftsman!

But since Yu Guozhen first killed two Jin merchant representatives, and then killed the state judge Wen Quanwei, Ji Xun felt that the petty officials would not hand him over to the government.

Since this is the case, he has nothing to hide, and told the foundation of the craftsmen in his army, and Yu Guozhen was even more excited to learn that he actually knew how to cast a bird's gun.

Although the current bird gun is troublesome to cast, and the quality is really not reliable, there is a craftsman in this area who has begun to make technical reserves, which is in line with Yu Guozhen's consistent way of doing things.

All things are foreseen, and those who are not prepared are wasted.

"You're also a blacksmith?" Zhuang Dazhui beside Yu Guozhen suddenly realized the crisis, he is a blacksmith in the township, a native of Xiang'an, he can play some hoes and sickles, and the rest of the craftsmanship can only be said to be reluctant. He already felt that Yu Guozhen was very dissatisfied with his craftsmanship, but he was reluctant to give him the generous remuneration that Yu Guozhen provided him.

"Yes."

"Hmph, you can try this thing."

Yu Guozhen's current work is metal type, and this has far exceeded the scope of Zhuang Da Hammer's ability, originally Yu Guozhen felt that things would not be too difficult, but now it seems that the whole process costs manpower and material resources, even better than engraving.

"The villain can't make this matter...... It is almost impossible to make such small things, and the only way is to cast. ”

Ji Xun's suggestion coincided with Yu Guozhen's thoughts, and he said: "Do you know the art of casting? ”

"The villain knows a little bit from iron smelting to cast iron."

Yu Guozhen didn't expect that he would pick up such a character, he was overjoyed and said: "Well, from tomorrow, you will come to the blacksmith workshop!" ”

Blacksmith Zhuang was a little sneering beside him, Yu Guozhen glanced at him, and said with a smile: "Blacksmith Zhuang, go to the account room to get five taels of silver, you have worked hard during this time." ”

Since there is Ji Xun, this Zhuang sledgehammer can be used, Ji Xun has a deed of sale in the Yu family, which is much easier to control than the free Zhuang sledgehammer. For Yu Guozhen, movable metal type is a big killing weapon that can be compared with a musket, and it cannot be easily shown. It is precisely for this reason that although Yu Guozhen had a plan for this, he did not tell the blacksmith Zhuang.

Blacksmith Zhuang muttered, but didn't dare to say anything more. After he left, Yu Guozhen asked, "Casting iron, turning sand and casting molds, do you know these?" ”

"Sand casting?" Ji Xun asked in surprise: "The villain can make a clay model, but I don't know what the sand casting mold is for?" ”

(Note: Just as "The Golden Finger of the Great Song Dynasty" is based on "Walking with the Song Dynasty" as the technical model, the technical model of "The Storm at the End of the Ming Dynasty" is the masterpiece "Dongning Ji" by the Pheasant Sang, and I pay great tribute to the Pheasant Mulberry.) If Pheasant Sang Da is also reading this book, don't hold Xiao Ke responsible, if you want to hold it accountable, you must first hold your eunuch accountable for "Dongning Ji". ）

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