Chapter 5: The Carpenter's Forging of the Knife (2)

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The yard is large, and from today's point of view, it looks like an upscale villa with a golf course, but there is a nondescript earthen kiln in the middle. This is Zhao Zheng's original, learned from the small clay kiln steelmaking when "catching up with the British and the United States", although it was a laughing stock at that time, but it is an epoch-making technology in contemporary times.

"The old man has a successor, and there is a successor", the carpenter stroked his beard and looked at the clay kiln with a smile, the principle Zhao Zheng has already introduced it with drawings, and he understood the principle for the first time as a master craftsman.

I was thinking of taking in an apprentice to solve the problem of eating, but I didn't expect to pick up a treasure who is so good at craftsmanship.

"Come, come, sit down and talk."

Zhao Zheng sat nervously on the rocking chair invented by him but had been stolen by the carpenter, looking at the carpenter's old face that was smiling brighter than a chrysanthemum, and the chrysanthemum tightened for a while.

The carpenter saw that the fire was almost over, carefully took out a book from his arms, and whispered, "Is the apprentice interested in learning mechanical arts?" ”

The technique originated from the Xuanyuan clan, named after the Taigong Jiang Shang, and flourished in the hands of Mo Zhai and the Gong Losing Ban. The master of the mechanism can turn decay and magic, a one-foot wooden bow and a strong crossbow, and a one-handed opponent of thousands of horses and thousands of troops.

Therefore, the disciples of the organ art are all talents competed for by various countries, and the beauty of power and wealth is at the mercy of the king, which is the real study of fame and fortune.

The carpenter thought about the scene of Zhao Zheng, who was greedy for money, bowing to his own door, and his heart was happy, what else did the old man have to say when he lost his revenge, his heirs would definitely defeat him.

"Don't learn"

"Hmm~~, what! You don't learn, you know how prominent the mechanism art is in today's countries, in the past, Gongsun Yan offered a cloud ladder and won the reward of the Son of Heaven and the position of doctor.

You little cub even said that you don't want to learn, it's just that you don't want to be motivated, think about how many rewards you can get if you dedicate this blast furnace iron-making method to the princes, wouldn't it be that you have earned money by cooking all your life. ”

The carpenter's beard trembled, and his tongue was dry, and he grabbed a pot of water and drank it. "Hmph" glared at Zhao Zheng, and walked away without a head.

Zhao Zheng looked at the book with the sheepskin cover in his hand and smiled and threw it on the table, although the mechanism technique is amazing in this era, but in Zhao Zheng's eyes, it is just some wood that uses the principle of pulley gear levers.

Now his wish is very ordinary, but he seeks wealth in the fields, not in the princes. Whether it's opening a restaurant, smelting iron or giving gifts, it's actually fighting for a breath and proving that you can live well on your own.

"Just as Houmen is as deep as the sea, from now on the end of the world is a stranger. Why should you, sleeve girl? ”

"Anger is the father, anger is the father."

Tao Yuan gasped and rushed to the room, grabbed a pot of water, but it was empty, and ran to the courtyard in a huff to scoop up water and drink two scoops in a row. Only then did he calm his breath and said to Zhao Zheng: "The Zheng family is really excessive, and all the merchants in the city are not allowed to sell us a pound of charcoal, so what will we use to make iron and forge knives." ”

"Oh, I know", Zhao Zheng replied, a shadow surged in his heart, remembering the glimpse of Langya Mountain, which was like a fairy at that time, but at this time he was sure to kill himself.

Chun Niang also walked out of the house when she heard Tao Yuan's words, looking at Zhao Zheng's stunned appearance, her brows couldn't help but curse. But Qiang walked over with a smile, stroked Zhao Zheng's temples with his slender hands, and persuaded: "It's okay, Yixian can't stay, we can go somewhere else; If Yan Guo can't stay, we will go to other countries, the world is so big, there must be a place for us, as long as there is you. ”

Zhao Zheng held the pair of soft wattles, put them on his face and felt the temperature carefully, and said: "I'm fine, a mere Zheng family is not enough to let me die in the world, but there are some tricks I don't want to use." ”

"Uncle Tao, have you ever seen a stone that can be lit?"

Yixian County is on the verge of Taihang, and the west is the "Coal Sea" of Sanjin, but there are some deviations in the geography of this place in the other world, and Taihang Mountain is obviously shorter and thinner than that on the earth.

Therefore, the distance from Yixian to Sanjin has been shortened by more than half, and some mountain people often go to Yixian to exchange for salt and cloth.

Zhao Zheng didn't know if there was any black gold at this time, but he had to fight for that breath.

"A stone that can be ignited, how can this stone be ignited?" Tao Yuan looked dazed, and Chun Niang looked at Zhao Zheng inexplicably.

"It's a pity, then I have to go to the Handan area to find out, where is there a big mine."

The most important thing in North China is coal, otherwise there would not be so many small coal kilns and smog in the future.

"Handan has that kind of burning stone, why haven't you heard of it?" Tao Yuan scratched his head blankly and said.

"The slave has seen that kind of stone, and it is in our hometown."

Xiaozhu, who delivered the tea, suddenly said something, and immediately enlivened the gloomy atmosphere.

Zhao Zheng bounced up from the chair excitedly, grabbed Xiaozhu's shoulder and asked, "Where is your hometown, where is it?" ”

"The master of the house, the slave and maid hurt, it hurts."

"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm so excited, you say slowly." Zhao Zheng knew that he was rude, let go of Xiaozhu's shoulder and apologized.

Xiaozhu blushed and lowered his head and didn't dare to look at Zhao Zheng, this head of the family is so strange, he doesn't like to greet his subordinates, and he does everything himself. What clothes he wears, and what clothes he gives to his slaves and maids, he doesn't seem to care about these humilities.

And he was very polite, treating the lowest slaves like himself like those nobles, and even apologized to himself.

"Xiaozhu, Zhao Lang asked you something, why don't you hurry up!"

The woman's intuition tells Chunniang that Xiaozhu is in heat with Zhao Zheng, although she knows that Zhao Zheng will not have feelings for her, but who knows when Xiao Nizi will climb into bed and do it herself.

Xiaozhu was taken aback by Chunniang's slightly reprimanded tone, and quickly lowered his head and said: "The slave's home is in Taihang Mountain, Yixian County, and the slave and maid are...... It's the mountain people. ”

During the Warring States Period, there were three types of people, the people were civilians who lived in the cities, and the wild people were people who lived in the suburbs and villages, and although they were at the bottom of the pyramid, they still had human rights.

The mountain people are different, they are the same existence as Hu Yi, although they are also Chinese people, but in the Zhuxia countries, they are not even as good as slaves.

It seems that Xiaozhu's childhood was very unfortunate, and the mountain people gave birth to girls as a treasure in exchange for food and salt.

"Prepare some food and salt, let's leave immediately, and now we will go to Xiaozhu's hometown."