"Master Liu, do you know a mason who is very skilled?" Chen Fei asked.

Master Liu then asked, "Mason?" What do you want this for? ”

"Don't worry about it, go find a mason, I want to ask if you know each other. However, if you want someone with very good skills, don't just find me one. If the craftsmanship is not high enough, then I will be ruined this time. Chen Fei said.

Master Liu thought for a moment and said, "Mason, one of my elders is also a mason, and his skills are very superb. However, he is already in his fifties, and I am afraid that he will not be able to work for a long time. I can't do too tiring work, I have to slow down, I don't know if the minister can accept it? ”

Chen Fei thought for a while and said, "Since this is the case, I am not in a hurry, and it is not easy to sit down in a short period of time." ”

Soon, Master Liu soon found a mason, and he looked to be in his sixties. Although he has long known that he is only in his fifties, the ancient people are relatively old, so he looks like he is in his sixties. Looking at this person's gray hair, Chen Fei was a little unbearable.

"Will you be able to hold on?" Chen Fei asked.

"It's okay, Chen Langzhong, since you can look down on me, then I'll help you do this. As long as I slow down, then I can still eat! The old man replied.

Chen Fei asked again: "Your old surname?" ”

"Chen Langzhong, don't be polite, my surname is Feng, just call me Feng Laohan." Feng Laohan said.

Chen Fei saw that Old Man Feng was full of anger, and there should be no problem, so he let him come over.

Next, Chen Fei came to the arsenal and took the initiative to find his deputy Yang Hongli. Usually Chen Fei would not interfere in Yang Hongli's affairs, because the division of labor between him and Yang Hongli was that Chen Fei was in charge of "entering", that is, he was responsible for producing these ordnance and equipment, and then arranging for storage. But once it's in storage. That is why Yang Hongli is in charge, and whoever comes in the future will be approved and agreed by Yang Hongli, and then he can leave the warehouse. This is actually their division of labor, and now Chen Fei wants to get some raw materials, hoping to see if there is anything in the arsenal.

"Brother Yang, do you have any bronze here?" Chen Fei asked.

"Bronze, what's that?" Yang Hongli obviously didn't know.

Chen Fei immediately asked: "You don't know the kind of bronze used to make weapons in the pre-Qin period. Buried in the soil, it oxidizes and turns green. That's why it's called bronze! ”

"It turned out to be tin-copper or lead-copper! This is not called bronze, but is smelted with tin or lead and red copper. And then these two types of copper are obtained. This kind is not called bronze, I don't know where you got the name of bronze in Chen Langzhong? However, this is a suitable name, and it seems that the Ministry of Industry can be notified and asked to change the name! Yang Hongli said.

Chen Fei was speechless, there was no such thing as bronze in ancient times, but the name of archaeology on TV was actually called bronze. Chen Fei also secretly hated himself, why didn't he check his phone before and came over. However, since Yang Hongli didn't care too much, Chen Fei wouldn't explain more.

"I just want this copper, can you get me some? You are in charge of the arsenal. Can't I get some of this copper from the arsenal? Since this kind of thing is used as a smelting weapon, there should be some in the arsenal, right? Chen Fei asked.

But Yang Hongli said; "No, I don't have any of these here?"

"Really? It's not like you're trying to prevaricate me, are you? Chen Fei asked.

Chen Fei didn't believe this Yang Hongli, this Yang Hongli and himself have never been too cold. So Chen Fei thought that this was Yang Hongli deliberately prevaricating himself.

"Chen Langzhong, in fact, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, I have gradually given up bronze to build weapons. And the use of bronze to create weapons, that is the weapons of the Xia and Shang periods. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, iron tools were already used. And we don't have any bronze here at all, and our weapons are all made of steel, so we don't have this so-called bronze here. That's normal, too. Yang Hongli said.

Chen Fei was speechless, he couldn't find some bronze if he wanted to, so there was really no way to plan next.

Yang Hongli saw that Chen Fei wanted this bronze very much, and immediately said: "Chen Langzhong, if you want this kind of thing, then I actually have a suggestion here." ”

"What advice?" Chen Fei asked.

Yang Hongli took the initiative to say: "There is no bronze in our arsenal, but there is a lot of it in one place. There are many coinage supervisors in various places, and this so-called bronze is used to mint money. As long as you can get through the relationship with those coin-minting supervisors, then there is no problem in getting some bronze. ”

"That's right! These bronzes are all used to mint money, why didn't I think of it? Chen Fei muttered.

Chen Fei suddenly remembered that most of the copper coins in ancient times were made of bronze, so he could go to these coinage supervisors to get some bronze. However, Chen Fei soon became annoyed, these copper coins were all far away from Chang'an, and it was impossible for him to run over there!

"Chen Langzhong, you don't have to worry, the coinage supervisor is supervised by the household department, and the raw materials are provided by the Ministry of Industry. Therefore, as long as you can start from the Ministry of Industry, you can get a batch of this copper. Some of the bronzes in the local coinage prisons were produced locally, while some were transferred from the center. If you can intercept a batch from the Ministry of Industry, then you can achieve your goal. Yang Hongli said.

"Thank you Brother Yang for reminding me!" Chen Fei said.

Chen Fei immediately began to rush to the room near the military headquarters, because the engineering department was next to the military department, and they were all working in the palace. And Chen Fei remembered that his old subordinate Zhang Mingde was not the one who had just taken up the post of a member of the Ministry of Labor? And this kind of coinage material, although it is not under his direct control, can completely use it to move the people of the Yu Department, and then intercept a batch of bronze raw materials that are transported to the place.

As for why Chen Fei had to be bronze, it was because he had something that needed to be cast, that is, artillery. Chen Fei hopes to make artillery as soon as possible, so that Chinese firearms can appear in Datang in advance. And why bronze must be needed, it is because the steel of this era is not very qualified. Pig iron is too hard and brittle, and wrought iron is too soft to be suitable for casting firearms. Therefore, bronze is the best choice, and Chen Fei is thinking of using bronze to cast artillery. As long as the trial production can be successful, Datang's military superiority will be improved by a great era, and the strength of the army will develop rapidly. (To be continued......)