"A set of shoes costs no more than a penny! Knowing that Cheng Gong was purchased for my Anxi Army, you dare to ask him for five dollars! Qianqian, you've passed a bit! ”

Gao Qianqian saw that Ma Luan's face changed, she felt aggrieved, and wanted to cry, but she bit her lip hard.

"What, do you still feel wronged? What am I going to do with the money in charge of Cheng Gong, you also know that although the treasury is located in our grange, it is owned by all the Han people in Anxi! It's okay to make outsiders' money a little black, girl, can the money in the public treasury be made like this? ”

This girl is becoming more and more silent, and she must be disciplined well.

The bright-eyed girl listened to Ma Lan's reprimand, her eyes became more and more red, and two tears finally slipped down her cheeks. Biting her lip harder, the bright-eyed girl took out something from her arms and threw it at Ma Lu.

Ma Qian took it, almost didn't catch it, only felt that his wrist was slightly numb, obviously Gao Qianqian was really angry, and this time he used all his strength.

What landed on his hand was a farrier, which looked unusually beautiful. There are five sharp protrusions on the front of the shoe, which looks quite sharp, and the words "Anxi Ma Xuan" are scattered between the protrusions, and the handwriting is beautiful and straight, which is Gao Qianqian's style. The reverse side of the shoe has some fine patterns and smaller protrusions, which are also extremely standardized, and are obviously used for anti-slip effects.

Such a farrier is obviously not made by hand, but is molded at one time. The farrier was much better than what he had taught the blacksmiths. Ma Lan took this farrier and repeated a lot, and he really didn't know how Gao Qianqian did it.

"Brother Ma Lan, tell me how much I should sell for such a set of shoes!" Gao Qianqian's little face tightened, holding back tears.

"It's all like this, five dollars...... It's really not expensive. Ma Xuan looked at Gao Qianqian and said softly.

Gao Qianqian's eyes flashed with tears: "Our farriers are based on pottery, each farrier is exactly the same, there is no difference in thickness and size, and it is very simple to replace it if it is broken." The farrier is made of our own steel, which is better than the steel used to make the horizontal knife! Duan Junzi said that it would be a waste to melt and cast a farrier with such a good steel......"

Ma Xuan looked at Gao Qianqian's annoyed appearance, and knew in her heart that she was indeed to blame. If the farrier she built is not good enough, how can she honestly spend five dollars to buy it in Duan Xiushi's style.

Beating the horse walked to Gao Qianqian's side, Ma Lan stretched his arms and hugged Gao Qianqian from the horse, put it in front of him, and then gently hugged her.

"Girl, I'm wrong about you."

Where can Gao Qianqian stand this, her little mouth is flattened and she cries.

The ends of her hair smelled of fireworks, and it was clear that she was choking on exhaustion these days.

Ever since the farmers had learned how to make farriers, Ma had not been to the blacksmith shop once. He really didn't expect that in this short period of time, Gao Qianqian would make such great achievements.

"You've already done it with pottery to make molds?" Ma Ling asked in Gao Qianqian's ear.

Gao Qianqian only felt the itching of her ears, and there were still tears in her eyes, but she couldn't help but giggle.

"What's so difficult about this, according to what you said, find a few masters who will retire from the camp and test it a few more times, and it's done."

"What about steel? How do you make this steel? ”

"Uncle Qi and I first learned the method of coking, and then we built a furnace in the village, and the temperature of the coke furnace was increased a lot, and then some carbon was added according to the method you said, and it took some effort."

Gao Qianqian really couldn't stand Ma Lu's intimacy, struggled to break free from his embrace, and jumped back to his mount with her little hand in the saddle, her movements were extremely light and chic. Turning around, he glanced at Ma Lan with disgust, and his little face was still as ashamed as a red cloth.

Ma Lan smiled, Tang Shi's daughter's family was really easy to deal with.

Molds, coking, steelmaking, these are not easy skills to master. He had only casually mentioned it to Gao Qianqian before, but he didn't expect that in such a short period of time, Gao Qianqian had turned these into reality. This girl is really smart, if it weren't for the fact that she was a daughter, Feng Hou Bai would definitely be a good deal.

These things were originally wanted to be made slowly by himself, who would have thought that Gao Qianqian would realize them so quickly.

"Qianqian, since the farriers are cast, aren't those blacksmith shops useless? Why are they still on? The whip pointed to the Grange, and Marlin asked.

"The bankers wanted to make money, so I didn't let them sit idle. Some of the blacksmiths were made by masters, a few were made from scraps, and most of them were making barbed wire. After I made it according to what you said, Duan Junzi was overjoyed when he saw it, and said that he would want as much as he wanted. ”

The corners of Ma Lan's mouth twitched suddenly, looking at this beautiful little girl as if she was looking at a monster. Even barbed wire can be made, this girl is really a genius. Such a genius must be held in his own hands and cannot be let go.

"Brother Ma Lan, I have to go first. Thousands of dollars of goods, don't look at me don't worry! Seeing that the carriages were almost out of sight, Gao Qianqian sighed, ignored Ma Lu, and galloped forward with a flick of the whip.

"Looks like it's necessary to teach her how to make spurs." Ma Lan said in his heart.

Immediately, Ma Lan felt a little ashamed, these were all things that he should have worried about, but they all pressed on this little girl. The little girl worked so hard just because she liked him. She has completely positioned herself in the position of the eldest lady of the Ma family, and is bent on helping Ma Lan run the hair growth and purchase industry. This simple but sincere feeling is really precious.

"In this life, I must treat her well."

Ma Lan thought to himself, and rode his horse slowly into the grange. Those places that emitted black smoke all day, he used to be the last thing he wanted to go, but today he walked in on horseback.

The dealers are busy with all their might, and there is a prosperous scene everywhere. A row of earthen kilns for making coke was blazing, and the smoke was pungent, and beside a small blast furnace, more than a dozen farmers were shirtless, blowing wind into the furnace. There are a large number of pottery molds next to the blast furnace, all of which are in the shape of hooves.

These places are the source of pollution in Majia Grange. Ma Lan looked at these busy people, and lamented in his heart that he couldn't live here after all.

This inlet was specially chosen by the Guanzhong man Ma Lan, and it can be regarded as a place with good scenery in this equal border area. Now it seems that this place is about to be turned into a big workshop by Gao Qianqian, and it is impossible to live in it.

A furnace of molten steel was baked, and Qibo was personally commanding. The Ma family does not have an iron ore mine now, which is re-refined from the scrap iron tools purchased, and the molten steel produced is not much. Seeing Ma Ling coming, Uncle Qi walked over from the steaming pool and said with a smile: "Young master, this girl Qianqian is really capable!" If this continues, in less than three or five years, our family will become the richest family in Anxi! ”

"She's very capable. Uncle Qi, you have a good vision, and it is also my blessing to have such a wife. Ma Lan smiled and nodded.

"That's it! has a good family background, has the ability, is good to the family up and down, and has the majesty that it deserves. Where can I find such a girl? You weren't happy before! Qibo stroked his gray beard and looked extremely proud.

Ma Lan looked at the soot floating in the air and told Qibo to go to the women in the village to make a batch of face shields. It won't work like this, it's okay for a short time, but it's going to hurt your body in the future. There was no good way to deal with pneumoconiosis in Ma Lan's time, let alone a thousand years ago.

I told Gao Qianqian about this matter before, but the girl didn't take it to heart, but laughed at Ma Ling's extra move. However, Qibo is different, he has always implemented Ma Luan's words to the letter, and in his opinion, this is the duty of a servant. Although Ma Lan has always respected him, he has never forgotten his identity.

Qibo took the order and left, Ma Lan knew that there was no need to worry about this problem. I went to look at the blacksmith shops again, and sure enough, as Gao Qianqian said, except for a few people who were making thistles and swords, most of them were actually making things like barbed wire.

It didn't require much skill, and the dealers learned it quickly. However, this kind of thing is a sharp weapon to block the cavalry, and with the iron thistle terrestris that has always been there, it will be safer for the Anxi army to camp in the future.

Nowadays, most of the Zhuangzi households are busy with these tasks, and the huge income has made them not think about farming. Ma Lan looked at the black grange everywhere, and said in his heart that this place is really uninhabitable.

Since there is no way to live in people, the only way to do this is to move a place. Ma Lan rode out of the Grange, walked back and forth along the Sihun River for two hours, and finally chose another place to be used as the future residence of the people in the Grange.

This is also a river bay, less than ten miles away from the original grange, all of which are black salt pans, which are basically impossible to cultivate. Ma Lan understands that the people in his grange will no longer live by farming in the future, so he doesn't need to worry about this.

For coking by soil method, bricks must be made first. This problem has been solved by Gao Qianqian and Qibo, and there is a ready-made brick kiln in the grange. Ma decided to get the brick kilns up and running at full capacity, and the new grange was to be built entirely of red bricks.

After selecting the site, Ma Ling returned to the grange, and Gao Qianqian had already returned. I took Gao Qianqian to take a look. Gao Qianqian also felt satisfied, after all, she was a girl's family, and she didn't want to be dusty all day long. Now the water used to bathe in Zhuangzi is black, and she is actually very uncomfortable.

What Ma Lan wants to build is a completely professional Anxi army. To do this, a lot of things have to be radically changed. Now Gao Qianqian has solved a lot of problems for him by relying on her intelligence. The next step, naturally, is to start reorganizing the army.

Wang Zhengjian appointed him as the commander of the four towns, and the rectification of the Anxi army was the first thing he needed to complete.