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Li Chongjiu was quite satisfied with the fact that there was an iron mine in the county, but when he saw that the craftsman on the side seemed to want to speak and stopped, he couldn't help asking: "Master Li, what do you have to say?" ”

This master craftsman is more than fifty years old, and his face has long been blackened by years of iron-making work, and the frown on his forehead is one after another, and the tattered gard clothes on his body are full of small holes, which were splashed by sparks when striking iron. Li Zuojiang knew at a glance that he was a hard-working person. As soon as he heard Li Chongjiu call him Master Li, he knelt down with a puff, buried his head in the mud of the workshop, and said in a trembling voice: "Master Hou, don't dare, don't dare, this is a villain." ”

Only then did Li Chongjiu remember that he had brought the habits of modern society to ancient times. In this era, the position of the craftsman is a little better than that of the merchant. And to call the master, it is obvious that the other party is the teacher. Not to mention this Li Zuojiang, Chen Jincao on the side, and a few craftsmen, all of them looked dumbfounded.

Li Chongjiu helped the other party up and said: "I lost my words for a while, but Li Zuojiang has something to say, Benhou will rely on you greatly in the future." ”

This is also the truth, Chen Jincao is a scribe, although he is in charge of the mine workshop, but he does not know the matter of casting. There are more than 20 people in the official craftsman's workshop, most of whom are pyrotechnics who work hard, and only Li Zuojiang and the two apprentices he brought out are real technicians.

Li Zuojiang saw Li Chongjiu exalting him like this, and he was panicked for a long time, and then he said: "Hou Ye doesn't know, iron smelting and cast iron are two different things, although there are two iron mines in the local area, but the method of iron smelting is general, iron ore is smelted in the furnace cast iron, if it is ploughed and cultivated, it is okay, but if it is used as a blade, it is too brittle." ”

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but ask, "Why is this so?" Could it be that there is a large amount of iron ore in this county, but the iron smelting technique is so bad, is Chen Jincao the reason for being negligent? ”

Li Zuojiang stepped forward and explained: "Back to the Hou Ye, you are wrong to blame Jin Cao, it is not that the county is lazy, if you want to produce high-quality iron, you must use a blast furnace." The furnace of iron melting in our county is not enough in the fire temperature, so the iron beaten out is brittle, and our craftsmen call it Mianmian iron, which can only be used as a hoe to cultivate the land at most. ”

"Then why not build a blast furnace?" Li Chongjiu couldn't help but ask again.

Chen Jincao said in the foreword: "Because Feihu County is a border county, the imperial court is worried that the Hu people will learn the method of iron smelting, so it strictly orders that the border counties are not allowed to use blast furnaces. ”

Li Chongjiu came to the border county for a while, and he also knew the level of iron smelting of the Hu people north of the Great Wall.

The Turks were born as forging slaves of the Rouran people, and their iron casting skills were even better than those of the Great Sui, but they suffered from the fact that there were no iron mines on the grassland. Therefore, the Turks could only trade with iron through the Western Regions, or collect meteorite iron from the steppe, and invaded the Han land for many years to loot, but even so, iron tools were still scarce for the Turks. It wasn't until hundreds of years later, when the Mongols went south to plunder, the first thing they did after breaking the city was to grab iron pots from house to house.

As for the Khitan, Xi people, Xi people, Xi people, Murowei, and even the Yan people in Liaodong, although they all mastered the technology of wrought iron, and there was iron ore in the territory, they did not know how to smelt iron. Historically, the Khitan became truly powerful when after the Anshi Rebellion, when the Khitan kidnapped many Han Chinese, and after conquering the Bohai Kingdom, they took advantage of their technology and took the lead in learning to smelt iron among the ethnic groups in Northeast China (Note 1). After the Khitan defeated Xi Bu, Jin Ya, and there were heroes such as Yelu Abaoji, they rose up and were out of control.

As for the only iron smelting in the Northeast that has mastered it, Goguryeo, and there are also iron mines, so the local civilization is also high.

When Li Chongjiu heard Jin Cao say this, he understood that even if there was an iron mine, if there was no suitable iron-smelting technology, it would be useless to sit on Baoshan. Li Chongjiu said to Jin Caoyan: "Since this is the case, we will immediately build a blast furnace, and we must smelt good iron." ”

"Blast furnace!" Jin Cao's face was embarrassed when he heard this, and he said, "In terms of the laws and regulations of the Hou Ye's court. ”

"I'll deal with it on the court side, you just need to make a blast furnace."

"This, since Master Hou said so." Jin Cao hesitated for a moment, and turned to look at Li Zuojiang.

Li Zuojiang thought for a while and said: "Master Hou, Jin Cao, when the villain was in Zhuojun, he saw the casting method of the blast furnace, and he should be able to help one or two. It's just a blast furnace, which requires a lot of manpower. ”

Li Chongjiu laughed when he heard this, and said: "As long as you can cast a blast furnace, you don't have to worry about manpower, I'll give you as much as you want." Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu paused and said: "Li Zuojiang, I appoint you as the secretary of Jin Cao to coordinate the affairs of the craftsman's workshop. ”

Li Zuojiang listened to Li Chongjiu's order for him to do the book, and immediately knelt down with a pop, and the two old tears flowed out. Although the secretary office is not officially compiled by the imperial court, it is a county official after all, and it is considered a civil servant, and he is also a master of foaming and nailing when he goes out to talk, compared to the craftsmen in the previous workshop, I don't know how much higher the status is.

"Thank you, the villain swears to help Hou Ye cast the blast furnace and repay Hou Ye."

Li Chongjiu stopped supporting this time, and said: "A bookstore is so happy, in the future, you will run the craftsman well, and I will promote you to a county Jin Cao." ”

Li Zuojiang heard that Li Chongjiu wanted to appoint him as Jin Cao, and glanced at Chen Jincao at the moment, but showed a shocked expression: "Back to the Hou Ye, the villain doesn't dare to be greedy." ”

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Why is he greedy, Chen Jincao is working local affairs, and I am ready to recommend him to join the army as a position." You can do things for Benhou with peace of mind. ”

This time it was Chen Jincao's turn to make a move, his face was full of gratitude, the county corresponds to the six Cao in the county, which are the six divisions, namely Sigong, Sicang, Sihu, Sibing, Justice, and Sishi. These are all subordinate officials of the county, although Li Chongjiu is not a county guard, but there is no pressure to protect these people as a general guard. Li Chongjiu said to Chen Jincao: "At present, the rest of the counties in the county have not been recovered, so you will temporarily take the position of Jin Cao in the county and work hard." ”

"Thank you Lord Hou, your humble duties will definitely serve you to death."

At the moment, Chen Jincao, Li Zuojiang, not Li Shuban, both of them are right, Li Chongjiu looks like he swears to serve his life. Li Chongjiu also intends to use the power of these two people to expand the meaning of running the county craftsman's workshop.

Originally, the official craftsman workshop of Feihu County was not large, at most it was to repair armor for the county soldiers, polish weapons, and repair horseshoes for war horses, but now Li Chongjiu is full of ambition, and he decided to merge and acquire several private craftsmans in the county first, and belong to the official craftsman.

In order to smelt iron, Li Chongjiu merged the five or six hundred thieves under Wang Suba, who had been captured before, into the craftsmen in the city to solve the manpower problem. They must first build a furnace of iron under the guidance of Li Zuojiang, and cast a blast furnace that can build iron.

Note 1: Liao Shi Benji II, the father of Yanyelu Abaoji, the first iron smelting, the people of the drum casting,