After entering, I saw a pile of rotten iron piled up in the corner of the wall, which was also covered with a layer of ash and spider silk.

It may be that Meng Yan's appearance alarmed a small animal, and a "squeak" sound came out.

A large, fat mouse sprang out from Meng Yan's feet, followed by a group of smaller ones.

As if frightened, in the blink of an eye, it disappeared into a gap in the corner.

Bang!

Meng Yan subconsciously took a step back, as if he had stepped on something, rolled on the ground for some distance and stopped.

When I looked closely, it turned out to be something like an iron gall.

I walked over, picked it up and weighed it, it was a little heavy, but I felt that it was hollow inside, so I put it down casually.

"Excuse me, anyone?" Meng Yan straightened up and shouted inside again.

There was no movement, and Meng Yan took a few steps inside again.

"What you like, take it yourself, just look at how much money you want!" A voice that seemed to be awake and had a somewhat broken voice came from inside.

"I'm not here to buy something, I'm here to find someone." Meng Yan replied.

"There's no one you're looking for here, don't buy anything, then go!" The voice inside seemed a little impatient.

"After the old man Shao is down, I don't know if it's Uncle Tie inside?" Meng Yan asked, just now he carefully compared it with the voice in his memory, and asked with some suspicion.

"Who are you and how do you know my name?" A suspicious voice came, and it was obvious that the people inside did not expect such a result.

"Uncle Tie, is it really you?" Meng Yan was also a little excited, when he was building a short sword for himself, except for Shao Lao, it was this Iron Uncle who was helping on the side!

Shao Lao has a strange temper, he has no marriage, and he has no descendants, Uncle Tie is the little beggar he picked up from the street.

After that, Shao Lao's iron-making skills were passed on to Uncle Tie.

Shao Lao didn't let Uncle Tie take his surname, and he had been studying the technology of striking iron all his life, so Uncle Tie's surname was "Tie"!

Meng Yan was about to walk in when a slight sound of footsteps came.

An unkempt middle-aged man with a thin face and a gray beard limped out.

In addition to the smell of alcohol, there is also a rancid smell, and you can tell at a glance that I haven't taken a shower for several months.

Meng Yan was stunned, Uncle Tie in his memory was a man in his twenties, with a strong body, and a hammer of forty or fifty catties was as light as a rolling pin in his hand, how could he think of a bad old man who was dying now?

Tie Meng's stiff back lifted slightly, his cloudy eyes rolled a few times, he looked Meng Yan up and down, trying to use his memory that had long been anesthetized by alcohol, he wanted to know who this young man in front of him was.

However, he couldn't remember how.

"Uncle Tie, I'm a stone, do you know the stone?" Meng Yan was a little excited, what the hell happened, even if Shao Lao passed away, with Uncle Tie's exquisite iron-making skills, he would at least have no problem eating and drinking.

"Stones?" Tie Meng's eyes rolled from side to side, as if touching the deepest layer of memory in his mind.

"Meng, Meng......"

"Uncle Tie, do you remember?" Meng Yan was very excited, it seemed that the situation was not so bad.

"Ah......h

"Uncle Tie, what's wrong with you?"

Tie Meng kept crying and didn't speak at all, although Meng Yan knew that it was easy to hurt his body under great compassion, but if he didn't let him cry, the depression in his heart would not be untied, and it would not work either.

Finally, when Tie Meng finished crying and the tears dried up, the two re-examined each other.

"Stone, you, are you really back?" Tie stood up tremblingly again, his fingers trembling and pointing at Meng Yan and asked.

"Yes, Uncle Tie, I'm back, the stone is back!"

"It's back, it's back, it's back, it's back!" Tie Meng said two "good" words in a row, and a childlike smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Uncle Tie, how did you become like this, I remember when I left, you were so well?" Meng Yan was very puzzled.

"It's hard to put into words, since the old master died, Brother Meng, even your father suddenly drowned, I no longer have the heart to take care of the blacksmith shop, and then I fell ill violently, and I can no longer hold my sixty-pound sledgehammer, no one is looking for me to build weapons, the business has plummeted, I can only make some kitchen knives, hoes and the like, and the shop has moved from the street to the end of the street, hey!" Tie Meng explained.

"So that's the case, no wonder, what about my aunt?" Meng Yan remembered that Tie Meng was married and quite beautiful.

"I ran away, I ran away with someone, I became a waste, which woman is still willing to follow me?" Tie Meng shook his head and smiled bitterly.

"Uncle Tie, have you been such a person all these years?"

"Well, just one person." Tie Meng laughed self-deprecatingly, "It turns out that a few apprentices came to see every now and then and brought me something to eat, but now there are fewer of them." ”

"Play the Unkind!" Meng Yan scolded.

"Don't say that, every family has a scripture that is difficult to read, I'm such a waste person, they can still think of me, it's good!"

"Uncle Tie, since I'm back, I won't let you go on like this alone." Meng Yan said, "Come with me, I will raise you for the rest of your life!" ”

"I'm a wasted person, I can't help you, maybe I'll drag you down, stone, you're a big person, don't worry about me, I'm doing this very well now, I eat and sleep every day." Tie Meng squeezed out a smile and said.

"No, Uncle Tie, I need you, I just came back, and there is no one to trust around, so I need you to come and help me!" Meng Yan said seriously.

"Stone, I'm a waste, and I can't hold a hammer, what do you want me to do?" Tie Meng didn't quite understand.

"You have studied with Shao Lao for twenty years, do you want Shao Lao's lifelong skills to disappear like this?"

"But I can't hold the hammer anymore?"

"Although you can't hold a hammer, your experience is still there, and you can still teach your disciples to pass on the skills of this body, right?" Meng Yan Road.

"But, how many apprentices have I accepted, and they have all come out?"

"You're not going to teach everything, are you?"

"Of course not, church apprentice, I still understand the truth of starving the master!" Iron sneered.

"That's right, even if we want to teach the core thing, we have to pick a person with a good character, your current apprentices left at your most difficult time, it is enough to show that they are not sincere to you, they are just worried about the true inheritance at the bottom of your pressure box!" Meng Yan Road.

"Stone, I understand your words, but what do you ask me to do, I don't know anything when I strike iron?" Iron Fierce Road.

"I'd like to ask you to make me a stove!" Meng Yan took out the blueprint of the briquette furnace and handed it to Tie Meng.

"What is this, what a strange stove, there is a layer of iron sheet on the outside...... Tie Meng took it and looked at it, and there was a hint of surprise between his eyebrows.

"Uncle Tie, how about it, can you make it?" Meng Yan asked with some apprehension, after all, the steel technology in this era is still relatively backward.

"You can make it, but you don't know what materials you need, if it's pig iron, it's too brittle, I don't know if it's made or not, and the cost of wrought iron will be high." Tie Meng thought for a moment.

"It's good to do it, but how much does it cost?"

"It's hard to say now, I haven't done this thing, I can only know if I make it!" Iron Fierce Road.

"Okay, Uncle Tie, I'm going to make this thing now, and it's best to be able to mass produce it!" Meng Yan Road.

"What are you doing here, this stove is so small, what is it for?" Tie Meng asked strangely.

"I'll buy a pass first, and when Uncle Tie makes it, I'll tell Uncle Tie what this stove is for." Meng Yan smiled.

"Okay, I know, you can put this drawing here with me first, and pick it up in three days." Iron Fierce Road.

"No, Uncle Tie, I can't give you the drawings, and you have to go back with me, you don't have to live here!" Meng Yan shook his head and said, although the technical content of the briquette stove is not high, for the sake of secrecy, and for the sake of Tie Meng's future life, he will take people away today.

"Okay, I'll go with you, let me clean up." Tie Meng nodded, and walked inside with trembling steps.

After a while, Tie Meng walked out with a burden, tidied up his appearance a little, closed the door of the shop, and left with Meng Yan.

"Uncle Tie, your feet?" Seeing Tie Meng's walking posture, Meng Yan couldn't help but ask.

"Don't get in the way, I accidentally let the hammer smash it, and that's it after that!" Iron Warrior smiled.

"Haven't you seen the doctor?"

"After reading it, it is said that the bones are crooked, and they can't be corrected, so it can only be like this in the future!" Tie Meng's eyes flashed with a hint of sourness.

Meng Yan nodded and sighed secretly, Daddy Meng Xian seemed to have been kicked out of the Han generals because of a lame foot, and so did Uncle Tie.

handed over Tie Meng to Jiang Feng, and after explaining a few words, he took Shen Cong with him, and Meng Yan returned directly to Nanya.