Luo Xiaoqiao settled at the Jinqi Inn in Beikou County, paid a month's fee, and chartered a large courtyard.

A young lieutenant surnamed Hua in the Wujia Guard listened to her assignment throughout the whole process, and everything went smoothly.

This Beikou County is only five miles away from Stone County, but the gap can be distinguished by a world of difference.

The prosperity of the streets, even if it cannot be compared with Xingcheng, is comparable to several cities such as Fangcheng.

However, the peculiarity of this place is that there are many iron shops, and there are many iron-striking stoves everywhere, which emit a hot steam in winter, and the thick fire shines on the faces of men old and young, full of power.

"Captain Hua, I don't know how far away the prince's iron-making workshop is from here?" Luo Xiaoqiao asked.

"Not far, on the edge of this Beikou County, ten miles to the west, if you want to go, your subordinates will arrange it tomorrow," said Captain Hua.

"Well, there's no hurry, let's rest in two days." Luo Xiaoqiao nodded and said.

"Does the princess have any other orders?"

"It's good if you call me girl or Miss Luo", because she didn't get married, Luo Xiaoqiao didn't want to be called a princess by others on unnecessary occasions.

"Yes, if the girl has no other instructions, her subordinates will retire first," Captain Hua said neatly.

"There's something", Luo Xiaoqiao thought for a while and asked, "Do you have any books on iron smelting or anything like that?" I'd like to see first. ”

"Yes, wait a minute."

Captain Hua turned around and went out, and before evening, he brought back a rather thick thread-bound book.

"Girl, this is a family heirloom from Mr. Qi Wu, Mr. Qi Wu is a master of iron smelting, but Mr. Qi Wu's temper is ...... This book can only be borrowed for one day", Captain Hua was a little embarrassed.

"It's okay, I'll take a look, I'll pay it back tomorrow", Luo Xiaoqiao sent him away with a smile.

Although she doesn't know what iron smelting is, she has thousands of years of knowledge accumulation, and she may be able to get some inspiration to help them improve their smelting skills.

Luo Xiaoqiao rubbed his hands and opened the page with excitement.

And then...... Then she couldn't help but want to explode......

She can't understand it, why is the whole text in traditional Chinese and Chinese......

Luo Xiaoqiao read it for nearly an hour, and he hadn't turned a dozen pages, it was really embarrassing......

What is this written about?

"Luoxia Shaolin wood, charcoal like millet. Yang Xiu is arrogant, but pounds small charcoal as crumbs, and uses things and them to do bestiality. Later, the disciples of He Zhao gathered together, but with warm wine, the fire was fierce, and the beasts all opened their mouths to ...... to men."

What the hell is this......

She couldn't tell for a long time, and she would recognize what was written, but she didn't know what it was all about.

Luo Xiaoqiao silently put his hands on his forehead, leaned on the table and sighed for a while.

For the first time, she felt illiterate!

"Akichi!" Luo Xiaoqiao really had no choice, so he still called someone in.

Among the few people she brought, it is clear that there may be some literary literacy, then Luo Zhiping and others were all taught by her, and the school has not been in school for a few days, so I am afraid that it is not much better than her.

"Girl, what's the matter?" Ming Yi was confused, looking at Luo Xiaoqiao's rare depressed appearance, he thought that something big had happened.

Luo Xiaoqiao pushed the book in front of him: "I can't understand it, you tell me about it." ”

The corner of Mingyi's mouth twitched: ...... What's the matter with a sense of happiness rising in my heart? Miss Luo, who is omnipotent, actually begged him one day?

Seeing that Luo Xiaoqiao's eyes were cold when he looked at him, Ming Yi hurriedly lowered his head to read the book, and explained to her while reading.

Although this book is thick, it doesn't have many words, and it looks like it has been about an hour before and after, and Luo Xiaoqiao roughly understands.

At this time, the most advanced iron-making technology used was blast furnace iron-making, but it was still incomparable with modern blast furnaces, limited by blast technology, the furnace height was only six meters at most, and a blast furnace produced more than 500 kilograms of iron a day.

At the beginning, the blast furnace blast equipment was called "luo", and later evolved into "row", which can quickly raise the furnace temperature to more than 1,200 degrees, and then there is a wooden fan in the back, one person can operate two, and the larger wooden fan, two to three people operate one.

Coke can already be used for ironmaking.

"Burn pig iron fine, heavy and soft collar, and several nights will become steel." In other words, under the improvement of Mr. Qiwu's ancestors, there was a steel-filling method......

The steel smelted in this way is called "suji", because it is a steel made by pouring liquid pig iron on wrought iron and "succumbing" together.

Mingyi's mouth was dry, and he finally turned to the last page.

"Girl? Anything else? Ming Yi called her tentatively.

"It's okay", Luo Xiaoqiao rubbed his eyebrows, and he finally felt shallow on paper, but he still couldn't understand it deeply.

"I'd better go to the blast furnace first."

"I'll tell Captain Hua and let him arrange it."

"Okay."

……

Three days later, the group went to the iron-making workshop.

Pushing open the door, there is a very open space, at intervals, there are furnaces more than six meters high, and workers are busy in an orderly manner, and the sound of wrought iron is everywhere.

"Mr. Qi Wu, we're coming," Captain Hua said cautiously as he knocked on the door of a room.

"Come in!" An old man with a strong voice.

The door creaked open, and an old man was writing something on a piece of paper, with noisy messy hair, no different from a chicken coop, a typical technician.

Luo Xiaoqiao was more interested in the things placed in front of him, which seemed to be the ratio of iron ore and coke.

"Is this carbon?" Luo Xiaoqiao made the first voice after coming in.

Seeing the old man, his head was quickly raised, his brows were furrowed together, he looked at Luo Xiaoqiao in disgust, then raised his index finger and pointed to the door: "Woman? Get out! ”

Luo Xiaoqiao and Captain Hua were both taken aback.

Captain Hua was especially embarrassed, he had long known that Mr. Qi Wu was taboo, and he tried to avoid all possible situations, but he had never heard of it, he actually tabooed women?

"Mr. Qi Wu, this is Princess Jing..."

Before Captain Hua could finish speaking, Mr. Qi Wu grabbed the book in his hand, strode out of the room, and slammed the door hard.

"Miss Luo, this... This subordinate really doesn't know..."Captain Hua was about to cry.

What can Luo Xiaoqiao say?

She could only roar in her heart, what's wrong with the woman? Yes? What happened to the woman? Did the woman eat your rice?!

But she still has to make a generous appearance on the surface, "It's okay, capable people have quirks, so let's go around ourselves first." ”

As soon as he walked into the courtyard, a young man hurriedly ran over: "Princess, I'm sorry, is my master losing his temper again?" ”

"It's okay", Luo Xiaoqiao reassured him.

"Princess, forgive me, this place is too close to the mine, our custom, women can't go down the mine, and my master is also a little too particular, so he will be disrespectful." The young man explained in a hurry.

"It's okay, it's just that you are here, give us a little introduction", Luo Xiaoqiao changed the topic.