"Miss Luo, I don't know how this bow and crossbow can achieve ten successful results?" , the three elders were pleasantly surprised, and they were a little greedy to want better.

"It would be better if steel could be used instead of iron."

Luo Xiaoqiao did not hide that since he was tied to a boat, it was better to send the Buddha to the west. Only when the combat effectiveness of the Northland has gone up, can their safety be guaranteed.

"What is steel?" The three elders asked.

"When making iron, limestone and manganese are added as slag removers and oxygen absorbers to better remove the impurities in the molten iron, and the ironware will be more resilient and hard." Luo Xiaoqiao continued.

"Is it a weapon made of steel, it will be sharper than iron", Mu Jingyi grasped the point.

"It should be", Luo Xiaoqiao nodded.

"Don't ask me how to refine it, I know how to add these two things, I don't know how much to add, you can try to mix it yourself."

The short and fat man opened his mouth and closed it, but finally he couldn't hold back: "Miss Naluo, what is the manganese element?" You should have known."

"Well, I know this, you can get it by heating it with charcoal. Pyrolite is a dendritic material attached to rock faces and can be found in sediments from swamps, lakes and seas, etc. ”

The eyes of several people lit up when they listened, and they looked at Luo Xiaoqiao, just like a hungry wolf seeing meat, hoping that she would say something, say more, and say more.

Luo Xiaoqiao kept moving his mouth up and down all morning, trying to pick up ways that were not easy to arouse suspicion and could help them solve problems.

Finally, the ancestors were satisfied and sent the people away, and she sat in a bit of a daze on the chair by herself, constantly recalling the information she had revealed this morning.

There shouldn't be any flaws, and it shouldn't be burned to death as a demon.

Luo Xiaoqiao eased up, and his heart was always a little unsteady. Grandma Luo and the others haven't come back yet, and they haven't talked to anyone for a while.

When people are not down-to-earth, they want to find something to do, although Luo Xiaoqiao's heart is strong enough, but at this time, it is inevitable to fall into the cliché, and the uncomfortable feeling in his heart wants to find a way to vent.

She wandered to the greenhouse, where the king had already planted the wheat and vegetables, and there were some green seedlings that arched out of the ground, looking thriving.

Luo Xiaoqiao helped sort out the thin melon seedlings, which were still grafted on the gourd, and it was already the second stubble, and she had more experience than ordinary people.

With such a busy work, she sweated for a long time, which also made her feel a lot more comfortable.

Grandpa Luo and the others came back together in the village chief's ox cart, and the looks of the people in the cart were not very good, even Aunt Huang, who has always been spicy and talkative, drooped her head and did not squeak.

"What's going on?" Luo Xiaoqiao looked at his grandfather and asked.

"This year's military service has begun." Grandpa Luo sighed and didn't say much.

"Military service? Uncle Bao that kind? Luo Xiaoqiao was a little cold: "Do you have to go out?" ”

"You can use money to pay, and if you pay a man from a family, you can be exempted from military service by paying two taels of silver." Luo Jinrong sighed and said.

"You can avoid being conscripted for two taels of silver, is that right?" Luo Xiaoqiao raised his head violently, does that mean that their family doesn't have to worry.

"Yes, Xiao Qiao, we are all from the village, if we hadn't done some work in your house, where would we get two taels of silver? Isn't this about forcing a person to death", the woman with high cheekbones shouted regardless of it.

Luo Jinrong also sighed heavily.

Luo Xiaoqiao didn't continue to ask after listening, each family has its own difficulties, this kind of military service, to put it bluntly, is a human flesh wall, and there is a great possibility of going and not returning, but anyone who has some conditions will not choose to go.

Fortunately, her workshop has improved this year, and the people who work in her workshop have also saved some money in their hands, and they should be able to solve the problem of silver money if they barely scrape together.

Although Luo Xiaoqiao was not worried, he sighed.

These ancient farmers all faced the loess with their backs to the sky, begged God for food, and pursued an honest life all their lives to live in peace.

If the wind and rain are smooth, the world is peaceful, the officials are honest, the family is healthy, and they can barely make ends meet, anything that goes wrong will be miserable.

This is the Northland, there is no wind and rain anymore, they are already struggling to survive on the edge, and then they are taken into a soldier, and they encounter some man-made disasters, waiting for them can be imagined!

In the past few days, the village has been shrouded in a cloud of gloom, and ten miles and eight townships know that Luojia Village has some money this year, and relatives in poor and remote areas have come, and they are borrowing money when they open their mouths.

There are no old people chatting at the entrance of the village, and even the ignorant little baby is no longer the cheerful running around before.

Aunt Liu and Luo Xinkang are very happy, they have a lot of brains, they don't take advantage of this time, when will they take advantage?

Aunt Liu set up a table at the entrance of the village, and said to the villagers who came and went that she could borrow money here, as long as 20% of the money a year, and take the house deed and land deed to guarantee it.

When the stranger heard that the twenty percent of the money was profitable, he frowned, but he couldn't. Even if they pressed the land deed to the pawnshop, they wouldn't be able to get so much money, and if they didn't borrow it, they would have to gamble their lives.

Luo Jinrong persuaded them a few words, but was blocked back by Aunt Liu's words: "Jin Rong, didn't I say you, you are in charge of heaven and earth, can you manage my family to lend money to others?" ”

Not only did Aunt Liu choke him, but even the outsiders who came to borrow money didn't know what to do.

But it is also understandable, in the face of fate, what is money?

Luo Jinrong sighed all day long, Luo Xiaoqiao looked at him like this, and asked with a smile: "Grandpa the village chief, what's wrong with you?" ”

Luo Jinrong said sadly: "What am I doing this for? Isn't it for the reputation of our Luojia Village? In the future, if they can't pay the money and make trouble, don't they all think that our Luo family village is down to stone and there are no good things? How can we go out to beg for a living? ”

Luo Xiaoqiao grinned: "Grandpa the village chief, you came to my house to let me come out, right?" ”

Luo Jinrong touched his head embarrassedly: "Xiao Qiao, it is said that this matter really has nothing to do with you, but you see, there are few people in our village who understand, and even fewer are rich and capable, you see, can you not let Lao Liu Tou be so famous, especially that Luo Xinkang is still your grandfather." It's really not good for this thing to go on like this."

"Okay, grandpa the village chief, you go back, I'll let Uncle Wei and them go to the village in a while, you wait." Luo Xiaoqiao said with a smile.

Luo Jinrong got the word, and didn't ask her what to do, turned around and left, the cigarette pouch was smoking, and he was very melancholy.

Uncle Wei moved quickly, and after a while, he went to the entrance of the village with a sack, and several subordinates shouted loudly: "Collect beans, collect grain, collect all the market price"

After a while, many villagers gathered around. The price at which they sell grain to grain merchants is definitely not the same as the price at which grain merchants sell it.

"Fellow, are you really willing to accept soybeans at market prices?" A person from another village pulled Uncle Wei and asked uncertainly.

"Yes, as much as you want." Uncle Wei replied that several workshops in the house were empty anyway, and there was a place to put them.

"Do you want to take it now? Let's go back now, will we send it over in the evening?" someone chased and asked, afraid that Uncle Wei would regret it.

"Okay, no problem, go back and get it. But I don't want it to be moldy and sandy, and whoever adulterates it doesn't blame me for being merciless," Uncle Wei said solemnly to a few people with some oily hair and flour.

"That's definitely no problem, we're all from neighboring villages, where can we do such a thing?" , The villagers responded with a chatter, and ran home with their legs.

"Hey, you're not borrowing any money?" When Aunt Liu saw it, she was angry.

"I said Old Weitou, what do you mean?"

"Nothing interesting, huh? My family is short of food, what's wrong with the harvest? Uncle Wei said with a humble face.

The angry Aunt Liu fell directly on her face, and Luo Xinkang's face was not good-looking, but he was more scheming and didn't show it.

After a while, sure enough, a lot of people brought beans, as well as a small amount of wheat and sorghum.