Zhang Beichen took the Yingyi people all the way to the workshop street in Liyang City, and the white wood was shackled by the guards and escorted over.

As soon as he found Shiroki, people surrounded him.

One of them, a dark-skinned craftsman with a sturdy body, cried out anxiously, "My son, what's wrong with you? ”

The guard explained: "This man poisoned the prime minister's horse, and now he has been caught!" ”

"How could you do such a stupid thing!" The craftsman scolded bitterly.

When he saw the Yingyi people next to him again, he hurriedly bowed and said, "The minister greets the king!" ”

After Ying Yiren nodded, he said to Zhang Beichen in an unkind tone: "I've seen the prime minister." ”

Zhang Beichen knew that he was dissatisfied. This person is the Gongzheng of the Qin State, Bai Zang.

Gongzheng was the official who managed the handicraft industry at this time. It is also called Baigong, or Engineer.

Zhang Beichen didn't expect Bai Mu to be Bai Zang's son, although Bai Zang's official is not big, but he has deep qualifications. When he was young, he studied under Ou Yezi, a famous swordsmith in the world, and after he became a teacher, because of his outstanding casting skills, he was valued by his father and appointed as Gongzheng.

Now almost all the weapons and equipment in the Qin army are improved and designed by him. The weapons of the generals of the Qin State will also be forged by him, and he is the most famous swordsmith of the Qin State now.

Zhang Beichen issued a decree to abolish bronzes, which was simply his life for Bai Zang, who had cast bronzes all his life!

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't say a word about discipline, let this rebel do such a bad thing, please punish the king!" Bai Zang pleaded guilty on the surface, but in fact he pleaded for mercy.

Yingyi said: "The matter of Baimu is determined by the Qin Law. Bai Zang, the widow heard that you refused to carry out the prime minister's decree, but is there such a thing? ”

When Bai Zang heard this, he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, it's not that the ministers don't cooperate. It's that the prime minister's decree abolishing bronzes is ridiculous! In the past few hundred years, whether it is the Qin State or other countries, the armor and weapons used are all forged in bronze! ”

"As for this iron weapon, it is not suitable for use as a weapon at all! Since the workshop stopped forging bronzes, the entire Liyang City, and even the workshops in other parts of the Qin Kingdom, had no business! ”

"As a worker, I still have a lot of money to support my family. What about other craftsmen? They're going to go hungry! Please be clear! ”

After Bai Zang finished speaking, the craftsmen in the workshop street shouted one after another: "Please be clear!" ”

"I still have to feed a family!"

"Your Majesty, please repeal this decree! If you don't forge bronzes, all workshops will be closed! ”

Zhang Beichen shook his head helplessly, he had already explained before, all iron refining tools, during this time, the forging of weapons can be suspended, and the current pig iron technology is still no problem to use as a farm tool, and it can be used to make a living.

The new iron-smelting technique, that is, it could be completed in a few days, and the craftsmen could not understand it, and some even encouraged Shiraki to do such an impulsive thing.

Zhang Beichen knew after a little thought that it was the people of the old clan who were making trouble.

Bai Zang and Bai Mu both belong to the Bai family, but they are not very close to Bai Jiayi's lineage, and generally speaking, they are biased towards the forces of the Qin State Office.

Shiraki is young and impatient, and as soon as someone comes to agitate him, he will come to trouble himself.

The Yingyi people looked at them and said coldly, "Mingcha? This is what it means to be a widow! Bronze materials are expensive, and I don't have much bronze materials in my Qin country, so I need to go to other countries with money and grain to exchange for them! ”

"And iron and stone, Qin State has it! And it's easy to smelt, and it can equip the army even more! Don't you know that many of our soldiers don't even have a sword of their own? ”

Bai Zang was full of grievances and said, "Your Majesty, we also know that iron and stone are cheap. But that iron weapon is easy to break, if it is forged into swords and spears for the soldiers to use, won't it harm them? ”

"The iron used to be like this, but it won't be in the future!" Zhang Beichen said.

"The prime minister is not a craftsman, how can he guarantee it?" Bai Zang asked rhetorically.

Zhang Beichen smiled confidently and said, "Gongzheng, and all the craftsmen." Hearing is false, seeing is believing. If Gongzheng or other craftsmen are interested, the Honsho will cast a blade with you here today, and the Honsho will use iron. Use bronze, and see who forges the better blade! ”

"Dare to compare forging swords with me, our technology is the top in the entire Qin Kingdom!"

"Anyone with iron can break it with bronze!"

"Good!" When Bai Zang heard this, he immediately agreed, saying: "If the bronze I forge is better than the prime minister's iron, please also ask the prime minister to withdraw the ban!" Allow us to continue forging bronzes! ”

"Yes!" Zhang Beichen nodded, "If I win, you will strictly implement the decree, and from now on abolish bronze and forge iron!" ”

"Okay, please be a witness!" Bai Zang said to the Yingyi people.

"The widow is here, see you forging with your own eyes!" The Yingyi people answered.

"Gong is about to forge a sword!" Not only the craftsmen, but everyone else in the street gathered around. Bai Zang is the top swordsmith in the country, and he has not made a move for many years.

Now that he wants to make a move, he actually tries forging it compared with the new Cheng, and everyone is naturally curious!

Bai Zang immediately began, first begging the Yingyi people to temporarily untie his son's handcuffs, lay hands for him, and then take out the bronze material and start smelting.

On the other side, Zhang Beichen asked his subordinates: "Is the shaft furnace ready?" ”

"Lord Hui, it's ready!"

"Okay, now enter the workshop, smelt iron and forge swords!" Zhang Beichen shouted.

"Shaft furnace?" Some unknown craftsmen were puzzled and didn't know what medicine was sold in Zhang Beichen's gourd.

Soon, they saw the so-called shaft furnace. It is about twenty feet tall (four or five meters high) and eight or nine feet in diameter, with an oval shape.

Charge at the top and blast at the bottom, so that the burning high-temperature gas can better heat the charge and reach a higher temperature.

"This is the shaft furnace?" The craftsmen here have never seen such a smelting furnace before.

"Make a fire!" As soon as Zhang Beichen gave the order, someone began to add materials to make a fire.

When the temperature came up, everyone only felt that the heat wave around them was rolling.

"It's a big fire, much hotter than our stove!" Some craftsmen exclaimed.

"It's a shame that such a good furnace is not used to smelt bronze!"

"The prime minister still knows how to smelt?"

Bai Zang and Bai Mu were also extremely surprised, they naturally knew that the higher the temperature of the furnace, the better the smelting effect.

In Zhang Beichen's shaft furnace, the pig iron has melted into molten iron, and in their furnace, the bronze material is still heating slowly, which is indeed a lot slower.

The temperature in the shaft furnace is getting higher and higher, the heat wave is rolling, and the surrounding craftsmen are already sweating all over their bodies just by getting closer.

The Yingyi people transported their aura, and a trace of coolness wrapped themselves, and at the same time, it was also distributed to Zhang Beichen, which felt like turning on the air conditioner.

"Start stir-frying!" Zhang Beichen ordered again, and there were craftsmen stir-frying the pig iron and iron ore above.

This method, called frying, uses the chemistry of the materials to reduce the carbon content of pig iron to the composition of steel and wrought iron.

The more Bai Zang and the others looked, the more confused they became, what was this doing? When they were smelting bronze, they had never seen this method.

When the stir-fry is almost done, the molten iron is taken out and gradually solidifies into an iron embryo.

"Fetch the hammer!" Zhang Beichen directly took off his shirt, revealing his strong and tight muscles.

The rewards in the simulator are not white-collar workers, and now Zhang Beichen's physical fitness is already very strong!

Ying Yiren's eyes glanced at him secretly, and he thought, "It's so white, it's still very strong, it's powerful, Beichenjun's body is really attractive...... What the hell are the widows thinking, so many people here are watching! ”

She quickly retracted her gaze, and at this time, Zhang Beichen had already grasped a bronze hammer and began to temper the iron embryo.