The other side.

Lin Xi went to the West Market, where there were more handymen and bricklayers and the like.

After arriving, Lin Xi walked all the way over, watching as he walked.

There are those who sell farm tools, pots and pans, furniture, knives and the like, and even those who sell rice and grain.

About half an hour later, Lin Xi suddenly noticed that there was a blacksmith shop at the end.

She hurried over.

As soon as I got closer, the heat in the shop greeted me, and there was an uncle in his forties, who looked a little fierce and vicious, sweating like rain, striking iron, and clanging.

Lin Xi shouted loudly several times before the man heard it, stopped striking the iron, wiped his face with the cloth on his shoulder, and asked, "What are you buying?" ”

Lin Xi asked politely: "Uncle, can you make that kind of copper pot?" ”

"What?"

The uncle looked puzzled and didn't hear clearly.

Lin Xilian said with a comparison, "It's a round pot, the middle bottom is hollowed out, and it has to be replaced with an inverted cone-shaped cylinder, which has to be made of copper." Pig iron and wrought iron are also fine. ”

If there are modern people here, they can understand at once that Lin Xi is talking about the pot used to cook hot pot.

That's right, the new dish that Lin Xi wants to promote in Keyunlou can't be regarded as a dish, in short, it's hot pot.

Let's ask, what is more comfortable than eating hot pot and shabu with relatives and friends around a table on a cold day in the middle of winter?

Not to mention winter, even in spring, summer and autumn, few people can resist eating hot pot.

It is very suitable to use this as the signature dish of Keyun House for a long time.

And the first step in making hot pot is to have a pot first. Lin Xi noticed that the kind of pot for eating hot pot is not available here, so he has to find someone to make it.

After listening to this, the uncle said inexplicably: "Where is this kind of pot?" I've never seen it. Don't say if you can do it, Miss Shan, what kind of copper, what kind of raw iron, what kind of cooked iron, my old man doesn't know. ”

Lin Xi was stunned.

Hasn't this dynasty started using copper yet?

Shouldn't it, there's all iron, no copper?? Besides, she sees that iron farming tools here are also popular, don't you know pig iron and wrought iron?

Could it be that they don't actually have the concept and distinction of pig iron and wrought iron?

Seeing that Lin Xi stopped talking, the uncle thought that she was here to make trouble, and said, "Go and go, play somewhere else, don't disturb my shop to do business and make iron." ”

Lin Xi wasn't sure what was going on for a while, so he had to leave and find other blacksmith shops somewhere else.

As a result, there were three blacksmith shops in a row, and they all said they didn't know.

Lin Xi had no choice but to endure it, bought some meat for cooking at night, and went back to Chenyang Village.

When she arrived home, Shen Chen also happened to come back and brought back a lot of prey.

He was going to hunt two more times, so he stopped hunting.

Dabao's four children surrounded the prey in the yard, playing with the still alive.

Lin Xi instructed a few words, and then went into the stove room to prepare for cooking.

After a while, Shen Chen also came in.

Lin Xi said: "Hungry? I'll be able to do it in a while, no hurry. ”

"It's not." Shen Chen shook his head, sat down to help her light the fire, and then said, "You have something on your mind." ”

Lin Xi said: "So obvious? ”

Shen Chen looked up at her.

Maybe Lin Xi didn't know that her little face was about to turn into a mess, and all emotions were expressed on her face.

Shen Chen only asked, "What's the matter?" Someone in the county bullied you? ”

"It's not."

Lin Xi thought about it, simply put down the kitchen knife, turned around to face Shen Chen, leaned against the edge of the stove, and said, "Shen Chen, you are well-informed, do you know copper?" ”

Shen Chen paused for a moment and looked at Lin Xi: "Why do you ask this?" ”

"You know?!"

Lin Xi was taken aback, immediately squatted down, grabbed Shen Chen's lap, and said, "Is there really at this time?" I went to the county blacksmith shop today to ask, but I didn't know anything. ”

Shen Chen said: "If you ask, naturally no one knows." ”

"Why is that? Do you have to ask someone else? ”

Lin Xi is strange, how can he do it as if he is in the underground business?

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "No." ”

He thought for a moment before he said, "Copper is produced in the land of the Southern Barbarians, and it is more suitable for the production of certain weapons or items than iron. However, due to the steep and thrilling production area, there is a chance that the people who go to the mining will not come back, and the value of copper is very high, and the amount is very small. In the past, when Qin Taizu was in power, our dynasty was still in contact with Nanban, and Nanban would give a small amount of copper as a heavy gift to our court. After the death of Qin Taizu, the national strength of our dynasty weakened, and the Nanban gradually became ill-intentioned, so they broke off communication. ”

Lin Xi understood that the amount of iron in the Central Plains was quite high, and it was normal for most people to use iron.

Copper is produced in the Southern Barbarians, and it is only given to the nobles as a heavy gift, and the output is still small, and it is too normal for the people below to not know.

"No, if there is no copper here, then what do we usually use copper plates?" Lam Creek Road.

The corners of Shen Chen's mouth twitched, and he said: "It's not called copper plate, it's called Wenqian, it's made of molten iron mixed with waste silver." ”

Lin Xi: "......"

Also, when trading, Zhao Dequan said anything and never said copper, she used it as a copper plate.

I have seen it for a long time.

"Wait, if copper is so expensive, why are the Nanban people willing to give it away for nothing?" Lam Creek Road.

Shen Chen sighed and wrote lightly: "They were scared by the Great Qin army at that time. ”

Lin Xi: "......"

What an unpretentious, irrefutable reason.

It can be seen that at the time of Qin Taizu, the Great Qin Dynasty was really prosperous, and the mutiny and war when Qin Taizong ascended the throne were indeed tragic, which made the people's livelihood and national strength of the Great Qin Dynasty drop so much.

Lin Xi was curious: "Shen Chen, how did you know?" ”

Shen Chen said succinctly: "In the past, I traveled from south to north, and I have been to many places, and I have heard of it. ”

"Then you've been wonderful enough."

Lin Xi replied casually, a little worried.

In this way, she can't use a copper pot.

Lin Xi said: "Shen Chen, do you know pig iron and wrought iron?" ”

Shen Chen's eyes showed doubts, "What raw, cooked?" ”

Seeing this, Lin Xi thought that there were really no such concepts in this era. She said: "The so-called pig iron is...... The iron obtained by blast furnace smelting iron ore can also be understood as the iron smelted by blacksmiths on a daily basis, and wrought iron is iron refined by pig iron. I want to make a pot, it's not very demanding, just use pig iron. ”

Shen Chen listened to the second half of the sentence and said, "In this case, you can ask Wang Shou for help." ”

"That's right! I think he learned to strike iron. Lin Xi hesitated a little again, "But he ...... I don't seem to like it. ”

"It doesn't matter. What pot do you want to do, tell me and I'll go to him. Shen Chen said.

Lin Xi immediately cheered, "Shen Chen, you are so good!" I know that if I look for you, any trouble can be solved! ”

Lin Xi excitedly jumped up and hugged Shen Chen, then stood up and ran out.

"There's still some paper left from last time, I'll draw it for you."

Shen Chen watched her go out, his eyes immediately fell on him, and he hooked his lips silently.