As a gang of bosses who are thorny until they speak, Zheng Qi, the iron supervisor, is desperate.

Zhang Xiang's small-bellied chicken intestines, can you let him go?

The old man's face is dark, and he doesn't remember him for the rest of his life! Although Zhang Xiang is also old, it is estimated that he will live for many years. But the problem is that Master Lu has absolutely no confidence in his heart, he will definitely be able to survive Zhangdun. After all, the other party can pinch him to death with a twist of his fingers.

In order to reverse the awkward atmosphere, Zheng Qi came to Master Lu and asked, "When will the iron be produced?" ”

"It's out now." Master Lu casually agreed.

Zheng Qi ordered: "Why don't you get out of the iron soon?" ”

Master Lu was unmoved, and refused to refuse the name of his yamen boss, but instead said something that made Zheng Qi's teeth itch angrily: "Master Li hasn't come yet?" How can it be so casual? ”

Zheng Qi was so angry that he couldn't wait to stuff the old man Master Lu into the furnace, and he had only followed Li Kui for a few days, and he was a 'Master Li', this official is the boss of your top boss, why don't you add you to give more face?

Who is Master Lu?

The authority of the Great Song Dynasty iron smelting world, the power of the casting world, he is still an official.

Although technical officials cannot be called professional officials, they do not belong to civilian officials and generals, and they are miscellaneous officials who are separated from the outside. But don't forget that this official position is more envied by the people than other official positions. Because this is an official who can inherit his father's business, and it is a technology that can support a family's enduring pressure on the bottom of the box.

Similar officials include horse officers, medical officers, and so on

Although Zhang Dian is the prime minister, he is also the prime minister dressed as a businessman, so what happened to him being despised by his dignified Song officials?

On the contrary, Zheng Qi, the iron supervisor who knew about to know, was so frightened that his urine was about to drip out, and he scolded: "Master Lu, when will you have a door guard for your broken mouth?" ”

Master Lu glanced back at Zheng Qi, but in fact, he couldn't see anything clearly. Anyone who has tried to see a dazzling light knows that when you look at a very bright light and immediately look at a relatively dark place, it will be pitch black in front of you, and it will take a while for your eyes to get used to it. Master Lu smiled, not noticing Zheng Qi's panic at all: "I can't change it, I can't change it in this life." Unless a talented person like Master Li can convince the old guy. ”

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway.

It doesn't matter if it's iron-making or steel-making.

Temperature is key, the higher the temperature, the less impurities the iron will be smelted, and the better the quality of the iron obtained.

Zhang Dan is a layman, a complete layman. Where can he understand the mystery, that is, he feels that Master Lu's momentum is extraordinary, like a capable person. Even if you are a person with a small belly, when you meet a high-minded and arrogant master, once you find out that the other party is powerful, you will also restrain your emotions. Speaking of which, Zhang Dan's small belly and chicken intestines are more aimed at his peers who are also civil officials, rather than at ordinary people and miscellaneous officials. Peers hurt talents the most, especially the sworn enemies of Yuanyu's party membership, even more so.

Zhang Dian didn't seem to care, waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "It's okay." ”

Zheng Qi glanced at Zhang Dan's dark face, and muttered in his heart: "Where does it seem to be irrelevant?" ”

At the same time, he was also praying for Master Lu, not that he was really a good official who cared for his subordinates. It's just that there is a master Lu under him, and his skills are the best. The Great Song Dynasty is a salt and iron franchise, and the iron supervisor has mines, workshops, and a year's production tasks. The strongest craftsman in the Iron Prison is Master Lu, and the others are either disciples of Master Lu, or craftsmen who are not even as good as Master Lu's disciples.

Li Kui took Ruan Xiaowu and jumped off the horse, Ruan Xiaowu behind him looked at Li Kui's back full of confusion.

His brother Ruan Xiaoer went to Beijing to be a camp general, and he took Ruan Xiaoer's vacancy and became a servant next to Li Kui. According to his understanding, the little guy is very boring, far worse than transporting goods, at least not the same as on the way to money. But after following Li Kui for a few days, he found out that he was wrong, he knew that following Li Kui was so majestic, and the yamen in the capital entered casually, was he a person who could be moved by the delivery of three melons and two dates?

The Ruan family is not short of money now, Ruan Xiaoer followed Li Kui to fight in the south and the north, and the furniture he accumulated was enough for him to buy a house in the capital.

It's just that Ruan Xiaoer is also very entangled now, no one lives in buying a house, he is the kind of iron man who doesn't pay attention to food and clothing, and likes to be brave and ruthless. Other than that, there are no hobbies.

As a military general, he lived in a barracks, had a cook, and a courtyard for free. Even he didn't have to pour foot-washing water for Li Kui, and the guards poured foot-washing water for him, isn't it fragrant?

So much so that even Ruan Xiaoer, who doesn't like to wash his feet, is now used to soaking his feet before going to bed every day. Not for comfort, but for this privilege.

Why buy a house?

My two brothers live in the Li family on weekdays, and no one lives in the house at all. In addition, he is a fan of wealth, and likes to sleep on the gold and silver treasures that he has exchanged for his life, and touching a piece of golden gold can make him feel happy all day. Even if there are blackened and dark blood stains on this piece of gold, this is also the case.

As for the stupid idea of moving the birthplace of his two younger brothers to the capital, he has never had it.

Ruan Xiaoer is not material for reading, and even with his two younger brothers, Xiao Wu and Xiao Qi are not material for reading. His family doesn't need a school district house at all, it doesn't make any sense.

If you really put the house next to Taixue, wouldn't it cost countless unjust money?

The only good thing is that it's close to the church.

But Ruan Xiaoer also has pursuits, as he gets older, he finds that the wind and dust woman is not suitable for him, and he prefers a good family.

Ruan Xiaowu laboriously led Li Kui's war horse, and said flatteringly to the big black horse who was not used to being human: "Hei Ye, you move, alas, raise your legs, that's right." At the same time, he didn't forget to say to Li Kui: "Young master, you rest, I'll call someone to serve you." ”

Li Kui has a bit of a headache, Ruan Xiao's two-headed iron, but Ruan Xiaowu's character of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard is really a headache. I remember it wasn't like that! It's that this guy's kung fu is very good, not much worse than Ruan Xiaoer.

Li Kui's most ideal little guy should be Li Qing, on the one hand, he is a brother of the same ancestor and clan, who knows the roots; In addition, Li Qing is more sleek than others, which is very suitable for being a small servant. But this guy is now in and out of a large group of people, as if he is the leader of the footsteps in the capital, let him be a small servant, it is estimated that Li Kui can suppress it, but Li Qing is definitely not happy in his heart.

This is also the reason why Ruan Xiaowu became his entourage.

There really isn't much to use.

At least in terms of domestic servants, the Li family's background really can't support the cards that a big family should have.

"Big-eyed thief, big living people stand in front of you, and don't even look at them." Ruan Xiaowu held his chest up, carried his waist knife, and looked full of spirit, pointing at the servants guarding the workshop and questioning loudly.

Not everyone can come to the Iron Prison's workshop to spread wildness. Except for some officials, casual individuals really don't dare to go wild in this place.

"Boy, you ...... alive"

Before the word 'greasy' could be spoken, the servant saw Li Kui behind Ruan Xiaowu, this black-faced man's official position was no smaller than that of Lord Tie Jian, a few days ago, Lord Tie Jian personally ushered in and sent him, and he naturally had to have a pair of eyes to be the porter, so he immediately recognized Li Kui and bowed down to greet him: "Lord Li, you are here, my eldest master has been waiting for adults in the workshop for a long time." ”

Li Kui bowed his head and said: "Lead the way ahead." ”

"Young Master!"

Ruan Xiaowu wanted to catch up, but was stopped by Li Kui with his eyes, so he had to go to the gatehouse boringly.

The iron-smelting workshop of the Iron Superintendent is very large, much larger than that of the Ministry of Works. Li Kui followed the servant and walked for almost half a pillar of incense before arriving at the place. I didn't come for a few days, and the smoke of the small blast furnace that had been erected for a few days was billowing and it was a red scene. Under the blast furnace, a large group of handymen laboriously pulled the bellows, sweating like rain.

Li Kui walked through the transparent canopy and came to the edge of the blast furnace.

His gaze fell on an old man in a brocade robe, isn't this Zhang Dan?

Li Kui stepped forward and saluted, "Zhang Xiang, why are you here?" ”

"I'm angry, can you handle it?"

As soon as Zhang Dian opened his mouth, his mouth was full of the smell of gunpowder.

Li Kui looked at Zheng Qi blankly, and the latter smiled helplessly. And Master Lu was stupid, his finger just raised and pointed at Zhang Dian, but he was so frightened that he put it down, when did the iron workshop come to the prime minister?

Since the founding of the Great Song Dynasty, no prime minister has ever come to such a place.

Your dignified prime minister, silent, wearing a merchant's brocade robe, pretending to be an innocent little old man to harm people, is simply extremely insidious!

Li Kui put his hand on his eyebrow bone, as if it was a salute, but it was the customary action of the craftsmen in the ironwork workshop. In this way, the flame brightness of the blast furnace outlet can be clearly distinguished.

The brighter the brightness, the higher the temperature. It would be even better if there was brown glass. Unfortunately, no.

Li Kui stood next to Master Lu and asked, "Have you ever had slag?" ”

"I've been out once, and I'm ready to go out again."

Master Lu grunted and swallowed his saliva. The pressure on him is much stronger than that of Su Song, and the good old man Su Song is also the prime minister, but he feels like a spring breeze. But Zhangdun, when the north wind is the coldest, is the way Zhangdun treats people and things. He was a heartless man, even to the sons of his family.

Master Lu glanced at Li Kui and teased, "My lord, are you going to boil water?" ”

"Alright, let's get out!"

"Stand back, irrelevant people have stepped back for the old man, take a mold, and prepare to get out of the oven!"

It is said to be furnace water, but it is actually molten iron.

Zhang Dian also retreated under the premise of being protected by Zheng Qi and others. There was more than 1,000 degrees of molten iron in the furnace, and even Li Kui hid far away, and this was not an occasion to swear courage. No matter how high the martial arts are, they can't stop the molten iron of more than 1,000 degrees.

When the bright red and almost white furnace water flowed out of the mouth of the furnace where the mud had been stabbed, the temperature around the entire blast furnace rose sharply, and even people's faces had a hot and scorching sore spot. Master Lu stood less than ten meters away from the outlet of the furnace, his body seemed to be motionless like a javelin, staring at the outlet of the furnace.

The mouth kept roaring: "Change shifts!" ”

"Out of the slag."

"Work harder, and the last bottom furnace will be water."

Even in a ventilated house, with only pillars, roofs, and no walls, people can't help but want to escape. The heat swept around made it impossible to endure the pain of being scorched.

"Renjie, how is the situation?"

Zhang Dian is a layman, and even Chen Qi, the iron supervisor, is actually a layman. Civil official, when will you come to the iron-smelting workshop to see the smelting?

At most, they went to the blacksmith shop to build a green sword for self-defense during travel.

Li Kui is also not sure, small blast furnace steelmaking, under the premise of not being able to control the temperature in the blast furnace, wants to know whether the furnace is iron or steel, before the iron ingot cools, it is impossible to distinguish.

Li Kui is not a god, he just knows a little more, not a full set, but a forward-looking vision, which allows him to reluctantly guide the most skilled blacksmiths in the Great Song Dynasty.

The cooling process is very slow, if Zheng Qi saw that Zhang Duan couldn't wait, the celebrity poured cold water on one of the iron ingots, even in winter, it would be necessary to wait for more than two hours.

Master Lu took the axe from his disciple's hand and slashed it hard.

Bell –

The sound of the metal expanding echoed in the ears as if it were exploding.

Pig iron is brittle and brittle.

The toughness of the steel is much better, it will not shatter, only the mark of cutting.

Master Lu squinted his eyes, carefully looked at the traces of the axe, the smile on his face was like a blooming flower, and joy filled his face: "Master Li, great joy!" Refined iron, at least fine iron, the furnace of our workshop can finally refine iron. ”