Qian Yan listened to a few old ladies chatting about the gossip of Yang Fugui's family, and she was amused for a while, she didn't expect them to call the donkey Uncle Donkey, which was really interesting.

It also shows the status of this animal in the hearts of the common people.

When they had laid down all the wheat they had recovered, they began to look for work again.

Since they were going to make a board car, they would definitely not be able to leave for a while, so the women went home first to make breakfast, and they had actually packed their luggage almost yesterday.

Although they didn't sleep all night, they weren't sleepy, and they couldn't sleep at all because of something in their hearts, so they might as well find something to do.

At this time, the men all went to the haystack behind Yang Fugui's house.

That's right, the wheels are still there, and a man can't move them, and they have to get the hay out of the way to get the half-exposed wheels out of it.

Other Qianyan couldn't help, so she was taken by the orchid and ran over to see the excitement.

When she saw the wheel of the car that was pulled out, she was a little shocked, she didn't expect the wheels of this era to be so big.

It wasn't the kind of carriage wheels she'd seen on TV before, with brass nails around brass rings.

This one looks much thicker than the other, and the spokes are octagonal, not cylindrical, so it should be better to be stressed.

The reason why it is called a pair of wheels is because a crossbar has been fixed between the two wheels, and the crossbar is also very thick.

Xue Tianyan took a closer look, but she didn't see the principle of the wheel, she only saw that it should probably be a mortise and tenon structure, and there was no pulley bearing in the middle of the wheel, and she didn't know how it was turned.

The spokes and axles were all made of pure wood, and the wood looked bulky and heavy, but it was indeed strong.

The more she looked at it, the more surprised she became, and she asked directly and curiously: "Lord Dashan, what kind of wood is used for this car?" It looks so sturdy. ”

Yang Dashan and several people worked together to turn the wheels from the vertical state, and said to Qian Yan: "This is done with cypress, and the cypress is strong." Best for wheels. ”

"Oops! How so! ”

As soon as he finished answering Qian Yan's question, he suddenly heard Yang Erzhuang's voice.

"What's wrong?"

He asked as he walked to Yang Erzhuang's side, and found that there was no iron-clad inside the wheels, only the bare wood was left.

Several men looked at each other, it seemed that it should be when the wheels were changed before, Yang Fugui and his family got the iron inside.

The outside didn't get it, but the main thing was that it was all down, and the wheels were scattered.

The five men fell silent at once, and they all looked a little sad.

Yang Erzhuang sighed, "This is really a joy for nothing, I thought we had a board car to save more and bring more things on the road." ”

Qian Yan also went over to take a look, looked at the iron sheet outside and the rivets, and then looked at the missing iron sheet inside.

Said to the ugly ugly in his arms: "Ugly, do you have this kind of iron in your space?" This piece of iron looks quite thick. ”

Ugly replied, "No, I don't recycle such useless things, but I don't, you have." ”

Qian Yan raised her eyebrows, "How can we have this piece of iron?" I haven't heard that this iron tool is rare here, so you can't melt those kitchen knives into iron sheets.

Don't say that we have no way to refine, if it is really ruined, we have to cook on the road, is it all by hand?

I have a dagger, but I can't keep it for them, because if they are seen, they will be killed. ”

The ugly ugly raised his little head and glanced at her, "Have you forgotten the big knives of the Khitans you received before?" ”

"Oh, yes, and those big knives!"

Qian Yan really forgot that when they picked up the corpses of those Khitan soldiers before, they got back all the big knives of others.

Presumably these people have forgotten about it, but the question arises again, how do those big knives become iron sheets on the wheels of the car?

Ugly immediately understood the expression on her face and rolled his eyes at her again.

"Have you forgotten your own strength? Even if you don't have the strength, you just burn the big knives and hammer them into other shapes, so that you can't see that they are knives, and then connect them together and wrap them inside.

Anyway, it's missing from the inside of the wheel, and it's not the outside, so if you nail them to the wheel, you can't see it from the outside. ”

Qian Yan nodded, it was true, so she opened her mouth and said to them: "Didn't we receive the big sword of the Khitan people before?" Otherwise, we will use those knives to make iron sheets and wrap this cart wheel, and we will not dare to take out that thing and use it blatantly anyway. ”

There is a mark on this knife, and when the Khitans see it, they are a death.

If it is either seen by the Khitans or the soldiers here, it will not end well.

Hearing this, the five men were stunned for a moment, and then their expressions lit up.

"Really! Why don't we forget, those big knives are all iron! ”

"But we can't make iron, what can we do for a while?"

"I have a lot of strength, as long as I burn those big knives red and hammer them into other shapes." ”

She had also seen the big knife before, except that the blade part in the front was thinner, and the back of the knife was still relatively thick, if the knife was burned red and hammered, the hammer would be almost the same thin, and it could be widened and lengthened a lot, so that it would not be obvious that it was a knife.

Of course, now it's a matter of burning, and firewood can't burn at that temperature.

Later, I learned that this was not a big problem, because they produced coal in the mountains here.

It's just that they are all coal kilns of the government, and they are all sold to the rich and noble families in the city, and the places where the army forges weapons.

These ordinary people can't use them at will and can't afford to use them.

If you can't use it, you can't use it, but they know where it is.

Yang Dashan pointed to a mountain in the west and said: "The mountain without trees over there is a coal mountain, which is usually guarded by officers and soldiers, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter or exit."

Now that the Khitans are here, I don't know what happened, but there are a few people in the neighboring villages who work in the coal kiln, and I heard that they have earned a lot of money, but they are all tired and sick.

One of them died early with tuberculosis, and the other is not in good health now, so he can't do anything, so we can go to his house and have a look.

It is said that when he was repatriated, there was no money for the bereavement, only a cart of coal, which was sold last year during the winter of treatment, and I don't know if there was any more. ”

As soon as Qian Yan heard it, it was easy to say, but if it didn't work, she asked Chougou to help her run to the coal mountain and get some back, anyway, it had space.