Under the big tree, more than a dozen men and women in tattered cotton jackets squatted or stood there, all visiting Wang Xiaoqi's courtyard.

Someone whispered:

"A few days ago, a group of green skins suddenly appeared on the post road, strictly inspect the road, but do not hit people, but the face stinks and drove people away, and now I know that it is the soldiers of the gate officer, and they are really dressed as elite!

It's not like those fucking guys in our Jiningwei! ”

"Shhh, Xu Ergou, you don't want to live anymore, there must be a secret stake of Lord Jining Wei in our village, let him listen, and you will be in trouble!"

"Hey, since the Acropolis was withdrawn, the old housekeeper of the Thousand Households has not been to our village for three years, and we belong to the Emperor of the Mountain High!"

Xu Ergou replied seemingly indifferently, this is also looking around quietly with a weak heart.

"I heard that Lord Zha Guan wants to invite us to eat roasted whole sheep, no, is it true or false!" Someone said excitedly.

"Roast whole lamb!

Look at you like roasted whole sheep! ”

"Ouch!" Xu Ergou, who was squatting on the ground with a runny nose, suddenly barked.

Looking back, it was Wang Xiaoqi's eldest son, Wang Tiezhu, who was stretching out his hand and knocking on his head.

"Tie Dan'er, your family has a guest, and you are still a big official......."

Wang Tiezhu was anxious when he heard this, for fear that something would happen to his family, so he threw a string of grass carp he was carrying to Xu Ergou and hurriedly ran to his yard.

He hurried into the courtyard, which was crowded with people and ox-carts, and saw a tall man, who was talking pleasantly with his father.

And his heart relaxed.

As soon as he wanted to step forward, someone blocked the way, and Zuo Liangyu asked, "Who are you!" ”

"I'm Wang Tiezhu, he's my father!" Wang Tiezhu pointed at Wang Xiaoqi and said eagerly.

Zhao Xiong looked Wang Tiezhu up and down, about the same age as him, a young man as strong as an ox.

Zhao Xiong looked at him and smiled, and said to Wang Xiaoqi: "It's a piece of material for being a soldier, young man, consider considering that I am here to be a housekeeper, I have enough wine and food, and I have one or two taels of silver a month." ”

Wang Tiezhu looked at his father, then shook his head, and said in a sullen voice:

"My mother is not in good health, and I have to take care of her at home, and besides, I am not interested in being a housekeeper."

"Oh, then what are you interested in!"

Zhao Xiong asked with a smile.

The sweet girl with chocolate in her mouth next to her was not afraid of people, so she said eagerly:

"My brother, I like to make a lot of good things in iron, give you this, I just saw you staring at this in my hand as soon as I entered the village."

With that, Tianniu took out a copper pipe from her arms and handed it to Zhao Xiong.

Zhao Xiongjie took the copper pipe and looked at it carefully, it was clearly a revolver with a long barrel, but it was not equipped with a roller.

He raised the revolver to aim at Wang Tiezhu, and let out a "snap" sound from his mouth.

I saw Wang Xiaoqi trembling all over, knelt down, pulled Wang Tiezhu to kneel, and kowtowed desperately.

In his mouth, a trembling crying voice sounded: "My lord, spare my life!" ”

"Do you know what this thing is?" Zhao Xiong asked with a straight face.

The sweet girl next to her was scared, and then the little aunt took the sweet girl's hand and said, "Don't scare the child, this is a short gun, I've seen it in Foshan, it's not very good!" ”

"Oh, sister-in-law, you've seen this thing!"

Tong Xin nodded and said, "This thing was handed down from a sea ship, and it was popular in the south a few years ago, but it was very rough and not as sophisticated as this one."

"Kneel down again, get up, and see the wheels of the chamber of the king's iron pillar!"

Wang Tiezhu supported Wang Xiaoqi, Wang Xiaoqi had knelt down too many times today.

He found that Han Daguan was very proficient in firearms, and he could actually recognize a short gun that had not been built.

In Dakang's military regulations, craftsmen who build guns privately are to be cut off their heads, and just now he was so frightened that his feet were weak.

Wang Tiezhu helped his father up, he knew it was terrible at this time, and said in fear: "My lord, I haven't finished making this short gun's buckshot roller, I'll build it now."

Wang Tiezhu led a group of people to the blacksmith shop in the village.

The blacksmith shop at the north end of the village is actually a corner shed near the river.

There is a complete set of iron-striking tools, a large stove in the middle, and a bellows by the hearth.

Wang Tiezhu had already entered the shed, and in an instant, he completely changed a person, commanding people to pull the bellows, the wind entered the furnace, and the flames in the furnace flowed straight away.

The wrought iron burns red in the furnace.

Then the young man, who was as strong as an ox, moved the red-hot iron to the big iron pier, fixed it, and struck it with a sledgehammer, and sparks flew everywhere.

Tong Youzhu also came to join in the fun, and after watching it for a while, Tong Youzhu couldn't stand the stove, and quietly took a few steps back.

Zhao Xiong took off his coat, threw it on Zhao Xiaodonkey, and then looked at the shed.

Outside the shed, there were some iron plates and other leftovers and charcoal, and a few iron bars were placed next to the stove.

These iron bars were actually coarse steel bars made by Wang Xiaoqi and them from crucibles.

Wang Xiaoqi and the others planned to forge them over and over again after a period of time, so that they could be shaped into knives and sold privately.

Around Tongshan Island Lake, there are many bandits and dart hunters.

In fact, during this period, the steelmaking process had reached a high level.

Craftsmen have learned how to heat and melt pig iron and wrought iron together to make the carbon content meet the requirements of steel.

They even know how to inject air into the furnace and know how to use lime clot.

Blacksmithing is also an ancient profession, and with the hammer in their hands, they have created a variety of production tools and household items.

Zhao Xiong did not travel during the summer vacation in the rural blacksmith shop, heard and witnessed, and could come twice.

Striking iron is a man's job.

This is because you can't strike iron without strength, you don't dare to strike iron without courage, and you don't want to strike iron without the spirit of hardship.

He stepped forward, rolled up his sleeves, took a smaller hammer, and smashed it intently on the red-hot iron with countless surprised eyes.

Maybe Zhao Xiong is the kind of magical science man, and he and Wang Tiezhu cooperate seamlessly.

After smashing for about a few minutes, Wang Tiezhu made a wooden clamp and put the cooled iron material back into the furnace for calcination.

After finishing, he raised his head, and Wang Tiezhu, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, was bare-chested and laughed "hehe" and praised sincerely.

"Your Excellency's hammer is good, and the iron is almost formed."

The little aunt will take care of people, walked up, handed two towels to Zhao Xiong and Wang Tiezhu, and wiped her sweat.

At this time, the person pulling the bellows stood up, pulling the bellows is a manual job, Wang Xiaoqi introduced:

Xu Feng, in his twenties, is his wife's younger brother, has not yet married a wife, and belongs to the type where the family is well fed and the whole family is not hungry.

Jiningwei's little soldier had just returned from his rotation in the Beijing division and came to her sister's house to eat.

But we are a good hunter here, and Tiezhu learned from him, and adults need a guide.

Wang Xiaoqi said flatteringly.