"Where are you going?"

"Recruit people, lead the way."

With the current level of science and technology of Datang, it is almost impossible to directly develop technology, but to bring the seeds of development science and technology.

There are many skilled craftsmen in Datang who create statues and works of art, and there is no shortage of talents here, they are all gold in the mud of gold mines, and people need to sift through them, find them, and grant them technology to create scientific and technological products.

Qin Mu has mastered the basic scientific methodology, and with Qin Mu's current financial and human resources, it is almost impossible to develop science and technology to reach the industrial level of the late nineteenth century.

Qin Mu believes that with his own knowledge and financial resources, the next step is to take time to build a scientific and technological system that meets the needs of today's science and technology step by step.

At present, the most basic material for the development of science and technology that Qin Mu needs - steel.

Manufacture of high-efficiency power - steam engines.

Light up the musket artillery has the qualification to compete in the world.

Today's iron is too high in carbon, easy to corrode and deformed, or too brittle to be used in the manufacture of machinery.

He went to the blacksmith's shop, and a rush of heat hit his face.

There were two people in the small blacksmith shop, one old and one young, shirtless, beating iron inside.

When the old man saw the two coming, he hurriedly wiped his hands and stepped forward to greet them.

"Look at it, scissors, kitchen knives, woodcutters, everything."

Qin Mu picked up a woodcutter and touched it, "Will this chopping stone collapse?" ”

"Xiao Langjun said with a smile, how can anyone touch the stone with a machete, I can guarantee that if you chop bamboo and ordinary firewood, you will not collapse, if it is broken, I will directly replace it for you."

With the current smelting method, iron not only has a high carbon content but also has a lot of impurities, which is also an option limited by technology.

It is only possible to lower the melting point to forge an iron block that resembles a mochi state.

And what he wants is liquid iron, compared with the current forging temperature of about 1200 degrees, the temperature is as high as 1600 degrees can get liquid iron, on these 400 degrees is a ravine that is difficult to cross, and then solve the problem of carbon content, you can pour the industrial steel materials you need.

"Do you know how to pour iron?"

This sentence blinded the old man, "Pouring? I've heard that it takes fire to do it. ”

"Earthfire? Volcano, right? ”

"Pouring is not practical at all, what you want, I will forge it for you directly."

"Uncle, I have to be very precise in this."

Qin Mu took out his mobile phone and rummaged through it for a long time before he found the model diagram of the steam engine.

The old man looked closer, "What is this, what is this, how can this little box shine!" ”

"Look at the drawings inside."

The old man nodded and looked at it attentively, "Are you sure this is not jewelry?" This kind of delicate structure, I have never seen it in my life. ”

The old man thought for a long time, "It really needs to be poured, but I can't do it with this stove, not only this stove, but no one in the entire Datang can do it!" ”

"If I had a way to turn iron ore into molten iron, would you make a pouring mold?"

The old man scratched his head, which stumped him, "There is a method called soil pouring hair, and that is my grandfather accidentally burned iron into molten iron and sprinkled it in a small pit in the ground, and when it cooled, it became the shape of clay. ”

Qin Mu remembered that this soil mold casting method, although it could be poured into shape, it was too rough, and it was easy not to form, after all, the soil density was still too small.

"What if it's made of porcelain?" Qin Mu asked.

"Hey! This is indeed possible, the ceramic must be thick, and there must be no notched fine glaze. ”

"Well, yes, Tang Sancai in the Tang Dynasty is very famous, and the mold shouldn't be a big problem."

The old man had a question mark on his face, "Xiao Langjun, I didn't expect you to like these dirty jobs at a young age, I advise you not to enter this industry, you are also a person who has read books..."

Qin Mu didn't want to listen to his persuasion at all, and said directly: "I bought your shop, and you put a price." ”

"Hey, it's not for sale!"

"Fifty taels...", the old man was unmoved.

"One hundred taels! Hire you for three months, okay? ”

The old man walked up to Qin Mu with a knife.

Glaring and shouting, "Okay! ”

"Give the money first."

Qin Mu beckoned, and Wu Zhengji took out a silver ingot from his pocket.

The old man saw that Yinzi's heart was about to jump out, and hurriedly took off the towel to cover it.

whispered: "Xiao Langjun, you are too ostentatious like this, and your wealth will not leak!"

Anyway, I don't know when the sword will be banned in the whole city now, and if you want to hire our father and son, that's okay, we're very willing to do it. ”

"I'll give you another fifty taels, and I'll find me a skilled porcelain burner and a porcelain worker, can you?"

The old man looked at Qin Mu stupidly, thinking to himself, is this person stupid and has a lot of money, and he will put one hundred and fifty taels here.

"Okay, my distant relative's cousin's nephew's aunt is a good hand at opening molds, and the camel road in the Western Regions pulls the porcelain they make! The king's favorite porcelain can be fired! ”

"Wow, is that amazing?"

The old man looked serious, "Of course, Xiao Langjun, this matter will be handed over to me, and I promise to do it for you." ”

"Good! This is a deposit of fifty taels, you can find a good person to go to Chengyifang Li Mansion to find me. ”

The old man nodded with his body covered by the silver, "Okay, you go slowly!" ”

At this moment, the old man's son came out.

"Dad, why are you so happy?"

"Son, go buy some mutton and open meat today!"

The son picked up the cloth on the table and saw a pile of silver, and immediately pounced, "Dad! Where did you come from! ”

"Okay, it's closed today, let's take a big job!"

For them, this one hundred taels is equivalent to the money they can earn in five years, and this is silver, which is rare.

Back in the house, Wu Zhengji was tired and sweating.

"That's how you trust that old man?"

"Doing business is all about trust, I don't think that old man is a bad person, fifty taels see a person I think it's a good deal."

Wu Zhengji nodded, "You see the right person, that old man has seen him striking iron since I came to Luoyang, and the locals have said that his family has been blacksmiths for generations, and because the quality is too good, the business has not been good." ”

"This thing will be the same in the future, if the quality is too good, it is easy to kill himself, which also shows that he is a real person and does not make money."

"Qin Mu, what are you going to do to recruit these people?" Wu Zhengji asked the question he wanted to ask the most.

Qin Mu crossed his waist with his hands, pointed to the east, and the corners of his mouth rose, "Our goal is the sea of stars!" ”

Wu Zhengji looked at the clouds in the east, "The sea of stars? ”

"Oh..."Wu Zhengji nodded as if he didn't understand, "What are we going to do next?" ”

"Recruiting, non-stop recruiting."

"Who's going to be hired next?"

"I have gone to school to know how to read, and the candidates who fail to make the list will say that the Li Mansion will recruit protégés."

"Protégé? Qin Mu can't do this, you are not an official, and you do not have a title. ”

"Oh, then we say recruit Mr. Teach."

"Mr. Teaching? Who are you going to teach? ”

"I'll give them lessons."