Early the next morning, Chen Qi went door-to-door in the village looking for strong laborers.

These villagers are now grateful to Chen Qi, and as soon as they heard that Chen Qi was going to do something with them, they all came to Chen Qi's house with hoes without saying a word.

Looking at the dozens of strong laborers in front of him, a trace of worry appeared in Chen Qi's eyes.

In order to cast ironware, a large amount of iron ore must first be smelted to remove impurities and leave the essence of it before the real casting process can be carried out.

Neither digging nor smelting iron ore can be completed overnight, it is a very huge project.

With these dozens of people in front of me, I'm afraid the efficiency is not much higher.

"Brother Chen Qi, say it, what do you want us to do! We all listen to you. ”

"That's right, brother, what are we going to do, you just have to explain!"

"This time, we have Chen Qi brothers, Zhao Dabao and Zhang Sanqian are a fart! Lao Tzu no longer has to rely on them to live! ”

The villagers, you and I are talking about it one by one.

Chen Qi pressed his hands downwards to calm everyone down.

"Folks, if you want to cast iron, you must first find a solid place on the mountain and dig a cave to smelt iron ore!"

"Now, we all have to take our hoes and tools, go to the mountains and find a place to dig a strong cave, and then divide half of the men to dig the iron ore, and remember not to be careless, not to break the clumps of iron ore."

After patiently telling the villagers all kinds of precautions, Chen Qi took a group of villagers up the mountain.

After they left, the figures of Jiang Yunying and Song Xinyue appeared in the courtyard.

"Crescent, these villagers can only help us with the excavation of the earthen kiln and the smelting of iron ore, but when it comes to the iron casting in the back, we must not use them again!"

If Jiang Yunying wants to cast ironware, the person who uses it must be his absolute confidant.

Although these villagers are loyal to Chen Qi and will not talk nonsense to the outside, once they know that she is building a blade in another place, they will definitely tell Chen Qi.

Jiang Yunying didn't want to tell Chen Qi all this yet.

"What do you mean...... Go to the county to hire at a high price? ”

Song Xinyue was exquisite, so she naturally guessed what Jiang Yunying meant.

"That's right! We will save some money from selling tofu and spicy strips, which should be enough, and go to the county seat to find the kind of honest and honest people and give them a high price! ”

"And what if they won't come?"

Song Xinyue said worriedly, after all, this is an illegal thing, not everyone will work hard for money.

"Then you go to the kind of beggars who are in dire need of money! Under the reward. There will be brave men! ”

Jiang Yunying deeply understands this truth.

Now that he has no power or power around him, it is not a wise move to rashly look for the old ministers of the previous dynasty.

In case the other party has deviated from his morality, won't he fall into the net?

"I see! Do it right away! ”

"Go ahead, don't be enlightened by Chen!"

"Yes!"

At this time, Chen Qi on the mountain took a lot of effort to find a place where the mountain was relatively stable.

Led the crowd to start digging the earthen kiln.

The excavation of the earth kiln is not an easy project, and the intensity must be controlled well and the top should not be allowed to collapse.

As the sun set, everyone sat on the ground sweating profusely, looking at the earthen kiln in front of them.

"Brother Chen Qi, are you all reading these things in books?"

A villager asked, wiping his sweat and panting.

This series of processes for casting iron will not be popularized among the people.

Even if someone has ever heard of iron casting, they have never actually seen or operated it.

The founders who are monopolized by the government basically have few opportunities to contact the outside world, let alone disclose these to the outside world.

Chen Qi smiled a little embarrassedly: "Yes, it's still not a small use for reading!" ”

But there was a flurry of slander in my heart.

Books from this era have a fart use.

Books on iron casting are rarely circulated among the people.

"By the way, folks, my lady said that she would share my worries and build an iron-making place in another place, and when the time comes, please ask for your help!"

The villagers laughed: "Hahaha, my sister-in-law is gentle and virtuous!" Rest assured! ”

......

After thinking about it for a while, Chen Qi finally remembered that his second uncle Wang Fusheng had helped burn charcoal in the official cave and had a lot of experience.

Moreover, he has mastered the firing techniques and processes that belong to the official family.

Although this is iron-making, the process is not much different from that of charcoal.

The group of villagers who dig caves are okay to dig up, but if they are allowed to burn the mine, it is estimated that they will have to use the method of firing earthen kilns that has been passed down among the people.

That method is not much of a problem for ordinary fired clay kang, but after all, this is iron ore, and the official method must be used to fire the iron ore to be qualified.

made up his mind, early in the morning, Chen Qi went to find Wang Fusheng.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard a swishing sound overhead.

Chen Qi subconsciously dodged, only to see that the next moment, a small stone hit the ground on the side, smashing out a small pit.

"Who...... Baosheng? ”

Looking up and seeing Baosheng lying on the tree, Chen Qi breathed a sigh of relief.

I was attacked when I just entered the yard.

"Baosheng, come down! Why are you still sneaking up on me? ”

As soon as Bao Sheng saw that it was Chen Qi, he made a grimace, climbed down from the tree with a smoke, and ran to Chen Qi's side: "Brother, eat candy and eat sugar!" ”

Chen Qi slapped the back of Baosheng's head lightly, crying and laughing: "You little guy, you dare to hit me with a stone?" Let your dad know, and I'll beat you! ”

Baosheng pouted: "Brother, you were sneaky just now, I didn't see your face, and I subconsciously treated you as a bad guy!" ”

"Brother, don't tell my father!"

Chen Qi grinned: "Little rabbit cub, this time you hit me, there are no sugar cubes, next time!" ”

"Ahh......h

Baosheng grabbed Chen Qi's arm and didn't let go, Chen Qi scraped his nose: "It's not easy to be coquettish!" Go, go tell your daddy, I'm coming! ”

Seeing that the door was closed and Baosheng was still playing in the tree, Chen Qi knew that his second uncle, who was lying in bed, must not have gotten up.

If Wang Fusheng got up, he would never allow Baosheng to climb the tree to play.

"Hmph, bad brother!"

Bao Sheng pouted and ran into the house.