"The specific treatment, I guess you have already heard Lu Ban tell you."

"From today on, as long as you concentrate on doing things for Lone, Lone will naturally not treat you badly."

"But if you dare to have two hearts, don't blame the lonely and ruthless!"

Ji Lie said with a serious face.

"Please rest assured, I will be faithful."

Lu Ban and other craftsmen hurriedly nodded in response.

"Good."

Ji Lie nodded with satisfaction and commanded,

"From now on, you and your family will all move to Zhuangzi outside the city."

"Don't go out unless you have anything else to do."

The reason why he found Lu Ban and others was that he planned to teach the skills of later generations to these people.

At the moment, he has not completely controlled the fiefdom, if he allows these craftsmen to move freely, I am afraid that his skills will be leaked cleanly!

Therefore, Ji Lie must take care of the craftsmen and their families in one place.

Hearing this, the craftsmen looked at each other, but in the end no one objected.

The world is hard right now.

Such a generous treatment is only available here in Ji Lie.

Although they can't move freely, at least they don't have to worry about food and clothing.

Ji Lie nodded at Zhang Changde on the side, and motioned for him to send these craftsmen to Gao Laozhuang.

After nearly a day of tossing, Lu Ban and other craftsmen and their families were all arranged.

Lu Ban was appointed by Ji Lie as a master craftsman and was responsible for managing all the craftsmen.

In addition, according to the prestige and skills of the craftsmen, Ji Lie selected several more people as stewards.

After everything was arranged, Ji Lie called Lu Ban to his residence in Zhuangzi.

"Meet the prince."

"Lone called you here because he had something important to order."

Ji Lie said, took out a piece of straw paper, and handed it to Lu Ban,

"Do you have the ability to build this armor?"

On the papyrus paper, there are three types written "Mingguang Armor", which records the process of creating the armor in detail.

In addition to the text, it is accompanied by lifelike pictures.

When Ji Lie was young, he was obsessed with ancient Chinese weapons for a while.

Among them, I have focused on the study of Mingguang armor and Tang knives in the Tang Dynasty.

He barely slept all night last night, and with his amazing memory, he recorded the process of building the Mingguang Armor.

Lu Ban took it, took a closer look, and then said with a bitter face,

"Returning to the prince, villain...... Illiterate! ”

Ji Lie slapped his forehead, and then remembered that those who could read and write at that time were all wealthy families.

How could a craftsman like Lu Ban know words?

"But these patterns, the villain can probably understand them."

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint the prince, the armor on this is too fine, and the villain is afraid that he can't build it."

Lu Ban said honestly.

Ji Lie frowned, but he didn't doubt Lu Ban's words.

After all, the Mingguang armor of the Tang Dynasty, looking at the five thousand years of China, can be regarded as far ahead.

Not to mention in the Great Xia Dynasty, it is far ahead.

"Tell me what it is."

"Actually, other problems are quite easy to solve."

"The trouble is that with the current iron-making technology, the smelted iron may not be able to meet the needs of the building."

Luban explained.

Although Great Xia is very similar to the ancient Han Dynasty in China, in many places, it is extremely backward.

For example, during the Three Kingdoms period of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Chinese history, 100 steelmaking had been invented.

After many forgings, the resulting steel is a weapon with excellent performance.

However, the iron-making level of the Great Xia Dynasty was still in the Qin and Han dynasties, and the most basic steel-frying process was used.

After listening to Lu Ban's words, Ji Lie suddenly realized.

I see.

Fortunately, I am known as a crotch cat, and it is a trivial matter, but it is not difficult for me.

"In this matter, Lu craftsmen can rest assured that there is only one way to improve the level of steel smelting."

Hearing him say this, Lu Ban's expression was a little skeptical.

Due to the low status of craftsmen, the level of ironmaking in Bactria has been stagnant in recent decades.

As a vassal king, how could Ji Lie know how to improve the level of iron smelting?

Taking his expression into his eyes, Ji Lie didn't explain anything, just smiled,

"It's not too early, you can go back and rest first."

"Wait until tomorrow, and Lone will teach you this method again."

Lu Ban didn't think much about it, and left.

……

At noon the next day, just after lunch, Ji Lie sent someone to invite Lu Ban.

When Lu Ban came to a courtyard, he was taken aback.

I saw a strange-looking stove built with bricks and stones in the courtyard.

This blast furnace resembles a big waist drum, thin at both ends and thick in the middle.

"I've seen the prince."

After Lu Ban finished saluting Ji Lie, he couldn't help but say curiously,

"Dare to ask the prince, this is ...... What is it? ”

"This thing is used to smelt steel, and it is called the blast furnace ironmaking method."

Ji Lie smiled slightly, and told Lu Ban how to use blast furnace iron, pig iron pouring steel filling method, and how to obtain coke and other methods.

Lu Ban heard it in a fog, and his face was confused.

"Craftsman Lu, have you written it down?"

"Hmm...... Back to the prince, the villain remembered. But can this method really improve the level of ironmaking? ”

Luban was still skeptical.

After all, smelting wrought iron and pig iron together, and quenching with animal urine oil, etc., he has been a blacksmith all his life, which is unheard of!

"Even if you let it go, if something goes wrong, Lone won't blame you."

Ji Lie smiled.

"The villain takes the order!"

Lu Ban didn't say anything more, and honestly took the order and left.

The methods that Ji Lie said to Lu Ban can be described as the synthesis of all iron-making methods in the 5,000-year history of China.

Compared with the skills of the world, it is definitely far ahead!

Although the Great Xia Dynasty controlled iron materials, it was also relatively strict.

But compared to weapons and armor, it's still relatively easy to get your hands on.

With Ji Lie's strong support, Lu Ban quickly prepared everything he needed.

Even Ji Lie specially drew the straw paper of the wooden bellows, and asked those carpenters to make several wooden bellows.

After everything was ready, Lu Ban began to get busy.

……

A few days later, Ji Lie was lying leisurely in the room, enjoying Xiu'er's shoulder and back.

At this moment, I saw Rifle hurriedly walking in,

"Lord Wang, it's not good!"

"Huh? What's wrong? ”

"That Lu Ban suddenly went crazy!"

Hearing this, Ji Lie was slightly stunned,

"What's the situation?"

"The villain doesn't know what's going on, anyway, all of a sudden, he's crying and laughing!"

Rifle replied.

Ji Lie thought about it for a while, and then figured out the reason.

He immediately stood up, took Laifu and Xiu'er, and rushed towards the courtyard where Lu Ban was.

In the courtyard, Lu Ban was holding a long sword, looking a little crazy,

"It turned out to be iron...... It's so easy! ”