Reborn in the Three Kingdoms

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Zhang Liao shook his head, "I don't know about that. I'll go and call Blacksmith Wang. He's in charge of the smelting here now."

The blacksmith Zhang Liao mentioned was Wang Gang, an old blacksmith with gray temples, and a lonely old man.He is a refugee who defected from his hometown two months ago.When he first came to Longhu Village, Blacksmith Wang was so weak that he was as thin as a skeleton.Like him, if he was in other places, no one would care about him, but fortunately he came to Longhu Village. Not only was he given food on time, but he was also arranged in a large room that was sheltered from wind and rain. Dozens of people lived in this big room, but for Wang Gang, it was heaven.With food and a place to live, Wang Gang's health improved day by day.At this time, Wang Gang began to think about how to serve the master of Longhu Village.In his thinking, he has received such a great favor, and he has to find ways to repay it to be worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth.Finally, this opportunity came. Longhu Village selected blacksmiths, and Wang Gang immediately signed up.

After a while, Zhang Liao led a strong old man with gray temples to Chen Chu.

As soon as the old man came to Chen Chu, he knelt down without saying a word, and kowtowed three times.Chen Chu was stunned for a moment, then quickly helped the old blacksmith up, "Old man, what are you doing?"

"This old man owes his lord's kindness to living till now! No matter how much he kowtows, he can't repay the lord's kindness!" The old blacksmith looked very excited, and even tears came out.

It has been some time since Chen Chu traveled to this era inexplicably, and he has basically gotten used to the living habits of this era, but there is one exception, that is, if a person in this era receives your favor, then he will always be happy regardless of the occasion. Kneel and kowtow to you.That's right, it's really good to enjoy being worshiped and worshiped by others, but it takes a lot of effort to clarify one thing in this way.

With great difficulty, Chen Chu helped the old blacksmith up, said some comforting words, and then started to ask serious questions, "Wang Blacksmith, I came here to ask you, what is the current output of this iron?"

"Returning to the lord, the current daily output of iron is only ten catties, and this is the result of devoting all the ability to smelting iron."

Chen Chu couldn't help being surprised, "The total production capacity can only produce ten catties a day?! Why is it so low?".Zhang Liao on the side was also taken aback, he thought this pile of hundreds of catties of iron was produced on this day!

Blacksmith Wang smiled wryly, "My lord, this iron is notoriously difficult to smelt! The quality of the ore from Huxiao Mountain is still good, otherwise the output cannot be guaranteed! If this is not the case, the iron made by the iron The weapons won’t become legendary weapons! There’s a saying in our industry—a thousand catties of iron is not as good as a catty of tin iron!”

Chen Chu was speechless for a moment, he never thought that iron and iron would be so precious in this era!It seems that his dream of building an army armed with iron is hard to come true!

"My lord, shall we refine iron from now on?" Blacksmith Wang asked.

"If you just smelt ordinary iron, how about the output?" Chen Chu asked without answering.

"The daily output can probably reach seven or eight hundred catties." Blacksmith Wang replied without thinking.

"Oh. Didn't you just say that a thousand catties of iron is not as good as a catty of tin iron? How come the difference in output between the two hasn't reached a thousand times?" Chen Chu felt a little puzzled.

Blacksmith Wang smiled smugly, "To tell the truth, my lord, I have an ancestral method that can improve the efficiency of removing impurities, so the efficiency of smelting has also increased!"

Chen Chu couldn't help opening his eyes with joy.talent!This Blacksmith Wang is definitely a rare metallurgical talent!

Chen Chu then praised Wang Gang well, and ordered someone to reward him with hardware as a reward.

"From today, the smelting workshop will be divided into two parts. One is for smelting tin iron, and the other is for smelting ordinary iron." Chen Chu finally made a compromise decision.In fact, from an economic point of view, Chen Chu's decision was very unwise.Because the value of tin iron is hundreds of times higher than that of ordinary iron, if all the tin iron is smelted with Wang blacksmith's skills, the profits earned will definitely be more than ten times higher than now.But Chen Chu is not a businessman after all, he has his own considerations, the first premise is that he will not sell the iron, this kind of raw material that can make magical weapons is the safest only in his own hands; in addition, he will also sell Common iron to make a profit, which will become the mainstay of his economy.

Accompanied by several people, Chen Chu walked around the smelting workshop.The temperature inside is very high, and now it is the beginning of summer, it is even more sweltering here.After a while, Chen Chu couldn't take it anymore, and Zhang Rui, who had been silent behind Chen Chu, was dripping with sweat. Zhang Rui wanted to leave here a long time ago, but if Chen Chu didn't leave, she would forcefully stay .

Although the environment in the smelting workshop was harsh, the working blacksmiths and their apprentices looked attentively focused, and there was no trace of complaint in their expressions.

Chen Chu couldn't help frowning, and said to Wang Gang: "My lord, it's so stuffy here! You won't be able to stand it if you stay for a long time! Don't you guys stay here all day long?"

"No. If you stay here all the time, who will suffer! Every hour, everyone will go outside to rest, drink some water, and then continue." [

That's about it.Chen Chu nodded.

After staying in the smelting workshop for less than a quarter of an hour, Chen Chu finally couldn't stay any longer.

When leaving the smelting workshop, Chen Chu only felt a cool breath coming towards him, and his whole body seemed to be lightened.Zhang Rui, who was following behind Chen Chu, also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wen Yuan, another month has passed, how is the army training going?" On the way to the lobby of Huxiaozhai, Chen Chu asked with some expectation.

"Brother, don't worry about what I'm doing! Why don't you go and have a look with my younger brother now?"

Chen Chu thought for a while, since it was up to him anyway, so he nodded in agreement. ! ~!