Dao Fruit

"You are an unfilial son! Not only did you refuse to inherit the family business, but you also knocked over the tablet of Huo Zheng and broke it into two pieces. What should we do? How can our family make iron in the future!"

The old woman sat on the ground, crying and clapping her hands from time to time.

Not far in front of her, a young man was kneeling, with a pale face and haggard look, looking like he was drunk and lusty, and he lowered his head and said nothing.

"What's going on?" Qiu Yan found a place to stand in the crowd and asked.

The people next to him looked at him, saw that he was wearing Confucian clothes and holding a long sword, and immediately stood in awe, whispering: "Sir, are you passing by to study? It's normal that you don't know the things in our Xingtai Town. This is the orphan and widow of the old Liu family..."

The people next to him seemed to be impressed by Qiu Yan's dress, so they told everything.

It turns out that this town is called Xingtai Town. It is rumored that it is the location of the Xingtai of the ancient country of Bashu, which is used to observe the Shang star and formulate the calendar. However, thousands of years have passed, and the remains of the ancient country have long disappeared. Only the name of Xingtai and the worship of Huozheng remain.

Shangxing, also known as Yinghuo, is said to be the incarnation of the God of Fire, so the people in this village worship fire.

Today, the village is a well-known blacksmith town. There are many blacksmith shops in the town, all of which are passed down from ancestors.

The woman who is crying is one of them. The man kneeling in front of her is called Liu Xin, the heir of this generation of the shop. However, this man is an uneducated person. He is idle all day long and has a bad habit of gambling. His father passed away a year ago. Liu Xin did not inherit his ancestral business, but squandered his family savings, causing the shop to close.

Not long after, his savings were exhausted, and he actually planned to sell his family items to pay off his debts. His mother stopped him and the two argued. Inadvertently, he knocked over the Huozheng tablet at home, and the tablet fell to the ground and broke into two pieces.

This scared the mother and son.

Hearing this, Qiu Yan's heart moved, and he asked directly: "I wonder what is special about this Huozheng tablet?"

"Sir, you are a scholar, so you naturally don't know the function of the Huozheng tablet. In our Xingtai Town, our ancestors have relied on Huozheng for their lives. Some make iron, some make pottery, but there is also a trick, that is, Huozheng..."

The person Qiu Yan asked was about to explain in detail, but someone suddenly pulled his clothes, so that he came back to his senses and quickly changed his words: "In short, Huozheng is above, bless us. Those tablets are handed down from our ancestors. Once broken, it may anger the gods!"

"I see, thank you for telling me." Qiu Yan heard the other party's words. He knew that there was something hidden, so he didn't ask, but he had already guessed in his heart, and even thought of an idea that made him feel urgent. Just temporarily suppressed it.

At this time, the old woman on the ground cried more and more sadly, and finally shouted that she would go to the government to punish Liu Xin for being unfilial.

Hu Qi and Dai Guo were shocked when they heard it, and whispered: "Can this mother sue her son?"

Qiu Yan heard this, and he knew that Hu Qi and Dai Guo were confused, so he explained: "The law of Da Rui says that parents can discipline their descendants, but they cannot harm their lives. However, if their children have committed mistakes, parents can be punished on their behalf according to the law. Similarly, if their children are unfilial, parents can also sue the government. If the interrogation is true, there are also examples of caning the back in the market, shaving their heads and doing forced labor. Even in serious cases, they can be killed according to the rules!"

"Good boy!"

Qiu Yan's words shocked Hu Qi and Dai Guo, and they sighed at the power of the law. Even the people around them took a breath. Liu Xin, who was kneeling on the ground, heard it clearly, and his face changed immediately. He knelt on the ground, held his mother's hand, cried, begged, and called for repentance.

The old woman was still crying: "Evil son, you are afraid now. When you interrupted the fire tablet, did you think about this day? Now that the tablet handed down by the ancestors is destroyed, the fire in the furnace will not be able to rise to a high temperature in the future. How can you smelt iron and fry steel?"

"Huh?" Hearing this, Qiu Yan's face changed, and he turned to the person next to him and asked: "Why? You heat the fire, don't you use Feng Qiu?"

"What Feng Qiu?" The person being asked was full of confusion, "I have never heard of this name."

He didn't know how much shock this simple sentence caused to Qiu Yan, and it also had a severe impact on his mind!

After calming down a little, Qiu Yan's eyes turned, carefully looking at the other person's face, and at the same time releasing perception, realizing that the other party did not show any signs of falsehood, and immediately understood.

"You smelt iron and heat it, you don't use Feng Qiu, what do you use?"

When the man heard this, his face changed suddenly, and he scolded: "You are so rude, this is the way for us to eat, how can you tell it casually?" After the words fell, he turned and walked aside, no longer paying attention to Qiu Yan.

But facing the rebuke, Qiu Yan had no intention to listen. He looked around the town for a few times, and his sight fell on the small river that ran through the town.

There was nothing on the river.

"No airbag? No water pump..."

Feng Qiu is the airbag.

Qiu Yan had read an article in his previous life, which was related to this.

Originally, he was trapped in the mountain temple for eighty years, and his memory was a little fuzzy. But now the incense is gradually becoming more and more prosperous. After collecting the incense and thoughts, his memory has become more amazing, and the scattered memories of the previous life have gradually emerged, and the recollection has become clearer.

The article introduced the ancient iron smelting industry, but it mainly described not iron, but blast furnaces, fuel and air blowers.

Ancient iron smelting and steelmaking also required heating. After all, the temperature of the flame in a simple blast furnace was limited, so a blower was needed to blow and heat it. This airbag is a type of blower, which is also the most primitive. , an ancient type. Logically speaking, these craftsmen’s homes are handed down from their ancestors. Even if they don’t read, they should have an impression, but the man said that he had never heard of it.

"No, when I was reading the Book of Rites at home, I remembered that there was a sentence in it, 'The son of a good smith must learn to make fur.' It means that a good smelter must learn to make fur. In ancient times, the division of labor in society was not clear. , there are not many craftsmen, so the smelters have to make the blowers themselves, so there is such a sentence, but why don't you remember it now? "

Thinking of this, Qiu Yan narrowed his eyes, his eyes flashed, and his mood was a little agitated.

"From what the old woman said, we can infer that the blacksmiths in this world rely on..."

"The way of God...the way of humanity...I see, that's how it is, I understand! I really have to travel thousands of miles to find out. In that Yuan Ning Mansion, I have never been to the blacksmith shop, nor have I paid attention to it. I didn't expect that in this detail, There will be such a big difference! My previous thinking was restricted by the common sense of my previous life!”

In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and they were gradually sorted into a few.

Thinking of this, Qiu Yan turned his eyes and landed on the woman, an idea came to his mind.

So, he took a step forward, and the energy flowed through his body, moving forward among the crowd like a swimming fish. As long as people along the way were touched by him, they would naturally slide aside.

Hu Qi and Dai Guo looked at each other, puzzled, but followed her. However, when they were halfway through the crowd, Qiu Yan had already reached the old woman.

"Madam, what you are worried about is that the furnace is not warm enough to make iron and stir-fry steel. However, I have a method that may be able to help you. If you are interested, you might as well let me try it."

"You are..." The old woman looked up and saw Qiu Yan's appearance and clothes clearly, and her expression changed slightly.

Just now, Qiu Yan was talking about the Da Rui Law in the crowd, and she heard it. She originally wanted to sue her son, but knowing that he might be killed and cut off the old Liu family, she gave up her thoughts and just thought about her son. Unfilial, ashamed of his ancestors, and unable to bear the sadness, he leaked the town's secret in desperation.

In the crowd, there were also people who made a living as blacksmiths. After hearing this, their expressions changed. Some of them were about to step forward, but when they saw Hu Qi and Dai Guo approaching Qiu Yan, they stopped again.

Such two big men with big shoulders and round waists hit that pestle, which immediately stopped many people's thoughts.

"I'm afraid this gentleman has misunderstood..." The old woman calmed down and shook her head, "I just think my son doesn't want to inherit the ancestral business, and I have no other intention."

"There's no need to say more, ma'am. I know your concerns, but you have to think clearly. Since asking God can bring about a change, and there's nothing you can do right now, why not give it a try? I won't ask for your family's secrets. I'll just make you something. Okay. No matter what, you have no loss.”

After finishing speaking, he turned to look at Liu Xin who was beside the old woman, and said with a smile: "Brother Liu, I see that your eyebrows are full of regret. You should have realized that you are powerful, but it is difficult to recover from the flood. If no one helps, your family will It’s true that the store is in serious trouble, but if you’re not careful you might get sued, so you’d better think twice.”

When Liu Xin heard about Darui's law before, he had already lost his bearings, and when he saw his old mother's appearance, he felt regretful in his heart, but he didn't know how to deal with it. Now after hearing Qiu Yan's words, he felt a little moved, thinking that the other party was A scholar would not be blind, so he ignored the looks of several people in the crowd and called for help.

Qiu Yan nodded: "Okay! If you can stop gambling, you can do something good." After saying this, he turned around and walked out. Hu Qi and Dai Guo hurriedly followed after seeing this, and the crowd around them They also separated a road to allow the three of them to leave.

After walking far away, Dai Guo couldn't help but said: "Master, why do you need to join in the fun? Those people clearly have bad intentions."

Qiu Yan then said: "The reason why I took action was not just for these people, but also for other purposes. Besides, being able to help them is also considered a good deed. It's okay if you don't encounter them. Since you encounter them, there is no reason not to save them. By the way, go to the forest to get some wood, Hu Qi, go to the town and ask who has fur..."

He described what was in his mind. Naturally, there was no need to be polite to the two of them, otherwise it would be alienating them.

Although Hu Qi and Hu Qi were not sure, they still followed the order and left.

Qiu Yan closed his eyes and stood silently, recalling the article he had read in his previous life, and using the incense thoughts of the god himself, he meditated in his heart, combined and arranged them. Gradually, the outline of the blower appeared in his mind. built up in the mind. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature. The novels will be better and updated faster!

ps: Thanks to "Volcano 1889" and "Amazing Life" for the reward!