Straight man of steel

Chapter 2 How Steel is Made

Zhang Yuan picked up the blacksmith's hammer that was placed beside him, and smashed it down on the burning red iron billet on the table.

The moment the hammer hit the billet, a voice came from Zhang Yuan's mind.

Not the sound of metal hitting! ! !
"System activated successfully.

Verify host identity.

Host authentication succeeded.

System binding.

The system binding is successful. "

"What the hell is this?"

Zhang Yuan was suddenly stunned by the voice in his mind.

But after reading many time-travel novels, he soon came to his senses and realized that this was the invincible and most powerful golden finger in the universe, commonly known as the system.

"Ahahahahahahaha, the predecessors are not deceiving me, the novels are all true, I thought God was really unfair, God, I was wrong, I love you to death."

Zhang Yuan suppressed his inner ecstasy and began to recite silently in his mind.

"The system comes out, the system comes out."

After chanting silently for several times, there was no response at all. Then Zhang Yuan tried many other spells such as Alibaba, Open Sesame, Little Rabbit, etc., but still nothing happened.

In the end, I was in a hurry and yelled.

"Awesome."

Apart from causing the blacksmiths next to him to look at him like a fool, obviously nothing else happened.

Zhang Yuan recalled that he had struck the iron billet to make the sound just now, so he picked up the blacksmith's hammer and struck the iron billet again.

This time there was no sound, but several lines of text and a progress bar appeared in my mind.

"How Steel Is Made: Smashing Iron: The number of times metal products are hit with a blacksmith's hammer (one percent)

Mission completion reward: steel filling method and a random reward. "

Steel pouring method?
Zhang Yuan still knows this, but he only knows the name, not how it works.

According to his cognition, there should be steelmaking technology in this era, and Zhang Yuan's expectations for the steel pouring method dropped a lot at once.

However, this random reward is quite tempting.

"My status as the chosen one is here, maybe this random reward is, hehehehe."

Zhang Yuan couldn't help but think of the eldest daughter of the Zhuo family who had just come to inspect the workshop. He fell into a state of obscenity and the movements of his hands became faster and faster.

After these raised iron pieces were heated on the stove next to them, Zhang Yuan only needed to tap them three or four times to restore the flatness of these iron pieces.

Because he still wanted to put the task assigned to him by Manager Li first, Zhang Yuan suppressed his desire to quickly complete the task by tapping directly on a piece of iron a hundred times.

His body is indeed a little thinner. If it weren't for the constantly beating progress bar in his mind, Zhang Yuan might not be able to work for a long time, so he would have to stop and rest for a while.

"Ding, the task is completed, you will get a copy of Guangang Method and a copy of Qu Yuanli's blueprint."

Zhang Yuan's hand that just happened to be raised in mid-air visibly froze for a while, Qu Yuanli
"God, you are forcing me to forge iron, is it not enough, you also want to force me to farm?
I want a life of luxury and luxury, not working hard in the blacksmith's shop and in the fields. "

What makes Zhang Yuan desperate is not only the loss of rights and money of the beauty in fantasy, but also the next task that will appear with the completion of the previous task.

"How Steel Is Made: Cutting Iron Like Mud: Using a Blacksmith's Hammer to Hit Metal Products ([-] per thousand)
Rewards for completing the task: water blowing method technology and detailed explanation of blueprints. "

Zhang Yuan is very familiar with blowing wind. He has been doing this for three months, and now the workshop still uses human blowing wind.

"If the water row blows out, then I don't need to blow the blast next to the blast furnace."

Zhang Yuan grinned, as if he had forgotten that he was already doing the work of a blacksmith, and the human blower was far away from him.

Also quickly forgotten are the Guangang method and the Quyuanli blueprint that the system rewarded him just now.

After all, he lived in this era for three months, what Zhang Yuan knows best is his identity, a slave of the Zhuo family.

If there is no chance, it is best to do the work at hand honestly, and wait for a suitable opportunity before presenting this Guangang method. No matter what, you have to eliminate your status as a slave. You have to climb up a class to become a commoner.

Although etiquette at this time was not as strict as it was in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, if he went to Zhuo Wangsun, the head of the Zhuo family, and told him that he had made some new discoveries, he would probably have someone drag him out and beat him to death.

"It's really troublesome."

Zhang Yuan sighed, and continued to knock on the remaining iron slabs.

As the sound of tinkling bells around gradually diminished, the rain also slowly stopped. In the whole house, only Zhang Yuan was still beating the iron billets. The other blacksmiths should have gone back to rest after work. .

Seeing that the sun was almost setting, Zhang Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead, stretched his extremely sore right arm, and struck the last piece of iron billet three times in a row, finally completing the task assigned by Manager Li. his mission.

After doing all this, Zhang Yuan relied on the last bit of strength from his whole body to move those square iron billets to the shelf cart on the side.

After clapping his hands, he picked up a rough cloth beside him and wiped his face clean before heading towards the counting room in the workshop.

Walking outside the door of the accounting room, there was the voice of Guanshi Li talking to a woman. Zhang Yuan listened carefully and realized that the woman was Zhuo Wenjun, the eldest daughter of the Zhuo family who came to inspect the workshop at noon.

Hearing that there was no fierce quarrel in the accounting room, Zhang Yuan thought about it and knocked on the door twice.

"Who's outside the door?"

It was Guanshi Li's voice.

"Guard Li, I'm Zhang Yuan, and the iron billets you told me to shape have already been finished."

"It's Ayuan, you go back there and wait, I'll go over and have a look right away."

"Here."

Zhang Yuan felt extremely relaxed after finishing his work. When he passed by the yard where he had been working, he felt very happy.I thought he could be considered someone who had touched a blacksmith's hammer. Although he was still a slave, he was much better than these people who were still doing odd jobs.

Along the way, Zhang Yuan has received a lot of jealous eyes.

Zhang Yuan didn't have to wait long, basically due to the time difference between the front and back feet, Guanshi Li came over.He was accompanied by the eldest daughter of the Zhuo family, whose appearance and temperament could be regarded as stunning, and several maidservants.

Manager Li saw that Zhang Yuan had moved the iron billets to the frame truck and stacked them neatly, and he suddenly felt very high in regard to this young man who had never been inconspicuous before.

Zhang Yuan and the other slaves were not paid, and the Zhuo family only gave them two meals a day. Therefore, no matter who Manager Li ordered to do something, everyone just completed what he ordered, and no one touched the things that were not ordered. , it is not common to see a slave as sensible as Zhang Yuan.

"Yeah, very good, Ayuan, you did a good job. Starting tomorrow, you can become an apprentice with Blacksmith Zhao."

Li Guanshi felt very satisfied, so he made Zhang Yuan an apprentice blacksmith.

From a boy doing odd jobs to an apprentice blacksmith, Zhang Yuan felt that his whole personality had improved a lot.

Zhang Yuanzheng was planning to say some flattering words and lick Manager Li to make his life more comfortable in the future, but Zhuo Wenjun killed this opportunity.

"Uncle Li, the Wang family's iron billets have all been finished, right?"

"Miss, all the work has been completed, and the rest are being loaded outside."

Zhuo Wenjun nodded slightly.

"Well, this time, Wenjun and Uncle Li will go to Wang's blacksmith shop to hand over. Father's instructions should always be done carefully."

"Okay, miss, please wait outside the workshop first, and I will urge them."

After Li Guanshi finished speaking, Zhuo Wenjun walked out surrounded by maidservants.

Zhang Yuan didn't get the chance to flatter him until this time.

"Boss Li, it's you who are at fault today, otherwise the Wang family's batch of goods would definitely not be able to be produced in a hurry."

Li Guanshi looked at Zhuo Wenjun's back, stroked his beard and smiled.

"That is, if this little girl is really allowed to intervene in the handicraft workshop, how could such a large batch of iron billets be rushed out."

Li Guanshi turned his head to stare at Zhang Yuan, stretched out his hand and patted Zhang Yuan's shoulder.

"Ayuan, you just listen to me and work hard from now on. I have no children, so as long as you listen to me honestly, it is not impossible to take my place as the steward of this workshop in the future."

"That's that, that boy will only listen to you in the future."

Manager Li was very satisfied. Today he not only completed such an urgent order, but also subdued a young man who followed his example.

"You go to the backyard to lead the cow and tie it to this cart, and this cart of iron billets will be escorted by you."

"That's great, Uncle Li."

In order to get closer to Guanshi Li, Zhang Yuan imitated Zhuo Wenjun and called Uncle Li to Guanshi Li.

(End of this chapter)