Straight man of steel

Chapter 44
When I heard the news that Sima Xiangru had left Linqiong, it was already the fifth day after the Wangjiangting meeting.

Zhang Yuan didn't know if Sima Xiangru asked Zhuo Wenjun to explain, nor did he know how Zhuo Wenjun reacted after he dropped the hundred taels of gold.

In the past few days, he has finally lived a long-awaited peaceful life, no one disturbs, and the tasks on the system are completed with the help of two hardworking bears, Xiong Daxiong. This is the good life that should be enjoyed.

Today is the day when Uncle Zhao, a carpenter, completes the water row. Zhang Yuan has been lying down for several days and now he finally has work to do.

Remove the previous sheepskin bellows and replace them with wooden bellows corresponding to the water row of the horizontal wheel.

Under the guidance of Zhang Yuan, several handymen directly opened a large hole in the high-temperature furnace for ventilation. The high-temperature furnace at home is not as tall as Zhuo's workshop, and the stream leading to the yard is not very fast, just enough The needs of this high-temperature furnace in the home.

It is not troublesome to replace it with a new wooden bellows, just install it on the vent and paste it with mud.

Zhang Yuan still had to direct the installation of the horizontal wheel water drainage, and these people had never seen it before.

Even Uncle Zhao, who was holding the drawing, didn't know how this thing works because he couldn't read, so he just made the dozen or so wooden parts according to the picture above.

Let this group of idiots dig two deep pits and bury the two supporting columns in the soil, then install the lower lying wheel on the vertical shaft in the middle and fix it in the creek. The lower lying wheel has just been put on it Then it began to drive the vertical shaft in the middle to rotate with the water flow.

Because it was just an experiment, Zhang Yuan did not ask Xiong Daxiong Er to make an iron cable as the string between the upper lying wheel and the rotating drum, but replaced it with a rope soaked in meat oil. better.

After the upper lying wheel was installed on the vertical shaft, it took the oil rope and tied it to the middle of the drum. This drum is not much different from the long drum of the Korean nationality in later generations, except that one is a leather drum. The whole drum is made of wood.

Afterwards, installing and removing branches, pushing, lying on the shaft, and lifting the ears were all done by Zhang Yuan himself. They couldn't explain this stuff clearly to them for a while, so it would be faster to do it by yourself.

Finally, use the reciprocating rod to link the rowing key and the wooden fan together, and this small version of the horizontal wheel water row is installed.

After Zhang Yuanrang dismantled the sheepskin bellows and replaced them with wooden bellows and did not touch the high-temperature furnace and other things, everyone knew that this thing was used to blow wind.

"Okay, as usual, smelt iron ore and try whether this new bellows works well."

Zhang Yuan applauded and drove these people to work.

As a result, three people stayed where they were and did not move. Uncle Zhao, the carpenter, and two small workers in charge of blowing the wind.

"My lord, how do you use this bellows? Tell us about it. The villain is so stupid that he really doesn't know how to use it."

The two small workers bit the bullet and asked Zhang Yuan.

Zhang Yuan rubbed his head and suddenly felt a little embarrassed. These tools have indeed improved efficiency, but they will also put some people in danger of being laid off.

"How old are you two this year?"

"My son, we are both 15 years old this year."

Not yet an adult.

"You two don't need to be here for the time being, how about learning carpentry from Uncle Zhao?"

For the two of them, what Zhang Yuan said was an imperial decree. The two of them didn't realize that Zhang Yuan was asking for their opinions, and they agreed immediately after listening.

"Here."

At this time, Zhang Yuan turned his head and said to Uncle Zhao.

"Uncle Zhao, just take these two boys with you. If you see something missing in the furniture at home, can you do it yourself?"

"Little people know what to do."

Zhang Yuan nodded in satisfaction. An old family is like a treasure. In fact, if it weren't for the fear that these people would be uncomfortable, it wouldn't matter if these people were idle at home every day.

Looking at the various iron billets occupying a large area in the corner of the yard, Zhang Yuan felt worried.

The fact that he was able to smelt carbon steel is not to be known to other people other than these ten people, so he prepared a few steel materials that are just enough for Xiong Daxiong Er to make fine steel utensils. Once Zhang Yuan's task is completed, those steel materials will also It's gone.

The excess pig iron and wrought iron have no other use at all, and can only be placed in the yard. Zhuo Wangsun himself sells iron billets, so you can't say that you can sell these iron billets to him. There is no cost for manpower, and even if there is cost, it is limited to the daily meals of those people.

The people under Zhang Yuan's hands are all paid, and the food is better than that of some honorable families. Selling it to other blacksmith shops is tantamount to robbing the business of the Zhuo family and the Cheng family, two wealthy families in Linqiong.

Although Zhang Yuan is a vassal of the Zhuo Mansion, it is better not to take food from the tiger's mouth.

It seems that I have to find something to do, so that these craftsmen at home will not be doing daily work that is actually a waste of time.

Thinking about it, we still have to wait for the system's tasks to be completed. Once we have that map, Zhang Yuan may only lack one thing, and that is manpower. I am afraid that Zhang Yuan will spend his whole life digging the coal that has been buried in the ground for an unknown number of years. not finished.

"Son."

Zhang Yuan stood in the yard for a long time, thinking about these things, suddenly Xiong Da Xiong Er started calling him again.

The two of them each forged a sword.

With the addition of the previous four, Zhang Yuan's task progress is finally more than half completed.

"Good job, you two don't make swords anymore."

In order to be able to complete the task as soon as possible, making a time-consuming and labor-intensive weapon such as a sword is no longer Zhang Yuan's best choice.

"Then what do we build?"

"Can you make a dagger?"

Zhang Yuan asked tentatively, this short and sharp weapon does not need to be sold at all, it would be great to keep it for self-defense.

"Young master, it's just that daggers are not as expensive as steel swords. Do you think about it again?"

Every time Xiong Daxiong Er finishes making a knife or sword, Zhang Yuan will reward them with ten taels of gold. When one person has no money, he may not think that money is good, but as long as one person has With money, his desire will increase.

The nonsense of a rich man saying that he doesn't care about money is not convincing at all except for acting.

After Xiaoqing, there were two more people in the yard who got into Qian's eyes, and they had a simple and honest appearance as a cover.

"It's okay, I want to use this dagger for self-defense, and I don't intend to sell it.

It is enough to build three, and it is good to be practical, and the outer scabbard is not as beautiful as making it gorgeous. "

Zhang Yuan was afraid that these two people would make a bunch of grooves inlaid with gemstones on the scabbard of the dagger, so that it would not be self-defense, but would attract robbers to rob him.

"Well, we know."

ps: I need to sort out the detailed outline today. There are still two chapters in the old book to be coded for full attendance. Today is only one chapter.

(End of this chapter)