Straight man of steel

Chapter 7 Satisfying yourself starts with a pot (recommendation ticket requested)

Yesterday he only drank a bowl of millet porridge, and Zhang Yuan woke up very hungry.

He urged a servant in the courtyard to prepare a meal and started enjoying it in the house. In front of Xiao Qing, Zhang Yuan drank two large bowls of millet porridge before finishing the breakfast.

Before resting last night, Zhang Yuan had already thought about what he was going to do today. He had to work hard for his stomach, and by the way, see if he could study the method of pouring steel and the progress of the task.

Zhang Yuan must go to this Zhuojia workshop today.However, he only wanted to enter the workshop by relying on his status as a vassal of the Zhuo Mansion, and he was afraid that he would encounter some difficulties.

Among other things, won't Manager Li of the workshop be angry because of Zhang Yuan's behavior?

I thought I had found an obedient young man, but the young man thought his legs were not thick enough, so he jumped over him to hug the beautiful legs of the eldest daughter of the Zhuo family.

Not to mention that people in this era are thin-skinned and low-spirited, even if a young man in a company in later generations crosses over his direct leader to connect with the company's big boss, his leader will have a lot of troubles in his heart.

It seems that he still has to trouble Zhuo Wenjun, but thinking that if this matter can be done, it will help the Zhuo family no less than offering the steel filling method. Zhang Yuan's heart suddenly calmed down, and he felt a little bit like a pretty boy. All gone.

The place where Zhang Yuan lived was only separated from Zhuo Wenjun's boudoir by a courtyard wall. When he appeared here, Zhuo Wenjun was still holding the ten poems that Zhang Yuan transcribed yesterday.

Seeing Zhang Yuan coming in, Zhuo Wenjun didn't ask why no one informed him.

She could figure out what was tricky with a simple thought. It must be the special treatment she gave to this young man and the fact that she had been widowed for too long, causing some misunderstandings among the people below.

"I heard that you went to the chef's place last night, what's the matter, are you dissatisfied with the food in Zhuo Mansion?"

Cold sweat broke out on Zhang Yuan's back. Among the four servants in his courtyard and Xiao Qing, one of them must be Zhuo Wenjun's eyeliner. If he guessed boldly, all five of them would come to watch him.

It seems that the rich woman's thighs are not as huggable as expected, and Zhuo Wenjun's touch is broken as soon as she comes up, probably reminding herself to be more winking when doing things, Zhuo's mansion is not a place where he can be presumptuous.

After quickly calming down, Zhang Yuan replied.

"The villain is not dissatisfied with the food in the house, but wants to see the cooking utensils used in the kitchen."

"Oh? What's so interesting about those things? If you have nothing to do in your spare time, you can copy the books you have learned and read on the bamboo slips to enrich the collection of books in the house. I will pay you five taels of silver every month as your How are you paid?"

In this era when knowledge could only be spread by copying books, those literati with books at home were determined not to sell their books to rich people like the Zhuo family. Shu County is very rich, but he still has nothing to do with those literati.

Not to mention letting others sell books to you, even borrowing books is difficult.

There happened to be a book-loving person like Zhuo Wenjun in the family, and his desire for books was even greater. Asking Zhang Yuan to copy books was one of Zhuo Wenjun's plans to let him get out of slavery and enter the government as a minister.

But can Zhang Yuan just obey like this? If there is no system, he might really just be a handcuff in such an honest way in exchange for a comfortable life, but now he has the confidence to negotiate terms with Zhuo Mansion, how could he obey Zhuo Wenjun? .

"Ahem, let's talk about copying books later.

I don't know what the eldest lady thinks about the new ironware? "

Zhuo Wenjun's eyes lit up, and he asked.

"What is the new iron tool you are talking about used for?"

"Last night, the villain went to the kitchen, so it was naturally used there."

"There are tripods, stoves, and cauldrons in the kitchen. Do you want to improve these utensils?"

Zhang Yuan smiled and shook his head.

"As soon as this product comes out, it will definitely create a new cooking method. If the Zhuojia Workshop can make this ironware, it will not be a problem to leave a name in history."

This is the first time Zhang Yuan said such confident words in front of Zhuo Wenjun. If the Zhuo family can really make new ironware, and he will present the steel filling method in the future, the Zhuo family will be recorded in the historical records. The transmission of goods in Hanshu should not be a problem.

Although there are few things that left names in the history of merchants in the name of merchants, merchants who left their names in the era before Han Jingdi, such as Duanmuci, Guan Zhong, Ji Ran, Bai Gui, Lu Buwei, etc., also had official status, most of them were The person who seals the marquis and worships the prime minister.

And Zhuo Wenjun didn't know that the Zhuo family would definitely be famous in history because of herself, so she was really moved.

"Do you know what will happen if you cheat on me?"

"The villain's prostitution documents are still with the eldest lady, so the villain naturally dare not lie to the eldest lady."

"It's good to know. You must have encountered difficulties when you came to me. Tell me what you want me to do for you."

"The villain wants to go back to the workshop. The eldest lady only needs to help the villain prepare a cast iron, wrought iron and a place for blacksmithing."

The request made by Zhang Yuan is not an excessive request. Zhuo Wenjun can help him with just a few words. Zhuo Wenjun planned to go with Zhang Yuan.

"Nothing else?"

"that's it."

"Then I'll walk with you."

"The villain thanked the eldest lady."

In this way, Zhuo Wenjun went out of the mansion again to the Zhuojia workshop in his own carriage. As a retainer of the Zhuo Mansion, Zhang Yuan can also have his own carriage when traveling. Even though it is covered with several layers of coarse cloth, he still feels Some bumps.

"The life of a rich man is really boring, it's better to go on a walk."

Although the rule of getting off the carriages on the same track was established as early as Qin Dynasty, Shu County is far inferior to Guanzhong, and the specific road for the carriage is not as smooth as Guanzhong. No bones in his body fell apart.

The carriage was not traveling fast in Linqiong County, and it took more than half an hour to arrive outside Zhuo's workshop.

It was only more than a day since Zhang Yuan left here, but Zhang Yuan felt as if two worlds were separated.

When he was in the workshop, he was numb, working all day made him soulless.

And when he was in the Zhuo family, although he was under the strict supervision of Zhuo Wenjun, he was able to display what he had learned.Living in this way has meaning, not just living.

During the distance from the carriage to the workshop, Zhang Yuan received many complicated looks. These friends who worked together in the past felt that Zhang Yuan had now become Zhuo Wenjun's face, and each of them sighed in their hearts. Why don't I have a pretty face.

At this time, Zhang Yuan would be too contrived to chat and make out with these people, and Zhang Yuan didn't have a good impression of them, except that these people would take off the only thin layer of cloth on their bodies when they were sleeping. , and would snatch the bowl of salted vegetables in front of him while eating.

Thinking of these, Zhang Yuan's pace became brisk.

Damn, yeah, I just want to piss you fools to death, why are you jealous, want to hit me, come on, don't hold back and hit me.Not only did you dare not hit me, but you all nodded and bowed when you saw me, ahahaha.

Zhang Yuan did not say these words, but his face twisted with laughter conveyed everything he wanted to express to the people in front of him.

All this also fell into Zhuo Wenjun's eyes, she thought it was a little funny so she didn't stop it.

After Li Shu, the manager of the workshop, came, Zhang Yuan restrained himself. Those people just now had no effect on him and could not threaten him.But Uncle Li is different, which can be seen from Zhuo Wenjun's attitude towards this person.

"Miss, why are you here today?"

"It's nothing important. Uncle Li, go and do your work. Wenjun, go and have a look at the blacksmith's workshop inside."

"Here."

Before leaving, Uncle Li, the steward, glanced at Zhang Yuan with a smile on his face, his eyes wished that Zhang Yuan would be stripped alive.

Why can't I let go of this little thing? The ancient people's tolerance is really small.

Following Zhuo Wenjun into the blacksmith's workshop, Zhang Yuan returned to the platform where he had hammered the iron billets before, and it was much easier to use a used hammer.

As for the cast iron and wrought iron, Zhuo Wenjun also got two copies.

In fact, if you want to make an iron pot, wrought iron is enough. Wrought iron is wrought iron, which is more ductile than pig iron, which is cast iron. If you use cast iron to make an iron pot, the end will definitely break when you are halfway through making it. Come.

Zhang Yuan asked for a piece of cast iron just to see if there was a chance to sneak to the smelting workshop and experiment with the steel pouring method.

Zhuo Wenjun didn't dislike the noise of the blacksmith's workshop, so he asked someone to bring the tables and chairs, and the servants at the side even held up an umbrella for her.

Damn capitalism, boring.

The wrought iron and cast iron that Zhang Yuan wanted were all flaky, and he didn't have the skill to smash a square piece of wrought iron flat.

After drawing a rough shape of the iron pot on the iron billet with lacquer, Zhang Yuan started forging.

Hammer after hammer, the excess parts were hammered and cut off, and then heated on the charcoal stove on one side repeatedly.

From forging the pot shape to forging the handle, the iron billet gradually took on the shape of a pot.

Long before it was formed, the sound of task completion sounded in Zhang Yuan's mind. Because it was forging a piece of iron, the effort and time it took was far less than last time when shaping the iron billet.

"Ding, the task is completed, and a detailed explanation of the water blowing method technology and blueprints has been obtained."

Zhang Yuan didn't look at what the next task was, but continued to build the iron pot until the entire shape of the iron pot was formed, and he took the time to close his eyes.

"How Steel Is Made: Reinforcement and Iron Bones: Ten Utensils Made of Carbon Steel Smelted by the Steel Filling Method ([-] out of [-])
Mission Completion Reward: Topographic Map of Coal Mine Distribution in Shu County. "

Grandma's, this special mother's is the real wealth. If I have a mine, I will not be richer than this little girl like Zhuo Wenjun.

Obviously, when Zhang Yuan was happy, he didn't consider the terrain of Shu County at all.

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