I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 22 Iron Ore Smelting
Pei County!

Liu Bang, the head of the pavilion, was thinking about spending the night at Widow Cao's house. Suddenly, two black shadows flashed across the road. What surprised Liu Bang, the old rascal, was that his face changed drastically. come over.

Throw him to the ground!
"You, who are you?"

Liu Bang shouted.

"Do you know who I am? I'm the head of the pavilion, an official of the imperial court!"

"The one who caught you is the imperial court!"

There was a cold voice in the air, and then, a piece of rag was stuffed into Liu Bang's mouth.

At the same time, it is located in the Pei County Government Office.

The county magistrate was looking at Xiao He and Cao Shen in front of him respectfully!

"Xiao He, Cao Shen, I have long seen that the two of you are not in the pool. Sooner or later, you will rise to great heights. Sure enough, as I expected, you two are favored by the Nineteenth Young Master and want to give you an edict. The two of them went to Xianyang City to serve as officials..."

The magistrate said respectfully.

If it was before, it would be a small official like Xiao He and Cao Shen.

He won't even look at it.

But now, the two of them were recruited by Ying Zimo.

How could the county magistrate dare to look down on these two people?

You know, the nineteenth son is now the supervisor of the country, Xiao He and Cao Can have climbed up to the nineteenth son, the future will be prosperous, and the future can be said to be limitless!

"County Lord, I just don't know where the Nineteenth Young Master heard about my reputation?"

Xiao He and Cao Shen are both officials in Pei County, and they have a good relationship. At this moment, the two looked at each other and said with some hesitation.

"The two of us are nothing more than petty officials. Where did the nineteenth sons hear about our reputation?"

"Well, to be honest with you two, I don't know much about it, but there are a few superiors here, you can ask them."

The county magistrate was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, and pointed aside to the Jinyi Weidao in the flying fish suit.

"A few of you are on duty, this..."

"We didn't know either. When you get to Xianyang, you will understand!"

The two Jin Yiwei sitting there replied coldly, and then said again.

"The Nineteenth Young Master is anxious to see you two. We will set off tonight and don't stay!"

"But, but the Xiaguan's family..."

Xiao He frowned.

"Turning back, we will arrange someone to send him to Xianyang!"

The county magistrate on the side said quickly.

While they were doing this, Fan Kuai, who was also in Pei County, was also stunned.

"Master Nineteen wants to eat my dog ​​meat?"

Fan Kuai was a little surprised!

This strong man with a height of 1.8 meters and a face full of flesh would never have imagined that his reputation as a dog-killer and meat-seller could spread to Xianyang.

"Whether you go or not, Fan Kuai, this is the Nineteenth Young Master, you have to think carefully!"

The little official who followed Jin Yiwei to Fan Kui's house muttered to Fan Kui impatiently.

The latter quickly apologized and smiled.

"Go, go, the nineteenth prince sees, how dare the villain not go?"

"Hmph, count you acquainted!"

The little official laughed.

……

Xianyang City.

At this moment, Ying Changsheng was looking at the small soil blast furnace in front of him.

At the moment, all I could see was molten iron trickling out of the earthen blast furnace, emitting scorching heat, and looking at Wang Jian and Fusu on the side, they were stunned.

"How can this iron be produced so easily?"

"That's right, what's the use of such a mere iron?"

Ying Changsheng had a confident expression on his face, while the Mohist craftsmen on the side were amazed, and murmured around the small soil blast furnace in front of them.

"If this is so simple, then how can our Great Qin use bronze in the future? Just replace all the tools and weapons with iron ones!"

said the craftsman.

He is no ordinary person.

He is from the Mohist family.

In the later generations of China, due to the dominance of the Confucian family, and the fact that there were some grievances between the ancestor of the Mohists, Mozi, and the ancestor of the Confucian, Confucius, after the Confucian family dominated .

The Mohist family completely declined.

Finally, it disappeared.

However, the relationship between Daqin and the Mohists is quite good.

The reason is very simple. The craftsmen of the Mohist family are valued by Daqin. Therefore, there are not a few Mohist people in Qin State. At this moment, the middle-aged people beside Ying Changsheng are from the Mohist family. His name is Gongshu Shangzao , I am feeling this right now.

"Yes, with this iron weapon, our Great Qin's national power will reach a higher level!"

Wang Jian was also emotional.

China is a copper-poor country.

What's more, copper ore itself is smaller than iron ore.

Mining is not easy either.

The fundamental reason why the Great Qin and the Six Kingdoms in the Warring States Period used bronze wares.

The level of metal smelting is not up to standard, and only bronze ware can be used.

Right now, there is rapid production of qualified ironware with a performance level that is much better than bronze.

Of course Daqin wanted to use iron instead of bronze!

"As long as there is enough coal and iron, my Daqin can continuously produce ironware. At that time, it is not impossible to give my Daqin's million-strong army all equipped with iron armor!"

Ying Changsheng smiled and said to Wang Jian.

Instantly, Wang Jian's eyes lit up.

Well, although the warriors of Daqin can fight, their equipment is not too small.

Because the times are here, the cost of bronze helmets in the Bronze Age is too high.

Therefore, the warriors of the Great Qin either did not wear armor, or they just wore leather armor, and their defense power was not good at all.

The elite soldiers of the six eastern countries are prepared to have iron armor.

But the quantity is also very small.

And this kind of armor with extremely high defense power.

Da Qin was also quite envious.

After all, with thicker armor and improved defense, many fewer people can die!
It was a matter of cost if they didn't equip before, but now there are a lot of cheap ironware, if they don't change their equipment, then there is something wrong with their brains!
"What Young Master Nineteen said is very true. With this method of quickly smelting iron ore, it is nothing better for me in Daqin!"

Wang Jian was filled with emotion, and smiled again.

"This matter also needs to be reported to His Majesty quickly, so that His Majesty can be happy..."

"That's natural!"

Ying Changsheng nodded.

Then he asked Gongshu Shangzao next to him.

"I have smelted this qualified molten iron. I want you to make that iron pot. Is it difficult?"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. With such good steel, if I can't even forge an iron pot, then I might as well hit my head against a pillar and die..."

Gongshu Shangzao on the side patted his chest and said.

However, he was a little puzzled.

"It's just that I really don't know why you need an iron pot. Can the rice made by this thing taste better than that made by a tripod? You can cook with a tripod. Why do you have to have this kind of food? What about the thin iron pot?"

"Ding, it's too backward. The things I make are nothing more than cooking. I don't like it."

Ying Changsheng smiled.

(End of this chapter)