I really don't want to be a rebel [infrastructure]

Luo Shixing looked at Al really and wanted to ask if he was sick, what nonsense is this talking about?

That's a salt mine, how many bellows can a salt mine buy!He sent people to the Central Plains to buy them and bring them back with round-trip fares, so that’s not the case, is it?

Luo Shixing even suspected that he was hallucinating, and couldn't help tugging at Cheng Jingwei's clothes: "Did he just talk about salt mines?"

Cheng Jingwei was also taken aback, but he still kept calm and said in a low voice, "That's what he said."

Luo Shixing was relieved, it wasn't that he didn't learn the dialect well and misheard, but that the other party really said so.

Alezhen's gaze was so eager that he couldn't help but hide behind Cheng Jingwei again. Maomao looked at Alezhen and asked, "Why... what's wrong? What's wrong with the hydraulic bellows?"

Looking at Luo Shixing's appearance, Ale really calmed down a little, but he couldn't frighten this little lynx.

He shook his head and said: "It's nothing, you must make it, as long as you can make it, I will give you a salt well!"

After speaking, he stretched out his hand and patted Luo Shixing's head again. After a few words of encouragement, he was ready to leave, and by the way he called Wei Siwen away.

Wei Siwen originally wanted to say to stay and talk to the two children, but Ale asked him to follow after saying a word.

Alzhen said: "You go back with me to write the deed."

After hearing this, Wei Siwen immediately asked, "The deed of Yanjing?"

Ale really nodded: "Exactly."

Wei Siwen couldn't help gasping for a moment. He thought that Alezhen was just talking about it, but he didn't expect it to be true.

From this point of view, Ale really seemed to be more anxious than Luo Shixing. He was worried that Luo Shixing would not believe it, so he planned to go back and write the deed first. The deed was written. As long as Luo Shixing can do it, the salt well will naturally belong to Luo Shixing once the name is signed. up.

Wei Siwen turned to Luo Shixing and said, "You...you should be more serious."

This is a salt well!

Once there is such a salt well, Luo Shixing and Cheng Jingwei don't have to worry about their lives anymore!

No, not only do they not have to worry about it, they even live comfortably for the rest of their lives, so these two children don't have to work so hard!

Luo Shixing stared dumbfounded at the two people leaving quickly, and asked after a while, "What... what's going on?"

He turned his head to look at Cheng Jingwei, Cheng Jingwei looked thoughtful: "At present, the hydraulic bellows may be very useful to him."

Luo Shixing was a little confused: "It's very useful...how can it be used? As for making him so excited? If it's so useful, why didn't you send someone to the Central Plains to buy it?"

Cheng Jingwei said: "It is thousands of miles away from here to the Central Plains, the road is full of dangers, not to mention the beasts that may be encountered, if you encounter enemies, you will be close to death."

Luo Shixing was taken aback: "Enemies? They still have enemies?"

Cheng Jingwei nodded and said: "That's right, there are many tribes here, and they restrain each other. Basically, there are marriage relationships and hostile relationships, which is very complicated."

Luo Shixing understood: "It's really not easy."

Cheng Jingwei added: "What's more, it's not like they can go to the Central Plains if they want. They need to have corresponding procedures for entry, and even apply in advance, and they have to explain the reason for going, and then they will issue a customs clearance certificate, of course it is not an application. You can go."

Luo Shixing thought it was a bit strict at first, but he soon realized that, these days, the tribes in the south have a tough folk style, and it is easy to cause a great impact on public security, and the restrictions are normal.

But if Ale really wanted it, he wouldn't have no chance at all. He didn't have a bellows here, so didn't he even have the entire Lingnan five pipes?

Luo Shixing couldn't figure it out, the information he could get now was too little, and Ale really didn't give him a chance to ask.

If he couldn't figure it out, he simply didn't want to think about it, and said directly: "As long as Ale really keeps his word, I don't care what his reasons are."

Anyway, something like the bellows, which has been around for a long time, won't affect it too much, so it's a good deal to replace it with a salt well.

Cheng Jingwei took it seriously, he pressed Luo Shixing's shoulder and said, "You are busy with your own business at home, I'll go find out."

Luo Shixing asked, "Who are you going to find? A Lezhen or Wei Weng?"

Cheng Jingwei shook his head slightly: "No, I went to talk to those slaves. Alzhen didn't give a reason just now. I don't know if he didn't have time to say it or he didn't want to say it. If he didn't want to say it, he might not be able to ask anything. .”

Luo Shixing shrugged: "The slave may not know anything."

These slaves are all low-status, working as coolies on weekdays, and they are not Ale's true confidantes. How could Alezhen tell them the matter?

After hearing this, Cheng Jingwei smiled and said, "That's not necessarily true, just wait for me."

Luo Shixing didn't stop Cheng Jingwei either, since he was so confident, let him go.

Luo Shixing simply did his own thing. Although he didn't know why Alezhen was so excited, the other party's promises were generally fulfilled.

He thought that if he could really make a hydraulic bellows, then there might be a salt well. Although there were not many, but...that was really money.

In ancient times, in the eyes of many people, salt was even more valuable than gold at one time, not because the price was comparable to gold, but because of its status.

Thinking of this, Luo Shixing worked harder, trying to make the hydraulic bellows more perfect, not only for changing the salt well, but also for their brick kiln to be put into production smoothly.

The hydraulic bellows had two forms in ancient times, namely the vertical wheel type and the horizontal wheel type.

There is actually no big difference between the two, but they are just different in shape. After analyzing it, Luo Shixing felt that the mountain stream near them was a little shallow, and the vertical wheel might easily roll up the sediment at the bottom of the water. It is better to just use the horizontal wheel .

The structure of this thing is actually simpler than that of the tunnel kiln. It converts circular motion into linear reciprocating motion through the axle, rope and pull rod. To achieve the purpose of blasting.

The advantage of the hydraulic bellows is that the bellows door can be opened and closed multiple times once the water wheel rotates, and the blowing efficiency will be better.

The structure of this thing is not too complicated, the lower wheel, the vertical shaft, the upper wheel, the string cable... etc., as long as these are made and assembled.

I don't know if it was because of Yanjing's encouragement, Luo Shixing felt that his thinking this time was smoother than when he was painting the brick kiln before, and the painting was very fast.

Of course, it may also be because this thing is actually relatively simple, and there is no need to calculate so many things.

When Cheng Jingwei came back, Luo Shixing had already started peeling bamboo pieces.

Cheng Jingwei's expression changed when he saw him holding the sickle, and he walked over and said softly, "This is the beginning? Why didn't you wait for me to come back?"

Cheng Jingwei felt that the little lynx directly proved that no one is perfect. Compared with his vast and complex knowledge, his manual skills are simply poor.

However, he didn't want to hit the little lynx, so he simply tried not to let the other party do anything.

In fact, although Luo Shixing is still addicted to food, he actually knows it well: "I just divide these bamboos into pieces, and wait until you come and make them according to the picture I drew."

Cheng Jingwei took a look and was a little surprised: "So fast?"

Well, it can be seen that the little lynx really cares about this salt well.

Luo Shixing looked up at him hopefully: "Did you ask anything?"

Cheng Jingwei sat down and said: "I know some useful information, Ale really has several mines in his hands."

Luo Shixing asked, "Salt mine?"

Cheng Jing shook his head slightly: "No, there are copper mines and iron mines."

When Luo Shixing heard this, he understood what he meant: "Does Ale really want to smelt these minerals?"

Cheng Jingwei said: "Those slaves don't know much, but it is true that these slaves were not sent to the smelting furnace."

The slaves will also communicate with each other. Although they all say that their status is equal to cattle and horses, they are also human beings, and they are not without ideas.

There is a high probability that Alezhen does not have any smelting furnaces, but his minerals are still being mined, because these slaves are all drawn from those mines.

If the ore mined by Alzhen can't be processed by himself, he can only sell the rough ore to others.

Luo Shixing had a clear face: "He wants to process it by himself."

Cheng Jing nodded slightly: "That's right, the difference between the rough stone and the finished product is too great, and the smelting technology is the most important thing. The price of the smelted metal is not comparable to the rough stone. Ale must have tried to smelt it by himself."

It's just that the smelting methods in the Central Plains are all family traditions. For example, there is already a hundred steel smelting technology. This is the most advanced smelting technology. Not many people can use it. Even if Alezhen sends people to the Central Plains, he can't learn it.

However, he may have tried metal smelting, and the result may not be very good. In the process, he learned that smelting requires high temperature, and even knew the function of the bellows, so he was so excited.

After Luo Shixing found out, he pondered for a while and said, "If this is the case, can we actually build a smelting furnace?"

Cheng Jingwei was a little strange: "What do you want the smelting furnace for?"

They don't have raw ore, and even if they want to come to the smelting furnace, they can't afford ore.

Luo Shixing tilted his head to look at him and said, "I'll give you two weapons."

He looked around as he spoke, and then leaned in front of Cheng Jingwei and whispered, "Bai Lian Steel is definitely not forged, but I know another way."

Cheng Jingwei's thoughts suddenly moved, and he couldn't help asking: "How did you think of this?"

Luo Shixing said thoughtfully: "I see you get up every morning to practice martial arts. Every time you hold something like a bamboo pole, it's not good to keep using this thing. Will it affect the feel?"

Cheng Jing rubbed his head slightly and smiled, "It's not that exaggerated."

Using a weapon is naturally different from not using a weapon, but since he can't use it for the time being, he doesn't want the little lynx to bother about it.

And if he wanted a smelting furnace, he didn't know what little lynx would exchange for it. The things little lynx knew were unusual, and exchanging these things made him feel like they were selling cheap, which made him very uncomfortable.

Luo Shixing said decisively: "That's it."

Cheng Jingwei persuaded him, "Actually, it's useless to have a smelting furnace, so why don't you go forging iron?"

Luo Shixing almost said on the spot that he could do it, but when he thought about the trouble of digging a brick before, he couldn't help sighing: "Hey, but he has a mine, such a good opportunity..."

Cheng Jingwei said calmly: "Even if we need it, we can borrow his smelting furnace. Then you tell me how to forge it, and I will try it."

Luo Shixing can do it if he thinks about it. They don't need many things. Maybe they only need a few weapons. It's really not cost-effective to get a smelting furnace.

He nodded and suddenly remembered a very important thing: "By the way, didn't Wei Weng help us find the tendon before? Where did he find the tendon?"

He wanted to make a bow for Cheng Jingwei before, but now it's all burnt to bricks, and the tendon has not come. Did these two people take the opportunity to play tricks!

Cheng Jingwei made a "shh" gesture to him and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'll look for them again during the Chinese New Year."

Luo Shixing was a little strange: "Is there any explanation for this?"

Cheng Jing smiled slightly and said: "We will definitely invite them to dinner at that time, and if we mention it during the dinner, it will be regarded as a breach of contract, so we can just ask them for a bow and arrow, why do we have to make it ourselves?"

What they are doing now is likely to use bamboo as the bow. To be honest, bamboo is not the best material. There must be something better than bamboo, at least Alzhen must have it at home.

Cheng Jingwei has been planning to exchange something with Alezhen.

Ale really wouldn't want to give it to them. Bows and arrows are weapons with great long-range lethality. They are considered controlled weapons in the Tang Dynasty. Even the bows and arrows in the general's home must be registered with the court. If there is a home that has not been registered With a bow and arrow, a treason hat was directly on his head.

Ale really shouldn't want others to have it, but Cheng Jingwei really needs it, so he has been thinking for a long time how to get it from Alezhen.

After hearing this, Luo Shixing felt a little unreliable: "Impossible? It's just a delay, maybe they will give two more tendons, but a good bow... I'm afraid they won't give it."

Cheng Jing lowered his eyes slightly and said, "Of course you can exchange it with other things, but there's no rush right now, just wait."

Luo Shixing agreed very straightforwardly, since Cheng Jingwei himself had made a fortune, he naturally wouldn't say much.

While the two were talking, the raw materials needed for the hydraulic bellows had already been prepared, and Cheng Jingwei began to assemble it according to the same pattern.

Luo Shixing felt admiration when he looked at it from the side. Before passing through, he saw that the handicraft masters often made inappropriate parts when they made things, and it was not uncommon for complex handicrafts to overturn.

When it came to Cheng Jingwei, he seemed to always be able to make the parts just right. Anyway, there would be basically no major problems during installation, and even if there were problems, they could be fixed with fine-tuning.

The day after the model of the hydraulic bellows was put together, Ale really brought Wei Siwen over again.

After seeing the model of the hydraulic bellows, Al really couldn't put it down. It looked like he wanted to snatch it from Luo Shixing!

Luo Shixing stretched out his hand to get the model and said, "Brother, you have been here for a long time, give it to me quickly."

Ale was really obsessed with observing the hydraulic bellows, and when he realized that Luo Shixing wanted it from him, he couldn't help raising his hand and smiled maliciously: "Lynx cat, give this to brother first, and then How about making one?"

After hearing this, Wei Siwen coughed frantically beside him.

Ale really didn't turn his head and said: "I know, I know, did you bring the deed? Give it to the lynx cat. When he has time, he will go over and have a look."

Luo Shixing was taken aback on the spot, did a model replace a salt well?He thought that he had to wait for the finished product to come out before Alzhen would keep his promise.

He held back for a long time but still couldn't hold back: "Brother, do you have a lot of salt wells in your house?"

Alezhen casually said while admiring the model: "Not many, just a few dozen mouthfuls."

Luo Shixing's eyes lit up immediately, wishing he could call Cheng Jingwei back immediately, don't worry about building a house, let's build a salt well first!