Emperor Qin

After annealing, the first batch of ironware came out of the furnace smoothly. The shape was very poor. After a little grinding, it was considered a sharpened blade. If it was tied with a wooden stick, it was a poor-quality sickle.

However, no matter how inferior it is, it is an iron knife. In front of it, wheat straw is like a chicken and a dog, which is not worth mentioning.

"Today welcomes the first batch of furnaces, great bargains for the opening, half-price discount, a bucket of wheat for a knife, you can try it out and then pay for the wheat..." Yan Jiang's selling method is extremely loss-making, and he can't even get back his ore cost. , but the villagers didn't care about this, they rushed forward excitedly, for a poor farmer, if he could have an iron tool, it would be more than a fortune, it would be a sudden wealth.

Those with wheat were replaced on the spot, and more than 60 sickles disappeared in an instant. The remaining villagers all stared at the earthen stove, and no one wanted to leave.

Yan Jiang can only let them wait for a few days, after all, it is not so easy to boil a pot of molten iron.

The villagers discussed it and then dispersed. They wanted to harvest the wheat in the field as soon as possible and use it for new farm tools. A good farm tool is not just as simple as speeding up the harvest. The earlier the harvest, the more likely it is to avoid In the possible rainy days, in the past days, I don’t know how many grains that were not harvested in time rotted in the ground, germinated and mildewed, and they could only watch and lament the cruelty of God.

But with a sickle, they don’t have to worry about these anymore. They can quickly harvest the straw, lay down the ears of wheat in time, and then dry and store them in time. Even if it rains, they can harvest more harvest in time, so that their stomachs can eat more. There is nothing more important than this!

In this way, within a few days, the [-] hectares of wheat fields in the pagoda tree were harvested.

More importantly, Li Chong, the prefect who was nearly seventy years old, came here in person, and under the guidance of Li Zheng, he went to the field in person and harvested a box of wheat with a sickle. , Yan Jiang boy, you have made great contributions to the country.

Yan Jiang even said that he had won the prize, and asked whether he could continue to cultivate the [-] hectares of land.

"Of course, agriculture is the foundation of the country. If it is not enough, there are [-] hectares of farmland and [-] hectares of middle farmland twenty miles away, all of which can be given to you." Li Chong said with satisfaction, stroking his long beard lightly.

"I'm terrified, but I don't need so much," Yan Jiang understood the meaning of being courteous for nothing, "It's hard to repay the kindness of the county guard, and the only thing I can do is to offer my skills. I hope you don't dislike it."

Anyway, he didn't want to hide the technology of the blast furnace. He knew exactly how much the progress from the Bronze Age to the Black Iron Age could improve the farming civilization. He would reveal these technologies in Qin because the Great Qin had the largest executive ability in the Seven Kingdoms. It can be extended to all areas under the rule in a short period of time, and when the whole country is unified, these technologies will be known throughout the country, let alone the other six countries, and those Tibetan technologies are more fierce than each other. He once watched a documentary that the stone mill It was invented by the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, but it was not until the Three Kingdoms period that commoners ate wheat without using flour. It took a full 1000 years in between, and it was not until the Tang and Song Dynasties that pasta became the staple food in the north.

Count on them, the flowers are all blooming.

"Since that's the case, then I'll trouble you to repair some more stoves," the sheriff said with a smile on his face, "I think these will be enough for you for a month, but after changing the food, you can make more weapons."

With a big wave of his hand, he let the convoy behind come over.

Yan Jiangshou couldn't help hissing. He saw hundreds of carts of ore and charcoal, and the county guard was still smiling and asked if they were enough.

"Sheriff, this blast furnace consumes a lot of manpower. It's okay for a few days. If the days are long, I'm afraid there's not enough manpower..." He estimated that it would take ten blast furnaces to accommodate it.

"I have already brought two hundred craftsmen and six hundred soldiers, all at your disposal." The sheriff is the sheriff, and if he is not domineering, he changed this into a barracks with an order.

"Then, Jiang will be disrespectful." This many people is enough for the early stage, Yan Jiang smiled and said, if it is not enough, there will be tens of thousands of criminals coming in the later stage.

The sheriff left satisfied, and took away a sickle that had just been sharpened, and prepared to present it to the king on horseback.

So after this day, the large flat land on the tributary of the Weihe River became a huge construction site. A wharf was built along the river, a stone road was paved in the middle, and a safe distance was kept between each blast furnace. A brick kiln to supply the flat-rise houses on the site.

Yan Dong is the contractor here, and he is very busy every day. Because there will definitely be a lot of people here in the future, he has reserved sewers, streets, public toilets, bathhouses, and flues between buildings so that he can add fire pits for heating in the future. In addition, he planned a small courtyard on the second floor for himself.

The small courtyard was built on the hillside, and there was a small stream not far away, just enough to divert water. A shelf was set up in front of the courtyard to plant grapes, and a few fruit tree seedlings were planted outside the house. A pond was built in the front yard, and the running water passed through , can not only bathe but also raise fish species.

The craftsmen were most concerned with his needs, and within ten days, the small courtyard was repaired.

His Majesty turned a blind eye to the various conveniences of the small courtyard, as if this was not his own nest, but just a palace residence.

But what it likes most is watching pots of molten iron being fired, and taking out weapons after annealing, watching black iron gradually sharpen to a cold light, watching weapons form from molten iron, never getting tired of seeing them, and holding claws Wings to touch, and once even took a spearhead to mow the grass, and was chased hundreds of meters by a new soldier who acted like a wild bird.

Before the sheriff took these newly cast weapons away, Yan Jiang piled them up in the repaired thatched hut, which was as tall as a person, and His Majesty later liked to sleep in the pile of weapons, like a treasure guard dragon.

Yan Jiang needs to carry the sleeping Majesty back to his leather nest.

At the same time, he began to sow his own autumn alfalfa.

The sown seeds were sprinkled on the plowed land, and the sheriff provided him with ten oxen. After the plowed land was finished, the rest of the weeding and other trivial matters were managed by their own servants. Everything went smoothly and was on the right track. Does it make Yan Jiang feel that there is something wrong?

I always felt that the sheriff looked at him very differently and saw that he was a little bowed and respectful.

I couldn't help complaining to His Majesty whether the sheriff came too diligently, and I could see him every two days. He was so old, and he always felt that there was some deep purpose.

His Majesty raised his head when he heard this question, and pointed to the waist knife on his waist with his wings.

"You mean that I have offended King Asaq I, King Ashoka, Diodotus, King Yuezhi, King Daxia, King Loulan... so a county guard is nothing?" He was embarrassed and annoyed, "Who am I doing it for? Asak Ashoka is because I brought the medicine, but which of the Yueshi Loulan Linhu behind is not because you insisted on taking Ahuang away? If it weren't for that sweaty horse, I would have been able to do it sooner." It’s okay to go back to China for a year! This time, maybe I’m going to mess with King Qin again, and that’s a hard problem, even worse than before.”

His Majesty cocked his tail happily, and the whole bird was proud.

"By the way, but since the days are so smooth, we might as well get the paper out," his little ambition uncontrollably swelled up, "I've endured this for several years."

His Majesty narrowed his eyes slightly, and nodded. That thing is really good, but it is a little missing.

As for whether people will be afraid of inventing too much - don't worry at all, he has traveled through the wilds of the Amazon, and as a wild survival king, he has nothing to fear if he hides in the wild.

As the first of the four great inventions, he refrained from divulging the technology in other countries.

But it's all gone, why does he still endure it?

He wants to make paper.

He thinks the scariest thing about going back to ancient times is not that there are no seasonings and no internet, but wiping his butt. Even though he uses kneaded dry grass to make cloth, it is still very unfriendly and prone to allergies, so he doesn’t do it either. What is too powerful paper, can be wiped enough.

"It happens that there is a blast furnace and a treadmill, and the scrap baking paper is integrated. When we plant the black sugar cane brought from India, we can squeeze sugar and make paper. The upstream industrial chain drives the downstream. I am a little excited to think about it. Well." He thought about the future, "There is also cotton, once it is planted, it can weave a lot of cloth, and the land under our feet may become a city."

"Your Majesty, I'm home. I'm so happy." He lay on the couch, held up an owl and kissed him, "The sky is high for birds to fly, the sea is wide for fish to leap into, wait and see, take out these things, and we will travel all over the Yangtze River together." How is Dahe?"

In Xianyang Palace, the heroic man opened his eyes silently, looked at the map of mountains and rivers on the wall next to him, searched for the location of the great rivers, and saw that half of them were in the Six Kingdoms, he frowned slightly, and after a few breaths, he went back again. Su Zhan.