Twilight.
The sun went down on the other side of the oak tree, and the oblique light shone among the trees, and the leaves became bronze, and the sunlight under the trees spread there like a golden tablecloth, and the yellow-green fields in the distance gradually drowned in a vague silence.
And the people waiting for Cao Chong also arrived.
It was a group of bandits in armor, and each of them had a sharp weapon in his hand, whether it was a spear, or a broadsword, or a spear, or so on.
This is where they are different, and what they have in common is the decadence on their faces, and apprehension.
There were not many of them, but there were quite a few, about five hundred people, half of whom were in the prime of life, and the rest were generally children of eleven or twelve years old, and veterans of forty or fifty years old.
"Grass people Kode, meet the nobles."
Cao Chong stood in front of him, his hand lightly touched the bridge of his nose, and his eyes looked at this Kou De in particular, as if he was looking at some strange treasure, and the Kou De knocked on the ground for a long time, and did not dare to raise his head, so he had to lie on the ground in embarrassment, as if he was trying his best to control his breathing.
"Kod, you are guilty" call Kou De took a deep breath and straightened his waist, but his body trembled a little.
"The villain is guilty."
Conviction of sin "Do You Know What Crime You Have Committed Fortten Kou was stunned for a moment, so he had to stumble and say, "The villain doesn't know." ” He really doesn't know, it's still wrong to live honestly, how can this world be like this "Then I will tell you that you have committed a capital crime." capital crime "Fart" Kou De immediately stood up, angrily pulled out the long knife on his waist, but was restrained by Gao Yi first.
"The nobleman has been wronged" There was no threat, so Kou had to cry out for injustice.
"What have you wronged, the law of the Han Dynasty, how can it be child's play" As soon as Cao Chong said this, Lao Lizheng couldn't stand still, only to see him take two steps forward and walk in front of Cao Chong, his face was obviously angry with Cao Chong.
"The noble man has said a word, and now it can't be counted" Cao Chong smiled, and then said: "Naturally, I won't kill anyone." ” Hearing Cao Chong's promise, Lao Lizheng's face looked a little better.
"Li Zhengmo is going to breathe a sigh of relief, I have a request." request Lao Lizheng mentioned it in his heart to Kou De, and asked at the same time: "What do you want?"
Cao Chong pondered for a long time, and only after a long time did he pretend to be suddenly enlightened, and said, "I'll ask a few questions first, okay?"
Ask questions Kode and Lao Li looked at each other, and both of them saw the look of permission in each other's eyes.
It's nothing more than a few questions, as long as you don't kill people, everything is easy to say.
"Your iron ore, do you sell iron ore or refined iron?"
"This" Kou De hesitated for a moment, and after seeing Lao Lizheng's permission, he said: "The big head is iron ore, and the small head is refined iron." ” "Anyway, you can refine pig iron here."
There's nothing to deny this, so Kou has to nod his head in acknowledgement.
"Sell to, how often, how much at one time" Kou De glanced at Lao Lizheng, but the latter began to give him a look, but unfortunately although Kou De knew that Lao Li was having something to say, he didn't know what Lao Li was going to say, so he had to answer Cao Chong's question honestly.
"Most of the time, it is sold to Xiliang merchants, and it is traded once a month, and one car of refined iron and thirty cars of iron ore are traded at a time."
"One car" Cao Chong is not very familiar with this unit of measurement.
"How much fine iron can be made in a car, how many big knives can be made" Kou De's eyes rolled, and at this time he didn't see Lao Li's anxious look, so he said: "One car can make fifty ring-headed knives." ” Fifty, that is to say, a transaction of one car once a month is a transaction of two or three hundred ring-headed knives.
"Do you know who the merchants of Nasiliang trade with?"
Kou De shook his head, and then added, "I've heard him say the word Chang'an Fufeng. ” Changan Fufeng Ma Chao Cao Chong shook his head and rubbed the bridge of his nose vigorously, and after a moment, Cao Chong waved his hand at Kou De.
"Bestow Gold" Immediately, there was a tiger warrior holding a plate behind him, and on top of the plate, there were two golden lumps.
These two gold lumps are more than the money they make by selling iron ore for a month "Thank you for the gold" Kou De hurriedly knelt down, the vigilance on his face towards Cao Chong dropped a lot, and a little smirk appeared on his face.
Since ancient times, wealth has moved people's hearts, and His Majesty naturally can't be all swords.
Cao Chong's move immediately made Kou De honest, and even the bandits who were with Lao Lizheng and the bandits behind him looked good.
"This is the first time to give money, but it is by no means the last, as long as you complete the task of this son, this kind of reward will never be less" "No" Kou naturally bowed his head and obeyed his orders.
"From tomorrow, I will train a car of fine iron a day, is it possible?"
One car a day Kod had a look of embarrassment on his face.
"How, no" Kou De nodded and said, "I'm waiting for the steel frying method, and I can't practice it so fast." ” Frying steel method Cao Chong was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something.
China's ancient steelmaking technology was invented in the late Spring and Autumn Period.
From the pre-Qin period to the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, the main steelmaking process was the lump iron carburizing method; From the Han Dynasty to the Ming and Qing dynasties, it was mainly the method of frying steel and filling steel, followed by the method of 100 steelmaking and the method of carburizing iron, and there was also "cast iron decarburization steel" in the Han and Wei dynasties, and there was also the crucible steelmaking method in the Han Dynasty.
The steel frying method is one of the most famous methods of ironmaking and steelmaking.
So far, the world's earliest steel-frying metallurgical technology is the steel-making method, which has been invented and widely used in China in the early Western Han Dynasty The raw material of frying steel is pig iron, and the key point of operation is to heat the pig iron to a liquid or semi-liquid state, and use blasting or sprinkling concentrate powder to oxidize silicon, manganese and carbon, and reduce the carbon content to the composition range of steel and wrought iron.
But at this time, Cao Chong had some questions, this steelmaking method is to practice steel, how did the pig iron come from "I'm asking about ironmaking, not steelmaking."
Ironmaking "Pig Iron" Cao Chong nodded.
"Pig iron can also be used as a blade" Pig iron contains a lot of carbon, hard and brittle, almost no plasticity, if you make a blade, it will break after a few cuts, which is not a weapon, people like Cao Chong, it is impossible to make agricultural tools if you want iron "You don't have to worry about it, you just need to tell me, if it's pig iron, you can make geometry" Kou De hesitated for a moment and said, "If it's pig iron, one car a day won't be a problem."
"Okay" Cao Chong's face was overjoyed, this trip, he really picked up a treasure "Then there will be one car a day, and in addition, if the Xiliang merchant comes again, you will detain him and wait for me to send it."
Kou De hesitated for a moment, but looking at Cao Chong's face, he had to agree hard.
"No":