Dang-dang... The sound of villagers banging on the iron billets is endless. Wei Min looked at the 'industrial assembly line' in front of him in surprise. This was the first time he discovered that ironmaking could be done in this way.
At the entrance, there were women constantly carrying iron ore and pouring it into a large pool. Immediately next to them, strong men hit the iron ore with hammers. The crushed iron ore was shoveled out and transported to the first place. Burn at high temperature in a stove.
After the hot iron ore was shoveled out, it was immediately poured into a large pool to cool down. Using the method of thermal expansion and contraction, the stones attached to the iron ore were simply peeled off. The remaining steps were also very smooth. sequence.
Process after process, link after link, there are people who are responsible for supervising the work, and there are people who are responsible for inspecting the quality. Finally, after more than a dozen processes, the finished wrought iron is shaped with a mold, and an iron ingot the size of a brick is obtained.
Wei Min picked up a cooled iron ingot. It was heavy and had almost no air bubbles on the surface. This was very rare, which showed that the smelting method Wei Cheng 'invented' was much better than the imperial court's.
Hao Dashao said with a smile: "Second Master, is there anything else you want to ask?" Wei Min was stunned for a moment, then smiled and cupped his hands, saying: "I'm sorry, Wei has nothing to ask, strong man. Go get busy." Hao Dadao cupped his hands. Although he looked a bit old, he was actually several years younger than Wei Min.
He continued: "There is a brick factory next to it. If the second master is interested, I can take you there to have a look."
"Oh!" Wei Min looked at the brick factory nearby. The towering chimney had long made him very curious.
"Okay, I'm done." After walking out of the arsenal, the two of them walked around a wall, next to which was the brick factory.
However, Wei Min's attention was attracted by the tower being built on the edge of the cliff. Upon seeing this, Hao Dadao introduced: "This is the fortification that the Young Master asked us to build. Along the cliff, we will build one every fifty steps or so. Now there are seven of them completed, but they are still far from the Young Master's request. It's a long way off, I'm afraid it will take at least a year and a half to encircle the entire cliff." Wei Min nodded slightly, looked at the strange-shaped tower, and said, "Can Wei go in and visit?" Hao Dadao hurriedly said He raised his hand and said: Of course it is possible.
Humble room.
"Wahahahaha...eat meat, eat meat!" Because of Bai Bojun's incident, we haven't eaten lunch yet. It's already afternoon, and the smell of meat is everywhere in the village.
Horse meat is rare in later generations, but it is not impossible, and it is not impossible to eat. There are many people who eat horse meat.
Aunt Manhua specially sent some pieces of fat and lean meat and some ribs to match with the spice packets provided by Wei Cheng. Hao Niang got busy in the kitchen. After a while, the aroma of the meat filled the air, which annoyed little Aning. Dancing happily, jumping up and down.
The spices and seasonings Wei Cheng purchased this time were very comprehensive. He walked into his small warehouse and got a bowl of chive flower sauce and a bowl of hot sauce.
Due to the limitations of cooking tools, horse meat is boiled directly in water. The way to eat it is the same as hand-meat in Inner Mongolia. Cut it with a knife and dip it in chive flower sauce. It is oily but not greasy in the mouth. The aroma of chive flowers covers up the fishy smell of the meat.
The staple food is the big steamed buns that Hao Niang has steamed in the morning, and a cold wild vegetable. Seeing that Wei Cheng was about to start eating, Cai Yan hurriedly reminded: "Husband, the second uncle hasn't come yet." Wei Cheng was stunned for a moment, and the knife in his hand had already cut off a piece of meat, whether he wanted to eat or not. Neither.
At this moment, the courtyard door opened. Wei Min walked in with a smile on his face, holding a vegetable basket in his hand. He said: "The people in the village are really enthusiastic. They gave me a lot of fruits... Hey, you guys started to eat them now." Cai Yan said hurriedly: "My husband specifically told me to wait for my second uncle to come and eat together." Wei Min looked at the meat slices in Wei Cheng's hand, smiled without saying a word, walked to the side of the water tank and washed his hands, and then sat down in front of Wei Cheng.
Cai Yan took Aning to the kitchen to eat. Under normal circumstances, women and children were not allowed to eat when there were guests at home.
But Wei Cheng obviously didn't think so. He pulled Cai Yan and asked curiously: "Where are you going to eat?"
"I..." Cai Yan looked at Wei Min, his meaning was very obvious, his second uncle is here! Wei Min looked at Wei Cheng holding Cai Yan's hand, smiled bitterly, and said: "Cheng'er, you are still angry with your second uncle. Your second uncle was doing it for your own good at the time. Besides, the money I found for you These girls are all daughters of aristocratic families. They are willing to be your concubine. I am not forcing them... Besides, Yan'er also agrees." Wei Cheng frowned slightly.
"Concubine?" He looked at Cai Yan and saw the girl's expression was gloomy, her eyes were a little moist, and her mouth was slightly pursed.
Wei Cheng thought of what happened a few days ago. Cai Yan saw that she ordered Mr. Jin and others to make gold jewelry, but she felt depressed for a while. Would she agree to take a concubine?
Just kidding! Recalling what Wei Min said, Wei Cheng was certain that Cai Yan would never agree to his taking a concubine. It was only because of pressure from certain aspects that he had to agree.
Thinking of this, Wei Cheng raised his head and looked at Wei Min with a vaguely evil expression. Wei Min was startled when he saw this. Why has this kid become so violent after not seeing him for several months?
Wei Cheng's emotion was very obvious. When Cai Yan saw this, he explained with a choked and trembling voice: "Husband, don't do this. My second uncle is doing it for your own good. It's all my fault that I haven't been able to give birth to a son and a half for you... It's my fault." ..." Seeing this, Wei Cheng hurriedly went to comfort her.
The most surprised person at this time was Wei Min. He looked at the two people in front of him with a surprised look. The tenderness in Wei Cheng's eyes could not be faked, and the faint coquettish words in Cai Yan's words could not deceive him, a person who had experienced this before... What exactly was going on, and when did Wei Cheng Has the relationship between Er and Yaner become so good?
After eating the dog food for a while, Wei Min said, "Yan'er, take the little girl and sit down and eat together." After Wei Min spoke, Cai Yan sat down with Aning.
Little Aning was starving for a long time. Wei Cheng cut her a big piece of meat and put it in a bowl. The girl didn't dip it in the sauce and just picked it up and gnawed it.
Compared with Wei Cheng's particularity, the real situation in this era is that meat can be eaten after it is cooked, let alone chive flowers and chili sauce. In many cases, they don't even have salt.
According to the words of the villagers: What kind of salt do you want? Meat will be good. It was also the first time for Wei Min to eat meat with dipping sauce. The chive flowers removed the fishy smell and the chili sauce added flavor and appetizer, which made his mouth watery. Gradually, he no longer worried about his image. Recently, he was busy guarding manors in various counties. He spent many days I haven't had a proper meal.
In addition, the wine Wei Cheng brought out was really delicious, sweet and spicy, with a fruity aroma in the mouth. It was perfect to eat with greasy meat.
The wine Wei Cheng brought out was a cocktail made by himself. He squeezed the juice from fruits in the mountains, then added mountain spring water and Qinghe Daqu. Finally, he used honey to enhance the taste and sealed it in a clay pot. The shelf life is about half a year.
Cai Yan chewed slowly and secretly looked at Wei Cheng from time to time. Wei Cheng took a bite of the steamed bun and asked curiously: "What's wrong?" Cai Yan smiled sweetly, holding the steamed bun and eating it with relish like a little hamster.
She wanted to say that this was the first time that her husband had defended himself in this way in front of his elders. This feeling... was really happy.
The moon is shining in the valley, and it is quiet in the dead of night. Wei Cheng took a bath in the backyard and walked to the front yard with the clothes he changed.
As soon as he put the dirty clothes into the tub, he heard Wei Min's voice coming from the door of the courtyard: "Cheng'er, the stars are really shining tonight." Wei Cheng curiously walked outside the courtyard and saw Wei Min holding a A wine bottle, half lying on the grass on the hillside, looking up at the stars.
Wei Cheng leaned on the door frame and looked up at the galaxy. It was indeed beautiful! The uncle and nephew were silent for a while.
Wei Min picked up the wine bottle, took a long gulp, and burped heartily. Then he said without looking back: "Cheng'er, if you have any ambition, go for it. Your second uncle, your father, and even the entire Wei family are your solid backing. Even if you fail, it doesn't matter. What should a man be afraid of?" "Wei Cheng was stunned for a moment, looked at the stars in the sky and said: "What ambitions can I have? My second uncle may have drunk too much. He should go into the house to rest early. The ground is very cold, so be careful of the cold air getting into your body."
"Hahaha." Wei Min smiled sarcastically, looked back at Wei Cheng, who was leaning on the door frame with his arms folded, and asked, "Do you still remember what Gaozu said when he first met the First Emperor?" Wei Cheng raised his eyebrows. .
After thinking for a while, he said: "Hey, this is what a man should do!"
"Of course!" Wei Min laughed. Then he said: "The Overlord of Chu was also present at that time. Do you know what the Overlord said?" Wei Min thought that Wei Cheng didn't know and was about to speak.
Wei Cheng thought for a while and responded casually: "It's an alternative... right." Wei Min's expression changed, and he turned back to look at Wei Cheng in surprise and asked, "How did you know?" Wei Cheng wanted to say. , I saw it on TV, but obviously I can't say that. He hesitated and said, "Maybe I saw it in some book. My second uncle doesn't know about it either." Wei Min looked at Wei Ceng in a daze for a long time. Then he suddenly burst into laughter.
He knew it, but he saw it by chance, because the book recording this incident was inaccessible to ordinary people.
After all, whether it is the words of the great ancestor or the words of the overlord, they are both treacherous and treasonous words. ."Historical Records·The Chronicles of Xiang Yu": The First Emperor of Qin traveled to Kuaiji and crossed Zhejiang, and Liang and Ji both visited.
The book said: "He can be replaced." Liang covered his mouth and said: "Don't lie, the clan is here!" He raised his head and looked at Xinghe, and said suddenly: "If I were Xiang Liang, I would not rebuke the overlord, but I would be very happy in my heart. Comfort." Wei Cheng frowned slightly and looked at Wei Min. This cheap second uncle must have drunk too much.
Wei Min was unmoved, took another sip of wine, and then said in a sonorous tone: "Throughout the ages, the world has been in chaos, and when heroes rise together, there must be destiny... In the past, the great ancestor killed the white snake. It's a pity that this man has been around for four hundred years. The fate of the country will eventually come to an end... and now the troubled times are coming... I, the Qilin'er of the Wei family, have come back from the dead. Isn't it mysterious to know this in life?" Wei Min suddenly stood up and looked at Wei Cheng with piercing eyes, citing examples one by one. Said: "The invulnerable silk inner armor far surpasses contemporary forging technology. The Thirty-six Divine Artifacts of Tiangang are not legends. The seventy-two heavy weapons of Earthly Evil are what I have seen with my own eyes. Another example is the tower with a strange shape but as stable as a mountain. The sweet and mellow wine in my hand...Cheng'er, you are your destiny!"... The next day.
Wei Cheng took a nap, and when he got up, it was already three o'clock in the morning. Yawning, he walked to the yard and asked, "Yan'er, where is the second uncle?" Wei Min slept in the same room with him last night. There were many boxes in the room, and he could sleep with just a sheet and quilt.
Wei Cheng woke up once in the morning and saw that Wei Min was no longer in the room. He was in a daze at the time. He looked at the sky and then fell asleep again.
Only then did I remember that Wei Min's beds had already been stacked neatly, and he had obviously gotten up very early.
Cai Yan shook her head. She thought Wei Min was still sleeping in the room. When she heard this, she frowned and said, "When your husband said this, I remembered it. When I got up in the morning, the courtyard door was slightly open. I I thought my husband didn't lock it at night." Wei Cheng nodded, thinking that Wei Min had gone to the village.
However, when it was approaching noon, Wei Cheng learned that Wei Min had left early in the morning. Before leaving, he asked the villagers guarding the lift platform to tell him that he had gone to fulfill the agreement.
Wei Cheng's brows trembled, and he suddenly remembered the last conversation between the two last night. At that time, Wei Min seemed to have said something. Wei Cheng thought he was joking, so he said, "If the second uncle insists on doing this, then what if my nephew just plays with you..." Later, Wei Cheng drank some wine, and the two of them I don't have much of an impression of what he said in detail. I just remember that Wei Min looked delighted at that time and pulled Wei Cheng to praise him for a long time, saying that he was worthy of being the Qilin'er of the Wei family.
Wei Cheng rubbed his head, feeling a little confused.
"What were you talking about at that time?"... On the forest trails in autumn, withering can be seen everywhere.
Liu, Guan, and Zhang rode their horses and looked up at the sun to determine the direction.
"Brother, second brother, there seems to be smoke ahead." Zhang Fei pointed in the distance and shouted. Guan Yu squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "That's right, it's just like what those thieves said. The front should be Longshan." Last night he refrained from attacking those Baibo soldiers. This morning The three brothers followed those people out of the city and stopped them in an inaccessible place. First, they gave them a severe beating and then inquired about the specific location of Haojia Village.
It took me a lot of time to search all the way, but I finally found the right place. Liu Bei looked at Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, frowned and said: "Two worthy brothers, after meeting Mr. Wei, remember not to show too much ambition. These children of aristocratic families have always been arrogant. If you talk too much, it will easily lead to anger." Come to mock and belittle." Guan Yu nodded.
Zhang Fei, on the other hand, didn't take it seriously and said in a low voice: "You and I, the three brothers, are just here to make contributions. There is nothing to hide about it." Liu Bei shook his head and explained deliberately.
When Guan Yu saw this, he said: "Third brother, please listen to me and don't mess up my plan with your unintentional words." Zhang Fei opened his mouth aggrievedly, and finally responded honestly,
"I listen to you." The three brothers rode their horses and came to the foot of the mountain. He was spotted by the sunspots on the mountain from a distance: "Who is coming?" Liu Bei stepped forward and held his hands, and responded loudly: "A certain person is the Empress Jing of Zhongshan. Liu Bei, Liu Xuande, their second brother Guan Yu, and their third brother Zhang Fei, please see Mr. Wei." , I hope that the strong man will be able to show his talents.".
