As soon as Sun Fu'an and his son returned to their residence, the people who had come to Yancheng with them gathered around and asked curiously.
"Brother Sun, what did the prince ask you to do?"
"Old Sun, tell me quickly, how is it in the palace?"
"Yeah, yeah, tell me quickly"
Everyone asked Sun Fu'an to sit on a stool. Sun Fu'an sat on the stool and said: "The palace courtyard is very big, but the inside is not luxurious, and it is not as good as the big houses I saw before."
A very thin man said curiously: "How is that possible? That's the palace."
"How is it impossible? Haven't you heard that the King of Yan exchanged many cattle, sheep and horses with the Hu people, but the prince gave these cattle, sheep and horses to the people of Yancheng." Sun Fu'an retorted. It has been two days since they came to Yancheng. They have done nothing during these two days, just eating and sleeping. Moreover, the palace did not restrict their personal freedom and they could enter and leave the place where they lived at will. Some people didn't believe it at first, but there were no guards guarding the gate. Some people tried to walk out of the palace, but no one came forward to stop them. So in the past two days, some people left their residences and walked around the city. I heard some people talking on the road, and then I realized that Prince Yan's Mansion had distributed a lot of cattle, sheep, and horses to the people.
Sun Fu'an paused and then said: "You have forgotten what King Yan said the day we first arrived in Yancheng. In three years, we will be given status and we will be given land."
"But can we live here for more than three years? This place is close to the Jie tribe in the north. I heard that these Jie tribe people kill without batting an eyelid and often come to Yancheng to burn, kill and loot." A middle-aged man about the same age as Sun Fu'an was a little worried. asked worriedly.
When everyone heard what the middle-aged man said, they suddenly panicked and started discussing.
At this time, a tall and thin man lying on the bed not far away said disdainfully: "Huh, what are you afraid of? King Yan is not afraid of you. If you are afraid of death, you can leave now. Didn't that adult say when he came? If you want to leave, no one will stop you. See if you can get out of Hebei Road alive when you leave here."
"Hey, I'm talking about Tang Blacksmith, what do you mean? Who said you were leaving?" one person retorted.
"I'm not leaving anyway. There is food and drink here. I think it's very good here. If we can get a land in three years, maybe we can even get a wife." The man surnamed Tang said while lying on the bed. .
"But you said that when the prince bought us back, he didn't tell us what he wanted us to do, so he just let us eat, sleep, and sleep?"
Sun Fu'an's eldest son Sun Wen said: "No, the prince has something for us to do."
As soon as everyone heard that they were asked to do something, they immediately focused their attention on Sun Wen.
"Xiaowen, what do you think the prince wants us to do?" said the middle-aged man from before.
Sun Wen said, "The prince asked my father to teach everyone how to be a carpenter."
"Learning to be a carpenter? Why do you want to learn to be a carpenter?" the middle-aged man asked curiously.
"We made some things for the prince at the palace today, but these things must be an object when put together. The prince probably wanted to make an object," Sun Fu'an took over and said.
"What the hell is that?"
"I don't know about this. What I made is only part of it. There should be other parts of that thing." Sun Fu'an said slowly, "But I want to remind you that we are all the prince's people now, and the prince gives us food." Eat, let’s do whatever we are asked to do. It’s best not to ask around or tell anyone about what the prince wants to do specifically.”
In fact, based on Sun Fu'an's experience, although he didn't know exactly what King Yan was going to do, he could guess based on his experience that it was a weapon similar to a crossbow.
In the iron smelting plant, Han Tie, who received the task of making carpenter tools, immediately arranged for people to make molds after reading the order. For Han Tie, making various tools is very simple, as long as they have a look, but now the smelting The iron factory no longer needs to hammer over and over again, but all adopts the casting mode, which greatly improves production efficiency. After a day and a night, all the tools were cast, and even the sharpening and polishing were completed. Zhao Bin ordered people to build a terrazzo in the iron smelting plant, using running water to provide power, and adding a worm wheel at the bottom to pass the gear. Teleportation makes the whetstone rotate rapidly to sharpen farm tools. It is now used to sharpen various axes and chisel tools of carpenters.
After getting the tools, Sun Fu'an and his son finally started their teaching activities. The two brothers Sun Wen and Sun Wu were also affectionately called Master Sun, especially on the women's side. The two young men were beaten by several older ladies. This kind of ridicule made some older girls blush when they heard it. Fortunately, the government sent officials to supervise the teaching. Only with the restraint of the officials from the government, the two young men could continue to teach smoothly.
After all, women are making simple arrow shafts. Many people master the essentials after learning for a period of time, but things are different for men. Everyone is different after all. Some people learn everything quickly. Some people are slow to learn everything. After observing for a period of time, Sun Fu'an finally divided the people into several groups. Some were responsible for cutting wood, some were responsible for shaping, and some were responsible for slotting. Fortunately, these bought slaves were from poor people. There is no lazy person, everyone completes their own process seriously. Of course, another reason is that the people responsible for supervision here are not the clerks of the government, but the guards of the palace. Each one is wearing armor, with a saber hanging on his waist, and holding a sword in his hand. Spear. But having said that, carpentry is a delicate craft after all. It usually takes three years for an average apprentice to graduate. Even those who learn quickly will still need a period of practice to make simple objects. Even if he can learn it now, there is no way to start making the Zhuge Crossbow immediately, because all the wood has not been completely dried, and the parts made now are easily deformed. The main reason why Zhao Bin wants to cut the wood in winter is Because the wood has the lowest moisture content in winter, it can save the wood drying time to the greatest extent. He hopes that after a winter of drying, the wood will be well dehydrated and shaped, ready to start making crossbow arrows in the future.
