What Zhuo Meng said was that Tieguanfang was an iron-smelting institution set up by the imperial court, a place specifically responsible for smelting iron and making weapons for the imperial court.
Blacksmiths at this time were also divided into levels, slaves, apprentices, workers, craftsmen, masters, masters, etc. Being able to be a master craftsman was already a great existence. Zhuo Meng's Aweng came from an iron officer and was a master craftsman, and his skills were astonishing. And know.
"Where is your Aweng?"
Of course, the treasure must be taken seriously. Zhang Sheng asked impatiently that since Zhuo Meng was here, his uncle should also be in Guangchang, because he made it clear when he was dealing with the Zhen family that the craftsmen sent over, Anyone with a family must be sent to him as well. He doesn't want these people he traded to be in Cao Ying but their hearts are in Han Dynasty.
"Aweng, Aweng has left. He died of exhaustion in front of the iron smelting furnace in the past two years..." Upon hearing Zhang Sheng's inquiry, Zhuo Meng's excited look just now disappeared, and a look of sadness appeared on his thin face.
What a pity, what a pity!
Judging from Zhuo Meng's age, he should be less than thirty. People nowadays get married and have children relatively early. Zhuo Meng, Meng Zhe, Bo Ye, Bo Zhong Shu Ji, Zhuo Meng can also be called Zhuo Da, starting from Zhuo Meng's age. It can be roughly deduced that his Aweng should not be more than fifty years old. In future generations, he will still be in his prime years. Now, such a talent will be exhausted to death.
What a pity.
"Zhuo Meng, what level can you reach now?"
People cannot be resurrected after death, so Zhang Sheng gathered his emotions and could only look at the present moment.
"Back to Junhou, in the Zhen family, Xiaoren was just an apprentice. Now Junhou asked, Xiaoren thinks that Xiaoren can do everything that an ironworker can do, and that Xiaoren can do a lot of things that a blacksmith can do." Hearing Zhang Sheng's inquiry, Zhuo Meng put away his sadness, thought about it, gritted his teeth, and revealed the truth.
It's interesting. It seems that Zhuo Meng is also a wise man.
"Jun Hou, Aweng was seriously ill at the time and needed rest. However, Zhen's steward ignored Aweng's request in order to rush the delivery, causing Aweng to die in front of the stove from exhaustion. Since then, the little The person swore that he would never forge an iron tool or smelt a piece of iron for Zhen, so the villain has always been an iron disciple."
Seeing Zhang Sheng looking at him with a smile, Zhuo Meng had no choice but to explain again.
Good boy, with backbone!
Zhang Sheng secretly praised him.
The Zhen family would definitely not send good craftsmen. This was what Zhang Sheng had expected. Even so, Zhang Sheng still chose to trade with them because it was better to have something than nothing. This was also the reason why Zhang Sheng had no choice but to trade with the Zhen family. .
When this group of craftsmen arrived, it could be seen from their craftsmanship that most of them were apprentices, and a few could be called workers, which verified his guess. This was one of the reasons why he continued to let Wei Da manage them.
Unexpectedly, the treasure Zhuo Meng appeared now, which really surprised Zhang Sheng.
"Okay, well done! Zhuo Meng, from now on, you are the person in charge of our iron workshop. All iron smelting matters are decided by you. If you encounter problems, you can go to Chief Wei to solve them. If he can't solve them, you You can come to me directly."
Talents should be reused!
Besides, is the person standing in front of me now a man who has his heart set on himself? More to reuse.
"The villain thanks Junhou for his success, and he will definitely live up to the entrustment of Junhou."
After all, he had been hanging out in the Imperial Palace's Tieguanfang and met some worldly people. Zhuo Meng knelt down and gave a big gift and accepted the job.
More than a hundred craftsmen watched with envy.
"Everyone has it. From now on in Guangchang, as long as your skills are excellent and what you make is good enough, you can be promoted to a worker or a craftsman. Hahahaha, you can be promoted to a master. I, Zhang Sheng, will put my words here today. I hope One by one, you all will become everyone and become masters. When the time comes, I will enshrine you one by one..."
Seeing everyone's expressions, Zhang Sheng seized the opportunity and took out too many encouragements and cake-paintings from his previous life and made nonsense of them.
The craftsmen all looked excited after being told this.
"Marquis Jun, I paid attention to it when I entered the mountain. The stones in Guangchang are yellow and red, so they should be made of iron. Moreover, I also heard that there is a ready-made iron smelting workshop in the north of the city. I thought, We can open a furnace to make iron ourselves, so that we can save the wrought iron or half-cooked iron."
When a new official takes office, Zhuo Meng naturally wants to make some achievements and intervene at the right time. He wants to show his role as soon as possible.
There is iron in Guangchang. As an engineering dog, Zhang Sheng knew it just by looking at the rocks in the mountains. He also knew that there was not only iron but also copper.
"No need for the moment, Zhuo Meng, just use this batch of iron materials, organize the manpower, and rush to make arrowheads as soon as possible. We will talk about iron smelting later." In the past, it was about survival and gaining a foothold, all kinds of busyness, iron smelting The matter of copper smelting was not in Zhang Sheng's short-term consideration at all. Now, Zhuo Meng made a request, but he thought about it and refused.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, steelmaking technology was still too backward compared to later generations.
Although the technology of steel frying already existed in the Han Dynasty, that technology could only be controlled by the top masters in the iron smelting workshops controlled by the imperial court or the iron smelting workshops controlled by the noble families. Moreover, steel-frying technology still has relatively high requirements for personnel and equipment. Zhang Sheng has seen Gao's iron smelting workshop. It can be said that even if Gao's earthen workshop has mastered the technology, it will be very difficult to implement. .
Speaking of which, the steel frying process is not complicated. After the ore is refined into pig iron liquid, a certain amount of concentrated ore powder is added to it and stirred continuously, so that the ore powder reacts with the impurities in the pig iron at high temperature to form slag, and these impurities are removed. The carbon content of iron decreases, transforming from iron to steel.
However, in this era, it is no longer easy to raise the temperature of the furnace. Now it is necessary to constantly open the furnace, add materials and stir, which invisibly increases the technical difficulty.
As an engineering dog majoring in mechanics, I know the principles of steelmaking, and I have never been to a steel plant. Although I can't build the kind of blast furnace that will be produced in later generations, I am familiar with today's earth-made iron smelting workshops. It will not be a big problem to upgrade and improve the iron output to significantly increase compared with the current level.
Now, Guangchang needs crossbows and arrows, but the demand for steel is not so urgent. Therefore, Zhang Sheng, who is very busy, can only put the iron smelting matter to the back.
"Oh, I know." Zhuo Meng looked a little disappointed when his request was rejected.
"Haha, Lao Zhuo, I'm just not doing anything about iron smelting for the time being. I have some ideas about iron smelting. I'm thinking that if I can improve the existing iron smelting process, the iron output should be increased a lot. So, wait for me You can do it after you figure it out, don’t worry, you, the person in charge, will definitely not be free by then.”
The energy could only be raised but not vented. Zhang Sheng used an excuse that was not an excuse to explain Zhuo Meng.
"Marquis, you also know how to smelt iron?"
Zhuo Meng became happy again when he heard that Zhang Sheng's words were not directed at him.
"meeting……"
"Report, an unknown team was found approaching at Tianmen Pass, numbering about 500."
Just as Zhang Sheng spoke, a personal guard broke into the workshop and interrupted his words.
Did an unknown team approach Tianmen Pass?
Zhang Sheng's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately forgot about Zhuo Meng's smelting of iron...
