The cheers of the iron water shook the entire site, and almost all the slaves looked at the chimneys near the site.One of the chimneys can smoke some time ago, which is the fire kiln in the firing pottery.The other chimneys have only started to light in a few days.

Hearing this cheer, Mao quickly sprang out of the carpenter's shed and set up his eyes to look at the cushions.Many slaves also put down the work at hand like him, but their mood is very different - iron is too scarce, and it is too important, a very important part of the history of human civilization is how to get enough iron.

Not to mention that at the end of tomorrow, even in the 1980s and 1990s before China's bursting of steel production capacity, the domestic steel that could get some of the planned steel were cattlemen.Because steel is so important, the Chinese are giving it cabbage.

When Zhou Qingfeng was distressed about how to get steel, Mao was always smeared by the two iron tools he had hidden in his hand, and regarded as a treasure, but he could not imagine that this was called civilized desert, Hekurun, could actually come out of the iron water - this is simply to smash his rice bowl.

Mao Ada was still upset, and saw Cai Zhiwei from Hetuala running up with his assistant Jingo.The two are also teachers and apprentices, and the relationship is much more harmonious.They set up their easels and began sketching the smoking chimneys in the distance, the cheering slaves and the tall iron-making furnace.

The news of the iron water made Mao A very upset, to see Cai Zhiwei actually want to draw the relevant people and things, he said to express his disdain and said: "This is not a good-looking landscape, what is a good painting?" 」

Cai Zhiwei also laughed bitterly, "The chief said that this is a historic moment, and I want to paint it for a record."I've been painting this every day lately, and the great sweat of the state has delayed me in giving portraits of the chief."

"That boy is not aware of the good, people build the state sweat a lot of honorable people, he actually dared to slacken."Mao A big whispered sneer: "I gave myself a position called 'head', I have never heard of it, it must have been blind."It's ridiculous!"

Cai Zhiwei um um a few times but did not answer, continue to paint their own paintings.But the news of the iron water came to the city of Ehkurun, and all at once alarmed the Belle Bay of the whole city.Zhou Qingfeng made a pottery to surprise people, and now the iron is even more ecstatic.The commander of the ministry, Ucha, hastily brought a large group of people to kill them, just to see the strangeness of the iron-making furnace.

In ancient China, the nomadic and fishing and hunting people in the north tried their best to obtain iron tools.An iron pot on the grassland can easily change a few women.In the northeast of Liao, real women also have to empty their homes in order to obtain iron tools.The Great Ming Dynasty relied on this technology and trade blockade to gain a unilateral national advantage.

Zhou Qingfeng actually made the iron-making furnace, which made the Kulen people in the city overjoyed and run together to observe.In fact, the technology of this ironmaking furnace is not high, he built a small blast furnace of earth steelmaking when "big steel" was built.The bricks of the masonry stove are still pottery bricks burned out of the fire kiln, and the heat resistance level is even not up to standard.

In order to obtain high caloric value of wood charcoal, Zhou Qingfeng also built a small coke oven.In order to break the ore, he had to mobilize hundreds of slaves to stone it.The whole process is difficult and extremely cumbersome.He also took a lot of risk by studying and trying.

But this does not flow technology, the iron furnace out of the movement is too big.Zhou Qingfeng could not hide, only to let the woman look at the real barbarous son in a generous way.But he hid some of the craftsmen and apprentices he had cultivated, and did not show people—even if the level of these technicians was extremely inferior.

When Utcha arrived, the iron-making furnace was burning the second furnace of iron ore.The iron water that has been released has been poured into the mud mold, waiting for further processing.He saw the high-temperature ingots braved the dark red, and when Zhou Qingfeng was about to raise high, cheering loudly.A lot of Belle Bayes also shouted excitedly.

Zhou Qingfeng was constantly raised by Ucha, and his face was a formulaic smile, but his heart was scolding: "You happy ghosts, this iron and cultivated craftsmen are not for you."It's the old man's own."

Grandpa Sun, as the housekeeper of Ucha, also went to the past and said, “Chou boy, you are Baylor.”Uzza has just announced to everyone that you should be the Bel of Echkurun.From now on, you can stand on your own.”

Before Zhou Qingfeng was "Baozi", which was equivalent to Zhu Ying's men.Now Ucha, in a word, has made him a separate force in name.Ucha yahoos a lot of benefits for Zhou Qingfeng, and finally asked him how to divide the iron materials made by this ironmaking furnace with his grandfather's mouth?

"This iron ore is too little."Zhou Qingfeng took Ucha to visit part of the process of ironmaking, and took the opportunity to complain: "The ore in the city is so much, and there are not many iron ingots for all refining."If the Minister can get iron ore, I can give the iron ingots in half to the Minister.The rest, as long as someone bids, I'm willing to sell it."

Zhou Qingfeng's opening conditions are very good, but the key is stuck in iron ore.There is no decent iron ore around the Ikhkurun, and there is no technology to mine.Uzza understood this, and nods to answer: "I sent to the other tribes to ask, it is said that there are mines in the east and north, and they should be willing to change with us."

The iron ore thing was left to Ucha to find a way, and Zhou Qingfeng was really not lost.But there was another thing that needed Ucha’s help, and his own full language was not good enough for Grandpa Sun to tell Ucha that I wanted to exchange some of the slaves at hand with Belbezi in the city.

What?

Change of slaves?

Grandpa Sun did not understand for a moment, deliberately asked again, "You want to change the slaves you have been hard to train with Uzza?"That's a big loss!"

He continued to control more than 700 slaves.After a month of training, these slaves have been greatly improved, both physical and mental - the construction of the city and the like has always been hard, and a hundred slaves have been thrown into it, and it is not uncommon to die most of them.Although the small fortifications of Zhou Qingfeng are small, they are not easy.

But Zhou Qingfeng tried his best to maintain the death rate of slaves to a relatively low level, many slaves learned a lot of knowledge in the process of labor, and even some people eat enough, sleep well, even become stronger.In the view of Grandpa Sun, these slaves in Zhou Qingfeng's hand can be called strong, obedient, sensible, and absolutely cannot be sold.

Zhou Qingfeng did not pay any attention to these slaves, and said with great certainty: "I want to replace about half of the slaves in my hands, that is, those who are working hard on the construction site."The number is about 300, most of which was sent by Yu Ying.I'll discuss it privately with Ucha, and I'd like to change at least one for two."

During this period, he trained for the Ucha Department, and it is said that he practiced very well.He had previously sent more than 400 slaves to Zhou Qingfeng, who apparently wanted to do something on these slaves.But Grandpa Sun heard that he was going to exchange strong slaves for ordinary slaves, and he hesitated for a while before telling Ucha about it.

Uzza was also surprised to hear this request, and he did not understand that he reached out his hand to a working slave and asked in the less skilled Han Chinese, "So, one for three?"

Change three?Grandpa Sun obviously added a price for Zhou Qingfeng.

The slave pulled out was about one meter seven, the physique was good, and the face was very honest.In Uzza's view, this is a very good slave, and it does not need to do much training to go to war.He did not believe that the Zhou Qing Summit took out such a good slave for replacement.

Looking at Ucha's surprised expression, Zhou Qingfeng immediately changed the price strategy and smiled: "This kind of strong one wants to change four."He pulled a dozen slaves from the construction site, picked out the best few and shouted: "These are one for four, the worse is to change three."Yes, I don't want to be too young, I don't want to be too old and sick."

Zhou Qingfeng was bargaining with Ucha, and other Belle-Bezi in the city came up to ask what was happening.I heard that Zhou Qingfeng wanted to change slaves, and they immediately came to interest - Zhou Qingfeng made a good life in this logging farm, and the nobles in the city were paying attention every day.He taught slaves well, and it was well known to all.

The vast majority of the more than 10,000 people in Ikhkurun are slaves in personal dependence, commodities that can be traded at will by the nobility.But the good slaves were a minority, and most of them struggled on the edge of the line of death.Hearing that Zhou Qingfeng wanted to change slaves, someone quickly raised the price and shouted things like "one for five, one for six".

This lively position could not be controlled even in Ucha, and soon more than 300 exchange places were divided.The nobles in the city felt that they were taking advantage of it, and immediately ordered their own thin, sick, and even dying slaves to be pulled out for exchange.

Zhou Qingfeng was like picking up garbage, picking and picking up the slaves sent.He opened the eye to all slaves to investigate, refused some slaves who were really worthless, and cut the price of some slaves who had reformed value.In the end, he exchanged more than three hundred more powerful slaves for more than a thousand ordinary and even weak slaves.

For Zhou Qingfeng such a loser, Grandpa Sun really beat his chest, loudly reproaching him for defeating the family, "No slaves who can work, what is the use of receiving some that can't work?"

Zhou Qingfeng said happily: "Originally, when those slaves came to my hands, they were also looking at the inability to work, I could teach the original batch, why can't I teach this batch now?"And most of them were slaves of Qiao Ying and Dashan, but they were only in my hands for a month.

Don't look at the things that have been replaced today are strong, in fact, those are the ones I chose the rest.What I need is a blacksmith, a carpenter, a mason, or a wise slave who can learn to understand Chinese and be commanded.

The stupid materials that have been replaced today, and those who have been replaced by me have the potential to cultivate.Just give me another month and I can find out the gold again from these gravel.When others see me, I am taking advantage of it.”