The crossed scholar

However, there are still [-] female guards on duty outside the forbidden area, in case anyone enters without authorization!From this point, it can be seen that Princess Nineteen attaches great importance to this project!Xia Zhen'er herself visited the scene several times, and even Director Wu was a little surprised, as if Princess Nineteen had never paid so much attention to anything!

It is said that it is a drawing, but in fact Zhu Xiaobao put the sketches on the wooden boards. Sometimes it is extremely simple. He writes and draws with branches on the spot, and those craftsmen can understand it!On the contrary, these ten female guards all looked at this little fat man with admiration. Although he had no strength or martial arts, he was confident, and every step was arranged just right!

In ten days, those craftsmen summoned from Qingliang Mountain built the furnace requested by Zhu Xiaobao, and the ten female guards in the middle did a lot of hard work!These female guards are unambiguous in their work, and they are very down-to-earth, there is absolutely no lazy behavior, on the contrary, they all intend to rush to do it!Don't look at those craftsmen who are also physically strong, but compared with these female guards, they are still inferior!

Through these days of contact, Zhu Xiaobao also gradually became familiar with these ten female guards, and also learned some information!Seven of these ten female guards are slaves, and the other three are ordinary people. Among them, the leader is from a wealthy family. Bought a slave to help the family take care of the ten acres of land!She followed the Nineteenth Princess, firstly because she got a commission, and secondly because she liked this kind of army life!The grade of this female guard is 28 years old, and she is the oldest among all the female guards.Wu Lijia's body is also the strongest, with a weight of 1.8 catties and a height of [-] meters [-]. The weapons she uses are a pair of copper hammers!It weighs eighty catties, and each one weighs forty catties!

Zhu Xiaobao picked up Wu Lijia's copper hammer, he could only lift one with both hands, if he wanted to swing it, it would be impossible!Zhu Xiaobao couldn't help being dumbfounded, what kind of strength is this? If she was in later generations, she would probably be able to participate in the Olympic weightlifting competition and definitely win the gold medal!

Of course, the food of these female guards is also relatively good, there is meat in every meal, and everyone eats a lot!This is very different from the women in Zhu Xiaobao's impression!In this world, it is not beauty to be thin, but pride to be strong!The youngest female guard is only 16 years old, named Ying Xiuxiu, but she is already taller than Zhu Xiaobao, and the iron gun in her hand weighs more than 20 kilograms, but she is still very immature, sometimes she tells Zhu Xiaobao Talking will also blush.

After the kiln is built, it is not so busy. The purchased coal is piled in, and the coal is piled up in the kiln. coals lit.Although everyone couldn't understand what it was doing, they still lit the coals according to Zhu Xiaobao's request...

In fact, this is the earliest local method of coking. Zhu Xiaobao learned that ironmaking in this period still remained in the lump iron method, because the melting point of iron is higher than that of pig iron and steel, and the current temperature cannot reach it, so it cannot be melted. The only way to do this is to heat the iron ore and then fish it out for forging!Now what Zhu Xiaobao has to do is to melt the iron ore directly to get pure iron!

To increase the temperature, there must be a blast furnace and coke, so such a pit furnace was built for coking!Of course, this is a relatively backward local method of coking, but it can't be controlled so much now, it is enough to be more advanced than the existing technology!

According to Zhu Xiaobao's memory, it should take eight to eleven days to become coke.So this time is not so busy!These ten days are enough for him to build a small blast furnace, which is why he briefly dug the ground two meters, just for this small blast furnace, standing in the place where there is no excavation, it can just feed into the blast furnace!Moreover, the construction in this big pit will not be too conspicuous. Although it is an indigenous method, it can be regarded as an absolute new technology.It must be kept secret!I have to say that Zhu Xiaobao is still very thoughtful!

After free time, Zhu Xiaobao started to use his brain to make some delicious food again!Because the meals of these female guards are quite good, but in Zhu Xiaobao's view, the meat is too wasteful, basically it is stewed, there is no other way, those female guards are not picky, they still eat very well satisfy!

But Zhu Xiaobao is not so satisfied!It was okay for the first time. After all, it’s been a long time since I let go of eating meat, but after that, I lost my appetite. He didn’t do much work, so he didn’t have that very strong sense of hunger!So he started to use his brain to come up with something delicious again!Besides, they got along very well with the female guards, so Zhu Xiaobao had to let them have a taste of his skills no matter what!Cook, it's better to be alone than to be happy together!

Now Zhu Xiaobao has someone in his hands, and the vegetables, rice, oil and salt are directly delivered to him, saving these female guards from running out to the dining hall to eat!After all, it is quite far!It takes more than an hour to go back and forth!Although the Princess Mansion is small, it still covers an area of ​​forty acres!

This time Zhu Xiaobao made a simple stone burning, put a thicker stone in the middle, and heated it with charcoal underneath.The coolest thing is Zhu Xiaobao's one-handed knife skills. He cut the pork belly into slices as thin as cicada's wings, and then took out his own sauce and washed lettuce, and started a stone-burning meal!

Although the martial arts of these female guards are good, but they can cut the pork belly so thin, and the speed is so fast, which makes these female guards dumbfounded!Of course, Zhu Xiaobao's chef's knife is also powerful, extremely sharp, with a light swipe, a thin slice of meat comes down!

The ten female guards were all staring at the slate in a daze, looking at the sizzling and fragrant meat slices, not knowing what to eat!It was Zhu Xiaobao who made a demonstration, picked up the meat slices, dipped them in the ingredients, wrapped them with lettuce, and put them in his mouth!

"Uh...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

"I'll try it!" Wu Lijia, the oldest female guard, was also very bold, and immediately started to do it herself, wrapped a piece of pork belly, followed Zhu Xiaobao's example, wrapped it in lettuce, and put it in her mouth!After a while, the female guard exclaimed in surprise: "Sisters, hurry up and eat, it's so delicious, this is the most delicious thing I've ever eaten in my life!"

"I'll try it too!"

"I'll try!"

"I also want"

The atmosphere suddenly became alive and well, the ten female guards all opened their mouths to eat, while Zhu Xiaobao was processing quickly at the side, slices of pork belly fell on the stone slab like snowflakes!But this speed still can't keep up with the speed of these female guards, Zhu Xiaobao still underestimated the ability of these female guards!Definitely stronger than the average old man!

With barbecue, how can we do without wine, Wu Lijia picked off the wine gourd on his waist, and poured Zhu Xiaobao a glass, and then began to drink in big gulps!The other female guards also have their own wine gourds, each with its own characteristics, different colors and shapes, and they are all their favorite objects!

"You... You also have a taste of my wine!" The youngest Ying Xiuxiu shyly brought the wine gourd in front of Zhu Xiaobao, and said in a low voice.

"Hey! Thank you!...But your wine is really too weak, it's just to relieve heat, it's not strong!" Zhu Xiaobao happily poured a glass, and then made his own evaluation of these wines!

"Good wines are very expensive. Our wines are all brewed by Qingliang Mountain. Only the wines of Mr. Wu and the Princess are sent from the palace. There are only [-] altars per month! In this way, we have I am very content!" Wu Lijia said regretfully, even though she is relatively rich, if she really bought good wine, that would be impossible!

"Then you all came here from Qingliang Mountain with the princess? Why don't more people come?" Zhu Xiaobao heard about Qingliang Mountain again and again, and knew that it was the biggest reliance of the nineteenth princess.But I am still very curious about these female guards!

"It's not that easy to become a guard. If you don't meet certain requirements, you can't be selected! We all protect the princess!" Wu Lijia said very proudly.

From these usual conversations, Zhu Xiaobao also knew more and more about the situation of the nineteenth princess. What pleased him most was that the consciousness of himself and the previous owner of this body were also constantly merging, and he could remember the situation of the nineteenth princess. More things, but most of them are useless!

The original Zhu Xiaobao was indeed a useless waste!And because he was fat, he was often bullied by the maids and servants in the fourteenth princess's mansion, so it's no wonder that he was made a scapegoat to knock the nineteenth princess into the lotus pond!

However, these female guards are unwilling to say too much about the nineteenth princess, it seems that they have obvious precautions!Although Zhu Xiaobao is already very familiar with them, they can still stick to the bottom line!

But now this group of female guards is much more active, and they are less talkative than they were at the beginning. The difference is too big!Of course, their greatest pleasure is to taste the delicacies made by Zhu Xiaobao!It turns out that there are such delicious things in the world!

But as the appetites of the female guards increased, Director Wu was a little puzzled. Now the amount of meat and vegetables sent to Zhu Xiaobao's place has almost doubled, and there are only ten people in total!And the current work is not heavy, so why is the appetite soaring?Chief Wu is puzzled...

Chapter No.17 Gadgets

Manager Wu came here very diligently at the beginning, but now it is time for coking, and there is no big deal, so he is busy with many matters of the store and has no time to come here.If the steward of the canteen hadn't come to report to him, he wouldn't have known that Zhu Xiaobao's supply of meat and vegetables had doubled!

You must know that those craftsmen do not eat with these female guards, they are very awed when they see these female guards!It is a very honorable thing to be selected as the guard of the Princess Mansion. It is very respected in Qingliang Mountain, even if you are a slave, you are also very respected!

So those craftsmen always went to the canteen to eat, even if Zhu Xiaobao warmly invited them to eat together, but they all refused with a smile!If I eat with those female guards, my aura is not enough, I will be very restrained!

Now Zhu Xiaobao's supply of ingredients is so large, of course it surprised Mr. Wu!The expenses of these female guards in the Princess Mansion are huge, and the monthly expenses are not small!Food and clothing, as well as horse weapons, plus armor and bows and arrows, these are very large expenses!

Manager Wu hurried to the Nineteenth Princess and made a report first!The Nineteenth Princess was also a little surprised. Like Mr. Wu, she also went there a lot at the beginning, and she was busy with her own affairs at this stage!

All kinds of entertainment are the nineteenth princess's most worrying thing!The butler of King Wen, the Third Highness, was just dismissed today!King Wen's move was even more generous, and he directly gave Xia Zhen'er a bigger shop, but the nineteenth princess politely refused. There is no benefit in the world, and of course she expressed her gratitude!So I'm bored right now!

"What? Twice as much? No, Wu Lijia is still very safe in doing things! Could it be this Zhu Xiaobao's trick again?" The nineteenth princess was a little surprised, and then said in a low voice.It seems that it's time to go to the forbidden area to see whether these weird things made by Zhu Xiaobao have any effect!

"Mmm! Let the canteen stewards continue to deliver according to their requirements! Well, go and see first, what's going on?" Princess Nineteen thought for a while, and then ordered.

"Yes! Princess, I will arrange it right away!" Director Wu replied very respectfully.

Three days later, Manager Wu came back with a gloomy face and reported to Xia Zhener, well, no wonder the supply has doubled, and Zhu Xiaobao made all the beef into sauced beef. Since there are stone mills and soybeans, Zhu Xiaobao is just like a tiger with wings added. He naturally made soy sauce and bean paste, so now he processed a lot of sauced beef at once. After cutting it, he held it in lotus leaves. Every female guard carried a The lotus leaf buns are full of sauced beef, dare to treat them as snacks!

Not to mention, even the [-] female guards on duty in the forbidden area have one share per person!No wonder those female guards are now rushing to go to the forbidden area to be on duty, every time they come back they are very happy!Anyway, when these things are in their hands, they don't have to worry about them getting spoiled in the heat, and they have already eaten them all before going to bed at night!

"You little bastard! This is simply breaking our military discipline!" Director Wu shouted angrily.

"Tsk tsk! It seems that I still underestimated the ability of this little fat man. I didn't expect my guards to be bought by him!" Xia Zhen'er was also a little bit dumbfounded. I didn't expect that a cook could make a group of female guards active. up!

The next day, Xia Zhen'er deliberately came to the forbidden area during lunch time!But this time, the scene she imagined did not appear.Looking from a distance, in the utility room, Zhu Xiaobao was the only one busy around the stove. I don't know what was cooking in the big pot on the stove, and there was a strange smell. smell.The other female guards are not here, Xia Zhen'er is a little puzzled?It's time for dinner, why haven't people like Wu Lijia been seen yet?At this time, I saw Ying Xiuxiu excitedly holding a large handful of jasmine flowers, ran to the utility room, and asked excitedly, "Brother Xiaobao, are these flowers enough?"

"Enough is enough, break these flowers and throw them into the pot!" Zhu Xiaobao sent Ying Xiuxiu very smoothly, and he was not polite at all!After a while, there was a faint fragrance of jasmine in the air!And Zhu Xiaobao fished out something from the pot and put it in a pre-made square wooden box.

Xia Zhen'er didn't disturb Zhu Xiaobao, but went directly to the coking furnace, and saw that Wu Lijia and the others were busy taking out all the burnt cinders from the furnace, and then took out the coal cinders one by one from the middle. The formed black coals were picked out and piled together. Everyone was wearing coarse cloth clothes instead of the usual samurai uniforms. Their bodies were all black and their faces were dirty!

"Is this what Zhu Xiaobao wants?" Xia Zhen'er thought with some doubts, it was supposed to take eleven days, but today is only the tenth day.Already watered and turned off the fire?

At this time, Wu Lijia and the others had almost picked out all the coke, and the nine of them walked back happily. Today was eating barbecue again, and they were looking forward to it. Although Zhu Xiaobao changed a lot of tricks for them, but these The female guards still like to eat that kind of slate barbecue, especially they all like the spicy and burnt feeling. Although they are sweating profusely from eating, they still find it very enjoyable!

After Wu Lijia and the others left, Xia Zhen'er walked up to the "coals" that were picked out, looked carefully, and picked up one with her hands. It felt different from ordinary coals, with There is some black tar on it, and it can't be wiped clean even if it gets on your hands!But she didn't know what it would be useful for!It took so much effort just for these things?

Xia Zhen'er left the kiln with full of doubts, and returned to the utility room, but saw Chief Wu reprimanding these female guards, because these female guards had only been gone for a few days, it was like a new batch of people, twittering Noisy and laughing.She still looks like the serious and arrogant female guard in the past!Wu Lijia and others were really scared when they saw Mr. Wu, ten people stood upright, listening to Mr. Wu's reprimand!Zhu Xiaobao looked at it stupidly, he had never encountered such a scene before!The barbecue on that slate is already burnt!Bursts of blue smoke came out!

"Okay! They are not wearing armor today, so don't be too strict, let them relax! I just went to the furnace to see, they are doing very well!" Xia Zhen'er came up from behind and said softly .In fact, this is also a means of Xia Zhen'er and Wu Boss, one sings a bad face and the other sings a bad face.

"Hmph! Now that the princess has spoken, I won't pursue it today! You won't be allowed to be so presumptuous next time!" Manager Wu followed up in time.

But even if Director Wu is no longer reprimanding, Wu Lijia and others are still very restrained, because Princess Nineteen is present now!Who dares to eat without any image!

But since Director Wu no longer reprimanded her, and Princess Nineteen did not express her dissatisfaction, these female guards became more courageous!They surrounded Zhu Xiaobao, begging for things in a low voice, Xia Zhen'er was very surprised to see it!

"Okay, okay! Sisters, I have prepared it for you a long time ago, and now I need a master with a knife to help me cut a large piece into small pieces!" Zhu Xiaobao said with a smile, and then asked Ying Xiuxiu opened the big wooden box in the utility room, the contents inside had already solidified into one piece, light yellow, and exuded a scent of jasmine!

"I'll do it!" A female guard volunteered to take out her own knife, first removed the wooden boards around the wooden box, and then cut three times horizontally and vertically.Neatly divided a whole piece of light yellow solid into 16 yuan, and the size is uniform, showing a good technique.

However, these divided solids are still a bit unsatisfactory. Zhu Xiaobao asked for a knife in the horizontal direction, which made the female guard a little embarrassed. She still can't do this kind of knife. It must be able to be divided into two layers!Now that it has become 16 yuan, it is even more difficult, or it is to take out the 16 yuan piece by piece and cut it with a knife!

"En! Give me the knife!" At this time, Director Wu said lightly, and the female guard quickly handed over her knife.

I saw Mr. Wu casually stabbed the knife, the 16 yuan solid grain did not move, but it was already cut off in the middle!

Zhu Xiaobao still couldn't believe it, so he went forward and tried to pick up the middle piece. Sure enough, this light yellow solid piece had been cut into two pieces, and the lengths of the two sections were exactly the same.

"Hey! It really is amazing! Director Wu, this piece of soap is for you!" Zhu Xiaobao stretched out his thumb and said with a smile.

"Huh? What is this?" Although Mr. Wu was a bit dumbfounded, he still took it and couldn't help asking curiously.

"It's called soap. It's a little gadget I made, but it's definitely better than the soap horns you use!" Zhu Xiaobao raised the soap in his hand and said confidently, and then said to Wu Lijia and the others : "One piece per person! No need to grab it this time!"

It turned out that Zhu Xiaobao saw that the fat he cut off was about to go bad yesterday, and he planned to throw it away, but suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, and suddenly wanted to use the waste, so he boiled it into oil, and let Ying Xiuxiu go I bought some caustic soda and bought some coarse salt, but I didn't expect it to be successful in one fell swoop, but the shape was ugly!

But after using it for these female guards, I found that this crude trial product is very useful. Can be washed clean.So in the end, everyone was waiting to use the soap. Although the small piece of soap was divided into several small pieces, it was still not enough. In the end, a few female guards still didn't get it, because the soap was used up by the people in front!

These female guards were very unwilling and clamored for Zhu Xiaobao to do more.So today Zhu Xiaobao deliberately stayed in the utility room to make soap again, but this time Zhu Xiaobao was more attentive, and specially asked Ying Xiuxiu to go and bring back some jasmine flowers. Now this light yellow, jasmine-scented soap!

Chapter 18 Gadgets

These female guards cheered and rushed forward, each took a piece of soap, and there was no need to pick it, because the sizes were cut exactly the same.Then they each took out their own wooden basins and began to wash their faces and hands, because today's work was too dirty, so they had to wash well before eating!

These female guards were very open-minded. After taking off the rough clothes, only the close-fitting obscene clothes were left, and they began to wash up without any scruples!Manager Wu also turned around in embarrassment to avoid suspicion.Zhu Xiaobao, on the other hand, couldn't take his eyes off it.This era is also very open!The corsets on the chests of some female guards can also be seen faintly!

"Hmph! Does it look good?" Princess Nineteen snorted and asked.

"It's beautiful! It's beautiful! Uh... no, I mean it's very beautiful after washing!" Zhu Xiaobao replied in a little panic.

"Princess! Please cleanse your face!" Ying Xiuxiu obediently fetched Xia Zhen'er a basin of water, but she forgot to bring Xia Zhen'er a piece of soap too!

This made Xia Zhen'er very embarrassed. After washing for a long time, the stains on her hands still haven't been washed off!I want to ask for a piece of that soap, but I am a little embarrassed!So the nineteenth princess rubbed her hands endlessly in the tub!

"Hey! Princess, why don't you try this soap?" Zhu Xiaobao wisely brought a piece of soap in time this time, but after a while, he has been promoted to soap!

"Hmm! You made this again? You have to count the money again?" Xia Zhen'er rolled her eyes at Zhu Xiaobao and said, but when she finished the soap, she was still attracted by this little thing that exudes the fragrance of jasmine up!

"No, no, no! It's free. I've had a good life recently, so it's my reward for the princess! And I also want to invite the princess to taste my slate-roasted pork belly!" Zhu Xiaobao smiled and shook his head. It's too low, and it's a bit difficult to ask for money.Besides, do you still collect money from these female guards?So Zhu Xiaobao simply gave away generous friendship!

"Hmph! You're smart!" Xia Zhen'er snorted softly, but she was very pleasantly surprised in her heart, this soap is very useful!The stains on the hands are washed clean, and there is a fragrance of jasmine!This is definitely a good thing that women like!

Sure enough, Xia Zhen'er glanced at them, all the female guards who had finished washing without exception carefully wrapped up the used soap, picked them up, and then walked to the stone slab contentedly, ready to serve dinner!But because of Xia Zhen'er's existence, these female guards were obviously restrained, and there was no such uproar as in the past few days!

"Sit down! I'm also in casual clothes today, so I don't need to be formal. If it's really delicious, I'll bring you some meat later!" Of course Xia Zhen'er knew the feelings of these female guards, so she said with a smile, and at the same time greeted Manager Wu came over and sat down.

Although Manager Wu doesn't know what's so good about the soap in his hand?But seeing the actions of these female guards, he quietly put the soap into his arms, and he still thought of his daughter Wu Yue in his heart!

In fact, it didn't take long, the atmosphere around the stone table was already heated up with the smell of oily smoke on the board!The Nineteenth Princess even heard the sound of swallowing her saliva several times!It's a bit dumbfounding!

Of course, the nineteenth princess didn't eat for nothing, she generously asked people to bring the wine delivered from the palace as well!This made these female guards even more excited!Even Manager Wu was very happy to see this wine!He never had the chance to let go of his drink!

Originally, I wanted to rectify the military discipline, but I didn't expect that I would enjoy it in the end, but Xia Zhen'er and Mr. Wu sat next to a small stone table, and Ying Xiuxiu kept bringing over barbecue and lettuce. After all, it's a bit disrespectful to let a princess and the manager stretch out their chopsticks to pick up the meat!

But after Xia Zhen'er and Mr. Wu tried a piece, they exchanged glances. I have to say that this little fat man's craftsmanship is really amazing. It turns out that pork belly can still be eaten like this!This must be so delicious!And it matches Mr. Wu's appetite, he likes the feeling of eating meat and drinking alcohol!

"Little Treasure! What you said about coking is fine? Then when can you smelt iron?" Xia Zhen'er had a good time eating, but she didn't forget about the business at all, and asked while eating.

"Tomorrow! Send some live chickens and ducks early in the morning, and then set up an incense table to pay homage to! And we must keep it strictly confidential! Just leave blacksmith Li and two guards!" Zhu Xiaobao thought I want to say that although he is not superstitious about these things, he has to be more mysterious!Otherwise it would be too easy!

"Well! Alright, tomorrow I will double the number of people on the outskirts of the forbidden area. Director Wu, you are in charge of this matter, and there must be no leaks!"

In this way, Zhu Xiaobao successfully raised his iron-making method to a very advanced level!This is also a means for him to enhance his prestige.I have to say that Zhu Xiaobao's brain is getting better and better, he has adapted to the life here, and he has started to increase his importance!

After eating a delicious barbecue, the nineteenth princess was convinced that these female guards needed so much meat and vegetables, and they mainly ate meat. They didn't eat at all, and only drank about twenty catties of wine.These female guards were also very restrained, and they didn't dare to drink too much. After all, they had to work in the afternoon, but Manager Wu drank a little too much, and the old man couldn't control himself for a while.After drinking five catties in a row, in the end Manager Wu felt a little embarrassed and slipped away with a flushed face!Xia Zhen'er is also full of food and drink, and she is actually a little full!

However, before Xia Zhen'er left, she still ordered the female guards present not to reveal that Zhu Xiaobao made this new soap, but that the Princess Mansion bought it from a foreign land!This is also the method used by the nineteenth princess to protect Zhu Xiaobao. After all, she is very weak now, so she must keep the secret of her secondary school!

In the afternoon, Wu Lijia led people to set up incense tables and prepare sacrifices, and sent people to watch at night, for fear that someone would be disrespectful to the gods!What kind of tricks are played in the offerings!These people still attach great importance to the ritual of sacrifice!

Of course, these things can only be regarded as very light labor. In the afternoon, Wu Lijia took the remaining eight guards back!They can't wait to go back and wash their clothes with the soap they just got.

As soon as we got back to the station of the female guards, the bustle started. Those female guards without soap looked at Wu Lijia and the others very eagerly. They couldn't figure out what it was, it was so attractive!It turns the most complicated labor into a kind of joy!

Even Xia Zhen'er went back to her inner house, and asked the maid who was close to her to quickly take out one of her obscene clothes that hadn't been washed in time, and try the washing effect in the room!

The Nineteenth Princess originally had four personal maids, but now there are only three left, Mei Xiang, Lan Xiang, and Zhu Xiang!Didn't the chrysanthemum fragrance be given to Blacksmith Huang?

The three little maids were also very curious and began to help the princess wash clothes with this new soap, and the effect was amazing!Not only is it washed very clean, but there is still a lingering fragrance on the clothes!If you use it to wash your hands and face, the effect will be even better!It seems a pity to use it to wash clothes!

The Nineteenth Princess was also very satisfied with this point, wondering whether to use this kind of soap as a daily necessities exclusively for the female guards!In that case, my female guard will be more energetic and radiant with glory!

The three little maids couldn't resist the temptation, and while the princess was reading in the study, the three quickly rushed to the nursery, found Zhu Xiaobao, and forcibly 'robbed' three pieces of soap in the name of the princess!

"Is the princess bullying people like this?" Zhu Xiaobao got up from the ground in a panic. It turned out that even the three little maids had much better martial arts than him, and they just fell to the ground blatantly. Stolen three bars of soap!

When Zhu Xiaobao chased him out, he jumped angrily and cursed!Isn't this obvious? It must be the three little maids who used the name of the princess to rob her!

Looking at the three little maids fleeing quickly in the distance, Zhu Xiaobao actually laughed, life here is getting more and more interesting!But it seems that I need a little work!Otherwise, it will be very dangerous to go out!

Seeing her maid running back sneakily, Xia Zhen'er immediately guessed what they were doing, but she just said a few words in a nonchalant way!Once again Zhu Xiaobao suffered a bit, the sixteenth princess was actually very happy in her heart, since Zhu Xiaobao came, it seemed that life had become more colorful!Princess Nineteen is still very willing to see this change in her heart!

Early the next morning, the nineteenth princess brought people to the forbidden area, and the 500 meters around the forbidden area were blocked by female guards!The atmosphere suddenly became dignified and tense. The most important thing was that Princess Nineteen and Mr. Wu looked very serious!Because this is related to the success or failure of Wu Yue's martial arts competition!

This time it was led by Zhu Xiaobao, lighting three incense sticks, Zhu Xiaobao knelt down, and the nineteen princesses behind him also knelt down!

And Zhu Xiaobao was chanting words, he didn't know what he was chanting, but he was actually reciting the Three Character Classic!Isn't this just to spend more time and look more grand!While muttering in his mouth, he was still secretly complacent, whoever you are, you must not kneel with me, even a princess is no exception!

It's just that Zhu Xiaobao didn't expect at all that the sixteenth princess was more sincere than him, kneeling there was very pious!There is no impatient expression at all!The same is true for other people, their expressions are very focused!But Zhu Xiaobao couldn't take it anymore, his knees hurt a little!

"The ceremony is over! Open the furnace!"

Zhu Xiaobao sang loudly, and then he was about to start his iron-smelting skills!

Chapter 19 Ironmaking

When the sacrifice was over, the Nineteenth Princess left with her people, leaving Blacksmith Li and two female guards to help Zhu Xiaobao!Didn't they say that the ancestral stunts must of course be kept secret!Princess Nineteen still respects Zhu Xiaobao very much!Of course, even if she was there, she might not be able to understand it!

In fact, the indigenous method of coking and blast furnace ironmaking used by Zhu Xiaobao is the simplest. From the current point of view, it is completely inefficient and polluting equipment, which should be completely eliminated!But here it becomes high-tech stuff!At least it is the most advanced now!

This small blast furnace is easier than that pit furnace, because it is small in scale, but it is small and complete!This blast furnace is also divided into throat, shaft, waist, bosh, and hearth.The bottom part is the iron taphole and the slag outlet respectively, and the upper part is the hot air nozzle and the middle section of the hot air pipe, which is heated by coal under the air duct!

The top is the feeding port, this key part is controlled by Zhu Xiaobao himself, and blacksmith Li is only responsible for pulling the bellows below.And the two female guards who helped Zhu Xiaobao feed were Wu Lijia and Ying Xiuxiu!The two of them are now the two female guards Zhu Xiaobao is most familiar with, and their relationship is the most harmonious!