The Emperor of Qin gave six handsome men
Chapter 20 Ironmaking
Upon hearing that the court was adjourned, Qin Xingfu asked Gao De to take her to see the address of the princess's mansion.
"God, take me to see my princess's mansion."
Gao De was already used to it and took her to the place obediently. Qin Xingfu looked around and saw that there were not many families living nearby. Thinking about the people who followed her, she decided to buy the entire street and also go find Yi Lai to cooperate in some small business to make money.
After looking around, they went home. Lingjuan, Shiyun and others squatted in the yard, seemingly looking at something.
"This puppy is too small, can it be raised? And this kitten is so soft."
"Sure, I asked, the dog and cat are both two months old."
Qin Xingfu moved closer and found that they were kittens and puppies. Their soft and cute looks immediately struck her heart.
"They are so small. We have two sheep at home that are producing milk. We can milk some and boil it to feed them. The meat can be made into minced meat."
Qin Xingfu squatted down and petted the cat with them. The puppy staggered towards her.
"Wow, this little dog is really smart. He knows who is the master of the house."
Gao De was watching from the side, and was also very envious. He reached out to touch the puppy, but the puppy did not give him the chance and kept howling.
"Haha...it doesn't like you. That's not how we touch it."
Lingjuan laughed at him. Qin Xingfu also tried to touch the puppy and poked its head with his finger. However, the puppy licked his hand directly and its tail was almost shaking like a propeller.
"This dog probably likes beautiful women. You guys come and try it, Jiu, you come and try it."
Gao De tried to make amends for himself quickly. Jiu smiled and reached out to try, but the puppy was shocked as if he had seen a ghost.
"Ow ooh..."
The group of people were amused by this clever dog and laughed so hard that they fell over. The kitten in his arms felt that his status was no longer secure and started meowing.
"It will be lively from now on. Let's make a nest for them. It's still a little cold now."
"it is good."
After playing for a while, Qin Xingfu washed his hands and wrote a recipe for soap, and asked Gao De to give it to Yilai and split the profit 50-50.
The next few days will be mainly spent on spring ploughing.
"God, let's go to the suburbs to take a look."
Qin Xingfu got in the car and gave instructions, and Gao De drove to the suburbs. Now the rapeseed was almost ready to be harvested, and the late spring cold had passed.
"In five days, we can harvest the rapeseed. Go call the farm manager."
Just as Gao De was about to leave, he saw someone coming.
"Sir, the people are here."
"I've met Mr. Qin!"
"Wang Han, we will start harvesting these rapeseeds in five days, and then we will loosen the soil. We will have someone send some tools over then."
"Here!"
"Has anything happened recently?"
"No."
At the beginning, many people came to him and told him that Qin Xingfu did things inappropriately and that the planting was not according to the previous season. Later, after hearing about her many deeds, they all shut up.
"That's good."
Qin Xingfu looked around and found nothing wrong, so he went back.
Fusu knew that she liked to practice some strange things, so he asked the First Emperor for five carts of iron ore to send to her.
Qin Xingfu was so excited that she started refining ore overnight. She was so happy that she didn't sleep all night. She personally took out the iron ingots with relatively high purity, and then started hammering with glowing eyes. When Lingjuan came to see her, he almost thought she was possessed by an evil spirit. She was dirty all over, but her eyes were shining.
"My Lord, have you been awake all night?"
Qin Xingfu looked at the sky and it seemed to be almost dawn.
"It's okay, I'm very happy, but a little hungry, you guys get me something to eat."
Ling Juan had to go to the kitchen to find something to eat for her. After Qin Xingfu finished her meal, she wanted to continue forging iron.
"Sir, you haven't slept all night, your health is not good, and you look gray all over now."
Qin Xingfu wasn't feeling sleepy at first, but what she said made her a little sleepy.
"Well then! This is a stainless steel billet that I made myself. Don't let anyone touch it. I'll sleep for a few hours."
Perhaps she was really tired. Qin Xingfu fell asleep as soon as she reached her room and woke up at noon. Lingjuan boiled water for her to take a bath. After she finished bathing and was about to go out for dinner, she met Zheng Xing.
Zheng Xing is old and has a light sleep. He seemed to hear the sound of iron forging last night. Early in the morning, he saw Qin Xingfu coming out of the workshop with a dusty face. He had been waiting outside the yard since early in the morning. When he saw Qin Xingfu coming out, he quickly bowed and greeted him.
"Hello, sir!"
Qin Xingfu yawned and responded.
"Morning, sir!"
Zheng Yan said with a smile.
"Sir, I seemed to hear someone refining a weapon last night, and I saw you looking dusty this morning, so I want to recommend myself. We in the Mo family can also help with refining weapons, and I am quite capable."
After saying that, she raised her arms. Qin Xingfu understood what he meant. She really needed to make some tools first.
"Okay, sir, let's go to the ironmaking after dinner. I only made this one piece of steel last night, and my hands are a little sore today. Thank you for your help."
Qin Xingfu saw that he was a little old, paused and continued.
"You can call five people to come together. There is strength in numbers."
The place is small and there is no room for too many people.
"Hey, okay, we've already eaten, sir, you eat, we'll wait for you here."
Zheng Xing had been itching to do something, and so had the other disciples, so he quickly went to gather people.
Qin Xingfu now eats with a bowl as big as her face. She eats four bowls at a meal. Today she ate five bowls of rice. She made the bowls herself and mixed the rice and dishes together. Every time Ding Zhao and Wanda saw Qin Xingfu eating her fill, they felt an inexplicable sense of pride and thought that the adults in his family didn't eat enough.
"You were tired last night, and you ate an extra bowl of rice today. It seems that you were tired last night, but why can't you gain weight? What if you are bullied in the future?"
Ding Zhao was worried. After they followed Qin Xingfu, everyone in the mansion became fatter, including them. However, Qin Xingfu could not gain weight no matter how much he ate. He was still skinny and not very good-looking.
"You work hard, you use your brain a lot every day, and you worked all night last night. I feel bad for you. Let's cook more meat tonight, you like it."
Wanda was the same. She was always worried that Qin Xingfu would not have enough to eat, would not gain weight, and would be bullied in the future.
Gao De was speechless. Whose daughter eats so much in one meal? They have never seen his parents grab people like chickens, right?
I don’t know who can control his family. Let’s observe three seconds of silence in our hearts for that non-existent person.
Qin Xingfu was full and said while touching his stomach.
"God, let's go to the workshop."
The two of them arrived at the door of the workshop, and all the people from the Mohist School were present.
"You are here. Come on, take this and cover your mouth and nose. Today we are going to make steel billets from ore. During this process, we need to crush the rocks, which will produce a lot of dust. If we breathe it into our bodies, we will have difficulty breathing and then die. So you must protect yourself first in the future. Good health is the most important thing."
The Mo family members followed her example, covering their mouths and noses, and then entered the workshop.
"This is iron ore, which is different from the copper ore before."
Qin Xingfu pointed to a pile of ore, and then pointed to the steel billets.
"Iron ore has a higher yield than copper and is also widely used. The tools forged from it are lighter and harder than copper, but they rust easily. That's okay. We can prevent it from rusting by changing the carbon content in the iron. Here, this is the stainless steel billet I made last night. With the same size, iron is lighter than copper. You can try it out."
Qin Xingfu picked up a piece of steel billet and asked them to try. This kind of ore had rarely been used by the Mo family before. Everyone looked at the square steel billet, tried it, and found that it was indeed lighter than copper.
The stove was not yet extinguished, Qin Xingfu threw some coals in, and soon the fire started.
"My Lord, is this carbon? Why is it like stone?"
Someone saw it and asked in confusion. Qin Xingfu put in the iron block while speaking.
"This is coal, also a kind of ore. It is more durable than carbon and has a higher temperature. It can burn iron blocks into molten iron in a much shorter time. It can also be used to cook and keep warm, but it can kill you if you are not careful. Keep the indoor air circulating when using it."
While they were talking, the iron block had already turned red hot. Everyone was silently calculating the time in their hearts. After half an incense stick of time, it had melted into molten iron.
Qin Xingfu made a mold with sand, and then poured molten iron directly into it. During this time, Qin Xingfu explained the process.
"This is where the ore is crushed. After we crush the ore, we use this, a magnet, which can absorb iron, so that we can initially remove impurities..."
Qin Xingfu demonstrated each step personally, and everyone in the Mohist School watched carefully, just like refining bronze tools, and memorized them all.
Qin Xingfu took out the iron tool that had been shaped, and then began to hammer. Everyone in the Mo family saw that she was thin and weak, but the hammer was swinging vigorously, and it seemed to hit them on the head. No wonder she dared to let them go as soon as they met. If they dared to run, their hands and feet would be broken in the next moment. Lady Qin is really as good as a man, which makes them, a group of men, ashamed.
Qin Xingfu was busy with her own work and had no idea what the Mohists were thinking at the moment. She plowed the field and looked at everyone else.
"The curved plow drawing I showed you earlier is the plowshare. I'll make a few more in the next few days so I can use them to plow the land. You can start working now. If you have any questions, you can ask me. We'll make the other machines after we're done."
"Here!"
The Mo family members started to work. The ten people were divided into five groups of two. Qin Xingfu calculated the ore yield of this batch of ore in a shed nearby. She felt it was just average. She really didn't like riding in a carriage. It was torture every time she went out. It was okay in the city, but her butt would hurt as soon as she went out to the farm.
Thinking of bicycles and cars, Qin Xingfu quickly drew a blueprint. I wonder if the people sent by the First Emperor have found oil?
If she wants to find it, she has to make a set of machinery. Ah... She needs the mine so badly! This is not enough for her to spend.
The distillation tower, which separates different types of gasoline and diesel. When Qin Xingfu thought of those things, his hands couldn't stop. A gust of wind blew the papers everywhere. Zheng Xing saw it and couldn't understand it.
"My Lord, these machines are so exquisite. What are they for?"
Qin Xingfu took a look and said.
"This is an oil distillation tower, used to separate a mineral called oil, a bit like distilling wine. Now that I think about it, it's useless. Sigh... I took a big step, and it hurts my balls."
Zheng Yan previously thought that he was very talented in machinery and mechanisms, but he was not as good as her in terms of innovation. He suddenly felt uncomfortable after drawing so many devices in just one hour.
"Sir, you have a great talent for mechanics. Are you interested in mechanical engineering?"
After hearing this, Qin Xingfu's eyes lit up. Did this old man want to teach her the art of mechanical engineering?
"Sir, do you want to teach me the art of Mohist mechanical engineering?"
Zheng Yan nodded.
"Yes, but the Mohist mechanical art is only passed down to the Mohist family. You are more talented than me. After you have mastered it, you can become a great master, and all the Mohists in the world can be used by you."
Qin Xingfu felt that this old man had some conspiracy. Although she wanted to learn, would the Mo family let her do something bad? All kinds of threats and moral kidnapping.
"Where's the request?"
Zheng Yan choked. Lord Qin was really straightforward. He gritted his teeth and thought about it.
“No request!”
Let’s trick him in first, everything else is secondary.
"I don't believe it. There is no free lunch in the world. How many people do you have in the Mohist sect now?"
Qin Xingfu was worried that there was a fraud. What she feared most was that she would be morally blackmailed by having too many titles. When she was writing the medical book, Xu Yu even asked her to be the leader of the medical school. If she agreed, wouldn't she be the leader of all the schools? The First Emperor would not allow that.
"Uh... I don't know the exact number. I don't know where several of my fellow apprentices are. I haven't heard from them in all these years."
"Then you can look for it and find out the family background first. Even though you are the leader of the Mohist family, you don't know. The total number of people in the Mohist family is not as many as the number in my house. It's okay. I said I won't restrict your freedom. If one day you feel unhappy here, you can leave. I am a person who talks the most."
Zheng Yan's eyelids twitched. If he hadn't seen her swinging the sledgehammer, he would have believed what they said. Now he was skeptical about what she said.
"OK then!"
Zheng Yan had no choice but to go to supervise the work, while Qin Xingfu continued to write and draw.
"Sir, it's time for dinner. We bought three geese today, and Ding Zhao and his friends cooked the iron pot stewed geese that we had before."
When Qin Xingfu heard what Ling Juan said, her saliva began to secrete. In the past, she thought that eating was just to replenish energy, but now she felt like a foodie who had never seen any delicious food.
"Everyone, take a break and have a meal. We'll do the rest tomorrow. Let's go, let's go."
After saying that, she immediately slipped away. Lingjuan put away all the drawings for her. The Mo family has eaten a lot of delicious food recently, and each day is different. She quickly washed her hands and went to eat.
There were three large pots set up. Qin Xingfu had already picked up his bowl and started eating, picking up a piece of goose meat.
"Well...good times, let's do it together...time!"
Everyone started to eat. The Mo family was not used to a large group of people eating around a big iron pot, but the people in the mansion had already started.
"Sir, please eat quickly. You need to get used to it. This is how we adults behave. Eat quickly!"
Yue Xin served Zheng Yan some rice, and then the Mo family started eating together.
"Hmm~ Good times!"
Qin Xingfu didn't consume much in the afternoon, only three bowls of rice.
"My lord, but it's not delicious?"
Wanda saw that she was eating little and asked her.
"No, I didn't do anything in the afternoon. I ate a little too much at noon. It was delicious, but I can't eat anymore."
Wanda then breathed a sigh of relief, then put a few mouthfuls of rice into his mouth, quickly picked up the piece of meat, and Shishu glared at him fiercely.
Qin Xingfu felt much happier seeing everyone having fun, and looked at them with a smile. It was too early to finish their meal, and the Mo family members were ready to continue smelting iron, but were stopped by her.
"No, no, everyone wash up after dinner. If you can't sleep, we have other things to play with."
Qin Xingfu had given them all the toys he had played with as a child, including stones, cat's cradle, cards, mahjong, and go, so that everyone had something to entertain themselves in the evening.
After everyone finished their own work, they started playing in groups of three or four. Zheng Yan just wanted to come and watch, but he found mahjong very interesting and was fascinated by it. Other Mo family members were itching to play and started playing right away.
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