Chapter 6: For the sake of life, work hard to invent (Part 2) ()

After hearing his words, Shi Yan looked at Zhao Wu curiously. Seeing that Zhao Wu's eyes were still focused on the mountains, he reluctantly replied: "Okay, I'll go find someone now..."

Zhao Wu immediately added: "By the way, I'll find some blacksmiths, I'll be useful."

Shi Yan immediately said in his admonishment: "It seems that the Lord likes to play with evil gold - although I, Zhao, can make 'evil gold', people often think that 'evil gold is not auspicious' will bring disaster to users, so that the ministers and officials will avoid it. Therefore, the Lord is best not to show evil gold in front of the ministers to avoid unexpected disasters."

In the Spring and Autumn Period, people called "iron" "evil gold".

In this era, every family had a specialty. The Zhao clan was famous for its horse-raising and casting iron skills. The "No. 1 Iron Cauldron in China" was prepared by Zhao Yang, the grandson of Zhao Wu. It can be imagined that during this period, the Zhao clan had accumulated enough experience in casting iron so that they were able to cast large iron parts decades later.

However, since people did not like iron in the Spring and Autumn Period and called iron "evil gold", although the Zhao clan possessed the more advanced cast iron craftsmanship of this era, they did not make any profit.

Zhao Wu disagreed, and he answered casually: "After all, you have to go to that point - you have not tasted the rice fried from the iron pot, that is authentic..."

Shi Yan was a little dissatisfied, but Zhao Wu had already turned over and jumped on the horse. He rode on the horse and said condescendingly: "There are also solutions, such as we can put gold and copper on the iron tool to prevent rust on one hand, and on the other hand..."

Suddenly, Zhao Wu remembered that when Shi Xiu explained the situation in various countries, he talked about the King of Wu. When Chu was busy fighting with Wu, he scratched his head and recalled: "I heard that the King of Chu had a famous sword-making master, who seemed to be called Gan Jiang, and his wife was Mo Ye. I heard that his sword-making skills were very wonderful."

Shi Yan replied dissatisfiedly: "The famous swordsman in Chu should be Ou Yezi. I heard that Ou Yezi has a little disciple, maybe called Gan Jiang. However, sword craftsmen in various countries are treasures of a country. I think the King of Chu would rather kill his sword craftsman than let him cast swords for other countries."

Zhao Wu thought of King Wu, not the famous sword-casting master Gan Jiang, Mo Ye, what he thought of was the King of Wu (or King of Yue Sword). The anti-rust technology of the King of Wu sword unearthed in modern times was so perfect that it remained sharp after two thousand and six hundred years, even modern people were incredible. Zhao Wu happened to be in this era...

When Zhao Wu thought of the King of Wu, he believed that the anti-rust technology of the King of Wu was not born suddenly, and there must be technical accumulation before it was born. Since the dream of King of Wu has appeared, the casting technology of the King of Wu must have basically taken shape. But what he didn't know was that Ou Yezi was the founder of the "Longquan Sword". He has been in the Chu State for more than a hundred years.

"Ha, I can't understand why I have to find a great reason for everything I do - I want to make an iron pot and study iron smelting technology, isn't it possible?

Okay... I heard from several teachers that the gold (copper was gold in the Spring and Autumn Period) mines returned to the king. Once a gold mine was found in the territory, it must be handed over to the king. But iron ore is not, it is evil gold, and the king does not want iron ore. Even the one who once occupied Zhao territory... Qi Xi, don't want it. Didn't my Zhao family keep two iron ore because of this?

Therefore, the Zhao family wanted sharp armor and soldiers, so that other clans would not dare to look down on them. They could only start with the iron ore and take advantage of the convenience of the iron ore... I want you to find craftsmen in the Wu Kingdom, and do not ask you to find sword-casting craftsmen like "Gan Jiang". I would be satisfied if I could have one-tenth of the skills of Gan Jiang. Because all I wanted was his anti-rust method.

I heard that there is a process called "golding", which is to heat it into mercury with cinnabar, then melt gold (copper) with mercury and apply it to the metal, and then bake it a little. After the mercury evaporates, a layer of gold (copper) film is left. I also heard that there is a "gold and silver mistake" production process, a jade-inlaying method, etc.

You just said that "evil gold" is unknown, so we will put a layer of gold on the outside of the iron sword, leaving only the sharp blade to keep the original appearance. In this way, the iron sword wrapped in gold (copper) can remove the evil gold disaster and still keep the iron sharp. I guess people will no longer think that this iron weapon is unknown... Well, it is best to put some auspicious images, such as qilin, phoenix, tiger and leopard. In this way, the iron smelting skills that Zhao is good at will can bring us endless wealth, and will not anger the king because of this - this reason is solemn, right?!"

After hearing these words, Shi Yan was stunned.

After a long time, Zhao Wu saw that Shi Yan had no more expressions, so he waved his hand to say goodbye. After he left, Shi Yan said to Shi Xiu beside him in confusion: "I thought he was a foodie, and I just thought about how to eat in a variety of ways, but I didn't expect his idea to be so strange!"

Shi Xiu shook his head gently: "We are now involved in the pottery making industry because although the pottery industry is good at Fan's, Fan's relationship with us is pretty good, but Jiajian is good at Wei's. Wei's relationship with Luan's. I think it's better not to go deeper.

For example, bows and arrows, I have seen the bows made by the Lord. It takes two or three years for the Liangjiang to make a good bow. It took only one day to complete the bow. The bow is not as powerful as the Yu Liang bow, and it is really convenient and fast. But because Han is good at bows and arrows, we gave up the plan of mass bow making? For Han, we can give up, why can't we do it again for Wei? My Zhao family has just risen, so it's better not to make too many enemies."

In the distance, on the other side of the mountain, Zhao Wu slowly walked on the mountain road on a horse. While walking, he was shaking the whip leisurely, his eyes kept turning left and right, and he kept asking questions in order to prevent others from paying attention to his small movements: "Liangqing, what's wrong with riding this horse? Why are the guards unwilling to ride a horse on a trip?"

During the Spring and Autumn Period, most of the surnames were vague. Qing was Zhao Wu's servant, but Zhao Wu's "Zhao" refers to the fief of Zhao, which is the privilege of the successor of the family, so Qing could not call the surname "Zhao" and call it "Zhao Qing" unless Zhao Wu gave the territory to the other party... Of course, if Zhao Wu sent the territory out, he could not have the surname Zhao himself.

According to the custom at that time, slaves should have their profession as their surname. Qing served as the guardian of Zhao Wu, so they were called "Lioqing". Lian served as the janitor by Zhao Wu, so they were called "Yang (sound hunhun) Lian". The two child servants who followed Zhao Wu also had surnames, and they called them "vertical left and right" - "vertical" means the child servant.

Liaoqing waved his whip and replied easily: "Master, this may be a mentality problem. You think that the princes and nobles always make carriages when they go out, and those who ride alone are either defeated soldiers or travelers in a hurry. How could the common people like this embarrassing way of traveling?"

I see.

In this era, is it so difficult to make some small changes? What should I do to make my life more comfortable without attracting attention?
Chapter completed!