After coming out of the gloomy Mingjingsi, Chen Kaizhi felt like he was regaining the light of heaven.

However, in his heart, he was still suspicious. Wang Fuen became a little strange. In fact, he had seen this before, because this guy's ability was really mediocre, but why did it soar into the sky?

luck?

Chen Kaizhi did not believe that a person's luck could be better. He believed that only with a certain degree of strength could luck work. Judging from Wang Fuen's experience, he was a Jinshi of the Three-Famous School and his political achievements were also extraordinary. It is really incredible that such strength could rise to the top.

Well, although I can't think of the answer for a while, it seems that this is not the question Chen Kaizhi needs to consider now.

After all, Wang Fuen, who has an irreconcilable hatred with him, is over, everything... is actually over.

But today, I really saw Mingjingsi, which made Chen Kaizhi quite moved.

He has now confirmed something. There should be a spy from Mingjingsi on Feiyu Peak, but... Chen Kaizhi doesn't care. Feiyu Peak is his private territory, and everything on Feiyu Peak is no secret.

He did not go on duty today, but returned to the mountain. He had just arrived at Xiayu Village, and Liu Xian happened to come to him.

Liu Xian seemed very excited: "Young master, your son, good news, what you want is done."

Liu Xian's words that seemed to be out of the way made Chen Kaizhi not react, and he said in confusion: "What's the matter?"

"Gang!" Liu Xian seemed to dance.

Chen Kaizhi was very surprised and hurriedly followed Liu Xian to the steel workshop.

As soon as I entered, I was hit by a strong wave of heat. The role of steel was beyond words. Even in the previous world, the industrial revolution could be called the era of steel, and steel was almost the standard for calculating industrial output value.

However, in this era, the so-called steel does not belong to industry. Theoretically, it belongs to handicrafts. The reason is that in this era, iron smelting technology is low, not only the amount of iron produced is small, the quality is not stable, and it cannot be produced on a large scale.

Chen Kaizhi has always been seeking a way to produce high-quality steel on a large scale, because the demand for steel can be described as all aspects. In this era, the use of iron tools has become very widespread, and with the improvement of steel quality, this application will be more widely used.

Chen Kaizhi tried many methods to produce steel on a large scale, and used the least manpower to melt the ore into steel. At this time, in this heat wave, streams of golden iron flow out from a groove of the iron furnace. This achieved the ignition of the golden liquid ignited into iron and almost no impurities can be seen in the naked eye. Compared with this era, because it cannot be melted, it is only forged, and it is filled with bubbles and various impurities. This forging method that directly reaches the ignition point and melts it is enough to increase the efficiency of iron production countless times.

This kind of iron can be called cooked iron. Although there were such a process in this era, most of them were not as good as the furnace residuals and the output was not stable. In addition, the real cooked iron was soft, so it could not be used to make swords, nor to cast iron pots, plows and hoes. Naturally, no one was interested in it, so this process did not evolve.

So much so that in this era, most iron tools were made by forging, with uneven quality residuals, unstable, time-consuming and labor-intensive, and extremely low output.

Iron in this era was a precious resource, and there were even iron coins specially used for circulation on the market. For example, in the State of Southern Chu, because there was no copper vein discovered and the copper output was extremely low, so the currency of Southern Chu often used iron coins to replace copper coins.

Of course, Chen Kaizhi had no intention of minting money. Although cooked iron was not very useful, Chen Kaizhi refined cooked iron because he knew that pure iron was indeed very impractical, but if a trace of carbon was added to it, it would become low-carbon steel, which would increase its hardness by adding a little. It could be used to pull iron wire and roll thin white iron plates. But if some carbon was added, then this was medium-carbon steel, which could produce steel plates and iron nails. Naturally, if the carbon content reached 0.6% to 2%, it could become high-carbon steel with high hardness that can be used to make knives, guns and big cool equipment.

In this way, not only can the output increase by ten times, but the quality is also far beyond the average level of iron smelting in this era. This is Chen Kaizhi's real purpose.

After the pot of iron was cooled, the cooked iron took shape. When the heat dissipated, the craftsman on the side said to Chen Kaizhi with a frown: "Young Master, although this iron has no impurities, it is completely useless. Look, it is soft and worse than bronze. Not to mention swords, even forging agricultural tools is useless."

Chen Kaizhi smiled and said, "Which is Wu Wei?"

A craftsman stood up and said respectfully: "A villain is."

"Have you read a book?"

"Yes, the villain knows some words in a simple way." Wu Wei didn't expect Chen Kaizhi to have an impression of him.

He didn't know that Chen Kaizhi, the people on this mountain, remembered in his heart through the roster. Whether their skills could be able to read and write, as well as their general age and origin, Chen Kaizhi knew all of them.

For example, Wu Wei is a rare person among craftsmen who knows how to read. It is said that when he was a teenager, he studied for a year. His family was still very wealthy, but later his family was in decline and was finally taken in by a blacksmith, and he learned this craft of blacksmith.

At this time, Chen Kaizhi said: "I have some iron smelting prescriptions here. Follow the prescription and take your brothers to try it. Oh, and from now on, you will be a foreman. You will be given some salary every year and a third-level salary."

In Feiyu Peak, Chen Kaizhi has established a salary rating system. Although these people are slaves, there is no need for Chen Kaizhi to pay them any salary. However, after thinking about it, Chen Kaizhi still felt that he should give some encouragement. From first-level salary to ninth-level salary, the salary level is gradually increased. For example, those who have just gone up the mountain are apprentices and only provide food and accommodation. But if one year later, he will receive a first-level salary. Of course, it is only 300 yuan a month.

Not too much, but it can be filled with food and accommodation, and some pocket money, which is enough to satisfy people. The second level is one thousand yuan. This number is no less than that of ordinary people at the foot of the mountain. When it comes to the third level, it is three thousand yuan, roughly three taels of silver. In a year, nearly forty taels of silver were recorded. Forty taels of silver is not a small amount, and it can be considered rich. Moreover, there are food and drinks here. Although this money is saved, it is a slave, but it gives people enough hope.

Wu Wei's eyes lit up, her face became more excited, and she hurriedly said, "Young master loves you, a villain..."

He was choked up and most of the people who were sold as slaves had bumpy experiences. In this life, he thought there was no hope.

But Chen Kaizhi not only provided them with a comfortable environment so that they could eat enough, but this made them gradually calm down. Being a slave here in this life is much better than being wandering outside. Now...

Chen Kaizhi smiled and said, "This is what you deserve. After all, you have read books and are a craftsman. By the way, if you have any questions about these prescriptions, you can go to the library to verify that there are some related books. These days, there is no need to rush to produce iron. Find out these prescriptions and try it more. I have determined the purpose of the steel produced by this prescription. Think about whether it can be improved. If there is any good news, please let Manager Liu come to me."

The other craftsmen were all jealous. They were just apprentices now, and they would only be officially started next year. Even so, they only had 300 yuan a month. Although they were extremely satisfied with this, even if they didn't give it money, they felt that they were doing well in the mountains, but Wu Wei's treatment brought them greater hope.

In Xiayu Village, a school with night classes has been built. After dinner, they started teaching people to study. These... are all free. Craftsmen are actually unwilling to go. After all, most of them are already adults.

Studying? It’s not a scholar exam. What’s the use of studying? Everyone sells cool labor, and learning is useless.

But now... after hearing Chen Kaizhi's words, many people's minds are alive. Why can Wu Wei become a foreman, and why does he have a third-level salary? Because people know how to write, he is far inferior to everyone in terms of ironworking skills.

Wu Wei hurriedly responded. He knew that Chen Kaizhi had delivered his mission, in addition to smelting iron from the square, he was to conduct trial production and library...

I am afraid that at night, after work, he has to go there to see the young master's prescription. He may not be able to understand thoroughly. Since the young master asked him to learn ***, it would not be a bad thing.

After Chen Kaizhi said that, he led Liu Xian out.

Liu Xian's expression seemed a little excited and said, "Young Master, I'm afraid that it won't take long. The people on the mountain will all be eager to study."

Chen Kaizhi smiled and said, "What's the use of just relying on one piece of strength? Here, whether it's animal husbandry, planting or craftsman, if you can read and write, you will know how to find a better production method. The so-called sharpening of the knife will not delay chopping wood, and reading more is not a bad thing. Manager Liu, you have to send out the news. In the future, this school will have a graduation exam. The exam should not be too difficult. As long as you can read and write, you can calculate it. Those who pass the exam can have a salary increase. In the future, many positions in this mountain will also tend to be more than those who have read books. Forced to let them study is useless. Only by giving them hope and giving them visible reality will they be willing to read."
Chapter completed!