I, the King is a killer

With a long sigh, Zhang Ergou was open to it.

"The iron here... Sell it to me? At the beginning, I'm afraid I can't give a high price. After all... "

"At the beginning, how can I charge? Take it out first and calculate the income in the future. "

"Oh? "Is the village head willing?"

The village head laughed, spread out his hands, looked at the mountains and said, "here is inexhaustible, inexhaustible!"

Zhang Ergou twitched his eyes again.

I can't help getting excited in my heart.

The iron ore here is already his source of supply.

If the ironmaking speed here is really fast.

He will use these private railways to occupy the whole market in these three areas in an instant, and no one can fight him at all.

Iron.

Too important!

Salt iron, why control?

Because that's the foundation.

If you don't eat salt, you will have no strength. If you don't eat it for a long time, you will get sick.

And whether the food is delicious depends on a little salt.

If it's iron, Jianghu people need it, and businessmen need it.

But this is actually very one-sided!

A carriage, no matter how streamlined, also needs three kilograms of iron.

If craftsmen want to work, they have to use iron utensils. If they use other utensils, they will not be able to become craftsmen to support themselves, let alone their family.

Even ordinary people, kitchen knives, farm tools, the smallest place, and needles for sewing clothes.

And the more important iron pot.

If you don't have a good pot, it's a special fee for firewood. After all, it's fatal to heat a stone pot, and copper? Copper has been taken by various big countries to get copper money. How can it be left to the people? I can't afford it.

Just like why there was such a shortage of copper money in the state of Qin before, in addition to economic development, another important point is that the small countries around the state of Qin are actually using the coins of the state of Qin. After all, in small countries, their own people do not believe in the copper money issued by their own country.

Gold and silver are not easily accessible to ordinary people.

Therefore, copper coins, especially those in the state of Qin, became hard currency.

If you use it, I also use it. It's hard to get enough copper money from the state of Qin.

Because of this, iron becomes more important.

Therefore, salt and iron are the lifeblood of a country.

In these three areas, if the merchant can monopolize salt and iron, he will become the ruler of this area!

Zhang Ergou is not so strong now.

But at present, there is an opportunity for him to climb up one more step!

How could he not be excited?

The village head seemed to know what he was thinking.

Then he clapped his hands and immediately two villagers came out.

Have fun for everyone.

He began to choose two strange discus from a pile of dark looking scrap iron.

Then throw it directly into the small stove.

Someone stepped on the bellows immediately.

Wood and leather. If this kind of thing is smaller, it should be called "leather tiger".

The blast efficiency is not very high, but it is particularly easy to achieve, and because of the leather, it is more dense than the wooden bellows.

In other words, the harder you work, the stronger the wind will be.

It is also easier to control the furnace temperature.

Soon, the discus was burning red.

Just before melting, the two men took out the discus, sprinkled it with plant ash, and then beat it wildly.

The sound of jingle is rhythmic.

Until the discus faded, it was thrown into the stove again.

Back and forth several times.

At the back, a hammer went down, and there was no spark splashing.

Moreover, the place where it is killed will not fall off as a whole like peach crisp.

Even if it cools down, it is a complete piece of metal.

And it already has some metallic luster.

That's not over.

The village head turned and asked, "what is the most scarce iron now?"

Zhang Ergou didn't even think about it. He said directly, "firewood knife!"

Firewood knife.

It is also a knife worn by all people living in the forest.

Open road, hunting, making tools, and even cutting vegetables, cooking, meat and bones, all use it!

It can be said to be a panacea.

In terms of shape, it is the simplest.

It looks like a wide ruler, but it looks like a stick from a distance.

Wide at the front and narrow at the back.

It doesn't need any Tan mouth guard. The blade is cut on one side, and the blade back is thick and solid enough.

It can be said that such a knife can solve almost all the problems in a family.

Even ploughing tools can be cut out with a firewood knife.

This means that firewood knife is always the first thing on the demand list.

The village head nodded.

But he was shocked.

Because the first item Xiao Yun taught them was firewood knife! And they are required to be able to do nothing, but they must be able to make firewood knives.

And this firewood knife is indeed the simplest of all ironware.

Because there are few processes required.

And the shape is easy to control.

What is the hardest part of ironmaking? It's the control of shape!

Two villagers received orders.

Immediately began to beat.

The red hot iron easily changed shape under the hammer.

Hit it horizontally, lengthen it, hit it vertically, and form it.

Gradually, the image of a ruler appears, which is very broad and thick.

Then the iron bar is placed on a special anvil with a fixed slope.

The small hammer knocked wildly and knocked out the preliminary edge.

Then throw it into the stove.

Before burning, they smeared the blade with mud, thicker on the blade and thinner on the blade.

Followed by firing.

They control the heat and the time.

One of them suddenly shouted, "it's done!"

The knife embryo was immediately pulled out and hung on a sink.

Several villagers looked at each other. One of them held his hand firmly and suddenly put the knife embryo down

Boo!

With a harsh noise.

The knife cooled.

Next, there was something like a wheel.

There is a thick piece of wood in the middle.

The edge of the wood is a metal ring sleeve.

It supports a big thing like a grinding plate.

This is a stone that looks very rough.

But miraculously, they turned the stone, and the whole stone turned smoothly like a wheel.

The man with water immediately put the long knife next to the runner and pasted it carefully

Squeak!

It's another sound, more harsh, and even sounds a little upside down.

But you can also see sparks flying from above.

And the place of contact began to shine.

The luster of that metal can shock people's spirit in the past!

In this way, the rudiment of the cutting edge appears.

Then another man dipped the blade with water and began grinding on another very flat stone.

One stone for another.

The last stone looks very fine. When the knife is put up and pushed gently, there will be a wonderful sound.

Sounds comfortable.

And the stone will appear some powder and look more like mud.

When this last step is done.

Simply wrap a piece of leather around the handle and bind it firmly.

Then take out a crooked branch. The branch is moist. If you cut it with an ordinary knife, you still need more than ten knives to cut it. This still needs some technical level.

If you let novices come, each knife will not cut in one place... It will take longer.

When Zhang Ergou was wondering how many knives the other party needed to cut it off

Miso!

Cut off with a knife.

The branch immediately became two pieces.

The cut is extremely smooth.

Zhang Ergou was stunned. He rushed to pick up the firewood knife, hung the blade upside down, let it aim at himself, squinted at the blade line, and found that it was really straight, with no bending in the middle.

This kind of straight cutting tool has met the requirements of the elite army!

Then he reached forward and touched the blade with his thumb.

In this way, the sharper the blade, the greater the resistance felt by the finger belly.

Yiyi

This knife not only has great resistance, but also makes a sound!

He was surprised.

Immediately turn your fingers upside down and gently stab the blade with your thumb nail.

If it is ordinary sharp, the feeling from the nail should be smooth, and the nail will also be marked with a small dent.

But if it is sharper and sharper to a certain extent, the nail will feel great resistance, which is a "astringent" feeling!

This is because the blade is sharp, cut in some directly, and the edge of the blade is smooth, so the depression of the nail "contains" the blade.

With such a try, Zhang Ergou was stunned directly.

He took out the precious instrument knife at his waist.

Looking at the edge, I looked at the edge of the firewood knife.

This Chai Dao... Is not much worse than the edge of Yi Dao! Although not comparable, it is very close!