Chapter 81 Another way
Zhang Yang's footsteps are very heavy and his heart is very tired.
This furnace of iron used about 200 taels of silver, and the remaining coke was only enough to be refined again, but the refined iron was very unqualified. These fools actually praised it as good iron. As soon as they got on the lathe, it must be broken into several pieces.
There must be something wrong! This iron ore is a poor ore, and the theoretical iron content is small. In addition, the technology is not up to standard, so the quality of the refined iron is very poor and cannot be used?
Zhang Yang walked while thinking about the problem.
Failure is only temporary. Zhang Yang is a person who will not know the difficulties and retreat. There must be a way to do it. Even people in this era can make fire. He has hundreds of years of cultural accumulation than them. How can he be inferior to them?
Suddenly, Zhang Yang stopped.
"Come out!" Zhang Yang said.
In the woods behind, two people came out. Zhang Yang took a look and saw that it was Li Bosheng and Tang He.
The black marks on Li Bosheng's face had not been wiped off, but Tang He ate white on the island. From a distance, the two of them were simply black and white.
"Say it, what are you doing with me?"
"Big brother..." Li Bosheng stopped talking.
Tang He was careless: "Brother, our iron is well made. Why do you say no, no?"
I knew that you asked, and others were afraid of being scolded. Aren't you two afraid of being cannon fodder? Zhang Yang thought.
"This iron is still far from my requirements," Zhang Yang said. "I need iron with few impurities, but this iron has too many impurities to be used at all. My hundreds of taels of silver have been was in vain.
"This iron is very good," Tang He said, "When I was in Haozhou, in order to make weapons, General Guo bought iron at a high price, which was not as good as this iron. I still found a few craftsmen, knocked, and made weapons."
? Zhang Yang's eyes lit up. This iron can't be used by himself, but it can be sold to the nearby Red Turban Army. They must need weapons. Salt and iron are all official camps. The salt business is done by itself, and the iron business must be more profitable.
Selling it to the Red Turban Army, he earned money by himself. At the same time, he also made his own contribution to resisting the tyranny of the Yuan Dynasty. The more Yuan soldiers they destroyed, the less resistance they had in the future. Why not do it?
"Dingchen, is the Red Turban Army still short of iron now?" Zhang Yang asked.
"I really don't know about this." Tang He has been away from the Red Turban Army for more than a month. This month is neither long nor short.
"Then help me find out which red scarf army is short of iron. We just refined 2,000 catties of iron and sold them all." Zhang Yang is interested.
"Good!" The light flashed in Tang He's eyes. He has been on this island for a long time. This is what the eldest brother ordered. Naturally, he dares not propose to go out for a walk. It's great to have such an opportunity now. After going out, find a pub and have a good drink.
"Wait for Shixin to come back and let Shixin go with you. The safety of the island will be handed over to Yuanheng." Zhang Yang was not worried about letting Tang and one person go alone, and Tang and this big boss would never negotiate a good price with the Red Turban Army. It is more appropriate to give this kind of thing to Shixin. Let Tang and find a relationship. Shixin negotiate the price. Even if a catty sells five cents of silver, it is also a thousand taels of silver.
Zhang Yang glanced at Li Bosheng again: "Boushang, prepare tomorrow, and then refine the second iron."
Didn't the eldest brother say that the iron did not meet the standard? Why did you change your mind again?
"Okay." Li Bosheng didn't dare to say anything else. He said too much. If he provoked the eldest brother to lose his temper with himself, it would be a little unfair.
"After refining this iron, you choose a reassuring one and then go mining stone." Zhang Yang ordered.
Since this iron can't be refined successfully for the time being, these people can't be idle. They can't use it. They can also sell it to make money, and then think about ways to improve it. If it doesn't work, they can make do with some cold weapons first.
"Brother, let's say goodbye." Li Bosheng and Tang He said together.
"Well, go back!" Zhang Yang sent them away and walked forward by himself.
After a few steps, there was another sound of footsteps.
"Didn't I ask you to go back? Why are you still following me?" Zhang Yang turned his head impatiently.
A familiar figure stood in front of him, with long flowing hair and a long skirt of plaid cotton. In the bright moonlight, the beautiful face looked a little melancholy.
"Ruohan, what are you doing here?" Zhang Yang was a little surprised.
"You have been busy all day today, and you haven't eaten from noon to night. I'm worried about your health, so I specially made some lotus porridge and made the leftover pig heart for you as a midnight snack." Liu Ruohan said slowly, and his words were full of deep affection for Zhang Yang.
Zhang Yang bowed his head and saw a basket in her hand. He said, "Thank you. I'm so busy today that I don't even care about eating. Take my boat to eat!"
"Hmm." Liu Ruohan nodded, followed Zhang Yang, and returned to the ship.
A full moon hangs quietly in the sky, as if looking at the vast earth with a smile.
The moonlight sprinkled into the cabin, like a layer of white frost.
Open the basket. There are two ordinary white porcelain bowls in it. One is clear lotus seed soup, and the other is a pig's heart that has been cut into thin slices. It has been cooked and sprinkled with some minced ginger on it.
Seeing this food, Zhang Yang suddenly found himself hungry. He drank two bowls of porridge in the morning and didn't eat at noon. Until now, he couldn't stand it.
He grabbed a piece of pig's heart and chewed it with relish.
"Slow down, don't choked, take a sip of soup." Ruo Han looked at Zhang Yang with concern. In the moonlight, the face with clear lines looked so handsome.
"Ruohan, everyone ate meat yesterday. Do you have any reaction today?" Zhang Yang asked, I want to see what those family members have to say.
"Everyone is very happy. After coming here, I don't have to worry about eating and drinking. It's much better than at home." Liu Ruohan said that after getting up today, he obviously found that everyone's faces were full of happy smiles.
"If only I could eat meat every day!"
"Yes, Brother Shicheng, you caught so many fish last time. There are fish everywhere in our lake. We can't eat pork. If we can catch this fish, can't we eat meat every day?" Liu Ruohan asked.
"Last time? Last time, after I prepared the black gunpowder, I went to the river to blow it up. Zhang Yang said while eating.
Suddenly, a thrill flashed in Zhang Yang's mind, and his chewing mouth suddenly stopped, allowing the mouth full of food to bulge his cheeks.
Thinking is limited by fire. The black gunpowder has been ready. Now the iron barrel is not up to meet the requirements, but it is suitable for grenades. However, this kind of iron is relatively crisp. Once the gunpowder explodes in a closed iron container, it will definitely blow up the iron into pieces and scatter it. The killing radius is large and powerful.
That's good. I'll use the next iron water to make a grenade tomorrow!