Chapter 85 Patrol the Countryside

Anyway, it's not a way to sit and wait. All the projects here are also advancing forward step by step. Xiao Tianjian doesn't stay here. Basically, it doesn't play much role. At most, it plays an incentive role!

Therefore, Xiao Tianjian did not wait here, waiting for the drilling machine to be made and put into use. After a little order, he took his followers out of Shuangfengzhai directly, and did not let people see him off. The light car simply went straight to Dongye Town, and soon entered Dongye Town.

And it's much more lively here than when he came last time. The people in charge of ironmaking are more than twice as many as when he first came here. Like Lianhuazhai and Shuangfengzhai, there is no rest during the Spring Festival, and each iron furnace is still working overtime for ironmaking.

There is no other reason. Although people attach importance to the Spring Festival these days, in such a situation, everyone is poor. If Xing Tianjun did not provide a large number of food for the people here to eat, I guess it is not to mention the New Year. Even if it is a New Year's Eve dinner, I's probably a very difficult thing.

Therefore, Fang Dashan, who is responsible for stopping work here, does not dare to stop work for the Spring Festival. What's more, Fang Dashan was ordered to improve food on New Year's Eve and the first day of the Chinese New Year, and to reward the craftsmen here. The craftsmen can eat enough, and they also see meat and fishy food. What else is there to complain about? It is better to eat a mouthful of meat during the Spring Festival than anything else. In their minds, it is already the Spring Festival, so the craftsmen have no complaints. They just run for this mouthful of meat and continue to work overtime without stopping.

The old stove head, with a group of selected men, checked all the old iron furnaces in the town, selected the iron furnaces that can be repaired and put into production, and began to repair them, so that production can be resumed as soon as possible. In this way, a medium-sized iron furnace was repaired a year ago, and this time Xiao Tianjian came over. At that time, two or three small iron stoves were re-enerated and ignited.

And the original furnace craftsmen have also begun to be divided into shifts. In addition, the new craftsmen are responsible for the production of new iron furnaces. In this way, the output of iron here has increased by several times in just half a month, and all kinds of iron produced have also been collected, and then wait for people from Shuangfeng Village to come to transport these iron to Used in Shuangfengzhai.

As soon as the old stove heard that Xiao Tianjian came here to patrol again, he quickly came to pick him up. Xiao Tianjian first sent a small bag of fried beans to the old stove, and then chatted with the old stove while walking.

"General Hui, old man, I didn't dare to rest for a while! Look, look, we are all busy! Well, there is another iron furnace, which is about to be repaired, and it can be put into the fire the day after tomorrow, and the iron will be made faster! Is there anything else the general is dissatisfied with? The old stove is not very nervous to see Xiao Tianjian now. He knows that Xiao Tianjian is not difficult for these craftsmen, so he said to Xiao Tianjian with a smile.

"satisfied! Of course I'm satisfied! Ha ha! You have worked hard!" Xiao Tianjian said to the old stove while looking at it with a smile.

"This is still the general's benevolence! Not only do we care about what we eat and drink, but it's only a year that we stovemakers have been distributed to us. At least each family can finally make a new dress! If it weren't for the general, this place would really be hard to see. I'm afraid we will really work bare! It's still the general's benevolence. We don't have anything to repay the general, so we can only work hard!" The old stove followed Xiao Tianjian with his hands behind his back.

Xiao Tianjian sighed slightly in his heart. Most of the people are still simple and kind. As long as you are good to them, they can see it. Originally, this should be a matter of course in the future, but when it comes to these people, they regard it as Your kindness to them will be rewarded to you ten times more than what you have given them.

So he nodded and said, "You don't have to thank me. This is what you deserve, but no one has given it to you before. As long as you continue to work, the life of the big guys will be better and better in the future! I, Xiao, will never let the big guys live the same life as before!"

While talking, they walked around several newly repaired iron furnaces in the town. The people here were respectful and afraid of Xiao Tianjian. As soon as they saw Xiao Tianjian and his party coming, they all worked hard.

Xiao Tianjian stopped and said to the old stove, "It seems that you have really made great efforts during this period!" I, Xiao, have nothing to say, but next, there is no way to repair these old stoves. In the end, it is still a small fight, which is far from the speed of mining in each mine. Therefore, we have to build a new larger iron furnace and strive to build a large furnace with a daily output of more than 1,000 catties. Building such a large vertical furnace is worth this. A group of small stoves, in that case, it not only saves ore, but also saves manpower. It can be said to kill two birds with one stone!

So this matter also requires you to bother the old stove, and we can't only refine this kind of raw iron, but also find a way to produce more cooked iron. In this regard, your old stove is a master craftsman, but don't cherish the art. As long as you take people to do this, then I will say something bad in the future, I, Xing Tianjun, will be responsible for giving you the end of the old stove. And promise that your children will not suffer from poverty again!"

The old stove frowned and said, "That's what the general said! My old stove is that kind of person! It's just that this big stove with a daily production of 1,000 jin is very difficult to build. It will use a lot of people and take a lot of effort. I'm afraid that the general can't wait!"

"What can't you wait for? Just do it boldly and tell me what you need. I'll be responsible for solving it for you. Whether it's human and material resources, it's not a problem! In addition, I'll give you another idea. Now I think the iron smelting here basically uses coal and some charcoal. It's better to find a place outside the town to make coal into coke, and then use coke to make iron. In that case, the quality of iron will be better. I don't know much about this. I don't know if it will work. After Xiao Tianjian came here, he was looking at the coal and thinking about it secretly. At this moment, he finally brought it out to the old stove.

The old stove nodded and said, "That's good. I'll leave this matter to the old man!" As long as there is no shortage of manpower and things can keep up, it is not difficult to build a big stove!

As for what the general said about coking iron, I also know some of it, but no one here uses it. I heard that someone else has used this method for a long time!

If we want to refine refined iron, we usually don't use coal, but use charcoal to install the furnace. The iron refined in this way is better than the iron made from coal! However, I have also heard that when using coke to make iron, there is more good iron. I don't think it's difficult. Some of us here come from the outside and know how to coke, but no one listened to him before, so they still use the coal here to make iron!

This matter is on me. Please rest assured, as long as human and material resources can keep up, I will build a big iron furnace for the general at the latest in three months!"

"Good! Then there will be Lao Lao's stove for you! Ha ha! As soon as this matter is settled, I will invite you to Shuangfengzhai. While enjoying happiness, I will help me in Shuangfengzhai and help build an iron stove there. In short, I, Xiao, promise that I will never let your old man suffer again in the future!

As for this side, if you want to build a big iron stove, it's okay to stop the small iron stove. As long as you build a big iron stove, you can get the work back in a few days! Don't you think so?" Xiao Tianjian laughed after hearing this.

After leaving Dongye Town, Xiao Tianjian calculated the time, and there were still four or five days before the Shangyuan Festival. He was idle, so he took people to the villages where Fu Deming was busy.