Chapter 455 Happy County

Several workers clamp the half-melted steel bars with long clamps and feed them between the rolling wheels of the rolling mill.

After the steel bar passes through different rolling wheels, some of them become steel rods, and some of them become steel sheets.

The production scene in full swing made Su You very satisfied. According to the statistics of Sitong Trading, the national steel output of the Great Song Dynasty is now no less than 50 million catties, of which the consumption of Sichuan Gorge and Shaanxi accounts for one-third, that is, the scale of 15 million catties, of which 10 million catties are here!

A town produces one-fifth of the iron needed by the Great Song Dynasty, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a city of steel.

There are basically men here, and many of them have a characteristic, except for the headscarf on their heads, the hair is still there, the hairs on their arms and legs, the beard on their faces, and their eyebrows.

Everywhere in the workshop, there was a clanging sound, and the hydraulic forging hammer thinned the steel plate that was still in a red-hot state, cut it off, quenched it, and then polished and polished it on the grinding wheel, turning it into a knife with a handle, a sword bar.

Pieces of cowhide are fed into the press and punched into oval shapes with a rectangular cavity in the middle.

The female workers skillfully smeared the cowhide money with hot glue, threaded it together one by one, sent it to pressure machinery to compress it, turned it into a cylinder, and put it aside to dry with a clamp.

In the assembly workshop, there are also mainly female workers, who add molds to the knife strips, knock on the blades, handguards, handles of cowhide tubes, metal handles, and nail rivets.

In the grinding workshop, the pulley whirring, the final processing of the tool, the handle of the knife is polished, polished, and a standard long knife or long sword is manufactured into a finished product.

The overseers were inspecting the quality of the products, urging the workers to soak the swords in oil, put them in wooden boxes, separate them with dried straw, and then mark them with the date of production, mark them, and send them to the warehouse.

The management method here is stricter and more efficient than that of the Great Song Dynasty, and it has begun to break away from the semi-manual and semi-mechanized workshop model, and has gradually taken the prototype of a factory.

In addition to military weapons, there are also agricultural tools, and the long-handled sickle used for mowing grass in Weiyuan is produced here.

The reputation of Erlin Sword is gradually spreading. The market spreads all over Dali, Tubo, Shuzhong, and Northwest China......

Xiao Gaohou Ye has an attitude towards this enclave in the hands of the Song people, and his attitude is to support it openly and secretly, because his family also has a lot of shares in the steel industry.

It's a benefit that no one can refuse.

More advanced technologies, such as lathes, milling machines, and the production of instrumentation, Suyou was placed in Wangzhou.

It's a foreign country here after all.

Su Chizun has now become a complete big weapon businessman, his beard has become snow-white, but his face is even more ruddy, when he saw Su You, he dragged him into his arms and gave him a fierce hug: "Hahaha, Erlin's big witch child has finally grown up, why is he still so weak?" I heard that you have won the title of Wisdom and Light Master from the Northwest Yi people? ”

Su You finally broke free from the lynx fur of the old man's robe: "I haven't seen you for ten years, and the general is still so strong and mighty." ”

Su Yuanzhen stepped forward to greet the old man: "Grandpa, I'm back." ”

Su Chizun held his forehead with his big hand: "Yes, there is another scholar baby, today's Erlin baby is less and less like Erlin baby, the face is clean in winter, and the hands are clean in summer, what kind of baby does such a baby look like?" ”

Su You beckoned Shi Wei over: "Uncle, this is the bride I just married, Shi Wei." Shi Wei is called uncle. ”

Shi Wei had a good impression of this rough old man, and greeted him with a smile.

Su Chizun's eyes lit up when he saw Shi Wei: "I heard a letter from Ami saying that you are strong in martial arts, and you almost chopped up all the lords of the Western Xia Kingdom?" Good! Such a girl is a good girl! The girls in my second forest department can also bend their bows and dance swords! ”

Su You was more concerned about Mr. Fan: "Uncle, is Mr. Fan okay?" ”

Chizun smiled: "Fortunately, Lao Fan is more and more immortal, now he tunes the piano and recites the scriptures every day, or supervises the children to go to school, by the way, when you get to the main sacrifice hall, I am sure to scare you!" ”

Everyone got on the boat, all the way along the Anning River to Qionghai, Dali Jianchang Mansion City Guard, now it is also the focus of the Erlin Department and Jiangyang City, like the officials of the Song State more than the officials of Dali.

This is also a matter of no way, the territory of Dali and the Great Song Dynasty in this area is not clear, the city of Jianchang Mansion must belong to Dali, but now it is surrounded by Erlin, Jiangyang, and Ferry, and the situation has become very strange.

Fortunately, now everyone is so good that they wear a pair of pants, Xiao Gao Xiangye has already issued a card to the Erlin Department, allowing the caravan to enter and exit, the days of the city guard are not ordinary moisturizing, and they all know who the God of Wealth is.

Here the team changed horses and began to go up the mountain.

The road from Jianchang Mansion to Wangzhou is under construction, and it has not yet been fully penetrated, so if you want to go to Wangzhou, you still have to go to Erlin first.

However, by the core of the Second Forest Department, which is now Leyu County, where the Wangzhou Defense Division is located, the road has already been repaired.

Chizun rode on a tall horse: "This is Ami from Weizhou, take the boat and go around in a big circle, riding is majestic, but you can only run the road, go over the mountain to Meishan, Yazhou, it's no fun." ”

Although the road is spacious, it bends and turns, there is no way, this road is also responsible for transporting the manganese ore of Erlin to the ferry, and the slope should not be too large.

The transportation on the road is very busy, seeing the honor guard of the Supreme and Su You, everyone stops the carriage and horses, the Han people bow down to salute, and the Yi people prostrate and bow.

When the guard of honor passed, there was usually a faint cheer behind him.

"I've seen the Great Witch! It's not the same as the child in the portrait at home! He's a handsome man! ”

"That's it, the little lady next to Da Wu must be the county gentleman of the county we are happy to do!"

"Hurry up, after this trip is delivered, we will go to the temple for pilgrimage, maybe we can see each other again!"

"Then when the time comes, borrow Brother Zhang's car and pull the two families on board! The old people in the family are so chattering that my ears are calloused, and I guess that I will not see each other again this time, and Dawu will have to go to Bianjing City in a few years! ”

"That's right, it's still a good brother...... you're thinking about it."

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The stream flowing from the Erlin Valley is gurgling down the ditch on the side of the road, and the pine forest on the mountain beside the road is already covered with snow.

On the cascading peaks in the distance, the snow line is clear, and the majestic mountains are like giants wearing white cotton hats.

Some of the mountaintops tore the white clouds like a flag, like a majestic guard of honor, saluting and welcoming this team.

Shi Wei rarely saw such a scene, and couldn't help but be amazed.

Su You teased the wooden guest in a thick cotton robe in front of Shi Wei's saddle: "I'm home, are you happy?" ”

The woodman pointed to the pine forest on the mountain and gestured.

Su You smiled: "I know how to eat, the pine nuts in the pine cones have already burst away, and when you get to the second forest department, please eat bread." ”

asked Shi Wei again: "Wei'er, is it cold?" ”

Shi Wei shook her head: "It's not cold, I didn't expect that the scenery of Sister Ami's hometown is so magnificent and majestic, no wonder she has such a character." ”

Su You said: "I'm very curious about my brother-in-law, who can make Amibai steel a man who can turn his fingers into a soft man; can also silently do a good job in family logistics, let his beloved wife lead the army in a layman, and make a contribution. This open-mindedness, not for me to say, is not much worse than being a ruler. ”

Su Chizun also seemed to be very satisfied with this son-in-law: "Your brother-in-law is a student of Mr. Fan, Ami was wandering outside in his early years, somehow, he came back one year, and he saw the right eye at one time, fortunately, he was also a family with a high surname, so he didn't trouble me." ”

"Ah Lie leads the army to fight all the year round, Ami is in business, Yuanzhen wants to go to school, and your brother-in-law is in charge of the family."

"If Lao Fan is now half of the immortals, your brother-in-law is half of the junior, you will know when you meet."

Turning the mountain pass, there was a little warmth in the air all of a sudden, and the second forest department, now Leyu County, has arrived.

In the past, it was a small tribal tent area attached to Erlin, but now it has all become mud brick houses, the roof is flat, and it is also a sundeck, and every family has a wooden flagpole, on which the white silk produced by Meishan floats.

Many mud-brick houses have lacquer paintings painted on the walls, which are murals dedicated to the gods, and many old people in fur furs, leaning against the walls, like Buddhas and Bodhisattvas sitting down, reverently turning prayer cylinders.

Su Yuanzhen took out the great witch's walking staff, hung the bone string on the head of the staff, and came to Su You's front to open the way.