The people present were all veterans of the iron mine, and the molten iron flowed for about two quarters of an hour, and when it was almost gone, Li Dayong said excitedly: "Master Zhang, I'm afraid this furnace is not only 4,000 catties, I'm afraid there are nearly 5,000 catties." ”

Sun Anle also said: "Zhang Dongzhu's furnace iron is very good, I don't think there are many impurities in the molten iron, and I am afraid that forging fine iron will save a lot of things." ”

Sun Anle has been in the iron mine for at least 30 years, and from his point of view, although it is only molten iron, it may be because of the high temperature of the furnace, the molten iron that comes out is red and translucent, and the impurities are indeed much less.

Zhang Han smiled and pointed to the regenerator next to the blast furnace, and said with a smile: "My furnace does have a high thermal energy, and I use coke, so less impurities is a sure thing." ”

The molten iron comes out, and after it is formed, the iron will be taken to the charcoal fire to be heated, and then forged, and after removing the impurities, it is from pig iron to refined iron, there is no heating and forging this procedure, there are too many impurities in the pig iron, and there is no way to sell such iron to make money.

There are not many impurities in the molten iron, so the cost of charcoal and labor required for forging will naturally be greatly reduced, and the reduction is of course profit, which is a very clear thing, most of the people present are the proprietors of the iron field, this layer understands itself, and everyone has an envious expression on their faces at the moment.

The quantity and quality of the iron are high, Zhang Han is a newcomer, and he is much stronger than a 30-year veteran, and when everyone looks at Zhang Han's expression, it is naturally different from when they just entered the door.

Sun Anle looked at Zhang Han and said in a deep voice: "Coke is very expensive, one load is worth three loads of coal, right?" ”

"Indeed." Zhang Han nodded, invited everyone to the bottom of the furnace, just standing on the stove, the whole furnace is quite the same height as the terrain, from the side, you can see that the molten iron is still emitting red light and heat, the regenerator on the other side is one-third of the height of the blast furnace, a group of miners are pushing away the charcoal fire on the side of the regenerator, the people who originally burned the fire and fan the wind have also dispersed, Zhang Han pointed to the unburned coke, and said with a smile: "This is the remaining coke, I have calculated, after heat storage, each furnace can save about thirty percent of coke, If the cost is calculated in this way, it is not much different from before, and the purity of the molten iron is high, and the iron production rate is also much higher, so it is still a big profit. ”

The regenerator and coke ironmaking in front of him are all new things to old miners like Sun Anle, and they are innovations that have never been heard of.

Seeing that Sun Anle wanted to touch it with his hand, Cai Jiu shouted on the side: "You can't touch ......"

This was said too late, Sun Anle pressed his hand, and immediately retracted it again, and then shook his hand a few times.

With this regenerator, the temperature of the furnace becomes very high, and even the temperature of the outer wall with the regenerator is extremely high, Zhang Han has already calculated, ironmaking will be about 1,200 degrees of high temperature, and the steel will be 1,600 degrees, at present, the refractory bricks and structures are not qualified, but you can slowly explore and try, you can keep making steel in the future, the steel price is ten times the iron price, as long as it is continuously produced, a furnace of steel is half a furnace of silver, and the profit is much greater.

Sun Anle was scalded, but people laughed.

Sun Jingting also smiled at this time: "Proprietor Zhang, my uncle is afraid that he hasn't been so happy for a long time. ”

He then said: "It's not for anything else, my second uncle has spent most of his life on the iron field, and he is happy to see such a stove." ”

Sun Jingting was afraid that Zhang Han would misunderstand that Dongshan would have the intention to imitate this technology, he knew in his heart that this furnace and regenerator looked simple, but Zhang Han would definitely keep the subtle technical links secret, and Zhang Han was already generous enough to make everyone observe at such a close distance.

Zhang Han just smiled when he heard this, he had a good impression of Sun Jingting, he stood tall, he was generous, and when he stretched out his hand, he let everyone say: "It's almost noon, let's have a light meal here." ”

"I don't dare to quit if I want to." Without waiting for others to say anything, Sun Jingting just agreed first.

The canteen is on the left side of the iron yard, and when they got to the front of the iron yard, they knew that they had just entered the iron yard door and saw only the side of the iceberg, because they were going to build five blast furnaces, and there were also various processes such as forging pig iron, and it was expected that the labor required would be more than 5,000, and five houses in a row could accommodate 50 people, so the house needed to be built in as many as 100 rows, but fortunately, the place was large enough, and nearly 30 rows had been built, and there were hundreds of masons in it, big workers with small workers, and some stonemasons who chiseled stones, and kept chiseling stones. There is a shortage of everything else here in Dongshan, not even wood, but the stone is enough, and the bottom of the house is made of stone, but it costs some labor and is inexhaustible, and it is a pity not to use it.

Everyone watched it for a while, and felt Zhang Han's generosity and abundant financial resources, not to mention anything else, this row of houses costs at least forty taels for work and labor, and it costs thousands of taels of silver just to build a house, not to mention the daily cost of mining and smelting iron, each furnace is at least a few thousand taels to build, calculate how much silver Zhang Han has to put into this iron yard before he earns a big man?

The big head is still the relationship between various places, although Zhang Han originally had connections, but the iron field must increase respect, not to mention anything else, the local magistrate, the second master, the third master, the fourth master, plus the house commanders, masters, inspections, local chief A, how much does Lingqiu alone cost?

When everyone looked at Zhang Han now, their eyes had changed. This young master is a living and movable silver mountain.

Li Dayong said sincerely: "Proprietor Zhang, you are really generous. ”

Zhang Han smiled and said, "Li Dongzhu smiled. ”

At this time, Cai Jiu came over and said, "The proprietor, the food in the mine is ready, the proprietor's wine and food have not been prepared, and the person just now made a mistake." ”

His expression was a little uneasy, Cai Jiu had been working on the blast furnace for a while, almost eating and sleeping by the stove, the molten iron came out smoothly, Cai Jiu's mind was also relaxed, remembering that the proprietor was here for a while, but he almost ignored it, Cai Jiu felt a little uneasy in his heart, and there was this mistake......

"This," Zhang Han didn't lose his temper, but only said to everyone: "I'm really sorry." ”

A proprietor named Zeng Yongxian said with a smile: "Today is our trouble, the mine is busy, and the shopkeeper Cai probably doesn't take care of these things." ”

At this time, in the eyes of various proprietors, Cai Jiu's status is much higher than before, in the past, everyone only regarded Cai Jiu as a miner who was lucky to be appreciated by nobles, with a cowardly and cowering face, he couldn't walk in front of people at all, he was not a person on the scene, and he wouldn't come to trouble. Now it seems that Cai Jiu's shortcomings are actually advantages and strengths, people are not very sociable, they may make this iron field and this blast furnace look like this, and it will definitely be the largest and strongest iron field here in Dongshan in the future, there is such a shopkeeper, even if it is not very sociable? In the final analysis, people still have to have real skills, and everything else is false.

Cai Jiu smiled at Zeng Yongxian and thanked the other party for his kindness, but he still rubbed his hands, not knowing what to do in this embarrassing situation at the moment.

At this time, a doctor from the mine came over and came over with badger oil to smear Sun Anle, this thing is available in every iron field, and it is inevitable that each iron field will be burned.

Sun Anle's arm was badly burned, and the doctor smacked while wiping it, but Sun Anle didn't frown, just when the arm was not his own, he looked at Zhang Han and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Dongzhu, what do we eat in the mine, do you really think that your body is expensive?" If any of the proprietors think that what I say is not good, then you can wait, and my uncle and nephew can just eat what is from the mine...... There is only one, the wine must be good, it is rare to bother a trip, the wine here must be good, I must taste it. ”

As soon as he said this, although Li Dayong and the others were reluctant, they had to nod, Zhang Xuezeng kept looking around with his hands behind his back, his face was full of proud smiles, he didn't want to say anything at this time, although everything in front of him was not his industry, but it was from the hands of the children of the Zhang family in Puzhou, which was enough for Zhang Xuezeng, a person with a particularly strong family concept.

"Since Sun Huishou is willing to eat those ordinary meals, I am better to be respectful than to obey my fate." Zhang Han saw that Sun Anle was the kind of person who was very arrogant, of course, there were some unclear things behind the arrogance, and the matter in front of him might also be a temptation, he did not refuse, and ordered Cai Jiu to ask someone to serve the food.

They continued to move forward and sat down in front of a row of houses, where the original miners either took turns to work or were arranged to eat elsewhere, leaving only a few of them to serve the dishes.

After a while, the kung fu dishes will come up, filled with several large pots, three pots are filled with vegetarian dishes, there are many types of vegetables in early autumn, there is a pot of eggplant, a pot of lettuce, a pot is a cucumber, the three dishes are fresh and fragrant, looking at it makes people move their appetite.

The middle pot is a gourd roast meat, Zhang Han pointed to the vegetable basin and said with a smile: "It's all sheep and pigs, I have more than 800 people here, if you eat meat seriously, killing several pigs may not be enough, so you have to buy all these drains in Lingqiu City, and then put some serious meat pieces, so mixed and burned together, it can be regarded as reluctantly asking everyone to eat some meat." ”

Li Dayong looked at the four pots of vegetables in front of him, and said with a smile: "I originally thought that the food for the mine must be dirty at will, but now it seems that Zhang Dongzhu is really benevolent, to be honest, the food here is much stronger than my iron field." ”

Sun Anle and Sun Jingting were silent first, and the uncle and nephew ate a few times with chopsticks, and then nodded to each other, Sun Jingting said: "It's also stronger than my Dongshan Club." ”

Zeng Yongxian said with a smile: "Don't know what to do, it's really not easy to get such praise from Jingting." ”