Wei Ting said, "Fifth cousin, why don't you go and take a look together? If you need it, it doesn't matter if you don't have a craftsman's license."
Wei Xiyin naturally agreed.
The two men walked towards the blacksmith shop, and before they got close, they saw a dozen people gathered outside the door.
They received a notification from Mingjingtang early in the morning and had been standing at the door waiting for an unknown amount of time.
The scorching heat inside was daunting, but in order to have a stable job in the future, no one left.
Seeing that the person had finally returned, the group hurriedly saluted.
"Greetings, sir and lady."
Today, there are still two furnaces working, helping people working outside to repair farm tools and other items.
Wei Xiyin stood at the door and felt it carefully. Waves of heat emanated from the shop. She stared at the working furnace inside with an expressionless face and could not lift her feet for a long time.
It takes courage to enter the blacksmith shop in the summer.
Seeing this, Wei Ting's lips curled up slightly. He turned to the people, nodded, and said gently, "Everyone, follow me."
The group went to the empty shop opposite.
The entire street is located on both sides of the entrance to the fort. It used to be the most prosperous area of the fort. Now, except for the blacksmith shop and the medicine shop, all other shops are empty.
The shops were originally private properties distributed by the clan to the clan members. They were distributed according to the proportion of investment made by each family when the fort was built. Taking into account the people's livelihood issues in the future, Mingjingtang issued subsidies to each family and took back all the shops. They are now registered under the name of the clan's public office.
Among them, my fifth great-uncle owned the most shops.
Who makes his family the richest?
The shop opposite was originally owned by Wei Ting, but it is now vacant. Most of the things inside have not been moved. It is a porcelain shop. The large items have been taken away to store water or for other purposes, and only some small ornaments are left on the shelves.
Wei Ting found a place to sit down and began to ask these people about their background one by one.
Master Jia, as the people of Zaoqiang call him, is a local blacksmith in Zaoqiang County. He originally relied on this skill to make a living.
In addition, many people in Zaoqiang knew him and knew his background very well, so there was not much problem.
Mainly that group of people.
Wei Ting said gently, "Can you tell me what kind of work you have done before?"
Someone replied respectfully, "My lord, in the winter, Mr. Qu and his men intercepted a batch of iron on the official road. At that time, Master Jia was still trapped in the city. Mr. Qu thought about forging his own weapons. He ordered his men to build two large furnaces and began to work on it himself."
"The blacksmith's craft may seem simple, but it's actually not easy to learn. It requires a strong understanding of quenching, and a mastery of different materials, temperature, and quenching time."
"Later, Mr. Qu figured out the steps and gave us instructions, then he ordered us to take over the creation."
The cut iron needs to be buried in a blazing furnace, burned red, and then hammered until the iron turns from red to dark, then put back into the furnace to burn red, and repeat this process...
Finally, iron tools of different sizes and curvatures are forged.
After being formed, it is heated again and immersed in a pool of water to cool, or buried in slag ash to cool naturally. Finally, it is polished with a whetstone to make it sharp.
"The weapons used by our people were all made by us based on the blueprints drawn by Mr. Qu. Later, when Master Jia was rescued, he was full of praise after seeing them." These people were very familiar with the process. After reporting, they rubbed their hands and stared at Wei Ting nervously.
Everyone was learning from Mr. Qu temporarily and did not have any registered craftsmen. Moreover, it was heard that there were already more than a dozen people in the blacksmith shop, including apprentices. What if the Wei family disliked the fact that they did not have registered craftsmen and there were too many of them and refused to accept them?
Wei Ting turned his head to look at his cousin, wanting to ask her opinion, but he saw her standing in front of the shelf, observing the porcelain in the shop as if it had nothing to do with her.
According to my fifth cousin, the blacksmith shop needs to be expanded in the future, and the current number of people is definitely not enough.
Wei Ting pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "In that case, you all stay. Master Jia will pay you one pinewood sign per month and two dou of grain, and you will pay him one pinewood sign per month. Starting tomorrow, you will start working at the blacksmith shop."
Everyone was overjoyed to hear this and bowed to express their gratitude repeatedly.
With a stable job, you don't have to worry about survival in the future. The work of building the wall outside is very unstable. No one knows whether there will be work after the high wall is built.
After everyone left.
Wei Xiyin walked over slowly and sat opposite Wei Ting.
She said meaningfully, "Fifth Uncle's porcelain shop is quite good. Let's keep it for the future."
Wei Ting nodded and got down to business. "Protective gear is essential. As the weather gets hotter, the guards' missions become increasingly arduous. I wonder if Fifth Cousin has ever heard of 'armor removal disease'?"
"Of course I have heard of it." Wei Xiyin replied.
No matter how harsh the environment is, soldiers still wear heavy armor when fighting in the summer.
Armor itself is a kind of protection for soldiers. Only when soldiers wear armor to fight against the enemy can they have a sense of security. Even in the hot summer, soldiers still need to wear armor to fight on the battlefield.
Soldiers would sweat profusely while fighting under the scorching sun.
If you take off your armor rashly, your pores will be dilated after exercise. If you take off your armor at this time, your pores will tighten immediately, which is not good for your health.
You may even get a disease, which is called "nail removal disease".
Wei Xiyin said, "Times have changed. It's only June and the temperature is already so hot. High temperatures and droughts are inevitable in summer. If chain mail is exposed to high temperatures, the iron armor will quickly heat up and become scorching hot, and may even burn the guards."
"Not only that, iron tends to deteriorate and rust at high temperatures."
Wei Ting thought for a moment, then stood up and took out a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone from a nearby cabinet and spread them on the table. "Cousin, do you have any solution?"
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