"Humph, stinky men are all the same." Zhang Yumeng laughed and cursed.

Before Yang Gan could speak, tenants one by one began to walk in carrying dishes.

A strong smell of meat suddenly filled the room.

What can be recognized is the shiny braised pork, and this time potatoes are added to the braised pork.

A stack of soup made from unknown vegetables, a long plate of unknown dishes that looked like sausages, and a steamed hoof that could not be seen as it was, were placed neatly on Yang Qian's desk.

Sticking to eating the recognizable dishes first, Yang Qian picked up a piece of meat with chopsticks, put it in the corner of his mouth and chewed it carefully. The delicious taste exploded in his taste buds, and the rich sauce aroma and meat taste mixed into the authentic braised pork. smell.

Old Chen smiled and said, "Sir, how are you doing?"

Yang Gan squinted his eyes and kept nodding, "You added the medicinal materials I bought from the medical center, right?"

Old Chen smiled and said, "That's right. Miss Qin said that you just need to put these medicinal materials into the linen cloth, hammer it hard a few times, throw it directly into the big iron pot, add soybean paste and cook it."

Yang Qian sniffed hard and said, "You also added wine, right?"

"Miss Qin said that adding wine can remove the smell."

"Not bad, not bad, this tastes really delicious." Yang Qian greeted everyone, "Don't look at me, everyone eats together, this is really delicious."

Everyone started to move their chopsticks when they saw Yang Qian speaking, but King Xia Wen and Zhang Yumeng ignored him and had already started to bloom.

"How is it possible? This is pork?"

Wang Jian still couldn't resist the temptation. After trying a few bites, the scene of a volcano erupting appeared in his head, as if it was his lost youth.

Qu Xiuwen's mouth was full of oil as he kept biting the meat, "Cut it, it's cheap meat, but you haven't eaten so much."

Wang Jian's face turned red and he suddenly sighed, "I never knew it would be so delicious. It seems that I won't be able to taste meat anymore when I return to Chaoxian."

Xue Kang'an whispered, "General Wang, you don't have to worry. The king has asked Lao Qu to write a document to castrate pork across the country. In a few months, Chaoxian will also be able to eat delicious pork. This beast is easy to feed."

Wang Jian couldn't help but nodded. He really wanted to see the scene of those self-proclaimed scholar-bureaucrats in the court eating pork. Thinking about it, he couldn't help but laugh like a pig.

After eating half a bowl of braised pork, Yang Gan pointed to the steamed dish, "Lao Chen, what is this?"

"Oh, there was a bear nearby a few days ago. This is a bear's paw. The villagers left it for you specially."

Yang Qian was stunned, and Zhang Yumeng was also dumbfounded and murmured, "This will start in three years."

"Do you still think it was in the previous life? It's not illegal to eat this here. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, I, Yang Gan, can still eat bear paws one day." Yang Gan couldn't help but shook his head, picked up a piece and ate it.

When entering the entrance, Yang Qian frowned, and Zhang Yumeng hurriedly asked, "Is it delicious?"

"It's not chewy, and it tastes a little bit spicy. The problem is that it's not delicious at all. It's delicious, but it tastes terrible." Yang Gan quickly spat out the bear paw meat in his mouth, with a look of disgust on his face.

It wasn't that Zhang Yumeng didn't believe it, but he was very curious. He immediately came over, picked up a chopstick and started eating. He didn't chew it for a few times before spitting it out. He picked up the wine glass and kept drinking the fruit wine.

"Too sexy."

Yang Gan pointed at the sausage-like thing again and said with a smile, "Do you want to eat this?"

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Try it~~~" The two of them took a piece and put it in their mouths, chewing it.

Not long after, complex expressions appeared on both Yang Qian and Zhang Yumeng's faces.

"Like gristle? Not sausage."

"It's a bit salty~~~~Zhang Yumeng, you should eat more, it's not good to waste food." Yang Qian thought it was okay, just barely. Although there was a strange smell, the texture was good.

Zhang Yumeng curled her lips and said, "I don't like eating."

Yang Gan ate the sausage, picked up the bear paw and asked, "Which of you wants to eat the bear paw?"

In an instant, everyone present raised their hands, and Yang Qian twitched the corner of his mouth. The bear paws that looked like beef tendons were so popular, and he was also drunk.

After handing out the bear paws to everyone, Yang Gan asked.

"Old Chen, what is that long list of things made of? The taste is a bit strange, but the texture is good. I will make more next time." Yang Qian picked his teeth and looked extremely satisfied.

Old Chen was stunned and wondered, "Sir, this tiger whip is rare. It only comes from the tiger you shot."

"Pfft~~~!" Zhang Yumeng spurted out, looking at Lao Chen with a horrified look on his face.

Yang Qian was also stunned. He picked up the cold drink next to him without showing his expression, drank a few sips, and rinsed his mouth repeatedly. I heard that this stuff is very tonic, but normal people don't seem to be able to accept it.

"Old Chen."

"Sir, I'm here."

"Next time when the food is served, remember to tell me clearly what it is, otherwise I won't eat it."

"Ah? Oh~~~ I understand, sir."

Yang Qian always felt a strange taste in his mouth. After eating, he kept drinking and drinking water. He always felt that the tiger penis put a lot of psychological pressure on him.

Seeing that Yang Qian was a little uncomfortable, Lao Chen was very smart and opened the wine barrel next to him, took some wine and handed it over.

Yang Qian looked at the red wine in the wine glass and suddenly seemed to think of something.

"Lao Xia, let me ask, how is the caravan from the west doing now?"

King Xia Wen touched his mouth with a satisfied look on his face and glanced at Qu Xiuwen. He didn't know this matter clearly.

Qu Xiuwen smiled and said, "The caravan is still in Chaoxian. It's not easy for them to go back. They got lost when they came here. Now it's very difficult for them to go back safely and by the shortest way."

"Oh? Why?" Yang Qian asked curiously.

"We looked at the map in detail and found that the shortest way to the west should be Taihuang in Liao State."

Yang Gan frowned and thought for a long time, then said after a long time, "Lao Qu, you are all court sages, is there any way to prevent these businessmen from leaving?"

Qu Xiuwen asked curiously, "Why can't they leave? They are just a few merchants, not of much use."

Yang Gan shook his head. I really don’t know what these ancient people were like. Do they think that the only hinterland in the world is the Central Plains?

"As long as we find ways to detain people, study their language, understand their culture, and know where their country is, we can do business."

"Trading? It's just a matter for merchants." No matter how capable Qu Xiuwen is, there is nothing he can do about it given the atmosphere of the Xia Kingdom.

Yang Qian took out a mouthful of pork from the lacquer bowl and said with a smile, "What is this?"

"Pork pulled pork, of course."

"We actually don't raise many pigs in the Central Plains, because pork is fishy and spicy, and almost no one cares about it. Even in Guizhou, no matter how poor it is, it won't starve to death."

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I won’t touch it even when I’m there.”

"But now we have a way to get rid of the pig smell. The entire Xia Kingdom can eat pork. Pigs are easy to feed. In a few years, our Guizhou's health will get better and better. Pickle it with salt and use it as bacon, and smoke it with fire. It can be used as bacon and as army rations."

Qu Xiuwen asked, "What exactly do you want to say?"

Yang Xuan did not answer, "Everyone, please eat. When you are done, come with me."

After everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks, they followed Yang Qian. The walk from Zhuangzi to the Water Conservancy Forge was actually not that far away, and Yang Qian also wanted everyone to live closer.

It's just that iron ore doesn't grow wherever you want it to, and it has to be along rivers to take advantage of water conservancy.

When Yang Qian came here again, the water conservancy forging factory already had more than ten factories, lined up along the river, and each factory had eight water conservancy hammers. This was the final result after careful calculation and experience. Reasonable distribution plan.

Except for Zhang Yumeng and Xiao Yu who had been here, almost everyone was a little stunned. The factory building was not only big, but also very high, with a floor height of at least more than four meters, because only in this way could the feeling of alternating between hot and cold be reduced.

As everyone walked in, there were rows of ventilation fans on the factory building, all of which were made of hydraulic gears and wooden transmission rods.

When it was made, Zhang Yumeng lost a lot of his brain cells. What tools did he not have in his previous life? In this life, he doesn't even have a screwdriver. You can imagine how difficult it is.

"Da da da da da~~~~~" The sound of violent beatings kept coming.

Zhang Yumeng smiled and nudged Yang Qian with his elbow, "Doesn't it look like the old hardware factory?"

Yang Gan nodded, "It's so similar. If there's a bit more engine oil smell, it would be even more similar."

The two of them were used to it, but almost everyone present was dumbfounded. Could forging still happen like this?

King Xia Wen rushed directly in front of an apprentice, staring at the work in his hands with wide eyes.

I saw a thick hydraulic hammer continuously beating a piece of red iron into the shape of a knife.

Wang Jian and the other three also looked at it seriously, without blinking at all, for fear of missing a little bit of the scene.

In this era, the armies of many vassal states, including the Xiongnu and other ethnic groups, used mostly bronze wares.

One advantage of bronze is that when making a bronze sword, you only need to cast a mold and cast it. The surface will be almost very smooth and consistent. After polishing, it will be a qualified bronze sword.

But iron weapons are different. What is obtained by the steel filling method is steel. Steel is not easy to turn into molten steel, and there are still some impurities, so iron and steel weapons need to be beaten repeatedly.

Even if the steel wrapping method and the steel clamping method are used, a certain amount of forging is required. Therefore, the surface of real iron weapons such as the Huanshou Dao of the Han Dynasty can only be relatively smooth, but it will not look like the handicrafts of the previous life. so beautiful.

But the weapons forged here not only have the same standard, but also have a dazzling cold surface. The steel ingots are made by pouring steel, put into the heating furnace, and then picked out with clamps after they turn red.

Then put it on the water conservancy hammer and beat it continuously. After a period of exploration, now there is no need to send a person to control the size of the water flow.

All you need is a forging blacksmith to control the pedal below with your feet. Tilt forward to speed up and backward to slow down.

King Xia Wen asked Yang Gan in horror, "How long does it take to forge a weapon like this?"

At this time, Ou Yexia came over carrying a cup made of iron.

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