The original wife who died young and dressed as the villain regent

the other side.

Lin Xi went to the West Market, where there were more handymen and bricklayers.

After arriving, Lin Xi walked all the way over, watching as he walked.

There are some selling farm tools, some selling pots and pans, some selling furniture, knives, etc., and some selling agricultural rice grains.

About half an hour later, Lin Xi suddenly noticed that there was a blacksmith shop at the end.

She hurried over.

As soon as I got closer, I was greeted by the heat of the shop. There was a man in his forties with a somewhat sinister appearance, sweating profusely while forging iron, making a clanging sound.

Lin Xi shouted loudly several times before the man heard it. He stopped blacksmithing, wiped his face with the cloth on his shoulder, and asked, "What do you want to buy?"

Lin Xi asked politely: "Uncle, can you make that kind of copper pot?"

"What?"

The uncle looked confused and didn't hear clearly.

Lin Xi said and gestured, "It's just a round pot, with the middle bottom hollowed out, and replaced with an inverted cone-shaped tube. It needs to be made of copper. Pig iron or wrought iron will also work."

If there are any modern people here, they will understand immediately that Lin Xi is talking about the pot used for cooking hot pot.

That's right, the new dish Lin Xi wants to introduce in Keyunlou can't be considered a dish. In short, it is hot pot.

I would like to ask, what else is more comfortable than gathering around a table with family and friends to eat hot pot, meat and vegetables in the middle of winter?

Not to mention winter, even in spring, summer and autumn, not many people can resist eating hot pot.

It’s perfect for this to be Ke Yun Lou’s long-lasting signature dish.

The first step to making hot pot is to have a pot. Lin Xi noticed that the kind of pot used to eat hot pot is not available here, so you have to find someone to make it fresh.

After hearing this, the uncle said inexplicably: "Where is this kind of pot? I have never seen it. Don't tell me whether it can be made. Miss Shan, what kind of copper, raw iron, and wrought iron are you talking about? I don't even know.

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Lin Xi was stunned.

Has this dynasty not started using copper yet?

It shouldn’t be, there is already iron, but no copper?? Besides, she sees that iron farm tools are widely used here, but she still doesn’t know about pig iron and wrought iron?

Could it be that they actually have no concept and distinction between pig iron and wrought iron?

When the uncle saw that Lin Xi had stopped talking, he thought she was here to cause trouble, and said: "Go, go, go play somewhere else, and don't disturb my shop's business and blacksmithing."

Lin Xi was not sure what was going on for a moment, so he had to leave and look for another blacksmith shop elsewhere.

As a result, three blacksmith shops in a row said they didn't know.

Lin Xi had no choice but to endure it, bought some meat to prepare for dinner, and returned to Chenyang Village.

When she got home, Shen Chen just came back and brought back a lot of prey.

He planned to hunt two more times and then stopped hunting.

Dabao's four children were surrounding the prey in the yard, playing with the ones that were still alive.

Lin Xi gave a few instructions and then went into the kitchen to prepare meals.

After a while, Shen Chen also came in.

Lin Xi said: "Are you hungry? I can make it in a moment, don't be in a hurry."

"No." Shen Chen shook his head, sat down and helped her light the fire, and then said, "You have something on your mind."

Lin Xi said: "Is it so obvious?"

Shen Chen looked up at her.

Maybe Lin Xi didn't know it, but her little face was almost turned into a ball of sadness, and all her emotions were reflected on her face.

Shen Chen just asked: "What's the matter? Someone in the county is bullying you?"

"This doesn't happen."

Lin Xi thought about it, put down the kitchen knife, turned around and faced Shen Chen, leaning against the edge of the stove, she said: "Shen Chen, you are well-informed, do you know about copper?"

Shen Chen stopped adding firewood and looked at Lin Xi: "Why do you ask this?"

"you know?!"

Lin Xi was startled, and immediately squatted down, put his hands on Shen Chen's legs, and said, "Is it really happening now? I went to the county blacksmith shop today and asked, but I didn't know anything about it."

Shen Chen said: "Ask, of course no one will know."

"Why is this? Do we need someone to ask?"

Lin Xi was surprised, how could he be involved in an underground business?

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "No."

He thought about how to say it, and then said: "Copper is produced in the southern barbarian land. It is more suitable for making certain weapons or items than iron. However, because the production area is dangerous and dangerous, people who go to mine it will most likely not come back. Copper The value is very high, but the quantity is very small. In the past, when Qin Taizu was in power, our court had contacts with the Southern Barbarians, and the Southern Barbarians would give a small amount of copper to our court as heavy gifts. After the death of Qin Taizu, our country's national power weakened, and the Southern Barbarians gradually rose up. If you have bad intentions, communication will be cut off."

Lin Xi understood that the iron content in the Central Plains was quite high, and it was normal for most people to use iron.

Copper was produced in the Southern Barbarians, and was only given as a heavy gift to the nobles. The output was still small, so it was normal for the common people to not know about it.

"No, if there is no copper here, how are the copper plates we usually use made?" Lin Xi said.

Shen Chen twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "That's not called copper plates, it's called coins. It's made of molten iron mixed with scrap silver."

Lin Xi: "..."

Also, during the transaction, Zhao Dequan and the others talked about what they said, but they never mentioned the copper coins. It was she who took them as copper coins.

Learned a lot.

"Wait a minute, since copper is so expensive, why are the Southern Barbarians willing to give it away for free?" Lin Xi said.

Shen Chen snorted and wrote lightly: "They were frightened by the Qin army at that time."

Lin Xi: "..."

Such a simple and unpretentious reason that cannot be refuted.

It can be seen that the Qin Dynasty was really prosperous during the time of Qin Taizu, and the mutiny and war when Qin Taizong came to the throne were indeed tragic, causing the people's livelihood and national strength of the Qin Dynasty to drop so much.

Lin Xi was curious: "Shen Chen, how did you know?"

Shen Chen said concisely and comprehensively: "I used to travel all over the country and visited many places. I heard about it."

"Then you were quite wonderful in the past."

Lin Xi responded casually, a little worried.

In this case, she can't use the copper pot.

Lin Xi said: "Shen Chen, do you know about pig iron and wrought iron?"

There was doubt in Shen Chen's eyes, "What is raw and cooked?"

Seeing this, Lin Xi thought that it seems that this era really does not have such concepts. She said: "The so-called pig iron is... the iron obtained by smelting iron ore in the blast furnace, which can also be understood as the iron that blacksmiths smelt daily. , Wrought iron is iron made from more refined pig iron. I want to make a pot that is not very demanding, just use pig iron."

Shen Chen listened to the second half of the sentence and said, "In this case, you can ask Wang Shou for help."

"Yes! I remember he was learning blacksmithing." Lin Xi hesitated again, "But he... doesn't seem to like me very much."

"It doesn't matter. Just tell me what kind of pot you want to make, and I'll go find him." Shen Chen said.

Lin Xi immediately cheered, "Shen Chen, you are so kind! I know how to come to you and solve any trouble!"

Lin Xi was so excited that she rushed forward to hug Shen Chen, stood up and ran out.

"There is still some paper left from last time, I will draw it for you."

Shen Chen watched her go out, his eyes immediately fell on him, and he curled his lips silently.