"In that case, if I punish each of you with fifty push-ups, does it make any sense to you?"

Although they didn’t know what push-ups were, everyone still agreed: “No.”

"very good."

Xue Zijin nodded with satisfaction: "I'll give you ten breaths to drink water."

The woman who had already filled a bowl with water and was waiting immediately handed the water bowl to her son or husband.

But the dozen or so people in Dingshan didn't have any family members here, so they could only huff and puff and rush towards the water tank.

Ten breaths will arrive soon.

More than thirty people also drank water and gathered in the open space.

Xue Zijin first showed them the standard push-up posture, and then ordered with a slight curve of his lips: "Get ready...start."

Thirty or so people huffed and lay down, with their feet together and their toes on the ground, and their palms shoulder-width apart to support the weight of the entire body.

At the beginning, everyone's actions were pretty standard.

But after doing fifteen exercises, many people couldn't lift their stomachs.

Xue Zijin walked around holding a thorn stick as thick as his thumb. If anyone couldn't lift his belly, the stick would be slapped on the buttocks of anyone who couldn't lift it up.

In this way

Everyone could only grit their teeth and hold on.

By the time the fifty push-ups were completed, more or less thirty senior men would have had thorns on their buttocks.

"Okay, let's eat!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately cheered and lined up with bowls.

The first dozen or so people who come back will have priority.

And what they eat is not steamed buns, but big Sanhe noodle buns stuffed with shredded pork.

"Well...this steamed bun with meat is delicious. Mom and dad, you guys should try it too."

Zhao Cheng broke the steamed bun wrapped in shredded meat into two halves and gave it to his parents. He also raised his eyebrows provocatively at Dingshan and others who were touching their buttocks.

What's the point of being proud of, brat? There's still a lot of time to come!

Dingshan slapped the drooling Xiao Liuzi on the back of the head: "What are you looking at? I haven't eaten meat in eight lifetimes! Why aren't you hungry to death?"

Xiao Liuzi looked away aggrievedly: "Brother Ding! We ate meat during the Chinese New Year! We were quite greedy."

As slaves, they can only eat meat during the holidays, so how can they not be greedy for meat?

Xue Zijin put the vitex sticks on the roof of the work shed, took the Sanhe noodles steamed buns from Hongxiu and started to nibble on them.

Well!

The taste is still as rough as ever!

But with meat filling in it, it tastes much better.

After breakfast.

Everyone should cut down trees, and those who should collect wood should collect wood.

The two masons went up the mountain to look for suitable stones.

Xue Zijin found the old blacksmith and asked him to choose a place to set up a blast furnace. She wanted to make molten iron and make iron pots herself.

After looking around, the old blacksmith chose the location of the blast furnace in a mountain col south of the camp.

"This mountain col is surrounded by mountains on three sides, which provides shelter from the wind and rain. It is best to set up the blast furnace here."

"good!"

Xue Zijin also said with satisfaction: "The equipment needed for the blast furnace should arrive in the afternoon, and I will ask you to give me some advice then."

Last night she told her grandfather that she wanted to set up a furnace here to make iron. Grandfather asked her to choose a place and Uncle Yu should be able to deliver the materials in the afternoon.

But she underestimated Yu Daqiang's ability to do things.

Before the afternoon, the blast furnace, pig iron and coal were delivered one by one.

A lot of work.

After the iron-making furnace was built, the coal was ignited.

Pig iron weighing dozens of kilograms is put into the furnace and refined into molten iron.

Xue Zijin followed the instructions in the book and purified and filtered it over and over again under high temperature.

Seventy or eighty kilograms of pig iron was purified to the end, and only eight kilograms of steel were obtained.
Chapter completed!