Zhenguan Han-in-law

Chapter 283 The Iron Comes Out
Chapter 279

Fang Yi sat there, very angry, impeaching Wei Hao for repairing the house, isn't it impeaching himself?Isn't it just obliterating your own credit?For those houses, I stare at them day and night. For those houses, I have learned to swear now. Now, if they impeach me, they will all deny their credit. Is that okay?

"I said why are you clenching your fists? Do you want to fight? It's okay. I'll take you there. What's the use of being anxious now?" Wei Hao asked Fang Yizhi immediately when he saw Fang Yizhi like this.

"Made, you are too deceitful. We are exhausted here, and they are still impeaching. As you said, those bastards are useless!" Fang Yizhi cursed furiously at this moment,
Wei Hao heard it, and patted Fang Yizhi's shoulder with a smile. I have to say that Fang Yizhi has changed the most. Before he came, he was really a frail scholar. Now whether you look at his appearance or see him anxious You can't associate him with a scholar at all if you swear at others.

"Shen Yong, if you want to fight at that time, bring me with you. Although I am a scholar, I can still punch." Fang Yi said straight to Wei Hao.

"You can pull it down, I don't think I have to take care of you when I fight. If I fight, I will rush forward. If anyone dares to stop in front of me, I will punch him and fall down!" Wei Hao raised his fist and said, Fang Yi nodded. nod.

"Okay, don't care about them, let's do our things first. Now that we go back, we don't know who to turn to? Now we don't even know who impeached us, so how can we fight! When we find out by then, don't worry, fight But, I’ll blow it up with thunder!” Wei Hao finished talking to them with a smile, and then continued to pour tea for them.

I also remembered this matter in my heart, and actually impeached myself. It has been almost three months since I went back. Did they forget that they can beat people?

The next day, a few more stoves were fired, and there were still a few stoves that were being filled with iron ore. Now there was no way, the workers also started to get busy, and they were a bit overwhelmed, so Wei Hao and the others could only come one by one. At the same time, a large amount of coal was sent here and placed in a huge warehouse, all of which were prepared for large-scale ironmaking!
"It's all ready, now it's just a few days later!" Fang Yi walked up to Wei Hao, covered in sweat and still wet, while Wei Hao was standing at the door of the factory building and didn't go in. Now Wei Hao started to let They go in.

"Well, let's wait. The first furnace will be opened tomorrow. The molten iron will need to flow out and be placed in the finished mold. A piece of iron is about 100 catties. At that time, I will take it to another furnace. , I want to make steel!" Wei Hao stood there, nodded and said.

"Ah, steelmaking, isn't this going to be handed over to the Ministry of Industry?" Fang Yi heard it and looked at Wei Hao in surprise.

"Give it to the Ministry of Industry, now you need to make steel, and now you still have a shortage of iron?" Wei Hao glanced at Fang Yi, and Fang Yi heard it, so he could only look at Wei Hao, Wei Hao has the final say here, Wei Hao said what to do, so he did!
"Oh, no, I can't take it anymore!" Cheng Chuliang immediately drank water, and after half an hour in, he felt his mouth was about to burst open.

"Okay, let's go back!" Wei Hao smiled and waved to them, and they immediately followed Wei Hao out. That night, they were all sitting by Wei Hao's side very late. The first stove started in the afternoon At the beginning, stop adding coal, and start the furnace early tomorrow morning to let the molten iron flow out.

Wei Hao is not worried, these are all calculated by himself, all the processes are correct, there is no problem,

The next morning, when Wei Hao got up, he found that they were already sitting in his courtyard.

"Did you get up early or didn't go to bed?" Wei Hao looked at them in surprise and asked.

"I couldn't sleep, I squinted for a while, but I was just worried about the stove!" Xiao Rui stood up and said to Wei Hao.

"All right, all right, let's turn on the stove, there are workers over there anyway!" Wei Hao heard it, and immediately waved his hand with a smile and said that he didn't practice martial arts today. They all followed Wei Hao happily and went to the first one. Walking to the factory building, when they entered the factory building, the workers saw Wei Hao approaching, and they all stood up.

"Master, are you going to start the furnace now?" A craftsman from the Ministry of Industry stood up and said to Wei Hao,

"Yes, get things ready, they will be opened soon, are the buckets for molten iron ready?" Wei Hao asked the craftsman.

"It's ready, it's all here!" The craftsman immediately pointed to the buckets beside him and said.

"Okay, let me take a look!" Wei Hao walked towards the stove as he said, and then opened the small window, and found that the temperature inside had indeed dropped a lot, but the iron inside still looked like molten iron.

"Everything is ready!" Wei Hao shouted at the craftsmen and workers, and the craftsmen and workers all started to work, and the buckets were all lined up. Bucket for molten iron.In about a quarter of an hour, those people were all ready, and a large number of workers also arrived here, some of them still had big pies in their mouths,

Early in the morning, they also had to hurry up to eat, and Wei Hao and the others had their breakfast brought by their own soldiers, and they had just eaten outside the factory building.

"Ready? Good!" Wei Hao nodded, then looked at the tap hole to be opened, and said to the three workers with the huge pliers: "Be careful!"

"Understood, my lord!" The three said with a smile.

"Okay, get ready, I'll start on the count of three!" Wei Hao stood there, shouting loudly, all the craftsmen were looking at the stove.

"One, two, three! Go!"

"Open!" The workers also shouted loudly, and then opened the opening, and immediately the red iron slurry flowed out from the furnace through the steel groove, and flowed into the buckets. The workers used the buckets to fill them. , those filled buckets will be pushed outside the factory building, there is a storage place outside,
However, it will take a while to pour it out, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry are also staring at those buckets at the moment. They need to determine whether this is iron, what the quality is, and whether there are many impurities. If the things that come out are not iron, it will be troublesome.

Wei Hao looked at the workers who were busy, and the temperature inside the factory building was getting higher and higher. Wei Hao and the others couldn't stand it, so they went outside, and those workers were still busy shirtless, sweating without stopping However, the factory building is also open to supply the salt water, and when the iron is tapped, the workers have to take turns to go in, and after pushing the bucket out, they can rest for a while.

"I guess it's okay, look at the ones that fell on the ground, it's obviously iron!" Fang Yi stood there straight, pointing to the molten iron that fell on the ground, which has now solidified into iron.

"There must be no problem. I will take the iron and go to another furnace soon. I want to make steel!" Wei Hao said to them with a smile.

"But doesn't this need to be reported to the court? In addition, the Ministry of Industry needs us to come out with a latte!" Zhang Sun Chong stood there, looking at Wei Hao and said.

"You are still worried that there is no iron. Now I just want to finish those things quickly and go back early. Otherwise, I really can't stand it. It's too hot. In another month, I don't know how hot it will be here , so hurry up." Wei Hao said to his eldest grandson.

"Okay, anyway, I guess other stoves have come out, and the iron is not a problem!" Fang Yizhi also nodded and said.

"Well, just wait, wait for the inspection by the officials of the Ministry of Industry!" Wei Hao nodded and said, now they can only wait, the day after tomorrow, the second furnace will be turned on, and the one over there is [-] catties. After that, other furnaces will continue to produce iron one after another, and by then, there will be no iron shortage at all.

After waiting for about an hour, officials from the Ministry of Industry came over and bowed to Wei Hao.

"Xia Guogong, this is iron, and the quality is very high, even higher than the quality of other iron workshops before us. Now we need to send a few hundred catties to the Ministry of Industry, so that the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry can use it and let them evaluate it. Is iron good or not?" The official from the Ministry of Industry said to Wei Hao very happily.

"Okay, let's send it over!" Wei Hao nodded, knowing that in this year, the officials of the Ministry of Industry actually don't have any good detection methods. They are nothing more than visual inspection and blacksmiths are allowed to forge things. Only those blacksmiths are eligible to go. Comments are good or not.The people around Wei Hao were very excited, and now they finally got it out.

"By the way, Xia Guogong, you should also write a memorial and report this matter to His Majesty. Now His Majesty and the ministers of the court must attach great importance to this matter!" The official from the Ministry of Industry continued to say to Wei Hao.

"Okay, I'll write it right away!" Wei Hao nodded, and then the group happily went to the place where Wei Hao lived. When they arrived at the place where Wei Hao lived, they sat down to drink tea, and Wei Hao wrote the memorial there.
After finishing writing, I handed it over to Chen Daniu, who was by my side. He was a school lieutenant, and he was also on duty in the palace before, so he was able to enter the Zhongshu Province.

Soon, Li Shimin received the memorial from Wei Hao.

"Okay, haha. Good!" Li Shimin was very happy after reading Wei Hao's memorial. Now the first furnace of iron has come out. The officials from the Ministry of Industry said it was a success, and now it needs to be sent to the Ministry of Industry. detection.

"Come here, tell the Ministry of Industry that once the test is found, send the results to me immediately. In addition, Xuanfang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, Xiao Yu, and Li Jing are here. I am here to ask them to use Dinner, go!" Li Shimin said to the eunuch Wang De beside him.

"Yes!" Wang De went out immediately. At this moment, Li Shimin was also relieved. It was good to come out. I also admire Wei Hao in my heart. I really let him make it out. The first furnace is 5 catties. The 4 furnaces are the output of the previous year, and two days later, there will be another furnace of 10 catties, and then there will be a large amount of iron coming out of the furnace. In this way, the iron that was lacking before will be fully replenished soon.

And Fang Xuanling and the others came quickly. They heard that His Majesty invited them to dinner, so they knew that Tiefang must have succeeded. Otherwise, Li Shimin would not be in such a good mood.

"I've seen Your Majesty!" The few of them came here together. They were originally on duty in the palace, so they came here quickly.

"Well, come on, sit down, I've ordered you to go down, the food will be delivered soon, come on, drink black tea! Have some snacks!" Li Shimin greeted them with a smile.

"Thank you, Your Majesty! Your Majesty is so happy today, but there is something good?" Fang Xuanling asked with a smile and cupped her hands.

"Well, it's done. Wei Hao's side is done. The iron came out today. The officials of the Ministry of Industry said that the quality is very good. Now it has been sent to the Ministry of Industry for testing. It has produced 10 catties at a time. Another [-] catties will be paid the day after tomorrow!" Sitting there, Li Shimin said happily to them.

"Good news!" Fang Xuanling and the others said happily upon hearing this.

"Yes, now we're waiting for the Ministry of Industry's inspection. If it passes the test, then there's no problem. It's [-] catties at a time. I can't even think about it!" Li Shimin said excitedly. With iron, the soldiers on the front line With the ability to make more armor and weapons, the common people will be able to make more daily utensils, and the price of iron will also be reduced.

"Your Majesty, Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, is here!" Wang De came in at this moment and said to Li Shimin.

"Let him in!" Li Shimin said happily.Wang De immediately bowed his hand and went out quickly, and then Duan Lun came in.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the pig iron made by Xia Guogong is the best pig iron in our Tang Dynasty, with very few impurities!" Duan Lun said happily to Li Shimin as soon as he came in.

"Okay, come on, sit down, and have lunch here at noon, haha, okay, this kid really didn't disappoint me, he's just lazy, but there's nothing he can't do well, see Look, [-] catties!" Li Shimin was very excited at the moment, it was too important, the iron was too important, whether Datang could be stable or not had a huge relationship with this iron.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!" Changsun Wuji and the others stood up and said to Li Shimin.

"Haha. Sit, sit, those children of yours are doing very well, and Wei Hao speaks highly of them!" Li Shimin told them to sit down, but he didn't sit down, how dare other people sit down,

After Li Shimin sat down, he continued to pour tea for Duan Lun, and Duan Lun stood up quickly,

Li Shimin quickly pressed his hands on him, and said, "When drinking tea, you don't pay much attention to it. If so, how can you drink tea?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. However, I really want to see this iron workshop. It has been under construction for several months. I am sitting in the Minister of Industry and still don't know what the iron workshop looks like. I'm really ashamed." Lun cupped his hands at Li Shimin and said.

"Well, when the time comes, I will go there the day after tomorrow. Anyway, it's close. I'll go there in the morning. After lunch there, I can come back. When the time comes, we will go there together. What do you think?" Li Shimin looked at Fang Xuanling as he spoke. them.

"I agree, let those people see what the iron workshop looks like. The iron workshop has cost so much money. They won't be reconciled if they don't see it. In addition, let them see it. Datang's new What is so special about Tiefang! Is it worth the money!" Changsun Wuji immediately agreed,

Fang Xuanling frowned, but he felt a little awkward about what Changsun Wuji said just now, what is worth or not?If 200 million jin of iron can be produced a year, is it worth it?Fang Xuanling always felt that Changsun Wuji had something to say.

"I'm going to take a look. They've been busy there for three months, so they should take a look!" Fang Xuanling had no choice but to say this.

"Well, let's go there early in the morning the day after tomorrow, and call all the ministers above the fifth grade of the court to have a look. Let them see how good the new iron workshop is, and it can produce so much iron. For me, Tang Dynasty, It's very beneficial." Li Shimin said excitedly, and then they chatted about going to the iron workshop,

At noon, Li Shimin arranged for them to have a meal at Ganlu Hall.
In the evening, after Fang Xuanling went back, he thought something was wrong. After thinking about it, he decided to write a letter and hand it over to Wei Hao, so that Wei Hao could make preparations. With so many officials passing by the day after tomorrow, there must be some officials who impeached Wei Hao. Not to mention other people, Wei Zheng must have gone back. Fang Xuanling hopes that Wei Hao can calm down and don't let the credit for getting it go away. After all, if Wei Hao wants to beat someone, then those officials will impeach Wei Hao again ,

How will His Majesty deal with Wei Hao then?It's impossible not to deal with it. If it is dealt with, it will be too bad for Wei Hao. After three months of busy work, he will be attacked by others.

After finishing writing, Fang Xuanling handed it over to his own soldiers, asking him to go to Tiefang to find Fang Yizhi early tomorrow morning, and handed over two letters to Fang Yizhi, one of which was addressed to Wei Hao Yes, but Fang Yizhi asked him to persuade Wei Hao not to be impulsive.

"Well, Changsun Wuji, what on earth do you want to do? This kid treats you well!" Fang Xuanling was a little puzzled, Wei Hao was very kind to their princes.

The next day, Fang Xuanling's personal soldiers rushed over to Tiefang.Fang Yizhi was very happy to receive the letters from his father, but one of them was addressed to Wei Hao, which made Fang Yizhi feel a little thumping in his heart. He couldn't help but think of what Zhang Sun Chong said a few days ago, and then unfolded it look,

After reading it, Fang Yizhi also sighed, and then found an opportunity to hand the letter to Wei Hao. Wei Hao was stunned for a moment, but he still held the letter tightly and found a quiet place. Wei Hao opened the letter Looking carefully, it was Fang Xuanling who wrote to himself, reminding himself that those officials will come over tomorrow, and someone may impeach Wei Hao face to face. He hopes that Wei Hao will calm down.

"Hmph, calm down? Is Wei Hao the one who is calm? I want to see who dares to impeach me? Besides, if I calm down, I don't know how many people can't sleep. Maybe I won't be able to sleep myself. Worrying about not having a chance to cause trouble, now that it’s in my hands, how can I bear it? I can’t beat them to death!” Wei Hao also sneered in his heart.

(End of this chapter)