Jinyi champion

Zhu Hao really showed Yang Shen his "hole card".

Yang Shen looked at the pig iron piled up into a hill, and felt a sense of responsibility out of thin air. He wanted to use all the pig iron where Daming needed it, instead of listening to the little emperor and using it to build illusory trains that sounded like nonsense. railway.

The two then left the back mountain and returned to the camp in front of the mine.

At this time Tang Yin was waiting with Lu Song and others, and Tang Yin was talking to Xu Jie.

"Yongxiu, respectfully, I was just mentioning you to Mr. Tang." Xu Jie was at an age where he didn't know how to feel sad, so he had no scruples in speaking.

He didn't notice Yang Shen's gloomy expression at all, he just expressed it in his own way.

Zhu Hao asked with a smile: "Mr. Tang, didn't you say you were going to Fucheng? Why haven't you left yet?"

Tang Yin said: "Don't worry, I have something to talk to you about."

As he spoke, he took a special look at Yang Shen, as if Yang Shen was there, and it was inconvenient to mention some things to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao sighed: "Someone broke into the mine, smashed and looted, and caused a lot of trouble. I am also very embarrassed... I just want to go back to Fucheng, why don't we go back together."

When Yang Shen heard this, he felt a little reluctant.

Now he knows that there are millions of catties of pig iron hidden around the mine. If Zhu Hao leaves and Jin Yiwei finds the trace based on clues, wouldn't all these pig irons be transported away by Jin Yiwei?
"Lu Dianzhan... No, you should be called Lu Qianhu. Haven't your Jinyiwei people evacuated now? You came this time to escort Mr. Tang?"

Zhu Hao greeted Lu Song with a smile.

Lu Song nodded and said, "Yes."

Yang Shen stepped forward and said: "Everyone, since we are all serving the court, why don't we get along well? This is not a place to talk, it is better to go inside and talk."

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People from both parties entered the mine.

After all, it was getting dark, so even if I wanted to go to Fucheng, I couldn't leave that day.

Tang Yin and Lu Song went to one side, while Zhu Hao and Yang Shen seemed to have something to talk about. Xu Jie was the most embarrassed when they went to the other side. He obviously came with Yang Shen, and Yang Shen took good care of him on the way Plus, after seeing Zhu Hao now, they seem to forget that there is such a person as him, and just ignore him.

On the grounds that he wanted to arrange a residence for Yang Shen, Zhu Hao brought Yang Shen into a wooden house with all the living facilities in it.

The two of them sat around a wooden table, and they didn't intend to sit down. Yang Shen obviously thought it over, and said to Zhu Hao: "If you want the household department to accept these pig irons, you must have Sun Butang to come forward... this matter should be done by If you come to ask Sun Butang, it will be difficult for others to get on the line."

Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "Brother Yongxiu, do you think Sun Butang will come forward to help?"

"How do you know if you don't try?"

In fact, Yang Shen didn't know what to do.

The problem is that Yang Shen has always regarded Sun Jiao as a political enemy.

But now that there is such a large amount of pig iron, if you want the Ministry of Accounts to take over and take huge policy risks, how can it be possible without the approval of the Minister of the Ministry of Accounts?

Zhu Hao sighed: "I'm here to ask, I'm afraid there may be something wrong. In fact, it's best to use brother Xiu to contact the important ministers in the court, but don't mention it to your father, otherwise if the matter fails, your father will know. We were transported away by Jin Yiwei's people under our noses, didn't we..."

Zhu Hao paused at this point, if he glanced at Yang Shen meaningfully, it was clearly implying to the other party that you'd better think carefully before doing something, and let me submit it to Sun, just like you told your father, If Jin Yiwei takes people to transport this batch of iron when he turns around, then our request to the higher-ups will become a trick, and we will cause ourselves a lot of trouble.

Yang Shen said: "If you don't mention it to the people in the capital, how can you get this transfer order?"

Zhu Hao was also very embarrassed, and sighed: "Is there no other way?"

Yang Shen walked back and forth in the room, hesitating for a moment, if Zhu Hao asked Sun Jiao for instructions on this matter, and Sun Jiao got the transfer order for this batch of pig iron, it would undoubtedly be the best choice for him.

But how could Yang Shen believe that Sun Jiao would help him in this matter?Aren't you afraid that Sun Jiao will tell the emperor what happened as soon as he turns around?Jin Yiwei was worried about not being able to find the whereabouts of this batch of pig iron.

Yang Shen also felt that things were tricky now.

Zhu Hao asked: "If we transport this batch of pig iron away privately, look..."

"No!"

Yang Shendao, "This batch of iron was produced when Jin Yiwei took control of the mine. If it disappeared out of nowhere, the imperial court would definitely investigate. Besides, how could such a large batch of pig iron be transported without hiding it from everyone? It is a crime of deceiving the emperor to transport such a large batch of pig iron. "

Apparently, Yang Shen had also considered this plan and weighed the huge risks involved.

Zhu Hao said: "But I've thought about it. If Jin Yiwei loses this batch of pig iron, they may not dare to report to the higher-ups. Now the highest level who knows about this matter may only go to Mr. Tang."

Yang Shen frowned: "You mean, they didn't report to His Majesty at all?"

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Jin Yiwei opened the mine, how much output, will it be reported to the top? Your Majesty is in the deep palace, how could he know such details? We can ship it out in batches, or we can build a smelter nearby. This batch of pig iron was cast into weapons, even if Jin Yiwei found out, and their names were not written on this batch of pig iron, how would they know that the weapons were made of the iron they produced?"

The more Yang Shen listened, the more confused he became.

Zhu Hao's plan was obviously beyond the outline for a literati with little practical experience like him.

Yang Shen raised his hand: "Let me be quiet, and I'll answer you after I think it through. You go and deal with Tang Bohu first, but don't let him notice the clue...you go first."

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Zhu Hao did not arrange a reception banquet that night.

Yang Shen and Tang Yinjian didn't deal with each other in the first place, and they seemed to be their own masters. They were both ordered by the emperor to investigate the case, and they didn't go together when they left. Do you expect them to sit down and discuss matters related to the investigation?
Tang Yin and Lu Song returned to their place of residence long ago, which is nearly one mile away from Yang Shen's temporary residence.

Tang Yin asked: "Helin, what the hell is Jingdao doing?"

Lu Song asked curiously: "Isn't Mr. Tang clear? Mr. Zhu said... he was fishing."

Tang Yin: "..."

Lu Song said with a smile: "It is said to take part of our iron, which makes Yang Hanlin feel that the matter is serious, but in fact the matter is not that important at all, it is just a small part of the iron we produced before, so Yang Hanlin can be timid and say This will surely bind him."

It is said that it is several million catties of iron, but in fact it is only one or two thousand tons.

In this era, the mining and smelting technology is underdeveloped. Taking out so much iron at once seems a bit exaggerated, and I think it is a very precious thing.

But in fact, this amount of iron is nothing to the Yongping Iron Mine.

With the advancement of science and technology, boiler steelmaking, and the promotion of desulfurization and dephosphorization technologies developed by Zhu Hao, the monthly steel output of Yongping Iron Mine is about [-] tons, of which high-quality fine steel is about [-] tons. , so it’s no problem to come up with such a small amount of output.

But how did Yang Shen understand this?

Hearing a few million catties... he thought it was a lot, even if he asked a knowledgeable person, they would tell him that this batch of pig iron was indeed a lot, so Yang Shen felt that if this batch of pig iron could be extracted from the emperor's hands, it would be a lot. When it comes to armaments, it's a great achievement, and now Yang Shen is feeling that he has fallen out of favor in front of his father, and needs a chance to make contributions...

Tang Yin said angrily: "No wonder you said that you want Yang Yongxiu to come and go, and the emotional pit is dug here."

Lu Song said: "Mr. Tang, do you want to go to Fucheng together tomorrow?"

"Listen to you, he has a big idea, and I'm here to follow orders. It's a pity, this is in the wilderness..." Tang Yin was a little unhappy.

Lu Song said with a smile: "Actually, Mr. Tang can't walk two miles down the mountain, and he arrived at the market town. There are many miners living there, and there are all kinds of things to eat, drink and have fun."

Tang Yin's eyes widened when he heard that, "Didn't you say it earlier? I thought there was nothing in this barren mountain."

Lu Songdao: "Yesterday, my humble job was not here, so I thought Mr. Tang knew everything. But I think it's true, Mr. came from the west side of the capital, and the market town is on the east side."

Tang Yin cursed and said: "Jingdao, that boy is also the same, if you don't tell me such a good thing, I would think the conditions here are so difficult! Let's go, I just happened to go to see it!"

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Yang Shen called the people he had brought over, and after careful consideration, he finally decided to report the matter to Yang Tinghe. He had to find a slave to bring the message back and send it to the capital quickly so that Yang Tinghe would know.

Yang Shen was worried that the pig iron would be discovered and taken away by Jin Yiwei as soon as he reported it, but he was even more afraid that if he didn't report it, Yang Tinghe would find out later that he was making a stand.

Yang Shen kept an eye out and didn't tell Zhu Hao that this matter would be reported to Yang Tinghe, but it didn't mean he didn't believe Zhu Hao, but he didn't think it was necessary to mention everything to Zhu Hao, after all, the two of them only They can be regarded as "friends", but they can no longer be regarded as fellow students or party members.

Still need to make some changes from the previous situation.

After Yang Shen arranged things properly and sent the slaves away, Xu Jie appeared outside the door.

Yang Shen said: "Zisheng, aren't you going to ask Tang Yin about painting and calligraphy? Why are you back?"

Xu Jie smiled wryly: "It's not that I want to ask for advice, but I just want to find an excuse to ask some questions and complete official duties as soon as possible."

Xu Jie probably knew that he might be suspected by Yang Shen and felt that he was double-faced, so he came here to explain for himself.

"Ah."

Yang Shen didn't take it too seriously.

Although they were both members of the Imperial Academy, Yang Shen obviously didn't take Xu Jie seriously. How could he discuss important matters with a fledgling rookie?Does Xu Jie have the brains and courage of Zhu Hao?
Xu Jie once again introduced what he knew: "I heard that Tang Bohu and Lu Qianhu from Jin Yiwei went to the market town at the foot of the mountain in the east together, and said they would not come back tonight."

"what?"

Yang Shen frowned, the first thing that came to his mind was... Could it be that Tang Yin and Lu Song knew the whereabouts of that batch of pig iron, and they were in a hurry to lead someone to investigate and seize it?
"Where is respect?" Yang Shen asked again.

Xu Jie said: "Zhu Zhifu said that someone from the prefect's yamen came to see him, but I don't know where he went."

Yang Shen thought to himself, did something really happen, so Zhu Hao asked someone to handle it?
But then Zhu Hao appeared unsteadily in front of the two of them.

Yang Shen hurried forward and asked Zhu Hao with puzzled eyes.

Zhu Hao nodded, and gave Yang Shen a reassuring gesture, indicating that there was nothing wrong.

Xu Jie next to him was dumbfounded.

What monsters are these two?Can communicate with eyes?I'm next to you, but you don't say a word, does that mean you're guarding against me?
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Brother Zisheng, how is life in Hanyuan recently? After I took office, I was too busy to take care of correspondence with the old bureaucrats of the capital."

"It's...well."

Xu Jie was somewhat embarrassed.

Zhu Hao suddenly said: "Brother Yongxiu, do you think that if Brother Zisheng has the chance to be either side, will he make a difference?"

Yang Shen seemed to realize something, isn't he looking for someone to replace Zhu Hao, the magistrate of Yongping Prefecture?

If Xu Jie is put into this position...

Xu Jie was neither Yang Tinghe's nor the emperor's, so he was not too involved with any faction, but he was the best candidate.

But the problem is...

Xu Jie doesn't seem to understand anything, can he take on this job?