I really didn't want to be emperor

In the courtyard.

Guo Jia stood in the cold wind, wearing a black cloak behind her back, exuding a sense of elegance.

Suddenly, Ye Jun opened the door and came out, hurriedly greeted him.

"Bong Xiao, where are the two blacksmiths!"

"Master, in Shen Wansan's courtyard."

"Go, go and take a look!"

The two walked together and soon appeared in the courtyard where Shen Wansan was.

this moment.

Shen Wansan, Li Danian, Li Bai, Han Qianqian and others are looking at the stove sent by the blacksmith.

Everyone looked curious, and when the two of Ye Jun arrived, the eyes of everyone gathered together.

Ye Jun moved forward, looked at the stove on the ground, and nodded very satisfied. The craftsmanship of the two blacksmiths was really good.

Overnight, two stoves were forged, almost exactly the same as the pictures he drew.

"Master, how to use this stove?"

Shen Wansan looked at Ye Jun and asked in a deep voice.

"New Year, let people live in the stove, just bring some coal over, remember to be smaller."

Li Danian personally lit the fire, and two blacksmiths went to fetch coal.

A little time.

The coal was fetched, and Li Danian used dry wood to produce flames.

Under Ye Jun's guidance, the coal in the stove finally began to burn, "Wansan, send the stove to the house and press the pipes so it can be used normally."

The pipeline was quickly installed and fixed. Although it was a bit crude, it was fully satisfactory for use.

The charcoal in the stove burns, and the heat radiates through the pipes and stove in the room.

After a while.

The temperature in the room rose, and Shen Wansan came to Ye Jun, "Master, this stove is so easy to use."

Ye Jun smiled and said, "Of course, this stove is a household artifact. I wonder what do you think about the stove?"

Shen Wansan smiled and said: "My lord, our coal has a market. Those piles of coal seem to be nothing but silver."

Talking.

He paused and continued: "Prince, only furnaces like ours can use our coal. Seeing that we must order people to forge more furnaces as soon as possible."

Ye Jundao: "That's the case. The stove is sold with coal. This is a marketing tool."

"Bundled sale!"

Shen Wansan shook his head and frowned slightly, "Master, there are thousands of households in Jinling City. If the stove is sold to them, the number is very large."

"The amount of cold iron needed to forge the furnace will also be huge. The prince knows that the iron ore has always been in the hands of the officials."

Ye Jun glanced at Shen Wansan and knew what he meant. Iron ore resources, whether in Daxia or in other countries, were exclusively royal resources.

Used to forge equipment, soldiers, and utensils.

To fully promote the stove, it needs a lot of cold iron.

Shen Wansan clearly saw the essence of the whole thing.

Ye Jun was a little bit troubled.

Do you want to ask Xia Huang?

in fact.

Cold iron for forging furnaces is not demanding at all, and ordinary iron ore is sufficient.

One thought ends here.

An idea suddenly popped out of Ye Jun's mind, that is to harvest the tatters.

Let Shen Wansan's Hongmen disciples spread all over Jinling, let them go to various households to collect used ironware, and re-smelt them after returning to forge them into furnaces.

This king is really a genius.

Seeing Ye Jun's mysterious smile on his cheeks, Shen Wansan knew that he must have thought of a way.

Ye Jun opened his words and told Shen Wansan of his thoughts. The latter was surprised, "Master, let me collect the tatters?"

Talking.

He paused and continued: "Master, if you go to buy the discarded ironware of the people in the city, it will cost a lot of silver."

Ye Jun smiled and said: "The wool comes out of the sheep, and the silver spent on discarded ironware can be earned back when selling stoves and coal later."

Shen Wansan nodded and said in admiration: "The subordinates have been taught. I didn't expect the prince to be well versed in business."

Ye Jundao: "You should return to the palace as soon as possible, take silver taels from the warehouse, and let the Hongmen disciples complete the matter. After the discarded ironware is transported to Xishan, speed up the smelting and forge the furnace. This winter, the people in Jinling City will use the furnace and coal. "

Shen Wansan took the order and left.

Ye Jun looked at the back of him leaving and muttered: "Silver, this king has some money, isn't it just for spending?"

"Besides, part of the investment in the early stage and the rate of return in the later stage are hundreds or thousands of times."

"The days of making money are yet to come."

A few days later.

Ye Jun lives in Xishan. The heavy snow lasted for several days, and the weather became colder and dripping into ice.

On the West Hill.

Except for the people who go to the mines, everyone else has stayed home, waiting for the New Year.

Time.

Hongmen disciples sent the first batch of scrap ironware.

The matter of smelting and forging has been put on the agenda.

at the same time.

The memorial to impeaching Ye Jun also appeared before the Xiahuang case.

Officials of various ministries impeached Ye Jun, saying that he had instructed Shen Wansan to purchase scrap iron with the intention of using scrap iron to forge weapons and armor.

Inside the Imperial Study Room.

Xia Huang watched the memorial to impeach Ye Jun on the case, Long Yan was furious, his palm slapped on the memorial.

"What do they want to do, join forces to impeach King Xiaoyao."

Speaking of this, Emperor Xia said again: "Gothe, what did you say Juner was buying scrap iron for?"

Of course, Emperor Xia would not believe that Ye Jun would purchase scrap iron forged weapons and armor. Based on his understanding of Ye Jun, even if he really wanted to forge weapon armor, he would never use scrap iron.

Because this is not his compulsion.

"Your Majesty, the minion doesn't know!" Gothe bowed and said in a deep voice.

"You quickly send someone to Xishan to see what Jun'er is doing!"

"Minions obey orders!"

Gothe turned and left.

Emperor Xia put the memorials on the case and threw them all to the side, "My son Tongzhou destroyed King Yong's rebellion, and no one showed up to ask for credit for him. Now only because of a trivial matter, all have come out for impeachment."

Obviously, Emperor Xia was very disappointed with Baiguan's performance.

At this time.

Gothe went back and forth, saying: "Your Majesty, Empress Shu is here."

Concubine Shu?

Xia Huangjian raised his eyebrows and suspiciously appeared on his face, "What is she here to do!"

Gothe said again: "The minion doesn't know it!"

Xia Huangdao: "No see!"

Gothe turned to leave, and Xia Huang's voice came from behind again, "Let her come in!"

A short while.

A mature woman enters the hall.

This is a woman who is all over the country.

The beauty is simply suffocating, you can only see everything, elegant and dignified, it is intoxicating.

Concubine Shu.

One of the four favorite concubines of Emperor Xia, is also the biological mother of King Wei.

"The concubine visits your majesty!"

"My government affairs are busy, can I have something to do with my concubine?"

Concubine Shu leaned, "Your Majesty, the new year is approaching, and soon it will be the day when the Queen Mother will return from the Yan Palace. The concubine came to ask, this year the prince will be sent to the Yan Palace to pick the Queen Mother back to the palace.

Emperor Xia's complexion changed slightly. If Concubine Shu hadn't come, he almost forgot about welcoming the Queen Mother back to the palace.

Every year, Wang Wei went to the Yan Palace to pick up the Queen Mother back to the palace.

Concubine Shu came to mention this matter deliberately, and the intention was self-evident. For a while, Emperor Xia was in embarrassment.