Chapter 278

Li Shimin sat in the study, and the eldest grandson Wuji came over, also talking about Wei Hao's iron workshop, and now there are many people in the court who are very dissatisfied with Wei Hao's huge cost to build an iron workshop.

Especially when they learned that Wei Hao had built more than 3,000 houses, and the roads inside were repaired very well, they were even more dissatisfied, they thought that Wei Hao was wasting the court's money, and the court wanted Wei Hao to build an iron mill for the purpose of making iron, but now Wei Hao spent the money in other places, which made them dissatisfied.

"Your Majesty, in fact, there is no problem with the impeachment of those ministers, what they impeached is Wei Hao's indiscriminate spending, not that Wei Hao should not go to build an iron mill, but that Wei Hao can't spend money to build so many houses, and he doesn't need so many houses at all!" Xiao Yu sat there at the moment and spoke.

When a few of them heard it, they were also silent, of course they knew what those ministers were impeaching, but Wei Hao repaired it, whoever had a way, even Li Shimin didn't dare to say that Wei Hao didn't want to fix it, if Li Shimin said it, Wei Hao wouldn't fix anything.

"This matter, I still need you to assist Wei Hao, this matter, I can't let Wei Hao know, if Wei Hao knows, I guess, there will be something." Li Shimin looked at the four of them and asked.

"If the iron is practiced, I guess there will be no problem!" Eldest Sun Wuji thought about it for a moment and spoke.

"No problem? You underestimate them, the problem is still to come, one yard to one yard, they are absolutely staring at this thing. Li Jing sneered at this moment and said, he didn't understand why Wei Hao wanted to build so many houses, and he also repaired the place of the ironmill workers so well and spent so much.

"Well, just remember to hide it anyway, don't let him know." Li Shimin sighed and said,

He has no opinion on Wei Hao building so many houses, he will build it when it is built, and spend it when it is spent, anyway, it is all Wei Hao's money, besides, Wei Hao must have a reason to do these things.

"Yes!" The men nodded.

"Also. Auxiliary, you go and talk to Wei Zheng and ask him not to impeach, this matter, even if Wei Hao is at fault, cannot be impeached. Li Shimin stared at the eldest grandson Wuji and said.

"Your Majesty, this, it's useless for the minister to say, you don't know Wei Zheng yet, can he not impeach this kind of thing?" The eldest grandson Wuji said very helplessly, Wei Zheng is like this, even the upright Xiao Yu is afraid of him, staring at one thing is not letting go, if you don't change it, he will be impeached all the time.

"Hmm!" Li Shimin felt a little headache at the moment, Wei Zheng was indeed not easy to speak.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't care about him Wei Zheng, if he impeaches Wei Hao like this, the minister doesn't agree, how many things Wei Hao has done for the court, if Wei Hao can make the annual output of the iron mill reach 2 million catties, he will also impeach, then the minister will not be polite to him, he does this, it is to chill Wei Hao, and it also makes all the courtiers of Datang who do practical things cold!" Li Jing was sitting there at the moment and said very dissatisfied,

In the past, Li Jing didn't dare to say such things, but this involves his son-in-law, he is bullied like this, can he bear it? He Li Shimin may not be able to think about it for the sake of the court, but he will not think about it.

Li Shimin looked at Li Jing helplessly, thinking in his heart, you are Wei Hao's father-in-law, so am I, I am still his father, I can still let him be wronged, aren't I dealing with it now?

"Well, I'll be able to suppress it at this point!" Li Shimin sat there and said after a moment of silence.

"Your Majesty, I don't know when I'll know if it's successful?" Xiao Yu looked at Li Shimin and asked.

"Shen Yong said, it will take seven or eight days, and then it will be baked, and then it will continue to be loaded with iron ore, and the whole process seems to take about half a month, that is to say, if you hurry up and get a furnace a month, you can burn two furnaces, but Wei Hao has adopted a new technology, and it needs to be verified slowly, so in the past few months, I estimate that the output will not be very high!" Li Shimin sat there and said to them.

They heard it and nodded!

And at this moment, on Wei Hao's side, Wei Hao and they have just ignited the fire, and now they are staring at the operation of the furnace from afar, from the current point of view, there is no problem, and it is normal to stare at the stove from afar. "There should be no problem, you see, it's very stable, the temperature inside is so high, and there is no response at all outside, I think it's no problem!" Fang Zhizhi stood there, looked at the stove and said.

"Look first, you need someone to watch here, everyone is on duty for more than a quarter of an hour every day, on duty, just watch here, if there is a problem, come and call me!" Wei Hao stood there and said to them.

"No problem!" A few of them nodded as well.

"If after three days, there is no problem here, the second furnace will start refining 100,000 catties, if this furnace is successful, the other furnaces will start smelting iron, now we can't wait, let's just give more than seven or eight hundred thousand catties of iron in a month, it's fine, the rest of the things can be done!" Wei Hao sat there and said to them with a smile, they heard it, and they were looking forward to it,

In the next three days, several of them were staring here, Wei Hao often came to inspect, he didn't have to star, but he had to come many times a day, when he didn't come, he was going to see those workers digging iron ore, now the way of digging iron ore is still very primitive, all by hand, Wei Hao thought, when the matter here is finished, Wei Hao will go to get gunpowder to blow up, and when it explodes, those workers will be much easier.

Three days later, the furnace was running normally, Wei Hao could also see the situation inside through the small window left by the furnace, which was very good, so the second furnace was also refined, but there was not so much time to wait.

Because the two stoves are a little far apart, and the first stove is stable, everyone starts to go to the second stove, and the first stove can be left alone, just let the workers keep an eye on it.

"It's so hot!" Changsun Chong came out of the factory, and when he got outside, he scooped a scoop of water, and drank it with a bang, and now there are two jars of water outside, both of which are boiled and cooled, and salt is added to it, otherwise, the workers who work in it can't stand it.

"My clothes are soaked!" Fang Zhizhi also came out, took a scoop of water to drink, and now he can't care about the image of a son, he is sweating profusely, and his hair is wet.

"It's really not easy for the workers inside, it really has to be according to what Shen Yong said, each shift is two hours, and each person has two shifts a day, otherwise he can't bear it, it's okay in winter, and he will die in summer!" Xiao Rui also said to them at this moment, they just stayed in it for less than two quarters of an hour, and they couldn't stand the heat.

The workers, on the other hand, had to stay for two hours, but they were shirtless, and they were still wearing long robes. At this moment, Wei Hao was in his room, drew the drawings, and asked the relatives at home to send them back: "You tell my mother and my aunts, let them make it for me tonight, with silk, otherwise, the heat will die!" ”

"Yes, Childe!" The pro-soldier got the drawings and immediately went to ride a horse, Wei Hao wanted to take off his clothes,

But it's really unsightly, there are already those workers' families here, and there are also some women who work, after all, there is still a need to wash clothes and cook here, Wei Hao has built a canteen here, that is, to let those workers eat in the canteen, so that they can also be unified when they work, so they recruited women to work here,

There is also washing clothes, some of the big men here are not daughters-in-law who come over, and they can't wash clothes, so they can only pay for those women to wash them.

"Childe, otherwise, you better go out less, it's such a hot day, I can't stand it at all!" Wei Dashan stood beside Wei Hao and said to Wei Hao.

"It's okay to go out, it's inside the iron workshop, that's fatal!" Wei Hao sighed and said, no way, it's too hot, now the lunar calendar has reached the middle of May, and it has begun to get hot, and the next four months are very hot, Wei Hao feels terrible when he thinks about it.

"Childe, why don't I send someone home and get some ice?" Wei Dashan continued to ask Wei Hao.

"Forget it, it's shipped here, it's estimated that it's all half, it's a waste, so be it!" Wei Hao opened his mouth and said, and after a while, the eldest grandson rushed over to them, soaking wet.

"Let's go back and change your clothes, and come over for tea after changing your clothes!" Wei Hao said to a few of them.

"What to change, I'm going to go in later, I'm going to die, if I change clothes, ten sets a day is not enough!" Changsun Chong said very depressedly.

"Change, this is the easiest to catch a cold, it's okay to change, tomorrow, you send someone home and ask your family to make clothes for you!" Wei Hao said to them, I don't want them to catch a cold and delay their work.

"We've got a lot of clothes." Fang Yizhi looked at Wei Hao without understanding.

"You'll know when the time comes!" Wei Hao smiled and said, then sat down, and when they heard Wei Hao say this, they could only go back and change their clothes, and then came to Wei Hao's side to drink tea.

"No problem, the design is very successful, the first furnace will be baked in three days at most!" Wei Hao sat there and said as he poured tea for them.

"Hehe, I'm looking forward to this!" When the eldest grandson heard this, they all laughed, isn't this what he's been busy here for so long? If there is no problem after three days of the second furnace, the other furnaces will also start to continue, let's go back in a month, I don't want to stay here, it's too hot here, how comfortable it is to go home, and there is ice! Wei Hao sat there and said with a smile.

When a few of them heard it, they also smiled bitterly, they also wanted to go back, but they also wanted to take it with them, they were used to things here, it was very contradictory, but they knew that they wouldn't have to be so tired in the future, and they would just be in charge of those workers and craftsmen in the future, as for going to the factory, it was estimated that it would be good to be able to go once a day.

The next day, Wei Hao just got up, went to the stove for a turn, no problem, and returned to the place where he lived.

"Childe, last night, Mrs. and other aunts and wives rushed to make 5 sets for you overnight, do you want to try it?" The pro-soldier gave the package to Wei Hao,

When Wei Hao heard this, he immediately took it happily: "Hehe, give it to me!" ”

Saying that, Wei Hao took the package and went in, and when he got inside, he opened the package and looked at it, and found that there were five sets, similar to the basketball pants and short sleeves of later generations, and Wei Hao immediately changed them on. After changing, Wei Hao immediately left the room.

"This, Childe?" When those pro-soldiers saw Wei Hao dressed like this, they were all stunned for a moment.

"Hehe, it's cool like this, look at it, how comfortable it is, people also stretch, the previous long-sleeved pants are hot to wear!" Wei Hao said with a smile.

"Don't say it, Childe, you look good in this!" Wei Dashan looked at Wei Hao and said.

"Of course!" Wei Hao smiled and went to the tea table, continued to make tea and drink, and after a while, they came over and saw what Wei Hao was wearing, they all came around, and looked at Wei Hao's clothes and pants carefully.

"This, can you wear it cool?" Fang Yi stared at Wei Hao and asked.

"That's for sure!" Wei Hao said proudly.

"Anything else?" Li De Award immediately asked Wei Hao, Li De Award and Wei Hao were about the same height.

"Yes, in my bedroom, I'll get you a set, you and I are too different, let your family do it quickly, otherwise it's too hot, it's still comfortable to wear this!" Wei Hao said with a smile, and Li Dexuan immediately went to Wei Hao's bedroom, found clothes, and changed them immediately.

"Comfortable, this is comfortable, no, I want my daughter-in-law to make me two sets too, otherwise, I will die of heat here!" Li Dexuan came out in his clothes and said happily,

When they heard it, they immediately asked Wei Hao to give them the drawings, Wei Hao said a few words, and let them take them back, and they also wanted to find their own family to go home, and send the clothes over.

On the third day, several of them were all dressed like this, all of them were pants and short sleeves, and a few people went to the first iron furnace to see how the first furnace burned, and after finding that there was no problem, they went to the second furnace, and they also looked carefully to make sure that there was no problem, and then returned to the small courtyard, where everyone sat and drank tea,

Now everyone is actually very nervous, because the first furnace of iron will be baked the day after tomorrow, whether it can be done, I don't know yet, now we have to wait.

"Come, tea!" Wei Hao made them tea and spoke.

"By the way, there's something I don't know if I should tell you or not!" Eldest Sun Chong sat there, looked at Wei Hao and said.

"What's wrong, what's wrong with the stove?" Fang Yizhi heard it, and looked at Changsun Chong in surprise, now they were very nervous, as long as someone mentioned the problem, they thought of ironmaking.

"No, no problem, it's the court's problem!" Eldest Sun Chong sat there and said with a little hesitation.

"Just say what you should say, what should you say and what you shouldn't say?" Wei Hao smiled and said.

"Eh, I didn't want to tell you, but I don't want to tell you, and I feel sorry for my friend, well, I received a letter from my father this morning, saying, now many people in the court are impeaching you, saying that you are spending money here indiscriminately, building so many houses, it is completely undeserved, the cost is so large, many people say, you want to send profits to the brick mill, so now in the court, there are a lot of impeachment notes against you." Eldest Sun Chong sat there, and after sighing, he felt that he still had to tell Wei Hao,

After he just saw the letter written by his father, he was also stunned for a moment, and he was angry in his heart, they didn't know the situation here, so many people, they couldn't all build houses with thatch, there are seven or eight thousand people working here, and there may be tens of thousands of people in the back, if there is no place to live, then can they still work?

"Who did Tamad impeach?" Li Dexuan stood up at this moment, looked at the eldest grandson and asked.

"How do I know, I'm not here every day, my father just wrote to me." Changsun Chong saw that Li Deqi was so impulsive, and he also looked at Changsun Chong with annoyance and said.

"Bullies, we're tired here, and they're impeached? There is a kind of coming here to see, on such a hot day, how can you live without a house to shelter you? At night, you can't win a fight with a lot of mosquitoes! Xiao Rui sat there and said with gritted teeth, while Wei Hao sat there smiling and making tea.

"Shen Yong, can you bear it?" Seeing that Wei Hao was so calm, Changsun Chong immediately asked.

"Forbearance? I put up with him as an uncle, and now that Lao Tzu is here, what should I do? Kill back to the capital? Kill them? Now the first iron is about to come out! Wait until the iron comes out! Besides, the news came from your side, after all, it didn't come from the court, and when we return to Beijing, after we return to Beijing, I want to see who wants to impeach me! As soon as Wei Hao heard his words, he immediately scolded,

They were relieved when they heard it, this was the Wei Hao they were familiar with, they worked here, sometimes they didn't do well, and they would be scolded by Wei Hao, of course, there were not many times, and Wei Hao was right.

"And impeach me for building a house? Well, I'd like to see who impeached! Wei Hao sneered and said.

"I said brother-in-law, let's still need to be calm sometimes, don't be impulsive!" Li Dexuan immediately persuaded Wei Hao, Wei Hao likes to fight, he knows, he is worried that once Wei Hao returns to Beijing, he will kill a few, and it will be troublesome.

"Don't worry, I'm calm, get the iron first, and then talk about it after the iron! Now it's just from my uncle's side, after all, it's not the right channel, if I kill it back now, my uncle will also be in trouble, so I'd better wait first, sooner or later I will go back to clean them up! Wei Hao continued to grit his teeth and said.

"Okay, just calm down!" Li Dexuan glared at Changsun Chong as he spoke,

Eldest Sun Chong was very depressed, he was hesitating just now, you let yourself say it, besides, they impeached Wei Hao, didn't they also impeach them? Isn't it also to erase their merits here? Didn't you see that Fang Yizhi's fists were clenched tightly?