After a year of continuous improvement by Xiao Yao, the Xiao Family Iron Workshop at this time has shown the appearance of an ironmaking factory in the modern industrial period: an iron-making blast furnace with a height of more than 20 meters has become a landmark of Jiangling City, which can be seen more than ten kilometers away!

Using the coke obtained from processing coal as raw material, coupled with a large hydraulic blower designed by Xiao Yao, a large amount of air can be blown into the furnace to make the coke burn at a high temperature, so that the iron ore can be reduced in the blast furnace, and then obtain higher quality pig iron! Moreover, the pig iron output of this blast furnace is comparable to the output of all the iron workshops in Gangneung in the past combined!

The area of the iron workshop has also been nearly doubled, and the division of labor in the area is more refined, there are pig iron casting area, iron ingot processing area, sword forging area, etc., a large number of blacksmiths carry out streamlined operations in the workshop, which makes the iron production of the Xiao family iron workshop greatly increased, not only can complete the weapon manufacturing task of the imperial court, Xiao Yao can also secretly store some iron ingots, ready to start manufacturing artillery!

According to Xiao Yao's plan, as long as the scale of the iron workshop is tripled, enough steel cannons, muskets and other firearms can be produced, and then the army can directly enter the era of hot weapons from the era of cold weapons! If Xiao Yao had an army that used firearms, it would no longer be a dream to sweep down at that time!

But the ideal is beautiful, but the reality is cruel! Just when Xiao Yao was happily carrying out his brilliant plan to build a cross-era hot weapon, and then form an invincible army, and finally under the unification, Yu Wenzhi had already come to Jiangling!

"Childe, there are two distinguished guests from Zhou Kingdom in the mansion today, the lord and the eldest prince have ordered, I want you to go back this morning, and greet these two distinguished guests together when the time comes!" The housekeeper reminded Xiao Yao.

"Someone again? Honored guests? What kind of guest is not enough to give them face even with his father, plus it is not enough for the eldest brother and Brother Shan to accompany him, and there is a child like me? The shelves of these Zhou people are too big, is it because the emperor of Zhou came to Jiangling in person? Xiao Yao was not very happy.

In the past two years, because of Xiao Yao, the strength of the Xiao family has been greatly improved in all aspects! The glazed ware produced by the Xiao family is famous, and businessmen from all over the world have come to Gangneung to participate in the auction meeting, which has brought great wealth to the Xiao family! And the weapons built by the Xiao family are all lined with iron in quality, which has won unanimous praise from the soldiers of the army, and even Zhou Guo has to entrust Liang Guo to help produce these high-quality weapons, making the Xiao family's status in Liang more important, and now even Emperor Xiao Gui of Liang is respectful to Xiao Feng, the imperial uncle.

Xiao Fu was even more useless, he became the head of the household department of Liang at a young age, held the financial power of Liang State, and became the object of the ministers of the court and the central government vying to win over him.

And Xiao Shan, with the light of his own brother Xiao Yao, nominally controls the Xiao family's most profitable iron workshop, has completely broken away from the shadow of the concubine and has become the fifth person of the Xiao family, and sometimes even the third person Xiao Tong has to avoid him for three points.

And Xiao Yao is an extremely smart talent in everyone's eyes, and he is even more favored by the gods, so Xiao Feng and Xiao Fu are interested in cultivating him, so Xiao Yao, as the fourth person in the Xiao family, still has to often attend various dinners of the Xiao family!

But Xiao Yao is not interested in these, what dignitaries, envoys from various countries come to eat, a lot of etiquette rules to be observed, and all of them are smiling and grinning, but they are calculating in their hearts, they are deceitful, and hypocritical to the extreme, so that Xiao Yao, a straight man, is not happy to eat.

Although Xiao Yao has been here for more than two years, he is still trying to adapt to life here, even if he is very dissatisfied with various ancient etiquette, but when he sees his father, mother, eldest brother, and even Xiao Tong, he still has to bend down, and sometimes bend down and kneel and kowtow! Of course, he is also working hard to transform this era, and has also brought a lot of new living habits and modern furniture to everyone, such as taking frequent baths and changing clothes, making backrest chairs, high beds and other furniture, as well as producing woks, and rapeseed oil to make more delicious food!

Now that the Xiao family even goes to the toilet, they are using the cheap straw paper produced by Xiao Yao's improved papermaking technology, and everyone is a little resistant at first, but Xiao Yao only has one sentence: "My master Taishang Laojun uses these!" "Everyone doesn't dare to have an opinion, and after using it, I found that it is really easy to use, and wiping the butt with paper is much more comfortable than scraping chrysanthemums with bamboo chips.

Although Xiao Yao, who had become a workaholic, was very dissatisfied with going home to accompany the guests, he still followed the housekeeper back to the Xiao Mansion, and saw a large number of people lined up at the door from a distance, at least thousands of Rao guards, all of them were well-equipped, majestic, with a mighty look carrying a gun, holding a sword, always on guard, it seems that this guest from the Zhou Kingdom is really not simple!

Just came back from the iron workshop, Xiao Yao, who was dirty and covered with stains on his face, did not go directly to the main hall to meet the guests, but was about to go back to his room from the side hall to wash his face and change into clean clothes before coming out, but when he walked to the garden, he saw a person dancing there from a distance, and he was dancing very strongly, because the flowers and trees in the garden were cut down to pieces, and it was miserable!

The people of the Xiao family, who were watching from the sidelines, did not dare to say anything to stop them, but let this person wave his sword and continue to chop down those flowers and trees!

"Good sword! Sure enough, it's a good sword, and this sword made by your Xiao family's iron workshop is really a sword! Although it looks strange, it is extremely sharp and very light, I don't feel tired after playing for so long, even this big tree with a bowl mouth was cut by it! The sword-wielding man spoke, a little panting, but his voice was crisp and pleasant, and it was a woman.

Xiao Yao heard that it was a woman dancing with a sword, and she was holding a weapon produced by the Xiao family's iron workshop, she was shocked, and immediately ran over and said loudly to the pretty figure: "Who are you?" How dare you sneak into my room and steal my saber! ”

When the girl heard the sound, she turned around, but saw a dusty man with a black face rushing towards her, and she couldn't help but curse angrily: "Where did the dirty thief come from, dare to sneak attack this princess!" After finishing with Xiao Yao who rushed over, he kicked Xiao Yao three meters away!

Fortunately, Xiao Yao has been practicing martial arts with Gao Yuan this year, and his physical fitness has improved greatly, although he was kicked three meters away, he still got up immediately, patted the dust on his body, and scolded loudly: "You are the thief!" I obviously put this saber in my room, how can it be in your hands now, it is clear that you stole it! ”

"Twelve, are you alright?" Xiao Yao's mother saw that her son was kicked three meters away, and hurriedly ran over and asked.

"Mother, I'm fine! Who is she and why is my saber in her hand! Xiao Yao still looked angrily at the woman who was holding a saber that he had carefully designed and had kicked herself.

"Twelve, don't be rude! This is the Henan princess of the Zhou Kingdom! Today she came to our Xiao Mansion as a guest, passed by your room, and saw this strange weapon inside, so she took it out to play with it, you were so reckless just now, quickly ask Her Royal Highness the princess for guilt, otherwise it will anger the princess, and our Xiao family can't afford it! Xiao Feng's wife, Xiao Fu, Xiao Tong's biological mother, Mrs. Li, said.

"Princess Henan? She is the princess of the Kingdom of Zhou? Xiao Yao was also stunned when he heard this.

"They call you twelve? Are you Xiao? Madame Xiao, this strange sword was designed and built by you? The girl looked at Xiao Yao curiously and asked.

"Of course, I built it, who can design and create this incomparably hard, iron-like saber under the general world! Give it back to me! If you don't ask for yourself, it's considered stealing! Xiao Yao was furious.

"When did I steal it, I was just curious to take it and take a look, but Mrs. Xiao agreed!" The girl quibbled.

"Twelve, don't be rude to the princess! The princess is just curious about these strange things you made, I took them out for the princess to play with, how can you steal them! And you're covered in dust, with a dirty face, like a beggar, why don't you go and wash it up, change your clothes and come out again! "Mrs. Li is also a knowledgeable person, seeing that there is a smell of gunpowder between these two children, she immediately sent Xiao Yao away, lest they quarrel any more, this is the son of Zhou Guo, don't Xiao Yao, even Emperor Liang Xiao Gui can't afford to offend!

Xiao Yao's mother also immediately dragged Xiao Yao into the room, and said while fetching water and washing his face: "Twelve, that is the princess of Zhou Guo, our whole family can't afford to offend, and the one who brought her to our Xiao family is also a noble son, your father and two brothers are receiving him in the main hall, and now it's about to start a banquet, you quickly wash your face and change your clothes, go out to accompany and receive distinguished guests, these are all distinguished guests from Zhou Guo, the emperor specially ordered our Xiao family to be a good reception, you can't talk nonsense later!" ”

Seeing his mother looking at him so seriously, Xiao Yao no longer refuted, and could only agree in a soft voice: "Mother doesn't have to be so nervous and worried, I know, I won't talk nonsense and get into trouble later!" ”

Xiao Yao, who had been carefully dressed, walked into the reception hall and saw Xiao Feng sitting in the middle position, even Xiao Fu, Xiao Tong, and Xiao Shan were standing on the side, and there was a handsome and handsome man in his thirties sitting next to him.

I saw that he was wearing a crown of eight treasures of gold silk beads, a crescent moon white gold silk brocade robe, and a trace of disdain in his confident eyes, giving people a feeling of not being angry but mighty.

"I've seen my father, my eldest brother, my brother!" Xiao Yao hurriedly saluted his father and brother.

"Twelve, come and see Yuwen Gongzi, this distinguished guest is the envoy of Zhou Guolai, the son of Yuwen Hu, the prince of Jin Kingdom, and the son of Yuwen Zhi!" Xiao Feng introduced Yu Wenzhi to Xiao Yao.

"Shizi, this is Xiao's son, named Xiao!" Xiao Feng introduced to Yu Wenzhi.

"I've seen Yuwen Shizi!" Xiao Yao immediately saluted.

Damn, it turned out to be Yuwenzhi, the son of Yuwenhu, no wonder there was such a large group of people guarding the door! The one just now was the princess of the Zhou Kingdom, and now this one is the son of the powerful ministers of the Zhou Kingdom, these two people are really distinguished guests, and it is estimated that even Emperor Xiao Gui of Liang will come to accompany them in person!

"Listening to this Xiao family's son, he is talented and sharp at a young age, and when I see it today, it is really extraordinary, and it is definitely not a thing in the pool!" Yuwen Zhi said to Xiao Feng in a strange voice, listening to his words, he seemed to be praising Xiao Yao, but in fact, he also glanced at Xiao Yao.

The whole audience heard it, there was a thorn in it!

"The son of the world has won the award, the son is young, he acts recklessly, and I ask the son to bear with me, come and come, the time is coming, let's sit down and have a banquet." Of course, Xiao Feng heard a little taste, so he could only change the topic immediately.