Since the soap was straightened out, there was money to buy a lot of coal, pig iron, and quicklime. It was full of two large newly built warehouses outside the village.

After refining and obtaining coke, Rihito began the trial of the first furnace of steel. The use of open-hearth smelting steel must first solve the problem of air intake, without good air intake facilities, there will be no good steel.

Rihito built a dam upstream of the creek and then built an aqueduct out of bluestone. The project was very huge, and it took five or six thousand workers to complete the short aqueduct at the end of the month.

After the completion of the project, Liren first measured the drop in the water level and the amount of water. After everything was met, he hired a carpenter with good skills and built a large waterwheel based on the drawings drawn by Rihito.

After the waterwheel was built, the transmission became a problem, the general wood was not good at all, the material was too soft, and it would not take long to crack a lot of seams, and then cause the shell to be stuck and the transmission device to fail.

Anxious Liren is scratching his ears and cheeks, and there is no way. At this time, his eldest brother came to him, and when he saw him like this, he asked him, "What is it that troubles you so much?" ”

Li Ren was meditating in the study, and when he heard someone ask him, he raised his head and stared at his red eyes: "It turned out to be the eldest brother, and I scared my brother." After saying that, he thought of something, stood up with a smile and enthusiastically pulled General Chen to sit down.

General Chen was puzzled, and Li Ren immediately said: "Brother, please be calm and don't be impatient, the younger brother has something I want to ask my brother about." ”

"Brother has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it, as long as my brother can solve my brother's doubts." General Chen sat down and picked up the tea on his subordinates and took a sip.

"My brother used to be an official in the capital, and I wanted to ask my brother if he knew that there was a tree with dark red or almost black bark and white spots on it. The leaves are oval-shaped, the wood is harder than steel, and it sinks when it enters the water? Li Ren looked at this sworn brother suspiciously.

General Chen took a sip of tea, put down the tea bowl and thought about it carefully, and suddenly smiled and clapped his hands: "Brother is really asking the right person, brother, I remember that once the Korean State paid tribute, or the eldest brother I brought someone to escort it." They brought with them a piece of wood, which is quite close to what you said, brother. It's just that at that time, no one could break this log, and it was regarded as a chicken rib sent by the Joseon State. In the end, it was placed in the treasury of the palace and no one cared about it. ”

"Oh! If so, God help me. Rihito clapped his hands in admiration. But there is a return, how to get it out is a problem, Liren looked at the eldest brother decadently: "I found it, but the question is how to get it?" Big brother can do it? ”

General Chen immediately said, "Brother, I can't help it, but it's okay if you want to get something out of the palace, brother." ”

Liren looked at the eldest brother questioningly: "What did the eldest brother say?" Brother doesn't have any, brother, how can I do it? ”

"Brother, have you forgotten your grandfather, Yang Zengtai Yang?" General Chen said calmly.

"Big brother, you can't do anything, what can my grandfather do?" Rihito was skeptical when he heard that his grandfather could do it.

General Chen smiled mysteriously and said, "Brother, you do what my brother and I say, to ensure that you can get what you want." ”

"Why, little brother, I'll try it, I can get the best, and if I can't get it, forget it. Then look for other woods. Rihito walked to his desk and picked up a brush and wrote a letter to his grandfather himself.

After the letter was written and handed over to the guards to be sent back to Yangjiazhuang, General Chen looked at Liren, who was worried about trivial matters, listless, so he had to take him away to hunt and relax.

In the capital, Shi Miyuan received the queen's secret decree and immediately summoned the housekeeper to prepare carriages and horses to go to the Yiwang Mansion.

Came to his own manor in the suburbs, and hurried to the study. In the study, a young Confucian scholar who was in his late teens was writing and drawing, and a maid next to him was fanning him, and the other was grinding ink for him. When he looked up, he saw Shi Miyuan coming in in a hurry, and slowly put down the best wolf in his hand and asked, "What is Shi Xiangye doing today, so flustered?" ”

Shi Miyuan bowed his hand and said, "Your Highness, the lower officials are here to report the good news." ”

"What's the joy of?" This Highness is very skeptical.

"Your Highness, you are about to ascend the throne." Shi Miyuan looked at this highness with a smile.

"Shi Xiangye, don't be joking, Banzai has not been called today, how can I say that I can ascend the throne?" His Royal Highness walked to the desk, looked at Shi Miyuan and asked in surprise.

Shi Miyuan stroked his beard and stroked his beard: "The last time the official asked Zheng Qingzhi about His Highness, has His Highness been ready?" ”

"Lone has been preparing for a long time, could it be that Shi Xiang is here for this big event?" His Highness happily threw away the wolf hair he picked up in his hand.

"Exactly, the lower official is here to personally inform His Highness that preparations are ready." Shi Miyuan knelt down and kowtowed three times, and said flatteringly: "Wechen will first visit my emperor, long live." ”

His Royal Highness laughed happily, and hurriedly stepped forward to help Shi Miyuan: "Aiqing, please get up quickly." ”

The next day, it was reported in the palace that Emperor Ningzong had died. Shi Miyuan hurriedly came to the palace, the palace was already full of white silk, and everyone was sad. Empress Yang was wearing a white robe, kneeling in front of Ning Zong's coffin and crying like she was dead and alive. The two palace maids supported left and right, so that Queen Yang would not fall to the ground.

Shi Miyuan hurriedly came to Empress Yang's side, and "poof" knelt down in front of Ning Zong's coffin and cried loudly: "Your Majesty! Why are you in such a hurry, what will Weichen do in the future! ~~~Woo~~~" wiped his tears and knelt in front of Queen Yang again: "Queen Mother, you have to take care of your body." If you have something to do, what should we do as subordinates? ”

Empress Yang looked at Shi Miyuan and glared at her crying red eyes: "It's not the time for Shi Qing's family to talk about this, how are you doing." ”

Shi Miyuan still cried: "Niangniang, Weichen immediately asked someone to announce that person." ”

Seeing Empress Yang nodded. Shi Miyuan stood up and sent the palace envoy to pick up the prince, and before leaving, he solemnly ordered the palace envoy: "Now it is the prince of the Yijinghui Palace, not the prince of Long Live Lane." If you make the wrong connection, you're all going to be cut by a thousand cuts. ”

The palace envoys were covered in cold sweat and hurriedly replied: "Shi Xiang, please rest assured, we will definitely abide by it." ”

The prince Zhao Yun was announced to the palace to meet Empress Yang, Empress Yang looked at this strange prince, and there was some faint worry in her heart, and she looked at Shi Miyuan before saying, "You will be my son from now on." After Zhao Yun knelt down to thank him, Shi Miyuan hurriedly took him to Ning Zong's coffin to mourn.

The hundreds of officials in the mourning hall had already gathered, and Shi Miyuan took Zhao Yun to the front and knelt down to worship the spiritual seat of Ning Zong. After the ceremony began, the officials howled and cried, and the mourning in the mourning hall was strong.

Shi Mi saw that it was almost over, and immediately faced the hundred officials with a cry and said: "Today, the emperor died, and the ministers were sad. But the country cannot be left without an owner for a day, and we should announce the edict of the emperor now. As he spoke, he asked the palace envoy to take out the edict.

At this time, Zhen Dexiu, Wei Liaowen and others came out and said: "To announce the edict of the first emperor, the people of the clan should be announced." What Shi Xiang is doing now is something inappropriate. ”

Shi Miyuan looked at Zhen Dexiu and the others, his teeth itched with hatred, and he wrote down the people who stood up now one by one in his heart. After a while, he said: "What your lords said is very true, then according to the meaning of your masters, announce that all the princes of the clan will go to the palace." ”

Immediately, there was no mourning in the mourning hall, and all of them gathered into their own factions to discuss. Some said: "According to what the first emperor said before, it should be the prince Zhao Hong." Some retorted: "Otherwise, in my opinion, it should be the new prince Zhao Yun." ”

Wei Liaowen asked softly beside Zhen Dexiu: "Mr. Xishan, who do you say can be it?" ”

Zhen Dexiu looked around carefully, and saw that everyone was talking about it, and the voices were very loud, so he whispered to Wei Liaoweng: "Today, Shi Miyuan is menacing, and with the new prince Zhao Yun, there is no mistake." After finishing speaking, he sighed and whispered: "Shi Miyuan, a traitor, is already covering the sky with one hand, and even the prince can succeed to the throne, and the Great Song Dynasty is in danger." ”

Wei Liaowen looked at Mr. Xishan and shook his head and sighed, and he also felt the same way to Mr. Xishan: "Where? Mr. Nishiyama has no choice? ”

Zhen Dexiu looked at what Shi Miyuan was talking about beside the prince Zhao Yun, and didn't pay attention to this side. Only then did he whisper: "The government has been controlled by traitors for a long time, including the army, which is in the hands of traitors. What can I do? I only hope that the prince Zhao Yun will ascend the throne as the emperor, and he will not be a mediocre person. ”

After a while, the palace envoy came back and said to Shi Miyuan that the prince Zhao Hong had come to the palace and was waiting for the summons.

Shi Miyuan immediately asked his cronies to command Xia Zhen in front of the palace to accompany the prince Zhao Hong to Ningzong's coffin, and immediately announced the start of the meeting of the hundred officials and listened to the edict.

The hundred officials stood up, and the prince Zhao Hong was brought by Xia Zhen to the position where he had stood before, Zhao Hong was very strange and asked Xia Zhen: "Today's matter, do I still have to stand here?" ”

Xia Zhen smiled in his heart, and said with a solemn expression on his face: "You are still standing here before the edict of the first emperor is read, and you will not succeed to the throne until the reading is completed." ”

Zhao Hong responded in a daze: "That's right." ”

At this moment, Shi Miyuan, who was in the first place, announced that he would bow down to the new emperor. Zhao Hong reacted at this time, only to see a person sitting on the dragon chair, and after a closer look, he realized that it was the previous prince Zhao Yun. Immediately angry, sad in my heart, unwilling to kneel. Xia Zhen, who was standing beside him, grabbed Zhao Hong and forced him to kneel and bow.

Hundreds of officials congratulated the new emperor on his ascension to the throne, and Shi Miyuan couldn't wait to announce: "By the edict, the prince Zhao Hong will open the palace with the three divisions, seal the king of Jiyang County, and sentence the Duke of Ningguo." ”