It was dark and sunlight was shining directly into the wooden house on the mountainside.

The chalet is located on the western slope of the hill, facing the east, and the sun shines in as soon as the sun comes out every day.

And Lian Kun gets up at this time of the day, always standing at the window for the first time, looking at the continuous factories at the foot of the mountain.

On the north side is the workshop, on the south side is the blast furnace, at the foot is the forging workshop, and in the distance is the living quarters of the craftsmen.

Whenever he saw the thick black smoke of the blast furnace, he felt an indescribable sense of pleasure in his heart.

In the East Palace, he is just a senior servant, but in this land, he is the master of tens of thousands of people.

Two years ago, he never imagined that he could have the power he has now, and those civil and military officials who originally looked up to him now worship him as a bodhisattva.

But he has never been arrogant, because above him, there is a palace head who regards him as a father, a highness who is afraid of him, and a sister Pei who is young but seems to be a real bodhisattva.

Their existence makes Lian Kun very clear where his power comes from......

The maid heard the movement and walked in with a basin of water. "The master is awake, let's wash my face first."

Lian Kun asked, "Last night was clean, and no one came to harass me." ”

The maid said with a smile: "It's rare to have a clean night, but the master feels unaccustomed to it." If you love to be lively, you shouldn't live on this mountain. ”

"You don't understand ......"

After washing his face under the waiter of the maid, Lian Kun changed into a cyan official uniform, tied a red belt, and hung an iron horizontal knife around his waist.

Since His Royal Highness came up with this iron knife, whether it is a military general or a civil official, they all like to carry an iron knife around their waists, which is not only a martial spirit, but also a representative of identity.

Although Lian Kun is a eunuch, he also boasts of martial arts. He lives on this half-hillside, on the one hand, for purity, to see the ironworks below the mountain when he gets up every day, and more importantly, to exercise.

Outside, two of his close retinues were already freshened up and waiting for him.

The three of them said goodbye to the maid, walked along the bluestone path in the forest, walked to the bottom of the mountain, and then began their daily rounds.

The ironworks are very large, several miles from north to south, and four miles from east to west. It takes an hour to walk around every day.

But Lian Kun patrols every day, never stopping, whether it's windy or rainy.

He often said to the people below: "Your Highness is delicate and expensive, and you must practice for an hour every morning and Jinggong in the evening." We don't dare to compare with Your Highness, but with a good body, we can serve Your Highness more. ”

During the daily inspection, Lian Kun found that the big and small problems had to be pointed out and rectified, and when there were complaints from craftsmen, he always dealt with them without hurry.

In the two years since the ironsmith was opened, his reputation has also grown.

Today's inspection went relatively smoothly, and before the morning shift, Lian Kun was already sitting in the big canteen in the middle.

ate a steamed bun and a bowl of noodles, and when he finished eating, he met a large number of craftsmen who had changed shifts to eat.

Many workshops in the ironware workshop are day and night, like the blast furnace, a furnace of steel every two days, don't be inseparable from people all the time.

When the molten iron is baked, the casting workshop and the die-casting workshop also need to cooperate in time.

Therefore, the cafeteria here serves meals every day according to the time when the craftsmen are working.

When I came to the courtyard where I was sitting, there were already a lot of people gathered here, all of whom came to him to sign and draw a pledge, or to go to the relationship.

Lian Kun greeted them in a friendly voice, and when he entered the courtyard, he changed into a businesslike face.

"It's even a matter of time, the oversized bearing ordered by our Jiangling Mansion has been missed for five days, without this bearing, thousands of people are waiting for nothing to do! This problem must be solved today, otherwise the official will not leave. ”

"Wu Tuiguan, it's not that the official won't solve it for you. In fact, the last quenching, the craftsmen had a batch of unqualified materials, and the hardness of the steel balls was not enough, so they could only return to the furnace for re-annealing and quenching.

I have already dealt with this batch of craftsmen, and Your Highness has also instructed that you must give priority to supplying the needs of your Gangneung Mansion. The bearings will be delivered at the latest the day after tomorrow. ”

"Jingling is also waiting for this batch of bearings, I can't believe everything, unless you give me a approval, I will personally go to the bearing factory to star."

Lian Kun shook his head with a smile, and could only open a comment according to his intentions and sent away this pusher with a higher level than him.

"Even the matter, the pig iron furnace in Nanyang exploded last month, and now the iron furnace is being renovated, which affects the output, and the supply is afraid that the supply will be insufficient next month."

"Didn't Your Highness already instruct Daye to supply pig iron?"

"Daye's iron has a high phosphorus content, if you want to use Daye's iron, our furnace's refractory bricks have to be replaced, and iron ore has also been found in Tongbai Mountain, and now they are starting to produce iron, and their iron ......"

"Director Yao, the use of Daye's iron is instructed by His Royal Highness, and no matter how big the difficulty is, it must be solved. No matter how good the iron of Tongbai Mountain is, it must be ranked behind......"

"Yes, yes, yes......"

Director Yao sighed and was just about to leave. But I heard Lian Kun say behind his back: "If the iron of Tongbai Mountain is really good, deal with it first, the furnace must not stop." As for Daye's side, I'll arrange for someone to check it out. However, if you think that you are enriching yourself, don't blame me for being unkind. ”

"The subordinates don't dare."

"Even the capital, now that the river is soaring, the Huang Dushi of Peach Blossom Island has sent people to ask for help, and wants us to send someone to help them build a waterproof embankment."

"Is it so serious? What about the Forbidden Army? ”

"The forbidden army is now screening soldiers to go on the expedition, and they will go out next month, and they can't take care of Peach Blossom Island these days."

Lian Kun thought for a while and said: "We are connected with the gunpowder workshop, and the supply of gunpowder is also directly related to the plan of the southern expedition, which cannot be ignored. Since the request for help came to us, we arranged for 500 craftsmen to go and help. You go and arrange someone first, and I'll go over and have a look later. ”

"Even ...... Everything"

"Even ...... Everything"

It was almost noon, and Lian Kun finished dealing with the affairs at hand and met the people he should see.

I took two assistants to the river, and found that the river is indeed not small, but the bigger the river, the more power supply to the workshop on the shore will be.

Peach Blossom Island, which is only 100 meters away from the river, now has more than a dozen wooden bridges connected to the riverbank, and the workshops are connected, so you can't see the situation on the island clearly.

The gunpowder workshop is also a highly confidential workshop, even if it is Liankun, it must be inspected when it comes to the island, and it is not allowed to go to the island without permission.

He didn't come here much, but when he came this time, he found that the problem was very serious.

Peach Blossom Island is not much higher than the river, and since the beginning of summer this year, the river has risen sharply, and many places have been flooded.

The island is dotted with workshops for boiling and frying gunpowder, each with a large drying area.

Now these drying sites are experiencing rising water levels, which directly affects the drying of gunpowder.

The ironsmith workshop supported 500 people here, and the woodsmith also supported 500 people, plus the manpower of the gunpowder workshop itself, and made the embankment a foot higher than the water level, alleviating the crisis.

Huang Han, the manager of the gunpowder workshop, obviously didn't sleep all night, and he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that there were waterproof embankments built everywhere.

"Thank you for today's matter, Your Highness is going to march south, and the production of gunpowder does not dare to delay, but I don't want to prevent the water level from rising so high overnight."

Lian Kun asked curiously: "Was there such a high water level before?" Why didn't you think about these things when you built the workshop in the first place? ”

Huang Han sighed: "I heard from the local elders that the water level this year is much higher than in previous years......

Lian Kun was surprised: "In this case, in order to prevent the downstream water from becoming flooded, this matter must be informed to His Highness as soon as possible." ”

Huang Han smiled: "Do you think Your Highness doesn't know? His Royal Highness hasn't come over for the past few days, I'm afraid I'm just worried about this matter. ”

At this time, several troop carriers came down from the river, and they were surprised for a while, and hurriedly set off to the north of the island to see what was going on.

The Han River on the north side of Taohua Island is more than three miles wide, and when you come to the north of the island, you will see one after another troop transport ships down the water, and there is no end in sight to the west.

Lian Kun asked, "Is this the Loyal Army coming?" ”

Even Kun and Huang Han are all things, but their identities are very different.

He is an internal servant, only responsible for Zhao Dezhao, and his circle is also an internal servant, and he has not had much contact with the outer court.

However, Huang Han belongs to the Ministry of Industry and belongs to foreign officials, and his social circle is completely different from Lian Kun.

Huang Han nodded and said: "The loyal army is good at killing in Sichuan, although it has made great achievements in Houshu, but it has led to continuous rebellions in the past two years. Now that it has finally been pacified, the court is only allowed to keep the spoils of war without rewards.

Now that they have been transferred to His Royal Highness's Left Route Army, Your Majesty wants to use their courage and let them atone for their sins. However, whether His Highness can suppress these arrogant soldiers is still a question. ”

Lian Kun said disdainfully: "No matter how arrogant they are, how proud are the buddies of the Shenji Battalion?" Those buddies are honest in front of the second brother, Wang Quanbin dares to rebel and can't succeed! ”

Huang Han sighed and said: "Wang Quanbin almost fell to the ground this time, and now that he has made meritorious contributions, he will naturally not add obstacles to His Highness." I'm afraid that his generals won't obey orders! As long as this person has opened the killing ring, is used to eating meat, and makes them vegetarian, can they stand it? ”

Lian Kun now has a strong confidence in Zhao Dezhao, and said with a smile: "In front of the second brother, even the dragon has to be coiled, and the tiger has to lie down." The second brother is so powerful, how can they be compared to these soldiers! ”

On the command ship not far from them, Wang Quanbin, who was almost sixty years old, was also looking in their direction with a gloomy face.

As the chief general of the Song Dynasty's conquest of Shu, Wang Quanbin made great contributions at the beginning, pacified Hou Shu in two months, and forced the lord of the country to surrender, adding some supreme glory to his legendary experience.

He started from following Li Cunmiao, and went through the Later Tang, Later Jin, Later Han, Later Zhou, and now the Song Dynasty, which can be described as a general of the Five Dynasties.

It is precisely because of the great credit that he deliberately defiled himself in Xichuan, even if his subordinates killed indiscriminately, he changed from a generation of famous generals to lustful and wealthy.

This step is indeed the right one, and now the court has belittled him, but he has no merit to shake the master, and the Wang family is safe.

But this time, he was sent to follow the prince's southern expedition again, and directly let him sit on wax......