Li Jian rushed over when the wrought iron workshop in Ruishengzhuang was opened, and eighty percent was for the problem of iron materials in the wrought iron workshop.

Salt and iron have always been government-run.

The three divisions under the control of Li Jian are in charge of salt and iron.

The wrought iron workshop on Ruisheng Village has avoided the three divisions and made steel, and Li Jian will inevitably come over to ask.

Kou Ji had expected it.

Mu Chong and Qian Le saw Li Zheng, and their faces were not very good-looking.

Mu Chong held his stomach and said to Kou Ji beside him with a bitter face: "Li Sansi is afraid that he is coming to the wrought iron workshop......

Qian Le made a fat face, glanced at Kou Ji, and said in a low voice: "If the three divisions interfere, it will not be easy for our wrought iron workshop to open a furnace." ”

"That's not necessarily ......"

Meng Weizhong's old god said a word.

There was no fear at all because of Li Zheng's appearance.

Mu Chong narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Meng Weizhong, "Brother Meng...... You're really ......."

Qian Le nodded approvingly.

Meng Weizhong said nonchalantly: "We are not the big proprietors of the wrought iron workshop, what are we afraid of?" If Li Sansi really has the ability to pull down the big proprietor of our wrought iron workshop, I admit that I don't want any of the money invested in the wrought iron workshop before. ”

Mu Chong and Qian Le were stunned, and their eyes lit up slightly.

Qian Le instantly put on a smiling face, and said happily: "Brother Meng is reasonable." We also have big proprietors ......"

With the big proprietor behind them, Mu Chong and Qian Le were not afraid of Li Jian in an instant.

Chen Jing and the others only understood a little bit of the meaning of Mu Chong's words, and knew that there was a big proprietor behind the background in Ruisheng Village.

As for who the big proprietor is, they can't hear it.

They looked at Kou Ji, trying to find an answer from Kou Ji, but saw that Kou Ji didn't mean to speak at all, just stood there quietly waiting for Li Ji.

After Li Jian and his party arrived, they walked in front of Kou Ji.

Li Zheng stared at Kou Ji and said coldly: "I heard that the people on your Zhuangzi are forging iron?" ”

Kou Ji stared at Li Jian indifferently and said, "What do you mean that the people on our Zhuangzi are forging iron?" You can eat more, but you can't talk nonsense. Zhuangzi is a royal Zhuangzi, and it has nothing to do with us.

What the people on the Zhuangzi do, that is also a royal matter. ”

The place where the displaced people were settled was allocated from the imperial village.

At present, the inner court has not decided to divide this land to the people, so the deed has not yet been made.

The land currently occupied by Ruishengzhuang is still royal land.

Even if Ruisheng Village wants to become a village, it is also an imperial village, not a private place.

Li Jian wanted to give Kou Ji a dismissal, but he didn't expect to be forced back by Kou Ji, and he was secretly annoyed in his heart, and he bit down: "Even if Zhuangzi is the royal Zhuangzi, the people inside are not royal people." ”

As if he had heard some joke, Kou Ji looked at Li Jian with a stunned face and said, "Everyone in the world knows that the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

Zhuangzi is royal, and the people living in Zhuangzi are also royal people. They regard the official family as their father, how can they not be considered royals? ”

Li Jian was speechless for a while, and couldn't think of words to defend Kou Ji, so he glared and said: "The official doesn't want to take advantage of your words, so the official asks you, is the person inside forging iron?" ”

Kou Ji nodded, "Yes......"

Seeing that Kou Ji had admitted it, Li Zheng sneered: "That's right...... This official is the third envoy, in charge of the salt and iron of the imperial court, and this official has never approved the official document that allows the people on this Zhuangzi to forge iron.

The people of this Zhuangzi are now forging iron, which is contrary to the laws of the imperial court.

The official is now going to arrest all the people and others. ”

After saying this, Li Zheng's eyes fell on Mu Chong and the three again, and he snorted coldly: "A group of profiteers who helped the thieves who forged iron on Zhuangzi to provide iron materials are also among the arrests. ”

Mu Chong and the three of them were not afraid of Li Zheng's threat, they glanced at each other and looked at Li Zheng indifferently.

Seeing this, Li Jian secretly cursed in his heart.

Act recklessly.

Kou Ji stared at Li Jian and smiled indifferently: "Li Sansi is telling me a joke? ”

Li Zheng glared and shouted: "This official obeys the laws of the imperial court, and private salt and iron is illegal, and if it is illegal, this official will be arrested." Do you think that the laws of the imperial court are also a joke? ”

Kou Ji didn't care about Li Zheng's scolding at all, but said curiously: "The third division has the right to arrest people? ”

Without waiting for Li Jian to speak, Kou Ji said to himself: "Even if the Third Division finds out that someone has violated the law, it will be reported to the inner court, and after the inner court ruling, it will be handed over to the criminal department to arrest people, right?"

Even if you don't have to go through the inner court, you have to send someone to report it to the Criminal Department, and the Criminal Department will arrest you, right? ”

When Li Yan heard this, his face turned the color of pig liver.

Of course, he knew that the Third Division had no right to arrest people, but if the matter was handed over to the Criminal Department, it was still a question whether the Criminal Department would arrest people.

Li Jian stared at Kou Ji and gritted his teeth: "Everyone knows that you have a good relationship with the King of Shangshu of the Criminal Department, if he protects you, how can this official punish you and other private crimes?" ”

Kou Ji was happy and said funny: "If the prince is partial, you just have to impeach him?" As for whether he will show favoritism, it is still something that did not happen, something that did not happen, is it useful to say it? ”

Li Yan was angry in his heart, but it was not easy to attack, he gritted his teeth and said, "Okay...... For those who commit crimes, the official may wait until the report is made to the Inner Court, and then the Inner Court will order the Criminal Department to arrest the person.

However, as the chief official of the three divisions, this official has the right to seize the private salt and iron workshops in the world.

Now, the official wants to seal down the wrought iron workshop in Zhuangzi.

That's all right, right? ”

Without waiting for Kou Ji to speak, Li Jian coldly instructed the people behind him, "Seal up a wrought iron workshop here!" ”

The officials and officials of the three divisions brought by Li Jian immediately rushed into Ruishengzhuang and sealed the wrought iron workshop.

Chen Jing, Wang Tiansheng and other old men stood in front of them.

The officials and officials of the three divisions did not dare to rush hard.

Wang Yunsheng's encounter with porcelain in the third division has only passed, and now they are meeting older people blocking the way, and it is inevitable that there will be some rat traps.

One by one, they turned their heads and looked at Li Jian with an embarrassed expression.

A look of anger flashed in Li Zheng's eyes, and he was about to order those officials and petty officials to rush forcibly.

But I heard Kou Ji's faint voice sound.

"Li Sansi, before you send someone to seal up the wrought iron workshop on Zhuangzi, I have a question for you."

Li Jian was just about to open his mouth to order the officials and officials of the Third Division, when he heard Kou Ji's words, he turned his head and stared at Kou Ji and said coldly: "What's the problem?" Are you trying to stop my three divisions from seizing the wrought iron workshop in Zhuangzi? ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said indifferently: "I just want to ask Li Sansi, before the seizure of the wrought iron workshop on Zhuangzi, did he take the responsibility of obstructing the government affairs of the Ministry of Industry and privately confiscating the property of the Heavenly Family?" ”

Li Zhen's heart jumped, his eyes moved away from Kou Ji, and he glanced twice at the blast furnace in Rui Shengzhuang.

Could it be that the wrought iron workshop on Ruisheng Village has officials and officials?

If there is an official family, then things will be a little difficult to handle.

Since the official family resisted the impeachment of hundreds of officials and confirmed the identity of the owner of the one-word Jiaozipu, the unwritten rule that the heavenly family does not compete with the people for profit is broken.

With the protection of the official family, Li Jian really can't move the wrought iron workshop in Rui Shengzhuang.

Li Jian glared at Kou Ji, gritted his teeth and asked, "The wrought iron workshop on Zhuangzi has a member of the official family?" ”

Kou Ji nodded slowly.

Li Jian glared at Kou Ji viciously, "Since the wrought iron workshop in Zhuangzi has official members, then my third division can pretend not to see the wrought iron on Zhuangzi."

But don't get too complacent.

This official has a way to make your wrought iron workshop unable to continue. ”

"Let's go!"

Li Zheng said to the officials and officials of the three divisions.

When the officials and officials of the Third Division heard this, they hurriedly followed Li Jian and left here.

Li Jian came and went quickly.

is a tiger in everything, and he doesn't look like a central minister at all.

Chen Jing, Mu Chong and others laughed secretly in their hearts, and they all felt that Li Jian, the third envoy, might not be able to do it for long.

Only Kou Ji stared at Li Zhen's departing back, thoughtful.

Li Zheng's behavior today looks like finding fault.

But Kou Ji felt that Li Jian was not here to find fault, but more like a threat and a reminder.

In Li Zheng's capacity, there is no need to come forward to do this kind of thing, he can send the deputy envoy of the third department, or the officials under his jurisdiction.

There's no need to go into battle shirtless, it's boring to talk about yourself, and you lose face.

Therefore, he must have other purposes when he came forward in person this time.

If Kou Ji's guess is correct, it must have something to do with Zhao Yuanyan.

Only Zhao Yuanyan can make this important minister of the court give up his face and come over to threaten and remind Kou Ji in person.

What Zhao Yuanyan's purpose was to threaten him, Kou Ji could roughly guess it.

Nothing more than a template for minting money.

"If the deal doesn't work, do you change the threat?"

Kou Ji stared at the place where Li Qian and his party disappeared and whispered.

Mu Chong's ears were sharp, and when he heard Kou Ji's whisper, he stepped forward and asked, "What threat?" ”

Kou Ji glanced at him, and said angrily: "The affairs of the court have nothing to do with you, don't ask." ”

Mu Chong smiled dryly and didn't ask any more.

"Let's go! Take a look at the wrought iron workshop. ”

Kou Ji gave an order, and Chen Jing and the others took Kou Ji and his party to the wrought iron workshop in Zhuangzi.

The wrought iron workshop was far away from where the people lived, and it was also far away from the textile workshop.

Half of the textile work is placed next to the south bank of the Wuzhang River.

The wrought iron workshop is on the north bank of the Wuzhang River.

There is a bridge over the river, which was built by the imperial court a long time ago.

After crossing the bridge, two high-rise blast furnaces appeared in front of Kou Ji's eyes.

The craftsmen of Koufu are busy with the people.

After seeing Kou Ji appear, they stopped saluting.

Kou Ji encouraged them to continue working.

When he arrived at the blast furnace, Bi Sheng led a group of officials from the Ministry of Labor to greet Kou Ji.

"Shangguan!"

Bi Sheng and the others gave salutes together.

Kou Ji looked at the blast furnace and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Bi Sheng said respectfully: "Just wait for the order of the Shangguan, and the Xiaguan and the others can take the craftsmen to open the furnace to smelt new iron." ”

Koji nodded, "Then let the craftsmen begin." ”

Bi Sheng ordered a small official to give the order, and he took Kou Ji to a shed not far from the blast furnace and sat down.

After sitting down.

The craftsmen led the people and began to forge iron.

Truckloads of coke and truckloads of iron embryos were transported to the blast furnace.

The fire ignited in an instant.

A truckload of coke and iron embryos began to be put into the furnace.

Kou Ji and the others just watched quietly.

Blast furnace wrought iron, Bi Sheng, Mu Chong and others had never seen it, so they stretched their necks and stared at it one by one, for fear of missing a detail.

Kou Ji was not very interested in it.

After seeing the craftsmen open the furnace smoothly, he began to talk to Bi Sheng.

"Are you still used to staying in the Ministry of Industry?"

In Kou Ji's call, Bi Sheng withdrew his gaze from the blast furnace, and smiled at Kou Ji: "It's a little unaccustomed...... The trivial work of the Ministry of Engineering is a bit complicated, and I don't have leisure time to study the craft. ”

Kou Ji chuckled in a low voice: "Back to some ......"

Bi Sheng nodded, didn't say anything more, and his eyes fell on the blast furnace again.

The process of steelmaking in the blast furnace lasted several hours.

Kou Ji and the others waited quietly for a few hours.

When the molten steel flowed out, the officials, craftsmen, and people in the wrought iron workshop broke out into a shout of joy.

A smile appeared on Kou Ji's face.

The appearance of molten steel represents something, no one knows better than him.

Steel, a product of the times.

The Great Song Dynasty was destined to undergo great changes because of the emergence of steel.

However, in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, there were few people who attached importance to it.

Few people care about its value either.

It's like normal iron.

The only one who values it and cares about it is Kou Ji.

In the future, everything related to it is destined to be controlled by Kou Ji.

Kou Ji waited until the poured ingots had cooled down and checked the quality of the ingots before leaving the wrought workshop satisfied.

Before leaving, he gathered all the craftsmen in the palace who knew how to make steel, and those who knew how to build blast furnaces, and signed an unknown contract with them.

A contract related to the life of the family.

Anyone who reveals their steel-making skills, or helps someone build a steel-making blast furnace, will suffer a price they cannot afford.

The craftsmen were not disgusted by this.

Their steelmaking skills were taught by Kou Ji.

As the pioneer of this craft, Kou Ji is entitled to ask them not to pass on this skill.

This is a rule that has been passed down from ancient times in the craftsman industry.

Kou Ji is willing to pass on the craft to them, and let them borrow the craft and eat a mouthful of food, which is a generous gift, so Kou Ji will agree to how to restrain them in the inheritance of the craft.

When Kou Ji returned to the mansion, Mingyue had already climbed the branches, but they didn't rest.

Instead, he changed into court clothes, hung up the waist card that was not taken back in the palace, and hurried into the palace.

When I arrived at the Imperial Palace, I went all the way to the Shishidang.

After seeing Kou Zhun who was staying up late to review the folds, he hurriedly spoke: "Grandfather, I want to send the Tiger Army into Beijing!" ”

Kou Zhun dropped the red pen in his hand, straightened his face, glared at Kou Ji, and scolded: "What about the rules? ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "I've seen my grandfather." ”

Kou Zhun's face softened a little, and he waved his hand at Kou Ji.

Kou Ji walked in front of Kou Zhun.