In the early morning of the next day, Ding Zhuo woke up Ji Yu, who was still asleep.

"Your Highness, Your Highness! It's time to get up, aren't you going to the smelting division today! ”

Ji Yu, who was angry about to get up, was about to get angry, and was stunned when he heard "high value", and immediately cried again.

"It's annoying————!"

Liu Jun, who was outside the house, heard Ji Yu's cry and shook his head helplessly.

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The Metallurgical Department is subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, which is the largest department of the Ministry of Industry, and it is also one of the few departments in the DPRK and China to build the General Administration in the outer city.

Since receiving the holy decree yesterday, Wu Zhihua has been nervous, pondering the deep meaning of His Majesty, so that he didn't sleep well last night, but he still came to the gate with a few of his subordinates early in the morning today to greet the five princes who are about to "take office".

"Si Cheng, when is this Fifth Highness coming! We've been waiting for more than an hour. But...... I haven't even seen a single figure! ”

Lang Zhong on the side looked up at the sun in the sky, wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and asked Wu Zhihua.

"yes, yes! We've been here since dawn, and we're all on the day. It can't be ......, this Fifth Highness, forget about this, right? ”

The other Lang Zhong knew some "rumors" about Ji Yu and said suspiciously.

"Don't talk too much! The holy decree has been issued, in the future, this smelting division is the final say of the Fifth Highness, how can it not come, just wait! ”

Wu Zhihua wrinkled his eyebrows and scolded, but although he said so, he still didn't know when this Fifth Highness would come.

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"Look! There's a carriage coming over there, and the Fifth Highness has come down! ”

Seeing the carriage, the big stone in Wu Zhihua's heart finally fell to the ground, and he led a group of people to meet him.

"Your Highness!"

Everyone bowed down to Ji Yu, who had just gotten out of the carriage, and saluted.

"Your Excellency, you don't have to be polite! It's really hard to find our smelting company! There was a delay on the way, so you have to wait for a long time! ”

Ji Yu said with a smile, cleverly explaining the reason for his late arrival.

"Your Highness is serious, and I also ask Your Highness to move into the courtyard, so that the lower officials can introduce the Metallurgical Division to Your Highness."

"Good! However, Lord Wu, you don't have to be so polite, although this hall has never been here, it is an old friend with our smelting department! ”

"Your Highness, please!"

When Ji Yu walked into the courtyard, the first thing he saw was the room used by the Smelting Division for office, as well as a few farm tools in front of the house.

Ji Yu pointed to these farm tools and asked, "These are also built by our smelting department?" Our smelting department is still in charge of building agricultural tools? ”

"Back to Your Highness. Yes, these are built samples. Our smelting division also builds farm tools, and our smelting department is also the largest farm tool building place in our big week. More than seventy percent of the sources of money in our smelting division rely on these farm tools. ”

Wu Zhihua said proudly.

Ji Yu didn't look happy when he heard this, he frowned, and then asked, "Seventy percent?" Let's smelt the division, don't we build weapons? ”

At the same time, he pushed open the door and stood in the doorway, looking inside the simple house.

"It is also made, every time the army changes weapons, the Ministry of War issues a document, and then the Weapons Department of the Ministry of War and our Metallurgical Division work together to build it."

Seeing Ji Yu walk into the house, Wu Zhihua hurriedly followed, and signaled the officials beside him to pour tea quickly.

"We are the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, why do we listen to the documents of the Ministry of War."

Ji Yu found a clean place to sit down and asked puzzled.

"Well......, but it's like this every time! , our Ministry of Industry has not said anything. Moreover, ......, our smelting division is the department with the most craftsmen in the iron smelting department, and I don't know how long it will take to complete it by relying on the weapons department alone, so it can only be built by our smelting department. ”

"Does the military department pay the wages?"

"Yes, yes."

Wu Zhihua said while pouring tea for Ji Yu.

Ji Yu took a sip and put down the cup.

"Then why did you say that building farm tools accounted for 70% of your income?"

"Alas, although the Ministry of War paid wages, it was simply insignificant, only enough to pay the craftsmen. And because of the need to build weapons, agricultural tools have to be discontinued for a long time. Every time the Ministry of Arms is built, our Metallurgical Division will lose some. ”

Wu Zhihua spread his hands and said helplessly.

Ji Yu nodded, indicating that he understood. No wonder this tea is so inferior, it turns out that the smelting department is poor!

"Let's go, let's look elsewhere."

Ji Yu stood up and said to Wu Zhihua.

"Alas, Your Highness. So let's go to the shed now? ”

Wu Zhihua agreed and asked tentatively.

Ji Yu nodded and took the lead in walking towards the backyard.

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"Your Highness, this is our workshop, most of the craftsmen are here."

Wu Zhihua pointed to a group of simple sheds and said.

Ji Yu looked at these sheds with complicated eyes, although he had already prepared in his heart, he didn't expect the sheds to be even more humble than he imagined.

The sheds were all made of untreated wood, and some thatch was haphazardly laid on them, and not a single brick or tile could be seen.

The huge yard is full of such sheds, and the craftsmen are working bare-chested.

Ji Yu came to the shed and asked as he walked.

"Are these artisans?"

"Of course not, most of the people here are just apprentices."

Wu Zhihua shook his head and said.

The blacksmiths were puzzled by this strange young man dressed in fine clothes, but when they saw their own Si Cheng accompaniment, they put away their curiosity and continued to work.

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After walking around, Ji Yu returned to the house and said to Wu Zhihua heavily.

"The current problem of the Metallurgical Division is very big!"

"Ahh The lower officer is guilty. ”

Wu Zhihua was taken aback, he didn't expect Ji Yu to come to such a conclusion, but he still apologized.

Ji Yu waved his hand.

"It's none of your business! Our store is talking about a problem with the way the metallurgical company does business. From today onwards, our metallurgical manufacturing department will shift its focus from agricultural tools to ordnance. And for farm tools, it is necessary to get out of the hands of people as soon as possible. Well~~~, let's use the mold method I mentioned earlier, let those craftsmen get started, so that the craftsmen's work is mainly on the research of new weapons. ”

"As for the money, when the caravan comes back in a few days, the main hall will allocate some to you first. Tell the craftsman that for each kind of research, according to the size of the effect, the minimum reward is fifty taels of silver. ”

"By the way, if any other department comes to us for help, you can tell me!"

After Wu Zhihua heard this, he was very excited, bowed long, and said.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness!"

"Okay, you implement what I said as soon as possible, and I'll go first!"

Ji Yu stood up, waved his hand, and said nonchalantly.

"Yes, Your Highness. I'll send you! ”

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Seeing the shadow of the carriage in the distance, Wu Zhihua muttered to himself: "My smelting department, maybe I'm going to turn over......" turned around and went back to the courtyard.

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Back in Yunfeng Pavilion, Ji Yu began to sit at the table and write and draw, and did not leave until the evening.

Ding Zhuo stood outside the house and secretly looked at Ji Yu through the window. He shook his head and muttered.

"Something is wrong, something is so wrong!"

"What did you say!"

Liu Jun on the side didn't hear what Ding Zhuo was talking about, and asked out loud.

Ding Zhuo turned his head, his expression was solemn, and he said worriedly to Liu Jun: "What do you say is wrong with Your Highness, it can't be sick, right?" When I came back in the afternoon, I sat in the house all the time, and I never left my chair, which ...... It's so unusual! ”

"What do you care about so much! Your Highness is in good health, I see, Your Highness is really thinking about the affairs of the Smelting Division! ”

Liu Jun hugged his arms, glanced at Ding Zhuo, and said lightly.

"Hey! I don't care who cares? If Your Highness is sick, it will be okay for you to dare to love you, it will be my dereliction of duty! ”

After hearing this, Ding Zhuo said dissatisfiedly.

"Alright, alright! I said no illness! When His Highness and I went out in the morning, His Highness was still alive and well, and he must have been thinking about the Metallurgical Division. ”

Liu Jun couldn't stand Ding Zhuo's chatter and interrupted his whispering.

"I can't see it. For so many years, when has His Highness been so worried about business. It's an afternoon to sit, and I've never been so honest even when I was grounded a few days ago! ”

Ding Zhuo ignored Liu Jun's words and insisted on his own opinion.

Seeing that he couldn't convince him, Liu Jun held his forehead and sighed helplessly.

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At this time, the protagonist in the dialogue, ———— Ji Yu, as Liu Jun guessed, is worried about the affairs of the Metallurgical Division.

Today's trip to the Metallurgical Division made Ji Yu understand: in order to satisfy his father, the Metallurgical Division will become a continuous supply of sophisticated tools and combat weapons. It's really a long way to go!

At present, the Metallurgical Manufacturing Division is not only unable to develop advanced tools and weapons for the Great Zhou, but also is almost unable to make ends meet because of the vacancy in the national treasury. If you want to change this, you need a lot of money. Paradoxically, it is precisely because of the lack of silver that the smelting department will gradually become what it is now: the craftsmen do not develop the process, but build the agricultural tools of the subsidy department.

Alas, when will Zhu Youshun come back! When he returns, I will have the money.

Ji Yu shook his head, putting this unrealistic idea behind him, the caravan has only been out of Beijing for a few days, and it has not yet arrived at the place, even if the people of the caravan do not need to help build the city, they will not be able to come back until the next year at the earliest, if they wait for that amount of silver, the smelting department should be closed!

Ji Yu picked up the drawings on the table, this is the result of his hard work in the afternoon! The first money for the construction of the Metallurgical Division should be obtained from the hands of these big landlords!

Thinking of this, Ji Yu's face showed a "simple" smile.

"Ding Zhuo———, Ding - Zhuo ——!"

"Alas——! Your Highness, the little one is here! ”

Ding Zhuo heard Ji Yu's shout outside the house, and immediately answered and trotted into the house.

"You go find someone, send this drawing to the smelting department, let Wu Langzhong find a few good craftsmen, hurry up and type it out, and after the finished product comes out, let him call me!"

Ji Yu handed over his "half-day results" and commanded

"Alas, all right! I'll go! ”

Ding Zhuo took the drawings and walked out of the house.

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