The weather is getting colder and colder, and it is snowing in Tokyo. The snowflakes swayed in the wind, mixing with the black smoke from the chimney of the earthen house of the armor building, like soot.

Zan Jurun and a few people walked into a room, took the umbrella and shook the snowflakes on the robe, he immediately frowned and covered his nose with a handkerchief, and a choking smell of burnt came to his face with a heat wave!

The house was very noisy, and the noise was so loud that it was very uncomfortable to buzz in the ears.

The water has frozen, and it is the dry season. But the donkey in the basement pulls a huge wheel and makes a "chirping" tooth sour sound, driving a whole row of blowers to blow air against the stove, and the blast furnace with bricks and mud on the outside is the main source of heat for the high temperature in the house. There is also the sound of a blacksmith slapping a hammer.

Zan Jurun looked over and saw a few topless blacksmiths, Huang Cancan's muscles were full of sweat, and he was swinging a hammer and beating his head.

After a while, a big man in a thin ragged linen shirt walked over, wiping the white ash from his face with a sweat towel. An official in front said: "Yu Zhan Auxiliary Government, he is Xu Sheng." ”

The big man also clenched his fists and bent down and said, "The little one is going to see Zan Fuzheng." ”

Zan Jurun looked him up and down, and said, "You said you can improve the firearm pipe?" ”

The big man who called Xu Sheng replied loudly, otherwise he couldn't hear it, he said: "I don't know yet, it's good if Zan Fuzheng is two days late!" Wait for the iron to burn. There is no blast furnace in Beiyuan, but there is a nail workshop, so I'll try it. ”

This Xu Sheng is a blacksmith in the Beiyuan Firearms Workshop, and he asked to come to the Bianshui Workshop, and Zan Jurun heard what he was doing. The Beiyuan Firearms Workshop is a workshop dedicated to testing new firearms, which is relatively small; The Bianshui Nail Workshop has a great demand for iron, and has built a blast furnace for molten iron, and Xu Sheng said that he wanted a blast furnace, so he came here to test.

Zan Jurun takes this matter very seriously.

The royal family set aside a piece of land in Beiyuan for the Ordnance Supervisor to try to make firearms, raising so many people, and the annual cost is not small; But after a few years of development, it didn't make a name for itself............ To figure out what kind of "***", I actually want to drill the whole stone into the air and use a catapult to shoot it, which is really chicken.

In the past, whether it was the impurity removal method of saltpeter dissolution and filtration, the faster burning of ** granulation, or the bronze gun and mortar cannon, it was Guo Shao's personal idea, and the firearms workshop only implemented it.

Now that it is approaching the end of the year, Zan Jurun is about to sum up the results of the various yamen of the ordnance supervision this year...... When writing about the recital of the Beiyuan Firearms Workshop, did it write "spending money and food in vain, but it is useless"?

This made Zan Jurun feel very difficult. Fortunately, this craftsman has brought him a little expectation recently.

"Can you try it?" Zan Jurun asked.

Xu Sheng hesitated a little, and said loudly: "Anyway, if the gun is cast, it must have a big hole and a thick body; **Runaway, can't go far! You have to use the method of forging and wrapping. ”

"With a cold stick as the core, wrapped in an iron plate?" Zan Jurun said, "Didn't you try? ”

Xu Sheng said: "Yes, wrought iron is too soft, and it will be deformed when it is fried; Slightly hard and brittle, it cracks as soon as it is fried. But I pondered it, there are two inappropriate, one is that the iron material is not good, and the other is not good. ”

Zan Jurun turned back to one of the scribes accompanying him and said, "You write down what he said." ”

"Whoa." The scribe hurriedly took out his pen and ink from his bag and prepared it.

Xu Sheng said again: "The ** we use is too strong, it burns too fast, and it is easy to burst the iron pipe; There was little smoke, and the projectile did not go far in the chamber. That ** fried things, and it was not very useful to send lead bullets. I readjusted the ingredients and added more charcoal.

In addition, the iron used to forge the gun pipe is too ripe and soft, and it is brittle if it is slightly hard. I've tried a lot of methods, and adding limestone can get better...... However, I used to hammer wrought iron while adding limestone powder, and the slag was all hammered into the iron. Now I think about it again, and add it to the furnace molten iron! ”

Zan Jurun asked, "What is the reason for this?" ”

Xu Sheng looked dazed: "The little one doesn't know, the three generations of the small family are all blacksmiths, and they rely on experience." ”

He pointed to the large furnace that was heating behind him and said, "After the molten iron was recast into blocks, I repeatedly burned red and forged it to make mature iron. The tube is then re-forged with this wrought iron. ”

Zan Jurun said: "If you do it, you will be rewarded with a hundred yuan!" ”

Xu Sheng's eyes widened: "Zan Fuzheng is a good word!" ”

Zan Jurun said categorically: "As long as you do it, the official will reward you with Yulu!" ”

But it will take at least more than a month for this thing to be tested, and Zan Jurun can't wait, and it will be next year in more than a month! It is better for him to write down the information he has collected than to write "I have nothing for nothing."

…… On this day, as soon as Guo Shao walked into the study of the east hall, he saw that there were many chapters on the imperial case, most of which were persuaded to change the country name, and they had been classified, so he threw them aside and refused to approve them, and then refused them together.

The posture should be sufficient, if you take the initiative to change the name of the country to be the founding emperor as soon as you come, it will be very ugly; You have to get a lot of people to support you, and you have to "make it difficult" to do this...... Although Guo Shao himself is also a founding emperor.

And Guo Shao still has some things that he hasn't thought about well, so he can't be in a hurry.

When he ascended the throne, he did not have the title of meritorious hero, and now the founding of the country should be considered...... Moreover, the current system of forbidden military power is suitable for regular large-scale wars, but it is not conducive to ensuring the security of imperial power. This is an indisputable fact.

In history, the reason why Zhao Kuangyin released his military power with a glass of wine was also because he saw the risks. Guo Shao also wants to draw a scoop to release the military power with a glass of wine? He denied this approach because his military philosophy was completely different from that of Zhao Kuangyin...... And according to that method, the imperial court really doesn't have so much money to "redeem" the generals' military rights.

Guo Shao decided to wait.

At this moment, a piece of the Ordnance Supervisor came into Guo Shao's eyes. Most of his other pieces were sent to the Ministers of the Council and the Privy Council at their discretion, but he was very interested in the parts of the Warden of Ordnance...... Ancient scholars didn't pay much attention to technology, but Guo Shao's concept was different after all.

Zan Jurun's own handwritten scantata, in which the ink mentions a craftsman named Xu Sheng's attempt to improve the fire gun pipe.

Guo Shao was very engaged, and he only felt that it made sense...... In my impression, the fire gun doesn't seem to be Huang Cancan's copper casting, it's really an iron pipe! It was only after many unsuccessful attempts to use an iron pipe before that I came up with a nondescript-looking musket.

As for the principle of adding lime powder to iron?

Guo Shao pondered for a long time and didn't understand, picked up the pen and scribbled some chemical equations on the paper, but unfortunately his chemical knowledge was only limited to middle school, and he forgot most of it! If he had studied metallurgy, he might have been able to figure it out now, but unfortunately he wasn't. Guo Shao is also half a pot of water, and he doesn't know a lot of things.

Fortunately, he had worked as a blacksmith before to make a living, so he still knew a little about the craft at this time.

He couldn't understand the principle of the craftsman's process, and guessed that the iron ore contained too much sulfur or some impurities that affected the strength of the metal, and the added additives could remove the impurities?

In any case, we must encourage craftsmen who can innovate! When Guo Shao picked up the pen, he remembered that Zan Jurun was in this study.

Guo Shao raised his head and said, "Zan Auxiliary Government." ”

Zan Jurun hurriedly got up and walked over and bowed and said, "The minister is here." ”

Guo Shao returned the piece to him: "This Xu Sheng, if he can really make an iron pipe, tell him that he will get a heavy reward!" Tokyo picks a house, Kaifeng Prefecture allocates a piece of official land, and gives a thousand yuan. ”

Zan Ju Runmian was surprised, after all, it was just a small craftsman.

However, Guo Shao has always been generous to the things he cares about, and after a moment of silence, he said: "The ordnance supervisor will find a vacancy and add him to the official position." ”

Zan Jurun couldn't help but say: "This person is a craftsman, I'm afraid he can't read a few big characters." ”

Guo Shao said: "This matter plays a major role, if Xu Sheng can make meritorious contributions, even if he is a craftsman, he can afford a heavy reward." I also want him to be an example, a talented person, not just a good article. ”

Zan Jurun had no choice but to bow: "Your Majesty is wise." ”

After a while, Guo Shao inadvertently found a very interesting book on the imperial case: written by Fan Zhi.

actually persuaded Guo Shao to open the country and become the emperor! Because there were too many people who persuaded this, the music was divided into categories, and Guo Shao almost didn't find out...... Fortunately, the performance of Fan quality is placed at the top, so it is easy to see, probably because several cabinet assistants paid attention to Fan Qian's music and did it deliberately.

In my heart, Guo Shao personally doesn't like Fan Qian!

He stood up and paced outside the screen, where all four cabinet officials stood up. Guo Shao turned his head to look at them and asked, "What do you think it is like to reinstate Fan Qianguan?" ”

Several people looked at each other, and Zuo You clenched his fists and said: "Before the Northern Expedition, Fan Gong strongly opposed it, and said that His Majesty could not win. Now His Majesty has returned to the dynasty victoriously, but he is very tolerant of Fan Gong, which is the heart of the East China Sea. ”

In fact, Fan Zhen disobeyed Guo Shao at the beginning, but he opposed Fu Jinzhan and made a bunch of bad things. It's just that Zuo Yu didn't mention it.

Moreover, Zuo You advocates restoring the official position of the nature of the model, and the reason is not what he says...... The most critical reason is not easy to put on the surface!

Fan Zhen's identity is very special, he is an old minister during the first emperor's period, and he has not been accepted by Guo Shao as a confidant. At this moment, many former ministers of the former dynasty will have a wait-and-see attitude in their hearts...... After all, once a son of heaven and a courtier! If Fan Zhen, the person who rebellious and stroking the dragon's beard, is fine, do the former ministers and officials still have to worry about their own position and interests?

Since they are all officials, and they are not of different races in the Central Plains. As long as his own interests can be protected, Guo Shao puts himself in his shoes: assuming that he is such an official, he will definitely be an official, and he does not want to oppose the emperor's founding of the country and becoming the emperor at all.

As for what Zuo You said about the reasons that it doesn't matter, his attitude is the most important. It is estimated that Zuo You and others have also seen this.

Sure enough, Huang Binglian and the other three also said one after another: "Your Majesty is generous, and the world is in the heart." The minister thought that Prime Minister Fan Gong's talent was very fortunate to be forgiven by His Majesty. ”

Guo Shao was also very neat and straightforward, and when he heard that the four people had the same attitude as himself, he immediately turned around and said: "Come on, go to Fan's Mansion to pass the decree, and tell him to be on duty in the political hall tomorrow, what he used to do, what he will do now." ”

The eunuch on duty was Cao Tai, and his voice was a little weak: "The slave obeys the order." ”