The next day, next to the Kunming Pond of Shanglin Garden.

Dozens of ox carts, pulling hundreds of stone of squatting and squatting owls, unloaded them on the shore of the lake.

Hundreds of officials from more than a dozen divisions, such as the Shaofu Qing Examination Office, the Sikong Bureau, the Compatriot Officer, and the East and West Weaving Orders and the East Garden, squatted on the shore of the lake, cleaning the tubers that had just arrived here.

For them, it's as simple as washing the tubers.

On the shore of the lake, according to Zhang Yue's instructions, several large tripods were erected, and the firewood was burning, boiling the water in the big ding.

To be honest, the efficiency of cooking food is extremely poor.

But now, there is no iron pot.

Or to put it this way, the world is not yet luxurious enough to use an iron pot!

Iron utensils are easy to rust, and for the people, if they buy an iron pot at home, it is equivalent to losing money every day.

Dingware is different, these bronzes do not rust.

And it's so high.

Didn't you see the master father Yan Du said, 'The eldest husband is born as a five-tripod food, and when he dies, he also cooks five-tripods'?

But......

Zhang Yue looked at this situation, but he was a little excited.

Because he found an idea that could quickly increase the industrial scale of the Han Dynasty - the iron pot!

If you can cast a pig iron pot equivalent to the technical level of the Ming and Qing dynasties today, then ......

How big will this market be?

I'm afraid it's too big to imagine!

Whether it's China, or Siyi, who doesn't need an iron pot?

This commodity, like tea and salt, is a necessity.

In other words, as long as the Han family can click on the manufacturing technology tree of the iron pot, it can dump the iron pot in large quantities to the world.

This, in turn, could prompt Shaofu to expand the scale of iron smelting and casting.

It's just that you need to find a way to solve the problem that the pig iron pot is easy to rust.

Stainless steel is not to think about.

But how did the iron pots after the Song Dynasty prevent rust?

Zhang Yue scratched his head and found that this technique seemed impossible to obtain by backtracking.

Because......

Not to mention the new century, even in the eighties, the pig iron pot has begun to withdraw from the market.

Zhang Yue saw it when he was a child, but he didn't know how to do it.

"It seems that we have to pass the experiment...... Zhang Yue thought to himself: "Perhaps, this is also an opportunity to establish a professional laboratory in Xinfeng......"

Thinking about these things in my heart, my eyes wandered around Kunming Lake.

The preparation technology of this taro vermicelli and konjac powder is not too difficult.

He also wrote down the basic steps in a silk book and handed them to the people below.

If he hadn't thought about coming to this Kunming Pool to have a look, he might not have bothered to come.

Of course, there is another reason......

Zhang Yue extended his gaze from the rippling blue waves of Kunming Pool to the distance.

On the other side of Kunming Pond is the most famous tiger circle of the Han Dynasty.

It is home to South China tigers, South China leopards and other national first-class protected animals that have become extinct in the wild in later generations.

For the nobles of the Han family, the tiger circle is simply the best entertainment place in Guanzhong.

There is nothing that can be compared, while drinking fine wine, watching the tigers and leopards in the Colosseum fight, and even the fight between man and beast, can soothe the nerves and relieve stress.

Even the emperors of the past generations loved to watch this kind of sport.

Therefore, in the history of the Han Dynasty, there are many stories and allusions that happened in the tiger circle.

For example, the duet between Taizong and Zhang Shizhi took place there.

During the time of the first emperor, Yuan Gusheng was thrown into the beast pen by the Empress Dowager Dou to fight with wild boars, which also happened there.

In later generations, this tiger circle even almost took the life of a Han Tianzi - Emperor Cheng almost died under the claws of a rampaging wild bear, if it weren't for Jieyu, who was by his side at the time, stepped forward and blocked Emperor Cheng.

As far as Zhang Yue knew, at this time, in the tiger circle opposite, Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, was taking his ministers and nobles and some Confucian scholars to play a game of tearing tigers and leopards there.

Among them, there is Li Yu, who is the representative of the prince.

Since getting Han Shuang's reminder yesterday, Zhang Yue has been thinking about it and looking for an opportunity to test Li Yu.

And now it's a good opportunity!

But......

"Why hasn't Li Yu come yet?" Zhang Yue held his chin and fell into deep thought.

He thought about it from another perspective, if he was Li Yu, he wanted to deal with someone.

Then you will definitely find an opportunity to contact and try to try.

"Isn't Li Yu interested in me?" Zhang Yue was puzzled: "Or is he so arrogant that he doesn't take me seriously?" ”

………………

Of course, Li Yu didn't dare not put Zhang Yue in his eyes.

At this moment, he sat in the corner of the tiger enclosure and watched the fight taking place in the arena - a samurai armed only with a wooden shield and a short knife was confronting a hungry tiger that looked fierce.

Not far from him, Liu Xu, the king of Guangling, held his sword and shouted: "Go up! Soo-o! The widow gives you 800 stone every year, but he doesn't want you to be a coward! ”

"Big husband, you should be fearless of tigers and leopards, and a true hero kills tigers and bears!"

This great king, since the age of sixteen, has been like this.

He was born with divine power, and he could even tear tigers and leopards alive, and kill a thousand-pound bear with his fists.

It can be called the most courageous existence among the sons today!

He himself compared himself to Xiang Yu, thinking that the world was all scum except him.

It's just that......

"It's just the courage of the horseman...... Li Yu sneered in his heart and looked at Liu Xu's figure: "It can just be used by me......"

Even in Li Yu's design, in fact, the best way is to let this king take the initiative to find trouble with that Zhang Zizhong, and repeat the story of King Huainan Li hammering and killing the Marquis of Biyang.

However, it is not very easy to operate.

After all, although this Liu Xu is a little stupid.

But among his concubines and ministers, there are still smart people.

At this time, the samurai in the audience had already stepped forward with a sword, cautiously approaching the roaring tiger with his head down.

Liu Xu immediately danced excitedly, raised the wine bottle, and poured it into his mouth.

And the courtiers around Liu Xu clapped their hands and began to cheer.

Li Yu quietly picked up the wine bottle and walked behind Liu Xu.

In the field, the humans and tigers began to fight together.

The samurai seemed to be a warrior who had been trained to fight the tigers.

But unfortunately, his opponent was an adult male tiger, more than a zhang long, weighing at least 500 Han Jin (about 130 kilograms), with stubby and strong limbs, and was a natural hunter and the existence at the top of the food chain.

With just one stagger, the samurai made a fatal mistake - he may have been interfered with by Liu Xu and wanted to kill him with one blow and win the reward.

As a result, his attack failed.

This exposed his back to the tiger's attack.

And then......

In front of a hungry tiger, making a mistake is no different from death.

It all came to an abrupt end.

The samurai was pounced on by the tiger, and blood immediately spurted to the ground.

"Rubbish!" When Liu Xu saw it, he scolded viciously: "Waste! ”

As he spoke, he was about to take off his crown and plan to go on the field himself and show others what a 'true warrior' was.

"The king must not!" The two ministers beside him immediately stopped him: "The son of the king's daughter, how can you take the risk?" ”

At the same time, the soldiers on both sides of the tiger circle also began to step forward with shields and halberds to drive away the tigers and clean up the mess.

They are skilled at doing this.

If a person wins, he is a hero.

If the beast wins, it will be driven away immediately, and of course, the winner will be rewarded with a boar or elk.

But Liu Xu looked at the scene, but he couldn't bear it, he threw off the crown hard, and said, "Do you think that the widow can't beat the tiger?" ”

He held his head high and looked to the left and right with contempt.

Since he became an adult, there have been countless beasts of all kinds that have died under his fists or sword.

He even set a record of smashing a tiger Tianling Gai with one punch.

In his opinion, unless Xiang Yu is resurrected, who will compete in this world?

As soon as he said this, the ministers left and right were embarrassed.

If it was in Guangling Kingdom, no one would be able to stop this extremely competitive king.

However, this is Chang'an.

Once the Son of Heaven knew that King Guangling had gone down to fight the tiger again.

Under Long Yan's anger, they will at least lose their officials, and if it is more serious, they may be directly executed.

"The king......" A minister hurriedly grabbed Liu Xu's trouser leg and begged: "The king is here in Shanglin Yuan, if the Son of Heaven knows......"

When Liu Xu heard this, his face finally softened.

Thinking of his father, he is also a little jealous.

Five years ago, when he returned to Beijing, he did not restrain his temperament, and went down to the tiger circle to fight with the bear, and was slightly injured.

Then he was called by his father to scold him, and he was also locked in a violent room, making him think about it.

Even......

If it weren't for the prince's bitter begging at that time, and King Yan also took out Li Ji to intercede, maybe he, the king of Guangling, would have to roll up and go to Jiaozhi to be the king of Jiaozhi.

But......

The irritable factor in his temperament was about to move, and he stared at the hungry tiger that was being driven away by the soldiers and was about to leave, and he felt that his whole body was about to burn.

A tiger, in front of him, the one who killed him, can still leave?

He couldn't bear it!

He asked, "Who will take the life of the beast for the widow?" ”

No one on the left or right made a sound.

The power of the tiger is obvious to all.

Zong Xiong is already a good player among everyone, but he has already lost his life and ended up in a blur of flesh and blood.

No one can guarantee that they will not end up like that.

When Liu Xu saw it, he was furious, and roared: "What's the use of widows raising people? ”

He kicked a few samurai in front of him fiercely, but after all, he didn't dare to use too much force, if he made a fuss and was known by the imperial history, he was afraid that he would have to shed his skin, and he might even be punished for a few counties.

"The ...... King" At this moment, Li Yu stepped forward with a smile and said: "The minister knows that there is a person who is brave and crowns Guanzhong, who is the first warrior in Chang'an, or can cheer for the king......"

When Liu Xu heard the words 'First Warrior', he immediately jumped up: "Who?" ”

In his cognition, everyone who dares to compete with him for the title of No. 1 Warrior will die!

"Zhang Zizhong ...... in the service" Li Yu smiled, like a poisonous snake spitting out a letter: "This person's courage is well known, and he once killed eight assassins with his bare hands, which is really admirable!" ”