On the same day, Zhao Hongrun, who had no intention of staying in the Smelting Bureau any longer, took the guards straight to the Yiwang Mansion of Zhao Yuanyan, the uncle of the six princes.

This is the first time Zhao Hongrun has visited this uncle's mansion.

Zhao Yuanyan's Yiwang Mansion, when he left Daliang to go to Longxi, was once vacant, except for a dozen old people who stayed to guard and clean the palace, and no one lived in the mansion, but with Zhao Yuanyan returned to Daliang and moved back to this palace, this mansion became lively again.

It's no wonder, after all, this prince has a wide range of friends, guests all over the world, up to the ministers of various countries, down to the three religions and nine streams, all have acquaintances, and he is a prince who has eaten for a lifetime with face.

It's not easy to do.

For example, Zhao Hongrun, although he is now full of fame, how many officials in the DPRK and China will take the initiative to invite him to the mansion for a banquet? This may have something to do with him as a prince, but more importantly, it is because Zhao Hongrun's reputation in the court is not very good.

Or rather, not very friendly.

For example, those officials of the ministry, although when they met Zhao Hongrun on the road, they would respectfully shout "His Royal Highness King Su", but in private, God knows how these people will be buried.

It's no wonder, after all, who called Zhao Hongrun to be used by Wei Tianzi to defeat the officials who were once high in the six departments?

But Zhao Hongrun, the uncle of the six kings, Zhao Yuanyan, his connections in Daliang, it is really difficult to describe in words.

As far as Zhao Hongrun knows, after his sixth uncle moved back to King Yi's mansion, there was an endless stream of people who came to visit, and the wine banquet continued, as if those people were scrambling to line up to invite this sixth uncle to dinner, which was incredible.

Even, several of Zhao Hongrun's brothers. Yongwang Hongyu, Xiangwang Hongjing, and Qingwang Hongxin also came to visit, and even the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, also led his staff Luo Ying to visit.

After all, the support of Zhao Yuanyan, the sixth uncle, is a big help for these princes to compete for the throne of the Great Wei Dynasty.

It's a pity, though. When Zhao Hongrun came to Yiwang's mansion, Zhao Yuanli, the uncle of the sixth prince, was not in the mansion, and according to the servants guarding the door, Zhao Yuanli seemed to have taken his guards to hunt in the mountains and forests outside the city.

"Did the sixth uncle say when he would come back?"

Zhao Hongrun asked the servant.

"The prince did not say it explicitly, but according to the past custom, he would return at dusk...... Or, stay overnight outside the city. The servant said uncertainly.

"Your Highness?" Zong Wei Gao Kuo looked at his Highness hesitantly, he could see that His Highness was in a bad mood at the moment.

Come to think of it. Gao Kuo turned to the servant and said, "Can I let my Royal Highness wait in the palace for a while?" ”

Although the domestic servant did not know the relationship between Zhao Hongrun and his family's prince, Zhao Yuanyan, the title of King Su alone was enough for him to swallow the words of refusal.

"Thank you."

After thanking him, Zhao Hongrun, under the guidance of the servant, came to the main hall of the north house, and the subordinates of his own house served tea.

I have to say that Zhao Hongrun is lucky, Zhao Yuanyan did not choose to stay overnight in the wilderness today, he was before dusk. Then he took a group of guards and rode back to King Yi's mansion.

It can be seen that the results of Zhao Yuanyan and his entourage going out of the city to hunt are quite brilliant. Not only were several hares and pheasants hunted, but also a roe deer, and even more incredibly, one of the guards was carrying an adult elk that had been killed by arrows.

"Move these to the kitchen, so that those cooks don't ruin the results of this king's hunt." Zhao Yuanli seemed to be happy. With a smile, he commanded the servants who came to greet him.

But just as he turned over and dismounted, a servant stepped forward and respectfully said, "Lord, King Su is waiting in the main hall of the North House at this moment." ”

"King Su? Hongrun? The smile on Zhao Yuanling's face slowly retracted. He looked a little surprised.

After all, as far as he knew, Zhao Hongrun had been busy with the affairs of the Smelting Bureau these days, so he didn't call the nephew he had always loved to hunt outside the city together.

"That kid came to me at this time...... Is something going on?'

Zhao Yuanli frowned, handed the reins in his hand to the head of the sect guard, and ordered, "Wang Qi, prepare wine and food." ”

Wang Qi, the head of the sect's guard, nodded.

"And some dried fruit."

"Yes!"

After giving the order, Zhao Yuanyan went straight to the main hall of the north house in the palace.

After passing through the forest garden and corridor in the mansion, Zhao Yuanyan really saw Zhao Hongrun sitting in the front hall of the main hall of the north house.

"Hongrun, how did you think of coming to the sixth uncle's palace?"

Zhao Yuanli stepped forward and asked with a smile.

Zhao Hongrun seemed to be pondering something, and when he heard this, he woke up from his thoughts, stood up and arched his hand: "Uncle Liuwang." ”

Zhao Yuanyan waved his hand, signaling that Zhao Hongrun did not need to be so formal, and immediately, he ordered the guards behind him to put a large table in the center of the front hall, and he sat opposite Zhao Hongrun.

"Hongrun came quite coincidentally, the sixth uncle went out of the city to hunt today, which can be described as a fruitful result...... Later, I will let you taste the game obtained by the sixth uncle's hunting. ”

"Okay." Zhao Hongrun reluctantly laughed.

"......" Zhao Yuanli glanced at his nephew, and naturally could see that this nephew had something on his mind, but he didn't ask, after all, at this time, the servants in the house were serving dishes, chopsticks and wine, and there were many people.

After waiting for those servants to retreat, Zhao Yuanli waved his hand to make the guards also retreat, and then asked calmly: "Seeing that you are depressed, aren't you arguing with your father again?" ”

"No, I didn't." Zhao Hongrun shook his head and said in a low voice: "Since I heard from Uncle Liuwang what 'the willfulness of the king' is, Hongrun also feels that I may have been too presumptuous with my father......

Indeed, since Zhao Yuanyan reminded Zhao Hongrun what "the willfulness of the king" is, Zhao Hongrun has been a little afraid of his father, Emperor Wei Tianzi, after all, he has seen the kind and enlightened father emperor in his impression, showing a gloomy and murderous side in front of him.

Maybe that's the true side of Zhao Yuanxi, the king of Great Wei, but it is undeniable that such a father and emperor make Zhao Hongrun somewhat unfamiliar.

A father who will kill his son's confidante, how can this make his son feel relieved?

It is true that Wei Tianzi's concerns are correct, because of Miss Su's incident, Zhao Hongrun will inevitably have a little estrangement from him.

This point can be fully proved from the fact that Zhao Hongrun is no longer going to the vertical arch hall.

"......" Zhao Yuanli looked at Zhao Hongrun, frowned and asked, "What happened?" ”

"Today, my father ordered me to call the Smelting Bureau to teach the new process of mass production of weapons to the War Casting Bureau," Zhao Hongrun told the Sixth Uncle in front of him about the cause ......and effect with an expressionless face.

Because it was in front of the sixth uncle, Zhao Hongrun inevitably mixed with many complaints in his words.

Think about it, you must know that the new process is the precious wealth of their smelting bureau, and it is a better thing than the value of real money and silver, Wei Tianzi asked the smelting bureau to give up this valuable new process to the Bing Casting Bureau with a word, is it really that Zhao Hongrun has no anger in his heart?

It's just that he has been afraid of his father, and he has also developed an estrangement, and he doesn't have the courage to go to the Vertical Arch Hall to ask for guilt as he did when he was ignorant and ignorant in the past.

"Sixth uncle, is it too much for you to say that your father is doing this?" Zhao Hongrun asked angrily.

"Hehehe." Zhao Yuanli shook his head with a smile when he heard this, and immediately looked up at Zhao Hongrun and said, "Hongrun, you are too anxious." ”

"What?" Zhao Hongrun was a little puzzled.

I saw Zhao Yuanyan lift the wine jug, pour a full cup for his nephew, and said with a smile in his mouth: "Tell the sixth uncle the truth, do you plan to replace or annex the War Casting Bureau?" ”

"Huh?"

Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhao Yuanyan in surprise, frowned and asked after half a sound, "Is it obvious?" ”

"It's obvious." Zhao Yuanli smiled, took the wine glass and toasted Zhao Hongrun, and said with a smile: "Although the sixth uncle was busy entertaining a while ago, I also heard that you made up a military construction agency, and at that time, the sixth uncle guessed that you intended to grab meat from the bowl of the military casting bureau. …… In fact, I am afraid that not only Uncle Sixth guessed, but also many officials in the DPRK and China should have guessed this matter. ”

"Hongrun doesn't think there's anything wrong with this move." Because it was in front of the trusted Uncle Liuwang, Zhao Hongrun rarely revealed his heart: "It is true that the Military Casting Bureau is good at casting weapons, but they have made little contribution to the improvement and upgrading of the equipment of our Great Wei army. …… If I can get the resources of the War Casting Bureau, I can do more for my Great Wei. ”

Zhao Hongrun didn't say anything about this, after all, as the stalls laid by the Smelting Bureau became bigger and bigger, there were places everywhere that required a lot of manpower and material resources, such as the number of swords made with the Bing Casting Bureau this time, and the Smelting Bureau gathered more than 400 groups of blacksmiths.

Although with the help of the new technology, the Smelting Bureau still finally defeated the Arsenal Bureau, but then again, if the more than 2,000 experienced blacksmiths in the Arsenal Bureau were owned by the Arsenal Bureau, what would happen to the number of iron swords mass-produced by the Arsenal Bureau?

Five times over!

That's a terrifying number of 40,000 iron swords a month!

This is where Zhao Hongrun is conceited, he feels that he is more suitable as a leader than Wang Fu and Li Jin, and uses the knowledge he knows to lead the experienced craftsmen in China to develop technology in the right direction.

"You're too anxious."

Zhao Yuanyan shook his head, and suddenly changed the topic and said, "Sixth Uncle remembers that he once taught you to fish." …… What happens if the line is too tight? ”

"It's going to break because of the fish's struggle." Zhao Hongrun said.

"That's the reason." Zhao Yuanyan poured Zhao Hongrun a full glass of wine, and said lightly: "You first set up the Military Construction Bureau, and then provoked the Military Casting Bureau, and you forced the Military Department too tightly...... They are like fish on your hook, struggling to survive. And at this time, you need to slow down the fishing line......"

"Slow down the line?" Zhao Hongrun frowned, vaguely as if he had thought of something.

As if guessing his thoughts, Zhao Yuanli said with a smile: "Not bad! Your father is not tearing down your platform, he just made his best judgment...... Even, he's helping you. ”

"How is that possible?!"

Zhao Hongrun looked at Zhao Yuanyan in disbelief. (To be continued.) )