The next day, on the seventh day of the second lunar month, the prince went to Yongxing Xicheng via Miaotian Mountain, and before that, on the day of the house arrest of 600 Li Yan in early February, he ordered that Zhou Kong's army be transferred to Suidang County, intending to use the local power of Sui Dang to slowly digest Baili Yan's lineage. Therefore, when passing through the Zhoukong camp, he was organizing the transfer, but Jiang Jie did not inform her of the news.

So when the prince passed through the defense area, Zhou Kong mistakenly thought that Bailiyan was in the queue and went to look for a visit, and at this time, Lu Gao, who was passing, did not know that Bailiyan was under house arrest, so he told Zhou Kong that Bailiyan was still in the mausoleum to deal with the aftermath, Zhou Kong believed it was true, so he had to return to the army to continue to pack up.

When arriving outside the west city of Yongxing, the gray white smoke spewed by the huge building of the blast furnace in the city shocked everyone.

Prior to this, the six places of Yongxing City, Xuanyun Ruitian, Lincheng, and Shuyang had never been opened to the outside world, and even the crown prince was required not to enter for twenty-four years under the constraints of King Xian, so he had never set foot in Yongxing City, and Xihuan Ji Jinsheng Fang Bo and others were even more so.

Therefore, for the vast majority of people, Yongxing City deserves to be the world's largest top-secret forbidden place, which can only be seen from a distance but not up close, but today all the secrets will be made public.

Under the guidance of Lu Gao, the prince and his entourage led the forbidden army of 5,000 people to climb the city wall of the West Gate, facing the spectacular scene in the city, everyone was amazed. Of course, they didn't know what these huge buildings were doing.

The prince was very surprised, so he immediately asked Lu Gao

"Lusma, you can tell what the smoke in front of you is for."

"King Qiqi, most of these towers are refining furnaces, but they also have other uses."

At this time, Ji Jinsheng was taken aback

"General Lu said, these are refining furnaces!"

"Yes, it's all a furnace." Lu Gao was very sure and had no reservations.

Ji Jinsheng's brows tightened suddenly, the shock in his heart was incomprehensible, he believed that Lu Gao would not lie, but he couldn't believe the implementation in front of him. Although Ji Jinsheng was born in the army, he still knows a lot about smelting, especially in Xianguo for many years, it is impossible for him not to inquire and not study.

At this time, everyone whispered and discussed, all of them were shocked by what Lu Gao said. Of course, the prince had little interest in metallurgy, but at this time he could also realize that this was completely inconsistent with the cabinet data he had seen before.

The next moment he asked Lu Gao again

"Lu Sima, how much refined iron can be smelted in Yongxing City in a year."

"Back to the king, this matter should be asked to the great Sinong, and it is not under the responsibility of the minister."

"Right now, the Marquis of Yongxing is in the mausoleum to take care of the aftermath of the king, there is a lot of inconvenience, Lu Sima can say as much as he knows."

"This ......" Lu Gao hesitated, at this moment, Xihuan and other Jin people gathered here, and said in front of Xihuan and others, it was very inappropriate and unberuly.

At this time, the prince saw Lu Gao's clues, so he strictly ordered

"Lu Sima doesn't have to be so cautious, let's say, how much fine iron can Yongxing produce in a year."

"Since the king said so, the minister said so. As far as the minister knows, last year's annual output of 50,000 catties of steel, the output of ......"

Lu Gao just said 50,000 catties, and everyone was shocked, and Uncle Fang scolded

"Nonsense, how can Xianguo produce 50,000 catties of iron every year!"

"The commercial business makes the adults not see that the Xianguo builds thousands of miles of railways every year, and the good steel laid on the ground is difficult to fake." Lu Gao asked rhetorically, Uncle Fang was speechless, everyone was silent, Ji Jinsheng, Xihuan and others were all discouraged.

At this time, the prince came to his senses and asked again

"Lu Sima is serious, fine iron can really produce 50,000 catties!"

"Back to the king, before that, the final results of Yongxing's production materials were only read by the king and Zhao Shuai, and the minister also saw the internal reference after serving as the great Sima. 50,000,000 jin is only the output of steel, in addition, the annual production of iron is about 126 million catties, copper 80 million catties, tin 90 million catties, and other ministers do not understand about 140,000 catties of gold and iron, a total of about 100,000 catties of various gold and iron products can be smelted a year, if you convert the city ore, it should increase the weight by six to seven times. ”

"This ......" the prince was speechless, and everyone was shocked.

Although King Xian did not leave his son wealth and treasure, he left another treasure more precious than gold and silver, that is, modern industry and the whole country. But this wealth has far exceeded Jiang Yu's thoughts, beyond Xihuan's thoughts, and is far more than the wealth created by an inner mansion.

At the request of Jiang Zhen, led by Duan Songzhi, the head of the Ligong faction, the group spent three days to visit the Xicheng Industrial Zone one by one, and everything they saw brought a huge shock to Xihuan Ji Jinsheng. There is no doubt that at this moment, they are more like time-travelers.

Yongxing City is a priority city for power development, and Xicheng is gradually being renovated, and some areas have used early power equipment such as uplink cranes, and electric lights have become popular.

The situation in the east of the city is more complicated, all kinds of machinery factories are lined up in an orderly manner, all the goods from the first process to the final product are vivid, when the secret of Yongxing City is completely unintentional, everyone can't help but begin to doubt, doubt themselves, doubt life, Xihuan even has a feeling of marrying the wrong man.

Thinking that the strategy of disambiguation formulated by Gongshu Kuo was fundamentally wrong, if she married Bailiyan and was the future King of Qi, all this was not only hers, but also her son's.

On the ninth day of February, Jiang Qianhuo hurried back to Guangxin, Jiang Min learned that Bai Liyan was under house arrest, and suffered a recurrence of stroke in a hurry, and caused a cerebral hemorrhage, and fell ill suddenly the next day, at the age of 73, Luo Songting also died of qi a few days later, and Guangxin Shuangxing came to an end.

The prince stayed in Yongxing for five days, and originally planned to finish the story in one day, but he was still unsatisfied after five days, and had no intention of leaving. However, the enthronement hall was imminent, and the prince reluctantly took the train back to Chenling. Before leaving, Lu Gao asked him

"King, why haven't you seen Lord Si Nong for the past five days, I don't know if the king has other arrangements."

The prince was in a good mood at this time, and Lu Gao suddenly mentioned Bailiyan, which couldn't help but be disappointed, and he said in a high-sounding manner

"Gu Nian Si Nong has been physically and mentally exhausted for many years of state affairs, and his father has a lot of trust in Yongxing Hou, so he is specially allowed to be alone in his father's mausoleum to keep filial piety, Lord Lu Doesn't there be a better arrangement."

"I think this matter is probably inappropriate. Si Nong has a heavy responsibility, Xianguo is inseparable from Si Nong, and I hope that the king will be restored to his throne as soon as possible to settle the people's hearts. ”

"I have not only Yongxing Hou who is worthy of a heavy responsibility, but also more than he is the only one who can be entrusted with the trust, one day Yongxing Hou will go with his father, what to do at that time, do you have to give Yongxing Hou a long life of 100 years."

"The minister doesn't dare, but the Marquis of Yongxing is related to the national lineage, and the king must not neglect it."

"The lonely man just made him feel at ease and regulate his body, where did he snub him."

The prince actually thought so from the bottom of his heart, he didn't plan to kill Bailiyan, he just wanted to grab Bailiyan's interests first, and then kill his arrogance, so he was rightly arrogant, and it was difficult for Lu Gao to shake his head.

At present, there are courtiers who guard the tomb on behalf of the new king, and it has always been regarded as the highest courtesy, which shows that you are very valued by the previous king. Baili Yan is not only a confidant of King Xian, but also responsible for supervising the construction of the mausoleum, and finally responsible for the funeral, so it is reasonable for Baili Yan to keep filial piety.

But that was in the past, the productivity was low, the pace of life was slow, the administrative efficiency was low, ten days and half a month, there was no problem with the minister's filial piety, even if it was entrusted to the lonely minister. However, with the development of the times, more and more powerful groups took advantage of the political practice of the monarch dying and the ministers keeping filial piety to achieve their goals.

Under the influence of the idea of loyalty to the king and respect for the king, courtiers often can only helplessly follow the existing rules, and can never escape this fate, and the same is true for Bailiyan. Although he has taken a large number of reform measures, when it comes to the fundamental and core sensitive issues, he can only bypass them in a roundabout way, and he does not dare to act rashly at all.

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