"As long as you practice more iron, it will be the best reward for the prince?"

After hearing Gao Ming's words, Wang Ze's heart was suddenly full of doubts, but soon, he showed a look of sudden realization.

"I see, Your Highness the Crown Prince, you mean iron profits, right? You can rest assured, with your blast furnace, we will definitely be able to train more iron, and the profit will be the same as the salt farm you cooperated with the Lu family, 28 percent, our Wang family accounts for 20%, and you account for 80 percent! ”

"No!" As soon as Wang Ze's words fell, Gao Ming shook his head, "Eighty percent is not enough, I want them all!" ”

"Huh? All? Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wang Ze was stunned.

He didn't expect Gao Ming's appetite to be so big, but his intuition told him that Gao Ming was not that kind of unreasonable person, and there must be a certain reason why he did it.

So after being surprised, Wang Ze still bit it, and then bowed his hand to Gao Ming.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, Weichen understands, after returning to Taiyuan, Weichen will immediately let the family build five hundred blast furnaces, all the iron trained from the blast furnace belongs to His Royal Highness the Prince, and the Wang family will never dare to take any of it!"

For Wang Ze, this decision is not too difficult, because the cost of 500 blast furnaces, as well as the wages of the craftsmen, the Wang family can afford it, if you can use these money in exchange for the trust of Gao Ming, it is very cost-effective.

After a few years, once Gao Ming ascends the throne and becomes emperor, then the royal family's investment will inevitably double the return.

Wang Ze will still calculate this account, so his face is not much resistance at this moment.

Looking at Wang Ze's willing look, Gao Ming laughed again.

"Very good answer, don't worry, I won't take advantage of your Wang family in vain, I took the iron, and I will naturally compensate you with something else, do you remember what I said before? What is the most valuable thing in Taiyuan besides iron? ”

"It's coal!" Hearing Gao Ming's question, Wang Ze immediately reacted, and a hint of expectation flashed in his eyes.

Seeing Wang Ze react so quickly, Gao Ming grinned again, and he nodded while laughing.

"Yes, it is coal, the coke needed in the blast furnace is made of coal, if it is missing, the blast furnace will have no use, in addition, coal is also an important fuel for the steam engine, and the steam engine ships built by the Lu family and the Cui family in the future need to consume a lot of coal every year."

"I see!" Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wang Ze's eyes suddenly lit up, "I understand, no wonder His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that the most valuable thing in Taiyuan is coal and iron, it turns out that this is the reason!" ”

Seeing that Wang Ze understood, Gao Ming nodded with a smile again, and said: "Coal is a very important fuel, in addition to what I said just now, it can also be indispensable in the lives of ordinary people!" ”

"Uh......" Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wang Ze suddenly opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

Although he didn't say it, from his expression, Gao Ming could see what he thought, so Gao Ming laughed again.

"Haha, I knew you didn't believe me, come with me, I'll show you a baby!"

As he spoke, Gao Ming stood up and walked in the direction of the backyard, and seeing this scene, Wang Ze also quickly stood up and followed.

Gao Ming led Wang Ze through the backyard and went straight to the door of the kitchen, then stopped and nodded to Wang Ze.

"It's here!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wang Ze immediately glanced around, and quickly figured out what the place in front of him was doing, and he suddenly showed a puzzled look.

"This is the kitchen?"

Seeing that Wang Ze recognized it, Gao Ming immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Haha, yes, this is the kitchen!" ”

"Uh......"

After receiving Gao Ming's affirmative reply, Wang Ze was immediately stunned.

Gao Ming said just now that he would take him to see the baby, but now he brought him to the kitchen, is the baby in the kitchen?

Looking at Wang Ze's dazed look, Gao Ming smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"The baby is nearby, look for it!"

"Huh?" Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wang Ze's eyes widened again.

If someone else told him this, he would definitely ignore it, but now the person who said this is a clever person, so even if Wang Ze is very reluctant, he can only nod.

"Wechen understands, Wechen is looking for it!"

After speaking, Wang Ze looked around a little carelessly, but he looked around and didn't find anything wrong.

Just when he was about to tell Gao Ming that he couldn't find it, he suddenly smelled a pungent smell, and he couldn't help but cover his nose.

"What a smell is this, it's so pungent!"

He covered his nose as he looked in the direction where the smell had come from, and as far as the eye could see, a strangely shaped stove appeared in his eyes.

This is a long cylindrical iron stove, at this time there is still a pot of water boiling on the stove, is making a "gurgling" sound, and it is often spewing hot gas, and you can tell that the water inside has been boiled at a glance.

Seeing this scene, Wang Ze suddenly frowned.

"Why is this stove so weird?"

Thinking of this, he took a closer look at it, but when he lifted the copper kettle for boiling water, his eyes suddenly widened, and his eyes were full of incredulity.

"This ...... What is it? ”

Unlike Wang Ze's prediction, this iron stove did not have any firewood or charcoal, but a round cake-like object with five eyes on it, and at this time it was "whirring" out of the red flames.

Wang Ze couldn't understand the scene in front of him, so he could only look at Gao Ming again with a puzzled expression.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, this is ......"

"It's a briquette stove!" Gao Ming didn't sell it, but explained it to him cleanly.

"Mix the powder of coal with the same amount of yellow mud with water, and press it into a mold, and after drying, you can put it in this briquette stove to burn, four briquettes can be burned all day, as long as you connect a chimney on it, you don't have to worry about charcoal poisoning when you use it for heating in winter, what do you think of this thing?"

"Good! That's great! ”

As soon as Gao Ming's words fell, Wang Ze couldn't help but applaud.

"This is much more convenient than firewood, and burning coal is cheaper than burning firewood, with this briquette stove, there must be more people burning coal than burning firewood, Your Highness, you are right, this is indeed a treasure!"

Hearing Wang Ze's words, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, since you like it so much, this thing should be a little gift from me!"

"Huh? Give it to me? ”

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Wang Ze's face was suddenly full of surprise.

Now you make a lot of money!