After suffering from the 20th board, Qian Jin was mixed.

I'm worried that my strength is too weak, and I will come to the board as soon as I say it, and I don't have to discuss it like beating a child's butt; The good thing is that his meal is equivalent to suffering for the emperor, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister in the future will naturally be even different. Overall, the value of his meal.

Gao Yuan is from Wudang, and he has a lot of experience in treating bruises, and the medicine he prepares also has miraculous effects. Ten days later, Qian Jin was recuperating properly and was finally able to walk with his support. Originally, with his physique, this injury could have healed faster, but the old injury left by the Great Protector of the White Lotus Sect a few days ago was just right, and a new injury was added here.

In the early morning, after Qian Jin ate some porridge and buns, he called the shopkeeper Ding.

Since the shopkeeper Ding came to the courtyard, he goes out early and returns late every day. Looking at the tired look on his face, although Qian Jin couldn't bear it, he was helpless.

"Shopkeeper Ding, has the wine shop been going well recently?"

"Master, there is no need to worry too much about the affairs of the winery now, and the blacksmith workshop is the brain-wrenching. This is difficult at the beginning, there are a lot of things that need to be procured, and you have to go to Wanping County for the record. ”

"If you can't be busy, you have to hire someone. I just thought about it, our blacksmith workshop is different from ordinary workshops, not only blacksmiths, but also potters, carpenters, and plasterers. After that, Qian Jin took out a book from his arms, which was the rubbings of the "Tiangong Examination" given by the second senior brother when he left Pingchang Mansion.

After being admitted to the top prize, Qian Jin originally wanted to find an opportunity to dedicate this book to the emperor or the first assistant. However, the emperor has to listen to the Queen Mother for everything, and these days Shoufu is sick at home. Moreover, even if the imperial court took the book, it was very likely to be thrown directly to the Ministry of Industry for verification. These days, I have heard and witnessed that Qian Jin is completely discouraged by Cao Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Ding Wei's family used to be a small landlord, and he also studied in a private school for a few years. He had only flipped through a few pages before he looked through the book from beginning to end with a solemn expression. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Master, I have heard most of the skills such as farming, smelting and casting, and sericulture mentioned in this book. This is a strange book, which not only tells a complete range of topics, but also a detailed process. ”

Qian Jin nodded and said, "I originally planned to dedicate this book to the imperial court. But Shoufu is seriously ill, and I dare not let him work hard; Those big officials in the court are good at fighting for power, and they have always scoffed at agriculture, industry, and commerce. It just so happens that our blacksmith workshop is about to open, and this book talks about the method of smelting and casting in detail, so you can find a time to explain it to Tian Li in detail to see if it will be beneficial to him. ”

Ding Wei bowed down to receive the order.

Qian Jin continued: "There are two other things that have to be hard, you can run it yourself. ”

"That's what the lord commands."

Qian Jin thought for a moment and said, "I want you to take some people to Shannanshu and Xingzhou, Hebei." Nanshu produces graphite, and the locals used to use it to make ink. You can help me to search, it is best to be able to open a mine there, and if it is not good, I must get a few hundred catties first. Also, the porcelain in Xingzhou is very famous, you and I are looking for some good clay over there, and it would be best if we could invite a few potters back from there. ”

"The master has to expand the winery, and now the pottery urn of our winery is enough for the time being. Besides, there are a few of us in the wine shop who can burn pottery, why should the master go far and near? ”

"This wine business is not a long-term solution to compete with the people for rations. The bigger our business becomes, the more hungry people will be. Qian Jin paused and continued: "What I want to build is not a pottery urn, you will naturally understand when the time comes." ”

Ding Wei nodded in agreement. His own master always acts with a sense of mystery, and as a helper, he can't ask too much.

"During this time, you should worry more about the affairs of the iron mill." Qian Jin thought for a moment and asked, "Is there a reliable candidate for the winery that understands business?" You can't stay in the brewery all the time. ”

Ding Wei pondered for a moment and said: "There is one, it seems that he has studied in private school for a few years, and he is good at doing things and being a good person." ”hejiu

"What's it called?"

"This person's name is Wu Ju, from his hometown of Jiangxi."

"Oh? I'll see you tomorrow. ”

"Yes......"

"It's October soon, how much wine is there in the winery now?"

"It's already 400,000 catties. Now all the wine tanks in the winery have been full, and we are afraid that we will not be able to settle it by then, so now we only do the business of Liu Lang Winery and Yuquanfang. ”

Qian Jin was quite satisfied with this figure. The two wineries can steam 5,000 catties of wine every day, and the scale can already be ranked among the best in Chen Guo. In a month or two before the weather gets colder, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to sell at all. Add 10 yuan per catty, and the 400,000 catties of alcohol can earn him 15,000 or 6,000 taels of silver, plus the 20,000 taels rewarded by the emperor for investigating the official case, which is enough to start his next plan.

"Well, you go get busy first. This time you go out on a long trip, and you send some people out of the winery. Remember to tell my family that I'm worried that your woman will ask me every day when the time comes. With that, Qian Jin squeezed his eyes at Ding Wei.

"Okay......" Ding Wei agreed with a red face.

After Ding Wei left, Qian Jin continued to lie on the bed to rest, but his thoughts galloped like a whims. There is still a month to go before the winter solstice, and it has been almost seventeen years since I came to Chen Guo. In this world, it's useless for you to have just money, you have to have enough force to rely on. At present, he has no real power as the servant of the Son of Heaven, and the queen mother in the palace is always staring at herself, like a sharp sword hanging above her head.

The reason why Ding Wei wanted to run this trip in person was because Qian Jin was going to use clay and graphite to fire the crucible. Pig iron Chen Guo has long had a small-scale production capacity, but steel is extremely scarce. If you can make a graphite crucible yourself, you can heat the molten iron to more than 1,600 degrees, and you can produce liquid steel in small quantities.

Chen Guo currently doesn't know how to make steel from crucibles, and he only knew a little bit about it when he occasionally read some literature in his previous life. Of course, this kind of graphite crucible is very small, and it can be smelted up to ten catties at one time. Because of the scarcity of steel, it can only be used to make tool steel.

The process of creating a six-eyed fire gun is tedious. After the iron plate is rolled into a cylinder, it has to go through drilling, grinding, tapping, drilling and other processes, which are inseparable from tool steel. If he had been able to produce tool steel first, he would have had a musket production process that was ahead of his time.

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Late that night, Qian Jin ordered someone to go to the Jiangxi Township Hall and invited his junior brother Li Shiyin.

After this junior brother came to the capital, he only met once. Later, Li Shiyin ran around for the resumption of the society, and Qian Jin was also busy with the affairs of the court, so the two did not contact each other.

After entering Qian Jin's bedroom, Li Shiyin saw his senior brother lying on the bed, and the corners of his eyes trembled imperceptibly, obviously seeing at a glance that he was being punished with a cane. He sighed, found a chair and sat down, and said, "I didn't expect that after a few months, the third senior brother actually suffered a great disaster. ”

"It's out of the way", Qian Jin smiled and asked, "How is the junior brother doing lately?" Is silver two still enough? ”

Li Shiyin was about to elaborate when the door of the study opened. Bao'er came in with a pot of tea, and some pastries, and after she was neatly arranged, she said goodbye and went out of the room.

"It's ok. During this time, I contacted a lot of poor students. They have no way to serve the court, and now they play a small role in some wealthy families. When they heard about the reunion, they were also very concerned, after all, this was also a way to get close to the center of power in Chen Guo. Li Shiyin took a sip of tea and continued: "If Your Majesty appreciates it one day, maybe you can even reward Enke Jinshi." ”

"Oh? That junior brother is quite popular. Qian Jin quipped.

"It's not good to talk about. The people here are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, some like to drill camps, some think about serving the society, and some eat and wait for death. Li Shiyin said helplessly.

"There is no need to be melancholy, some things do not lie in people, but in the court. With the current system of the imperial court, no matter how ambitious a person is, he will inevitably become a drill in ten or twenty years. At present, we only need to find some students with decent character and some skills. Qian Jin patiently explained.

While speaking, Qian Jin picked up the rubbing of "Tiangong Examination" from the bedside and handed it to Li Shiyin, saying: "This book is written by the second senior brother, you can photocopy dozens of copies first, and then choose some suitable people to give them." ”

Li Shiyin took it and looked at it for a while, and said suspiciously: "Since it is written by the second senior brother, I rashly give it away, will I lose his hard work?" ”

"When the second senior brother donated the book in Pyeongchang Mansion, he had already stated that the book would be donated to the imperial court. Later, I thought about it carefully, and what he wrote in the book was about agricultural and sericulture, and most of the imperial court was not interested in it, so it was better to teach it among poor students, maybe it would be able to achieve miraculous results. Qian Jin explained.

Li Shiyin nodded in agreement, and then put the book into his arms.

"Do you have any news from Senior Brother Yang and a few senior brothers?" Qian Jin asked.

"I don't know." Li Shiyin paused and said, "A few days ago, I also went to Dongcheng to find some merchants to inquire, but I didn't get anything. ”

"I hope nothing happened to Master Yang." Qian Jin was a little worried.

"Master Yang's talent should not be a person with shallow fortune." Li Shiyin said with relief.

"Let's hope so......"