Liu Hao patronized and drank last night, and he didn't eat much, and his stomach was rumbling with hunger at this moment.

He stuffed half a plate of snacks before he said to the old fellow: "Let's get an arsenal first, which is a small town that integrates steel processing, weapon making, and cement firing, and even military schools and armor making. The guards use the students of the military academy, so there is no need to worry about security. I'm going to try my best to make Xinxiang into such a city in the future, anyway, it's deserted now, and the power of the big families can't reach into it. ”

The old guy listened to Liu Hao's words, thought for a while, and said, "This method is indeed feasible. You can just look at it and do it, but at the beginning, you will transform a county town into the kind of arsenal you said, I'm afraid that the Li family kid can't withstand the minister's inquiry. ”

"I'll get an experiment site outside Luoyang City first. When the results are made, I will let the emperor reward Xinxiang to me as my fiefdom, and at that time, the whole Xinxiang can be transformed as much as he wants. And the arsenal in Luoyang will be expanded again, so that it will be very safe in Xinxiang as soon as it is bright and dark. Liu Hao told the plan he had thought of a long time ago, and then poured half a pot of boiling water.

When Ziyang Zhenren heard this, he couldn't sit still. was so excited that he circled around Liu Hao several times: "It's really unexpected!" It's unexpected! Your Majesty and I thought hard until late at night and didn't think of this kind of dark Chen Cang method, I always felt that everywhere was subject to the family, and I didn't expect that your kid would solve it in a few words. Good! Good! ”

Seeing the old guy's smug appearance, Liu Hao couldn't help but want to break the cold water: "Things are man-made, there is no impermeable wall in the world." If there is no unrest within 10 years, this will be considered a success. If you don't have soldiers who are faithful to your country, no matter how strong your walls are and how sharp your weapons are, they will be useless. ”

Ziyang Zhenren nodded: "What Zhicai said is right. The military school you are talking about is really exciting! Later, I will pass on a message to His Majesty, and he will give you all his sisters, and it is time for him to rest assured. I beat him hard that day, and now he lives in the deep palace, extravagant and rotten all day long, and even the government is indifferent. There is also the Zhang family boy, who will brag about walking horses all day long, if it weren't for the suffering of the people of the world, the poor road really didn't want to care about these things. ”

Ha ha! The old guy was still squirming when he went to Chang'an, but he didn't expect that after he went, he immediately turned against the guest and scolded the nominal owner of Datang and the prime minister of Datang. But this is also in line with the character of the old guy, who has been reckless all his life. Li Longji was looking forward to him going all day long, but what he was waiting for was a stinking scolding, I wonder if this emperor with a mixed reputation in history will regret it?

Just thinking about it, the old guy took out a few pieces of paper from his arms and handed them to Liu Hao. Liu Hao rolled his eyes, Damn! Playing this again, I was misunderstood by Doudou's girl in the morning, and Liu Hao was called a big pervert, do these two Taoist priests want to play him to death?

Seeing that Liu Hao didn't answer, the old guy asked curiously, "Why don't you answer?" This is a house that Your Majesty has given you. It's so shabby here, it was rude to let the guests sleep in the same room last night. When he came, the Li family boy was afraid that his sister would not be able to live here, so he gave you a house. Besides, in this civilian square, it is quite inconvenient to have officials come all day long. ”

Liu Hao took it in his hand and saw that it was indeed a land deed, and the location of the name was not too far from heaven and earth, so it should be regarded as the aristocratic area of the Tang Dynasty.

Liu Hao called Liu San, handed over the title deed to him, asked him to go over to have a look, and brought a few people over to clean it by the way.

After breakfast, Yang Xuanjian said goodbye and went back to work, Lu Yue cheekily said that he would stay to protect His Majesty's newly sealed Captain and Princess Xingyang, and he was stunned. However, it is okay if Lu Yue does not leave, it just so happens that Liu San has recently been taught a set of moves by Xiaoyaozi to kill the enemy in battle formations, and the two can learn from each other. And he is quite familiar with Fang Bing, so it is extremely convenient to go out to run errands.

Wang Wan also went back, he was promoted yesterday, and he changed from a small official to a middle-level official in Luoyang, so he had to invite his colleagues to celebrate, anyway, Ziyang Zhenren is back, and he will be in charge at home, and everything will be easily settled.

At this time, Liu Hao was sitting in the side hall, drinking tea with Wang Laowu, the owner of the blacksmith shop who cooperated with him to build a coal stove last time.

People who strike iron all year round have a boldness in their bones. After Wang Lao Wu was invited by Liu Hao, he drank two cups of tea, put down the teacup and wiped his mouth: "Xiao Langjun can tell me if he has any instructions, and nothing else is okay, but when it comes to iron, all the blacksmiths in Luoyang City have not yet been put in their eyes." ”

Although these words sound very proud, but the people's technology is there, listen to Liu San said, Boss Wang's family has been blacksmiths for generations, and his ancestors were good hands in weapons workshops during the Great Sui period, because the merit is very high, so after he was old, he rewarded a set of houses in Luoyang City.

Liu Hao put down the teacup and said to him with a smile: "I invite you to come over this time, mainly to discuss, is the shopkeeper Wang willing to be an official?" ”

When Boss Wang heard this, he was a little confused: "What does Xiao Langjun mean by this?" How can a blacksmith be an official? ”

Liu Hao smiled: "I have a method of making steel here." If this method is successful, the weapon will be sharpened like clay, and the output will be doubled. It just so happened that a certain uncle, Ziyang Zhenren, had just gone to meet His Majesty a few days ago, and His Majesty intended to reopen a military workshop. I wonder if the king's shopkeeper is willing to be the person in charge of steel in this barracks? In the future, he may be a four-grade master who will be a young craftsman. ”

didn't wait for Liu Hao to finish speaking, Shopkeeper Wang couldn't suppress his excitement, his whole body was trembling, and even the tendons in his neck were shaking, which scared Liu Hao, what is the situation?

Shopkeeper Wang got up, knelt down towards Liu Hao with a "plop", and said while crying: "Xiao Langjun is really kind to a certain person!" , a certain is just a small blacksmith, how dare he covet the high-ranking officials of the fourth grade. If you can get an official body that enters the product, you will be grateful! ”

Liu Hao hurriedly pulled him up: "Why is the shopkeeper like this, whether the military workshop can succeed in the future depends on whether the shopkeeper can do a good job in steelmaking." ”

Boss Wang raised his arm and wiped away the tears and snot: "Although Xiao Langjun commands, if you can't do it, you are willing to die to apologize!" ”

Depend on! What sin do you have to thank. Seeing that he had a sign of turning into a fanatic, Liu Hao hurriedly took his hand and said: "Whether it succeeds or not, you have to look down, and there are other ways." To tell you the truth, I just saw that you were really ready to let you do this. I'll give you the method later, you go back and think about it, don't leak it. ”

After speaking, Liu Hao gave him the popular Sugang method written in the Ming and Qing dynasties a few days ago, a thick stack of paper, not only the Sugang method, but also the entire ancient steelmaking history, including the open-hearth steelmaking method that appeared after the industrial revolution. But it's all approximate, and the specifics depend on Boss Wang's experiment. Thanks to the examination-oriented education, Liu Hao, a scumbag of metallurgical majors, in order to cope with this rote theoretical knowledge, was almost cantilevered before the exam. Unexpectedly, the professional knowledge that was not used at all in the previous life finally had a place to use in Datang.

Liu Hao said to the shopkeeper Wang, who had already been stunned: "You take a look first and think about what is feasible." After a while, I will make a Zhuangzi outside Luoyang City, and then you will try it to your heart's content. You can put this thing away, and this is the whole Datang. Those small weapons written above, you can secretly try them yourself. When the Zhuangzi outside the city is finished, your workshop will move out, and then you can use your means at will. ”

After sending off the extremely excited shopkeeper Wang, Liu Hao invited a group of birdmen to the living room.

After everyone sat down, Liu Hao said to them: "Heaven and earth are about to prepare to open, but before opening, we must first invite all the people in charge of the Ji Pavilion, Qinglou, and Restaurant in Luoyang City. ”

"What is Zhicai going to do? Do you know that peers are enemies, what do you ask them to do? Yan Zhenqing asked curiously.

Liu Hao smiled mysteriously: "Establish a business association!" ”

"Business associations?" Everyone looked at Liu Hao with question marks in their eyes, and they didn't understand what he meant at all.

Liu Hao took a sip of tea and explained to them with a smile: "The so-called business association is to bundle a similar industry or multiple types of industries together to maximize benefits, and at the same time give the most fatal blow to competitors. Moreover, the establishment of the chamber of commerce can minimize the disputes and contradictions within the chamber of commerce. You can introduce each other's business, investigate the prices of goods in various places, and learn about the market of all goods. The main thing is that everyone is twisted into a rope, so that they can resist the exploitation of some insatiable officials. ”

After listening to Liu Hao's words, everyone thought about it seriously. Yan Zhenqing asked curiously: "How is the industry that Zhicai said divided?" ”

Liu Hao stood up and paced slowly with his hands behind his back: "The so-called industry can be roughly divided into several categories, such as the service industry, which is the industry that directly provides catering, rest, entertainment and other services to customers, such as restaurants, inns, green buildings, Ji restaurants, and teahouses; Manufacturing is a collective term for all workshops that manufacture goods for profit; The retail industry is those that sell daily necessities, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. This is a rough division, and it needs to be refined. This time, we are mainly setting up a federation of service industries. ”

Xiao Shiyilang's goods are also rare and serious: "What do the merchants need to do?" You can't give them so many benefits for nothing. ”

Liu Hao smiled: "Of course it wasn't given for nothing." For example, if there is a disaster in a certain place, the Chamber of Commerce will call on all businesses to donate money and materials, or build a Mongolian school to benefit the local people, and then build roads and bridges. All this money needs to be contributed by a member of the Chamber of Commerce. ”

Du Fu slammed the table when he heard this: "This is very good!" If all the businessmen are so righteous, how can there be poor people in this world? Speaking of this, he suddenly looked at Liu Hao in embarrassment: "It's just that it's not easy for people to make money, I'm afraid they won't pay willingly, right?" ”