Yelu Hongji loves to be in the limelight, fighting with his bare hands to kill such a big tiger, this limelight is beautiful, and he is rejoicing in his heart, so he came such a big disappointing news, he was angry, and he did not kill this person on the spot, he was already very restrained.

The alliance of the Yuanyuan, the Song-Liao peace talks, and the Song Dynasty spent money to buy decades of peace. However, the Liao State had the upper hand and would not be satisfied, and then there was another "Chongxi Coin", and the gift of the New Year's coin was changed to the Song Dynasty to "accept" the New Year's coin to the Liao State.

Although it is only one word, it makes the Liao people happy, this is a complete advantage, ** naked slap the face of the Song Dynasty, not to give the Song Dynasty face. The Liao State used a high-pressure posture to force Song Renzong to submit and built the Nagong Pavilion in Xiongzhou, in order to slap the Song Dynasty in the face and make the Song Dynasty unable to raise its head. The degree of humiliation is not much more than the "harmony" of the Han Dynasty.

For decades, the Liao State has accepted a lot of old coins in the Ganggong Pavilion, and every time the New Year's coins are handed over, it is a good opportunity for the Liao State to be in the limelight and insult the Song Dynasty.

However, what no one expected was that the Nagong Pavilion was destroyed by the Song Dynasty, which was too unacceptable and absolutely unacceptable.

"Say, 'What happened?' Although Yelu Hongji was in anger, he also knew that there must be a reason for this, otherwise, the Song Dynasty would never have destroyed the Nagong Pavilion at this time.

For decades, the Song Dynasty has always been thinking about destroying the Nagong Pavilion, or it has not succeeded, and the reason for this is because it does not want to provoke the anger of the Liao State and sends troops to crusade. The Song Dynasty dared to do this, and it must have enough certainty.

The messenger took a breath, calmed his mind, and carefully recounted what had happened. He was afraid of Yelu Hongji, and he stammered a little, and finally finished the matter.

"Xiao Qingyi, you stupid pig, you have lost all the face of Da Liao! I can't spare you, I can't spare you! Yelu Hongji was so angry that his face turned pale, his hands were clenched, if Xiao Qingyi was in front of him, he would definitely kill Xiao Qingyi like killing a tiger.

"Whew!"

Xiao Qingyi was panting like a cow, and he could go berserk at any time.

He is the fury of thunder, and the ministers don't even dare to come out of the atmosphere, only the small wings of their hearts are waiting.

Yelu Hongji kept pacing, and the minister listened to his pacing, and it felt like a thunderclap, still hitting his heart, trembling one by one, and he had to endure it.

After a while, Yeluhongji finally stopped, and the damn pacing was finally gone, and the ministers were a little more relieved.

"Go and tell the Song envoy that I will go to Bianjing for a walk!" Yeluhonki yelled at the messenger.

The messenger answered with a quick answer, and the fart was gone.

"Your Majesty, Da Liao must not bear this matter, he must ask for the guilt! Be sure to crusade! A minister was cautious, busy coming up with ideas.

"The crusade is certain!" Yelu Hongji's previous sentence can still be restrained and calm, but the second half of the sentence is undoubtedly the anger of thunder: "Ask sin, ask sin, how can you ask sin?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Nanren are the slaves of Da Liao, if we want to kill them, we will kill them, what can the emperor of the Southern Dynasty do? It is also appropriate to ask for sin. Another minister was busy coming up with ideas. When I mentioned that I was one level higher than the Song people, I couldn't help but raise my head, my chest was straight, and my spirit was vivid.

However, his aura did not last long, and he kicked Yelu Hongji and threw him heavily on the ground. Yelu Hongji went up, stepped on his chest, and scolded: "You are really a pig, you stupid pig!" Even if the southerners are ten levels lower than you, you can't lose! Xiao Qingyi lost, lost all his money, I went to ask for the guilt, aren't you ashamed? This kind of humiliating thing, all you have to do is stuff it in your stomach and don't say it on your lips, understand? Pig! ”

Liao Guo has always thought that it is one level higher than the Song Dynasty, this time, Xiao Qingyi lost the adult, not to mention, the Nagong Pavilion was also destroyed, once the trouble came out, the Liao State lost its face. Instead of asking for guilt and beating yourself up, it's better to stuff yourself in your stomach and find a way to get your face back.

"The Emperor Shengming!"

A group of ministers were busy patting on the back.

"You, go to Liaodong to guard the border!" Yelu Hongji kicked this stupid pig-like minister away, gritted his teeth and said: "Send a decree to Yelu Ming, asking him to beat Xiongzhou down to me!" As long as I defeat Xiongzhou, I can drive straight into the Central Plains and attack Bianjing! ”

Immediately, a minister responded, and was about to go to deliver the decree, Yelu Hongji hurriedly said: "Slow! Let's wait until we talk about that. Yeluming should be ready for war, and when the snow is falling, he will be dispatched again, and it will be more successful. ”

Yelu Hongji has his own merits, and he quickly calmed down, and his shrewd side was revealed.

The Liao people are hardy to cold and heat, and when the snow falls, they send troops, and the Liao State at that time has the strongest combat power. And the Song army is not cold-tolerant, fighting in the ice and snow, it is not their strength, the combat power will be limited, and the possibility of the success of the Liao State is much greater.

No one dared to object to this disposition.

"How many people can guess my true intentions? Only a fool would think that it was to maximize the combat power of the Great Liao warriors! An arc appeared at the corner of Yeluhongki's mouth.

xxxxxx converted, Wu Ji was accompanied by Cao Dalin, the owner of the smelter, to inspect the smelter. There are only about 20 people in this smelter, and most of the equipment is idle and has not been opened. The reason is that his steel is not so easy to sell, he is in a state of loss, and the operating rate is insufficient, and the equipment has to be idle.

For Wu Ji, this is simply the supreme gospel, the equipment is ready-made, only need to be improved, can be put into production, will produce a large amount of steel. The scale of Wu's military industry is not small now, and it needs a lot of steel, and this smelter is a must.

After an inspection, Wu Ji had a general understanding of the smelting technology of the Song Dynasty.

The steelmaking technology used in the Song Dynasty is the continuation and development of the steel-filling method invented by Tao Hongjing during the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In the steel-making furnace, the wrought iron bars are bent and coiled, and then the pig iron is embedded between the wrought iron, and the furnace is sealed and smelted with mud, and then forged after completion, and high-quality stainless steel can be obtained, which is not inferior to iron.

The principle is to use pig iron with high carbon content and low melting point, which can be melted first and infiltrated into wrought iron. It undergoes redox reaction with the oxidized slag in wrought iron to achieve the purpose of not only removing the oxidized slag, but also making the carbon content of the steel reach a reasonable level.

"Shopkeeper Cao, although the work is insufficient and there is no business, I am still satisfied. You give me a real price. After reading it, Wu Ji was very, very satisfied, and took over, and it wouldn't take long for him to have steel. If you want to build a new smelter, it will take a lot of time.

"Commander Wu is a cheerful person, and I don't care about myself, three hundred and fifty taels of silver." Cao Dalin is not a greedy person, and he does not ask for too much.

"Shopkeeper Cao, you are quite sincere, you don't ask for a price, not bad, not bad." Wu Ji's favorability for this person has greatly increased.

Cao Dalin couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Commander Wu took over, I just unloaded a heavy burden, and I was too late to be grateful." But, Commander Wu, all the people here are good at steelmaking, do you want to give them a bowl of rice to eat? ”

He didn't just care about himself, but also thought about the jobs of these craftsmen, and Wu Ji's good impression of him increased: "Shopkeeper Cao, I invited you together." Speaking of this smelting, you are the most familiar, and for a while, I can't find anyone to replace you, so it's better to ask you to be a familiar hand. Look, okay? ”

Cao Dalin couldn't help but proudly raise his head: "Speaking of this smelting, in conversion, I, Cao Dalin, admit the second, and no one dares to admit the first." If Commander Wu is interested, Cao Dalin is willing to serve. ”

"That's good! What I have to remind Shopkeeper Cao is that when you enter my door, you have to listen to me. In particular, it is even more important to keep secrets. If someone leaks a secret, don't blame me for being ruthless! Wu Ji's face was serious, his eyes were shining, and he stared at Cao Dalin.

"Commander Wu, rest assured, when it comes to this smelting, for me, Cao Dalin, there is not much secret to speak of." Cao Dalin smiled proudly, it should not be the same thing.

Wu Ji said coldly: "Shopkeeper Cao, you think you have smelted, but in my eyes, you are just getting the surface, you are too arrogant." ”

Cao Dalin's arrogance must be suppressed, otherwise, he will not be obedient.

Cao Dalin has worked in the smelter all his life and has rich experience, and when he heard this, he was very unconvinced: "Commander Wu, I don't like to listen to what you say." If you can really convince me, I am willing to make you a cow and a horse. If you can't convince me, this deal will not be done. "His arrogance is really aroused.

"Listen, I'll tell you where you need to improve." Wu Ji knows very well that this kind of experienced craftsman is arrogant, and the only way to convince him is to show real skills.

Wu Ji took Cao Dalin and walked up in the smelter, pointed to these equipment, and explained to Cao Dalin where it needed to be improved and how to change it.

Wu Ji's improvement mainly lies in three aspects: one is to use blast furnace to make iron, and the other is to use coke to make iron. Third, the gap method is no longer used, but the continuous method is used for production, and the efficiency is greatly improved. These three points will not be used in large quantities until the Ming Dynasty, and Wu Ji combined with modern steelmaking technology and made a certain degree of modification to make it more suitable for the Song Dynasty.

The iron-making technology of the Song Dynasty belonged to the gap method, and the production capacity was not high. Moreover, at that time, only a small amount of charcoal was used for production, that is, coal, and more charcoal, whose calorific value was not as good as coal, and the quality of steel was not as good as that of coal. Not to mention, Wu Ji does not use coal directly, but first smelts into coke, and then makes steel, and its quality will definitely be better.

Coking is not a modern invention, but a steelmaking technology that appeared during the Ming Dynasty.

The use of blast furnace for ironmaking will not be used until the Ming Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty has not yet used it, which is another big progress.

Wu Ji came one by one, one by one, one by one, Cao Dalin was so fascinated that he was even busy talking. It wasn't until Wu Ji stopped that Cao Dalin reacted and hurriedly apologized to Wu Ji: "Commander Wu, Cao Dalin has eyes and doesn't know Mount Tai, I didn't expect Commander Wu to be the same person, Cao Dalin got an axe, ashamed!" Ashamed! ”

These methods are far beyond his imagination, with his rich experience, he will not know, this is indeed a very good method, his eyes flashed with fanatical light, without waiting for Wu Ji to speak, he immediately said: "Commander Wu, I, Cao Dalin, will do what I say, and I am willing to make you a cow and a horse." ”

"You don't have to be a cow or a horse, you just need to help me take care of the smelter. I'll leave it to you here, how much money does it cost, go to the Wu military industry to find Xiuxiu to get it. Wu Ji still attaches great importance to this Cao Dalin: "You have to remember one thing, this smelter has a great deal to do, and the sooner it is improved and successful, the better." ”

"Commander Wu, please rest assured, I'll go and improve." Cao Dalin patted his chest and didn't say anything.

(To be continued)