"The subordinate is also the official of the iron factory, but I am afraid that I will not be able to keep busy......"

Xiong Mingyu forcibly suppressed the excitement and excitement in his heart, his brows furrowed slightly, and the hesitation in his mouth seemed to be embarrassed and pity for the fact that it was difficult to take care of him. Li Xin had other plans, with his judgment of the Yuanbaoshan Iron Works, the iron smelted was not up to standard, and later generations had been widely criticized, China's iron ore was widely distributed, but the raw materials for iron smelting, such as coal, contained too many impurities such as sulfur, and the quality of the iron ore itself was not very good, so the sword made was also lost in sharpness and toughness.

It is said that an iron ore mine in northern India produces extremely high quality iron ore, and the Damascus knife, which was once famous all over the world, used the ore mined here. It was not until the iron ore was depleted that a generation of famous knives was inevitably buried in the vast dust of history. In China, there have also been many records of this iron mine in northern India, and the dark iron of the Western Regions that appeared in some martial arts in later generations originated here.

In contrast, except for a few bronze swords in ancient legends, China has never been able to hold a famous sword. A qiē may all originate from China's iron ore impurities too much, not that China's blacksmith skills are inferior to people, it is really beyond the reach of manpower. It's like a well-known joke that God opens a door for you and closes a door for you. Therefore, China has a wide distribution and extremely rich iron ore, but almost all of the iron ore is of poor quality.

Therefore, it is not a big problem to build a standard weapon for mass use from the iron refined from this ore, but if the standard of pig iron and wrought iron required is raised, it will immediately be dwarfed. For example, when it comes to building artillery and muskets, especially artillery, this weakness is almost fatal, and in order to avoid boring, it is necessary to reduce the charge and thicken the barrel.

After all, this method of dealing with this is an expedient measure premised on sacrificing range, and if it is used on the special guns prepared for seagoing ships, because of the limited displacement of seagoing ships, every pound of weight is strictly calculated, and the improved method of thickening the barrel becomes an intolerable shortcoming.

As for ironmaking, which is highly professional, it is not something that can be solved by a certain official after a few hard work, and this matter still needs a large number of experienced blacksmiths to explore in practice, and it cannot be rushed, Xiong Mingyu only needs to solve the iron ore mining and coal channels.

"The matter of the iron factory can be put down first, it's time for the case of Zhejiang City Bosi to come to light, and I will ask Zhang Ge Lao to issue a warrant when I go back, and I will ask Xiong Shangshu to take full responsibility for this case."

Xiong Mingyu nodded in response, but sighed in his heart that Li Xin's means were good, the reason why he was courteous to Zhang Fangyan, the defeated army cabinet, was to pull him here, a flag. Zhang Fangyan was the governor of Zhejiang, and officials at all levels below the political envoy and commander of Zhejiang were nominally restrained by him, and he could go to Hangzhou to handle the case in the name of Zhang Fangyan.

However, he was still a little worried that he would be alone, and it would definitely not work if he went like this.

"Xiaguan still has a reluctant request!"

Li Xin knew what he was thinking, and he smiled and asked him to mention whatever he wanted, as long as the case of Zhejiang City Bosi was handled properly, no matter what the conditions, as long as he could not refuse.

When Xiong Ming saw Li Xin's statement, he no longer hesitated, and said bluntly: "Xiaguan is only afraid that it will be inconvenient to act alone, and Xiaguan hopes that the marquis of Zhenyu can borrow a hundred and ten soldiers to be a minion!" ”

Sure enough, as Li Xin thought, he waved his hand, "This Xiong Shangshu doesn't have to worry, Li Xin has already been prepared, and he will send five hundred and three guards to escort you south, and you will obey the transfer together." ”

The Marquis of Zhenyu really made a generous move, he only asked for 100 people, but he prepared 500 people, with 500 people in hand, it is equivalent to having a sharp weapon in hand, Zhejiang political envoy Zhao Bingqian and Zhejiang City Bo Si's promotion is not yet hand-to-hand?

After Li Xin explained a few more words, Xiong Mingyu left with joy and returned to Nanjing to prepare. Heisenberg told Li Xin with a stern expression, "General, the ore produced in Nanjing is not good, and the quality of coke used to smelt iron ore is not optimistic. ”

Heisenberg's conclusion coincided with some of the general information that Li Xin knew, but there was still no solution.

"When I was in Europe, I heard an old blacksmith say that the higher the temperature for ironmaking, the better. Nowadays, the iron-making furnace of Yuanbaoshan Iron Works is not very high, and if the iron-making furnace can be improved to increase the furnace temperature, perhaps the smelted iron can be improved. ”

Heisenberg's proposal was very constructive, and although Li Xin didn't know anything about it, he felt that he might be able to give it a try. Li Xin until now, people have learned how to use coke to make iron, and the temperature of the coke furnace itself is much higher than that of coal alone, but if on this basis, how easy is it to increase the furnace temperature?

Li Xin did not know how to make iron, so he did not want to do more technical beaking, and all he could do was to do his best to meet the conditions put forward by these professionals.

"How to refin, you let the experienced ironsmith come up with a charter, ask for money, people, and things, and give priority to satisfying them!"

After Xiong Mingyu left, Heisenberg took over from him to do the overall work, which made Li Xin very relieved. He now has to go to Zhang Fangyan and ask him to cooperate with him. It's a tough bone to gnaw, and the old man is not easy to deal with. However, even if this is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire, you have to walk on it, because there is only one way, and if you don't go, there is no way to go.

The reason why Li Xin let Wu Zhen go and didn't arrest him was largely because he took care of this old Zhang Ge. Now, just cut this Zhang Ge always planned to fall to the ground, but he still actively cooperated. Mi Yan had told him before that Zhang Fangyan was an old fox, and Wu Zhen's noisy mouth was happy for a few days, and the old guy was not sick at all, in fact, he just wanted to stay out of the matter. If Wu Zhen makes trouble, he will sit back and enjoy it. If he fails, he can use this to clear himself, which is really a good idea.

Mi Yan's remarks made Li Xin feel that it made a lot of sense, Zhang Fangyan was indeed after Wu Zhen's wolf was defeated, and his condition improved day by day. How do you know that Mi Yan sneered: "In Langzhong, who sent someone to buy off Zhang Fangyan's diagnosis, according to this person, Zhang Ge Lao is not seriously ill except for some qi deficiency. The old man acted so well that he deceived us all. ”

It doesn't matter whether Zhang Fangyan's illness is pretended or not, the important thing is that he can let go of his prejudice and cooperate with himself, so that it is a win-win situation. Li Xin rushed to the provisional governor's yamen, and when he arrived at the gate, he saw two soaps leaning in front of the door listlessly, so he got off the horse and walked forward, but before he could speak, he saw the soap on the left side raise his eyelids and waved his hand impatiently: "Go, go!" Zhang Ge Lao said that if you don't see any guests, you won't see anyone! ”

Li Xin was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart that this soap in front of Fang Yan's Mansion was a good life, and he knew that the old man of the pavilion was not seen before he got through, and it was really hard to say how much of this sentence was true, and how much was false. The soap Li saw Li Xin holding the scolding and hesitated on the spot, and opened his mouth to pick up people.

"What's the grind? A few more verbose words, I will arrest you and go to prison! ”

Li Xin saw that the soap was arrogant, and inadvertently caught a glimpse of the linen clothes he was wearing, and immediately suddenly, it turned out that the soap who was guarding the door was taking people by his clothes and appearance, but he didn't expect that this kick was really kicked on the iron plate. This is also to meet him, if Lu Jiu and Zhang Shi are replaced, it will be strange if this soap subordinate who died knelt down and begged for mercy.

He decided to give this soap Li a chance, and said politely: "You go and say goodbye, Li Xin comes to visit, and Zhang Ge Lao will definitely see me when he learns about it!" ”

Soap Li was stunned for a while, "What, what?" Who? Li Xin? His face was full of incredulity, and his expression was exaggerated, but then he said something that made Li Xin laugh.

"If you are Li Xin, I am still Gao Shiming!"

At this time, the soap on the right hand side couldn't help laughing.

"I said brother, who are you? just said that he was Gao Shiming, but there was no eunuch below, and you were not too frustrated! ”

In fact, the soap on the left hand side was just a slip of the tongue in a hurry, and as soon as the words came out, he realized the problem, and he wanted to bring it over, but he didn't want to be exposed by his companions. Immediately, his face was red, his ears were red, he was angry, and he sprinkled all his anger on Li Xin.

In annoyance, Soap Li picked up the water and fire stick around him and made a gesture to fight, while scolding and scolding people.

"If you make any more noise, I'll take you to jail!"

Li Xin smiled secretly, this soap is so new, he just went to prison to scare people over and over again. Perhaps scaring the common people has boundless deterrent power, but isn't it impossible to scare Li Xin? However, this watchman soap is also what Li Xin didn't expect to say anything, he knew that he couldn't fight with this person, but he didn't bring an entourage, and he didn't have a post, so he thought about it and took out a piece of silver from his arms.

There are ten taels of silver ingots, Li Xin pinched it in his hand and shook it twice, and the soap Li was still talking fiercely just now, and at this moment he immediately changed his face to a smiling face, and reached out to take the ingot of silver. The front of Zhang Fangyan's house is extremely deserted, there is no oil and water to fish, and now someone is rushing to send silver, how can there be a reason to push it outward? As for the shameful things, they have long been thrown out of the clouds.

But Li Xin pinched the silver, but gently shook it and put it down in the hand of another soap li.

"Get rid of your brother, go and say that Li Xin is coming!" The goods reached out and took the air, and his face was full of incredulity.

Soap Li, who had been watching the excitement, never thought that he had been cheapened, and looked at his stunned companions with some schadenfreude. Then he turned to Li Xin and kindly persuaded him: "I said that this master, it's not impossible to pass it on, although Master Zhang has fallen, but after all, he is also a phoenix, you are playing with him like this, I am only afraid of ......"

Li Xin smiled helplessly and shook his head, it seems that this product also thinks that he is here to have fun. The IQ of these two soaps is worrying, which person will come to find trouble with the governor of Zhejiang? He waved his hand to indicate that it was okay. Soap Li took the silver into his arms, turned and entered the gate.

But after a while, there was a hurried running sound from the door, the door of the house creaked open, and the soap Li stepped out, but he might as well fall into a hurry and eat.