Zhu Hao really showed the "hole card" to Yang Shen.

Yang Shen looked at the pig iron piled up into a hill, and had a sense of responsibility out of thin air, wanting to use all this pig iron where the Ming Dynasty needed it, instead of listening to the little emperor's and using it to make ethereal trains and railways that sounded like nonsense.

The two then left the back mountain and returned to the camp in front of the mine.

At this time, Tang Yin was already waiting with Lu Song and others, and Tang Yin was talking to Xu Jie.

"With cultivation, respectfully, I was mentioning you to Mr. Tang." Xu Jie is the age when he doesn't know the taste of sorrow, and he has no scruples when he speaks.

He didn't notice Yang Shen's gloomy face at all, and only cared about expressing it in his own way.

Zhu Hao smiled and asked, "Mr. Tang, didn't you say that you were going to Fucheng?" Why haven't you left yet?"

Tang Yin said, "Don't worry, I have something to talk to you about."

As he spoke, he deliberately looked at Yang Shen, as if Yang Shen was there, and it was inconvenient to mention some words to Zhu Hao.

Zhu Hao sighed: "Someone broke into the mine, plundered, and caused a lot of trouble, and I am also very embarrassed...... It just so happens that I'm going back to Fucheng too, so why don't we go back together."

When Yang Shen heard this, he was immediately a little reluctant.

Now he knows that there are millions of catties of pig iron hidden around this mine, if Zhu Hao leaves, and Jin Yiwei finds traces according to the clues, won't these pig irons be transported away by Jin Yiwei's people at that time?

"Lu Dian's battle...... No, I should call you Lu Qianhu, haven't you Jinyiwei's people evacuated now? You came here to escort Mr. Tang this time?"

Zhu Hao greeted Lu Song with a smile.

Lu Song bowed his head and said, "Yes."

Yang Shen stepped forward and said, "Everyone, since they are all working for the imperial court, why don't we get along well? This is not the place to talk, so it is better to go inside and talk."

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People from both sides entered the mines.

After all, it was getting dark, and even if you wanted to go to Fucheng, you couldn't leave that day.

Tang Yin and Lu Song went to one side, while Zhu Hao and Yang Shen seemed to have something to talk about, and went to the other side, Xu Jie was the most embarrassed, he obviously came with Yang Shen, and Yang Shen took good care of him on the way, but now after seeing Zhu Hao, he seemed to forget that there was still him as a person, and directly ignored him.

Zhu Hao took Yang Shen into a wooden house on the pretext of arranging a residence for Yang Shen, which had all the living facilities.

The two of them gathered around a wooden table, and did not mean to sit down, Yang Shen obviously thought about it carefully, and said to Zhu Hao: "If you want the household department to receive these pig irons, you must have Sun Butang come forward...... It's best for you to raise this matter with Sun Butang, it's difficult for others to catch up."

Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "Brother Xiu, do you think Sun Butang will come forward to help?"

"If you don't try, how do you know?"

In fact, Yang Shen didn't know the bottom in his heart.

The problem is that Yang Shen has always regarded Sun Jiao as a political enemy.

But now such a large amount of pig iron, if you want the household department to take over, and take a huge policy risk, how can it be possible without the approval of the household department?

Zhu Hao sighed: "I'm here to propose, I'm afraid it's inappropriate, in fact, it's best to use Brother Xiu to contact the important ministers of the court, but don't mention it to Ling Zun, otherwise if it doesn't work out, Ling Zun will know that such a large amount of pig iron will be transported away by the people of Jinyi Wei under our noses, isn't it......?"

Zhu Hao paused at this point, and glanced at Yang Shen meaningfully, clearly hinting at the other party - you had better think carefully before doing things, let me go and ask Sun Jiao, just like you informed your father, if Jinyiwei turns around and takes someone to transport this batch of iron away, then the request we made above will become a handle, and it will cause us to cause *** annoyance.

Yang Shen said, "If you don't mention it to the people of Jingshi, how can this appointment be obtained?"

Zhu Hao was also embarrassed, and sighed, "Is there no other way?"

Yang Shen walked around the room, hesitating for a while, if Zhu Hao asked Sun Jiao to ask Sun Jiao about this matter, and Sun Jiao came forward to get the order for this batch of pig iron, it would undoubtedly be the best choice for him.

But how could Yang Shen believe that Sun Jiao would help him in this matter? I'm not afraid that Sun Jiaoyi will turn his head

Just told the emperor about it? Jin Yiwei is worried that he can't find the whereabouts of this batch of pig iron.

Yang Shen also feels that things are tricky now.

Zhu Hao asked, "If we take this batch of pig iron away without permission, ...... you see?"

"No!"

Yang Shen said, "This batch of iron was produced when Jinyiwei controlled the mine, if it disappeared out of thin air, the imperial court would definitely investigate it strictly, besides, how could it be possible to transport such a large batch of pig iron to hide it from everyone? It is a sin of deceitful kings to transfer their fortunes privately."

Obviously, Yang Shen also considered this plan and measured the huge risks involved.

Zhu Hao said: "But I have thought that if the Jinyi Guards lose this batch of pig iron, they may not dare to report it to the above, and the highest level who knows about this matter now may only go to Mr. Tang."

Yang Shen frowned, "You mean, they didn't report to Your Majesty at all?"

Zhu Hao said with a smile: "Jin Yiwei opened the mine, how much does it produce, will it be reported to the above? Your Majesty is in the deep palace, how can he know so much detail? We can ship it out in batches, or we can build a smelter nearby and cast this batch of pig iron into weapons, so even if the Jinyi Guards find out that there is no name written on this batch of pig iron, how will they know that the weapons are made of the iron they produce?"

The more Yang Shen listened, the more confused he became.

Zhu Hao's plan was obviously out of line for a literati like him who had little practical experience.

Yang Shen raised his hand: "You let me be quiet, wait for me to think carefully before I reply to you, you go to deal with Tang Bohu first, can you let him notice the clues...... You go first."

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Zhu Hao did not arrange a reception banquet that night.

Yang Shen and Tang Yin didn't deal with each other in the first place, they were a bit of their own masters, they were both ordered by the emperor to investigate the case, and they didn't go with each other when they left, expecting them to sit down and discuss the investigation of the case together?

Tang Yin and Lu Song had already returned to the place where they lived, which was nearly a mile away from Yang Shen's temporary residence.

Tang Yin asked, "Helin, what the hell is Jingdao doing?"

Lu Song asked curiously, "Isn't Mr. Tang clear? Mr. Zhu said...... He's fishing."

Tang Yin: "......"

Lu Song said with a smile: "It is said that it is to take a part of our iron, which makes Yang Hanlin feel that the situation is serious, but in fact, the matter is not so important at all, it is only a small part of the iron we produced before, so it can make Yang Hanlin fearful, and he will definitely be able to tie him up."

It is said that it is millions of catties of iron, but in fact, it is only one or two thousand tons.

In this era, mining and smelting technology was not developed, and it was indeed an exaggeration to take out so much iron at once, and I thought it was a very precious thing.

But in fact, this bit of iron is nothing to the Yongping Iron Ore Mine.

With the progress of science and technology, boiler steelmaking and the promotion of desulfurization and dephosphorization technology developed by Zhu Hao, the monthly output of steel in Yongpingfu Iron Mine is about 5,000 tons, of which about 500 tons of high-quality steel, so it is no problem to come up with such a little output.

But where does Yang Shen understand this?

Listen to millions of pounds...... thought that he was a lot, even if he asked someone who knew how to ask, others would tell him that this batch of pig iron was indeed a lot, so Yang Shen felt that if this batch of pig iron could be pulled out of the emperor's hands and put on the armament, it would be a great achievement, and now Yang Shen felt that he had fallen out of favor in front of his father and needed a chance to make a contribution......

Tang Yin said angrily: "No wonder they said that they want to let Yang Yongxiu come and go, and dig the emotional pit here."

Lu Song said, "Mr. Tang, are you going to Fucheng together tomorrow?"

"Listen to him, he has a great idea, and I have come to obey orders. It's a pity, this wilderness ......" Tang Yin was a little unhappy.

Lu Song said with a smile: "Actually, Mr. Tang walked less than two miles down the mountain to the market town, where there are many miners living and having things to eat, drink and have fun."

Tang Yin's eyes widened when he heard this: "Didn't you say it earlier? I thought there was nothing in these barren mountains."

Lu Song said: "Yesterday I was not here, because Mr. Tang knows everything. But come to think of it, the gentleman came from the west side of the capital division, and the market town was in the east

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Tang Yin scolded and scolded: "Respectfully, that kid too, if you don't tell me about this kind of good thing, I thought the conditions here were so difficult!" Let's go, I'm just going to see it!"

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Yang Shen called the people he brought, and after careful consideration, he finally decided to report the matter to Yang Tinghe, so he could only find a house slave to bring a message back, and report it to the capital with a fast horse, so that Yang Tinghe would know.

Yang Shen was worried that as soon as he reported it, the pig iron would be discovered and taken away by Jinyiwei, but he was even more afraid that he would not report it, and Yang Tinghe would know about it when he turned around, saying that he was making an assertion.

Yang Shen kept an eye on it, and didn't tell Zhu Hao that this matter would be reported to Yang Tinghe, but this didn't mean that he didn't believe Zhu Hao, but he just felt that there was no need to mention everything to Zhu Hao, after all, the two can only be regarded as "friends" now, and can no longer be regarded as the same family or the same party.

There are still some changes that need to be made to the past.

After Yang Shen arranged things properly and sent away the house slaves, Xu Jie appeared outside the door.

Yang Shen said, "Zisheng, aren't you going to ask Tang Yin about calligraphy and painting? How did you come back?"

Xu Jie smiled bitterly: "It's not that I want to ask for advice, I just want to find a reason to ask some things and complete my official duties as soon as possible."

Xu Jie probably knew that he might be suspected by Yang Shen and felt that he was two-faced, so he specially came to explain it to himself.

"Hmm."

Yang Shen didn't take it too seriously.

Although he is also a member of the Hanlin Academy, Yang Shen obviously didn't take Xu Jie seriously, how could he discuss with the fledgling rookie in terms of major matters? Does Xu Jie have Zhu Hao's brain and courage?

Xu Jie once again introduced what he knew: "I heard that Tang Bohu went to the market town under the mountain in the east with Lu Qianhu of Jinyiwei, saying that he would not come back tonight."

"What?"

Yang Shen frowned, and the first thing that came to mind was ...... Could it be that Tang Yin and Lu Song knew the whereabouts of that batch of pig iron and were in a hurry to take someone to check it?

"What about the Honor?" Yang Shen asked again.

Xu Jiedao: "Governor Zhu said that someone from the prefect's yamen came to ask for it, but I don't know where he went."

Yang Shen thought to himself, could something really happen, so Zhu Hao found someone to do something?

But then Zhu Hao appeared in front of the two of them.

Yang Shen hurriedly stepped forward and asked Zhu Hao with a puzzled look.

Zhu Hao nodded and gave Yang Shen a reassuring signal, indicating that there was no problem.

Next to him, Xu Jie was dumbfounded.

What are these two monsters? Can you communicate with your eyes? I'm next to me, and I didn't say a word, meaning I was guarding against me?

Zhu Hao smiled, "How is Brother Zisheng doing in Hanyuan recently? I've been too busy to communicate with my old bureaucrats."

"Yet...... It's fine."

Xu Jie was somewhat embarrassed.

Zhu Hao said suddenly, "Brother Xiu, do you think Brother Zisheng will make achievements if he has the opportunity to be a party?"

Yang Shen seemed to realize something, wasn't he looking for someone to replace Zhu Hao, the prefect of Yongping Mansion?

If you put Xu Jie into this position......

Xu Jie is neither Yang Tinghe's nor the emperor's person, so the various factions are not too touched, but they are the best candidates.

But the question is......

Xu Jie doesn't seem to understand anything, can he take on this errand?