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Recently, as the craftsmen of the Durrant Empire have mastered the technology of the steel filling method, they have begun to introduce various steel weapons on a large scale, and at the same time reduce the price of steel, which has made steel products squeeze out a lot of the previous pig iron market share, and the steel trade has also become popular. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

With Zhang Cheng's status and means, it is estimated that he has already obtained the smelting method of the steel filling method from the Ordnance Bureau, and it is at a time when there is a shortage of funds, coupled with the popularity of the steel market, he naturally wants to get a piece of the pie. Nowadays, the price of steel in the market has been greatly reduced only relatively, it is just close to the previous pig iron price, the previous hundred refining method of steelmaking is labor-intensive and time-consuming, and it is good to keep the cost at today's price, and the steel filling method uses less energy and man-hours, and naturally there is a lot of profit margin.

There is such a way to make money, Zhang Cheng will naturally not let it go. The merchants on the Heavenly God Continent are also very shrewd, they know the law that the scale is large, the cost is low, and the larger scale can earn more funds, Zhang Cheng naturally wants to raise enough funds for this, and it is inevitable to join hands with the aristocratic merchants who have a good relationship.

After figuring out the key, Fang Ruitao was even more excited in his heart, originally his economic strike plan was aimed at the Durrant Empire, but he didn't expect to be able to bring Zhang Cheng on the line, this kind of result killing two birds with one stone is too good. Fang Ruitao inquired about the details in detail, and the carriage had already arrived in front of the mansion.

Fang Ruitao helped Long Hanyue and Zhu Yunmei out of the car, and Long Hanyue said in surprise: "Why did Sister Zhu get out of the car, does she also live with us?"

Fang Ruitao said with a smile: "Mei'er is already good sisters with you, don't take Mei'er to take a look inside, Xinlan and Xuefei are already inside." ”

"It's really good. Long Hanyue smiled and grabbed Zhu Yunmei and ran towards the inner house, Fang Ruitao shook his head and quickly followed.

Fang Ruitao and Zhu Yunmei entered the capital together, and the two visited the Eighth Prince for the first time, and the news that Zhu Yunmei stayed in Fang Ruitao's mansion caused an uproar in the upper circles of the imperial capital like three bombshells. For a while, everyone speculated whether Zhu Yunmei would use the fiefdom of Luoyu City as a dowry to marry Fang Ruitao, and whether Fang Ruitao would support the Eighth Prince to seize the throne with great fanfare.

At this time, Long Zhanyu and Marshal Gu Feng had already repented of their intestines, and they realized that it seemed that Long Zhanyun had never attacked Fang Ruitao in the court, and their actions were equivalent to pushing a powerful local force to Long Zhanyun's side.

For this situation, the straw bag of Dragon War Fire didn't feel much. He has been carried away by jealousy, as long as he can stumble on Fang Ruitao, he is willing to do it whether it is to harm himself or benefit others. For this reason, Marshal Gu Feng has quarreled with Long Zhanhuo several times, and every time Long Zhanhuo uses Gu Xinlan as the reason that Gu Xinlan is also following Fang Ruitao, saying that Marshal Gu Feng is for personal gain, and the angry marshal is trembling.

The military has been in business for many years, and it has paid too much on Long Zhanhuo, and now even if it changes course, there is no suitable candidate, if it weren't for this, Marshal Gu Feng would have kicked Long Zhanhuo aside. The disagreement between Long Zhanhuo and Marshal Gu Feng caused their momentum to slow down in the battle above the court, and Long Zhanhuo had to use the power in his hands to secretly go to the Duchy of Buenos to make trouble.

The silence of the Long Zhanhuo side made the Long Zhanyu side a little uncomfortable, they didn't know what the other party wanted to do, so they had to wait and see what happened, and Zhang Cheng also shifted his attention to making money because of the smelting workshop, and the ears of the Emperor Long Chenguang were finally clean these days.

The lord does not need to go to the temple every day, Fang Ruitao has really lived a few comfortable days these days, he stays at home every day, just frolicking at home with a few women, and has a lot of fun. Fang Ruitao's sudden calm after a high-profile visit to the Eighth Emperor Long Zhanyun made all parties unsure what Fang Ruitao wanted to do, plus Zhu Yunmei had been living in his mansion and didn't go out, everyone could see that the two had a great relationship.

Soon, the intelligence departments of various forces dug out that this mansion was originally owned by Zhu Yunmei, and it was later given to Fang Ruitao, and the possibility of the two marrying was even higher. After this series of intelligence investigations, although Fang Ruitao didn't do anything, his weight in the hearts of the strength of all parties became heavier.

To be precise, Fang Ruitao is playing with fire, the stronger his power is, the more it can cause unease among all forces, and with his gesture of visiting the Eighth Prince, the more people want to get rid of him. Now Fang Ruitao's strength is enough to be valued by all parties, if anyone dares to deal with him first, he will have to bear the decisive counterattack, then the loss of this force will be extremely heavy, which is equivalent to making a wedding dress for others. For such reasons, the forces of all parties contained each other, and no one dared to attack Fang Ruitao first, which was also the reason why Fang Ruitao dared to act like this.

Speculation and mutual vigilance can't solve the problem after all, so all forces want to test it and see what Fang Ruitao wants to do. The way of temptation was very simple, someone secretly stabbed Long Chenguang about the fact that Fang Ruitao went directly to meet the Eighth Prince after entering Beijing.

Fang Ruitao had gone to see Emperor Long Chenguang once the day after he first entered the city, and now he was at home and did not go to the court, and everyone couldn't say anything, so someone took this opportunity to let Fang Ruitao go out for a while to observe his movements. After Emperor Long Chenguang heard about this, he really sent someone to Fang Ruitao to summon him as soon as possible, and asked him to enter the palace to face the saint.

When the summoned person arrived at the mansion, Fang Ruitao, who seemed to be leisurely, finally breathed a sigh of relief. In the past few days, he has been waiting for the emperor's summons, but he didn't expect that the forces of several parties would be so calm, and they didn't make any moves until today. Hearing the call of Emperor Long Chenguang, Fang Ruitao said goodbye to the women, got into the carriage alone, and headed towards the imperial city surrounded by many guards.

At this time, it was close to noon, the early dynasty had already dispersed, and Fang Ruitao did not see any ministers when he arrived at the palace, he was directly brought into the side hall of the palace by the inner servants. The side hall was the emperor's usual office, and after the court meeting, he would also meet the courtiers alone. It was a great honor for the emperor to summon him alone, and every minister looked forward to getting such an opportunity, which was a sign of the emperor's trust in his courtiers.

Fang Ruitao didn't like such an opportunity, because every time he saw Emperor Long Chenguang, he felt a strong sense of oppression, especially when facing him alone. However, Fang Ruitao was very excited today, because after giving strong pressure to all forces, he urgently needed such an opportunity to take a stand and reassure all forces, which was an important link that could not be missing in his plan.

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