Zhu Shanqing called over a Dongchang fan in front of all the elders, pulled out a steel knife from his waist, and then picked up a high-manganese steel Yanling knife in his left hand, and slashed each other with two knives!

Mars splash! After the blow, Zhu Shanqing put the two knives on the table, and dragged the high-manganese steel Yanling knife to the Dongchang fanzi.

Several pavilion elders hurriedly gathered around, and the steel knife on the table already had a gap the width of a little finger, while the cold light of the high-manganese steel Yanling knife was still there. "This, this can't be!" Liu Jian shouted, his fingers touched the gap in the knife and continued: "As far as the minister knows, the knives equipped by the East Factory are all made of stainless steel, this, what kind of knife is this that is so sharp?" ”

Li Dongyang pointed to the pile of Yanling knives on the table: "Your Majesty, are these knives such treasures?" ”

Hongji's face lit up, and he tried to suppress the joy in his heart: "Well, Master Li, these are all treasure swords, the same quality!" ”

Xie Qian leaned over and looked at it carefully: "Your Majesty, the minister, the minister really can't believe it!" Who is responsible for such an uplift? ”

"Second Master, I just accidentally got it casually." Hua Houwei said shyly.

brush, all eyes were focused on Hua Houwei. Hongji opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't open his mouth after all.

"Your Highness? You, how did you come up with it? "Xu Pu's beard is high, and he really can't maintain his bearing.

"Ahh It's just a long dream. In my dreams, I was like those craftsmen outside, scooping up molten iron and casting it, enduring the heat and burns, and earning some hard-earned money to make ends meet. So later, I just tried it casually, but I didn't expect that the things in the dream were actually real! ”

Several pavilion elders all looked unconvinced, Huahou Weicai didn't care about those, believe it or not, anyway, there was no other explanation!

Xie Qian nodded: "Your Highness, what do you mean?" ”

"I can hand over the technology, but promotion is a problem! How to keep it secret? How to pay taxes? Who is qualified to operate? How do I change my outfit? There are too many questions, and I can't think about them as a child. Hua Houwei is not blindly arrogant, in terms of his understanding of Daming and the spicy nature of governance, he can't compare to these people.

"Your Highness is generous, admire! Once this new technology is promoted, it can reproduce the grand occasion of our Han enemy Wuhu! His Royal Highness has made great contributions! Li Dongyang immediately realized the direct benefits of upgrading steelmaking technology!

Xu Pu nodded: "What Bin Zhi said is good, in fact, there are more than these benefits. The steel is so hard that it must be softer too. The former Song Dynasty had a divine arm bow, Your Highness, can you do it? ”

Hua Houwei shook his head: "Lord Xu, it's not that you can't do it, but there are better ones!" The carbon content of the steel can be blended, and soft steel can be made, and crossbow arrows can be made, which are not only accurate, but also can shoot at least forty zhang! My lord, this technology is not only because of the variety of steel and good quality, but also the cost! ”

"The cost? Your Highness, you mean? Xu Pu's eyes flashed with surprise, and he asked Hua Houwei with some hesitation.

"That's right, that's what you think. Steel will get cheaper and cheaper, so we don't have to carry a knife to cut people, just shoot them with crossbow arrows! No, heap them to death! What we have is money! ”

Xu Pu asked excitedly: "Is this really the case?" ”

"Don't worry, Grandpa Xu, this blast furnace has a daily output of 10,000 catties and 12, how many are ten blast furnaces? What about 100 seats? How vast is the land of China, there can be a thousand blast furnaces casually, right? With a daily output of one million catties of steel, Lord Xu, you come to teach me, who can be a blow to Daming! Hua Hou Wei proudly put his hands behind his back, and his face was full of indescribable!

I grass! Everyone is a little unstable! It happened suddenly, and no one thought about it that much. At this moment, Huahou Wei spoke eloquently, and a magnificent picture scroll slowly unfolded in front of people! Hongzhi slapped the table case in surprise, and the intensity was so great that the Yanling knife on the table was thumping! "Zhu Houwei! Is this true? ”

"Your Majesty, your son will not lie. I've known the ninety-nine multiplication formula a long time ago, and you can figure it out! Hua Houwei's rare upright clothes bowed towards Hongji.

Hongzhi looked at Xu Pu, Xu Pu was so excited that he couldn't help himself, but he just desperately bowed his hand to Hongzhi, and every pore on his face bloomed with a smile. Look at Li Dongyang again. Li Dongyang, a meticulous person, doesn't care about his image at the moment, and his back molars are exposed. Xie Qian even looked at Hua Houwei full of pride, as if announcing to everyone that that stinky child was my Xie Qian Xie Yu Qiao's disciple! Liu Jian kept brushing his beard, and the tip of each beard was shining!

Suddenly, Hongji let out a breath of turbidity and kept slapping the table and shouting: "Taimiao Taimiao! I want to give good news to my ancestors! ”

Xu Pu coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, Taimiao is not in a hurry to report the good news, let's discuss a few major things that His Highness said, and see how to deal with the aftermath!" ”

Hongzhi slapped his head and glared at Hua Houwei angrily: "Little rabbit cub, why don't you remind your father?" ”

Everyone is angry, the emperor is really happy, and even his father has come out. Hua Houwei grimaced, and then said with a smile: "Dad, don't be too happy too early." There are several puzzles, which are almost unsolvable. First, no matter how secret you are, the technology will eventually leak out. What shall we do? ”

Xu Pu was anxious, such a divine weapon, if the barbarians were allowed to go, the ancestral tablet would not be able to be kept! "Your Highness, can you really not keep it?"

"Alas, Grandpa Xu, you are also full of history books, is it possible to smelt iron barbarians? Haven't you been sent out by your own people and made a knife to shoot your own people? It is difficult to prevent thieves! ”

Xu Pu was silent, yes, how many good things of the Han people were sent out by their own people, and they really couldn't keep it!

Hongji looked murderous and snorted coldly: "Then kill!" Whoever leaks kills whom! ”

Liu Jian echoed: "That's right! Everyone will be punished for such traitors! Not only to kill, but also to crush the bones and scatter ashes, so that he will die without a place to be buried! ”

Li Dongyang shook his head: "Your Majesty, Lord Liu, how can it be so easy?" This blast furnace must be promoted, there are many people, can the secret be kept? Your Highness, what exactly do you think? ”

"Well, I mean how to make sure that our technology is always advanced. My lord, what books are the readers of the Ming Dynasty reading? Not a subset of the history of the Outer Classics. Who will study the technology? By the craftsmen? Are they literate? Willing to work on technology? Can the corresponding treatment keep up? Can they be officials? ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Xu Pu asked hesitantly, "Your Highness, is this important?" ”

Hua Houwei shook his head, disappointed in his heart: "Alas, adults, technology can never keep secrets, so you can only keep rushing forward." You don't think it's important to be a craftsman, that's their duty. Then let me ask the lords, can scholars become officials, can they not be paid? When you make a big contribution, do you really care about the corresponding job promotion? They are all people, they are all fathers and mothers, why do the craftsmen have to be willing to do things that the scholars are not willing to? ”