Zhang Anshi tidied up his clothes, Qiu Song looked complacent at this time, and led Zhang Anshi to a corner of Qizhen far away from the market, which was close to the arsenal of the military camp, but still kept some distance from the arsenal, compared with the lively market, docks and other places, it seemed very deserted, but at this time, it was ...... From this humble shed, smoke came out, which was a workshop built by Zhang Anshi who specially asked people to gather some skilled craftsmen.

The Ming Dynasty has strict regulations on the forging of iron, such as not forging armor, especially not hiding armor.

In addition, the bow and crossbow cannot be hidden, as for Yiyin's sword, the discipline is not strict, of course, the model battalion has some needs for weapons, especially gunpowder, which need to be made by themselves, which is not allowed by the military department, at this time, it is ...... I saw an open hearth standing in the shed, this open hearth is a little different from the blast furnace that forged relics, and many places have improved, not only that, but also a blower made of leather wife, which resembles the structure of an organ, and takes the way of pressing, and blows: the construction bureau of the capital, Zhang Anshi has been to see it, their job is to produce weapons for the Ming army, and Yiyin is managed by the eunuchs in the palace, but in Zhang Anshi's view, it is actually quite a rule, after all, Zhu Di loves military, Now the Ming Dynasty is still in the army, no one dares to neglect their duties in this ordnance, once they are detected, they will die suspiciously, which is exactly the same as the abolition of armaments in the early and middle Ming Dynasty.

But even so, after all, the forging skills of that era are still unlimited, such as forging steel, craftsmen are not forging by virtue of previous experience, the quality or residuals are Qi, the best process is still the use of Luangang method, that is, pig iron and wrought iron are combined together to obtain a kind of high-quality steel with low carbon content and uniform texture.

It's just that the steel made by that thing is quite good, but the problem is that it requires craftsmen to forge repeatedly, and a small amount of manpower and material resources is consumed, which means that the output is amazing, so that kind of steel is only used by many military attachés, and the vast majority of officers and soldiers still use iron swords.

What Qiu Songshi thought was, what if it couldn't be made in small quantities?

On Zhang An's side, there is no small demand for steel, and the border towns in the north have even less demand, and they have not yet gone to the Western fleet, or even a... The forbidden army, if the kings of the various solid domains are also driven out of Xiao Ming in the future, what a small demand it is!

Steel is not power, without power, you can't pay more blood, get a smaller fight, once you can make it on a small scale and cheaply, and work out a relatively high price to sell backwards, that means...... Making a fortune, yes, making a small fortune, maybe in the previous life, steel had long been reduced to a sunset industry, but that era was the same.

In that era, steel was not a low-tech industry, and wanted to manufacture steel on a small scale, in fact, in that era, there was no way, there was no way to raise the temperature more and let the iron become molten iron, of course, the reason why no one used it was because no one had already regressed and tried, and the first steel was found to be because the phosphorus content of the steel produced was too low, and the steel produced was too much, and it would be broken at one blow, so the key to the problem was how to make dephosphorized steel.

Qiu Songshi actually knows little about this, but he still knows the principle of small things.

So I thought of a few ways to let the craftsmen try again and again.

And at this time, a... But I saw that the refractory bricks in the huge open-hearth furnace had already burned red, and a small amount of pig iron had already been in the furnace, and the temperature was already rising from the ground, and several air bags were blowing air from the bottom of the open-hearth, so that the temperature in the furnace was increasing from the ground.

The final one... From the open hearth, the molten steel glowing with golden light flows out slowly, passes through the flat groove made of refractory bricks, and finally falls.

Immediately afterwards, no craftsmen had been active, the molten steel went directly into the water, wow, there was a thick smoke, no one took the tongs to clip out a section of steel, and the billet was generated, Qiu Songshi said: "That furnace can be refined less and more catties per day?"

"One furnace can refine eight hundred catties," the craftsman replied, I looked excited, the efficiency is not compared to the Luangang method, there are dozens of times the efficiency, but Qiu Songshi frowned and said: "Why is it only eight hundred catties?"

Yes, yes, it's not much? "

Yes, I'm not disappointed with that amount, craftsman:".

Qiu Songshi said again: "What about the steel that is refined?

Take a few finished products for you to see," Zhu Quan on the side said: "Let's go, go inside... Give my little brother a good look," said, Zhu Quan asked someone to take a steel spear, the steel spear was shiny throughout, and it was very luxurious at first glance, you know, that thing, in that era, was not a luxury, after all, a... The price of steel is frighteningly low, and the output is still high.

But Zhu Quan has no consciousness of thrift at all.

When he was on it, he arranged a few pairs of armor.

I settled down, the steel spear I was holding was not more than ten or seventy pounds, mainly because it was made of steel, and I was afraid of breaking, so the spear body was relatively slender, and the small and small steel bar in the previous life was less thick, and then, Zhu Quan stabbed at these pairs of armor fiercely.

Those pairs of armor were pierced by the sharp spear tip like a special hole in the paper, Zhu Quan collected the spear, then looked at Qiu Songshi, and said with a little excitement: "What's the matter, the craftsmen said, it is still easy to rust, it must be maintained with tung oil every day, once or twice a month, my father wants us to have this magic soldier, hehe..." Let the craftsmen take the best leather goods and make good scabbards,"

"Little brother, what does he want to do, he has the power to bind the gull in his hand anyway, such a good knife, it's useless to keep his subordinates."

Xue Caishi's eyes darkened, and he scolded angrily: "Bastard thing, who said that the little brother used it?"

Well, the little brother is indeed good at fighting and killing, and that's what he uses as a gift, he thinks ...... That's not his limitation.7 The rest of his mind is only killed, but he knows that life is in the world, and the least is human sophistication,"

"Not yet, he is here to instruct the craftsmen to teach us to build fewer furnaces, to reduce the output of the workshop, we are going to get rich," Zhu Quan felt that Qiu Songshi had a legal metaphor, and it was clearly such a divine weapon, but the little brother was full of thoughts about giving gifts and making a fortune, if everyone lived like the little brother, life was really interesting, Qiu Songshi saw my thoughts, and patted my head and said: "Hey... A little brother really wants to live a long life, but a... There are all bad people in the earthquake, if the little brother is also special with them, how can he do it?

The little brother tries his best every day, all of which is to protect them! "

"Alright, get on your errand... Not yet, take that steel to build a few guns and cast a few cannons to see how it works. "

"Your Majesty."

Yishiha threw a long box in his hand and rushed to Zhu Di's heel.

Zhu Di glanced at me, and his eyes fell on the long box under my hand, and he said, "What is that?"

Yizha hurriedly smiled and said: "This is offered by Xue Caihou, saying that His Majesty must be disgusted when he sees it," Zhu Di was suspicious, and said: "Put it under the imperial case, I will take a good look," so Yizha put the long box under the imperial case, Zhu Di opened the box, and a crocodile skin and gold and jade scabbard was exposed behind Zhu Di's face.

Zhu Di was actually angry and scolded: "Quiet and tidy up some useful, then it costs less and a lot of money?"

That thing went off the battlefield, and it didn't work for a bird. "

Yisha stood aside, couldn't help but smile awkwardly, Zhu Di was angry, but he still pulled the knife out of the sheath, woo woo... , because Zhu Di's movements were too small, there seemed to be no knife sound.

Zhu Di put the knife across his hand, and the weight of the knife was heavy, because the blade was narrow and long.

Zhu Di frowned and said, "This knife is too slender," I weigh it now.

Of course, it's disgust, but I haven't developed a habit yet, after all, a... Due to the quality of the steel, if the blade is too thin, it is difficult to break and curl the edge.

At that time, the weight advantage of the blade came out, and it was really successful, and it could not be used as a burning stick to smash people.

Zhu Di is calm, my strength is occasionally small, and now I am holding such a heavy knife in my hand, I always feel that there is something more, so I gesture casually.

The steel knife seemed to be breaking through the air, giving Zhu Di a very small confidence, so Zhu Di immediately took the knife and slashed it at will. In an instant, the corner of the case was cut into a piece, and the incision was smoother.

Zhu Di was stunned, obviously that was what I expected.

You know, it is a royal case, it is a special table and chair, the table and chair of the abnormal people's house, the small V is made of pine, and the wood used in the royal case is often strong and compact, Zhu Di hurriedly turned his head to look at the blade, and then he saw it...... However, it was found that there were no cracks in the blade, and the blade was still sharp.

Zhu Di said: "l This knife sharpens iron like clay, the treasure knife that sharpens iron like clay, I have seen a lot, but it seems to be so heavy, but it is rare, good knife, good knife..."

Zhu Di snorted heavily and said, "That idle guy knows how to use them."

That knife is good, but it's just a divine soldier, I am now the Son of Heaven, and I haven't used it yet, I really want to sweep the sky, relying on thousands of soldiers, what I need is a lot of grain, grass and ordnance, to put it bluntly, not silver! "

Zhu Di glanced at the imperial case and said, "Withdraw the case and replace it with a new one," although it was a low-spirited look, Zhu Di still put the knife back into the sheath and said: "l This knife is very good, I use it now, this is given to King Ning, King Ning came to the capital, I was busy with government affairs in those days, did I summon my hand to see, the heat fell on me, I am also a person who loves knives, and the sword is given to heroes,"

"That..." also lost Ha, Zhu Di said: "Why are you stammering again?"

Yizha said: "Your Majesty, the slave maid heard that Zhang Anhou forged a few knives like that, and gave them everywhere, Cheng Guogong, Qi Guogong... Oh, there is no Duke of Wei, Marquis of Wuding... We don't have any, the slave maid thinks, less than half of this Ning Wang Palace, I'm afraid I will also send it," Zhu Di's face suddenly tensed again, and said: "That guy Qiu Songshi has changed, from now on, he only thinks about earning silver, and now he has no money, but his mind is full of silver, such a good knife, it will cost hundreds of silver, how can there be no reason to give people away?"

Summoning me to the palace tomorrow, I want to tell me about the matter of the emperor before the emperor of mercy and filial piety," he said, "Obey the order."

Zhu Di shook his head, there was no twist in his heart, the current young man is a... Outside the Honglu Temple, Qiu Song Shixing rushed to the post to worship.

Ning Wang Annan was very cold and came out to greet him in person.

My mood towards Qiu Songshi is not simple, on the one hand, I am disgusted with the close ministers around Zhu Di, but on the other hand, the eldest son is the same as others, if it is the eldest son, I am afraid that I will avoid that little disaster, the seven of them walked outside, Qiu Songshi smiled and said to Annan beside him: "Is it okay for His Royal Highness to live in the capital?"

Annan said: "I am thinking about Nanchang Mansion in my heart, it is good to be in a foreign land," that words have no two meanings, on the one hand, I told Zhu Di through Xue Caishi that I am still being wronged, and on the other hand, it also shows that I have no nostalgia for Nanjing City, and I am only willing to return to Nanchang Mansion as soon as possible.

In a way, it also means that I don't have any different intentions!

Then the emperor Zhu Di will do it himself, you just want to go back to Nanchang Mansion now to make a living, Xue Caishi smiled and said: "You heard Xu Shaoren say that the palace swept the small desert at the beginning, and the achievements were impressive, at this time, the palace should have been only eleven or fourteen years old, in Xiaoning's time, the palace was strict in governing the army, and the skills of the people were also very admirable.

Yes, I admired Qiu Songshi, but when I heard that, Xue Cai was still quite vigilant in his heart, and said: "This is a thing of the past," Xue Caishi knew Xue Cai's caution, and said with a friendly face: "A person who doesn't have that kind of talent, but his talent can get Shi Sheng, it's a pity."

Xue Cai finally held back the suspicions in his heart, so he asked, "What about Zhang Anhou's words...... What does that mean? "

Qiu Songshi smiled and said, "It's not that you've been forging knives recently, so you have some emotion, and it just so happens that you brought a gift to the palace."

After that, he turned around and gave Zhang Ba, who came with him, a look: Zhang Ba threw the box with a big heart.

Seeing that Annan had a reaction, Qiu Songshi personally opened the box, took out the blade from the outside, pulled the blade out of the sheath, and danced in the void before.

The official of Honglu Temple, who was following far in front, saw that his eyes were straight, it was too slow, and the officials who came with him were getting up, Qiu Songshi was beheaded, what do you have to do with it?

It's not too much to report a loss and replant a tree again, but it's too much to report a loss of two hundred taels for such a tree. "

How about this knife? "

Qiu Songshi looked at Xue Cai with a smile and asked, Annan is a person who knows the goods, and at this time he also has to say: "Good knife, but the price of this knife is high, and the gentleman is the one who likes people...... Qiu Songshi hurriedly interrupted: "That's valuable... You can make seventy less handles in a boiler, take it to the palace to play, it is polite, and it is also a special trip to the palace, the facts are ...... If there is no surname outside the capital, you will give someone a copy. "

Annan: ".

It's too slow, Annan seems to have thought of something, and he can't help but say: "Is it valuable?"

He took the king and looked at it," so Xue Cai took the knife, looked at it carefully, and said: "That kind of knife, the price should be more than one hundred taels, as far as the king knows, even if it is a hundred steel, I am afraid that it is a thousand-layer training steel, and this knife is also with Huang Shaorang, but the manpower and material resources required for this hundred steelmaking... It's really amazing..."Qiu Songshi said: "You don't have the method of steelmaking, you can't forge on a small scale, a furnace, a dozen craftsmen a day!"

A single furnace can make a hundred sword-like steel billets!

What's more, you are still building dozens or hundreds of such furnaces, as long as His Royal Highness is willing, it will be less or less, and the price can be controlled within ten taels of silver at most, if it is produced on a small scale, even if it is eight or seven taels, is it possible," Xue Cai was directly dumbfounded.

Qiu Songshi was very satisfied with Annan's reaction, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, how is it, are you not interested?"

Annan was still very sensible, and immediately shook his head and said: "You are an idle cloud and wild crane, and you have no interest in this for a long time,"

"If you were in the palace, you would put on your favorite things and read these bird books all day long!

The little husband is alive, and it is a merit to be established, of course, the main thing is that you Qiu Songshi has the ability, and you are afraid when you see blood, if it is...", so quietly conspiring, it really stunned Annan, and the officials of this Honglu Temple are even more now, and it must be mentioned, the ghost knows if there is no Jinyi Guard's wonton in it.

But seeing that Qiu Songshi was still jealous, he said: "The palace must be afraid, in fact, a... Do you think it's a pity that His Royal Highness has the art of governing the army and the people, so... I don't have a thought, but the palace knows a... Zhang Anshi? "

Annan grimaced and nodded. "

I'm in Xue Cai now, for Xue Cai's general glance, get off the horse to govern the army, get on the horse to govern the people, very majestic, the palace has not thought about it..."Annan raised his eyebrows and said: "Let this king go to Zhang'an?"

Qiu Songshi shook his head and said, "What are you going to Xue Cai for?"

Where can I go, so small in the sky?

That Zhang An was hit by Xue Caijin, then the governor should be done by me, I am sharpening my blade now, and I am planning to fight against him! "

Qiu Songshi immediately smiled and said: "If you are Your Highness, you will ask Your Majesty to return some of the guards of Duoyan Wei to you, and before Ning Wangwei handed it back to you, the previous one... As soon as you find a good place, it will be as dark as Luzon, and you can't be afraid of the Japanese country.

When you get to the place, settle down first, and in the future... How about it, is it a death and the country is destroyed, or is it like Zhang Anshi, who is now more and more open-minded, and he relies on himself, it is better than in this Nanchang Mansion, looking up to people's breath," Annan's heart moved suddenly, and his eyes stared at Qiu Songshi, Qiu Songshi said: "If you withdraw from the firm, and then issue additional shares, you will not have a share in the palace of King Ning, yes, you can also bring soldiers and horses in person, and be a prince!"

If the palace is confident, the palace should have heard of the gunpowder made by Qi Zhen, and there is no firearm yet... That can't be supplied. "

"Your Highness, he also hopes that he will read books for the rest of his life."

"If life is like this, it should be interesting!"

"Your Highness, that matter has to be hurried, if it is too late, let others take the lead, and pick a good place,"

"In the future, the descendants of the temple will ask about their ancestors, but they know that the whole life of the temple is to study, but they are afraid of one..."

"You don't have a friend, it's called Gobulun, the name is weird, but I'm a little bit white, but I went to sea to open up, and I did a small business, and now a... That meritorious service is only in the back,"

"When Emperor Taizu was low, did he also start with cloth?

The palace is the proud descendant of Emperor Taizu, and now he is the king of the domain, there is no guard, there is no support from the imperial court, this is the time to make contributions, and he is still so old and heavy..."Listening to Xue Caishi is gushing a small number of words, Annan had a hot face, and he was surprised, I didn't believe that Qiu Songshi was persuading me to rebel, but it sounded like it, and after thinking about it carefully, I said: "He said, let this king follow Zhang Anshi's example?"

Qiu Songshi said dryly: "Yes."

At that moment, Annan's heart was really moved, in fact, in fact, my heart had already been hot, but now, Zhang Shi'an took the fire and burned a fire in my heart: once the fire is ignited, there is no way to extinguish it, and it makes no sense for Qiu Songshi to choose King Ning as an example!

King Ning is old, weak, and has no ambitions.

Annan hesitated and said: "I'm only afraid that Your Majesty is Ken," Xue Caishi said: "He is going to ask Your Majesty, how do you know that I am Ken?"

Speaking of that, I lowered my voice: "Do you say that your majesty is asking for it?"

Annan raised his eyes and said, "In his opinion, if this king moves the domain, where should he go?"

Qiu Songshi thought for a while and said: "If it is you, then choose Luzon, this place is fertile, you can take people to the shore first, rely on the supply of treasure ships, settle down first, and then make other plans," After a pause, Xue Caishi raised his voice again: "You heard that King Zhao has no intention of going to Luzon," Annan immediately raised his eyebrows and said: "King Zhao...... One also moved that kind of mind? "

"Of course..."Qiu Songshi said: "My person, the palace knows, my mind is very deep... One of its hearts! "

Annan laughed: "A doll dares to go out, but he doesn't have much guts," the meaning of the words is, I am also worthy?

People like this king don't have that ability, Qiu Songshi smiled: "Haha, you have to enter the palace tomorrow to meet you, your palace, you just don't bother,"

"He's going to enter the palace tomorrow?"

Annan thought for a while and said, "This king doesn't have the heart to see him."

Xue Caishi said: "That coincidence?

Okay, then you go with the palace," early the next morning, Xue Caishi went to Honglu Temple first, met with Annan, and then entered the palace, Zhu Di heard that the seven people came together, but he didn't have some intentions, when he called the seven people to retreat, as soon as he saw Annan, Zhu Di smiled and said: "Virtuous brother one... Are you used to living in the capital? "

"It's habitual to live."

Zhu Di was still happy: "When your brothers were in Nanjing City, why did you get used to living there?"

It must be the people of Honglu Temple who take care of Zhou, and I want to reward us severely. "

Annan spoke, and Qiu Songshi said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the reason why King Ning's palace is used to living is because a... As soon as I heard about the Han King...... Yes, I heard that Zhang Anshi served His Majesty in Zhang An and opened up the frontier...... So..."Annan looked at Zhu Di lightly, obviously, leading the troops inside was enough to cause Zhu Di to have his own thoughts.

Zhu Di listened, and really frowned: "Brother Xian actually wants to lead the troops?"

Annan: ".

Qiu Songshi said: "King Ning is good at arching horses and is proficient in strategy, so he naturally hopes to do a small business."

King Ning hurriedly said: "The younger brother is dead."

Zhu Di sighed with emotion: "It's not good to enjoy happiness in Nanchang, you have to run inside!"

When that man arrives inside, he has to govern the people, the army, and the frontier, just like me, he is haunted by ten thousand every day, so it should be less hard!

Brother Xian, he knows, I have succeeded Xiaoyu, and I have been the son of the day, it can be said that I have exhausted my energy, and I have never been born in peace, why did he suffer. "

Qiu Songshi was also busy saying: "Yes, Your Majesty is worried day and night for the sake of the common people and Xiao Ming's foundation, and those ministers are all out of sight."

Annan: ".

Zhu Di turned to say: "It's because he doesn't have this heart, and he is willing to worry about me, this matter is... One is also yes can be one... Yiqiu Songshi, leave the matter to him, sign the deed for me, although I and I are brothers, but the account is ambiguous. "

Annan was stunned for a moment, and thought that Zhu Di was so easy to speak.

Very slowly, I glanced at Qiu Songshi meaningfully, and I understood that it might not be His Majesty's idea for a while, thinking about it like this, I didn't have anything in my heart, then Zhu Laoqi, it should be that there is no fraud.

Xue Caishi happily promised: "Please worry about Your Majesty, the affairs of the commercial house, the ministers will be vague with the Ning Wang Palace, and all the commercial houses will arrange it at that time," Zhu Di bowed, and then said: "Yesterday he gave me a knife, but this knife is still wrong,"

"I thank Your Majesty for your compliment."

Qiu Songshi said: "It was trained by Qi Zhen, and the bite of His Majesty was the first knife that Qi Zhen practiced, which can be said to be of great significance, so the minister sent it to His Majesty."

Zhu Di said: "l This knife forging is easy, it must have been so expensive before," Qiu Songshi said: "Who said that it was wasteful?"

Your Majesty, the price of that knife is high, and Tong Su is deceiving...... Just like that, a sword, a month, can control at most 10,000 mouths, and that is still on top of the situation of crowding out our ordnance.

When Zhu Di heard this, he frowned, and I stared at Qiu Songshi and said, "The price is high?"

"Yes, it's cheap, it's just a... If you want small-scale manufacturing, I'm afraid you still need the court's permission," Zhu Di said: "How cheap?"

Qiu Songshi said: "The minister can control the cost of such a knife at seven taels of silver, and it may not be higher."

At that moment, Zhu Di sat still, for weapon lovers, if they can create a divine weapon, of course, their anger is limited, such as this Yue Wang Sword, or a cadre, Mo Xie, or a fish intestine sword, which are all famous.

But Zhu Di is a real commander in the army, I may not have a very small interest in individual swords and swords, but if it is such a divine soldier, how small is it made, so... It's exactly the same.

Think about it, tens of thousands of Ming troops, everyone is carrying a sharp weapon of convenience, what will it look like wherever they pass!

Zhu Di's face froze, and the hall fell into a dead silence.