Chapter 42: Revisiting the Iron Smelting Bureau

She is only repairing farm tools, and she is not hoarding weapons and armor, so it should not be considered a taboo.

Of course, she dared to be so presumptuous, also because Cui Fuyin unconditionally supported.

With Cui Fuyin taking cover, it is estimated that no one will report it.

Just do it, Li Yewu began to find a suitable site for building an iron smelting plant and recruiting troops.

However...... The dream is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.

Because the imperial court controls the iron-smelting industry, the people who know how to smelt iron are in the hands of the officials, and the people have none at all.

Although she had a battalion of people on standby as a tool support department, she inquired carefully, and everyone could only do carpentry, and none of them could make iron.

Li Yewu's idea of setting up his own iron smelting factory was defeated by the cold reality......

Even though she has all kinds of hills and valleys in her heart, sometimes she really can't do anything about it.

For example, if she starts from building a factory to training employees to developing new products, when will she have to wait...... But there are still 100,000 people on the hillside waiting to be used.

Besides, even if everyone can afford to wait, her wallet can't afford to wait......

Suddenly, Li Yewu's mood fell to the bottom.

Seeing that the little lady was troubled by the pile of rotten copper and iron, Zicui silently came over: "Madam, maybe you can ask for help from Xiangge." ”

"Who?" Li Yewu was dazed.

Zicui's expression on her face really forgot about the song: "The song is also our person, he has worked in the Iron Smelting Bureau, and he deals with iron every day, you may be able to solve the problem if you discuss with him." ”

“!” Li Yewu was extremely shocked: "It turns out that there are still such talents in our palace!" ”

She thought that the house was full of innocent people who had nothing but loyalty.

"Where is the princess, there are all kinds of people in our house." Zicui looked unconvinced.

“…… You're right, take me to him. ”

Li Yewu lifted the hem of her skirt and walked outside, muttering as she walked: "Anyway, why didn't you tell me that there were our people in it last time you went to the Iron Smelting Bureau." ”

"Yan Ge is only striking iron in the Iron Smelting Bureau, he never goes to the shop, and even if he comes out, he probably can't speak, so ...... Hey. ”

"Understood."

Li Yewu nodded transparently, and dared to love in the eyes of Ms. Zicui.

This mysterious singer is unfortunately down the chain of contempt for Cui.

Speaking of which, I said before that Xiao Jiuxi brought 100 people from Beijing to Taizhou, and the names of these 100 people are very interesting.

They are a group of ten people, with the order as the name, the first word is the group order, and the last word is the same poem: - the song is in a dream

The ten people who Xiao Jiuxi brought to the Beijing Division are No. 1-10.

The names are called a song, a peach, and a flower......

The song means that he is the boss of the four groups, and the remaining members are called Sidu, Si Tao, and Sihua......

Although there is nothing wrong with it in essence, Li Yewu still can't help but complain about Xiao Jiuxi, but he is really lazy and perfunctory, these are loyal servants who are willing to give their lives, and the result is this treatment.

Not a single name!

If she is the master of the house, she will definitely give them a good name, and they will have to have a little bit to do with "wealth" and "power" to be magnificent.

……

In this way, Li Yewu hurried back to the main city.

The two of them passed through the West Market and went straight to the South Gate Iron Smelting Bureau.

Li Yewu was a newcomer before, and no one knew her.

Since she single-handedly scared off the refugees who besieged the palace, and led 200,000 strong men to open up the wasteland, this princess has become completely famous in Taiqi City.

So Li Yewu appeared in the Iron Smelting Bureau again, and needless to say, the manager of the Iron Smelting Bureau greeted him respectfully.

"The princess is coming, and she is not welcomed, and she asks the princess to forgive her sins."

Originally, the steward wanted to apologize to the princess, but last time he didn't know that Taishan mistook the princess for someone's little maid, which was really rude and dereliction of duty.

Who knew that Li Yewu didn't give him time to say hello.

"Those who don't know are not guilty, that, I want to go to your back shop to find someone who doesn't know how to do it."

"Uh...... Naturally, it's convenient, princess, who do you want to find? ”

"Singing."

The manager of the Iron Smelting Bureau raised his eyebrows, a little surprised and a little expected, after all, Yan Ge and his little brothers were also the entourage of the palace to put it bluntly, and it was normal for the princess to look for them.

"Just go in."

Li Yewu nodded and entered the backyard with Zicui.

The backyard is completely different from the front bunk, as soon as you enter, you can hear the sound of clanging and knocking, the temperature is much higher than outside, and even the trees in the courtyard have been dried by the perennial sweltering heat, and even in spring they have not seen budding.

Li Yewu continued to walk towards the shed curiously, and it didn't take long to see seven or eight big men raising their hands to strike iron, their chests and backs exposed, and their arms and chests were full of swollen muscles.

Seeing this, Zicui covered her eyes shyly.

Li Yewu didn't care much, and asked directly: "Which one is the song?" ”

All the iron-striking people were stunned, and when they saw who it was, they stopped their work one after another and bowed to Li Yewu.

"The little one has seen the lady."

Li Yewu was a little surprised, although he knew that Yan Ge had come to work in the Iron Smelting Bureau, but according to Zicui, he was at most a marginal character, but when he saw the scene with his own eyes, it seemed to be ...... The people of their palace are the main force......

Just when Li Yewu was surprised, Yan Ge had already sorted out his clothes and came out.

He is tall, with a full beard, and his skin is also blackened red by charcoal fire...... It's all burly and solid men...... If they were to be mixed into the bandits, it would not be against the peace at all.

"Little lady, I don't know what you are doing here to find Xiao?"

Although the appearance of the song is fierce, the words still retain the style of politeness, which is a bit of a scholarly flavor in this roughness, and there is an inexplicable sense of disobedience.

However, Li Yewu came to do business in the end, and she tried her best to ignore the disobedience of the song and talked about the right thing.

"I'd like to talk to you about how we can improve the way we make iron."

“???”

Yan Ge was a little incredulous: "Princess...... No, what is Madame going to improve? ”

Rumors about Li Yewu were boiling outside, even in this iron smelting bureau, they heard it from time to time, but everyone called her the princess, so much so that Brother Yan unconsciously blurted out the princess.

He lowered his head a little embarrassed, not daring to look at Li Yewu.

Li Yewu doesn't care if others call her a princess or a lady, anyway, it's just a title, call more princess or less madam, and it won't be immortal, it doesn't matter.

She gets straight to the point.

"This kind of white iron......" Li Yewu pointed to the forged iron tools in the corner, his eyes were full of disgust: "It's too brittle!" It is not suitable for digging mountain rocks, and I would like to discuss with you about turning white iron into gray iron. ”

"What...... What? ”

What kind of white iron and gray iron, I can't understand the song, but according to the princess's meaning, it is to change the hardness of the tool??