"Your Highness, it may be that those officials have their own concerns!" Guo An said slowly.

Zhu Di said angrily: "This is their duty, what are your concerns?" A group of corpse vegetarian officials! ”

"Then the next official will not know!" Guo An replied honestly.

Zhu Di said again: "Hmph, this king will give the emperor advice tomorrow!" ”

Guo An was taken aback, and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Highness, don't worry, there should be many officials who have advised Your Majesty about this kind of important matter."

And the reason why His Majesty did not agree was because of His Majesty's considerations.

If His Highness rashly admonishes, he may be reprimanded by His Majesty.

Your Highness may wish to wait until the iron-making workshop is first fruitful, and it is not too late to advise! ”

"Good!"

Zhu Di pondered for a moment and nodded slowly.

Guo An was somewhat relieved.

"Your Highness, how about one tael of silver in addition to the food ration given to each craftsman every month? A tael of silver was enough for their family to eat, and even some was left. ”

Guo An didn't wait for Zhu Di to get angry, and continued: "It's only two months, at most twenty taels of silver.

If these skilled craftsmen can't increase the speed of iron smelting for His Highness, it will not be too late to remove the salary of this tael of silver for him! ”

Zhu Di nodded slowly, "For the sake of the barbecue shop, this king will listen to you this time for the time being!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness, Your Majesty will live up to your expectations!" Guo An hurriedly responded.

……

The next day.

As soon as Guo An finished his promotion, Zhu Liang walked in with ten old men in tattered clothes and even some skinny bones.

"The last general has seen Guo Xianzun!"

"Grass people see the county honor!"

As Zhu Liang saluted, the ten old men in tattered clothes also hurriedly knelt down towards Guo An with excited faces.

"Seniors, please get up quickly!"

Guo An hurriedly got up from the chair and said to the old men.

He was a little worried, for fear that if he knelt down like this, he would break the bones of these old men!

"Thank you Guo Xianzun!"

When he saw that all the old men had gotten up, Guo An breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Zhu Liang on the side with unkind eyes.

"Zhu Baihu, I don't know why you brought these old men to the Yamen?"

Zhu Liang felt inexplicable for a while, but it was the order of His Royal Highness King Yan to bring the craftsman to Guo An, so he had to reply honestly: "Back to Guo Xianzun, these old men are the skilled craftsmen that His Highness asked the last general to bring to the county honor!" ”

"They ......"

Although he had a premonition, Guo An was still angry when he heard Zhu Liang say this.

"Zhu Baihu, these old men are obviously a little malnourished and can do heavy work?"

This time, without waiting for Zhu Liang to reply, the old craftsmen turned anxious and hurriedly bowed to Guo An.

"Please also rest assured that the grass people and others are the best craftsmen under His Royal Highness King Yan, and they can do any job."

"In this way, it will be annoying to you old men for a while!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

The craftsmen looked terrified, they had never been so respected by the officials.

"I wonder if you know how to treat this time?"

"Treatment?"

The old craftsmen looked puzzled again.

Guo An asked with some doubts: "You will work with me for two months, your food will remain the same every month, and you will be given an extra salary of one or two silver, haven't you received this month's money?" ”

"This ......"

The eyes of the old craftsmen suddenly widened, and their whole bodies trembled with excitement.

Immediately, I realized something, and my eyes were full of pain.

On the side, the corners of Zhu Liang's eyes trembled slightly, and he hurriedly said: "Yu Xianzun, the one or two silver taels will be distributed to all craftsmen along with the food every month!" ”

"I see!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and said again: "Please also ask Zhu Baihu to tell His Highness that he hopes to pay the salaries to these old craftsmen in advance, otherwise what I promised His Highness will be delayed for a month!" ”

Hearing this, Zhu Liang's expression was straight, "The last general will definitely inform His Highness in time!" ”

"Thank you!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

The ten old craftsmen next to him looked at Guo An with gratitude on their faces, but none of them dared to thank Guo An.

Zhu Liang said again: "Guo Xianzun, the carriage will be ready, just waiting outside the door, I don't know when I will leave?" ”

"Where are you going?"

Guo An asked subconsciously, but quickly reacted.

"Let's go!"

"County Honor, please!"

Guo An went out of the county office, and sure enough, there were two carriages waiting outside the county office.

Guo An, Guo Erniu, and Zhu Liang sat in one, and as for the ten old craftsmen, they sat in the carriage behind and walked slowly out of the city.

Half an hour later.

Two wagons stopped under an iron ore mine.

"This is the Shangzhuang Village Iron Mine?"

Guo An asked with some uncertainty.

Zhu Liang was taken aback, "Guo Xianzun has been here before?" ”

Guo An shook his head slightly and explained: "No, but this is Wanping County, and the official can probably guess it!" ”

"The county respects Wanping County very well!"

Zhu Liang's face was full of admiration.

"So His Royal Highness King Yan's iron smelting workshop is here?"

Looking at the more than a dozen huge houses in front of him, Guo An looked weird.

He never thought that the Shangzhuang Village Iron Mine that he thought was the Iron Smelting Institute of the Imperial Court turned out to be from the Yanwang Palace.

"Exactly!"

Zhu Liang nodded, and added again, "His Royal Highness King Yan only has such an iron smelting station!" ”

"It's okay!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and then looked inside.

I saw a middle-aged man with a strong figure and wearing a sackcloth with bare arms, and walked out of it quickly.

"Villain Zhong Huo, for the steward here, I have seen Zhu Baihu and this nobleman!"

And with Zhong Huo's salute, Guo An could clearly see that there was a team of strong men on each side of them, quietly disappearing.

Zhu Liang didn't introduce Guo An's identity, but bowed slightly towards Zhong Huo.

"His Royal Highness has ordered Ben to bring this nobleman and the ten skilled craftsmen in the palace behind him to stay in this iron smelting place for two months.

In these two months, this noble man can go wherever he wants! If you have any questions, you must answer them wholeheartedly. ”

These words made Zhong Huo glance at Guo An in some surprise, and then bowed again with a smile on his face.

"The villain obeys the king's orders!"

"Hmm!"

Zhu Liang nodded with satisfaction, and walked in with Guo An and the others.

As for Zhong Huo, he followed very obediently, unless Guo An and Zhu Liang asked, he was responsible for never saying a word.

He's a smart guy!

Seeing this, Guo An was a little relieved.

He asked Zhu Laosi for ten skilled craftsmen, just to study the iron-making methods of this era.

Then, give it a makeover.

And if you want to successfully complete this kind of thing, you must have the help of this iron smelting manager.

Walking, walking, Guo An found that Zhu Liang and Zhong Huo wanted to go to the lobby, so he said directly: "Go directly to the iron-making place!" ”

A trace of surprise flashed in Zhong Huo's eyes, but seeing that Zhu Liang did not object, he hurriedly responded.

"Yes!"

……