"As for the sacred objects such as cement, all the craftsmen involved will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, rest assured, with a cement house, even if it is a thunderstorm, it will not delay iron smelting. Even if the villain and others are desperate, they will refine 600,000 catties of steel! ”

Zhong Huo hurriedly assured with a solemn face.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, "As long as 600,000 catties of steel are refined, this king will be rewarded." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhong Huo and other craftsmen were even more excited.

On the side, Guo An looked at the cement stone wall on the side, and then looked at the potholed road in the distance.

After thinking about it, he still couldn't hold back, and said: "Your Highness, cement can not only build houses, but also pave roads.

The road in front of the iron smelting plant is so dilapidated that it is difficult to drive as long as it rains, and it is difficult for coal and other objects to enter. If you want to build a road with cement, even if it rains or snows, you can bring in coal and other materials normally. ”

Hearing this, the eyes of Zhu Di, Zhong Huo and others couldn't help but light up.

"Can cement still pave roads?"

"Your Highness, cement is erected as a wall, lying down as a road, as for what the cement is used for, it all depends on Your Highness's mind."

"Very good!"

Zhu Di's face was overjoyed, and he asked again: "How much does calcined cement cost?" ”

Guo An was stunned, he actually forgot to explain this to Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, cement is made by calcining limestone and clay from the mountains. At most, add some plaster to it, and the cost is very low. ”

On the side, Zhong Huo and the others nodded again and again.

Zhu Di was overjoyed and said: "Tomorrow, this king will send another thirty craftsmen to you, and let you build another workshop in the iron smelting plant to specialize in calcining cement." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhong Huo hurriedly said with a happy face.

Now, the iron smelting plant lacks nothing, only craftsmen.

……

It's just that what Zhu Di didn't expect was that as soon as his order went down, the workers and deputies of the palace workers came to the door with sad faces.

"Your Highness, it's difficult for Weichen!"

"Yes, Your Highness, it's really difficult for Weichengong!"

"What's going on?"

"Your Highness, there are not many craftsmen in our palace, you just sent sixty craftsmen to the Shangzhuang Village Iron Smelting Institute some time ago, and now you are going to send thirty craftsmen, Weichen really doesn't have so many craftsmen!"

The subordinates in the Yan Palace, except for the long history and the commander, the rest of the people are all cronies of the Yan Palace, especially these high-ranking officials, and they are Zhu Di's confidants who can directly call out their names, and they all know the temper of their Royal Highness, and they say anything directly, never procrastinating.

When encountering things, it is even more straightforward.

Naturally, Zhu Di also knew about these subordinates in the palace, and directly sneered, "Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang, you two don't give this king a sloppy eye, and there are only less than a hundred craftsmen in this palace?" ”

"Your Highness, there are naturally not only more than 100 craftsmen in the palace!"

Gongzheng Xu Yun smiled bitterly and hurriedly explained: "Gongzheng is in charge of the position of the palace, and not all the craftsmen in it are blacksmiths, but also carpenters, drummers, chair makers, umbrella makers, lacquer craftsmen, and leather craftsmen......

And the blacksmiths were all sent to the Shangzhuang Village Iron Smelter, and now Weichen can't find a blacksmith! ”

Zhu Di was stunned, as if it was true.

"The king knows about this, so you will go down first."

"Your Highness!"

Xu Yun didn't leave, but got up again and asked Zhu Di: "I don't know what treasures the Shangzhuang Village Iron Metallurgical Institute has created, Weichen is a Gongzheng, and he can't even know the situation of the Iron Smelting Institute during this period of time." ”

“……”

Zhu Di quietly glanced at Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang, and said slowly: "Another day, when Zhu Liang goes to the Iron Smelting Institute, you can go to see it before, but you are not allowed to reveal the slightest." ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

……

It is not only Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang who are curious about Tieye, but the officials of the entire palace are very curious.

After all, Zhu Di had already rewarded the Iron Smelting Institute twice.

Moreover, the amount of coal transported to Shangzhuang Village Iron Smelting Station in the past few days has more than doubled compared with the previous days.

Now, they have begun to organize people to transport a large amount of river sand to the iron smelter?

Subconsciously, many forces silently sent people to investigate.

It's just that before he arrived in Shangzhuang Village, he was driven out by a group of sword-wielding soldiers.

Yanwang Palace, in a side hall.

"Amitabha! His Royal Highness's face has been full of red light these days, and the monk congratulates His Highness on obtaining the treasure. ”

Yao Guangxiao said happily to Zhu Di.

"Haha, the mage deserves to be a high-ranking monk!"

600,000 catties of steel forging is expected, and the cement artifact has been refined, Zhu Di has been refreshed these days, and even what he looks at is very pleasing to the eye.

For Dao Yan's congratulations to the senior monk, he grinned directly.

"Amitabha!"

Seeing that Zhu Di didn't take the initiative to tell him what kind of treasure he had obtained this time, Yao Guangxiao's movements in his hands couldn't help but pause slightly.

He suddenly had a kind of crisis, he, the palace mage, might be out of favor!

Thinking about it, the speed of the Buddha bead in his hand couldn't help but speed up.

Seeing this, Zhu Di said with some concern: "Why is the mage not quiet? ”

"Amitabha!"

Yao Guangxiao sighed slightly, "Your Highness, the poor monk heard that the people of Beiping Mansion are resentful!" ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di was stunned.

Zhu Fu on the side stared at Yao Guangxiao with wide eyes and looked at Yao Guangxiao in some surprise.

"What do you mean, Mage?"

Zhu Di hurriedly asked, "There are no wars, natural disasters, and corrupt officials in Beiping Mansion today!" The people live and work in peace and contentment, where is the resentment of the people? ”

"Ugh."

Yao Guangxiao sighed again, closed his eyes, and said slowly: "God has the virtue of a good life, people have greed, and the people also have greed.

The poor monk heard that His Royal Highness had opened a barbecue shop on the side of Haizi Wharf, and all day long, the smell of meat in the shop could fill the entire Haizi.

For those people who have not eaten a meal of meat for three or four months, the smell of meat is like the poison of tarsal bones, which makes their hearts more and more greedy! ”

"You can't eat a meal of meat for three or four months?"

Zhu Di's face sank instantly, and he turned his head to look at Zhu Fu on the side.

"Zhu Qing, do you know about this?"

"Your Highness......"

Zhu Fu's face changed slightly, but he still hurriedly replied: "Wechen is ashamed, Wechen has also heard about this. ”

"Huh?"

Zhu Di directly asked in a cold voice: "Why didn't you tell this king about such a big event?" ”

"Your Highness forgives the sin, Wei Chen didn't pay much attention to it at first. In the past few days, the resentment of the people has risen, and Weichen is afraid that this matter will spoil His Highness's mood, so he is ready to wait until the officials of Beiping Mansion come up with a solution before informing His Highness! ”

Zhu Fu hurriedly replied.

"Hmph, what the hell is going on!" Zhu Di said angrily.

Zhu Fu shuddered, and hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, since His Highness opened a barbecue shop and bought chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep, there are not many chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep in the entire Beiping Mansion.

As a result, the amount of meat on the market began to decrease, and the price also rose, and many people not only couldn't afford it, but even some people wanted to buy it, but they had nowhere to buy it! ”

"Bastard!"

Zhu Di was directly furious, "What do you mean, is the people of the entire Beiping Mansion blaming this king for all this?" ”

"Your Highness is angry!"

Zhu Fu hurriedly said.

"Amitabha!"

Zhu Di's face suddenly turned pale, he didn't understand this.

The people's grievances outside are boiling, in fact, those ordinary people are complaining about him, the king of Yan!

……