"We heard that you also specially explained that the craftsmen of the iron smelting plant are forging a square iron furnace, and you have asked a group of craftsmen to develop new glass?"

Zhu Di asked again, "Are you going to imitate jade?" ”

"Your Highness misunderstood, Weichen didn't do that immoral thing!" Guo An hurriedly said.

As early as the Song Dynasty, there were already craftsmen who could fire glass.

It's just that the transparency of glass is not high at this time, and it is often used by people to imitate some fake jade, and glass is also known as medicinal jade and fake jade!

In addition, people also know that those glasses are actually fired from sand, and without mystery, the price has plummeted.

As a result, the rich and noble families have begun to disdain to use cheap glass, and ordinary people cannot afford to use it, so no one is willing to develop glass technology.

Of course, there are also glassware with very high value, but this is completely different from glass, at least the glassware that Zhu Di brought back to Guo An's hometown is beautiful and exquisite.

Therefore, Guo An also knew why Zhu Di asked so.

"Your Highness, if the glass that Weichen wants can be developed, those rich and noble families will definitely rush to buy it."

"Oh?"

Zhu Di looked incredulous.

"Your Highness, a new object will have a different purpose in everyone's hands, and when Weichen develops it, you will know!"

Guo An did not continue to explain.

"What's that iron stove for?" Zhu Di asked again.

Guo An said, "Your Highness, the iron furnace is used to keep out the cold in winter. ”

"Keeping out the cold?"

Zhu Di was a little puzzled.

Guo Andao, "Burning charcoal in an iron furnace warms the house. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Di's face changed suddenly, "Doesn't Guo Qing know that poisonous smoke will be released when the charcoal is burned?" ”

"Your Highness, don't worry, Weichen knows that the charcoal can release smoke poison, but only need to discharge the smoke poison through the chimney!"

Guo An explained slowly.

"How do I get outside?" Zhu Di said curiously.

"Make a hole in the wall, and draw a chimney out of the iron furnace, and plug it out through the hole in the wall, or if it's a house made of cement.

For example, a cement house under construction on a farm can leave a flue in the wall of the house when the masonry is being built.

After the iron furnace is built, the smoke hole on the iron furnace is directly stuffed into the chimney hole, so that the poisonous smoke produced by burning charcoal will go around the flue between the walls and then be discharged outside. ”

Guo An continued.

"Is that possible?"

Zhu Di looked happy, he probably understood what Guo An meant, but he didn't fully understand.

However, as long as there is a trace of feasibility, Zhu Di will support it.

In this part of Beiping, or the whole Great North, there is not a single person who is not afraid of the cold of winter.

Every year, when a foot of snow is more than a foot thick, the phenomenon of freezing to death often occurs.

And there is only so much firewood every year, and after the rich and noble families in the city buy it, the firewood in the homes of the people in the countryside is not enough.

"Your Highness, it should be feasible."

Guo An was also a little unsure.

"Let's go, let's go to the farm!"

Zhu Di got up directly and walked out.

"Will this be?"

Behind him, Guo An was stunned.

"How can you delay such a big event?" Zhu Di said.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Guo An had no choice but to keep up.

Out of the palace gate, Guo An remembered something again, and hurriedly reminded: "Your Highness, there is no iron furnace on the farm!" ”

"Zhu Liang, you quickly take people to the iron smelting institute and bring the newly forged iron furnace to the farm."

"Hey, this ...... Your Highness, ...... slowly" Guo An was stunned.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhu Liang on the side had already answered, so he jumped directly on the war horse on the side and rushed out with two soldiers.

"What do you want to say?"

Zhu Di asked.

"Your Highness, Wei Chen just wants to say that it is okay to let the iron smelting institute forge two iron chimneys!" Guo An said slowly.

"Into the ......"

Zhu Di's face darkened, and he glared at Guo An angrily and scolded, "Why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

For Zhu Di's moodiness, Guo An has long been accustomed to scolding when he opens his mouth...... It should be rotten.

"Your Highness, Weichen didn't call Zhu Baihu for nothing!"

"Then I'll go to the Iron Smelter?"

"Your Highness, let's go to the farm, Wechen has been worried about the construction of the farm's houses these days."

"Into his mother, my mother-in-law and mother have been talking for a long time......"

……

"The villain sees His Royal Highness King Yan and has seen Guo Changshi!"

"The villain sees His Royal Highness King Yan and has seen Guo Changshi......"

On the farm, Ding Shang and several stewards hurriedly stepped forward to meet Zhu Di.

Then the crowd walked in.

The last time Guo An came to the farm, there were earth-shaking changes.

The most obvious is the row of two-story concrete houses in the middle of the farm.

And around the farm, there is also a lot of traffic.

Groups of laborers, pulling truckloads of cement, sand and gravel, went in and out of the farm.

"So many people were requisitioned?"

Seeing such a scene, a trace of self-reproach flashed on Guo An's face, "In this way, how many people's livelihoods have to be delayed, what a sin!" ”

Zhu Di glanced at Guo An with a look of disgust, "You can rest assured, we will pay these conscripted laborers." ”

"Actually pay the laborers?"

Hearing this, Guo An's face changed again, and his face was full of surprise.

Immediately, his face was full of praise, "Your Highness really loves the people like a son, so in these two months, the people can earn a few more dollars, which is enough for their winter expenses!" ”

Zhu Di's heart moved slightly, he was still distressed about paying these laborers before.

Now, when Guo An said this, he found out that in a few months, winter would begin.

In winter, these people can only be cats at home, and they can't do any work, so naturally they can't make money and support their families.

At most, I braved the cold wind and went into the mountains to pick up a few bundles of firewood to buy in the city, but that bit of firewood was not worth much.

"How can I make a few rounds of money, this king wants to process money for these laborers!"

"Your Highness, no!" Guo An hurriedly dissuaded.

"Why?" Zhu Di stared at Guo An.

Guo An said: "Your Highness, how can you have wages before these forced labors? Now that His Highness has paid them, I am afraid that he has been scolded in his heart by other officials many times.

Now, if His Highness reprocesses money, I am afraid that he will be hated even more.

Moreover, in the unlikely event that these servants are requisitioned again in the future, the court will not be able to pay enough wages, and even if they do not make trouble, they will be passive and sabotage. ”

Zhu Di's expression froze, he thought for a while, and nodded slightly.

"It seems to be true!"

Guo An said again: "Your Highness can reward these craftsmen. ”

"Reward?" Zhu Di remembered something, and his face turned dark.

Guo An continued to take care of himself and said: "Your Highness can wait for the completion of the construction of the farm, and each laborer or craftsman will be rewarded with a consistent or two dollars.

In this way, when these laborers and craftsmen hear about it, they will inevitably be very active in their work.

When they get the reward, they will not only be grateful to His Highness, but even when His Highness will recruit the labor force again next time, these people will rush to come. ”

Zhu Di's face was overjoyed, "This method is wonderful!" ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help glaring at Guo An again, "You are much more treacherous than those civil officials!" ”

Guo An looked helpless, "Your Highness, Weichen was originally a civil official. However, Wechen is much kinder than those civil officials. ”

Zhu Di ignored Guo An, and had already said to Xu Yun on the side: "Pass the order, wait until the farm house is built, and this king will reward all the laborers and craftsmen with two yuan each!" ”

"Your Highness is merciful!"

Xu Yun hurriedly answered, and walked down quickly.

In less than a moment, Zhu Di, Guo An and others could see that all the laborers and craftsmen who knew the news were moving much faster.

"Your Highness!"

At this time, Zhu Liang had already walked over with a carriage.

"The Iron Furnace has been brought?"

"Your Highness, an iron furnace and a bucket of charcoal have been brought." Zhu Liang replied quickly.

Zhu Di nodded slightly, then looked at Guo An, "Where to test?" ”

"Your Highness, just find a house!" Guo Andao.

Zhu Di said: "In this way, put the iron furnace into the cement house in the easternmost part. ”

"Obey!"

Zhu Liang responded and walked briskly.

Zhu Di walked straight towards the cement house.

As early as when Xu Yun led a group of craftsmen to build a cement house on the farm, Zhu Di came over to see it curiously.

It's just that, in his opinion, these cement houses are black and ugly, except for being sturdy, they are far less beautiful than his palace, so he doesn't pay much attention to them.

Indeed, in this era when there is no putty scraping, no tiles, and no wallpaper, the newly built cement houses are indeed a little ugly.

However, for the old soldiers stationed on the farm, these concrete houses are the best houses in the world, very sturdy, and there is no need to worry about heavy rain or heavy snowfall, and the roof will collapse in the middle of the night.

"Your Highness, the Iron Furnace is here!"

After checking it for a while, Zhu Liang had already walked in with two soldiers and an iron furnace.

"Here!"

Guo An pointed directly to a hole in the wall that had just entered the door.

"Carry it over!" Zhu Di said.

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhu Liang hurriedly commanded the two soldiers and carried the iron furnace over.

Then, a small square chimney behind the iron furnace is stuffed into the hole.

"We need another bricklayer to seal this hole with cement!" Guo An said again.

"You don't need to find a bricklayer, just go out and get a little cement and plug it in!"

On the side, Ding Shang, who had been waiting for a long time and couldn't bear it, got up and walked out directly.

When I came in, I already had a small basin of cement in my hand.

With two clicks, the gap between the chimney of the iron furnace and the wall was plugged and smoothed.

"What now?" Zhu Di asked again.

"Your Highness, put in some dry firewood and light it, and then put the charcoal in it to burn it for warmth!"

Guo An said.

"Your Highness, wait a minute, the villain will go and get firewood!"

Ding Shang hurriedly said a word, and ran out again.

Zhu Liang and a few guards also hurriedly walked out and brought in the bucket of charcoal.

In less than a moment, Ding Shang also walked in with a pile of dry firewood.

With the light of the dry firewood, Ding Shang put the charcoal in again.

"Cover the iron furnace." Guo An immediately commanded.

Ding Shang hurriedly picked up the iron piece on the iron stove and covered the iron stove.

In less than a moment, the entire iron furnace was ablaze.

"There's really no poisonous smoke!"

Zhu Di said overjoyed.

On the side, Ding Shang, Zhu Liang and others were also full of excitement.

"Your Highness, there is really poisonous smoke!"

"So, when I wait until the cold winter, won't I be able to use coals for warmth?"

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(End of chapter)