The next day, Ding Lichun went to the government as usual, and went to the drunken immortal pavilion to live, and he didn't see anyone else, but only drank with Sun Youmu at night.

Finally came home in early February.

The person lost a lot of weight, and his face was full of green stubble.

It's good to be willing to go home.

No one dared to say a word that was not in their voice, as if nothing had happened.

At dinner, Ding Zhao, the old man, poured a glass of wine for his son for the first time, and Ding Lichun thanked him.

Ding Zhuang is not there, if he is there, he will make an exception to pour wine for his grandson.

Xun Xiang sandwiched a chicken leg in his bowl, "Big brother eats chicken legs." ”

Nowadays, the family is rich and there is no shortage of chicken, but chicken thighs have a specific meaning in the Ding family, and they are only eaten by elders and Xun Xiang.

Zhang put a few slices of braised beef in his bowl, "I bought it at Guo's lo-mei." ”

Seeing his cautious parents and sister, Ding Lichun was a little embarrassed.

He took a sip of the wine and said, "I'm fine, don't worry." However, I don't want to talk about kissing for the time being, and don't delay the second brother's family affairs, and let him marry first when the time comes. ”

Ding Zhao patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, if you want to kiss him, don't worry." ”

After the meal, Xun Xiang waited until Ding Lichun cleaned himself up, pulled him out for a walk with a dead face, and coaxed him to be happy with soft words, which finally made Ding Lichun's face appear a smile.

He squeezed his sister's little hand and said, "My brother is a man, not so fragile. It's good with Mu, he won't do anything to be sorry for his sister. If he dares to make his sister sad, his brother will break his leg. ”

Xun Xiang smiled, "I know." ”

If Sun and Mu dare to treat her badly, the three generations of men of the Ding family will really cripple him desperately, and the emperor's grandfather will also clean him up.

So the man who dares to marry her is also in danger.

The days have calmed down again.

At the beginning of March, an explosive news spread in the Dali court.

Baoqing Iron Works has made "steel", which is not ductile iron similar to steel, but real steel.

Steel can be directly smelted with pig iron, without the need for thousands of tempers, and it is not a dream to shoot a sword and a gun in a day.

It was refined by the old sincerity uncle.

Sincerity Bo Ding Zhao presented the fold and a piece of steel, and the emperor, the elders, and the officials of the Ministry of Industry were very interested.

Listening to Ding Zhao's detailed report, the emperor took several important ministers to visit the "Baotie" field and witnessed the molten iron being smelted into steel.

Although this steelmaking process also has a disadvantage, that is, the high cost. However, it can produce high-quality mechanical tools and high-end firearms and swords in small quantities, which can play a great role in promoting the industrial and military development of Dali.

The emperor was overjoyed, and Chrysostom called Ding Zhuang Ding Da Jinshou, which means turning stones into gold and iron into steel. Although this title is not a knighthood or an official position, it is the greatest praise for Ding Zhuang.

Ding Zhuang, together with Lu Ban, Zhao Chun, Ma Yi, and Cai Min, became one of the top five craftsmen of this era, and his reputation spread to future generations.

Of course, that's a later story.

The Ding family dedicated the steelmaking formula to the imperial court free of charge, and the imperial court rewarded the Ding family with 2,000 gold.

The management concept proposed by Ding Zhao has been promoted. He further proposed the merger of several iron workshops in the imperial court, which could more effectively manage the imperial court and save costs, which was also agreed by the emperor and the elders.

If the iron workshops can be successfully merged, the workshops of other industries in the imperial court will also gradually merge, and then drive the private workshops.

The imperial court was in the process of merging several iron-making workshops under the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to form the Dali Ironmaking Manufacturing Bureau, with more than 3,000 craftsmen. The manufacturing bureau is subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, and the big leader "craftsman supervisor" is the official of the five products.

When the steelmaking came out, the elders proposed that the Dali Iron and Steel Manufacturing Bureau should be changed to the Dali Iron and Steel Manufacturing Bureau.

The emperor appointed Langzhong Ding Zhao of the Ministry of Works to concurrently serve as the supervisor of craftsmen.

Xun Xiang felt that the name was not good, and proposed to change it to "director", which was not exactly the same as "director" in his previous life, which was equivalent to "president".

The emperor felt that this name was indeed more appropriate, and changed "craftsman supervisor" to "director".

Dali Iron and Steel Manufacturing Bureau became the first central enterprise in history, which can be said to be the prototype of a new industry. Ding Zhao's father became the first director in this history, and he is also the first industrialist in this history.

Ding Zhuang was invited by the Iron and Steel Manufacturing Bureau to guide infrastructure and steelmaking, which is equivalent to a supernumerary expert.

The manufacturing bureau is located in a suburban county, and the father and son are so busy that they can't go home once in ten years.

In ancient times, the control of iron and steel was very strict, and the more this is the case, the more low-key it must be. Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao promised that "Baotie" would not produce steel, but would only produce ductile iron ...... in limited quantities every year.

Although "Baotie" failed to be changed to "Baosteel" as Xun Xiang wished, the "fried steel" process earned enough political capital for her grandfather and father, and she was also satisfied.

Ding Zhuang and Ding Zhao wanted to share Xun Xiang with 1,000 taels of gold, but Xun Xiang insisted on not wanting to. In the end, the father and son discussed, when Xun Xiang got married, their Ding Mansion would also prepare a dowry and add the thousand taels of gold to it.

The time slipped to the end of April, Feifei's big wings hugged Xunxiang for a long time, and flew to the northeast the next day.

Xun Xiang knew that it must be the Purple Turtle Dragon that could come out, and flew back to Jitou Peak to play with it.

Before flying away, Xun Xiang had a "fragrant dream" in order to give it benefits.

Of course, the dream is Duanwang.

It's a pity that Duanwang in the dream has been reading books and hasn't found anything abnormal.

Ding Lichun also gradually came out of his emotional wounds, no longer silent and straight-faced, and smiled at his mother and sister.

On April 27, Sun's maid Baihe sent an envelope to Xun Xiang, Sun and Mu were off tomorrow, and they met in the Zuixian Pavilion when Xun Xiang was about to meet.

Feifei couldn't send a letter, so the contact between Sun and Mu Tong Xunxiang was run by Baihe in Sun's Mansion and Silk in the Princess's Mansion.

Xun Xiang hadn't seen Sun Youmu for more than ten days, and she saw that this letter was full of sweetness.

She remembered a sentence that her best friend said in her previous life when she was in love, go on a date at seven o'clock, and start to be happy at six o'clock.

Xun Xiang felt that it was wrong, it should be a date tomorrow, and she will start to be happy today.

The next day, there was a light rain in the sky, and Xun Xiang left the princess's mansion more than two quarters of an hour early.

The words "Dongyang Princess's Mansion" on the car were blocked with paper, and only six henchmen in civilian clothes and two girls were brought.

They went directly to the back alley of the Zuixian Pavilion and entered through the back door of the courtyard.

Shopkeeper Li stood in the backyard to greet him, bowing and smiling at Xun Xiang who got out of the car.

It means that the prince has arrived.

It was still early, and the teahouse was deserted, and there was not a single tea customer.

Three guards were left on the first floor to drink tea, and Xun Xiang and a few people went up to the second floor and then went inside.

The door of the penultimate box was open, and two of Sun and Mu's personal soldiers sat inside, and Jiang Xi and a few other guards walked in. There was no one in the penultimate box, and Yuhuan and Luo Er walked in.

Xun Xiang walked directly to the innermost room, the door was open, and there was more than half a cyan printed soft curtain.

Lifting the curtain and going in, Sun Youmu sat on the side of a few cases and smiled at her.

There is a set of gongfu tea sets on several tables.