Steel Dynasty - Chapter 32

[Chapter 32 Teasing Wang Shijie]

The first snow in Qingzhou only passed seven days, and then another heavy snow covered Qingzhou.

It’s just different from the tranquility in the snow the first time, this time Qingzhou City is a bit lively.

The fact that the Qin family bought all the rice wine in Qingzhou City and sent it to Prince Qi’s palace had already caused a stir. Those who couldn’t drink the wine naturally scolded the Qin family and Prince Qi.

But some people saw something fishy and stayed up all night to inquire about the news.

“His Highness said, no one is allowed to see anyone, and no outsiders are allowed to enter the palace!”

At the door of Prince Qi’s palace, Wang Shijie was blocked by Zi Wan, but he still refused to give up and kept looking inside.

Zi Yuan pinched Xiao Man’s waist and scolded with a solemn expression: “Hey! Hey! Why are you still looking inside? Believe it or not, I asked Zhao Long and Zhao Hu to throw you into the snow!”

If it were normal, Wang Shijie would definitely He apologized with a smile, and looked at Aster to his heart’s content before going back, but today there was something different.

The King of Qi went to the Qin family in person, and the next day the Qin family went all over Qingzhou to buy wine, and someone in the Qin family spread the word that the King of Qi was brewing a kind of fine wine for the Qin family to sell.

As soon as the news came out, the Wang family was naturally not calm. Since King Qi arrived in Qingzhou, the Wang family has been deeply trusted by King Qi and has outnumbered the Qin family every year. However, King Qi’s current behavior is quite unusual and seems to have the intention of supporting the Qin family.

Wang Chengchou suddenly felt something bad. This was a sign that the Wang family would fall out of favor. He stayed up all night and scolded Wang Shijie the next day, blaming him for alienating Xiao Ming and asking him to immediately go to Prince Qi’s Mansion to get close to Xiao Ming and make inquiries. Let’s talk about the wine.

And he went directly to Qin’s house to taste whether the wine was worthy of its name.

“You girl, Your Highness treats me with courtesy, how dare you act arrogant in front of me.” Wang Shijie was anxious and couldn’t help but speak indiscriminately.

Ziyuan is a girl brought out by Concubine Zhen. The idea of imperial power is deep-rooted, and the four wealthy families in Qingzhou can only speak out in Qingzhou.

It would be a joke to take it outside. At most, it would be merchants and the like. When we were in Chang’an, no wealthy family would occupy a place in the court without being the Three Dukes.

She despised the Wang family from the bottom of her heart. When she was told this, Zi Wanliu’s eyebrows stood up and she said angrily, “How dare you not even look at where this place is and you dare to run wild here? Our Highness is so kind. Who do you think is in Prince Qi’s palace?” Are they all easy to bully?”

Wang Shijie’s heart skipped a beat. Only then did he remember that Aster and Luluo were close friends of Concubine Zhen, while he and Xiao Ming were just fair-weather friends.

If he takes it seriously, he will definitely be in trouble.

He immediately apologized and said, “I hope Miss Zi Wan has a lot. I was reckless just now. Please tell Miss Zi Wan and His Highness that Wang Shijie is waiting outside the door.”

With that, Wang Shijie took out a silver coin from his sleeve and held it in both hands. superior.

“Hmph, you still know what’s going on!” Zi Wan glared at Wang Shijie, picked up the silver and turned around to enter the palace.

Wang Shijie followed a few steps closer and wanted to look inside again. Zhao Long and Zhao Hu immediately blocked him and glared at him, so he had to stand back in the snow.

In the palace, Zi Yuan carried the money all the way to the side hall of the palace, where the servants lived and the stills were installed.

Seeing Xiao Ming who was guarding the stove and drawing something, Zi Wan walked up and said, “Your Highness is really clever. Wang Shijie is here. According to His Highness’s instructions, I asked him to wait outside. By the way.” , the slave also earned a piece of silver.”

Zi Wan placed the silver on the chopping board where Xiao Ming drew the picture.

“Oh, that’s right. You can use this money to buy some things for your daughter’s home with Luluo.” Xiao Ming glanced at it and estimated that it was worth ten taels. Wang Zijie was really generous.

Lu Luoxiao, who was standing next to Xiao Ming while sharpening his ink, narrowed his eyes into crescent moons, but then pursed his lips, “Your Highness, it’s useless for us to ask for this silver. There is nothing in Qingzhou. If we have maltose, it will be fine.” I went to buy it.”

Li San joined in the fun at this time and tried to please Pothos and Aster. Who in the palace didn’t know that Pothos and Aster were second only to Qian Dafu. He said: “You two girls, this matter will be easy to handle. I’ll do it some other time. I’m going to Chang’an. I can pick up the two girls and bring them back. “

“Yes, and Li San. Let Li San take the money. Tell him what you want.” Xiao Ming pointed to Li San.

Xiao Ming actually knows how to make maltose, but now he obviously doesn’t have time to make maltose, because it doesn’t create much economic value and can only grind his teeth.

This time, Li San was asked to go shopping first, and when he found time to make maltose, he would try it himself, but he was also greedy. After all, maltose is also a rare snack in this era.

Aster and Pothos looked at each other and smiled. Aster gave Li San the money and said, “You have to be careful with the flowers, or you will have to look carefully at your skin when you come back.”

Li San was used to Aster’s fiery personality and put away the money. Said: “You two girls, don’t worry.”

At this time, Ziyuan thought of Wang Shijie standing outside the door, and said to Xiao Ming: “Your Highness, this Wang Shijie is still outside the door, do you think?”

“No hurry, let him dry first In the past, I trusted the Wang family too much and allowed the Wang family to be arrogant and spread across the six states. Changshi Pang mentioned to me many times that the Wang family seized fertile land and bullied men and women. Now I want to make it clear to him that my king’s Who has the final say about the fiefdom?” Xiao Ming sneered.

“No wonder His Highness went to the Qin family in person. It turned out to be a check and balance.” Zi Wan nodded.

“That’s right, although the Qin family is not a good person, they have always been in harmony with the Wang family. If we separate them, these four families can be used by me. Instead of me being led by them, they will only fight against each other. Only then can I benefit.”

Xiao Ming was in a good mood now and expressed his true intention.

Zi Wan looked at Xiao Ming with a different look. I am afraid that none of the other princes and princesses of King Qi would have thought of this.

After drawing with the brush for an hour again, a schematic diagram of a steel assembly line appeared under Xiao Ming’s pen.

Qian Dafu took the slaves from the Equipment Department for a while. If he came back, the steel assembly line would be born.

In addition to the assembly line diagram, there is also a drawing of a crucible. He plans to take these two pictures to the Equipment Department tomorrow to teach them again. The steel assembly line is basically the same, although the output of the crucible steelmaking method is much higher than that of the steelmaking method. Steel is made in a converter, but it has made great progress compared to this era.

This step must be taken step by step, and you cannot become fat in one go.

After finishing the drawing, Xiao Ming suddenly remembered Wang Shijie waiting outside the door. He immediately asked Zi Yuan to tell him to come in. This hour was two hours, and this guy shouldn’t freeze to death.

(End of chapter)