Not long after, Wang Yihuan hurried over.

"Lord Wang! Something went wrong in the iron smelting business."

Wang Siqi was stunned when he heard this sentence, but there was no obvious fluctuation on his face.

"Don't worry, tell me slowly, what exactly is going on?" The calmness on Wang Siqi's face relieved Wang Yihuan's originally restless mood.

Wang Yihuan continued: "A few days ago, the Ministry of Industry sent people to come and have a look inside our iron smelting workshop. It happened that I had something to do at home that day and I was not working in the workshop. I heard from our craftsmen that officials from the Ministry of Industry came in.

Just stick it next to our stove and watch it."

"I also looked for the craftsmen who were busy at the time and asked questions. However, our craftsmen are more clever and couldn't tell me anything they asked. After more than half an hour, I just arrived at the place and they saw me coming, but they couldn't ask any questions.

Just leave whatever you want."

"I felt strange at the time."

"Today someone from the Ministry of Works came again and said...that the workshops under the Ministry of Works are now building the ordnance needed for the Imperial Court's Northern Expedition. There is a huge shortage of iron materials. Not only do we need to borrow all the iron materials we had previously stored,

We even want to lend the entire workshop to the Ministry of Industry for a period of time..."

After hearing Wang Yihuan tell the whole story, Wang Siqi immediately slapped the armrest of the chair heavily with his palm.

He yelled angrily: "Isn't this robbery? Okay! It's taken over by the Baoyuan Bureau... The Ministry of Industry doesn't have enough iron material, so it has to find a way on its own? What? Could it be that without our Baoyuan Bureau, their Ministry of Industry would

Can’t you even build the weapons the imperial court wants?”

"It's just a high-sounding excuse! Borrow it? It's not that I look down on the Ministry of Works. It's easy to borrow it, but can they afford it back?"

"No borrowing!"

Feng Zongwu on the side spoke with some worry: "Sir, now that the imperial court's northern expedition is about to begin, I heard that the ordnance workshops under the Ministry of Industry are already running day and night. If it is really as they say, we will

Doesn’t it make sense not to borrow it?”

"I have already made it clear to the emperor about the iron sheet stove. The imperial court must also support our Baoyuan Bureau. Winter is coming soon... If you can't get the stove by then, then you will be beating yourself up.

Face? How will the people of the capital and the Ming Dynasty view our Baoyuan Bureau in the future?"

"No! Definitely not..."

Wang Siqi just thought about it with his buttocks and knew that this matter was definitely not as simple as it seemed.

There must be someone behind the scenes who is secretly fueling the fire. The relationship between Baoyuan Bureau and the Ministry of Industry has never been very good. This was also caused by Wang Siqi's repeated conflicts with Wuzhong before.

However, since Baoyuan Bureau has now been completely separated from the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Industry, they can go about their business on weekdays and everything can be considered peaceful.

"Wu Shangshu made a good plan. He borrowed iron materials and a workshop. Why didn't he ask me, the supervisor of the Baoyuan Bureau, to lend it to the Ministry of Works as well, so that his job as Shangshu was not in vain!"

The tone of Wang Siqi's words was not considered good, and of course it couldn't be good.

"How is the construction workshop for producing iron sheet stoves being built? Do you have candidates for the craftsmen?"

“It’s basically ready!”

"Then let's start work. According to the design drawings and assembly line method I gave before, each craftsman is only responsible for one link and will produce at full capacity as much as possible!"

Wang Yihuan hesitated and asked repeatedly: "Where is the Ministry of Works?"

"Either come with the imperial edict, or fight me out!"

"clear!"

....

On the other side, in the Ministry of Industry, officials were sitting on both sides.

The middle place is where Wuzhong is. Not far from him is Xu Min, a doctor from the Ministry of Industry, but what Wuzhong doesn't know is that Xu Min has already been controlled by Wang Siqi.

"The iron materials of Baoyuan Bureau are of great importance. Nowadays, the process of building ordnance for the imperial court is very fast. The Ministry of War and the Fifth Army Governor's Office often send people to ask questions. We are under a lot of pressure."

"Of course, I also know that there are many difficulties in this! The biggest difficulty is that iron materials from many places cannot be transported to the capital in time for a while, resulting in a considerable loss of iron materials stored by our Ministry of Industry.

Gaps, we have to find ways to solve these problems from Baoyuan Bureau."

Wuzhong, who squinted his eyes, talked in a certain way, but in fact, every word revealed that he wanted to take advantage of the spring breeze of the Northern Expedition to benefit from the Baoyuan Bureau.

Many people wanted to get benefits from the Baoyuan Bureau, but they got very little. On the contrary, countless people lost their money in the end.

Xu Min sat aside, sweating slightly on his forehead.

After several battles with Wang Siqi, Xu Min didn't feel that Wuzhong's strategy would succeed this time, and he would probably be slapped in the face again in the end.

But at this moment, Wuzhong spoke again: "Master Xu has had many dealings with Baoyuan Bureau before, and he and Wang Siqi are old friends... Therefore, this time the matter of collecting iron materials from Baoyuan Bureau is

Leave it to Master Xu."

"That's right! It can't be counted as a collection. You can tell the Baoyuan Bureau that these iron materials are owed to them by the Ministry of Industry. They will find another opportunity to return them after the Northern Expedition is over."

return?

Pretty much nonsense!

Xu Min suddenly felt bad, and quickly waved his hands and said: "This matter is of great importance. If it is left to Xu, I am afraid that it will not be able to live up to the expectations of the adults. Although Baoyuan Bureau is small... but everything is connected to the sky, I may not be able to accept this fate!"

The look of fear and fear made Wuzhong feel even more irritated.

He looked at the officials and said: "Now that the Northern Expedition is imminent, the DPRK and the Central Government have issued ultimatums more than once. All matters of the Ministry of Industry, both large and small, should be suspended in advance to focus on building ordnance and military supplies!"

"At this time, we are encountering some difficulties. Baoyuan Bureau is considered a woman who married from the Ministry of Works. Why can't they help our natal family?"

"Even if Wang Siqi is here! Standing in front of me today! I dare to say that Baoyuan Bureau and Wang Siqi must borrow this iron material and their iron smelting workshop!"

Just when Wuzhong was talking enthusiastically to everyone.

A small official hurriedly walked in from the outside. After entering the door, he glanced left and right. There were too many people, so he walked around nervously and leaned behind Wuzhong, whispering: "Master Wu, Wang Siqi from Baoyuan Bureau is here.

I'm here, and I've also brought two officials from the Baoyuan Bureau with me. They're so aggressive, I'm afraid they're coming with bad intentions."

This is about Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived.

But it made Wuzhong feel a little uncomfortable. When he thought of Wang Siqi's character, Wuzhong raised his eyebrows and said: "Where did he go to the Ministry of Works? It's Wang Siqi's home... He said that I was not here and asked him to change.

Come back tomorrow, why don’t you understand any rules?”

My mother-in-law's family just now turned against me.
Chapter completed!