A long black iron block was placed on the ground, and dozens of pairs of sharp eyes looked at the black iron block, as if they wanted to "study things and learn" and see the black iron blocks through. If the narrow black iron block was conscious, they would definitely feel that they were in a state of mind.

"Everyone..." The big man sitting on the dragon throne was the first to break the silence. "This is the mysterious iron block brought back from Jinzhou City by our spies in the Fu Liao army at the risk of their lives. According to the spies' reward, Chu Yun, the thief leader of the Revival Army, had invested 100,000 taels of silver a few days ago to produce this mysterious iron block."

Hiss... the senior officials of the Later Jin Dynasty were taking a breath of air. Even for them who were in a high position in a country, 100,000 taels of silver were a considerable price, not to mention that such a large sum of silver was actually used to produce such things that seemed to have no effect. It was too incredible!

"You have been with me for half an hour to observe this iron block. Can you see that there is anything magical about this iron block?" Huang Taiji looked around and asked slowly.

"Please forgive me for saying that this black iron is just the most common black iron no matter how you look at it. It really has nothing special, let alone any purpose." A civil servant said.

"Yes." Other senior officials also nodded. There is nothing magical about this broken iron block!

"How do you think the leader of the Liao army, Chu Yun, is a man who is smart?" Huang Taiji asked.

"Chu Yun is a hero who took Liaonan from us. Although this matter is regarded as a great humiliation for us, we were defeated in the end." Da Beile Daishan said. Only he dared to mention Liaonan's failure in front of Huang Taiji.

"It's just such a person who will invest 100,000 taels of silver to produce the most ordinary black iron? You can think about it with your pig brain. Is this possible?" Huang Taiji, who was puzzled, became a little irritable.

The civil servants and military generals of the Later Jin Dynasty were a little embarrassed. Although Chu Yun could not spend a lot of money to produce a bunch of useless things, they could not guess the role of this ordinary black iron.

"Ah, my subordinates discovered something unusual about this iron block!" A general suddenly shouted.

"Li Sizhong, tell me what the abnormalities you found?" Huang Taiji said expectantly. This military general was the clan of Li Chengliang, the former Liaodong general of the Ming Dynasty. When Nurhaci once conquered Lushun Port, he was captured and surrendered to the Later Jin Dynasty.

"Your Majesty, please see, this iron block is so long and so neatly made, it must have a special purpose to produce such a strange iron block, just like a long bamboo slug." Li Sizhong said.

"What is it for?" Huang Taiji asked.

"This... I don't know yet..."

Dizzy! The senior officials of the Later Jin Dynasty, including Huang Taiji, couldn't help rolling their eyes. Who can't tell that this is a carefully made iron block, what do you want to say?

"So no one can understand Chu Yun's intention?" Huang Taiji couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Before Chu Yun appeared, the Later Jin Dynasty could calculate the Ming Dynasty's reaction everywhere, and after Chu Yun emerged, Huang Taiji felt that he was passive everywhere. Now he couldn't even see what Chu Yun made for what he was using."

Just as everyone was silent, an official with a handsome appearance and a strong physique but a civil servant stood up: "Your Majesty, I have a bold speculation, I don't know if it is accurate."

Huang Taiji looked at him, but Fan Wencheng said: "If you have any speculations, I forgive you for not guilty."

"Yes. Recently, His Majesty ordered the copy of the Fu Liao army's muskets and cannons. The Weichen often went to the mines and blacksmith workshops to inspect them, and he still had some understanding of iron tools. The agency that Fu Liao army made this mysterious iron block is called the 'Railway Construction Committee'. As the name suggests, the thing that the Fu Liao army wanted to build was the railway, and this iron block was an important part of the railway." Fan Wencheng said Langsheng.

Everyone couldn't help but nodded after hearing this. It should be the right thing to think in this direction! Huang Taiji also nodded acquiescedly, and his eyes motivated Fan Wencheng to continue talking.

"As we all know, iron blocks are smoother than gravel roads, so the minister boldly speculated that the Fu Liao army wanted to form a road with two such narrow and long iron blocks so that the wheels of the carriage could walk on the iron blocks. This is what the Fu Liao army called the railway!"

"It's amazing!" When a group of people heard this, their eyes burst out with light, and even Huang Taiji stood up excitedly!

"Fan Wencheng, you are really Zhiduoxing, descending to earth!"

"Your Majesty has such a good minister, and it is just around the corner to eliminate and restore the Liao army!"

Another group of friendly officials with Fan Wencheng started flattering Fan Wencheng.

If Chu Yun was here, he would definitely laugh out loud. Although he could indeed use a horse to drag the carriage, he spent so much silver to make the carriage run faster. Isn’t that sick? Although Empress Dowager Cixi did similar things in the future...

"The Liao army was really ingenious. It could actually think of using iron blocks as a road. If Chu Yun didn't say anything else, this idea was really imaginative." Huang Taiji felt that Fan Wencheng's judgment was correct.

However, based on Fan Wencheng's judgment, Chu Yun's brain has already broken through the sky and is not in this universe.

"The Liao army has always been doing strange things, so it is not surprising that it has such an idea. Moreover, it is said that Chu Yun also invited a group of blonde and blue-eyed Western devils to come to southern Liaoning, probably because they were influenced by the Western devils. Your Majesty, do we need to imitate their skills?" asked a civil servant.

"Imitation? Fan Aiqing, what do you think of this issue?" Huang Taiji looked at Fan Wencheng.

"No. I think that although the wheels of the carriage move faster on the iron block, they will not be of much help. Our Later Jin Dynasty itself lacks iron tools, and wasting a large amount of iron tools and money on this bottomless pit is really unknown. Your Majesty, what we need at this time is the muskets and cannons of the Fu Liao army, and we should invest resources in the manufacturing of muskets and cannons." Fan Wencheng opposed.

"Your dear words are reasonable and coincides with me." Huang Taiji pondered, "According to the news from the Ministry of Works, the first batch of 100 imitation muskets we produced, and the two imitation guns have been produced, and their power is incomparable to previous muskets and cannons. We must produce more muskets and cannons as soon as possible to regain the land in southern Liaoning as soon as possible."

"I plan to call our Dajin musket the 'Tianwei gun' and the cannons the 'Tianwei gun'. What do you think?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" said the civil servant of the Later Jin Dynasty excitedly.
Chapter completed!