The Emperor of Great Chu and the Great Chu people finished this supper.

The tastes in my heart are different.

The emperor was very happy.

But the ministers were so sad that the food was in their mouths, and it didn't feel good.

After I finished my dinner slowly, it was already night.

night.

Danyang County actually changed its appearance again.

During the day, Danyang City is a large stove, almost like burning, with jingling sounds everywhere.

After nightfall, Danyang City quickly became quiet, and only a few blacksmith shops were still working.

However, the blacksmiths did not go home, but came to the deep alley, in some large farmyards, where one or two hundred people gathered together.

The emperor and the ministers were both surprised and followed him to investigate the situation.

They entered the alley.

I found that every household in Danyang County was closed at night.

Expensive iron tools can be seen everywhere inside and outside the house.

No one went to clean up on purpose.

Not afraid of being stolen.

In the ancient times of Yao and Shun, the so-called saint rule, "no way to pick up the remains, no doors to be closed at night" was nothing more than this!

Deep in the alley, in the middle of a large earthen yard, I saw a scholar standing in front of a huge wooden board with a volume of teaching materials in his hand, writing and painting.

"This is the number used to keep accounts. Today, we teach the newly learned addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. A kitchen knife has two hundred cissels, and how many cissels are three kitchen knives?"

The scholar preached.

The rough blacksmiths gathered around, and each of them widened their eyes, following the scholars, clumsyly reading the numbers on the wooden board one by one.

This should be a very simple school.

The emperor and ministers stood behind the crowd of blacksmiths, incredible.

It seems that no matter the elderly, women and children, it seems that anyone can come to learn here.

No one asked them, the outsiders, to go out.

"This...what school is this?"

Taichang Lu Zi was shocked.

"This is Danyang night school. There are dozens of night school in Danyang City, which teach arithmetic, literacy, and how to make iron.

This gentleman is the money paid by the county magistrate. He invited us to teach us ordinary people without teaching fees. If you don’t learn, you will fall behind if you don’t learn for three days.

Many things that I don’t understand from ironwork have to learn here and learn skills. You are outsiders, and learning more is also beneficial!”

An old blacksmith next to him turned his head and looked at them.

The emperor and the ministers were incredible.

A native of Danyang County is actually studying in a night school.

On the Danyang County political achievements list, only a bunch of newly established private schools are written.

They thought they were just teaching a group of young children.

But unexpectedly, the people in the whole city had to learn. Tens of thousands of people were all attending night school.

I don’t have time to study during the day, so I just study at night at night.

"The gentleman here also teaches you how to imitate iron? A scholar who is better than a craftsman who has been fighting iron for a lifetime, can imitate iron?"

Lu Zi was surprised.

"Of course, sir, I don't know how to make a blacksmith, but the county magistrate can do it! He has written a lot of books and asked the gentlemen to read it accordingly.

The county magistrate knows everything. He invented this new type of local blast furnace and steel frying.

He also wrote a book, "Iron and Steel Materials and Principles", saying that adding different things into them will turn into different steel. Let us Danyang blacksmiths learn to invent better steel. If new steel comes out, he will be rewarded."

The old blacksmith is very proud.

The ministers looked at each other.

Xiaohunhou is too powerful!

Xiao Hunhou used his own strength to raise the ironmaking technique of Danyang County to a higher level!

Just like he invented the Hunhou paper, he brought the Great Chu Dynasty from the bamboo slip era to the paper era.

"You county magistrate, aren't you afraid that others will learn? There are blacksmiths in all counties of Da Chu... If they learn from outsiders, won't you make money?"

Xiang Yanran asked.

"Haha, the blacksmith comes to our Danyang to learn iron smelting. Danyang County welcomes you!

In the past six months, at least dozens of iron masters came to Da Chu, all of whom wanted to learn to take them away... But one month after they arrived, they were unwilling to leave.

They said that there is no place in the world that is more suitable for ironwork than Danyang County. Even if you go back to your hometown, there is neither a small blast furnace nor an iron mine, and local officials don’t care about them.

What's the point of making a few people with blacksmiths? It's interesting to make a blacksmith together.

This Danyang County is the treasure land where blacksmiths make a fortune. When blacksmiths from other places come, they can directly join their household registration in the county.

Needless to say, the county magistrate is a kindness to us blacksmiths, and we will be reborn as a parent! All the minor officials and yamen runners in the county government are polite to us blacksmiths and regard us as superiors.

In other counties, who would take a look at our craftsmen? They are not stupid, and they don’t want to stay in this kind of treasure land, so they go to other places.”

The old blacksmith laughed.

...

The emperor and the ministers watched for half an hour, listened to a class, and left the night school.

The emperor walked slowly, silent, as if thinking deeply about something.

Danyang County is well managed!

Xiao Hunhou transformed Danyang County into treasure with one golden finger

Can this method be copied to other counties? Can dozens of Danyang counties emerge in Dachu? The national strength has increased exponentially?

It probably is difficult!

This Ma'anshan in Danyang County is a huge iron mine. The ore costs almost no money, just artificial. This huge benefit alone is not comparable to other county towns.

Danyang County has gained such a benefit, found the right direction, and tried its best to develop steel. The people of the whole city have made ironwork together. In just half a year, it has become an important steel town.

It seems that other counties cannot do it!

Emperor Xiang Yanran felt a little regretful.

However, even if it cannot be copied, the value of this Danyang Iron and Steel City has a very high effect on Da Chu.

The Taiwei Mansion supervises the construction of a large number of weapons every year.

Let Danyang blacksmith build it, the weapons of the soldiers of the Great Chu will become sharper and the armor will be stronger and unbreakable.

Without war on weekdays, Danyang County builds agricultural tools and household iron tools, which is also a great benefit for farmers to cultivate the fields.

This is a great benefit to the Great Chu Dynasty.

The ministers were silent too.

I felt even more uncomfortable and frustrated. In the list of political achievements reported in Danyang County, even the school is true, and there is only a small report, not a long report.

Kong Hanyou felt very painful and fell into trouble.

He has selfish intentions.

He hopes that one day, Confucianism will be the only one who can dominate the doctrines of all schools.

However, as the prime minister of the Great Chu Dynasty, he also has public intentions and dreams.

He also hoped that as the prime minister, he would rule the Great Chu Dynasty and give him five or ten years of hard work to create a majestic prosperous era.

He hoped that he would keep his name in history and become the most famous prime minister of the Great Chu Dynasty.

Xiaohunhou governed Danyang County, and his outstanding political achievements blinded the eyes of a group of three dukes and nine ministers, and he was a model among the county magistrates of the Great Chu.

Have you falsely reported your political achievements?

No.

Is there anything wrong?

There is nothing wrong.

The only thing that is wrong is that Xiao Hunhou is not a Confucian school or a noble family. It is not their own people, but... political enemies.

Political enemies are obstacles on the path of power in the Confucian faction.

Even if Xiao Hunhou did the right thing, he must be knocked to the ground!

Otherwise, the rise of the Confucian school will sooner or later be destroyed by Xiao Hunhou.

If Xiaohunhou cannot be convicted, he will return to Jinling City during this private visit. The national county and county political achievements ranking will be ranked, and the emperor will definitely promote Xiaohunhou.

It’s time to make up your mind!

Kong Hanyou took a deep breath and nodded slightly to an official next to him.
Chapter completed!