In order to pull Liu Jing onto his chariot, Wan Lei took out his trump card. A well-trained elite guard climbed over the wall and left Beiping City in the dead of night. Disguised as a deserter from the Beiping Army, he was captured by a detachment of soldiers.
The army chased him to the border of Baoding Prefecture. With wounds all over his body, he crawled to the nearest county town, saying that he wanted to defect to the Ming Dynasty.
This was the first time that a deserter ran away from Shuntian Prefecture. Zhou Fu, the prefect of Baoding Prefecture, took the news very seriously and immediately brought people to investigate. But what he didn't know was that this man named Liu Li was a double agent.
He was selected from dozens of elite guards, and his loyalty to the Peking Army is absolutely guaranteed.
Liu Li, who was wounded all over his body, told the magistrate Zhou with snot and tears about the inhuman treatment he encountered in the Peking Army. By the way, he also told the other party a lot of confidential "intelligence" about the Peking Army, including the Peking Army.
How many people, how many war horses, and how many artillery pieces were there? The information was false and true, and coupled with Liu Li's gritted teeth expression, the prefect Zhou did not doubt that he was there.
Of course, this information was also mixed with: Who in the Ming Dynasty had personal relations with Shuntian Mansion, and Liu Jing was naturally on the list. Zhou Fu was shocked by this news, and immediately informed the court of the matter.
The imperial court was aware of it. Soon, the imperial court sent the Jinyi Guards to interrogate Liu Li first, and then assigned personnel to find out the situation.
Liu Li betrayed all kinds of information about the Peking Army like beans. Naturally, the imperial court would not embarrass him. Not only did they not embarrass him, they also cured his injuries and promised to give him a minor official position. Of course, the imperial court did not do this out of necessity.
There is no humanitarianism, but I want to set an example to persuade more officers and soldiers of the Peking Army to "abandon darkness and join the light."
Naturally, Liu Jing didn't know about these things. He wandered around Beiping City for a few days, and every day he would wander over to the ironworks to explore, trying to find out. However, there was a large wall outside the ironworks, and there were security guards at the entrance.
Guard, people like him are not allowed in.
Liu Jing watched outside for a few days. In addition to seeing smoke coming from the big chimney, he heard bursts of roaring. Usually he only saw a large amount of ore being transported in, and a large amount of iron tools being transported out. As for the ore,
How did it "change" into iron? The more he looked at it, the more confused he became, and the more he wanted to understand what was going on inside.
Liu Jing's little trick of becoming a spy naturally fell into Wan Lei's eyes. Early in the morning of the fifth day of February, Wan Lei went to the ironworks to conduct a safety production inspection as usual, and met an "unexpected" outside the gate of the ironworks.
Arrived at Liu Jing.
"Mr. Liu got up so early. Is it because the factory was too noisy that it disturbed him?" Wan Lei asked knowingly.
"Oh, no, no, I always like to get up early." As Liu Jing said, she handed over her hands and said goodbye: "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"Sir, don't leave in a hurry. Are you interested in going inside and taking a look?" Wan Lei asked, his eyebrows twitching slightly, because he knew that this old guy couldn't refuse this invitation.
As Wan Lei expected, Liu Jing only hesitated for a moment and said: "Young Master warmly invites you, but I am disrespectful."
"Sir, please, but it's very hot and dangerous inside, so you have to put on a helmet first." Wan Lei said, taking a helmet and helping him put it on.
Wan Lei was so enthusiastic that Liu Jing wanted to refuse this kindness, but when he thought that the other party was the host, he had to give him some face, so he had to let Wan Lei do it. But what he never expected was that there was a pair of eyes not far away.
Staring at him closely.
The reason why Wan Lei is so enthusiastic about Liu Jing is to use underhanded tactics. The purpose is not just to win him over alone, but to set him up as a benchmark and let more literati who have complaints about the Ming Dynasty "
"Unite" and come around Shuntianfu.
In fact, in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the status of officials and literati was relatively low. Not only were the official salaries given to officials by the court very low, but the Ming court was also ruthless in punishing corrupt officials. Their homes were often confiscated and executed, and the lives of officials were so complicated.
It's so miserable. Although Emperor Hongwu has been imprisoned for several years, those officials who survived various prisons still have lingering fears.
Although the current emperor worships literature and Yanwu, only the likes of Qi and Huang are highly regarded, and many expatriate civil servants are still suppressed. Moreover, the Ming Dynasty used the imperial examination to judge heroes, and many literati were full of knowledge just because they could not get into the imperial examination.
Road, so they cannot display their talents and knowledge, and these people will inevitably be full of complaints.
And Liu Jing's father is so famous, and he happens to be the idol of civil servants and literati. As long as he can be brought over, not to mention all the complaining literati, but a few heavyweights can be greatly improved.
The cultural influence of Tianfu has increased, and it has effectively improved the social image of Shuntianfu, allowing the world to see that Shuntianfu is open-minded and tolerant, not as authoritarian and incompetent as the Ming Dynasty.
No, Wan Lei accompanied Liu Jing to inspect the whole process of iron-making, explained to him in detail the principles of various iron-making, and analyzed the processes of each process in detail, acting like a polite corporal. Of course, Wan Lei
Lei was not out of ideas in doing this, because even if the other party understood the process and principles of iron-making, he would not be able to build a regular iron-making factory.
It's not that Wan Lei looks down on the other party, but he didn't teach him many key technologies, such as using graphite to add a heat-proof layer in the blast furnace, how to control the furnace temperature, how to make slag, and the coking process.
There is also the issue of how to make coke due to the alkalinity and acidity of carbon. If these issues are not understood, even if we imitate an iron factory, it will end up wasting people and money, and iron cannot be smelted normally.
Of course Liu Jing didn't understand this. Even the principles Wan Lei explained in detail were at a loss for him. He couldn't understand them at all and could only keep them in his mind. Moreover, there were so many components in the iron factory that he couldn't understand them.
I was too embarrassed to take pen and paper to record, so I had to stay in the factory and read and memorize as much as possible.
The other party wanted to see more and learn more, so Wan Lei didn't urge him to leave. Anyway, even if he watched for a few hours, he still couldn't figure out the principle behind it.
"Sir, the ore brought back these days is obviously insufficient. We need to urge the people at the mine to collect more." The person in charge of the daily production of the iron plant is Zhou Tianfu, Zhou Tianshou's brother. Wan Lei sees Commander Zhou as his
In terms of face, give him a plus or minus. Although he is a bit fat, he is also mature and serious. Since he took office, there have been few accidents in the factory.
"I'm afraid there isn't much ore left to dig at the mine. The most important thing now is to find a new mine. Let the workers produce normally these days. If the supply of ore is insufficient, we will stop work for a few days and inspect the machinery." Wan Lei said.
Dao, in fact, due to some problems that were not noticed during manufacturing, the blast furnace of the iron plant needs to be inspected frequently. Of course, this cannot be entirely blamed on Wan Lei. After all, this is the first iron plant. There are deficiencies for sure. Please pay attention to it in the future.
Just improve.
"Sir, haven't we sent a lot of people out to look for ores? We haven't found a new mine for so long. Do we really have no iron ore in Shuntian Prefecture?" Zhou Tianfu asked with some worry.
"Not only iron ore, but other minerals are also in short supply. Our Shuntian Prefecture does not occupy an advantageous position."
"What should I do?"
"I'll make do for now. If I really can't find any mines in the future, I'll go look for them on the Mongolian plateau and discuss with the Mongolians to trade goods with them for mines." The Mongolian plateau is rich in various ores, and Wan Lei also wanted to
We have sent troops to occupy it, but now is not the time. After all, the Peking Army still has very few troops.