Zhu Youde wrote down the plan for what to do next.
The first step is to develop magnetite and use magnets to make detection tools to search for iron ore. After that, you can create iron tools and upgrade the cold weapons.
He also set requirements and restrictions on how to mine the mines, which must be carried out within a reasonable range and cannot be over-exploited like later generations, leading to energy depletion.
At a time when tools are underdeveloped, resources are particularly important.
"As long as you have enough iron and stone, you can upgrade your shield, and even weapons are not impossible... Then the shortcomings of Daliang's cold weapons will become their strengths."
Zhu Youde thought to himself, put down the wolf hair and went to Kunning Palace.
It's definitely not to deal with government affairs. Why don't you work hard to have a baby as soon as possible?
After working hard all night, it turns cloudy and rainy, so unhappy!
The next day is a day off.
Zhu Youde took Li Renjie to Wolong Temple again. When they went up the mountain, they met the strangely dressed businessman he saw yesterday.
Li Renjie looked at it secretly and silently wrote down the general appearance. He felt very strange: "Your Majesty, these people are climbing Wolong Temple continuously. They should not come to pray for blessings."
Zhu Youde, who stopped, turned his head and took a look, nodded and said, "It is true that they are not here to pray, they are also here to pay homage to Lu Shengzhi."
This made Li Renjie very confused. How could His Majesty know this before he went up the mountain?
"Lu Shengzhi's meditation room has a unique aroma, and I could vaguely smell that scent just when I passed by it," he explained.
The two continued to climb, and those who came down the mountain also looked back.
The leading man stared for a long time, sighed and said to the people around him: "Even a warrior can put down his posture and come to see Mr. Qilin for two consecutive days. This shows Mr. Qilin's talent."
Another person nodded thoughtfully and said: "We should learn from the respect of the Daliang warriors. If the king had such a spirit, our Western Region would have risen long ago!"
"Yes! In my opinion, although the king is brave and good at conquering the Yuezhi, he is far inferior to the prince in governing the country. Why don't we..."
As soon as these words were spoken, the leading man slapped him on the back of the head and angrily rebuked: "Don't be rude to your Majesty outside!"
"The princes must have their reasons for choosing to assist the king. As ministers, we only need to obey orders!"
"Go to the Longmen Inn as soon as you get off the mountain and tell the Southern faction that we have met Mr. Qilin. If everything goes well, we can return in three days..."
The man who was beaten rubbed the back of his head and looked aggrieved, but he still did not dare to disobey and silently accepted the order.
After a moment, he asked in a low voice: "Will Mr. Qilin agree to go to the Western Regions with us?"
The leading man remained silent and did not answer.
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On the top of the mountain, Zhu Youde asked to see him again, but he still didn't see Lu Shengzhi.
The boy came forward and said: "Mr. Lu has just met the guests, and now he is going to recite the morning sutra..."
Faced with another defeat, Li Renjie, who was originally in a good mood, became angry and held the hilt of the sword in his hand to draw the sword.
The person standing in front of you is the Son of Heaven! He is the Emperor! He is the Supreme Being! How dare you refuse so many times?!
Do you regard the law of Daliang as a blank sheet of paper? Do you regard the ethics of the monarch as empty words?
He continuously reprimanded Lu Shengzhi in his mind. If Zhu Youde hadn't stopped him, he would have forced his way in with his sword and killed Lu Shengzhi!
Zhu Youde glanced at Li Renjie, who was furious, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, but considering that Liu Bei had just invited Zhuge Liang three times, he might as well do it?
"May I ask, sir, if you meet the guests... are they wearing strange costumes?"
The book boy recalled a thing or two and nodded cutely.
"Then, can we find any abnormalities?" Zhu Youde asked again.
"Abnormal? Does it count if he speaks strangely? Those people have great respect for Mr., they kneel and worship him, but their words are very different from those of the people in Daliang..."
After hearing this, Zhu Youde already guessed that he was probably not a citizen of Daliang.
Saying goodbye to the book boy, he asked Li Renjie to go down the mountain to follow those people and secretly investigate their identities.
Then he went to the main hall to check the brochures hung by the people.
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It was already evening when we returned to the palace. Li Renjie had not returned, but Wang Zhonghou and Cao Wang brought news.
"Your Majesty, after screening the two factories in the east and west, there was a bannerman in the east factory who leaked information!"
Cao Wang knelt down and presented the person's information.
The messenger eunuch of Dongchang has a low status but has access to a lot of confidential information. This person suddenly received a large amount of money and banknotes recently. According to the investigation, the person who gave the gift was a caravan from the Western Regions!
One of the seven caravans from the Western Regions!
Zhu Youde slammed the table, there really was a spy from the East and West factories!
Cao Wang, who was kneeling on the ground, was frightened and uneasy, and even Wang Zhonghou, who had always been steady, was a little panicked.
Your Majesty is angry not because of the leaked information, but because this person is disloyal. As His Majesty's confidants, the Royal Guards, the Forbidden Army and the East and West factories are highly trusted and reused, and their welfare benefits are several times higher than those of the previous government.
Your Majesty has such trust, yet this person dares to betray and collaborate with the enemy! He should be punished!
"What's the reason?" Zhu Youde asked in a deep voice.
"I love gambling! I lost all my money and was targeted by informants from the Western Regions, who bribed me with money..." Cao Wang said.
Zhu Youde signaled to continue.
"The person who sent the bribe was a caravan from the Western Regions. According to the investigation, he was hiding in the Longmen Inn. It is very likely that this group of people hijacked King Yan's prison car. They also have close contact with another caravan from the Western Regions."
Wang Zhonghou handed over the folder, reflecting the close exchanges between the two caravans.
Surely it was done by people from the Western Regions... Zhu Youde thought back to the group of strangely dressed people he met this morning. Could it be that they came from the Western Regions?
Just as he was thinking about it, Li Renjie asked to see him.
I saw him walking into the hall angrily, holding a secret letter in his hand.
"Your Majesty, those people should be punished!" There was a loud shout as soon as they came in.
He handed over the book, half-kneeling on the ground and said: "I followed those people to a dilapidated house in the south of the city. Not long after, I saw someone going out, so I sent the Jin Yiwei to follow, and it turned out that I had gone to the inn where the Western Region caravan was!"
"But Longmen Inn?!" Wang Zhonghou asked with a breath of cold air.
Li Renjie was slightly stunned and then nodded: "It's the Dragon Gate Inn! That caravan is one of the seven caravans in the Western Regions, and more importantly, the people I'm following are also one of the seven caravans in the Western Regions!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youde's suspicions were completely verified.
It was the Western Regions caravan from Longmen Inn who robbed King Yan's prison car.
Those who climbed Wolong Temple were also caravans from the Western Regions.
The two caravans are in contact with each other and are most likely a group of people.
In this way, the real culprit was identified, and the mystery of the robbery of King Yan's prison car was also solved.
An informant from the Western Region bribed the eunuch from Dongchang to get information about King Yan's prison car. The gangsters disguised themselves as a caravan and entered Jinling City, and sent people to stay outside the city to kidnap King Yan.
But because Wang Po led his army to go on an expedition and the martial law could not be transferred, he hid outside Jinling City!
Then why didn't these two Western Region caravans hide together, but stayed in Jinling City... One of them even went to visit Lu Shengzhi...
Does this have anything to do with Lu Shengzhi?
Zhu Youde's thoughts stopped on Lu Shengzhi. Could these people be plotting against Lu Shengzhi?
There should be some secrets that he doesn't know about...