Zhu Hao really revealed his "trump card" to Yang Shen.
Yang Shen looked at the pile of pig iron and felt a sense of responsibility out of thin air. He wanted to use all the pig iron where the Ming Dynasty needed it, instead of listening to the little emperor and using it to build illusory trains and trains that sounded very nonsense.
railway.
The two then left the back mountain and returned to the camp in front of the mine.
At this time, Tang Yin, Lu Song and others were already waiting, and Tang Yin was talking to Xu Jie.
"Yongxiu, Jingdao, I was mentioning you to Mr. Tang." Xu Jie is at an age where he doesn't know the feeling of sorrow, so he has no scruples about what he says.
He didn't notice Yang Shen's gloomy expression at all and just expressed it in his own way.
Zhu Hao smiled and asked, "Mr. Tang, didn't you say you were going to Fucheng? Why haven't you left yet?"
Tang Yin said: "Don't worry, I have something to talk to you about."
As he spoke, he looked at Yang Shen specifically, as if Yang Shen was around and it was inconvenient to mention certain things to Zhu Hao.
Zhu Hao sighed: "Someone broke into the mine, looted, and caused a big trouble. I am also in a dilemma...I just want to go back to the city, so why not go back together."
When Yang Shen heard this, he was immediately reluctant.
Now he knows that there are millions of kilograms of pig iron hidden around the mine. If Zhu Hao leaves and Jin Yiwei looks back and traces the traces based on clues, won't all the pig iron be transported away by Jin Yiwei's people?
"Lu Dianzhan... no, I should call you Lu Qianhu. Haven't your Jinyi Guards evacuated now? You came here specifically to escort Mr. Tang?"
Zhu Hao smiled and greeted Lu Song.
Lu Song nodded and said, "Yes."
Yang Shen stepped forward and said, "Since you all serve the imperial court, why don't we get along well with each other? This is not the place to talk. It's better to go inside and talk."
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People from both sides entered the mine.
After all, it was getting dark, so even if I wanted to go to Fucheng, I couldn't leave that day.
Tang Yin and Lu Song went to one side, while Zhu Hao and Yang Shen seemed to have something to talk about. When they went to the other side, Xu Jie was the most embarrassed. He obviously came with Yang Shen, and Yang Shen took good care of him on the way.
Plus, after meeting Zhu Hao now, it seems that he has forgotten that he exists and just ignores him.
Zhu Hao took Yang Shen into a wooden house on the grounds that he wanted to arrange a residence for Yang Shen, which had all the living facilities.
The two of them gathered around a wooden table with no intention of sitting down. Yang Shen, obviously after careful consideration, said to Zhu Hao: "If you want the Ministry of Household Affairs to accept the pig iron, Sun Butang must come forward... This matter is best left to the hands of Zhu Hao."
If you come and ask Sun Budang, it will be difficult for others to get on the line."
Zhu Hao shook his head and said, "Brother Yongxiu, do you think Sun Butang will come forward to help?"
"How will you know if you don't try?"
In fact, Yang Shen didn't know for sure.
The problem is that Yang Shen has always regarded Sun Jiao as a political enemy.
But now there is such a large amount of pig iron that the Ministry of Revenue wants to take over, and taking huge policy risks, how can it be possible without the approval of the Minister of Revenue?
Zhu Hao sighed: "I'm afraid there's something wrong with me bringing this up. In fact, it's best to use Brother Xiu to contact the important ministers in the court, but don't mention it to your father. Otherwise, if things don't work out, your father will know about it. Such a large amount of pig iron will end up in
We were transported away by Jin Yiwei's people right before our eyes, right..."
Zhu Hao said he paused here, and gave Yang Shen a meaningful look, which was clearly a hint to the other party - you'd better think carefully before doing anything, and let me submit the proposal to Sun, just like you informed your father.
If Jinyiwei turns around and takes people to transport this batch of iron, then the request we made to the above will become a handle and will cause trouble for ourselves.
Yang Shen said: "If you don't tell the people in the capital, how can you get this transfer order?"
Zhu Hao was also in a dilemma and sighed: "Is there no other way?"
Yang Shen walked around the room, hesitating for a moment. If Zhu Hao asked Sun Jiao about this matter, and Sun Jiao came forward to get the order for the transfer of this batch of pig iron, it would undoubtedly be the best choice for him.
But how can Yang Shen believe that Sun Jiao will help him in this matter? He is not afraid that Sun Jiao will turn around.
So he told the emperor what had happened. Jin Yiwei was worried that he could not find the whereabouts of the pig iron.
Yang Shen also feels that things are difficult now.
Zhu Hao asked: "If we transport this batch of pig iron privately, you see..."
"No!"
Yang Shen said, "This batch of iron was produced when Jin Yiwei controlled the mine. If it disappeared out of thin air, the court would definitely investigate it strictly. Besides, how could transporting such a large batch of pig iron be concealed from everyone? Transporting it privately is a crime of deceiving the emperor."
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Apparently Yang Shen has also considered this plan and weighed the huge risks involved.
Zhu Haodao: "But I have thought that if the Jinyiwei lost this batch of pig iron, they might not dare to report it to the superiors. The highest level person who knows about the matter now may only go to Mr. Tang."
Yang Shen frowned: "You mean, they didn't report it to His Majesty at all?"
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Jinyiwei opened the mine and reported the output to the superiors. How could His Majesty know such details when he is deep in the palace? We can transport it out in batches, or we can build a smelting plant nearby to
This batch of pig iron was made into weapons, so even if the Jinyiwei found out, their names were not written on this batch of pig iron, how would they know that the weapons were made of the iron they produced?"
The more Yang Shen listened, the more confused he became.
The plan proposed by Zhu Hao was obviously out of line for a scholar like him who had little practical experience.
Yang Shen raised his hand: "Just let me be quiet and I will answer you after I think it over. You go deal with Tang Bohu first, but you can't let him notice the clues... You go ahead."
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Zhu Hao did not arrange a reception banquet that night.
Yang Shen and Tang Yin didn't deal with each other to begin with, and they seemed to have their own minds. They were both ordered by the emperor to investigate the case, and they didn't go together when they left. Do you expect them to sit down and discuss the investigation together?
Tang Yin and Lu Song returned to their place of residence a long time ago, which is about a mile away from Yang Shen's temporary residence.
Tang Yin asked: "Helin, what the hell is Jingdao doing?"
Lu Song asked curiously: "Mr. Tang, isn't it clear? Mr. Zhu said... he was fishing."
Tang Yin: "..."
Lu Song said with a smile: "It was said that they were taking part of our iron, which made Yang Hanlin feel that the matter was important. But in fact, the matter was not that important at all. It was just a small part of the iron we produced before. This made Yang Hanlin timid and said
This will surely tie him up."
It is said that there are millions of kilograms of iron, but in fact it is only one or two thousand tons.
Mining and smelting technology was underdeveloped in this era, so taking out so much iron at once seemed a bit exaggerated, as it seemed like a very valuable thing.
But in fact, this bit of iron is nothing to the Yongpingfu Iron Mine.
With the advancement of science and technology, boiler steelmaking and the promotion of desulfurization and dephosphorization technologies developed by Zhu Hao, the monthly steel production of Yongpingfu Iron Mine is now about 5,000 tons, of which about 500 tons of high-quality fine steel
, so it’s absolutely no problem to come up with such a small amount of output.
But how does Yang Shen know this?
He heard it was several million kilograms... He thought it was a lot. Even if he asked knowledgeable people, others would tell him that this batch of pig iron was indeed a lot. So Yang Shen felt that if this batch of pig iron could be plucked out of the emperor's hands, he would release it.
When it comes to military equipment, it is a great achievement, but now Yang Shenzheng feels that he has fallen out of favor in front of his father and needs an opportunity to make a contribution...
Tang Yin said angrily: "No wonder you want Yang Yongxiu to never come back, the emotional hole is dug here."
Lu Song said: "Mr. Tang, do you want to go to Fucheng together tomorrow?"
"Listen to Jingdao, he has big ideas, and I am here to obey orders. What a pity, in this wilderness..." Tang Yin was a little unhappy.
Lu Song laughed and said, "Actually, Mr. Tang walked less than two miles down the mountain to the market town. There are many miners living there, and there is everything to eat, drink and have fun."
Tang Yin's eyes widened when he heard this: "Didn't you tell me earlier? I thought there was nothing in these barren mountains and mountains."
Lu Song said: "I was not there yesterday because Mr. Tang knew everything. But thinking about it, he came from the capital in the west, and the market town is in the east.
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Tang Yin cursed: "The same goes for that boy Jingdao. He didn't tell me about such a good thing. I thought the conditions here were so difficult! Let's go, I'm just going to see it!"
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Yang Shen called the people he brought over, and after careful consideration, he finally decided to report the matter to Yang Tinghe. He could only find a domestic slave to bring the message back and report it to the capital by horseback to let Yang Tinghe know.
Yang Shen was worried that the pig iron would be discovered and taken away by Jin Yiwei as soon as he reported it, but he was even more worried that if he didn't report it, Yang Tinghe would find out later and say that he was arrogant in making decisions.
Yang Shen was cautious and did not tell Zhu Hao that this matter would be reported to Yang Tinghe. However, this did not mean that he did not believe Zhu Hao. He just felt that there was no need to mention everything to Zhu Hao. After all, the two of them only had
They can be regarded as "friends", but they can no longer be regarded as classmates or comrades.
Still need to make some changes from the past situation.
After Yang Shen had arranged everything and sent away the slaves, Xu Jie appeared outside the door.
Yang Shen said: "Zisheng, aren't you going to ask Tang Yin for advice on calligraphy and painting? Why are you back?"
Xu Jie smiled bitterly: "It's not that I want to ask for advice, I just want to find a reason to ask some questions and complete official duties as soon as possible."
Xu Jie probably knew that he might be suspected by Yang Shen and felt that he was two-faced, so he went out of his way to explain himself.
"Um."
Yang Shen didn't take it seriously.
Although they were both members of the Hanlin Academy, Yang Shen obviously didn't take Xu Jie seriously. How could he discuss important matters with a rookie? Did Xu Jie have Zhu Hao's brains and courage?
Xu Jie once again introduced what he knew: "I heard that Tang Bohu and Lu Qianhu, the Jinyiwei man, went to the market town at the foot of the mountain to the east and said they would not come back tonight."
"What?"
Yang Shen frowned, and the first thing that came to his mind was... Could it be that Tang Yin and Lu Song knew the whereabouts of the batch of pig iron and were eager to take people to investigate?
"Where is Jingdao?" Yang Shen asked again.
Xu Jie said: "Prefect Zhu said that someone from the prefect's yamen came to see him, but I don't know where he went."
Yang Shen thought to himself, could it be that something really happened, so Zhu Hao asked someone to take care of it?
But then Zhu Hao appeared in front of the two of them.
Yang Shen hurried forward and asked Zhu Hao with doubtful eyes.
Zhu Hao nodded and gave Yang Shen a reassuring signal, indicating that nothing was wrong.
Xu Jie next to him was dumbfounded.
What kind of monsters are these two? They can communicate with each other with their eyes? I'm right next to you, but they don't say a word. Do you mean they're on guard against me?
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "Brother Zisheng, how are you doing in Hanyuan recently? I have been too busy since I took office and have not been able to take care of correspondence with old officials in the capital."
"It's... not bad."
Xu Jie was somewhat embarrassed.
Zhu Hao suddenly said: "Brother Yongxiu, do you think Brother Zisheng will make great achievements if he has the opportunity to serve for either party?"
Yang Shen seems to have realized something. Isn't he looking for someone to replace Zhu Hao as the prefect of Yongping Prefecture?
If Xu Jie is put into this position...
Xu Jie is neither a member of Yang Tinghe nor the emperor, so the various factions are not involved, but he is the best candidate.
But the problem is...
Xu Jie seems to know nothing. Can he take on this job?