Chapter 135: The Imperial Court Asks for a Monthly Ticket)
"It's so true!"
"In this case, wouldn't it be possible for all of us soldiers of the Tang Dynasty to have iron armor?"
After listening, Li Shimin, Cheng Zhijie and others couldn't help but feel excited.
Some people even looked at the north with ferocious expressions and their eyes glowing red.
"Go back to the palace quickly!"
"yes!"
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"Call the weapons supervisor and the general supervisor!"
"yes!……"
In the main hall of the Shaofu Prison, Li Shimin was sitting in the main seat, while Cheng Zhijie and Li Xiaogong were sitting on both sides.
Below, General Superintendent Gongsun Nian and General Supervisor Qu Hui glared at Zheng Ye beside them with an angry look on their face.
In the morning, His Majesty ordered the young governor to forge a useless large iron stove, and they all heard about it.
However, before they had time to see the young master's joke, they were called to the young master by Zheng Ye. The most important ones, His Majesty and Cheng Lao Mo, were still sitting above.
A scammer, a shameless person, a liar, a scumbag...
Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui were angry and hateful!
"Gongsun Nian, Qu Hui, how many kilograms of pig iron are there in the prison for you and other weapons supervisors and generals?"
Li Shimin asked with a smile on his face.
Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui couldn't help but trembled. They looked at each other and hurriedly raised their hands and said, "Your Majesty, the Military Weapons Supervisor still has more than two thousand Qu Hui plow heads to be built. The Ministry of War has also been working hard these days.
In urging the forging of ordnance, the Ordnance Supervisor is currently requesting pig iron from the Ministry of Industry!"
"Your Majesty, as a prisoner, I have a thousand iron shaft heads for curved shaft plows to be forged, and..."
In one sentence, Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui had to hold back the excuse they had been trying to come up with for a long time.
"Your Majesty asked you two to tell you how many kilograms of pig iron are still in the yamen. The ink marks are so sloppy that they don't look like men at all!"
"Your Majesty, forgive me!"
Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui were immediately shocked.
He saluted quickly, with a cry in his words.
"Your Majesty, it's not that I'm reluctant to part with it, but it's that I really don't have a pound of extra pig iron to spare in the weapons prison!"
"Your Majesty, I only have two thousand kilograms of pig iron for one year as a prisoner. It has been used up this year. The pig iron now is only allocated by the Ministry of Industry for the purpose of forging the iron shaft heads of the curved shaft plow!"
After hearing this, Li Shimin frowned slightly and sighed softly. However, he did not blame the two of them, but said directly.
"Then let's stop building the iron shaft head of the curved shaft plow and build the big iron stove first!"
"His Majesty!"
Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui looked in disbelief.
"Um?"
Li Shimin's expression turned cold.
"I obey the order!"
Seeing this, Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui quickly saluted.
"Each person is responsible for sixty large iron furnaces first!"
Li Shimin continued, "As for the blueprints, go to Zheng Ye and ask for them. The day after tomorrow, you will have to forge at least two hundred pieces!"
"This?...Your Majesty, there is not enough pig iron!"
At this time, everyone, including Zheng Ye, was shocked.
"I'll have someone from the Ministry of Industry allocate it to you!"
After saying that, Li Shimin stood up and walked out.
"Zheng Zheng, how dare you deceive us like this?"
Reluctantly, Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui turned around and looked at the culprit Zheng Ye.
"With more than two hundred large iron stoves, do you know how many kilograms of pig iron will be consumed? This time, you, Zheng Ye, are the sinners of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Tomorrow, I must impeach you!"
The more they talked, the angrier they became.
"Hey, hey, two supervisors, don't be impatient!"
On the contrary, it was Zheng Ye who smiled lightly.
"Why don't I wait in a hurry? Those are two hundred pieces of iron stoves, which require at least more than 20,000 kilograms of pig iron!"
"I'm afraid you two have forgotten the iron cylinder that is required for the iron stove!" Zheng Ye added with a smile on his face.
"Iron cylinder?"
Hearing this, Qu Hui's face became even more angry. He stared at Zheng Ye closely and gritted his teeth.
"At this rate, at least 30,000 kilograms of pig iron will be needed?"
"Roughly the same!"
Zheng Ye nodded lightly.
"With so much pig iron, how many iron shaft heads of a curved shaft plow can be forged, and how many iron armored weapons can be forged?"
Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui lamented on their faces.
“But it’s worth it!”
Zheng Ye explained with a smile: "Your Majesty only used more than 200 large iron furnaces to exchange for a method that can quickly smelt iron!"
"The art of iron smelting?"
Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui's eyes lit up and they quickly looked at Zheng Ye.
"Exactly, I saw with my own eyes that an iron-making furnace that is two people tall can produce two hundred kilograms of high-quality pig iron in less than an hour!"
"What?"
"Zheng Jiancheng, you have seen this with your own eyes. Is there really such a wonderful iron-making method?"
In an instant, Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui looked at Zheng Ye with excitement on their faces.
In excitement, the title of Zheng Ye also began to change.
"Two supervisors, when have I, Zheng Ye, ever deceived you on such a major matter?"
Zheng Ye was not angry, but explained seriously.
"Hahaha……"
"A happy event, such a great happy event!"
"In this way, we will never be short of pig iron again!"
"Your Majesty is wise, these two hundred large iron furnaces are really worth the exchange!..."
Gongsun Nian and Qu Hui both looked overjoyed.
If Li Shimin had told this matter, the two of them might still be suspicious.
However, when Zheng Ye, the eunuch of the young government, said it, the two of them believed it completely.
"Zheng Jiancheng, do you know which master provided the iron-making technique?"
"Don't ask too many questions..."
Thinking of Li Shimin's explanation, Zheng Ye smiled and said nothing!
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"Your Majesty, Duan Lun, is here to see you!"
In the Liangyi Hall, Duan Lun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, hurriedly walked in.
"Duan Lun, how much pig iron does the Ministry of Industry have now?"
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry still has 100,000 kilograms of pig iron. I wonder what your Majesty wants to use it for?"
Duan Lun was stunned and asked quickly.
"Appropriate 30,000 kilograms and give it to the young master's supervisor. Send him the supervisor and weapons supervisor!"
Li Shimin said.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Duan Lun immediately agreed.
Then, he asked with a happy face, "May I ask Your Majesty, do you want to go to war next year?"
Although Duan Lun is now a civil servant, he has been fond of practicing martial arts since he was a child. After Li Yuan raised an army in Taiyuan, Duan Lun gathered more than 10,000 troops in Lantian to welcome Li Yuan and followed the Li family to conquer the Tang Dynasty.
Upon hearing Li Shimin's words, Duan Lun's face was full of excitement, thinking that he was going to fight the Turkic barbarians.
"No, it's the Emperor who wants more than 200 large iron stoves!" Li Shimin replied.
"Two hundred big iron stoves?"
Upon hearing this, Duan Lun couldn't help but be stunned, and then his face was full of regret.
"Your Majesty, isn't it a pity that so much pig iron is used to forge a large iron furnace? Why don't you advise the Emperor?"
"Why don't you persuade yourself to go?"
Li Shimin rolled his eyes at Duan Lun, "The Supreme Emperor is me, Aye, and he is also your father-in-law."
"this?"
When Duan Lun heard this, he thought for a moment, a flash of emotion flashed in his eyes, and said slowly: "It just so happens that Princess Gaomi has not been to see the Supreme Emperor for a long time. I would like to invite Gaomi to visit the Supreme Emperor tomorrow?"
Princess Gaomi was Duan Lun's wife and Li Shimin's fourth sister. She had a particularly close relationship with Li Yuan. However, after Li Yuan moved into Tai'an Palace, his temperament changed drastically and he rarely met Princess Gaomi and his children.
"Need not!"
Li Shimin said quickly.
"Your Majesty, do you still follow Gao Ming to Li's Village every day?"
Duan Lun's face turned anxious.
"You don't need to worry about this!"
Li Shimin glanced at Duan Lun lightly.
"Your Majesty, that's thirty thousand kilograms of pig iron!"
"In ten days, I will return you one hundred thousand kilograms of pig iron!"
"His Majesty?"
"An iron-making method that can smelt two hundred kilograms of iron in one hour!"
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Chapter 135 A move in the imperial court (fourth update, please vote for me)