Wang Jinghui was stunned after hearing this, and then smiled and said, "Master, I just hope to take this opportunity to avenge the assassination. If I remember correctly, the Majesty once made three wishes for me. It is a wish of fulfilling my wish!" Emperor Zhao Xu was also stunned after hearing this, but he and the prince consort had indeed made a bet, but this was also an unintentional statement. The two smiled and refused to speak.

"My dear, who will be the 'director' of the Intelligence Bureau?" Emperor Zhao Xu said in a confused manner. He understood why the head of the Intelligence Bureau was not called 'director' but 'director'. However, there were more than one new word created by the prince-consort, so he didn't take it seriously.

"Master, the choice of the top leader of the Intelligence Bureau is not something that the minister can advise! However, the choice of the 'director' has its own special features, so you must not be careless!"

“How is it different?”

"Although the Intelligence Bureau is subject to the control of the two governments in its official position, only the emperor is its direct leader. The head of the Intelligence Bureau cannot be too high, only the fourth or fifth ranks. In addition, the Intelligence Bureau can only collect and organize intelligence, and there is no way to overcome any power in terms of power!"

Emperor Zhao Xu nodded after hearing this. He could feel the fear contained in the counsel of the prince-consort. Although he understood why the prince-consort was so afraid of such a small intelligence department, it was obviously not enough to just explain it by spying on the military situation of the enemy country.

In fact, Wang Jinghui didn't know whether what he was doing now was right or wrong. The intelligence agency transformed into a black violent agency. He was not unaware of this harm. Just looking at the Jinyiwei in Zhu Yuanzhang's hands in history and the East and West factories in the Ming Dynasty in the future, he felt a chill in his heart. However, what made him relieved was that the intelligence agency of the Song Dynasty was essentially different from the Ming Dynasty. Its original intention was not to be internal, but to target the enemy countries around him. This was also the only place he could convince himself. Although the intelligence agency would become a weapon in someone's hands in the future, the more important task now is to flatten the border and destroy Xia, which is more important than anything else! At present, he can't think of anything easy to solve the problem of the intelligence agency. But it does not mean that he can't think of a way to check and balance in the future. As long as the Song Dynasty can stand firm, all problems can be solved slowly!

"Change it. Although there is no way to realize what you said about directly smelting iron into steel, recently, some people have improved the method of making blowers and coke. The same amount of peat can obtain more coke after adopting the new method. The improved blower is driven by hydraulic power. This giant blower can obtain air inlet volume more than ten times larger than the previous blower. Now, a workshop has been secretly built on the edge of the Bian River to use this blower to smelify iron. The effect is very good, and the time for smelting iron has been reduced by three times!" Su Song said to Wang Jinghui excitedly.

After Wang Jinghui returned to the Prince's Mansion after facing the saint, he was told by his servants that Su Song was coming to visit. Shen Kuo is now presiding over the dredging project of the Bian River. The project has been underway for several months. With strong financial, material and manpower, it is estimated that all the projects will be completed in another month. Su Song is responsible for improving the existing steel smelting process. Of course, Su Song is good at mechanical structure. Although Shen Kuo is a versatile, his attainments in mechanical and medical fields are far inferior to Su Song. Now, in addition to changing the steel smelting process, Su Song's task is also responsible for compiling the "Pharmacology of the Song Dynasty" - this is the "Compendium of Materia Medica" in the Song Dynasty.

In history, Su Song worked in the National History Museum for 9 years. He took advantage of the opportunity to come into contact with the secrets of the palace and insisted on reciting 2,000 words every day. After returning home, he wrote and kept it. He and Zhang Yuxi, Lin Yi and others edited Bian's "Huiyou Bubian Shennong Bencao" and corrected and published books such as "Automatic Preparation for Qianjin Prescriptions". He also independently compiled 21 volumes of "Bencao Tujing". This book quotes more than 200 previous documents, collecting the masterpieces of pharmacology and the great achievements of Chinese drug census. It records more than 300 medicinal plants and more than 70 medicinal animals or Its by-products, as well as a large number of important chemical substances, describe the preparation of various substances such as salt, steel, mercury, silver, mercury compounds, aluminum compounds, etc. It also records historical geography, natural geography, economic geography, etc. The book's explanation of animal fossils, tide theory, and drawing plant specimens all occupies a leading position in the corresponding disciplines. Li Shizhen, a famous medical master in the Ming Dynasty, highly praised the scientific value of "Bencao Tujing", and his medical work "Compendium of Materia Medica" quoted a lot of contents.

Wang Jinghui didn't know that Su Song would be so powerful in history. He only knew that Su Song had a medical book called "Bencao Pictures" and Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" had a lot to do with this book. Since history will undergo great changes due to his own influence, Li Shizhen may not be able to be "born as promised". Therefore, it is imperative to compile an authoritative Chinese herbal medicine pharmacopoeia. After all, he was born in a traditional Chinese medicine family and was particularly concerned about it. Although he didn't have much time to do such things, he could guide him. With his own financial resources and the talents of the Song Dynasty, what else can't be taken down?!

Shen Kuo is not here for the time being, but his flame plan cannot be stopped. In addition to strengthening the city defense of the Song Dynasty to reduce the military threat from the Liao Kingdom north of the Yellow River, he can also achieve the goal of reducing the scale of the imperial guards. However, Wang Jinghui's greatest expectation for artillery was that the Song Dynasty could accelerate its entry into the era of hot weapons with such things. The least with artillery was there. In this era, he had no choice but to deal with the perverted city walls of Kaifeng. There was absolutely no problem with the city walls of Liao Kingdom. At that time, it would be much easier to launch an attack on the Liao Kingdom and attack cities and villages.

Wang Jinghui knew that Su Song had to come, and although he did not expect Su Song to solve the steel problem alone, any progress was approaching the goal, and he had more confidence in his plan to pacify Liao and destroy Xia. Su Song did not disappoint him. Although he could not solve any substantial problems, the new invention could greatly accelerate the smelting speed of iron and greatly reduce the cost. Wang Jinghui still understood the significance.

"Mr. Su, this progress is very important. Although it has not been able to achieve the expected goals, it is also of great significance! You also know that the Xiangjun military farming plan that the imperial court is implementing can provide a large amount of iron products and play a crucial role in farming. Thank you for your hard work!" Wang Jinghui said happily. Although Su Song asked him to be a peer, Su Song is now in his fifties. He really can't speak for the title of "Brother Zirong". Moreover, in Wang Jinghui's eyes, the Song Dynasty would not lack ministers like Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, but super scientists like Su Song are even scarce than the most precious treasures. With these great scientists in charge, Wang Jinghui's many plans could become reality. Otherwise, he would become a gatekeeper who guards the treasure, which could be seen but could not be touched.

"There are detailed explanations in the "Theory of Things" of the modified place, and the mechanisms also have ready-made map examples. It was much easier to produce a certain genital acid, but unfortunately, the preparation of sulfuric acid from modified locusts is very troublesome. It is easy to say that sulfuric acid is not bad. Although the amount of preparation is very small, some of them are still produced in the end, but nitric acid is difficult and there is no progress so far!" Su Song shook his head and said.

Wang Jinghui filled Su Song with a cup of tea and said comfortingly: "You can't be too impatient. Whether it is nitric acid or sulfuric acid, these two things are very dangerous. You must deal with it properly after making it. Otherwise, it will cause unexpected disasters! It is good to have sulfuric acid. After Brother Cunzhong comes back, we will discuss and see what solutions can be solved!"

Since Wang Jinghui obtained the by-product glycerin after making soap in Hangzhou, he always wanted to obtain nitric acid. As long as he had nitric acid, nitroglycerin was no longer a dream. This thing is much more powerful than gunpowder. It can make explosive packs smaller and more powerful. It is not the same level as the same time. This era is probably as strong as the Kaifeng City Wall. When facing nitroglycerin bombs, it has to bow its head.

Nitrifying glycerol is also a necessary medicine for treating heart disease. Su Shi's wife and Wang Rong are waiting to use it. Although Su Shi's wife did not die as early as in history, she lost her fertility. So Su Shi married another wife. She thought that Su Dacai was handsome and elegant, and was in the Secret Pavilion to correct the correction. She was really the famous Wang Laowu of the Song Dynasty. As for Wang Rong, Wang Jinghui didn't think so much in his heart. Although Wang Rong liked to play conspiracies, he also knew that Wang Rong didn't have a good view of him, and often stared at the person who sent him a bullet stamp.

The Censor and Wang Rong both had close contacts, but Wang Rong was just a last-rate character in Wang Jinghui's eyes. He would have no effect on him any more tricks. He kept Wang Rong now to check and balance Lu Huiqing. In addition, Wang Anshi was unable to do anything without Wang Rong. Wang Anshi was the most favored person to Wang Rong. If Wang Rong was killed, even if Wang Anshi couldn't see anything, this white-haired man sent a black-haired man to the end was the greatest sad thing in life. Maybe Wang Anshi would just give up his son and go back to his hometown to quit. This is what Wang Jinghui didn't want to see the least.

"Mr. Zirong, it's really time to use money now. I wonder if the research on financial ease? If there is any tight place, you don't have to worry about the emperor and just go to the student industry to extract it!" Wang Jinghui asked Su Song's work progress and asked casually. He knew that the research on artillery and other related projects was directly extracted from the emperor's inner treasury. However, since the clock workshop was established, the cost was extracted from the clock workshop. He had not been involved in the industry for a long time. He was worried that the cadmium watch workshop was not enough to pay such a large expense at the beginning, so he asked about the funding status.

"Have you forgotten the clock? Although I don't know what happened to Xu, I heard that the clock business was extremely developed in Xu's hands. The clock rewarded by the emperor in a family made the ministers in the court jealous and could not buy it at high prices everywhere. It can be seen that! Now all the research costs for all projects, but every time I withdraw money, I always meet my requests. It cost 60,000 yuan to build an independent iron smelting experimental workshop, but it was still quickly received, and the research costs were very relaxed!" Su Song said with a smile.

Su Song was a Jinshi in the second year of Qingli. This was a real Jinshi. Although the number of Jinshi selected in the Song Dynasty far exceeded that of any dynasty, it was more difficult for a Jinshi to be admitted to this era of talented people than any dynasty. Su Song was like scholars of this era, and he didn't want to talk about money, but as a scientist, he spent money on research. In the past, he had to do something he had to do, except paying for his own income. There was no hope for steel smelting research now, and the court would not spend this huge amount of money - giant blowers, construction, improvement of new smelting furnaces, and coke land. This was simply burning money. I'm afraid that the Ministry of Works and the Secretariat would never be willing to spend this money in the early stage of investment.

"All research costs are outside the court's financial system. If the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall know about it, they will be scared!" Su Song said miserably.

"Haha. Don't talk about the officials of the Ministry of Works, even the ministers in the political affairs hall did not realize how profound the meaning of what we are doing now has for the future of the Song Dynasty?!" Wang Jinghui said seriously: "At least Sima Jun is really unwilling to spend this money!"

"If artillery can be developed successfully, it is indeed a good deed for the Song Dynasty. However, Mr. Cunzhong also expressed doubts about this at the beginning. Now it seems that there is a lot of hope. At least our direction is not wrong. Seeing that one of the precious links has been solved, at least both of us have the confidence to complete this unprecedented task!" Su Song said firmly.

"Architecture is a weapon that has never been seen in the previous dynasty, but gunpowder has been available since the Tang Dynasty. Although the cost of firearms is still relatively high, there are already a wealth of firearms of various kinds in the Song Dynasty arsenal, and most of them are something that I never dared to think about before. It can be seen that as long as you have the right ideas and sufficient investment, nothing can be done!" Wang Jinghui said encouraged. Although it is still far away to see artillery now, every small progress is inspiring the enthusiasm of relevant personnel, especially Shen Kuo and Su Song, who have fully understood the artillery production plan, are the clearest.

"But, change it..." Su Song frowned and swallowed the words back halfway. He seemed a little worried.

"Mr. Zirong, if you have anything to say, it's okay!"

"After all, the emperor is a little young and is very impatient in everything he does. Although the artillery trial production is relatively smooth, I am afraid that the emperor will not understand the inside story. After a long time, he will inevitably have some complaints. You have to think of a way to change it!" Su Song said.

Wang Jinghui frowned after hearing this. He knew that since the artillery development plan was proposed, Emperor Zhao Xu paid great attention to this. He summoned Su Song or Shen Kuo to ask about his progress almost every two or three days. Later, because the difficulty of artillery manufacturing was much more difficult than Wang Jinghui imagined, and the progress was slow. Emperor Zhao Xu gradually lost patience and his enthusiasm gradually declined. Recently, Su Song and others have almost never summoned Su Song to inquire about the progress. Shen Kuo and Su Song are not fame and fortune, but most of the officials participating in this epoch-making research want to take advantage of this opportunity to get promotion. Emperor Zhao Xu's attention is their engine. Now the engine is slowly shutting down, and the enthusiasm of the non-research and development team will inevitably be affected. Moreover, as the research deepens, I feel that the success rate of trial artillery production is very high, but this cycle is not too long.

"It doesn't matter whether the emperor cares about this. What's important is that the Song Dynasty needs artillery. As long as there are artillery that meets the design requirements, whether it is offense or defense, the Song Dynasty will have a more say in the face of Dangxiang or Khitan cavalry, and the Song Dynasty can win the war at a smaller price! However, the enthusiasm of the emperor is also very important to everyone. It can inspire our morale and speed up the research progress. Mr. Zirong, the students have thought of a good idea, but they are a little distracted, but they can ensure that the emperor can continue to pay a certain level of attention!"

"What's the solution to change it?"

"We can draw some of the same forces to make some other related objects, so that the court can see that although we are progressing slowly, we are always keeping moving forward, so that this problem can be solved!" Then Wang Jinghui and Su Song talked in detail about the manufacturing of hot air balloons, and suggested that new smelting technology be put into practical applications as soon as possible, so that the ministers of the Secretariat will also be at ease about this and can stop them from accusing them of wanting to accuse the R&D department of spending money.

The principle of manufacturing hot air balloons is simple, and Su Song understood it as soon as he heard it. After all, the famous Kongming lantern is the same as the hot air balloon. However, no one had thought that the buoyancy of the rising hot air could bring people into the air so exaggeratedly. Su Song's mind was quick, and he had read "Theory of Things". Although his heart was a little cold, it cost less to make hot air balloons and was simple to make. As long as a small amount of manpower and sufficient funds were invested, he was confident that he could make it in a short time.
Chapter completed!