As everyone watched, the woman walked into the room with a cold face, turned a blind eye to the boxes full of jewelry, and went straight to Li Hao: "Why are you here?"

The voice was cold and the tone was questioning, and it looked like the original wife who came to catch the villain.

Mei and Lan were frightened, their eyes flew over the armored sergeant guarding the gate, and finally fell on the person who came.

The identity of the person who came was definitely not simple to bring a soldier in armor. Coupled with the problem just now, they couldn't help but think of a princess and felt uneasy.

Li Hao came to his senses in a cold voice, as if he had been caught making a mistake. He touched his nose and said awkwardly: "Sister, why are you here?"

"Why, if you can come, I can't come?" Li Yueling's eyes swept across the people in the room, and finally fell on Li Hao: "Where is your brother-in-law, don't tell me that he is not with you."

Li Hao breathed a sigh of relief, and it turned out that he was not here to arrest him: "Sister, have you misunderstood something? How could I get along with a playboy like him? I am a serious person."

"Are you a serious person?" Li Yueling frowned. If she hadn't been unable to say anything as a woman, she really wanted to ask, who are you, don't you know a little bit of a clue?

Not to mention your name as the most tragic disaster in Chang'an, just say that now, look at the two charming people around you who are about to get into your body, and you won't blush if you say you are serious?

"Ann." Li Hao nodded confidently and pointed at Songtsen Gampo and others across the street: "If you don't believe me, ask them."

"Stop talking nonsense with me. I will only ask you one thing, your brother-in-law, don't say I didn't remind you, I've met the King of Wei just now."

Li Hao was dissatisfied when he heard this. He had seen it. What does it have to do with me: "Well, Zamp, tell me, are there anyone else going on here for our gathering?"

"Uh, this one..." Songzan Gampo, a half-landlord who was left aside for a long time, was unknowing for a while, but he didn't know what to call the person. Finally, Li Hao introduced it: "This is my cousin Li Yueling, just call her Princess Jing."

Songtsen Gampo's heart was stuttering again. It was King of Wei just now, and King Jing came again. I really don't know that Guan Xiao was not here. It took only a short while for the two princes.

With a embarrassed smile, Songzan Gampo: "Dear Princess Jing, I'm here to go to the Tubo king Songzan Gampo. I can prove that His Highness Jing was not here just now, and you really misunderstood the prince."

After all, he was also the leader of a country. Songtsen Gampo thought that the other party could give him some face, but unexpectedly, Li Yueling only glanced coldly and threw a sentence: "You are not a good thing either."

I..., I am the king of the country after all. Although the country is not as good as the Tang Dynasty, I don’t want to be faced.

Songtsen Gampo thought he shouldn't go out today, and his luck was so bad.

But when the next scene fell into Songtsen Gampo's eyes, his mood suddenly got better.

Li Yueling directly reached out to grab Li Hao's ear without saying a word, dragged him out, and still scolded him as he walked: "I didn't learn well at such a young age, but I actually learned to visit brothels. I hugged and hugged each other, and even mingled with some people who were indiscriminate. You said, are you worthy of Xueyan?"

Li Hao knew that his cousin had not caught Li Yuanjing, so he was sending evil fire on him, so he didn't dare to struggle. Before leaving the room, he had only time to shout: "Tiezhu, keep my things in hand. Zanpu, I won't be polite to you."

I still recalled the strange and wrong person in Li Yueling's mouth, Songtsen Gampo almost turned on her back. When did you get polite to me?

Just as they were thinking, they saw Tiezhu, Xi Junmai Shuangshuang stepped forward and covered several boxes again. The box that they originally needed to lift was pinched to their arms, and they strode to the meteor and then left.

This..., this is over? It seems that I have forgotten something and the money has been given out, but I haven’t mentioned the conditions yet!

...

Above the empty wilderness, a muddy dirt road winds, and at the end of the dirt road is an iron smelting workshop covering an area of ​​dozens of hectares.

It had been three or four days since Songtsen Gampo's treat. Li Hao, who was idle, finally remembered the promise that Li Er had agreed to improve the smelting process. He found Changsun Wuji and made an appointment to come to the smelting workshop of Changsun's house.

There was no official iron smelting workshop in the Tang Dynasty. Regardless of whether the work department or the supervisor, all the pig iron needed was purchased from the private sector.

This gave some powerful and noble families the opportunity to open an iron smelting workshop, smelting pig iron and selling it to the court, making huge profits from it.

As Li Er trusted the most, Changsun Wuji even opened the iron yard almost in every corner of the Tang Dynasty. It can be said that 70% of the entire Tang Dynasty's million-pound pig iron was produced from the Changsun family.

These things are well-known in the officialdom, just as everyone in the Tang Dynasty knew that bicycles belonged to the private property of the Duke of Wei's Mansion, no one would talk too much to Li Er, not to mention that Li Er may not know what his uncle's family is doing, but he just doesn't care.

The bumpy carriage finally stopped. Li Hao moved his body, which was about to fall apart, and grinned and said, "Uncle Changsun, the iron smelting workshop should be very profitable, right?"

"Boy, don't think I don't know what you are thinking." Changsun Wuji was also very upset. With the help of the old housekeeper, he got off the carriage and moved for a while: "Why, I'm addicted to road construction, and I still want to repair this road together?"

Li Hao smiled and said, "Look at what you said, I'm not for you. Although you haven't come a few times a year, the road is repaired, whether it's transporting ore or pig iron ore out, it can save a lot of effort."

Changsun Wuji's old arms and legs were naturally inferior to Li Hao's young man. He had been moving for a long time but couldn't recover. Seeing this, the housekeeper immediately waved his hand and signaled his servant to take the chair over for him to rest.

After sitting down, Changsun Wuji felt much more comfortable and smacked his lips and said, "Boy Dejian, building roads is a trivial matter. Even if you don't say it, after the official road leading to Luoyang is built, I will rebuild this road."

Li Hao didn't say anything, looked at Changsun Wuji quietly, waiting for him to continue talking.

Sure enough, Changsun Wuji paused and continued, "Now, I just want to know why you care so much about iron smelting. I believe you also know that 70% of the pig iron in the Tang Dynasty was produced in the Changsun family."

After hearing Changsun Wuji's words, Li Hao couldn't help but smile, shook his head and laughed: "Uncle Changsun, don't you think I want to interfere in the pig iron business, right?"

"Isn't it?" Changsun Wuji was very serious, staring at Li Hao with his eyes, as if he wanted to see him through.

Li Hao looked at Changsun Wuji calmly and said, "Uncle Changsun, to be honest, I really don't like your pig iron business. Not to mention the risks, but the profit is not high, so it's meaningless.

Moreover, I don’t believe in your courage. At present, Datang’s steel production is about one million kilograms. You dare to pat your chest and say that 70% of it is produced from the Changsun family. If one day the Tang Dynasty’s steel production reaches tens of millions of kilograms, or even hundreds of millions of kilograms, do you still dare to say this?”

"How many? Hundreds of millions of jin?" Changsun Wuji almost ran away.

"Yes, when the steel output of Datang reaches 100 times or 1,000 times today, do you still dare?"

"This is impossible!" Changsun Wuji said firmly.

"Haha, it's impossible that none of us will make up for it now, and what I said is, what if there is such a day in the future? What should you do?"

Changsun Wuji was completely silent, lowered his head and said nothing.

When the annual output of steel is one million kilograms, Changsun Wuji dared to grab 70% of the output, but if it increases by a thousand times... No, even if it increases by a hundred times, if the Changsun family dares to occupy 40% of the output, what awaits him will be the disaster of extermination. Even if Li Er trusts him, it will not be possible for the Changsun family to master such huge steel resources.

Shaking his head and throwing the fantasy of not cutting out of his mind. Changsun Wuji licked his slightly dry lips and said, "Okay, I believe you have not interfered in the steel business for the time being, but can you tell me why you must mention improving the smelting process before His Holiness? What benefits does this do you?"

"Oh, I really didn't expect that I would be so unbearable in Uncle Changsun." With a long sigh, Li Hao raised his head slightly, his eyes deep, and his words were sad: "I, Li Dejian, have been deeply grateful to the emperor. Although I was a little willful when I was young, I have always thought about how to serve the court in my heart.

Steel production is the economic foundation of a country. Without steel, soldiers will have no weapons in their hands. Without steel, soldiers will need to use their flesh and blood to block the enemy's swords. Without steel, the economy of our Tang Dynasty will not be able to take off.

I actually have no other meaning in order to improve the steel smelting process, and I have never thought about myself.

My purpose is actually very simple, that is, to make the Tang Dynasty stronger, to make the surrounding foreign countries dare not face it, and to allow my Chinese people to stand up in any corner of the world.

Uncle Changsun, you can not believe your nephew's words, nor do you believe your nephew's character, but you can't believe your nephew's brain. If your nephew is not stupid, you will not do things that your relatives will hurt you and your enemy will be happy.”

Changsun Wuji: "..."

Little brat, it’s really a material for the court. After talking for a long time, he didn’t even tell the truth.

However, this kid said that last sentence is correct. Although this kid is not very good, he is not stupid. With his ability, he has countless ways to make money, so there is no need to start a war with the Changsun family.

After understanding the key points, Changsun Wuji smiled on his face: "I've said this, why don't I believe you? Let's go to the workshop together and tell the person in charge here what you think."

Yu Yuanji, the person in charge of the iron smelting workshop, is an old man from the Changsun family. He has been in charge of this place since the day the workshop was completed.

Standing next to Changsun Wuji, he didn't know the purpose of Li Hao following his boss, but as he listened, he realized something was wrong.

Improve the smelting process, and the annual output will increase by 100 times or 100 times? Are you here to ruin the situation?

Indignantly, Xu Yuanji couldn't help but look at Li Hao provocatively when he spoke: "Master, the smelting technology of our workshop is the most advanced in the Tang Dynasty. In terms of output alone, our iron smelting workshop of the same size is firmly ranked first, half a century higher than other workshops."

"Yeah." Changsun Wuji nodded with satisfaction, as if he hadn't seen Yu Yuanji's provocation, turned his head to Li Hao and said, "Nephew, don't underestimate the half-sized output. Adding it together is definitely not a small amount."

"Yes, the same craftsmanship is half a century higher than the yield, and the craftsmen here are indeed very extraordinary." Li Hao casually agreed, but in fact he was not thinking about this at all.

When observing the entire process, there is no blast furnace as imagined, nor does it have group operations.

The entire workshop looks very busy on the surface, but in fact, it is a group of blacksmiths fighting each other. One master and an apprentice put the whole piece of ore on the burning charcoal stove to calcinate and then beat it. Apart from the many craftsmen, there is no other highlight.

Yu Yuanji's attention was all on Li Hao. Seeing that he was so careless, he couldn't help but snorted: "Shidu Li, do you look down on this half-volume output?"

This guy is targeting me? I was a little distracted just now, but Li Hao did not notice Yu Yuanji's provocation, but he was targeted again and again, and he still remembered it.

He looked at him with a sneer and said, "Why should I be worthy of it? It's just a half-sized output in the same scale, is it a lot?"

"You..." Yu Yuanji was furious. Even if His Emperor came to visit here and heard that the output increased by half, he praised him for his praise, but in Li Hao's eyes, half-final output did not count anything.

"Am I wrong?" Li Hao glanced at Yu Yuanji and said, "If you read that right, you should be using carbonite here. The temperature of carbonite burning is normally 800 degrees. After the bellows ignition, the temperature can reach 1100 degrees, which is about one hundred degrees higher than normal charcoal. Is it not normal to increase the speed of ore melting faster?

In addition, if you read it correctly, your iron ore should also be the ore with the highest iron content, right?

The furnace temperature is higher than other companies, and the ore quality is better than other companies, but the output can only increase by half a percentage. I want to ask, what is worth showing off this."

Originally, Li Hao was not going to say this. After all, he was a good person who was kind to others and could not do anything to ruin people's jobs.

However, Yu Yuanji didn't know the truth and insisted on teasing him. Since this is the case, don't blame yourself for not giving him face.

Yu Yuanji never expected that Li Hao really knew smelting. After listening to his analysis, he was speechless. He wanted to refute but could not find a suitable reason.

Changsun Wuji also wanted to joke with Li Hao at first. After all, he specialized in his profession, so the person in charge of his own iron smelting workshop was better than a nerd who had long lived in the capital.

But at the end, Changsun Wuji unexpectedly discovered that the person in charge of his iron smelting workshop was actually silenced.

An old guy who has been practicing iron for a lifetime has actually been cured by a young man.
Chapter completed!