My brother Ying Zheng, who dares to kill me?.

Chapter 1223 Your Majesty! It's done! We did it! Qin has a giant beast that feeds on molten iron!
There was a flash of displeasure in the eyes of all the ministers.

He is just a master craftsman, not even qualified to participate in the grand court meeting. What qualifications does he have to interrupt the highest-level court meeting of the Qin Dynasty?
Just because this man came to look for Ying Chengjiao, the ministers did not say much and stopped the discussion out of courtesy.

Ying Chengjiao, however, looked solemn, and immediately stood up and bowed: "Big brother and my colleagues, please hold the court meeting first. I will take my leave first!"

After searching his mind, Ying Zheng asked, "But is it the daughter of the Mohist master?"

"If you remember correctly, you once awarded this man a title for King Qin Zheng's 15-style blast furnace."

Ying Chengjiao nodded and said, "That's exactly the person."

"When I gathered all the craftsmen to build the Qin Wangzheng Fifteen-style blast furnace, Fuqiong contributed a lot and had many ingenious ideas."

"Later, I managed more and more workshops. Many retainers such as Liu Ji entered the imperial court and could no longer run the workshops. So I asked Fu Qiong to be the general manager of Lantian Workshop and lead everyone in Lantian Workshop to continue to study craftsmanship."

"This man is obsessed with craftsmanship all day long and rarely comes to look for me. He is also the general manager of the Lantian Workshop, so he has a very important role to play."

"Now that Fu Qiong is here to look for me, there must be something important!"

"Brother, please go on ahead. I'll be back soon!"

The Lantian Workshop is Ying Chengjiao's heavy industrial base, which accommodates many research and production tasks such as steelmaking, ironmaking, hydraulic forging, etc. In the event of safety accidents such as blast furnace rupture and molten iron surging, it is likely to cause large-scale casualties among craftsmen. This is a huge disaster that Ying Chengjiao and even the Qin Dynasty cannot afford!
If the worst situation really occurs, Ying Chengjiao must rush to the scene to organize rescue as soon as possible!

Ying Zheng's heart trembled, and he immediately said: "Such a great talent must not be neglected."

"This is probably not a trivial matter as it concerns the Lantian Workshop."

"There is no need for my brother to go see the master carpenter Fuqiong and invite him to come to the hall!"

Lu Buwei felt a little unsatisfied, but he had to turn around and sit down, taking this opportunity to organize his thoughts and be ready to continue firing at any time.

Not long after, two eunuchs opened the door, and the Qin emperor and his ministers all looked towards the door, and saw a middle-aged man with a short linen shirt full of burn marks and holes, his hands and arms were covered with carbon ash and dirt, his hair and beard looked like they had been chewed by a dog, and a pair of bright eyes walking in quickly.

He paid no attention to the three dukes, nine ministers and generals of the Qin Dynasty who were staring at him, and he didn't even bother to look at Ying Zheng who was sitting on the high platform. Fu Qiong ran towards Ying Chengjiao as if no one was around, and shouted wildly with shining eyes: "Your Majesty! It's done! We've done it!"

The Lantian Workshop has studied many craftsmanship techniques, and all of them are heavy industrial technologies with significant impact. A breakthrough in any of them will be a huge step forward for Daqin.

Ying Chengjiao's worries disappeared, a smile appeared on his face, and he asked repeatedly: "What's done?"

Fuqiong shouted hoarsely: "Steel!"

"Sir! The steel is forged!"

"The steel is forged!"

Ying Chengjiao: (°°)
Ying Chengjiao stared at Fu Qiong with eyes wide open in disbelief and asked, "What did you say?"

"Steel is forged?"

"How is steel made?!"

It has been less than ten days since my triumphant return, and all the time during this period has been spent selecting jade. I have not had time to go to the Lantian workshop to inspect the progress and provide guidance.

And now you tell me that the steel has been tempered?
That was a technical difficulty that I had been researching for several years but still had no breakthrough. You told me that you guys secretly made a breakthrough in this technology while I was away?!

Why do I not believe it? Fu Qiong said in an urgent and excited voice: "I wonder if those steels are considered steel in your eyes."

"Just like the molten iron flowing out of the Qin Wangzheng's 15-type blast furnace, which I and I consider to be steel, yet Your Majesty still calls it iron."

"Now we, the ministers, believe that what we have refined is steel. Whether it is steel or not, it is up to the king to judge for himself."

"But I think that steel is good enough to be called steel!"

Ying Chengjiao roughly understood what Fu Qiong wanted to express, but it was difficult for Ying Chengjiao to obtain more useful information from Fu Qiong's confusing words.

Not wanting to waste any more time listening to Fu Qiong's narration, nor wanting to embarrass Fu Qiong to sort out his thoughts, Ying Chengjiao directly grabbed Fu Qiong's shoulders and said, "Let's go!"

"Back to the workshop!"

Fu Qiong's eyes became brighter and brighter, and she nodded vigorously: "Yeah!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ying Chengjiao dragged Fu Qiong and ran out of the mansion gate, leaving the emperor and his ministers in disarray in the wind.

"Steel?" Han Cang asked in a low voice, unable to conceal his eagerness, "Could it be the steelmaking technique mentioned by Chang'an Jun when he presented Qin Wang Zheng with the fifteen-type blast furnace?"

Lü Buwei stood up unconsciously, his eyes showing three parts of joy and seven parts of despair: "I remember that Chang'an Jun said that he had many ideas, but they were all restricted by the materials and could not be implemented. The art of steelmaking is very important to Chang'an Jun!"

Although limited by steel, Chang'an Jun has produced so many craftsmanship products and turned the Qin Dynasty upside down.

If the Lantian Workshop had really overcome the technical difficulties of steelmaking and basically solved the material problem, then how many craftsmen's products would Chang'an Jun be able to produce, and what kind of situation would the Qin Dynasty be in?
How much hair would the true image have to lose, how much life would it have to sacrifice to keep up with Chang'an Jun's speed in research and development, so that the ruling methods of the Qin Dynasty could keep up with the skyrocketing productivity? !
Unlike the other ministers, Ying Zheng did not let his thoughts wander. Instead, he jumped over the table and quickly chased after Ying Chengjiao, shouting, "Brother! Wait a moment!"

"Brother Nai and the king's brother will go together!"

Zhang Han, Wang Bo, Zhao Gao, Li Si and other ministers could no longer endure it upon seeing this, and all chased Ying Zheng out of the main hall.

Lu Buwei and other important ministers were speechless upon seeing this, but they had no choice but to stand up and force themselves to catch up with him even with their old arms and legs.

In this situation, the people riding in the carriage are only fit to follow behind and eat dust and suck flattery.

The emperor and his ministers of the Great Qin chose to abandon all ceremonials without hesitation. After leaving the palace, they immediately mounted their horses and galloped towards the Lantian Workshop at the fastest speed!

After running all the way to the main gate of Lantian Workshop, Ying Chengjiao turned around and shouted, "Get off your horses! Everyone, get off your horses!"

"Riding a horse is prohibited in the workshop area!"

"Master Fu, lead the way and take me to see the steelmaking device!"

Ying Chengjiao's order was not polite at all, but none of the Qin emperor and his ministers felt unhappy at all. Instead, they quickly dismounted and followed Ying Chengjiao's footsteps.

As soon as the Great Qin emperor and his ministers stepped into the gate of the Lantian workshop, a wave of scorching air came roaring in, causing pain in their cheeks, stinging in their noses, difficulty breathing, and their exposed skin quickly turned red. As the Great Qin emperor and his ministers quickly went deeper into the Lantian workshop, the heat wave in the air in front of them became more and more intense.

Finally, led by Fu Qiong, the Qin emperor and his ministers returned to the place where they first saw Qin Shi Huang's Type 15 blast furnace several years ago.

However, this time, underneath Qin Wang Zheng’s Type 15 blast furnace, there was a ferocious beast devouring the molten iron!

(End of this chapter)