I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 6: Lifting Weights
Jin Tong's words made Zhu Houxuan feel quite favorable towards him. He glanced at the forging table and saw freshly made scissors, kitchen knives, iron clamps and other items placed on it.

"It's such a waste of Master Jin's skills to create these common objects!"

"No waste, no waste. We all come from making these things." Jin Tong was a little confused by Zhu Houxuan's sudden enthusiasm and replied quickly.

After some polite conversation, Zhu Houxuan decided to get straight to the point. "I came here today to ask Master Jin to stay in the mansion for a while longer, and to teach him about the Daye Mine."

"Okay, okay, we will tell you everything we know." Although Jin Tong was puzzled as to why Zhu Houxuan was so interested in Daye Iron Mine, he still agreed.

The next question Zhu Houxuan asked surprised Jin Tong even more.

From the method of mining to the quality of the ore;

From the number of various craftsmen in the mine, to the amount of iron produced in the mine;
From the fuel used in iron smelting to the methods and processes of iron smelting, he was even asked to draw the iron smelting furnace used in Daye Iron Mine;
Looking at Zhu Houxun who was lost in thought in front of the iron smelting furnace drawing, Jin Tong's heart became even more confused. He was increasingly unable to see through the fifteen-year-old boy in front of him.

He couldn't understand why the young man in front of him was suddenly so interested in Daye Iron Mine. He also couldn't understand why the young man could ask so many knowledgeable questions and draw inferences from his answers, as if he really knew a lot about iron-smelting. But how could such a noble man know so much about iron-smelting?
In fact, Zhu Houxuan didn’t know much about steelmaking, but he suddenly found the correct way to activate his golden finger these two days.

His golden finger was that his memory was getting stronger and stronger, and he was surprised to find that he could even remember some things from his previous life that he had only a cursory glance at.

This instantly makes the meaning of this golden finger different, because modern people are receiving various information all the time, and there are many channels for receiving information.

Before Zhu Houxuan traveled through time, he often used various fragmented time to read various texts and watch videos, absorbing all kinds of messy and trivial knowledge, but most of this knowledge was forgotten soon after. Later, he even forgot that he had ever read this knowledge before.

But after traveling through time and space and having this golden finger, he found that he could recall the knowledge that had been forgotten deep in his brain bit by bit.

Just like the steelmaking incident, he used the golden finger to recall the knowledge related to steelmaking that he had read before, and then verified each other to summarize the key points of steelmaking.

The main purpose of his visit to Jin Tong today was to understand the current technical level of steelmaking so as to formulate the next plan. After all, steel is too important to the Industrial Revolution.

"Thank you Master Jin for clearing up my doubts today. I am ready to take my leave now." Zhu Houxuan slowly put away the blueprint of the iron smelting furnace.

"Your Highness, I am really embarrassed by what you said." Jin Tong smiled naively, "Then I will continue to work as a blacksmith."

Zhu Houxuan smiled and nodded. Just as he was about to leave, he was attracted by the scene of Jin Tong and his apprentice forging iron. He suddenly felt itchy.

As a loyal viewer of the "Sword Forging Competition" in his previous life, he was actually very interested in forging. He even thought about buying a power hammer to forge iron at home. However, he never put it into practice due to various constraints in reality. Now that he has become a prince, how can he let himself be wronged like he did in his previous life?

He did what he said. He saw a sledgehammer placed in the corner, walked forward to it in front of everyone's astonished eyes, and picked up the sledgehammer in his hand. This action stunned everyone in the room.

"Your Highness, what are you doing?" Hou Sen quickly jumped out to stop him.

Zhu Houxuan carefully felt the weight of the hammer in his hand. The hammer was a bit heavy for him, but he still tried to swing it a few times with great effort, which caused a commotion around him. The accompanying eunuchs and palace guards surrounded him and tried to snatch the hammer from his hand.

However, none of these people were as fast as Jin Tong, who rushed forward and snatched the sledgehammer away. "What is your intention, my Lord? If you don't use this sledgehammer properly, you can easily hurt yourself!" Jin Tong broke out in a cold sweat.

"Master Jin, don't worry. I have been weak and sickly since childhood. Now I see that Master Jin and his disciples are so strong. I think blacksmithing can not only forge iron, but also forge people. So I am excited and want to give it a try." Zhu Houxuan thought of his words in an instant.

"Is that so!" Jin Tong suddenly realized, "Forging iron can indeed strengthen people. My apprentice Wang Xiaowu has been weak and sickly since childhood. After following me forging iron for a few years, he has become much stronger." Jin Tong said, pointing to his shortest apprentice.

Everyone in the field also looked at Wang Xiaowu.

Wang Xiaowu's face suddenly turned red, and his lips trembled, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing and finally knelt down with a plop.

Hou Sen, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, glared at Jin Tong fiercely, "Your Highness is a noble, how can you do such menial work and use this method to exercise your body!"

Jin Tong also came to his senses at this time and his face became frightened.

"Hou Sen, why do you say that? I just want to exercise well so as not to worry my mother. Why are you talking so much?" Zhu Houxuan said in a cold voice.

Hou Sen was stunned when he heard this and dared not to persuade him anymore.

At Zhu Houxuan's constant request, Jin Tong found a hammer that was two sizes smaller and began to teach Zhu Houxuan the most basic blacksmithing skills.

After Zhu Houxuan started forging iron, he felt a little awkward at first, but he couldn't get rid of this awkward feeling after adjusting it several times.

The awkward feeling disappeared only when he shouted "eighty" as the hammer fell.

Watching the red-hot iron block constantly deforming under the hammering of the sledgehammer, Zhu Houxuan felt filled with a sense of accomplishment.

He did this today not only to fulfill his little wish of being a blacksmith in his previous life, but also out of consideration for physical exercise. After all, exercising in the gym in his previous life was called lifting weights, and now being a blacksmith here is also called lifting weights, just in a different form.

"Your Highness is truly gifted. This iron is really good." Jin Tong said somewhat flatteringly.

As a result, he saw Hou Sen's face as dark as the bottom of a pot, and quickly changed the subject, "I just don't know why the prince shouts 'eighty!' every time he hits the iron with the hammer?"

Zhu Houxuan's face turned red, and he evaded the question, "I feel that this will allow me to better integrate my waist and horse. Come on, continue!"

Jin Tong didn't dare to ask more questions and started forging iron with Zhu Houxuan again.

Zhu Houxuan's body was still too weak, and he had to rest after each fight, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.
Fighting on and off, half an hour passed, and Zhu Houxuan's strength was almost exhausted. Although he was very tired, he felt relaxed all over. It had been a long time since he had sweated so much.

Just as he was about to finish the last blow and go back to rest, a roar rang out in Gongzheng Office:
"My Lord, how can this be so disrespectful of you!"

(End of this chapter)