The Evil Emperor Pursues His Wife: Sheng Chong Shifei

Chapter 116
"Go to Qizhou Hou's house, call his eldest son Liu Yi and eldest daughter Liu Antong, and tell me that I have something to order."

"promise."

Shangguanqing sent a message, and the next day all the people came.

Chen Lei also took care of some things in the Craftsmanship Department, and he was even more respectful in front of Shangguan Qing, not daring to neglect him in the slightest.

The name of the iron builder was Chen Chui, and he was Chen Lei's cousin.

The name of the bronze craftsman is Zhongli, an old man in his sixties. It is said that he has realized the vitality and is unique in bronze casting.

The brothers and sisters of the Hou family in Qizhou also came.Liu Yi, who succeeded Marquis of Qizhou, carefully sat at the top of the four, and was the closest to Shangguan Qing. He could see the gauze protruding from Shangguan Qing's collar. He was also there that day and saw Shangguan Qing being stabbed by a sword After miraculously surviving, the awe in his heart outweighed the resentment caused by his father being killed.

Liu Antong is a shy girl. There is a screen in the room to separate a separate space for the little girl.

Shangguan Qing didn't let people fall under the bead curtain, she didn't have the eccentricity of asking politics behind the curtain, and she paid attention to being upright in everything she did.

"Now that we have all the people, let me start with the first thing. I request that the output of the iron yard under the name of Jingcheng Tiezao be doubled within three months. The ore accumulated in the iron yard should be enough."

When Shangguan Qing made the request, Chen Chui's face turned pale.

"Is there a problem?" Shangguan Qing asked.

Chen Chui hurriedly stood up and said, "Back to Tiju, there is enough iron ore in the iron yard, but there is not enough charcoal, so there is really no way to smelt more iron."

"There is no charcoal, coal can be used."

"Returning to Tiju, the iron produced by coal is brittle and can only be used to cast iron money, and it cannot be used to cast weapons and armor at all. Therefore, the Craftsman has strict orders not to use coal to smelt iron."

Shangguan Qing frowned and said: "You are bullying me, don't you understand? Of course you can't use coal directly, but you can use roasted coal. Don't you use wood to make iron, don't you bake wood into charcoal? Since I took over, iron All factories will use coal to make iron, and if the charcoal plant can’t bake coal, they will all be dismissed and replaced by a batch that can do it.”

As soon as she hit her with the killing stick, Chen Chui was immediately stunned, and Chen Lei who was beside him was also a little stunned.Smelting iron with roasted coal has always been the secret method of the Chen family. They use this method to replace the high-quality charcoal originally used for iron smelting, and sell it to rich and powerful families in need in winter, earning tens of thousands of dollars a year. gold.Even their master prince Chu Qianyu didn't know about this matter, yet Shangguan Qing said it lightly.

Chen Chui still wanted to struggle for a while, and argued: "Tiju, there is no precedent for this method of iron making, in case the iron produced is not up to standard."

"Of course, I asked you." Shangguan Qing didn't bother to talk nonsense. Coal iron making is a modern method, and it is impossible to make mistakes. If a mistake is made, someone makes trouble. She will never be soft.

She didn't know the Chen family's selfish intentions, and she didn't need to know, so she simply said unreasonably: "There are constant wars on the South Road, and the iron prison over there urgently needs to strengthen its strength. I don't mind sacrificing a bit."

At Shangguan Qing's place, with the iron-making method in hand, it doesn't matter who is the master craftsman, there is no need to use the Chen family.

Chen Chui only felt murderous intent, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed and said, "Young one understands, I must do my best."

Shangguan Qing brought a thread-bound booklet from the table, and asked someone to hand it to Chen Chui, saying, "Don't be nervous, follow the recipes in the booklet, it's not difficult to make iron from coal, as long as you put your heart into it, I won't." Harsh subordinates."

"Little understands."

Chen Chui opened the booklet, and was dumbfounded after just two glances.The book draws extremely delicate three-dimensional anatomical diagrams and explains the structural use, which is almost the same as that recorded in "Gongban Creation" collected by Chen Jiami.Looking at the ink on it, it turned out to be an engraving.

He was busy flipping through the content at the back, which was the structural diagram of the blast furnace, and the formula of the refractory bricks made him feel dizzy for a while.It is almost the same content as in "Gongban Creation".

"Forgive me."

Unable to bear the pressure, Chen Chui threw away the book and kowtowed desperately for mercy.

"Second brother, what are you doing?" Chen Lei was taken aback. He helped Chen Chui to pick up the books on the ground and looked at them. A feeling of thunderclap.

"Forgive me."

Chen Lei thought of more.The Chen family has accumulated millions of dollars in profits from "Gongban Zuowu". Once the matter is revealed, let alone the future survival of the Chen family, there is no way of survival now.Those nobles who belittled the merchants to nothing would eat the Chen family alive for money.

Shangguan Qing was also puzzled, she just sorted out the ancient iron-making methods she had read in history books, how could she scare the Chen brothers into such a state.

It was inconvenient for her to ask in front of everyone, so she asked An Lu to take the Chen brothers to rest and drink some tea to calm down.

When Chen Lei went out, he held on tightly to the book, feeling uneasy and holding it tightly in his arms.

Although he felt baffled, Shangguan Qing continued with what he was going to order today.

"Old Mr. Zhong." She just said, and Zhongli immediately stood up respectfully: "I have ordered Tiju, I will do my best to do it well." He was also frightened, afraid that the new Tiju would also hold his ground.

"Mr. Zhong doesn't need to be like this. I just want to ask you to cast a batch of parts." Shangguanqing picked up a book and passed it from Zhuqing to Zhongli. She introduced: "This is an animal-powered forging hammer. I plan to It is used in iron making, can Mr. Zhong make it?"

"Yes, the Hong family who make porcelain use a similar hammer to crush the porcelain clay. The structure is simpler than the lifting requirements, but it can be made. Give it to the little old man, and it can be completed within half a month."

"Since this is the case, build one for trial use first, and if it is suitable, build another [-] in the prison. I require that all the castings in the same parts have the same size, and the parts of any two sets can be used interchangeably."

"This can also be done." Zhongli is an old craftsman, so he immediately understood the meaning.

Shangguan Qing beckoned, Zhu Qing brought out a box, which contained [-] small silver cakes.

Shangguan Qing said: "This is a gift for Mr. Zhong's hard work. I will rely on Mr. Zhong's help in the future. I am here to thank you in advance."

"Little old man must do his best." Zhong Li hurriedly took the box.The heavy box made him feel relieved, taking the money was tantamount to admitting to being under Shangguan Qing's command. Shangguan Qing could rest assured that he didn't have to be afraid of being punished.

After arranging Zhongli's affairs, Shangguan Qing said to Liu Yi: "The Marquis of Qizhou died because of me. I, Shangguan Qing, will never forget it. I will give you three choices. One is to be a civil servant. I can introduce you to my father." The second is to be a military officer, and the third prince will take care of you; the third is to follow me in business. But I will only take you in for these three paths, and how much you will achieve in the future depends on your own efforts."

Liu Yi hesitated and didn't know what to do, Shangguan Qing said gently: "Don't make a decision in a hurry, go back and think about it, and then tell me, what I want to talk about today is about your sister. I plan to recruit your sister My female school, learn from me, you are willing."

Without waiting for Liu Yi to speak, Liu Antong said: "I am willing to learn art from master. My brother must be a civil servant. Please master."

Liu Antong came out from behind the screen, knelt down respectfully, and paid homage to Shangguan Qing.

(End of this chapter)