Chapter 2811 2813 [The first heat of steel]
"Mr. Chai, I also want to bring down Gao Ming Shen immediately, expose his crimes one by one, and kill everyone in his family. No chickens or dogs will be spared." Xiang Nan said again, "But Gao Ming has been the prime minister for twenty years. The church has long been entrenched. His disciples are spread across six departments and ten sects, and their influence is intricate.
Not to mention that his father had great favor for him and only helped his daughter get married three months ago. Therefore, we cannot act rashly and must eliminate it slowly.
I am running this workshop now just to paralyze Gao Ming and make him think that I am not doing my job properly and have no interest in government affairs, so he will not be wary of me.
So that I can think of ways to deal with him. Otherwise, how could I, a mere prince of the Eastern Palace, be able to defeat the high minister''s party? "
"I understand. I was too impatient. Please forgive me, the prince." Chai Mu apologized, "As long as the prince does not forget the grievances of the Chen family and is willing to overthrow the traitor."
"It doesn''t have to be like this, Mr. Chai, I cannot ascend to the position of prince without your help." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "I hope you will help me more in the future."
"Prince, please don''t worry. I will be so heartbroken that I will die." Chai Mu said immediately.
Xiang Nan nodded, "To bring down the Prime Minister, I need a lot of intelligence and try to catch their little pigtails, so that I can make a difference. Mr. Chai, I hope you can help me form a team all over the world to collect intelligence." "
Intelligence is vital to rulers. Many rulers are often kept in the dark and treated like monkeys because of poor intelligence.
?For example, Emperor Qianlong chatted with a minister and asked him what he had for breakfast. The minister replied that he was in a hurry to go to court and had no time to eat, so he ate a few eggs to make up for it.
Qianlong was shocked when he heard this and said that an egg cost ten taels of silver. If you actually eat a few eggs for breakfast, it will cost dozens of taels of silver, which is even more luxurious than what I eat.
The minister quickly explained that his eggs were broken, so he covered it up.
Qianlong can be regarded as a wise king, but because he was raised in a deep palace and had limited information, he did not even know basic common sense, and was deceived to this extent.
Xiang Nan does not want to be such a king. So he needs an intelligence team. Although Chai Mu was suspected of taking advantage of him, he had to be said to be a loyal minister.
Xiang Nan is relieved that he will organize the intelligence agency. Moreover, he planned to hand over this intelligence agency to Gu Jian in the future. He believed that with Gu Jian''s ability, he could do it well.
Chai Mu immediately agreed upon hearing this.
The Qianlong Envoys he organized were responsible for intelligence collection, assassination, surveillance, etc.
"I know that forming such a team is inseparable from financial support." Xiang Nan added, "In the future, you set up a business, and you will be responsible for selling the products produced in my workshop."
? ? Qianlongshi is the ancient 007. Not only must he be smart and good at martial arts, but he must also be literate, responsive, strong and brave. It is impossible to recruit such people on a large scale without sufficient benefits. Moreover, they cannot do without money.
Chai Mu nodded. He knew that the frosting and soap produced by Xiangnan''s Tiangongfang were very popular and could earn a lot of money, which was just enough to fund the Qianlongshi.
"By the way, Gao Zhen, the third son of Gao Ming, is a troublemaker. I heard that he likes to go to Ming Yufang to find an oiran named Mingyue." Xiang Nan added, "Go and take a look, maybe there will be clues."
Chai Mu was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
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At night, Xiang Nan returned to the East Palace very late.
The blast furnace is about to be ignited and the first furnace of steel will be tested.
If the first furnace of steel is successful, it will herald that Toyo Chao''s industry will reach a new level.
From now on, the border countries will be far behind and will no longer be able to compete with the Toyo Dynasty.
?Just after returning to the East Palace, Xiang Nan had not yet decided which concubine to rest in, when he saw Gao Ruyi hurriedly came forward to greet her. After seeing Xiang Nan, she knelt down with a thud.
“I, my concubine, meet the prince~” Gao Ruyi said. "Get up." Xiang Nan ordered, "It''s so late, why haven''t you slept yet?"
"I have been waiting for His Highness the Crown Prince." Gao Ruyi explained, "Your Highness, I have something important to discuss with you."
“Just tell me whatever it is.” Xiang Nan nodded.
"I know that your highness''s workshop requires a lot of money." Gao Ruyi said immediately, "I am willing to help the prince solve his problems."
“How to share worries and solve problems?” Xiang Nan asked puzzledly.
"I am willing to dedicate all my dowry to His Highness." Gao Ruyi said quickly.
"Dowry?! How can that be done?" Upon hearing this, Xiang Nan waved his hand, "How can I use your dowry? No, no, absolutely not."
?In ancient times, a woman’s dowry was her private property, and even her husband had no right to use it. In the event of divorce or the death of her husband, a woman can take away the dowry, fields, and maids.
?Of course the law is a law, but it is not the same when applied.
?Although the husband''s family cannot seize the wife''s dowry by force, they can use many methods such as coaxing, deception, coercion, playing emotional cards, and moral kidnapping to get the wife to hand over the dowry.
In ancient times, such cases were common.
"When I marry the prince, I belong to the prince. I belong to the prince, so why should I cherish these dowries?" Gao Ruyi said, "What''s more, these dowries are dead in my hands. It is in the hands of the Crown Prince that it will have the greatest effect, so please accept it, Your Highness.”
Xiang Nan hesitated for a moment and finally nodded.
He has seen Gao Ruyi''s dowry. Not to mention other things, there are 30,000 acres of fertile land alone, and there are dozens of shops in the city. There are as many as 30,000 gold, silver and copper coins, and there are as many as two large boxes of jewelry...
He didn''t say he wanted the whole thing, but even if he only wanted half of it, it would still cost 300,000 yuan. He had several big projects to launch recently, but he was really short of funds, so he accepted them immediately.
What''s more, he also knows that he can''t always ignore Gao Ruyi, there must be a time to relax.
After all, the Prime Minister has not fallen yet, and he still needs the cooperation of the Prime Minister, so let''s use this dowry to give each other a step down.
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That night, Xiang Nan rested in the Chongming Hall in Gao Ruyi.
A week later, under the leadership of Xiang Nan, the first furnace of steel was finally smelted.
?Looking at the quality of this piece of steel, it is bright in color, fine in texture, strong in flexibility, and has a crisp sound. It is really a very good steel.
"Good steel is at least as good as steel that has been forged more than fifty times." Experienced iron-making masters couldn''t help but admire it when they saw such good steel.
?Although it is still not as good as Baidu Steelmaking, the quality of this steel is still good. The key is that its output is large, and one furnace can produce thousands of kilograms of it. Today, Toyochao Steel''s output is only 10,000 to 20,000 kilograms a year.
One furnace in Xiangnan can produce as much steel in one day as Toyo Chao produced in one year. It is really incredible.
“Well, there is still room for improvement.” Xiang Nan said.
??The kind of steel that is being produced now may not even reach the strength of first-grade steel. Xiang Nan hopes to be able to develop first-level steel and second-level steel. Only with strong enough steel can we build artillery, muskets, steam engines, steamships, etc.
After all, they require higher strength steel and cannot be fooled.
(End of this chapter)