Straight man of steel

Chapter 242 You are so nice

Zhuo Wenjun just followed Zhang Yuan up to the third floor, where Zhang Yuan usually sleeps.

After Zhang Yuan came up, he lit the oil lamp, which brought some light to the dark room.

"Come to the bed."

"what?"

Zhuo Wenjun's face was almost buried in the two pieces of meat.

"It's not good."

"What the hell are you thinking, what I'm going to show you is under the bed."

At this time, Zhang Yuan really felt that something was enough. A man who is almost thirty, why is he still acting like a little girl here.

"Oh."

A look of disappointment suddenly appeared on Zhuo Wenjun's face, but he soon returned to normal.

When Lao Zhao was making Zhang Yuan's bed, Zhang Yuan specially ordered that the bottom of the bed board was empty, but the four sides were sealed.

Only by lifting off the quilt and the bed board can one see the two wooden boxes inside.

These two wooden boxes were Zhang Yuan's wealth and life, and there was no money at all. Inside were a variety of materialized silks, as well as several bags of seeds and a few daggers.

Zhang Yuan opened one of the small wooden boxes, which contained all kinds of silk.

Zhang Yuan unfolded each piece of silk before finding the treasure he had placed at the bottom of the box.

Zhuo Wenjun was stunned at this moment. She watched Zhang Yuan carefully when he turned over. Although she didn't see the words clearly, she could see all the patterns drawn on it.

"These are the techniques you have developed over the years?"

At this time, Zhuo Wenjun is like seeing the martial arts cheats, any piece of silk in it is enough to support a rich merchant's family.

"Well, nothing surprising.

Almost all outsiders know that some were dedicated to His Majesty, some to the Prime Minister, and some were tricked by Zhuo Wangsun. "

Zhuo Wenjun felt that his father's name should not be placed with the other two when he heard it, but he did not refute Zhang Yuan, but became interested in the silk in Zhang Yuan's hand.

After all, Zhang Yuan said before that this is something that can make the Zhuo family overwhelm the Huang family.

"What is painted on it?"

"Map, you can't be a young lady who hasn't even seen a map."

Faced with Zhang Yuan's ridicule, Zhuo Wenjun was a little embarrassed. Of course, she also knew that this was a map, but she thought that there must be something magical about this map.

"Then what's the use of this map?"

Zhang Yuan originally wanted to explain, but suddenly he thought of something. He went back to open the bed board and took out a few black stones that had been sealed in the wooden box for a long time.

"You can find this thing with this map."

As he said that, Zhang Yuan threw a few black stones to Zhuo Wenjun.

Zhuo Wenjun took a careful look at the stone, and then his face gradually changed.

"graphite?"

Zhang Yuan nodded.

The graphite that Zhuo Wenjun mentioned is naturally not the graphite of later generations, but a name for coal now.

These pieces of graphite are naturally the ones that Zhang Yuan dug deep into the Longmen Mountains.

"But what use is graphite to our Zhuo family?"

People at this time didn't understand these things at all, and they didn't know that the temperature generated by the combustion of graphite was much higher than the bar carbon they used.

"How should I put it, if graphite is used as fuel, iron ore will melt faster.

If this graphite is added to the lying water row I made before, even if the Zhuo family puts wrought iron directly into the furnace, it can be turned into molten iron. "

At the current level of Dahan's smelting technology, it can only melt iron ore, and then they are slowly removing impurities.

Zhang Yuan's statement directly gave Zhuo Wenjun hope. Graphite plus horizontal water row can raise the temperature of the furnace to a higher level, and the steel smelted is naturally better than Huang's.

Gradually regain the time and time, it will not be a problem.

"Thank you, Ayuan."

Zhang Yuan smiled. Anyway, he doesn't know when this thing will work in his hands, so it's better to let Zhuo Wenjun take advantage of it.

"It's nothing, but there is one thing that needs attention.

The profit of graphite is even higher than that of paper. You must advise Zhuo Wangsun not to sell it.

Once being targeted by others, the Zhuo family will not be able to keep those graphite mines. "

Zhuo Wenjun nodded, she naturally understood the pros and cons.

“Otherwise, I’ll find a backer.

There is a big mountain behind the Huang family. If the Zhuo family is helpless, even if they can win a temporary victory, they will not be able to maintain it.

Do you have any good recommendations? "

Zhang Yuan narrowed his eyes, and immediately thought of the key point.

"Whoever is the backer of the Huang family, we will find whoever.

Tomorrow, you ask Old Zhao Bei to get on the carriage to meet Wei Qing, and ask Wei Qing to take you to meet His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess.

I think Her Royal Highness the Princess should also be interested in Shi Mo, so that it can also limit your father's ambitions.

His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess was pressing down on it, even if Zhuo Wangsun had ten guts, he would not dare to sell graphite. "

Zhuo Wenjun nodded. Although Zhang Yuan hurt Zhuo Wangsun so much, she didn't feel any discomfort in her heart.

"Well, tomorrow I will go to Chang'an City.

I'm afraid that His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess won't see me, the daughter of a merchant. "

"It's okay, there is no distinction between government and business when it comes to interests.

You just go, and besides, Wei Qing is here, he will definitely help you. "

Zhuo Wenjun's eyes were now full of tenderness. He looked at Zhang Yuan and didn't know what to say. In the end, he could only squeeze out a few words.

"Ayuan, you are so kind."

Then he immediately stood up on tiptoes and kissed Zhang Yuan gently on the cheek.

Zhang Yuan was dumbfounded, he had never enjoyed such intimacy before.

"Master, did I come at the wrong time?"

Suddenly a voice came from outside the door. Zhang Yuan and Zhuo Wenjun looked back and found that it was Lao Zhao standing in the stairwell.

"Heh heh, it's nothing.

Why did you come up, you didn't even make a sound when you walked. "

Old Zhao was so embarrassed at the moment, he could only lower his head and answer.

"The food you want to prepare has been placed on the first floor for you. Do you want to eat it now? Wait a little longer, the old slave is afraid that the food will be cold."

Only then did Zhuo Wenjun react, and then said to Zhang Yuan.

"Ayuan, since you haven't eaten yet, you should eat first.

I'm going back now. "

After speaking, the man ran away.

Zhang Yuan hadn't recovered much yet, and touched his face, feeling suddenly bumped by a deer.

But when he saw Old Zhao in the stairwell, this feeling disappeared in an instant. What the old guy said was really right, and he really didn't come at the right time.

It was late at night, and Lao Wang was suddenly called up to prepare meals, but he didn't get any good things, just some home-cooked meals.

Zhang Yuan didn't care about it when he was hungry. It still tasted delicious.

After eating two bowls of rice in a hurry, I hurried back upstairs to have a dream.

(End of this chapter)