Iron Dynasty

It was only seven days after the first snow in Qingzhou, and then another heavy snow covered Qingzhou.

It's just different from the tranquility in the snow for the first time, this time Qingzhou City is a bit lively.

The matter that the Qin family bought all the rice wine in Qingzhou City and sent it to Prince Qi's mansion has become a commotion. Those who can't drink wine naturally scolded the Qin family and Prince Qi.

But some people saw the strangeness, and stayed up all night to inquire about the news.

His Royal Highness said that no one will be seen, and no outsiders are allowed to enter the palace!

At the gate of Prince Qi's mansion, Wang Shijie was blocked by Ziwan, but he still didn't give up and couldn't stop looking inside.

Aster pinched Xiaoman's waist, with a solemn expression on her face, and reprimanded: Hey! Hey! Why are you still looking inside? Believe it or not, I will let Zhao Long and Zhao Hu throw you into the snow!

In normal times, Wang Shijie would have laughed and apologized, and looked at the aster with his eyes before going back, but today was a little different.

King Qi went to the Qin family in person, and the next day the Qin family bought wine in Qingzhou, and someone from the Qin family reported that King Qi was brewing a fine wine and handing it over to the Qin family for sale.

As soon as this news came out, the Wang family was naturally not calm. Since King Qi arrived in Qingzhou, the deep trust of King Qi of the Wang family has been overwhelming the Qin family every year, but King Qi's current behavior is rather unusual, and it seems to have the meaning of supporting the Qin family.

Wang Chengchou suddenly felt bad. This was a sign that the Wang family was about to fall out of favor. He stayed up all night and scolded Wang Shijie the next day, blaming him for alienating Xiao Ming. Let's talk about this wine thing.

And he went directly to Qin's house to taste whether the wine was worthy of its name.

You girl, Your Highness treats me with three points of courtesy, how dare you act arrogant in front of me. Wang Shijie was anxious and couldn't help but say something.

Aster is a girl brought out by Concubine Zhen, and the idea of ​​imperial power is deeply rooted. The four giants of Qingzhou can only be said in Qingzhou.

It's a joke when you get it outside, most of them are businessmen and the like. When in Chang'an, which clan was not the third prince of the past, and occupied a place in the court.

She couldn't look down on the Wang family in her heart, and when she said this, Ziwan's eyebrows stood upright, and she said angrily, Bold, you dare to act wild here without even seeing where this place is. Our Highness is kind and generous, who do you think is this Qi's palace? Are they all bullying?

Wang Shijie groaned in his heart, and then he remembered that Aster and Luluo were the people around Concubine Zhen, and he was just friends with Xiao Ming.

If he is serious, he will definitely be unlucky.

He immediately smiled, I also hope that Miss Ziwan has a large number. I was reckless just now. I also asked Miss Ziwan to tell His Royal Highness that Wang Shijie will be waiting outside the door.

With that said, Wang Shijie took out a piece of silver from his sleeve and offered it with both hands.

Hmph, you still know each other! Ziwan glared at Wang Shijie, picked up the silver and turned into the palace.

Wang Shijie followed a few steps closer, and wanted to look inside again, but Zhao Long and Zhao Hu immediately blocked him, glaring angrily, and he had to stand back in the snow.

In the palace, Ziwan weighed the silver all the way to the side hall of the palace, where the servants lived and where the stills were installed.

Seeing Xiao Ming who was guarding the stove and painting something, Aster stepped forward and said, Your Highness is really clever, this Wang Shijie really came, and according to His Highness's instructions, I asked him to wait outside, by the way. , the slaves also earned a piece of silver.

Aster put the silver on Xiao Ming's chopping board as if taking credit.

Oh, yes, you can take this money and buy some things for your daughter's household with Luluo. Xiao Ming glanced at it and estimated that there were also ten taels. Wang Zijie's hands were really generous.

Luluo, who was grinding ink beside Xiao Ming, squinted her eyes into crescents, but then she pursed her lips again, Your Highness, it's useless to ask for this money, Qingzhou has nothing, if there is maltose, it's fine. to buy.

Li San joined in the fun at this time, diligently trying to please Luluo and Shiwan, who in the palace did not know that Luluo and Shiwan were second only to Qian Dafu, he said, You two girls, this is easy to handle, I will go to Chang'an someday. On the contrary, you can bring two girls back for purchase.

Well, yes, there is also Li San. This silver will be brought to Li San. Tell him what you want. Xiao Ming pointed to Li San.

In fact, Xiao Ming knows the production of maltose by heart, but now he obviously has no time to make maltose, because this does not create much economic value, he can only grind his teeth.

This time, let Li San go shopping first, and wait until he has time to make maltose by himself, but he is also greedy. How to say that maltose is also a rare snack in this era.

Aster and Luluo looked at each other and smiled, Aster gave the silver to Li San and said, You have to be careful with your flowers, or you will have to pay attention to your skin when you come back.

Li San has become accustomed to Aster's hot character, put away the money and said, You two girls, don't worry.

Aster then remembered Wang Shijie standing outside the door, and said to Xiao Ming: Your Highness, this Wang Shijie is still outside the door, do you see?

Don't worry, let's hang him first. In the past, this king trusted the Wang family too much, and let the Wang family be arrogant and arrogant, and they ran rampant in the six states. Pang Changshi told me many times that the Wang family was occupying fertile land and bullying men and women. Now Let him know who has the final say on this king's fief. Xiao Ming sneered.

No wonder His Highness went to Qin's house in person. It turned out to be a check and balance. Aster nodded.

That's right, although the Qin family is not a good person, they have always been close to the Wang family. If they are separated, these four families can be used by me, instead of the king being led by their noses, only they are fighting each other. , this king can benefit.

Xiao Ming is in a good mood now and has expressed his original intention.

Aster's look at Xiao Ming became more and more different. I'm afraid none of the other princes and princesses would have thought of such a king of Qi.

After holding the brush for an hour again, a schematic diagram of a steel assembly line appeared under Xiao Ming's pen.

Qian Dafu took the servants of the Equipment Division for a while. If he came back, this steel assembly line was born.

In addition to the assembly line diagram, there is also a drawing of the crucible. He plans to take these two pictures to the equipment department tomorrow and teach them again. The steel assembly line is basically the same, although the output of the crucible steelmaking method is far less than that. Steelmaking in the converter, but it has made great progress compared to this era.

This step is always taken step by step, and I can't eat a big fat man in one breath.

After drawing the picture, Xiao Ming suddenly remembered Wang Shijie who was waiting outside the door. He immediately let Aster announce him to come in. This hour is two hours, this guy should not freeze to death.