Time passed little by little, and it was not until the sky gradually darkened that the tired Yu Yuanji helped Feng Xi out of the iron smelting workshop.

After a whole afternoon of communication and communication, the two became friends who could talk about everything.

Well..., similar to the ones like Yu Boyahe Zhongziqi.

The head of the supervisor, Lao Han, was so anxious that he saw the two of them coming out, and rushed up without saying a word: "How is it? Is there any result?"

"Huh..., there's a result, but..." Yu Yuanji's expression was a little strange, and he wanted to speak but stopped.

Old Han stomped his feet anxiously: "Oh, my ancestors, don't you guys here to swell my appetite? Your Majesty has been waiting for an afternoon. Can't you give me some good words?"

Thinking about the ups and downs of the afternoon, Feng Xi said weakly: "It can be said to be done, or it can be said to be failed. Lao Han, this matter will be unclear for a while, so let's go first."

"Then..., let's go here."

After a whole day of waiting, the old guys who came to join in the fun had completely given up and regarded today as a party.

Li Er and Du Ruhui played a chess game and killed each other, surrounded by old men from the cultural circle such as Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling; Cheng Yaojin, Qin Qiong, Duan Zhixuan, Yuchi Gong and others formed another circle, each with weapons fighting, and applause came from time to time around.

As for Li Hao..., he was squatting in the corner of the wall and drawing circles. On both sides were Li Chengqian and Li Tai.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Lao Han's voice quickly attracted everyone's attention. Li Er threw down the chess piece in his hand and asked lightly: "Why, what's the result?"

"Go back to Your Majesty, there will be a result." Old Han said, winking at Feng Xi behind him.

Before Li Er asked Feng Xi again, he had already spoken: "Your Majesty, after today's test, Li... the coke provided by Li Shidu can indeed completely burn iron ore into iron, but..."

Cheng Yaojin held up an iron spear and shouted anxiously: "But what, why do you speak like those sour people? It's so unhappy."

After waiting for an afternoon, Lao Cheng only wanted to know if Li Hao could improve the iron smelting process to the previous 100 times the output. He didn't care about the specific production process.

Although Li Er thought so, he could not express it too clearly. After thinking for a while, he said, "Feng Qing, if you have anything to say, it's okay. I will decide everything for you."

"No, no, your majesty, I..." Feng Xi was almost sweating. Li Hao could be said to be his benefactor. If it weren't for Li Hao, he would still have taken his son to live in Xianyang with his son, and he really didn't want to involve this young man.

After a long struggle, Yu Yuanji said on the side: "Your Majesty, Li Shidu's method can indeed burn iron ore into iron. The bet is the villain who lost."

"Oh? So... the new smelting method can indeed increase the previous pig iron production by a hundred times?" Li Er's body sat upright all of a sudden, and all his fatigue disappeared.

Compared with the 100 times the yield of pig iron, waiting for a day is nothing, even if you wait for ten days and half a month, it doesn’t matter.

Changsun Wuji was also breathing suffocated and was so nervous.

At this moment, every word Yu Yuanji said was related to the future of the Changsun family's steel business.

Everyone was watching nervously, Yu Yuanji turned his head and looked at the trio squatting in the corner not far away to draw circles, and smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, if you improve the smelting furnace, let alone a hundred times the output, even a thousand times the output is possible."

"What?! You..., you..." The output of a hundred times the pig iron is already amazing enough. Now it's a thousand times more. Is this group of people crazy or I'm crazy?

"Your Majesty, your Majesty is calm! If you don't let go, you will strangle the person to death."

Suddenly, he felt that someone was pulling him and came to his senses. Li Er realized that he had come to the guy who was clamoring for a thousand times the yield and was pulling the other person's collar.

The poor guy's face was purple and he was rolling his eyes.

Li Er let go of his hand with a little embarrassed shame and said embarrassedly: "Uh..., I, I'm a little too excited, that..., come, take him down to rest."

"No, no, your Majesty, you are a villain who can't speak." Yu Yuanji gasped heavily. The education of the Three Bonds and Five Constant People made him not have any thought of resisting Li Ersheng. While apologizing, he quickly expressed his meaning: "According to Li Shidu's method, as long as the smelting furnace is enlarged in proportion, it can completely melt nearly a thousand kilograms of pig iron at one time, and it will not take more than twelve hours.

But this method also has certain disadvantages, that is, the ore cannot be taken out after melting, and you can only wait until the furnace temperature drops completely before you can continue to operate. In other words, unless the iron in the furnace can be diverted out, a smelting furnace will be built every time the iron is refined."

Huh, it seems that my life has been saved.

After saying everything he knew, seeing that Li Er did not come up to pull him up again, Yu Yuanji breathed a sigh of relief, and with Feng Xu and the others retreated aside at the warning of Lao Han.

Li Er sat there thinking for a moment, feeling that it was necessary to find someone who knew what was going on to ask about the specific situation, cleared his throat: "Dejian."

“…”

No response.

"Dejian's dearest minister!" Li Er's voice rose octave.

“…”

Still no response.

When he was angry, Li Er shouted: "Li Dejian, get out of here immediately."

"Hey, here, here." In the shadow, Li Hao jumped up with excitement and made several quick gestures at Li Chengqian and Li Tai. The three of them hurried to Li Er: "Your Majesty, are you looking for me?"

Seeing the three guys nodding and bowing, Li Er lowered a few black lines on his forehead: "Stand up for me, each of them is either the emperor or the prince, why are there no human appearance at all?"

Li Chengqian and Li Tai stood straight like conditioned reflexes, and it was obvious that Li Erji was too powerful.

Only Li Hao still bent down, held his chest, lowered his head, stuck out his butt, and his eyebrows were drooping.

Li Jing became more and more angry as he looked at him, and shouted: "Nizi, what do you want to do!"

Li Haowei's eyelids: "I don't have money, I don't subscribe... Uh no, I haven't refined my iron, and I don't speak hard."

"Puchi" Li Er couldn't hold it in a moment and laughed out loud: "You don't speak hard, do you still know it's embarrassing to say that?"

Li Hao shook his head: "That embarrassing is not something I am not a prank. Just the smelting furnace designed by me, if you change it slightly, it will be no problem to produce a thousand pounds of iron every day."

"Oh, before you even said you were fat, you started to pant." Li Er looked at Li Hao with a smile: "Then tell me, how do you change this slightly?"

"This..." Li Hao licked his lips, his eyes glancing around.

It is definitely not possible to say that he doesn't know, it is not in line with the image of omniscient, omniscient, and wise and wise martial arts he created.

He said he knew it even more. If Li Er continued to ask, he would have to reveal his feelings.

However, this little difficulty was not enough to cause trouble to him. Almost in the blink of an eye, he made up a set of rhetoric in his heart and coughed dryly: "Your Majesty, I am not a person who cherishes his own broom and does not want to tell the method, but I think it is better to hand over the improvement method to the craftsmen who will serve as supervisors."

After confirming that the steel output can indeed increase by hundreds or thousands of times, the specific details are no longer so important in Li Er's opinion, and asked, "Oh? Why is this?"

Cheng Yaojin's big head stretched out from behind Li Hao, and reached out to pat his shoulder on the other side: "Hehe, because I don't know this kid myself, otherwise I'd say it long ago."

Li Hao's face turned dark and he was talking nonsense. I finally tried to deceive people. Is it easy?

Blinking innocent eyes, Li Hao ignored Cheng Yaojin and said to Li Er directly: "Your Majesty, the reason why I do this is because I will not cherish what is too easy to obtain, and the other is because I think we should cultivate our own talents in smelting. And not only in smelting, but also in other aspects."

It seems to make some sense.

Li Er frowned slightly and carefully thought about Li Hao's suggestions.

The Tang Dynasty is currently in a stage of rapid development, and all aspects of the country need countless talents to supplement it.

Seeing that his words had caused Li Er's contemplation, Li Hao continued with a smile: "Your Majesty, our Tang Dynasty's demand for steel is not that great at present. Why not give those craftsmen some time to think about it yourself? As the saying goes, the master leads the door and practices in person. I have indeed made many achievements in strange skills and tricks, but even if I have iron all over my body, how many nails can I make?

Our Tang Dynasty is developing faster and faster, and many aspects require professional talents. I think it is better to teach them fish than to teach them fish. Only in this way can a virtuous cycle be formed and more and more talents will emerge in our Tang Dynasty."

Li Er showed a serious expression and nodded, "Yes, Dejian's words are very good, it's okay, since he doesn't need too much steel at the moment, let the general continue his research."

"Your Majesty is wise!" Li Hao bowed to the ground.

Finally got through, it seems that the emperor is also very easy to fool. Just give it to his own preferences.

He straightened his waist and was about to praise himself, but behind him, the complaint from Fairy Cheng came: "It's great, boy, he's justified and powerful."

Why don’t you care about him so much? This old man can die if he doesn’t speak.

Li Hao rolled his eyes and flashed to the side. The things he should do have been done. Next, just wait for the supervisor to make the smelting furnace and he can lie down and eat and wait to die.

If someone asks, I can also say straight and say, I have a mine at home.

As for the bet with the old man Yu Yuanji? It doesn't matter. I believe Changsun Wuji should be able to arrange him clearly. It is related to the future business of the Changsun family. I guess he just wants to bring some people over, and it is impossible for Lao Changsun to agree.

But then again, I run a coal mine, so why do I come back from an iron smelting guy? It’s completely useless.

...

The storm of Li Hao in Chang'an was rising, and Li Zhen was more depressed when Changsun Chong and Cheng Chumo who were far away overseas.
Chapter completed!