Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 82 The poor monk heard that the people of Beiping Mansion are resentful!

"As for the fetish of building walls like cement, all participating craftsmen will be rewarded with ten taels of silver each."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Your Highness, don't worry, with a concrete house, even if it's a thunderstorm, the iron smelting will not be delayed. Even if the villain and the others try their best, they will still be able to smelt 60 jin of steel!"

Zhong Huo hastily promised with a serious face.

"Ok!"

Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction, "As long as 60 jin of steel can be smelted, I will reward you a lot."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhong Huo and other artisans were even more excited.

On the side, Guo An looked at the concrete and stone wall beside him, and then at the potholed road in the distance.

After thinking about it, I still couldn't hold back, and said, "Your Highness, cement can not only build houses, but also pave roads.

The road in front of the iron smelter is so dilapidated that it is difficult to drive when it rains, and it is difficult to enter coal and other objects.If a road is paved with cement, even if it is raining or snowing, coal and other things can be transported in normally. "

Hearing this, the eyes of Zhu Di, Zhong Huo and others could not help but light up.

"Can cement pave roads?"

"His Royal Highness, cement stands upright to form a wall, and lies down to form a road. As for what the cement is used for, it all depends on His Highness's will."

"Very good!"

Zhu Di was overjoyed, and asked again: "How about the cost of calcined cement?"

Guo An was taken aback for a moment, he actually forgot to explain this to Zhu Di.

"Your Highness, the cement is made by calcining limestone and clay on the mountain. At most, add some gypsum to it, and the cost is extremely low."

On the side, Zhong Huo and others nodded repeatedly.

Zhu Di was overjoyed and said: "Tomorrow, the king will send you another [-] craftsmen, and let you build another factory building in the Iron Smelting Institute, which is dedicated to calcining cement."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Zhong Huo quickly said with joy on his face.

Now, the Iron Smelting Institute lacks nothing but artisans.

……

However, what Zhu Di didn't expect was that as soon as his order was issued, the engineer and the engineer's assistant from the Gongzheng Office came to the door with a sad face.

"Your Highness, it's difficult for a humble minister!"

"That's right, Your Highness, it's really difficult for Weichen Gongzheng!"

"Wait, what's the matter?"

"Your Highness, there are not many craftsmen in our palace. You just sent [-] craftsmen to the Iron Smelting Office of Shangzhuang Village some time ago, and now you are sending another [-] craftsmen. I really don't have so many craftsmen. !"

Except for the long history and the commanding envoy, all the subordinates in the Yan Palace are the cronies of the Yan Palace, especially these high-ranking officials, who are Zhu Di’s confidantes who can be called directly by name, one by one. They all know the temper of His Royal Highness, and they will speak out directly when they have something to say, and never procrastinate.

When something happened, he said it directly.

Naturally, Zhu Di also knew about these servants in the mansion, so he sneered directly, "Xu Yun, Zhuang Guang, you two don't give this king a hard look. There are only less than a hundred craftsmen in the Gongzheng Institute in this palace?"

"Your Highness, there are naturally not only more than 100 craftsmen in the Gongzheng Institute!"

Gongzheng Xu Yun gave a wry smile, and quickly explained: "Gongzheng is in charge of the construction of the palace, and not all the craftsmen in it are blacksmiths, there are also carpenters, drummakers, chairmakers, umbrella makers, lacquermakers, and cobblers...

And the blacksmiths were all sent to the iron smelting station in Shangzhuang Village. Now Weichen can't even find a blacksmith! "

Zhu Di froze for a moment, as if it was true.

"The king knows about this matter, you will go down first."

"Your Highness!"

Xu Yun didn't leave, but got up again, and asked Zhu Di, "I don't know what kind of treasures were made by the iron smelter in Shangzhuang Village. As a worker, I can't know the iron smelter for a while. Case."

"..."

Zhu Di looked at Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang quietly, and said slowly: "When Zhu Liang goes to the iron smelter, you can go and take a look, but you are not allowed to reveal anything. "

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

……

Xu Yun and Zhuang Guang were not the only ones who were curious about Tie Ye, the entire palace officials were also curious.

After all, Zhu Di has already rewarded Tie Ye twice.

Moreover, the amount of coal transported to Shangzhuang Village Iron Smelter in the past few days has more than doubled than in the past.

Now, start organizing manpower again to transport a large amount of river sand to the Iron Smelter?
Subconsciously, many forces silently dispatched people to investigate.

However, before reaching Shangzhuang Village, he was driven out by a group of soldiers with knives.

Yanwang Palace, inside a side hall.

"Amitabha! Your Highness has been glowing red for the past few days. The monk congratulates Your Highness for obtaining the treasure."

Yao Guangxiao congratulated Zhu Di.

"Haha, the mage is worthy of being an eminent monk!"

60 jin of steel is expected to be forged, and a cement fetish has been smelted. Zhu Di has been refreshed these days, and everything he looks at is very pleasing to the eye.

For the congratulations of the eminent monk Dao Yan, he directly grinned.

"Amitabha!"

Seeing that Zhu Di didn't take the initiative to tell him what kind of treasure he got this time, Yao Guangxiao couldn't help but pause slightly.

He suddenly had a crisis, he, the palace mage, might fall out of favor!
Thinking about it, the speed of the prayer beads in his hand couldn't help but speed up.

Seeing this, Zhu Di asked with some concern: "Why is the mage so restless?"

"Amitabha!"

Yao Guangxiao sighed slightly, "Your Highness, the poor monk heard that the people of Beiping Mansion are resentful!"

"Ok?"

Zhu Di was taken aback.

Zhu Fu's eyes widened sharply, and he looked at Yao Guangxiao in astonishment.

"What does the mage mean by this?"

Zhu Di hurriedly asked, "There are no war disasters, no natural disasters, and no corrupt officials in Beiping Mansion today! The people live and work in peace and contentment, so why do people complain?"

"Ugh."

Yao Guangxiao sighed again, closed his eyes, and said slowly: "God has the virtue of loving life, people have greed, and the common people also have greed.

The poor monk heard that His Highness opened a barbecue shop at Haizi Pier, and the smell of meat in the shop could fill Haizi all day long.

For those people who can't eat a meal of meat for three or four months, the smell of meat is like the poison of the tarsus, making their greed grow deeper and deeper! "

"Can't eat a meal of meat for three or four months?"

Zhu Di's face darkened in an instant, and he turned to look at Zhu Fu who was beside him.

"Zhu Qing, do you know about this?"

"Your Highness..."

Zhu Fu's face changed slightly, but he still replied quickly: "I am ashamed, I have heard about this matter."

"Ok?"

Zhu Di directly asked in a cold voice: "Why didn't you tell me about such a big event?"

"Your Highness forgive me, I didn't pay much attention to it at first. In the past few days, the people's resentment has only arisen. I am afraid that this matter will spoil His Highness's mood, so I am going to wait until all the officials of Beiping Mansion come up with a solution. , Tell Your Highness again!"

Zhu Fu hurriedly replied.

"Hmph, tell me, what's going on!" Zhu Di said angrily.

Zhu Fu trembled, and quickly replied: "His Royal Highness, since His Highness built a barbecue shop and bought chickens, ducks, and pigs in large quantities, there are not many chickens, ducks, and pigs in the entire Beiping Mansion.

As a result, these meats on the market began to decrease, and the price also increased accordingly. Not only could many people not afford it, even some people wanted to buy it, but they had nowhere to buy it! "

"Bastard!"

Zhu Di was immediately furious, "What do you mean, are the people of the entire Beiping Mansion blaming this king for all this?"

"Your Highness, calm down!"

Zhu Fu said quickly.

"Amitabha!"

Zhu Di's face turned livid, he didn't understand at this moment.

The public complaints outside are actually saying that the common people are complaining about him, the King of Yan!

……

(End of this chapter)