Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 46 King Yan must not be allowed to escape this time
  Bai Chu said calmly, but Zhu Di felt that his blood was boiling.

In one day, the weight increased to 400 pounds!
  This kind of efficiency is much higher than that of ordinary blacksmiths.

We can build more of these furnaces.

If ten such blast furnaces are built, the annual output of this iron mine will reach an astonishing four thousand kilograms in the future?
  Four thousand kilograms a day, which means he can use it to make a furnace and forge armor.

"Gaoxu!!" He shouted.

Zhu Di finally couldn't help it anymore and roared, which surprised Zhu Gaoxu.

"Father, what's wrong?"

Zhu Di's eyes shone brightly and he said loudly:

"You go back now, summon the royal guards, and surround this area so that not even a fly can fly in."

"Also, tell your brother not to think about Dongpo meat anymore and go and gather refugees, refugees, and beggars."

"When the time comes, bring them all here. I will open a way to make steel here!"

Zhu Gaoxu was equally excited and replied loudly:

"Yes!!"

The old monk next to me advised:
  "My lord, if you use a blast furnace to smelt steel, it won't be easy to sell."

"You can find a blacksmith to make these low-quality iron tools into a furnace to cover this place."

Zhu Di nodded.

"What the old monk said is absolutely true."

"Gao Xu, go and bring some of the blacksmiths from our palace and ask them to come here to make iron."

Zhu Gaoxu responded and retreated.

Zhu Di and the old monk also breathed a sigh of relief. Now, the material matter has been resolved.

Later, Zhu Di bought several surrounding mountains and began to build a blast furnace.

Although the blast furnace looked very high, considering the actual situation, Bai Chu lowered his standards and asked Zhu Di to build it lower.

There is nothing we can do about this, because in this era, there was no steel and concrete, so all small blast furnaces were built.

However, although it is a small size, it does not affect steelmaking, it is only reduced by half.

But even so, it was a product far ahead of its time.

Then, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi also brought their own guards, as well as those who were mining.

With the combined efforts of everyone, the first batch of steel has been successfully refined.

As Bai Chu expected, the furnace smelted metal very quickly. Half a day later, the black ore was put into the furnace and quickly turned into molten iron.

After appraisal by a specialized forger, the molten iron this time is definitely the highest quality steel. It is no less hard than steel. It is an excellent material for making weapons and armor.

Zhu Di was overjoyed. After working for more than half a month, he finally got the result. He no longer needed to worry about this matter in the future.

Just as Zhu Di was preparing to continue building more furnaces, people from Prince Yan's Mansion came to inform Zhu Di that a decree was coming.

With no other choice, Zhu Di had to send Bai Chu and Zhu Gaochi back to Prince Yan's Mansion, leaving only the old monk to supervise.

Beiping Mansion, the headquarters of Jinyiwei.

"Sir, according to the information obtained from Tian Ran, there seems to be something wrong with King Yan."

A guard in Jin Yi beside Jiang Wei cautiously reported the recent movements in Prince Yan's Mansion to Jiang Wei.

"Really? What's going on?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang's reprimand, Jiang Wei was already very careful.

He knew what kind of person Zhu Yuanzhang was. If there was no conclusive evidence to prove that Zhu Di was rebellious, he would not spread rumors and cause trouble. He would definitely suffer a big loss by then. In response to this, Jiang Wei calmed down, like a hunter lurking in the dark, staring at the prey in front of him, waiting for the opponent to show a slight flaw, and then killed it with one sword.

Jiang Wei had a feeling that the time he had been waiting for was about to come.

When Jiang Wei received the news from the spies stationed in Xishan Village, he immediately cheered up.

"Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan, once again gathered refugees and refugees from around Peiping on a large scale and settled their families in Xisha Village, while Laoding's whereabouts are unknown."

The people in Jinyiwei all agreed:
  "Perhaps, just like Xishan, King Yan found a new coal mine here, so he started recruiting troops on a large scale."

Jiang Wei said nothing, thinking that this matter would not be so simple.

If it were coal from other places, there would be no need to be secretive and secretive, and maybe some taboos had been committed.

Moreover, only iron ore and copper mines were taboo for the imperial court.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wei immediately asked:
  "Can you find out the whereabouts of those workers?"

The people from Jinyiwei shook their heads:

"Under investigation."

Jiang Wei's eyes flickered and he quickly made a decision:
  "Immediately conduct a thorough investigation and we must find the whereabouts of those people."

"Yes!"

"How are the people from Prince Yan's Mansion infiltrating?"

"It's still going on!"

Jiang Wei scolded him coldly. He was very dissatisfied with Jin Yiwei's efficiency.

"Useless thing, speed it up for me."

"Everyone has a bad side, either interested in women or interested in money."

"If not, then start from their families and let King Yan's personal guards be completely integrated into our army."

"This time, no matter what, we can't let King Yan run away again, do you understand?!"

Accompanied by Bai Chu and others, when Zhu Di returned to Prince Yan's Mansion, he saw a young eunuch waiting for him.

And this little eunuch was very polite to Zhu Di when he entertained him last time.

Zhu Di hurriedly greeted him and took the young eunuch into his mansion. He took a bath, changed his clothes, and prepared to meet the emperor's will.

Zhu Di had a strange expression on his face after hearing this decree, feeling a little bit dumbfounded.

This purpose is simple.

Zhu Yuanzhang yelled at Zhu Di. After all, he violated the holy will. Of course Zhu Yuanzhang was angry.

However, at this time, a sudden change occurred.

At the end of the imperial edict, it was written that Zhu Di was thinking about the people of the world and his intentions were good, so he allowed Zhu Di to transport coal to Yingtian City by sea.

Moreover, Zhu Di was ordered to only travel by sea and not by other routes. Violators would be severely punished.

Zhu Di never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang would send him to the sea, because there were too many dangers at sea, and they were very dangerous.

The reason why Zhu Di did this was to dispel Bai Chu's thoughts.

But Zhu Yuanzhang agreed, which surprised Zhu Di.

Zhu Di hesitated for a moment, but accepted the decree, and then learned something from the young eunuch.

After a few pleasantries, Zhu Di knew that the young eunuch's name was Zhou Jing.

"Eunuch Zhou, I would like to ask, how come your Majesty agreed to my offer?"

(End of this chapter)