Datang: Ten consecutive draws every week

The storm caused by the new salt was very large, and Li Shimin and his henchmen were still busy.

Many of the masters of the family gate also came to their senses.

Most people decide that they are caught off guard for a reason.

The reason?

Of course, many high-ranking officials and children in the family fell into the pit of book repair, and they couldn’t climb out for a while.

Therefore, the heads of families in various places cursed one by one.

The emperor is sinister~!

The officials in Chang’an City were busy, busy, and the emperor was busy.

Relatively speaking, the grid has been idle, and the number of visitors has decreased a lot during this time.

In a small workshop, Li Yuanfang’s face was full of smiles, and he was holding a dark stone in his hand.

“Hahaha, the coke firing is successful, the quality is not bad!”

The craftsmen all gathered around, reached out and picked up a piece of coke that had cooled and touched it.

The coke began, the quality was affirmed by His Highness, and everyone couldn’t help but smile.

“Our research is successful, His Highness should also fulfill his promise, quickly, quickly tell me what is the use of waiting for coke.”

“Smelting new iron, a better iron than the iron we use now.”

Li Yuanfang wanted to talk about steelmaking, but after thinking about it, it was very troublesome to explain what steel was, and it was better to save saliva.

Everyone was confused, and for a while they didn’t know how to make excuses.

After Xu Yu, Shi Mu asked everyone’s thoughts in a daze.

“Your Highness, you still know how to make iron?”

Li Yuanfang shrugged and said calmly.

“Hey, I’ve listened to the people in the blacksmith department in the courtyard talk a lot, how can I refine good iron in my natural way.”

“We have coke, and then build a high-temperature furnace, we can directly melt pig iron into molten iron…”

A group of people listened to Li Yuanfang’s idea, gasped while jumping to try.

Especially the person in charge of the blacksmith department, I saw his eyes shining and saying.

“It turns out that there is such a method of wrought iron, it is simply unheard of, coke is a great fuel, does His Highness need to send someone to buy more mountains?”

“Then no, in terms of purchasing materials, as long as we can afford it, the imperial court can help us collect the materials from all over the world, which is something that the imperial brother personally promised.”

Many craftsmen secretly rubbed a sigh of relief, and sure enough, there was a future with His Royal Highness King Zhou.

Li Yuanfang described with a smile.

“In fact, swarthy coal mines can also replace firewood as fuel, but the unprocessed coal burns at a temperature not high enough to be coke, but it can also be used to make honeycomb coal.”

“Honeycomb coal is equipped with a coal stove, the stove can make a fire everywhere to cook, but you must pay attention to ventilation when using coal…”

At this time, Li Yuanfang suddenly thought of coal stove and honeycomb coal, these two are combined, which can replace the stove to hit the hot pot.

Everyone turned their heads stiffly again and roared in unison.

“Your Highness, why didn’t you say it earlier?”

Li Yuanfang was a little puzzled, what did he say earlier? Coal stove living cooking problems?

The craftsmen muttered in the next second.

“If you had said earlier, we would have been able to boil water anytime, anywhere.”

“Ahem, you can also set up a pot to stew some soup.”

“No, it’s better to boil sugar water at this season.”

“……”

Li Yuanfang opened his mouth, could it be that the people in the courtyard followed him, and one by one they became foodies?

“In fact, the coal stove and content to build, honeycomb coal is also very trouble-free, otherwise divided into groups, one group of people with drawings to build a high-temperature furnace, one group of people to study honeycomb coal and coal stove?”

“Well, you still need to draw out a group of people to continue burning coke, and suddenly found that the grid courtyard is so busy, do you say you want to come with the imperial brother to the craftsman?”

When the craftsmen heard this, they were full of black lines, and you still know that we are very busy.

However, seeing that Li Yuanfang himself was also working overtime, the craftsmen had no complaints about their busy work.

“Your Highness, rest assured, we can still be busy, and when we can’t get busy, we will apply with you to increase our manpower.”

The matter of increasing manpower, Li Yuanfang is actually just laughing.

Finally, there was nowhere to hide the nails in the courtyard, and he would definitely not cause trouble for himself for no reason before the new iron and glass were completed.

Therefore, as the research project of the Gewu Institute was refined, the imperial court continuously transported a lot of coal, iron ore and other materials.

……

Meanwhile.

The imperial court was famous for the new salt, and even the nearby steppe tribes heard a little.

Because the imperial court released a message.

At present, the new salt is only enough to supply to the people of the Great Tang Dynasty, and there is no intention of selling it in other countries.

When the major steppe tribes and neighboring countries heard the news, they all beat their chests and stomped their feet and regretted it.

Only the family found a huge business opportunity, which allowed them to amass a lot of money and continue their luxurious life of drunken money.

What business opportunities?

Smuggling and selling salt.

The salt that could not be sold to the imperial court was sold to other countries, as long as it was done secretly, who knows?

The price of salt they sold was much more expensive than the new salt of the imperial court.

You say other countries don’t buy it?

Hehe, the steppe tribes especially need salt, tea, iron and other resources, take a step back and talk about what is in the prosperous Central Plains, what they all want to take.

Sold the salt in his hand at a high price, and bought the new salt of the imperial court at a low price for his own use, so that the family gate valve would not let go of this opportunity to become rich.

One powerful caravan after another secretly left the Great Tang, and a large amount of private salt was dumped everywhere, and the mood of becoming rich was simply indescribable.

The countries did not wonder why there were Great Tang caravans who went out to do business against the imperial court, but they received daily necessities, but joined hands to conceal the Great Tang Emperor.

True to the saying: between countries the word first.

……

Chang’an City, Yanshou Fang, inside the Gewu Courtyard.

Li Yuanfang personally supervised the construction of the high-temperature furnace, and another group of people came to report the good news on this day.

Shi Lin was so excited that his voice rose several points.

“Your Highness, the honeycomb coal has been built, and the coal stove has also been built.”

Li Yuanfang turned around in surprise, laughed and patted Shi Lin’s shoulder.

“Your group has studied it very quickly, so I’ll go to your place to see the finished product.”

“But before you go, you answer me a question.”

“Do your group need a holiday, or do you just join us?”

Shi Lin slapped his thigh excitedly and said with a big grin.

“His Highness will give us a day off, and after a day off, we will be incorporated into the new iron experimental group.”

Hehe, children make choices, adults naturally want all.

It is rare to have a place where they can fulfill their dream of studying hard, and when they rest well, they can start working with all their might.

Once the new iron is developed, it will be equivalent to refurbishing the current armament of the Great Tang and forging stronger weapons for the soldiers to use.

Soldiers from all over the country can also better protect their homes and defend the country, which is related to major national events, and since the Gewu Institute has explored the source, it cannot tolerate any craftsman in the courtyard to slack.