History of Cannon Fodder Struggle [Qing]

Before the Lantern Festival arrived, fourth master was called away by the Supreme Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor looked gloomy, "Fourth brother, I heard that you issued an order not to allow the clan and officials to take concubines? Isn't this nonsense?"

The fourth master thought badly, which club did this hit the Taishanghuang?

Then his thoughts raced, trying to get this matter over with.

It's a pity that he hadn't found a reason yet, so the Supreme Emperor couldn't wait to scold him, "Speak! Who is it that spread rumors in front of you to confuse the public? When you made such an absurd decree? Taking concubines is for the sake of spreading branches and leaves, and manipulating people The population of the Manchus is much smaller than that of the Han people. If you don’t work hard, how can you expand the Manchus? You issued this order to cut off the future of my Manchus!”

Fourth Master lowered his head, "Ahanma, listen to me..."

The Supreme Emperor slapped the table with a bang, "What else is there to say? No concubines! Why didn't you disband your harem? I think you've lost your mind by passing this order!"

The fourth master showed a wry smile, and said, "Ama Khan, please listen to my son. My son didn't say that concubines are not allowed, but that concubines need to pay taxes. In the future, when selecting officials, we will give priority to officials without concubines. The family is simple. One point, if you don’t support so many people, you don’t need so much expenses, and you won’t force some officials to take the path of corruption.”

The Supreme Emperor's face softened a little when he heard this, and then he said earnestly: "Fourth, there are not so many saints in this world."

The fourth master bowed his head and admitted his mistake, "My son knows that he just wants to minimize the chances of officials making mistakes."

The Supreme Emperor ordered the table, and finally said to the fourth master: "Since your imperial decree was only revealed and not sent out, it's just a matter of canceling it."

Fourth Master waved his hands eagerly, "Khan Ama, no!"

The Supreme Emperor's face became ugly, "What? I can't even speak now?"

The fourth master hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down: "Ama Khan? Of course my son doesn't dare, it's just that my son has great intentions in making this decree."

The Supreme Emperor stared at him, and couldn't help asking, "Tell me, if you can't convince me, then don't blame me for not giving you this face." Don't look at the Supreme Emperor who doesn't care much now, but if you go out No one dared to ignore him, and his 50-year ruling career was not in vain.

Compared with the current emperor, both the courtiers and the common people are actually more obedient to the Supreme Emperor.

Otherwise, no one would quietly sue the Supreme Emperor this time.

for what?Isn't it just to let the Supreme Emperor put pressure on the emperor and cancel that unreliable order?

Fourth Master knew that this was a dangerous time, if he didn't make it clear, he would definitely not be able to pass the level of the Supreme Emperor.

The fourth master lowered his head and stared at the texture of the floor below, and said, "Khan Ama, my son announced that this order is mainly aimed at the common people. The abolition of the concubine system is precisely to increase the number of couples in order to increase the population." .”

The Taishanghuang felt that this reason was not enough, and then asked him: "Could it be that if you have more concubines, you can't have more children?"

The fourth master shook his head and said: "I have already sent people to find out. Among the folks, a couple can have at least three children. But if these women become concubines, most of them will have no children, and a small number will be fine." There were only one or two at most, and some of them died in the inner house. After investigation, my son found that abolishing the concubinage system can liberate more women, and it can also solve many bachelors who cannot find a wife."

The Supreme Emperor snorted, "The example you gave is just an example, not representative."

The fourth master raised his head and looked at the Supreme Emperor, "Are you ready? Now my Qing Dynasty urgently needs people, the New World needs people, and the Northeast expansion needs people. My son has no choice but to adopt the concubine system and try to allocate as many couples as possible." .”

The Supreme Emperor frowned and looked at Fourth Master: "My Qing Dynasty has a population of [-] million, can't it meet the population needs of these places?"

The fourth master smiled wryly, "Returning to Ama's words, after my son sent people to investigate, the growth rate of factories in Qing Dynasty is slow now. One reason is that there are fewer and fewer redundant workers. Sending over 10 people, three times, the Northeast has sent the Eight Banners barracks there, and after going to court, the son plans to recruit some troops from the people and send them to the Northeast to reclaim the fields. The number of young people will decrease again. If you count it this way, All the left-behind civilians are aging. The real youths have all been mobilized. If there are no newborns, the future population of our Qing Dynasty will not be able to meet the vigorous development of the entire country."

It was precisely because the population was becoming more and more small that fourth master had to use this brain.

In the past, when Minning proposed the Marriage Law, he still felt that it was unreliable, but when things came to an end, he was faced with a huge population gap, so he had no choice but to think in this direction.

Anyway, this is also a way, isn't it?

"My son can't do anything about it. Since we want to implement the system of not allowing concubines to prevent common people from resisting, then the royal family and officials can only set an example first, and then implement it to the common people."

The Supreme Emperor pondered, and when he learned of his son's embarrassment, he finally knew that this matter was not a random decision made by the fourth child.

"How much do you think the increase in population will be able to meet the needs of my Qing Dynasty?"

The fourth master felt relieved, knowing that the Supreme Emperor was letting go, so he said, "My son thinks that the number of people should at least quadruple to [-] million."

The Supreme Emperor gasped, "Sixty million people, how can I get so much food to fill so many mouths?" One can't be handled well, because hunger will break out again, there will be an uprising, and the population is too large. It's not good for the country either.

Unless there is enough food.

The fourth master said: "Sixty million people is the ultimate goal. Now that the New World can transport grain back, if the three provinces of Liaodong plant another season of grain, then the grain grown on such a large piece of land can meet the needs of the current population. "

The Supreme Emperor asked, "That's only enough to satisfy the [-] million extra people in today's population. Where do you get food from?"

The fourth master smiled and said, "In the west of my Qing Dynasty, there is a country called India that is not smaller than my Qing Dynasty. The food production there is extremely high, and it is now occupied by the British Isle in the west. My son thinks this place It is very close to my Qing Dynasty, and it should become my vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty can send people to help the Shu Kingdom defeat the enemy." At that time, take this rich land into your hands.

India is rich, and it has been spread since ancient times, and the Supreme Emperor naturally also heard about it.

The Supreme Emperor was also particularly surprised to learn that this country, which was no less than the Qing Dynasty, was actually occupied by foreigners.

From this, I think that there are more and more foreigners in the Qing Dynasty. It seems that these foreigners are indeed coming from bad people. Whether it is the New World, Qing Dynasty or India, there are all foreigners.

The traces of foreigners have spread all over the world. If the Qing Dynasty closed the country as before, it is very likely to repeat India's fate.

The Supreme Emperor's expression became serious, and then he said to Fourth Master, "Anyway, India and our Central Plains have a great relationship. Since the Buddha Kingdom has suffered a disaster, then my Qing Dynasty cannot stand by and watch. You can handle this matter according to your discretion."

The fourth master understood what the Supreme Emperor meant, and he was also fascinated by that piece of rich land.

Since foreigners can occupy such a large piece of land, they are stronger than foreigners, and there is no reason for the Qing Dynasty to be able to snatch that piece of land.

Anyway, the Qing Dynasty and the foreigners fought fiercely for land in the New World, and they didn't care about the Asian side.

Afterwards, the Taishang Huang ordered to the fourth master: "I will not ask about the abolition of the concubine system, but in order to avoid the impact, I have to appease the officials and say that this system is only temporary."

Fourth Master nodded hurriedly.

In fact, both of them knew that this decree could not be easily changed at once, so saying this was to appease the officials and make them be more honest.

What's more, the specific time has not been given for the time being. One or two years is also temporary, ten years is also temporary, and these are left to future generations to deal with.

It has been several years since the palace held a Lantern Festival banquet. A few years ago, the Supreme Emperor had just retired and no one dared to hold it. Last year it was a national funeral, let alone a banquet. No one dared to hold a big one if the people had no children.

When the national filial piety is released this year, both the folks and the palace plan to hold a big one, full of joy.

This time, Minning invited all the children of the right age from the clan and officials' families, regardless of gender, to come together.

The people who were invited probably knew it in their hearts. In fact, this was a blind date party. It seemed to be held in the Old Summer Palace. Most people were worried about their children going there. After all, no one would dare to make dirty things in the garden.

This time, beautiful women of suitable ages were also invited. Some families have already received news that in order to abolish the concubine system, they will go to the heart palace for their daughters and feel that their children have caught up with a good time.

But for some families with sons, it has become a bad thing.

Who doesn't have two people in the house around their children nowadays?Suddenly changing the marriage law for thousands of years, these maids will definitely not be able to become concubines, so they will make a fuss.

In addition, they are all free people, and no one's status is lower than anyone else's in the law. This has caused some maids to want to give the status of concubine before the marriage law has been enacted, otherwise they will have no status. Children have no right to inherit the family business.

But the man disagreed. If you have a concubine, although you can also take the merit test, the priority for admission must be someone with an innocent family background.

Just thinking about this, a sober-minded person knows that concubines are not acceptable.

All of a sudden, I can only spend money to get rid of it, and I still have a meaty smell on my body.

This time, Yuanmingyuan sent posts to each family and asked each other about the news, only to find that the girl's family didn't have any requirements, and they were all innocent on weekdays.

In this way, the girl's family is willing. After entering the garden, at least there is no problem with her character.

In any case, as long as they participated in this Lantern Festival banquet, the good reputation could be spread.

It is because of this stubble that each family keeps sending posts to the Old Summer Palace.

It's a pity that this time, the host of the Yuanmingyuan banquet is the imperial concubine, who mainly chooses for the princes and elder brothers. The quota of posts sent out is all in the hands of the imperial concubine, even the empress has no way to intervene.

Who should be in the end is who can enter the garden.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, from the morning onwards, each house sent a carriage to take the boys and girls from the house to the Old Summer Palace.

This time the banquet was held in a natural painting.

The natural picture is located on the east bank of Houhu, with ponds dug in the south and hospitalized in the north. It is the best place to enjoy the scenery of Houhu and the scenery of the West Mountain.The main building is a square building, and the north of the building is Langyin Pavilion, Zhuji Building, Wufu Hall, Zhushenhejing. On the east side of the courtyard, the west is Jingzhi, and the east is Sudi Spring Dawn.

The main reason for choosing this place is that it is big enough and has many scenery, which can be enjoyed by boys and girls together.

Over the years, Minning not only opened the boys' colleges and middle schools next to the school, but also opened many colleges in other places in the imperial city.

Nowadays, it has become a very common thing for boys and girls of the official family to go to school. After all, although they are not in the same school, they read the same books as the royal and clan children.

Relying on this advantage alone, it has attracted many officials' children.

As for girls, it is not advocating that women who have no talent are virtues. Didn't even royal women have to study?

Even girls from common people in the capital can learn to read and write because they work in factories, not to mention these official girls.

Everyone is studying all over the place, and the girl from the official family naturally has to keep up.

As a result, among the girls who came this time, many of them were classmates. They competed in the academy on weekdays, but after arriving at the Old Summer Palace, they were a bit more reserved.But it was discovered that the imperial concubine did not come out, and it was the second princess and the third prince who came out to receive them.

Although the second princess and the third prince are dignified, they are the same age after all. In addition, the two of them stayed for a while and then left with a few people they knew. These reserved girls let go after a while and began to compare again. .

The boy enjoyed playing a lot. There was a mini court in front of Langyin Pavilion, which was built by Hongshi for his younger brothers, so Hongli and Hongzhou liked to run around with a group of young eunuchs.

This time it became the reception field, with Hiroshi leading the way, the boy picked up the ball and kicked it.

As for Hong Kyung, he accompanied a few people of about the same age to play chess at Lang Yin Pavilion.

On the other side, Ergege led the girls to recite poems, compose pairs and perform various talents.

She knew her mission this time, not only to match these girls and the boys who came over, but also to find out if Hong Kyung and Hong Yun were interested.

As for Hongshi, last night he went to ask her specially, and Er Gege knew that Hongshi already had someone in his heart.

As for who it was, she didn't find out after asking for a long time.

Putting his mind back, Er GeGe secretly checked the performance of these girls to see if any of them were worthy of the second and third brothers.

While playing chess, Hong Kyung was thinking about how to increase the parameters of steel.

A skilled worker in the iron and steel factory made a suggestion, Hong Jing was a little confused, and was planning to go back to Jinger this time to ask Er Niang.

This was the last time when Er Niang suddenly called her and dropped her. She didn't dare to see him for several days, so she temporarily put this matter aside.

Sooner or later, this matter had to be resolved before he left.

Thinking of Hong Kyung dropping a pawn here, the man on the opposite side pondered for a long time, and finally put down the pawn and admit defeat.

"The third prince is superb at chess, I am not as good as the third prince."

Hong Kyung smiled and said, "Playing chess is also a form of practice. I just learned a lot and took a slant."

Indeed, compared with the middle-distance chess player in front of him, he definitely took a slant in the game just now.

After playing chess, Hong Kyung did not continue to leave the game, but led the person who was playing chess with him in front of him to sit down and talk.

The little eunuch serving outside the pavilion offered hot tea with a wink.

Hong Kyung took a sip before saying to the person in front of him, "I have been on an errand for a while, and I have been away all the time. I found out that there is an urgent shortage of steel in the Qing Dynasty. Now the imperial court intends to put iron ore on the market. This is a good way to make money." Opportunity, I wonder if you have any ideas over there?"

Hong Jing also heard from Er Niang that the demand for iron and steel in the entire Qing Dynasty is in short supply. Although iron ore is sufficient, most of the iron ore is in the hands of the imperial court. All developed.

What Eniang meant was to persuade Khan Ama to release a batch of iron ore in Ili and let the merchants bid for it. The iron ore dug by the merchants can be sold to the imperial court, which can promote the development of the local area.

The main reason is that Khan Ama wants to change the land and return it to the people. What he means is that he intends to let the imperial court sell the iron mines in Ili first, so as to drive the local economy first, so that the local people will not resist the rule of the Qing Dynasty so much. It's time to take advantage of the trend and return to the soil.

Khan Ama decided to give it a try, and sent people to look for the iron mine in Yili after the next year. This matter should be announced in the second half of the year.

The iron ore in Yili can be owned by the businessman himself. After getting the news, Hong Jing planned to take advantage of this to form his own power, so first of all, those who depended on him had to taste the sweetness.

The iron ore in Yili was the bait he threw out.

Now he just wants to see who can take the bait.

The person in front of him is of extraordinary status, he is the third son of Mr. Wu Ge, according to the ranking, he must not be able to inherit the family property, and he must be divided in the future.

However, by saying these words at this time, Hong Kyung is recruiting him, and the big guys work together to build a career, but he doesn't know if he is willing to take the bait.

Wu Shaolai cupped his hands and said: "Thank you for the appreciation of the third prince. Since I am willing to give it a try, I still have a few close friends who can participate together."

Hong Kyung nodded in satisfaction, and directly picked up the cup and shook it at him.

After finishing one task, Hong Kyung started looking for other people, and everyone went up to talk to each other.

Since he wants to make a difference in the future, he must have some helpers. Like this time, he was the only one on the railway, and no one below really suffered a big loss.

Hong Kyung also understands some things. With his status, he should not experience it everywhere. If he does it once, he can only say that he is sympathetic to the people below. But if he really does the same thing as others, he can only be regarded as A fool to see.

So Hong Kyung also understands these things, what he should do and what he should not do.

Just like the iron mine this time, he shouldn't intervene in person. It's better to find someone to act as his agent to help him deal with some things that he can't show up for.

And as a reward, what is distributed is only a little profit.

"Third Brother, why are you here? Second Sister is looking for you everywhere." After Hong Kyung bid farewell to someone, he heard a shout from beside him.

Looking in the direction of Hong Jing's heart, he saw Hong Yun standing beside the rockery and smiling at him.

"Second brother."

Hong Kyung walked over and asked, "Second Brother, when did you arrive?"

Hongyun's health is not good, and he can only come here after the sun rises, so Hongyun asked this question.

Hong Yun smiled and said to Hong Kyung, "I just came here, and I happened to meet the second sister who was looking for you. I don't know where you took a group of talents?"

Hong Kyung patted his forehead before he realized, "I'll go over now." He had forgotten that today is the day when men and women meet each other, and the second sister must have found that most of the boys had been taken away by him when she looked for him.

Looking at the sun, Hongyun said to Hongyun, "Second brother, how about I let someone help you to sit in the house for a while?" Hongyun can't blow the wind often, and he will fall ill after a while .

Hong Yun shook his head and said, "It's not necessary, I'll sit for a while, and I'll go back later." Originally knowing that this was a blind date party in disguise, Hong Yun didn't plan to come, but he couldn't bear it. I couldn't stop nagging, and in the end I had no choice but to run over and hide for a while.

Hong Yun intends to sit here for a while, and let this matter go by.

As for marrying a wife, I really didn't think about it. Just relying on this broken body to survive a day is all stolen from God.

It doesn't make sense to find another person to accompany him to live such a life with no future in sight.

Hong Jing didn't know what he was thinking, so he called the little eunuch Hao Sheng to take care of Hong Yun, and hurriedly greeted all the outstanding teenagers beside him, and went to the direction of Houhu.

Regardless of whether there is something important to him or not, at least he has to complete the task assigned to him.

After the Lantern Festival, several couples were indeed created. As soon as the posts from each family were handed in, all the names on these posts were used in the second round of the draft, and these beautiful girls went back to their respective families.

Minning felt a little envious. There was no such good thing when she was drafting.Then my heart was filled with pride, that the world has changed so much, and this is all due to myself.

There is nothing like this sense of accomplishment.

but……

"This time, why didn't you like it?" Minning closed the name card in his hand, and looked up at Hong Kyung.

Hong Kyung still used the old saying, "The son thinks that lifelong events are very important, and the son is young, and his mother has to worry about these things."

Minning was a little speechless, giving him such a good opportunity to find a pleasing person by himself, but he didn't appreciate it in the end.

Then she waved her hand and said impatiently: "Okay, okay, I'll let you, Ama, help you find it."

Hong Kyung touched his nose and exited the room.

After he left, Minning in the room frowned.

Hong Kyung's behavior is problematic, could it be that she puts too much pressure on her?

If the child is too naughty, the mother should worry about it, but if the child is too honest, the mother should also worry about it.

Minning now has some doubts about whether he has cheated his son too much, so that he does not even dare to make decisions on his own.

Minning sighed, put his hands on his head, and finally decided to push this matter to Fourth Master.

Anyway, he had been eager to try for a long time, and wanted to find a Fujin for Hong Kyung, but this matter was stopped by her, and she wanted to give Hong Kyung a chance.

Unexpectedly, this child was not rare at all, and her good intentions were simply blinded in vain.

After Fourth Master got his son's decision from Minning, he didn't feel any surprise.

If it was an ordinary prince, he would have found it by himself, since he didn't expect to be in that position anyway.

But Hong Kyung's future has already been decided. The wife he is looking for is definitely not a simple daughter-in-law, but the mother of a country, who can take on the important task of mothering the world.

The fourth master even wondered if the child was looking for the child according to his mother's model. He probably thought that there could be no other person as capable as his mother in this world, so he didn't care about his marriage.

To be honest, Fourth Master felt that if An Jia was a man, he would probably be more suitable to be emperor than him.

It's not about her wrist, but the ideas in her mind come out one after another, as if there is no problem in this world that can stump her.

The fourth master was thankful countless times for supporting her in business at the beginning, which made the current Daqing flourish.

The change of the times can be felt even by those who live in it.

Not to mention fourth master, the person who controls the leader of change.

With the down jacket, there is another kind of warm clothing in the world. With the briquette, the common people have greatly reduced the use of coal and firewood.

With cement, there is no need to worry about flooding the dam all the time. With trains and steamships, goods can be transported from the southernmost to the northernmost.

All of these were brought to Daqing by her. Fourth master sincerely thanked her countless times at night for letting her go, so that she was able to bring such a big change to Daqing.

The fourth master quickly came back to his senses and remembered his son's marriage. Besides Hong Jing, he also had two sons of the right age.

Hong Jing's marriage is very important and needs to be explored slowly. Hong Yun and Hong Shi have also reached the age they should have been, so the fourth master intends to resolve these two easy marriages first.

The first thing to solve is Hong Yun. Hong Yun is in poor health, so he has to find someone who can take care of him.

Fourth master sent someone to ask for the list of show girls this time, and asked the people at the sticky pole to find out the temperament of show girls, and finally circled a few candidates, and sent them to Concubine Qi tomorrow.

Concubine Qi should take good care of Hongyun's marriage.

Then fourth master set his sights on Hongshi again. Fourth master naturally knew what Hongshi had done outside these years.

For him, Hongshi took the money to open the field outside, it was just a small fight, although he couldn't get on the stage, he didn't take it to heart.Anyway, after waiting for the child to get married and become an adult, and then arrange errands for him, the heart can be taken back.

Putting him outside now and letting him play is also regarded as an Ama's love for his son.

The fourth master vaguely heard Concubine Qi say that Hongshi had a sweetheart, he thought that family background didn't matter, since it was not as valuable as his own family anyway.If the person is suitable, let's talk about the marriage first. There are several bachelors in the family, and they will be resolved one by one.

Thinking of this, Fourth Master couldn't sit still anymore, put the booklet aside, and shouted towards the door.

"Come here, go and find the fourth prince for me."

Hongshi wasn't in the Old Summer Palace right now. Once the Lantern Festival was over, he thought he had completed the task, so he patted his ass and returned to the imperial city.

After the Chinese New Year, he has a big event in his hands, which is the match between Tianjin and Beijing in mid-March.

The stadium in Tianjin has been built for two years, and many talents have been cultivated in it.

Hongshi thought about pulling people out to practice. Anyway, the spectators of these teams in the capital are tired of watching them, so they should get some new faces.

No, he was busy making several teams in the capital compete, and only the winner could compete with the team in Tianjin.

After the Lantern Festival, the major stadiums in the capital have never stopped, and you can see teams playing friendly matches all the time.

The people from Yuanmingyuan ran around and finally found them in the stadium outside Dongzhimen.

When Hongshi heard that he was looking for him, he immediately shrank his neck.

In his opinion, it would be no good for him to come and look for him at this time.

If he doesn't make it right, he will be thrown out of the capital like the third brother.

To be honest, Hongshi has now found a career that he can fight for a lifetime, so he is not as focused on asking Khan Ama to arrange errands for him as he was when he was a child.

What's more, the errand that time was a pain for him, and since then Hongshi has been a little embarrassed about the word errand.

I always feel that his Ama is always trying to trick him in different ways. For example, the last time the third brother got an errand, didn't he just squat at the bottom of the pit all the time?

However, since Khan Ama asked someone to call him, Hongshi didn't dare not to go, because he was afraid that if he escaped this time, he would not be able to escape the next time, and the next time might be even worse.

After dawdling in the stadium, he changed his clothes and just got into the carriage. The anxious little eunuch drove the carriage and ran quickly to the Old Summer Palace.

After Hongshi arrived at the Old Summer Palace, he stopped dawdling, and went to greet the fourth master as soon as he entered the house.

Fourth master had been waiting for several hours, and he almost lost his temper.

This time Na Hongshi finally came over, and couldn't help but glared at him, "What are you doing outside? Why are there no one around?"

Now Hongshi feels lost as soon as he leaves the Old Summer Palace, and I don't see him often returning to the Old Summer Palace to pay his respects.

Of course, fourth master didn't have to ask him to do this superficial work, but he was a little unhappy that his son hadn't come over for a long time.

After being stared at, Hongshi panicked and lowered his head to admit his mistake.

Only then did Fourth Master throw the folder in his hand aside, and asked him, "I heard that you have a sweetheart? Tell me, which family's daughter is it? If it's suitable, we'll decide."

Hong Shi touched his nose, feeling a little guilty, needless to say, it must have come from the mouth of the second sister.Originally, it was just his words that lied to the second sister, but unexpectedly it reached Khan Ama's ears.

Hongshi also knew that if he told the truth, he would definitely not be able to afford it.

Thinking of this, his brain turned quickly, and then his eyes lit up, and he said, "The son's sweetheart, the son doesn't know what Huihan Ama said. A beautiful girl." Speaking of this, Hongshi showed a shy smile on his face at the right time, "My son is very happy in his heart, and he has never forgotten it in the past two years, because her son never thought of finding someone else."

I'm really sorry, among the people he knew, only this fairy sister could use it as an excuse.

Fourth master froze in mid-air, he couldn't help but continue to develop and began to guess who Hongshi was talking about?

After waiting for a long time, he didn't think about it, so he planned to go back and ask Mrs. An Jia. After glancing at the young Mu Ai's son, the fourth master said, "Okay, I know about it. I'll go ask you about it later. Er Niang, if this status is suitable, it will be settled first."

Hiroshi nodded obediently.

Anyway, An'eniang has been refusing to tell him the identity of the younger sister, it must be because it is not suitable, so he can naturally use it as a shield without any scruples.

It would be no loss if Khan Ama agreed to it in the end, and he would also be willing to take such a beautiful sister as his daughter-in-law.

Seeing the smirk on his hapless son's face like a little mouse stealing oil, the fourth master couldn't help but retract his eyes. He felt that the hot eyes were really useless, so he waved his hand, "Okay, it's none of your business. Kneel down."

Hong Shi let out a crisp "Hey", and retreated after kneeling.

Looking at his son's back, fourth master couldn't help but sigh. The daughter is a debt, and the son is also a debt.

Fourth Master thought about it, and finally felt that only the two youngest were a little more well-behaved.

Hong Kyung sat upright on the chair and said to Minning, "...the craftsman discovered that when refining pig iron, adding less charcoal and blowing more air into the furnace can increase the temperature of the furnace. That is to say , pig iron can be smelted into steel without a heating source.”

After hearing this, Minning asked seriously, "Are you sure about this?"

Hong Kyung seemed a little excited, recalling the scene he had seen before and said, "My son has witnessed it with his own eyes. After the craftsman told his son, the son specially ordered him to test it for his son. As the craftsman said, after pouring the pig iron liquid , what flows out is molten steel.”

Minning took a deep breath. Isn't this the heat generated by chemical reactions to make steel?Thinking of this, she stared at Hong Kyung and said, "Dashan, reward the craftsman with 1 yuan later, as if you bought his steelmaking method. You personally improve the converter in the steelmaking plant. Steel mill promotion."

Hong Kyung quickly agreed, 1 yuan was the craftsman's salary for ten years, so he was not treated badly.

Hong Jing has always known that Er Niang attaches great importance to craftsmen, and it is only now that he understands the usefulness of these craftsmen. The appearance of such a Liezi among tens of thousands of people is enough to change the development of this industry, just like the method of steelmaking this time.

Hong Kyung was thinking, at this moment, suddenly a voice came in from outside the door.

"What are you two talking about?"