Another World Da Ming: I use a hundred lives to become holy

"Duke, I'm here today to ask for something."

Not long after the greetings, Zhao Zheng talked about the business.

Xu Jin also sat up straight. Once it comes to business, he can't take into account the etiquette of his predecessors.

Family affairs, state affairs, world affairs.

As the Duke of the state, as an honorable man, Xu Jin knew exactly what he should do.

In the vortex of politics, the attitude he upholds is not only his personal attitude, there are countless pairs of eyes watching him in the entire Duke's Mansion.

"I knew it was nothing good for you to come here."

Xu Jin smiled, waiting for Zhao Zheng to say his request.

"The officer is here to ask for some iron."

Then, Zhao Zheng told what he did in the camp of the Ministry of Industry.

"I am asking the craftsmen of the Ministry of Industry to study something, and I will name it a steam engine."

"Once this thing is researched, both the efficiency of farming land and the speed of making armor will be greatly improved."

"It's just that this thing needs a little too much iron, and it must be good iron, refined iron."

Xu Jin understood that, as the Duke of the State, he also served as the Generalissimo of the National Army and Horses, and was in charge of the Ministry of War at the same time.

Iron is something managed by the officials of the Sun and Moon Dynasty. Apart from looking for the emperor, you can only get it if you come to him.

"How powerful is the steam engine you are talking about?"

Zhao Zheng brought the emperor's imperial decree, and Xu Jin would naturally give it, but for this purpose, he naturally had to ask.

"Once the steam engine is perfected, among other things, the speed of arable land in the plains can be increased by at least ten times!"

"As for the speed of making weapons and armor, it is estimated to be hundreds of times faster than human hammering."

"Because people get tired, and the steam engine I asked the craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry to study is a machine, and the machine can keep running as long as it doesn't break down."

Zhao Zheng drew a big cake, and after Xu Jin heard it, the numbers like ten times and a hundred times kept echoing in his mind.

"Can it really improve so much efficiency?"

Xu Jin couldn't believe it. After all, he was actually a villager. When it came to fighting and leading troops, he was really talented, and no one in the Sun and Moon Dynasty could surpass him.

But when it comes to other things, his eyes are really dark.

"Yes! If our Sun Moon Dynasty has enough iron, we can even make a train that travels a thousand miles."

Zhao Zheng nodded affirmatively.

Xu Jin thought for a while, seeing that Zhao Zheng's reaction didn't look like a lie, so he asked him how much iron he wanted.

"A lower official needs about [-] catties."

Zhao Zheng had already calculated the numbers long before he came.

"One hundred thousand pounds!"

But Xu Jin couldn't calm down when he heard this number, "Do you know how much one hundred thousand catties of iron is?"

"That's enough steel to build an army's artillery battalion."

The amount of iron produced by the Sun Moon Dynasty was naturally the first among all countries at that time, and it had already reached an annual output of tens of millions of catties.

But the cost is also high. Except for the needs of the people and the army, there is really not much left.

Zhao Zheng wanted [-] catties at once, and Xu Jin also felt heartache.

If you are not at home, you do not know that diesel, rice, oil and salt are expensive.

Repair weapons and make new artillery, these are steel devourers.

"Can you really guarantee that the steam engine can achieve the effect you said?" Xu Jin confirmed again.

"can!"

"Within one month, the Grand Duke should be able to see the first-generation machine."

Zhao Zheng draws a grand blueprint for Xu Jin to consider slowly.

"Okay! I'll give it!"

Xu Jin thought for a while, then made a final decision.

As a military commander, the most important thing is to have a vision of the overall situation.

He naturally understands that once this steam engine is built, if it can really achieve the efficiency that Zhao Zheng said, it will be enough to pay a million catties of iron.

"Grandpa Guo is really far-sighted!"

When Zhao Zheng got the iron, he naturally beamed with joy, and immediately went back to the camp of the Ministry of Industry to tell those craftsmen the good news.

Let them hurry up to experiment and make the steam cylinder first.

"You ah you."

Duke Xu Jin was delighted by his pragmatism.

Come here once, and leave when you achieve your goal. If you were an ordinary narrow-minded person, you might regret it right away.

……

time flies.

Zhao Zheng spent a month in the camp of the Ministry of Industry every day.

The court has also returned to calm.

It's just that on this day, after Emperor Zhu Chongba shot another corrupt official, he went down to court, but he still felt uncomfortable.

When he found Queen Ma, Queen Ma gave him the answer.

"You haven't found it yet?"

"A month ago, a few days after the reward reception, you came to me every day to complain about what kind of suggestions an official made. You were so angry, and then you killed others."

"And today you killed another official, but you discovered the crime."

"So I see how you Zhu Chongba will treat others in the future. There is someone who gives you advice every day. You think he makes you angry."

"This person was sent out by you, and you feel uncomfortable again."

"Family, the three elders died because of you, which shows your character."

Zhu Chongba still didn't understand that Empress Ma was trying to lure him.

"You mean it's because of the lack of the support from the Zhao Mansion?"

He thought about it carefully, and before Queen Ma answered, he realized that it was indeed the case.

Now the daily court meeting is stagnant.

Among those people, they were not as bold as Zhao Zheng at all, and the questions they asked were all clichés.

In the first few days at the beginning of the month, he was only in charge of making decisions.

Unlike now, the big questions raised were all found by Jin Yiwei, in other words, he raised them.

He is the one who asks the question, and he is the one who solves it.

All the officials in the audience listened to me anyway, so I felt uncomfortable.

"And that Xu Jin doesn't know what he's doing all day long, he's very mysterious."

"Jin Yiwei reported that he ran to the Ministry of Industry immediately."

Empress Ma laughed when she heard his complaint.

"In that case, you should go and have a look."

She didn't understand her husband's mind, it was obviously itchy, but she was too embarrassed to take the initiative.

After all, he is an emperor, and he can't let go of this face.

If an outsider finds out, it's because he's lacking in support, and he's frustrated, and I'm afraid he won't be laughed at by the public.

How could an emperor in the world beg his ministers to hate him?

Isn't that a bitch?

"Hey, sister, you are wrong."

"We're going to take a look and see what's going on in the matter that proposed the reform."

"Reform, reform, but in the end, nothing new was done for a month."

Zhu Chong said stubbornly, but immediately got up and told his servants that he wanted to leave the palace.

"Take the prince with you. I'm afraid that with your temper, you will be offended again if you come to the door."

Empress Ma thought very carefully.

Zhu Chong went out of the palace after eight o'clock.

"Father, I heard that Zhao Geshizhong is actually developing a mechanism product."

The prince Zhu Biao knew the inside story, so he gave Zhu Chongba a popular science on the beauty of the steam engine on the way.

"Isn't this a plaything?"

"This reform and innovation, why did it change to the agency."

"We have to criticize him well!"

Obviously he was thinking of others, but Zhu Chongba was still looking for reasons for himself.