"Give up the blast furnace? Renjie, are you talking to me and let thousands of craftsmen in the Iron Supervision Warehouse drink the northwest wind?" Zheng Qi was very dissatisfied with Li Kui's interference in the operation of his Iron Supervision Warehouse. Especially now that he has been received by the emperor and has also inspected the iron smelting workshop. At this time, Zheng Qi was preparing to do a big fight, so why would he give up the great credit?

But Li Kui disagreed and didn't like it either. How dare this old guy Zheng Qi refute his proposal?

Although iron smelting and steelmaking seem to be the most cutting-edge technology of this era, in fact, it is not that easy to do.

Moreover, technology will not flow into hostile countries such as Liao Kingdom and Xixia. Even if it is outflowed, it will not pose a threat to the Song Dynasty. If Xixia and Liao Kingdom return to compete with the Song Dynasty for national strength, industrial capacity, and population, the Song Dynasty can easily defeat its opponents. What is the difference between this and the soldiers of Liao Kingdom jumping off the war horse and fighting against the Song Dynasty?

The robe-legged, the little dwarf, the great man in Qingzhou and Hebei was already impatient. He was down-to-earth. Even if the strength of the imperial guards and the wing army of the Song Dynasty has been severely reduced, it can still defeat the Liao people and Xixia people.

What if the Liao Kingdom and Xixia learned to cast artillery and flintlock rifles?

It doesn’t matter, we explode the soldiers. At this time, we are not competing for individual force values, but a competition of national strength.

In the industrial age, the more barbaric you will die more miserably.

Compared with population and craftsman level, the opponents of the Song Dynasty were much worse than those of the Song Dynasty, but they had to learn from the Song Dynasty to fight with very high logistics. After a battle, the inventory in the Song Dynasty warehouse was consumed, but what about the Liao Kingdom and the Xixia? They must be so poor that they can't fight this battle.

This is the advantage of the Firearms Age to the Song Dynasty. Comparing resources, comparing population and craftsmen, and the army is just a reflection of national strength. This is also the favorite way of fighting in the Central Plains dynasty. Unfortunately, the northerners have always used martial ethics and used swords without saying a word, which made the Song Dynasty very passive. Even if the Song Dynasty does not have enough resources, it doesn't matter. The Song Dynasty's fleet can always find resources that are urgently needed to fight the Song Dynasty.

"Brother Yulin, why can't you turn around?" Li Kui looked worried for Zheng Qi and said in anger: "Do you know what kind of result will your iron prison continue to develop and want to go? You can't ignore the fact that you just use people."

"You have to recruit 20,000 or 30,000 craftsmen?"

Zheng Qi has some considerations in this regard. Nowadays, there are not enough craftsmen. The main one is steelmaking, and there is a lack of mechanized steelmaking industry. The craftsmen seem to be surrounded by a furnace, and they are in a large area.

If the iron smelting workshop continues, it will expand rapidly soon. Li Kui pointed at Zheng Qi and asked: "If a small iron prison has 30,000 craftsmen, what should your Majesty think about you? Brother Zheng, you are in great danger, do you know?"

In the official hall, Zheng Qi and Li Kui faced each other, drinking tea, with a relaxed expression. But Li Kui could clearly feel that Zheng Qi was floating, and even didn't listen to him very much.

Of course, there is a reason for this. Zheng Qi was just praised by the emperor. The promotion and wealth are just around the corner. If he is promoted, even if he is a post-order position, he may not be able to enter other yamen, but the official position of the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture is still very promising. It is also a third-rank official position, but the official position of the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture is very unpopular among the third-rank officials. The main reason is that the Kaifeng Prefecture is full of "ancestors" and "little ancestors", which are too difficult to manage.

"Your Majesty is naturally happy. If I, the Song Dynasty, can make all the brittle pig iron into hemp steel, you will be happy and not in a hurry. How could it be as dangerous as Brother Renjie said? What danger would be? The Iron Supervisor is just a place where craftsmen gather, and no one cares about it in the court."

Zheng Qi didn't care about Li Kui's intimidation at all. He was not scared and didn't like this.

Seeing this, Li Kui said in his heart: "Brother Zheng, since you are so stubborn, don't blame me."

He immediately pointed at Zheng Qi and asked, "Brother Zheng, if you produce 500,000 stones of hemp steel a year, how many craftsmen do you probably want?"

"If you count them all, 30,000 should be enough. The Iron Prison in the Song Dynasty was scattered in craftsmen and mines, and there were no less than 300,000 people working, and only 30,000 people were nothing to the Iron Prison in the Song Dynasty."

Although he was the chief official of the Blacksmith Workshop, if there were not enough people in charge, the court would not have designated the chief official of the Iron Supervision Office as a fourth-rank official. Zheng Qi said proudly: "My Iron Supervision Office mobilized craftsmen from all over the country, which can fully meet the needs of the manpower of the Iron Smelting Workshop in Beijing."

Speaking of this, Zheng Qi squinted his eyes, raised his chin, and all the pride was revealed between his eyebrows.

Li Kuique sneered: "You craftsmen are all young and powerful, aren't you?"

"That's natural." Zheng Qi said proudly: "Our errand is a chore. We are not young and strong men, so we can't stand it at all."

"Thirty thousand young and strong, if you are in my hometown, you can rebel with a stick."

"Renjie, don't scare me!"

Li Kui looked at the proud Zheng Qi, but a casual word made the pride on Zheng Qi's face disappear without a trace. He even scared the young fourth-rank official to the ground.

Is this possible?

It's really possible, but the question is how could Zheng Qi rebel? Hell, he can rebel with a stick. This is the capital city, not the thief nest of the Song Dynasty, Yizhou.

Li Kui didn't give Zheng Qi a chance to refute, and then said: "Of course, Brother Zheng must be a loyal minister of the Song Dynasty. But Brother Yulin, have you ever thought about it? Your workshop also makes the most exquisite armor and weapons in the Song Dynasty. Do you think if a treacherous man told His Majesty that you want to rebel, is he a believer in slander or a loyal minister? Some people say that your iron smelting workshop can form 30,000 soldiers overnight, what should you do?"

Zheng Qi was so scared that the corners of his mouth were tilted. Seeing Li Kui's appearance, he wanted to point at Li Kui's nose and curse: "You look like a traitor. Unfortunately, he doesn't dare." Zheng Qi shivered for a long time and found that he was in a dead end. He had to get up and bow to the direction of the palace miserably: "I'm so sad!"

No need to consider it, according to the nature of all emperors in the Song Dynasty, they must believe in slander.

Even Zheng Qi had already anticipated what else to say? Especially Li Kui was not going to let Zheng Qi go and asked him: "You have transferred all the craftsmen from various subway prisons to the capital. Wouldn't you let your subordinates gather the merits of the mine prison and the iron envoys in the capital, and you can enjoy it alone. You can tell that you offended all the subordinates. If someone is dissatisfied with you and says something you shouldn't say, and you will be listened to by your intention, you will be unforgivable and your sins will be extremely evil. The final outcome is likely to be sent to Shaman Island."

The prime minister of the Song Dynasty could be beaten by slander. Zheng Qi, a small iron supervisor, dares to challenge? Isn’t this crazy not knowing who his surname is and who?

Facing such a person, Li Kui's first reaction was to be cured.

Zheng Qi became depressed, and after less than a stick of incense, he was like an eggplant beaten by frost in front of Li Kui. He was depressed and frustrated. Those who didn't know the truth thought that what happened to Lord Zheng was Li Kui?

When Li Kui saw Zheng Qi's depressed and horrified look, he felt brighter.

Make you crazy!

Of course, Li Kui did not deliberately put maggots on others to do evil, but for Zheng Qi and the good of the Song Dynasty.

But if Li Kui speaks well and Zheng Qi doesn't listen, what will he do?

But now Zheng Qi saw Li Kui as if he had seen a life-saving straw. He held Li Kui's arm and asked for help, "I'd like to ask Brother Jie to save my brother."

It's pitiful!

Zheng Daguan, who had just been encouraged by the emperor, took a full rest after a stick of incense.

"It's not easy to deal with? Although blast furnace steelmaking was an idea for me, you have already boasted to Your Majesty. If you don't do it, it's a crime of deceiving the king. But if you do it, it's extremely dangerous." Li Kui was scared and harmed Zheng Qi very much. Even if Zheng Qi knew that Li Kui was scaring him, he dared not complain at all.

Because the emperor of the Song Dynasty, no matter whether it is a fool or a wise ruler, as long as he heard that someone might rebel at the gate of the capital, his first reaction was to destroy him.

Don’t be so mean, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty achieved the national destiny through this move, and no one else could have such an opportunity.

As for the wrongfulness?

What does not exist, the emperor cannot even rehabilitate it. Who made you scare me?

Zheng Qi also thought about whether the emperor had not mentioned Li Kui's contribution in front of him, which made the little brother unhappy? But is Li Kui such a petty person?

"This is not easy to deal with!"

"Renjie, brother has knelt down for you."

Zheng Qi was a fourth-rank official, and hesitated without hesitation at all. He was a literati and a human dignity, and he was about to die. What else is there to talk about dignity? No more.

Li Kui took Qiao at this time, deliberately dragging her back and refused to say anything. When Zheng Qi knelt down, he pretended to pull Zheng Qi's arm and stood up. He also deliberately complained: "Brother Yulin, you and my brothers are united and kind, why should you humiliate me? Whenever you can help, isn't you the kind of person who will never save me?"

I think so.

Zheng Qi really thought so in his heart. But when facing Li Kui, he didn't dare to say that. He was too proud just now, like an old dog that was always disliked by his master. Suddenly, the owner didn't know what medicine he took that wrong, so he touched his head. This excitement was like trembling excitedly in the cracks of his bones. He even neglected Li Kui's great contribution to the Iron Supervision.

"Renjie, don't say anything. My brother has a concubine daughter in his family, Nian Fang, who is nine years old. He is just his mother's status, but he is well-behaved and charming. It is impossible to be a wife for others. If my brother doesn't dislike it..."

"I'm not such a person?" Li Kui said righteously. His mansion in Tianzhang Pavilion was not a Song Dynasty girl nursery school. Everyone wanted to stuff it into it.

Seeing that Zheng Qi was completely convinced, Li Kui said, "Brother Yulin, you are a fan of the authorities. Wouldn't you take the drawings of the blast furnace down to the workshops in the Iron Supervisor and order them to build them?"

"Will this be secretly leaked? If... I was stolen by the Khitans, even if my mouth was covered with my mouth, it would be a big deal!" Zheng Qi said worriedly. He was scared by Li Kui and did not dare to make any mistakes.

"What does this have to do with you? Besides, the Khitans have learned it. Can the Khitans still attack my Song Dynasty on iron horses?"

Li Kui was angry and said indifferently: "A good boss wants to give his subordinates the opportunity to make money and make contributions. If you eat alone like this, you will be punished by God! Of course, if something happens, you have the responsibility of leadership, but it is mainly because you don't know what people are, not because you have the most serious crimes."

Zheng Qi hesitated for a while, thought for a long time, and finally felt like he figured it out: "Renjie, brother, I understand, I'll do it now."

After saying that, Zheng Qi hurriedly arranged for people to prepare for the technology to be transferred to workshops in various places.

Li Kui sighed and said to himself: "It's not easy for me. I have really made good efforts to promote technology!"

Li Kui once believed that only when the Song Dynasty seized the short decades and developed a feudal dynasty with only handicrafts into an empire with primary industry, could it be completely free from the threat of northern tribes.

This idea has not changed now Li Kui.

But he has no confidence in himself.

He can't do how to build a country that can reach a primary industrial system.

This is not a height that can be achieved by inventing something. It is a complete industrial system. Later, he let go, but the reason for letting go was still impossible.

If he could do it, he might have done it by staying at home.

If he built a base with a heavy industry foundation and a production of standard firearms, what kind of Jinshi he took? Wouldn't he be prepared to be an emperor directly? But what else would he have besides seeing a little further than the Song people and seeing big scenes?

He can't even build a small train, and he is arrogant and researching the industrial system, so he should not slap himself in the face. Nowadays, Li Kui has privately evaluated himself: he is a bandit with a very high culture, went astray and became an official.

However, even so, he still wanted to raise the industry of the Song Dynasty with limited conditions. The ancients were not stupid, and the light of wisdom often flashed with Li Kui. However, the largest peer system before the Song Dynasty was not something else, but the pottery industry. The Central Plains were filled with ceramic kiln factories, one by one.

What are Jun porcelain, Ru kiln, Yaozhou kiln, Cizhou kiln, and basically every state in the Song Dynasty has a well-known local kiln factory.

Famous, even more popular overseas marketing.

In addition, the popularity of kiln factories has led to the rise of charcoal, that is, the coal mining industry. The reason is that charcoal is not in time to consume.

But what else?

The silk textile industry is very prosperous, but it is not large. Other industries are also very wide, but not large. This is also the reason why he is persistent in promoting technology.

The rest are all false, and only when the output increases is the most important thing. He doesn't believe that if the steel output of the Song Dynasty exceeded one million tons, would it still look like a bird?

At that time, it will not be the time when the grassland tribes threaten and bully the Song Dynasty, but praying for immortality every day and letting the people of the Song Dynasty run around the ground not come.

Fortunately, the Song Dynasty was already on the right path.

For Li Kui, the end of the iron smelting workshop is to make a flintlock rifle. As long as the flintlock rifle comes out, it can be used with artillery and heavy cavalry to sweep the entire north. Of course, there is a situation where you must not go out to fight, as it will kill yourself on rainy and snowy days.

However, he also needed to prepare. He came to the glass workshop and called the supervisor Han Jing, and instructed him: "Take someone to the Iron Supervisor in person and discuss with Master Lu about how to specify standards. In addition, after Han Gonglian came to the Iron Supervisor, he would come to see his official."

"It's an adult!"
Chapter completed!