There are many ways to control a country, some are to hold a high position, some are to have a lot of money, some are to have an exclusive harem, and some are to lead troops to protect themselves.

But these things are child's play in front of Changsun Wuji. He has a noble status, is rich and powerful, and is doted on by his younger sister in the harem. His uncle, Sun Shunde, is a fierce general like Cheng Yaojin. It can be said that the Changsun family is already the best in the world.

One family. Even when ranking the surnames, the first one was naturally the Li family, and the second one was the eldest grandson family.

Behind such prominence, in addition to the fact that Queen Changsun is the queen, the biggest reason is the Changsun family's industry-steel.

According to historical records, the Changsun family in history could be said to have completely controlled the steel industry in Datang. Most of the steel came from their family's workshops. Because of this, many decisions were made closer to their family.

However, now that Ye Tan has appeared, and has been to the royal workshop several times, and after cleaning up a few disobedient people, the number of orders placed with the Changsun family has been reduced, and the best steel in the past is now being sold.

Not going out made Changsun Wuji a little frustrated.

On winter nights, he would not go out. Most of the time he would lie on the recliner at home, thinking about things that might be for the country or for his own family.

Changsun Wuji didn't pay much attention to what Changsun said to him after he rushed back. It was just that a few people died, but what worried him was something else.

Ye Tan's sudden appearance surprised him. Sometimes, he suspected that Ye Tan was not the illegitimate son of Emperor Li Shimin after all, because he was extremely patient with this child, but he was too patient with Li Shimin.

After getting to know him better, he knew that there could not be such a person, because even if there was such a person, he would not leave it in Songzhou City. It can be said that there is a place where people can lose their heads at any time, and the relationship between this boy and the prince is

It's really good. I have a way to deal with it. It seems to be natural. I also sent many people to check, but found nothing.

Ever since some changes occurred in the royal steel workshop, he began to think about this issue.

Judging from the way he does things, he doesn't look like a politician at all. Politicians care about interests, which may be tangible or intangible. However, someone who solves problems by killing them so brutally, he

This is the first time I have encountered one. No matter the gods of murder or some bandits in history, they have no such idea. What is going on?

Because he couldn't see through it, he needed everyone to test it.

Thinking of this, he called the butler and asked him to send an invitation to Zhang Liang, saying that he had got a jug of good wine and wanted to find someone to taste it.

The housekeeper nodded understandingly and went out, while he was lying comfortably on the lounge chair produced by Mingyue Xuan, thinking about how to deal with Ye Tan.

In such a short period of time, Zhang Liang lost two adopted sons, one died and the other was disabled. This was simply impossible for him to accept. Since he received the garden rewarded by His Majesty,

There has been almost no repairs. Although my home occupies more than half of the square, this is His Majesty's wish, and I can only accept it with a smile. However, although it looks ordinary from the outside, the things inside are extremely luxurious.

Simply speaking from the perspective of ancient values, Li Chengqian was not even worthy of carrying shoes for others.

But at this time, Zhang Liang was so angry that he threw the priceless coral in front of him to the ground. The red powder scattered in all directions, and the veins on his neck came out. He slapped the table and said, "Lawless."

At this time, a petite and a bit slutty woman appeared at the door. She didn't care about the dead person lying in the lobby, and walked in in a beautiful way. She originally wanted to say, why is the master angry, but when she saw

When he saw Zhang Yiqun on the ground, his heavily made-up face suddenly turned into ferocious anger and said, "Who did this?"

Zhang Liang's wife is his step-sister. He kicked off his wife's hair for this woman, but this woman has a very good ability, that is, she likes handsome men, and she soon fell in love with him.

A hat, the color is green, but although Zhang Liang was incompetent in fighting, he was absolutely powerful and generous in this regard. He directly forgave that person, and even adopted him as his adopted son, changing his name to Zhang Shen.

What a great person.

Although Mrs. Li was dissatisfied with Zhang Liang's adoption of so many adopted sons, Zhang Yiqun was surprised. Not only did this boy have a sweet mouth, but he also knew how to make himself happy. He was simply given to her by God, but she didn't expect that he would die.

Already.

The butler on the side came into play at this time. He bowed his hands and said, "Madam, this is Songzhou Hou Yetan."

"Songzhou Marquis, is that the one from the country?" Although Li is not from the Li family, she claims that she still has some connections. Anyway, after going around eighty turns, she can always find some connections, so she is at home.

Making a party is also fatal.

"Yes, Madam, today is Young Master Changsun's banquet. As a result, because of a quarrel, Ye Tan beat the Young Master to death." The housekeeper's words were quite satisfactory, but unfortunately in Li's ears, this was a provocation.

"You are so courageous. You dare to target my Zhang family. Why, who does he think he is?" After Mrs. Li said this, she looked at Zhang Liang and said, "Old man, what do you have to say?"

"This matter will never be like this, let it go, I need to think about it carefully." Zhang Liang said without caring at all, but the cold breath in his tone still made people feel scared, but at this time, Li made a

Bad idea, "How about you try with my senior brother?"

Mr. Li is not very talented, but he likes witchcraft. It must be said that he is also a strange person.

Zhang Liang's reputation was originally good. Although he didn't know how to fight, he knew how to be a good person. But after having such a "beautiful woman", he started to have random thoughts. Since ancient times, the art of witchcraft and bewitchment is better said to be the art of bewitchment.

There is a place for it.

"Master, there are people from the Changsun family outside asking to see you." A servant walked to the door and whispered.

Zhang Liang stood up and walked out of the room without answering Li's question.

With Mrs. Li's understanding of her husband, this matter can be done.

So, she said to the housekeeper, "Go and call my senior brother Xuan Jizi. This matter must not be let go."

Although Zhang Liang is not much different from Changsun Wuji in terms of status, this is only on the surface. His sister is the queen. This fact makes Changsun Wuji unable to fully display his strengths many times, but what?

, but also from another perspective, it protected him.

Therefore, although he was just a housekeeper, Zhang Liang still asked his subordinates to watch the tea and serve him.

The most terrifying people in this world are often these inconspicuous people. Unfortunately, such people are very inconspicuous.

"How can we invite the Duke to welcome us?" Sun Yu, the housekeeper of the Changsun family, walked over with a smile. Although the clothes were ordinary and not necessarily luxurious, they made people feel a sense of arrogance. Since ancient times, status has determined a person's temperament.

, this sentence is not a lie, but a truth, and the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister is not an empty talk.

"That's right, brother Yu, I don't know why you came to my house today?" Zhang Liang asked casually while drinking the property produced in Songzhou.

"I have two things to do here. The first is to express my apologies for the incident in which your son was killed, and to ask the Duke to put down his sadness." Changsun Yu said this without any sincerity.

What's the use of a dead person like a domestic slave?

"Don't blame Mr. Chong, I will take care of this matter." Zhang Liang is certainly not a fool, because the root of this matter is still in Ye Tan.

"Another thing is that our master doesn't know if he will have time when the prince is taking a rest in the next few days. I just got a bottle of good wine recently and would like to taste it with the prince." Changsun Yu said the last two words very seriously.

Zhong, this sentence means whether you go or not, it represents the relationship between us.

Zhang Liang was not a fool. He naturally knew what was going on, so he nodded and said, "Since it is the invitation from Lord Changsun, I will definitely go."

"Then the old slave resigned." After Chang Sunyu said that, he turned around and left. Then Zhang Liang gave instructions to his subordinates. When Chang Sunyu arrived at the door, he got a small package. The contents inside should not be heavy, but

When he left, he opened it and found the treasure inside, which simply devastated people's eyes.

At this time, in the steel workshop of Changsun's family, a group of people were watching the molten iron in the furnace reverse. Ever since Changsun Wuji got news about a person from the royal workshop, he started to let his subordinates start experiments. Unfortunately,

What they didn't know was that the core technology was not in the royal workshop, but in Ye Tan's hands.

Therefore, their specious ideas began to burst out here.

The Changsun family is not a steel family with exquisite craftsmanship. They just integrate it. Of course, this means that with your consent, I will take it and give you some benefits. If you don’t agree, then I will give you your

At the beginning, the expansion of the big family was in the name of serving the country and the people, but in the end it was an act that harmed the people. It has always been like this.

Because they are used as political bargaining chips, these people are not interested in the actual value of money and utilization at all, but are more interested in the value of these people.

"Come out of the oven." An old man suddenly shouted, looking at the bubbles appearing on the top.

Following an order, four naked strong men shook a big handle, and then the strange-colored molten iron was poured into a huge grinding tool. After a burst of white smoke came over, several people were stunned.

Staring at this furnace of molten iron, the things floating on it are really messy and dazzling.

In the opinion of the old blacksmith, this thing cannot be the so-called blue steel method, but he dare not say it, although he is also a person with a say in the steel workshop of Changsun's family. Unfortunately,

In fact, such a right to speak is useless. It is said that this news was obtained by a very powerful character in the Changsun family, and then they started to experiment. At the beginning, when a strong young blacksmith said that this thing was not possible, he was

The man was chopped to death with a knife and thrown outside. After this, no one dared to think nonsense.

As the heat slowly dissipated, the piece of iron soon took shape. Unfortunately, with the eyes of the old blacksmith, he knew that this was a piece of scrap iron and was of no use at all. However, there was a guy with triangular eyes standing behind him.

, he still asked people to take out the iron block, and then asked him to find a small hammer and start hammering it. No matter what kind of steel it is, if it wants to be a good piece of steel when it comes out, it needs to be hammered.

It's a pity that this thing was broken quickly, and the man named Mr. Lu snorted and looked at these people, turned around and left. It seemed that he didn't know who he was punishing or what. Anyway, he

After leaving, everyone felt more relaxed.

"Grandpa Xue, this is obviously a piece of scrap metal. Why doesn't he believe it?" A strong, somewhat elf-like man quickly said to the old man after seeing Mr. Lu leave.

The old man looked at the colorful piece of scrap metal on the ground that looked like paint, and sighed, "Little hat, what are you talking about? Have you forgotten about the cabin? We just do what the people above told us.

We don’t care about other things.”

When they thought that the hut was hacked to death on the spot because of a superfluous word, everyone sighed, and then everyone turned around and went about their own business, while the old man looked at the piece of steel on the ground and sighed, "How could it be like this?

, plus fuel, it’s just what they can think of.”

Mr. Lu's eldest grandson's surname was not surnamed. This was probably the most unbearable thing for him in his life. Because this surname did not make him feel that his parents were both disgusting, so when he came out, he went to find the person who had called him for the news.

The person who handed it over could not tell Changsun Wuji about this matter in advance, although he knew that the other party did not know that this was impossible, but he wanted to make amends more.

Mr. Lu left here quickly, and then quickly went to a place called Jiaomuxuan, which was a manor of the Changsun family. On the surface, it seemed to be a place to arrange some elderly people in the family, but Mr. Lu knew that there was the Changsun family.

information center.

When he arrived at the door, he did not rush in directly, but took out a small sign from his waist and handed it over. Then an old man whose waist was hanging to the ground walked in, took a look and said, Bingsan.

His status is actually not high, so when he wants to get some information, he can only go to Bingsan, which is a low position.

But he didn't dare to say anything, nodded, and walked in.

The manor was very large, but unfortunately, he was not qualified to ride a horse, so he left on foot.

After walking a stick of incense, I went to Bingsan's place. I took a quick look and walked straight in. I found a middle-aged man who was sorting information there and said, "Uncle Meng, I'm here."

"Ah, it's Xiaolu, what's wrong?" Uncle Meng was young, but he still had good qualifications. He took one look and said with a smile.

"Uncle Meng, there was something wrong with the steel formula that the person before gave me, and what he produced was scum." Although he was called a little deer, he was not angry at all. Instead, he seemed to feel a little honored and said coquettishly.

"Haha, it definitely can't be true. This is the first time I've heard of adding fuel to make steel. Do you think the fuel can't be melted directly in such hot molten iron?" Uncle Meng said with a smile.

"Yeah, I think so too, but I don't know who the bastard actually told the head of the family. If we don't get this formula by then, everyone will have to eat it." Xiaolu said a little annoyed. As for saying

Who said this is not clear.

"This kind of thing is not easy to produce results. Unless someone from the royal family is willing to let us see it, we can get some benefits." Although Uncle Meng doesn't know how to make steel, he understands human feelings and explained.

"Yeah, it's a pity that the chances of getting these good things from them have become less and less recently." Xiaolu's words are reasonable. Since Li Shimin became the emperor, there has been less contact between the supervisor and them.

Because the Changsun family controls a large part of Datang's steel industry, this is not a good thing for the country.

"I heard that Songzhou Hou Yetan was also involved in this matter. How about you go find him and try?" Uncle Meng gave a suggestion.

But Xiaolu shook his head and said, "That's impossible. I heard today that he just ruined Mr. Chong's face. It seems that he really doesn't want to deal with our eldest son's family. It's simply inappropriate to find him at this time."

Possible things."

"It won't work this way, and it won't work that way. Are we just going to watch Royal Tie Zuofang grow bigger and bigger?" Uncle Meng suddenly asked angrily. If this kind of thing really happened, it would not be a good thing for the eldest son's family.

oh.

"Isn't there recent abnormal news similar to the steel industry across the country?" Xiaolu really wants to know similar news now, because the more important news will always be summarized after a while.

"It's really not the case. Now the Changsun family has almost all the iron smelting in the country. Do you think it's possible?" Uncle Meng said with a wry smile. Then he suddenly remembered something and hurriedly picked up a piece of information he had sent before.

I pulled out a piece of news, "There is a family in Tongzhou that is good at making swords, called the Jiang family. There was a Zizhu sword sect before, but it was later wiped out. It is said that their swords were produced in very small quantities, but they were extremely sharp.

"

Xiaolu took out the information and took a look. Although he found that it had nothing to do with it, he still had the urge to take a look.

"Uncle Meng, I plan to go and have a look, just to try my luck." Xiaolu actually has another idea. If someone is unlucky recently, he can avoid it.

Uncle Meng glanced at him and said, "It's okay. You've been too exhausted recently. You might as well find a place to rest."

"Then I'll take my leave, kid." After Xiaolu said that, he turned around and left. Uncle Meng looked at his leaving figure and murmured, "Boy, if you want to hide away, please go and help me."

Come on, I'll let you run a little longer."
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