(Khan, everyone has a lot of opinions on the previous chapter. An explanation is given in the middle of this chapter.)
In the main hall, the emperor asked the minister next to him to read out the credit terms stated by Liu Jingming and ask everyone.
"It's treacherous!" Han Yue, the imperial censor, was immediately furious, "It's not a son of man to be so fussy about everything!"
As a result, the court hall immediately echoed with a chorus of curses.
Prime Minister Ouyang Si spoke quietly: "Master Yushi, what do you think the Black Iron Guild should do?"
"Of course it's a free donation!"
"Really? I heard that at the Imperial Censor's house, there are mountains of spiritual stones and pills rolling all over the floor. He also has his own Black Iron Trading Company. I wonder how the Imperial Censor is going to support the country?
Previously, the Zhang family promised to donate 5,000 tons of black iron with a purity of 95% in the next two months!"
"The Zhang family is the Zhang family, and the Xuantie Guild is the Xuantie Guild. The two cannot be confused."
The prime minister narrowed his eyes: "What I'm asking is, what are your Han family going to do?"
In the court hall, the atmosphere instantly solidified.
Prime Minister Ouyang Si's questioning forced Han Yue, the imperial censor, into a corner. Speaking of which, it was Han Yue who was looking for trouble on his own.
But Han Yue quickly said that we have already donated craftsmen, family guards, food, spiritual stones, etc., and many people in our family are serving in the military.
As for the Black Iron Guild, it is a private business organization that has not made any contribution to the country. What's wrong with asking him to donate something? Shouldn't it be!
The prime minister suddenly became angry: "Han Yue, now is not the time to be impulsive! The Black Iron Guild's proposal is very fair."
The people on the prime minister's side also began to complain, accusing Han Yue of speaking with his knees.
This said: The credit terms are good. It solved the country's financial problems, actively supported the Eastern Expedition, and ensured the people's support.
The one said: The credit terms are great. With it, the country can make further progress, and maybe it can turn things around.
Another said: The credit clause is wonderful, it really solves the urgent need, and it is universal.
But some wise men said: This credit clause also has two sides. If used excessively, it will bring down the country, so be careful.
After a long argument in the court, the emperor finally spoke: "Ouyang Si!"
"I'm here!" Prime Minister Ouyang Si took a step forward.
"Go to the Black Iron Guild in person and discuss the credit issue. The sooner the better; you can give some benefits to the Black Iron Guild, but you must not harm the national interests."
"yes."
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In the princess's mansion, in the pavilion, the princess listened quietly to the servants' report on the situation in the main hall. Finally, she sighed quietly, but stopped talking, and just looked at the east quietly, with deep sorrow in her eyes.
Hu Yinglan whispered: "Your Highness, it's already the second watch, you should rest."
The princess sighed again and shook her head slightly: "Tell me, why does my father not use it even though he has a good strategy? I don't believe that my father can't see it!"
Hu Yinglan whispered: "I don't know."
The princess glanced at Hu Yinglan and shook her head again, "They are all smart people. Unfortunately, they are all just clever!"
After that, he turned around and left the pavilion.
When Hu Yinglan heard this, she gritted her teeth and said, "I wonder if your Majesty wants to take this opportunity to weaken the Kingdom of Jinyang?
The Kingdom of Jinyang has not been very peaceful recently, and it was said a few years ago that it would unify all the Western countries."
The princess stopped and said without looking back: "What if you command the army?"
"Adopt the strategy of the hussar general."
"Where is the Kingdom of Jinyang?"
"After you are sure that you can win, it is not too late to let go."
The princess shook her head: "So, you are just a guard. How can you ensure that the Kingdom of Jinyang will not retain its power?"
"ah……"
The princess's voice suddenly turned cold: "The best way is to push the Kingdom of Jinyang to a dead end from the beginning! Let them have no way to hide their power!
Since the Kingdom of Jinyang has the idea of unifying the West, it must have hidden a lot of power."
"Ah... Your Highness, you and the Crown Prince of Jinyang Kingdom..."
"He doesn't deserve it!"
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The sky gradually became brighter, Zhang Hao stretched hard, and when he turned his head, he saw Zhou Jue's gentle smile.
"Are you awake?" Zhou Jue smiled gently.
Zhang Hao looked around and rubbed his eyes in embarrassment: "Sorry, I disturbed your rest."
"No, I want to thank you for being able to produce black iron with a purity of 99.2% in such a short period of time, and it meets our standards for refining alchemy furnaces."
"99.2%?" Zhang Hao repeated. Although he already had a guess in his mind, he still had no idea since he had not personally verified it.
Zhou Jue nodded solemnly: "That's right, 99.2%! And no harmful impurities were identified at all! This is even better than the black iron purchased from the East."
"Really? That's great. I wonder how many such black iron Xinglin Hall and Jiuyang Sect need?"
"How's the Zhang family's output?"
Zhang Hao waved his hand and stood up proudly, "Brother Zhou has seen our Zhang family's black iron production capacity. Give us some time. This kind of 99% pure black iron can produce more than ten tons a month. It should not be possible."
It’s a problem.”
What Zhang Hao said was very conservative. In fact, Zhang Hao has completely mastered the new production technology, and it is not a problem to produce ten tons per day. But it is better to hide his clumsiness.
99% of the black iron can be used to make spiritual weapons, which are higher-level spiritual weapons than magic weapons.
Black iron with a purity of 98% is worth as much as 90 to 100 medium-grade spiritual stones per kilogram in the Qixia Kingdom. As for the value of dark iron with 99% purity, it starts at ten times the price, and is priced in upper-grade spiritual stones.
As the purity of black iron increases, the difficulty of purifying black iron increases exponentially. Because of the traditional smelting method, black iron contains too many impurities that are difficult to remove. This also makes high-purity black iron more expensive.
As far as Zhang Hao knows, the value of black iron with a purity of 99% is comparable to rare spiritual materials such as Taibai Fine Gold and Star Fine Gold.
The most important thing is that there is a lot of black iron, so it can be used for many things; but there are too few materials such as white gold, so it is difficult to be of much use.
Quantity, sometimes really matters!
Zhou Jue looked at Zhang Hao for a long time, but did not speak directly. Instead, he said something else: "Let me tell you a story."
Zhang Hao consciously pulled up the stool and sat down.
"A long time ago, there was no Xinglin Hall in Xingchang County. At that time, Xingchang County was also very ordinary. People could only watch helplessly as the price of elixirs was manipulated by the outside world. Many people lost their money and could not get the elixirs for practice.
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Until a boy showed up.
The young man witnessed the reality and determined to make alchemy. But making alchemy is not easy.
The young man had nothing, and even the basic cultivation techniques were ordinary ones purchased from small vendors."
Zhou Jue's voice was long, and Zhang Hao's mind gradually calmed down, as if he saw a young man who had great ambitions and a world-wide ambition, but failed to achieve his goals, struggling hard on the road to his dreams.
Zhou Jue continued: "The young man thought of a trick, which is to learn from the strengths of other families.
The young man said that the country of Qixia actually has a second kind of alchemy inheritance. In addition to the centralized inheritance of the royal family, aristocratic families, sects, etc., there is also a discrete alchemy inheritance among the people."
"A wise man once said: If the etiquette is lost, go to the wilderness. It means that if the upper-level etiquette and music have collapsed, go to the people to look for it. There must be some inheritance among the people.
The same goes for spiritual practice and inheritance.
The same is true for the inheritance of alchemy.
However, folk inheritance is fragmented, mixed, good and bad, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. And there are many who cherish it.
The young man asked the groom about how to make Cao Ling Dan, and learned from the village doctor how to make hemostatic powder.
The boy knelt in the heavy snow for seven days in order to learn how to make a low-quality Peiyuan Dan.
He worked as a servant for three months in order to learn how to make an ordinary foundation-building pill.
In order to learn, he vowed to give back to everyone in the future."
Zhou Jue's tone was leisurely, and Zhang Hao seemed to be immersed in the scene.