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"Long live King Qin, long live, long live!"

The ministers shouted in unison, and the sound shook Liang Yu.

With the unification of more and more provinces in Great Qin, the cultural and martial arts brought by Qin Mu made Qin Mu's prestige flourish.

He went to the palace with a sword, and the black embroidered gold dragon's royal robe was unfurled, and when his eyes swept over His Highness's ministers, no one dared to face it.

When he sat down on the dragon chair, the group went out of work again, and shouted in unison: "Congratulations to King Wu, pacify Fujian!" Again to absorb the new soil, Weiga Haine. ”

"All the ministers are exempt!"

Waiting for the ministers above the third rank to sit down, Qin Mu said solemnly: "This time, this king is hunting in the south, and Fujian is taking it back, but it is still far from what Zhongqing said about Weijiahai. North of the Huai River, the remnants are in tears and look south to Wang Shi for another year. Thinking of this, we monarchs and ministers are not worthy of our hearts! ”

As soon as the ministers heard this, they had to quickly get up again and bow down to worship, "The ministers are incompetent, ashamed of the king, ashamed of hundreds of millions of people, please ask the king of Qin to surrender." ”

Among them, Sima An, the first assistant of the cabinet, heard a different meaning from Qin Mu's words, and Qin Mu mentioned the north of the Huai River as soon as he opened his mouth, which was already obvious.

"The secretaries don't have to be polite, in the past two or three months, the court has been operating normally, the secretaries are conscientious and conscientious, and they are fulfilling their duties.

"The ministers don't dare to slack off."

"Alright, now, let's play it in the morning."

Lu Zhenfei, a scholar of Jianji Palace, first came out of the class and said: "King Qin, I just received Liu Wenxiu's surrender this morning, he confessed his sins on the table, and asked King Qin for forgiveness, and I am willing to lead 30,000 people to join Great Qin and wait for King Qin." ”

Lu Zhenfei said, holding Liu Wenxiu's descending table high above the top, Han Zanzhou hurriedly stepped down from the Danqi and presented the descending table;

Liu Wenxiu's words on the table are humble. He didn't mention any more conditions, probably because his situation was becoming more and more difficult for a while, and seeing that Guizhou, Yunnan, and Fujian were all included in the rule of Daqin, he knew that the general trend was irreversible, so he hurriedly changed his attitude.

Qin Mu nodded with satisfaction after reading the table, although Liu Wenxiu's twenty or thirty thousand horses may not be able to become a big problem, they are always like a stalk in the throat, which makes people uncomfortable.

"Do you think it's appropriate for the ministers to settle Liu Wenxiu's subordinates?"

Qin Qiubai, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, came out of the class and said: "Playing the King of Qin, Liu Wenxiu refused to return to Daqin several times. Now that the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he is forced to lead the troops to return to Shun because of the situation, which shows that his heart is not sincere, and the minister thinks that Liu Wenxiu cannot be reused, and he can be given a title, and his department will be ordered to return to agriculture. ”

Lu Zhenfei had a different opinion on this, and he said, "King Qin. Liu Wenxiu's department, after many battles, did not have some elite people, and the ministers thought it. Among them, they can be selected for their courage and reorganized, and Liu Wenxiu himself can be given the post of guerrilla. Don't go any higher. ”

Qin Mu then asked Sima Andao, "What does Master Sima think?" ”

"Back to the King of Qin, the minister agrees with the plan for the disposal of the scholar of Lu."

"Okay, then let's leave it at that. Qin Yiming was ordered to be responsible for the reorganization of Liu Wenxiu's department, and Liu Wenxiu himself was transferred to Meng Ke, the former military governor, to serve as a guerrilla general. ”

After dealing with this matter, Qin Mu directly named him: "Huang Zhenlin." ”

"The minister is here."

"How's Miyagi going?"

"Qi Qin Wang, since entering the rainy season this year, the rain has continued, and the progress of the project has been delayed a lot, it is estimated that it will not be completed until July, and the cost may exceed the budget by 300,000 taels, the minister is incompetent, please punish the King of Qin."

Huang Zhenlin's face was full of helplessness, there were unforeseen circumstances, and he couldn't help it.

The continuous rain was very good for farming, but it had a huge impact on his project, and in the rain, a lot of work could not be done.

And 100,000 laborers, no matter whether it rains or not, you have to open your mouth to eat, and the construction period is delayed, and the cost will inevitably increase. 300,000 taels is not a small amount, and some provinces pay taxes in a year and do not have 300,000 silver.

"Huang Qing is trying to speed up the progress by all means, just step down." Qin Mu didn't blame him either.

"Thank you, King Qin."

The morning court meeting lasted for two and a half hours, and Qin Mu went to Ningbo for two or three months, and the court accumulated a lot of political affairs. Ministers from the third rank and above have a seat, which is better. Those ministers who are below the third rank are really numb on their feet.

After leaving the early dynasty, Qin Mu returned to the back garden and hurriedly used some snacks, and immediately summoned Song Yingxing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Shang Xi.

Shangxi brought a piece of carbon steel, two feet long, half a foot wide, and eight centimeters thick. Qin Mu took it to his hand and looked at it, and found that the texture on the surface of this iron plate was obviously finer than before, and the feel was heavier.

In the past, ordinary steel was not high enough due to the temperature of the smelting furnace, and most of the cast iron with poor density was smelted, which was brittle and easy to break.

"Old cow, find a hammer and try to beat this carbon steel frame a few times."

"Yes." Niu Wanshan was as strong as a cow, walking and kicking soundly, and soon found a hammer.

According to Qin Mu's meaning, Li Shi put the fast carbon steel on the two stones, and Niu Wanshan beat it vigorously with a hammer, "Dang!" While! "The sound is crisp, deafening and painful.

"Okay, stop!" Qin Mu picked up the piece of carbon steel again, although it was bent, there were no cracks, and the hardness and strength were not the same as the previous steel.

Then Qin Mu asked Li Shi to take a sword and slash, sparks splashed, and there were some gaps between the sword and the carbon steel, which means that this kind of carbon steel is almost comparable to the previous hundred refining steel.

Qin Mu was overjoyed when he saw it, and said to Song Yingxing: "Song Shangshu, this king asked you to use this kind of carbon steel to cast cannon barrels and gun barrels, have you cast them?" ”

Song Yingxing arched his hand and said: "Back to the King of Qin, the minister has ordered the Ma'anshan Mine to be handled according to the order, but now the finished product has not been sent back to the capital, and it is expected that it will take a few more days." ”

"Well, once it is cast into a cannon barrel and a barrel, it is immediately and repeatedly tested to see how strong it is. By the way, let Ma'anshan vacate a furnace, specially used for testing, as far as this king knows, add more carbon, the steel hardness is high, it will become brittle and easy to break, less carbon, steel toughness, but the hardness is not enough, you have to test more, record the test value, and then you can add carbon quantitatively as needed. ”

"Yes, King Qin."

"Also, don't be satisfied with this achievement, keep trying to add other minerals to smelt together, and keep groping."

"Obey."

"Shangxi."

"The grass people meet the king of Qin in the grass people, long live the king of Qin, long live, long live." Shang Xi hurriedly came up and kowtowed, looking excited.

Qin Mu said with a smile: "Very good, Daqin needs talents like you the most, and you don't have to call yourself a grass man in the future, this king gives you the position of a member of the Ministry of Labor, and in the future, Ma'anshan Mine will set up a research and development department, and you will be in charge, specializing in testing research and development, I hope you can continue to improve the blast furnace and continue to develop better steel and other alloys." ”

"Grass Minchen Thank Lord Longen, thank Lord Longen"

Shang Xi didn't know what to say for a while, his words were choked, his eyes were full of tears, and he was very excited.

Qin Mu said with a smile: "Get up, no matter how well you say it, it's better to do it well, you did a good job." Come to someone, take a thousand taels of silver, and give it to the monk. ”

Qin Mu earnestly instructed for a while before Shang Xi stepped down.

Immediately afterwards, Qin Mu summoned the cabinet ministers and the chief officials of the six ministries to the imperial study.

In the morning at the court meeting, Qin Mu mentioned that "the remnants are in tears, and the south is looking at the king for another year", and Sima An knew that Qin Mu would have new measures at that time.

Sure enough, as soon as everyone entered the imperial study and sat down, Qin Mu immediately said: "On the way back to Beijing, Yang Shen, the secretary of Dali Temple, has a plan to enter this king, taking advantage of the difference between the summer harvest season in the north and the south, taking advantage of the fact that I am collecting grain in the south, and Huaibei is still in the northern expedition when it is not in the green, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty is caught off guard.

The king felt that this policy had merit, and summoned all the ministers today mainly to discuss this matter. ”

Yang Tinglin first came out and said: "King Qin, countless people in Huaibei have fallen into a bloody body, suffered miserably, have no food, and do not cover their bodies.

It's just that the Northern Expedition is a matter of great importance, and it is necessary to make all preparations. Now it is the middle of April, not long after the summer grain harvest in the south, according to the policy of Dali Siqing, I am afraid that many things are not in time to prepare, it is inevitable to be in a hurry, it is better to wait until July, and wait for everything to be ready, and then sweep away the remnants of the Central Plains in one fell swoop. ”

Yang Tinglin's words are still very realistic, if you want to grab this time difference, it is indeed a bit hasty.

Qin Mu turned to the others and asked, "Do you have any other different opinions?" ”

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PS: Brothers and sisters, the chasing soldiers are approaching, urgently asking for a monthly pass, urgently asking for a monthly pass, urgently asking for a monthly pass, three calls to rest, please help brothers and sisters, monthly pass

(To be continued......)