Zhao Hao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, just wait patiently for a while, and you will see the results!"
"By the way, during this period of time, I may have to go to the smelting workshop in Qinzhou."
"If possible, we will expand the scale of the smelting workshop."
"This way, we can speed up preparations for war."
Jiang Wan'er nodded: "Okay, even if you don't tell me, I was planning to tell you about this."
"The court will give you 300,000 strings of cash, and you will go and expand the smelting workshop."
When Zhao Hao heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "Your Majesty, can you take out 300,000 strings of cash in one go?"
Jiang Wan'er said: "After two years of development, Chaotingha City has accumulated some."
"Just go ahead and do it!"
Zhao Hao walked forward and suddenly kissed Jiang Wan'er on the forehead.
"Okay, with your majesty's support, this matter will be much easier to handle."
After leaving the palace, Zhao Hao went to Su Garden again, and then briefly told Xie Ying about the meeting between Jiang Wan'er and her and James tomorrow.
Xie Ying asked, "Will the Lord not come with us to the palace to see the Emperor?"
Zhao Hao shook his head and said, "Don't be nervous, His Majesty is not that scary, just take James with you."
"I have to pack up and go to Qinzhou in the next two days."
"After you meet His Majesty, leave James in the Imperial Capital first, and then you and Elder Lin will go back first."
"Then make preparations as soon as possible. At the end of the year, there is a high possibility that the imperial court will launch a war against the Kingdom of Yue."
"You must prepare in advance. Not only must you divert Yue's attention with your military strength, but you must also stockpile as much supplies as possible."
Xie Ying nodded: "Yes!"
Zhao Hao said, "Okay, I'll leave first. By the way, you can take these men to the first floor and let them have a good look around the Imperial Capital."
After explaining things to Xie Ying, Zhao Hao left Su Garden and returned to the princess's mansion.
Three days later, Zhao Hao officially set off for Qinzhou.
After arriving in Qinzhou, Zhao Hao began to work on the night smelting workshop.
And, he also inspected his big black pipe.
So far, more than twenty have been accumulated.
Don’t think that this number is small. It took the craftsmen more than two years to make them, working day and night.
The reason why Zhao Hao mentioned the need to expand the smelting workshop was to increase the manufacturing progress of this big black pipe.
There are three mines and nearly 30,000 miners in total, so the scale of mining is limited.
Previously there was only one smelting workshop, which was not enough to handle the current mining volume.
If another one is built, the amount of raw stones to be mined will be slightly insufficient.
However, in order to increase the speed, he still has to build another one.
Wang Mengyu and Zheng Zhiqian were both very happy when Zhao Hao arrived.
Then, under his arrangement, the site selection and workshop completion matters were immediately promoted.
Two months later, the workshop was basically completed, and Zhao Hao sent some reliable craftsmen to join in the production of the big black pipe.
In this way, two large black tubes can be produced within a month.
In this way, by next year, the number of big black tubes should be close to fifty.
Once it reaches this scale, it can basically play a decisive role in victory or defeat on the battlefield.
However, he has not yet conducted any specific experiments, nor has he made the big black ball.
I don’t know what quality this big black tube can achieve now.
According to Zhao Hao's estimation, if each big black tube could fire more than fifty big black balls, that would be considered an ideal situation.
Maybe it could be better.
However, without specific training, he could not be sure for the time being.
The reason why he didn't conduct the experiment was because he didn't want to expose this powerful weapon right now.
Moreover, let alone being able to give out fifty big black balls, even if you can only give out twenty, you will have to bear with it.
Because this is the best manufacturing process he can come up with at the moment.
After entering July, all the work here was done, and Zhao Hao returned to Dijing with Zheng Zhiqian.
The reason why Lao Zheng came back with him was because Lao Zheng's family arranged a marriage for him.
This is a big deal, so naturally I have to come back and take care of it.
The convoy headed north.
In the carriage.
Zheng Zhiqian's mood was not very good. He kept sighing and looked uncomfortable.
"Old Zheng, you are not young anymore. You should have been married a long time ago."
"Why do you look like you ate a dead child?"
"What's your situation?"
Zheng Zhiqian sighed again and said, "You don't know who I'm going to marry."
Zhao Hao was startled and asked, "Yes, who are you going to marry? I really don't know!"
Zheng Zhiqian said with a bitter face: "My cousin, do you know how old she is this year?"
"Fourteen!"
"Brother Hao, how can you make me happy?"
"I am already in my twenties, and I am going to marry a fourteen-year-old."
"Isn't this nonsense?"
Zhao Hao thought about it and said, "Now that you put it that way, it's really quite ridiculous."
"Fourteen years old..."
“It’s really too small!”
Zheng Zhiqian said, "Who said it wasn't? I wrote back and told them it wasn't possible. At least find someone bigger."
"But they refused to agree to anything, insisting that it was their parents' order and the matchmaker's words."
"What do you mean by close relatives?"
Zhao Hao said: "Just take it easy. The child is too young, so don't rush to consummate the marriage!"
"It could easily lead to someone's death!"
"I'm not trying to scare you, bro!"
Zheng Zhiqian rolled his eyes and said, "What are you thinking about!"
"The reason why I don't want to is that my cousin is too young, that's just one reason."
"Another reason is that I am only a bastard after all, and they were unwilling to marry me before."
"Just my oldest cousin, who is about the same age as me."
"We two grew up together..."
"Now, seeing that I am valued by His Majesty and in charge of the most important smelting workshop, he wants to give my little cousin to me."
When Zhao Hao heard this, he suddenly understood.
It turns out that there is another reason why Lao Zheng was unwilling to get married like this.
He couldn't help but say: "If you really don't want to, just refuse it."
"A man who is a man should have no trouble finding a wife."
"Besides, with your current status and position in the family, do they really dare to force you to do anything?"
Zheng Zhiqian couldn't help but sigh again and said, "Brother Hao, I understand what you mean."
"But I don't want to make the relationship too awkward. After all, that's not good."
"As long as they don't go too far, I'll turn a blind eye."
Zhao Hao curled his lips and said, "You are always thinking about others, but have they ever thought about you?"
"Forget it, I won't say much. Just remember that no matter what decision you make, I will definitely support you!"
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