"Duke Ying, I do know a way to make charcoal into coke. This kind of coke can be used to smelite. However, the quality of the iron refined in this way may be worse than that of charcoal. It should be no problem for civilian use. However, as for military weapons, I suggest that before fully mastering coke iron, charcoal will be used to smelite in important places like the army." Li Xiu thought for a moment and finally proposed this method.

Anyone who knows some history knows that Tang Dao, Mo Dao and others are definitely the pinnacle of ancient cold weapons. However, since the Tang Dynasty, the iron smelting technology in the Central Plains seems to have suddenly regressed a lot, and the quality of weapons is getting worse and worse. Especially in the Ming Dynasty, the standard weapons of the army were not as good as Japanese pirates, and the firearms they made often had the danger of explosion.

The reason for the above situation was mainly because coke iron smelting began to occupy the mainstream since the Song Dynasty. Although the use of coke greatly increased the output of steel in the Central Plains, the price paid was a significant decline in quality, which was absolutely fatal to the military. Therefore, Li Xiucai proposed that the weapons used in the Tang army should be made of the original charcoal.

"So that's it, but it's good even for civil use. Many farmers in my Tang Dynasty can't even afford iron farm tools. If you use the coke you mentioned, it should be able to reduce the cost." Samurai was a little disappointed when he heard that coke iron was best used only for civil use, but civil use was better than none, so he said happily in the end.

Seeing that Samurai Ting agreed, Li Xiu immediately explained the method of refining coke. In fact, he only knew the principles. As for how to actually operate, Samurai Ting needed to send people to explore. However, he controlled the real power of the Ministry of Works, and countless craftsmen under the Ministry of Works were waiting for his dispatch, so it was not difficult to find out the actual operation methods as long as he knew the principles and found out the actual operation methods.

Finally, Li Xiu added that not all carbohydrates can be made into qualified coke. In fact, only carbohydrates produced by a few carbohydrates are qualified. Therefore, Samurai must cooperate with Ma Ye first to take out some samples from his carbohydrates and see if there is any suitable one? However, as long as your luck is not particularly bad, you should be able to find a suitable carbohydrates ore.

With this method of charcoal iron smelter, Warriors can get enough political achievements. Then Li Yuan is surrounded by him. A position of Minister of Works will definitely not be able to escape. The Six Secretary of Works is definitely one of the core people in the Tang Dynasty. This also made Warriors very grateful to Li Xiu and toast Li Xiu to express his gratitude. He knew that Li Xiu would not drink, so he only needed to drink something similar to juice instead of drinking. I don’t know what this thing is called, so sour and sweet and delicious.

Warrior likes to make friends. He is also a very talkative person. He can chat a few words from all over the world. Li Xiu's knowledge is far beyond those of this era, so he can chat with Warrior, and Ma Ye also interjects a few words from time to time. On the surface, the three of them get along very happily.

Just when Li Xiu and the other two had a good chat, the rain outside finally stopped. Suddenly, two boys under ten years old ran into the garden and played and played not far away. The warrior frowned when he saw this. He was about to drive the two children away, but at this time he saw another little girl who was only two years old at most ran into the garden with clumsy steps. When he saw the two boys, he happily raised his hands and ran up, as if he wanted to play with the two boys.

But what was unexpected was that the two older boys ignored the little girl at all. Even the smaller boy pushed the little girl, but she fell to the ground all of a sudden and immediately burst into tears.

"Bastard!" When the warrior saw the scene of the little girl falling down, he couldn't help but roar, then accused Li Xiu and Ma Ye of guilt and left the corridor, strode over and scolded the two boys.

"Uncle Ma, those two children were born to Duke Ying's deceased wife?" Li Xiu asked Ma Ma as a scene not far away.

"Yes, the warrior is busy climbing up all day, but he ignores discipline for the children. These two children are so naughty. I guess there is no successor to the Wu family!" Mr. Ma said with a glass of wine at this time.

Li Xiu smiled and said nothing when he heard this. Ma Ye said that the Wu family's successor was very wrong. These two boys were indeed incompetent, but the unborn daughter of the Warrior was extremely powerful. The only recognized female emperor in the Central Plains dynasty can be said to be unprecedented. Except for her, no woman dared to take charge behind the scenes, and no one dared to ascend to the throne directly like her.

Just as the warrior scolded his two sons, a group of maids suddenly came to support a pregnant woman. Although this pregnant woman was already middle-aged, she still looked very beautiful, with a slightly bulging belly, and she looked like she was four or five months pregnant. The maids around her were also very careful to serve her.

If Li Xiu guessed it well, the pregnant woman should be Wu Meiniang's mother, Yang. It is said that she married Wu Shiyan in her forties, and she also became an elderly mother three times in a row. It was very difficult to give birth to the three Wu sisters.

After Yang arrived, he first coaxed his daughter a few words, and then advised Wu Shiqi to not be angry. Finally, he asked someone to take the Wu brothers away so that the samurai would not get angry when he saw them. From this point of view, Wu Shiqi was a reasonable daughter, but unfortunately she didn't know that after Wu Shiqi died, the mother and daughter were driven out of the house by the two little boys she had just protected.

After the two boys left, Wu Shishi returned to the corridor under Yang's persuasion. Yang also knew that there were guests here today, so he did not come over. Instead, he saluted Li Xiu and Ma Ye from afar, and then left with the little girl who had cried just now.

"I made you laugh!" After the warrior came back, he said apologetically to Li Xiu and Ma Ye. When such a thing happened in front of the guests, he, as the master, also felt his face was dull.

"Haha, it's okay, the child is just playing." Li Xiu smiled first at this time, and then he asked curiously, "Duke Ying Guo, is the one who just now the honorable lady?"

When Ma Ye heard this, he felt bad. Before Li Xiu came, he seemed to be very interested in Samurai's wife, and even asked if there was any question like having a child. If he asked such similar questions in person now, it would be too embarrassing. Maybe it would make Samurai misunderstand. But it was strange. The Martial Arts just now was already in her forties, so why would Li Xiu be interested in her?

"Haha~, Mr. Li guessed it well. The one just now was a slut. Speaking of which, thanks to His Majesty's marriage, Wu has such a virtuous support!" The warrior thought that Li Xiu was just asking casually, so he replied with a laugh. It can be seen that he was very satisfied with his second marriage.

"Duke Ying Guo is such a blessing!" To Mr. Ma's surprise, Li Xiu only praised Mrs. Yang at this time, and then said nothing, but this made him finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The reason why Li Xiu came to see Wu Shitao was mainly to understand the situation at Wu Meiniang's home. Now the purpose has been achieved, and he even saw Wu Meiniang's mother with his own eyes. The child she was pregnant with was Wu Zetian, the famous later generations. Li Xiu even wanted to show off and praise the child a few words, such as "no words" and so on.

However, Li Xiu then thought again that with his intervention, the history of the Tang Dynasty had changed, and Wu Meiniang's fate was likely to change. No one was sure whether she could ascend the throne, and maybe she would not even enter the palace, so she found an ordinary nobleman to marry and become an ordinary noble lady.

The banquet was drunk until the sunset. Ma Ye and the warrior were already drunk and sat there talking nonsense. Seeing that it was getting late, Li Xiu also stood up and said goodbye. However, Ma Ye was so drunk that he might not be able to ride a horse at all, so the people from the Martial Arts Mansion needed to arrange a carriage to take them back.

The warrior was also very drunk and could not see Li Xiu and the others away in person. At this time, the Mrs. Yang suddenly appeared again just now. Not only did he arrange someone to help the warrior down and rest, but he also asked someone to prepare a carriage for Li Xiu and the others and send Li Xiu and the others away from a distance. This also made Li Xiu have a good impression of this Mrs. Yang.

After leaving the Wu Mansion, the carriage quickly drove to the wide Zhuque Street. It was already sunset and it was about to be curfew. In addition, the weather was not good. Although the rain had stopped just now, it seemed that it would definitely go down again at night, so everyone on the street looked hurried, hoping to get home early.

Speaking of the curfew in Chang'an City, Li Xiu also had a lot of objection to this. The curfew was originally a rule implemented in order to prevent the enemy from siegeing the city at night during war, resulting in civil strife in the city. After the curfew, not only businesses are closed, but no one is allowed to walk on the streets, otherwise they will be arrested by Wu Hou for at least a few days.

However, the situation in the Tang Dynasty is becoming increasingly stable, especially Chang'an City is becoming more and more prosperous. In addition, there are the most garrisons inside and outside Chang'an City, so there is no need to worry about any major chaos in Chang'an City, so the curfew should have been lifted long ago. Many ministers in the court have definitely seen this, but no one is willing to take the initiative to raise it, mainly because they are afraid of chaos in the future. As a result, Chang'an's curfew seems to have continued until the demise of the Tang Dynasty and it cannot be lifted.

Just as Li Xiu was complaining about the curfew in Chang'an City in his heart, he looked out the window and suddenly saw two people in the crowd accidentally, which made him stunned and said, "Why are they here?" (To be continued.)

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