So far, Zhao Ji has received military reports on the whereabouts of Liangshan Song Jiang and other bandits, and they have arrived in Haizhou...

Zhao Ji knew for sure that Haizhou had the great nemesis of Liangshan’s “heroes”—Haizhou Zhizhou Zhang Shuye!

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at this time,

Zhao Ji sat on the dragon chair, holding the dragon table with his left hand, and stretched his right hand forward with the palm of his hand, facing Yuanyan; as if he was facing the famous official Li Gang who was hundreds of miles away, he said loudly:

"I worship Li Gang as Minister Zuocheng and give him a bachelor's degree in Guanwen Palace! I will reward him with three hundred taels of gold!"

All the civil and military officials above the main hall knelt down and shouted in unison:

"Your majesty is wise. Long live my emperor..."

Zhao Ji, who was sitting high on the dragon chair, looked majestic, waved his hand and said happily:

"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."

The ministers stood up and returned to the train...

Zhao Ji stared at the end of the civil service train and saw Zhang Jun, a handsome young civil service officer, and said loudly:

"My imperial edict to reward Zongze and Li Gang, my two beloved ministers, was drafted on my behalf by Zhang Jun from Zhongshushe!"

At this time, Zhang Jun, who was only twenty-four years old this year, immediately felt excited when he heard Zhao Guan's roll call.

Zhang Jun was so flattered that he knelt down and said:

"The humble minister Zhang Jun obeys the order!"

Zhao Ji smiled and looked at Zhang Jun, the famous official who was admitted to Jinshi High School three years ago, and thought to himself: "If I, a time traveler, didn't know that you, Zhang Jun, would be a famous official of the Song Dynasty in the future, how could I not travel thousands of miles away?

How about calling Cao Shenjun, a young scholar from Shannan Prefecture, back to the capital to take up the position of Zhongshu Sheren with such a promising future?"

Zhao Jidao said: "Zhang Aiqing is a real person. When drafting the imperial edict, he must write down my praise and praise for Zongze and Li Gang!"

Zhang Jun paid his respects again and said: "The humble minister Zhang Jun obeys the decree and will never let down the holy hope!"

Zhao Ji nodded with satisfaction.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Zhang Jun has been recalled to the capital by Zhao Ji for more than two months. After Zhao Ji’s inspection in the past two months, he discovered that Zhang Jun

Junzhi is indeed as recorded in the history books: he has the ambition to help the times, is upright and awe-inspiring, has natural talent and loyalty, has both civil and military talents, diligently serves the country, and is humble and honorable.

However, Zhao Ji was also afraid that Zhang Jun was as ambitious and talented as some historians concluded. Zhang Jun became a general and humiliated the country by losing his army. Zhang Jun became a general three times and was defeated three times...

Therefore, through the inspection over the past two months, Zhao Ji has found that Zhang Jun is indeed a good candidate to be a loyal and upright civil servant. As for letting him command the army as a general, he has not even thought about it.

Zhao Ji asked the ministers: "My dear friends, do you still have this memorial?"

The new imperial censor, Cao Fu, came out of the procession, knelt down to pay homage, and began to sing with a cheerful smile:

"Wei Chen, Cao Fu, has something to report to Your Majesty. Because of this matter, Wei Chen just learned about it when he left the mansion and entered the court today, so he was unable to write a memorial."

Zhao Ji looked at this loyal minister Cao Fu who dared to tell the original owner of his body, Song Huizong, not to "sleep in a prostitute's house", and found that Cao Fu who was participating in the political discussion today was not as downcast as before.

Serious look.

On the contrary, today's Cao Fu couldn't hide the smile of excitement and joy on his face.

Zhao Jidao: "Since you have something to report to me, Cao Aiqing will tell you quickly."

Cao Fu said: "Previously, before your imperial commander personally conquered Fangla, your Majesty gave the humble minister Cao Fu the responsibility of supervising the steel forging workshop.

Moreover, His Majesty once said that the [Steel Reunion Method] and the [Hundred-Refined Steel Method] that were popular in the Song Dynasty were both time-consuming and labor-intensive.

His Majesty once wrote a new book on rice paper called "Converter Steelmaking Method", and drew a drawing of a converter that looks like a pear, and marked the drawing:

'This is a converter. The inner wall is made of refractory bricks. There are many small holes (called tuyeres) on the side of the furnace to allow air to blow into the furnace from these small holes.'

Your Majesty asked me to supervise the old craftsmen in the steel forging workshop. When conducting experiments on the converter steelmaking method, the raw materials used can be pig iron, iron ore, or scrap steel.

After smelting it into hot red molten iron, add a certain amount of quicklime, and use a hair dryer to blow wind into the molten pig iron. After the molten iron cools,

Throw away the slag and keep the fine steel.’”

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "Of course I remember this.

When I returned from conquering Fangla in triumph, I summoned Cao Aiqing in private and asked whether the new steel-making method had been successfully tested at the steel forging workshop.

At that time, Cao Aiqing once said that he repeated the tests three to five times a day and conducted a total of hundreds of tests on the "converter steelmaking method", but they all ended in failure!

Even though I have inquired about this matter in recent days, the steel forging workshop has gone through more than 300 tests and still has not been able to successfully test the converter steelmaking method according to the drawings I drew."

However, Cao Fu excitedly began to report: "Today, it is for this matter that I am reporting to Your Majesty..."

Zhao Ji smiled slightly and knew something in his mind. Before Cao Fu could finish speaking, he asked:

"Today, I see Cao Aiqing beaming with joy. Could it be that the experiment of the 'converter steelmaking method' at the steel forging workshop was successful?"

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[PS: Three pitfalls buried in the previous book have been filled in in this chapter. I wonder, readers, do you still remember? In the 100th chapter of this book, Zhao Ji, the time traveler, let

Cao Fu supervised the affairs of the steel forging workshop and drew the drawings of the 'converter steelmaking method', and asked the old craftsmen there who had steel forging experience to build a miniature pilot plant for experiments.】
Chapter completed!