I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 57: The Sorrow of Shi Changshi
The next step is to smelt ferrochromium alloy, which is completely like opening a blind box.

The main form of chromium metal in nature is chromite ore, but Zhu Houxuan had no ability to measure the chromium content in chromite ore, so he could only add chromite ore powder based on his feeling.

Moreover, he cannot control the carbon content in the molten steel. Two important variables cannot be controlled. Isn't this just opening a blind box?
Next, he started 5 more furnaces in succession, 3 of which were directly scrapped because of poor temperature control, while two were successful. The performance of one furnace of steel was not very good, while the last furnace of steel showed excellent performance.

God still favored Zhu Houxuan, and he immediately decided to use this furnace of ferrochrome alloy steel to start the final Damascus forging work.

By this time it was already mid-August, and the Emperor Zhengde's birthday was on October 8th. It would take at least 20 days to travel from Qizhou to Beijing, so he only had a month and a half to build it.

During the time he was busy making steel, the weaving mill finally reached its originally designed production capacity.

Yu Zhong, the governor of Qizhou, also came to the palace to express his gratitude. Zhu Houxuan's decision not to build the mausoleum relieved him of a lot of pressure.

At the same time, Zhu Houxuan's decision not to build a mausoleum also spread to the people of Qizhou, further enhancing his good reputation in Qizhou.

But this level of good reputation was a complete burden for Zhu Houxun. After thinking it over again and again, he decided to play a trick to defile himself.

But there are some rules for self-pollution. What he had done before, that alchemy furnace, was a form of self-pollution, but the effect was actually average.

Because alchemy was quite popular in the Ming Dynasty, it was considered a laborious activity in the eyes of scholars and emperors.

This time, Zhu Houxuan chose to defile himself by picking up the forging hammer again. This is different in nature as it is a laborious act.

Those who work with their minds rule others, and those who work with their hands are ruled by others. The literati all claim to be those who work with their minds, and they naturally discriminate against those who work with their hands.

If we use the data in the game to quantify Zhu Houxuan's move, then his favorability with the literati is now minus 30, and his favorability with the workers is plus 40.

"Bang!" The door of the Changshisi was suddenly opened.

Shi Changshi walked into the Changshi Division with an extremely gloomy expression.

The other officials of the Chief Secretary's Office looked at Chief Secretary Shi in surprise.

"Shi Changshi, has anyone offended you? Why do you look so bad?" Zhan Bin heard the noise and came out of his room and asked in surprise.

"Zhan Changshi, I'm looking for you?" Shi Changshi grabbed Zhan Bin.

Then he said to the other officials, "You guys go out and stay away for a while. I have something important to discuss with Zhan Changshi."

Then he pulled Zhan Changshi into his room.

"Shi Changshi, what are you doing in broad daylight? Is there something urgent that requires you to make up your mind?" Zhan Bin was a little confused.

Shi Changshi first drank a glass of water in one breath, took a breath and said, "I came to you today to ask you to persuade the young prince. He is too unreasonable now! Do you know what he is doing today?"

"What's wrong with the young prince?" Zhan Bin asked hurriedly.

"I just passed by Gongzheng Office and found the young prince working as a blacksmith inside. He had his upper body exposed like the other craftsmen. This is totally disgraceful and disgraceful!" Shi Changshi said with great sorrow.

"So you didn't go to persuade him then?" Hearing this, Zhan Bin relaxed a little. "I went, but the young prince didn't take it seriously at all. I went to the dowager, but she didn't seem to take it seriously either." Shi Changshi said depressedly.

"Then why did Brother Shi come to me? I can't do anything about it!"

"As the chief historians of the palace, our duty is to assist the prince in walking the right path. Now that the prince has embarked on the wrong path, we should come forward together to give him the most solemn and severe advice!" Chief historian Shi was a little hysterical.

"What if the young prince doesn't listen to our advice?"

"Then we will submit a petition to His Majesty and let Him make the decision!"

Zhan Bin couldn't help but roll his eyes, feeling extremely helpless. "Why did Brother Shi react so strongly? I still have the same opinion as before. I don't think the matter of the young prince forging iron is serious. I can go with Brother Shi to persuade the young prince, but if the young prince doesn't listen, there is no need to report to His Majesty."

"Not serious? This is not serious! Why is there no need to report to His Majesty?"

"I have been a colleague with Brother Shi for several years, and I think I can explain some things to Brother Shi more clearly." Zhan Bin approached Shi Changshi and spoke in a low voice.

"Brother Zhan, please speak!"

"Let me tell you something that will hit you hard. Do you think Your Majesty wants the young prince to follow the right path? Isn't it exactly what Your Majesty wants to see the young prince working as a blacksmith, making elixirs, and choreographing new plays in his mansion? If we submit a memorial to Your Majesty about this matter, will Your Majesty think that we are meddling and incompetent?" Zhan Bin looked at Shi Changshi deeply.

Shi Changshi was stunned and wanted to refute, but he was speechless.

Zhan Bin looked down on Shi Changshi again, but he continued to strike while the iron was hot, saying, "So we just need to do our best. We can't do anything else. After all, the young prince is a descendant of the royal family. What can we do to him?"

Shi Changshi remained silent, seemingly convinced.

"In fact, I think the young prince is very smart. I guess forging iron is just a way for him to defile himself. He refused to repair the mausoleum some time ago."

"Defile himself?!" Shi Changshi exploded for some reason. "It's nice for him to defile himself, but has he ever thought about us? Has he ever thought about us?" Shi Changshi became excited.

Now it was Zhan Bin's turn to be confused. He failed to understand Shi Changshi's train of thought.

"What does Shi Changshi mean by this?"

"He goes to forge iron and disgrace himself, but the name of the Blacksmith Prince spreads throughout the world and remains unscathed. But what about us officials? If a Blacksmith Prince appears during our tenure, people all over the world will laugh at us, and when we are transferred to become officials in other places in the future, this will be a stain on our careers! How can we get promoted in the future?" Shi Changshi growled, with veins bulging on his forehead.

"It is impossible for us to be transferred to other places to serve as officials. The Chief Secretary of the Royal Palace is the pinnacle and the end of our official career." Zhan Bin said very calmly.

"That's you! Not me!" Shi Changshi looked like a madman, his hair and beard standing on end, he no longer cared.

"You are just a Juren. If you can achieve the fifth rank in your life, you will be satisfied. But I am different! I am a Jinshi. After twenty years of hard study, I was able to pass the imperial examination and have my name read out in front of the audience. Being the Chief Clerk of the Royal Palace should not be the end of my official career, nor can it be the end of my official career!"

Zhan Bin's face darkened. He looked at Shi Changshi, who had become an extremely unfamiliar figure in front of him, and suddenly understood why he had done all that before.

Another poor man driven crazy by the feudal system
(End of this chapter)