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

Chapter 70 Full Firepower
The Qianqing Palace suddenly fell into silence. Everyone present stared blankly at Yu Chunlai, who looked like a mad tiger, and forgot what to do for a moment.

Zhang Yong stepped in front of Zhu Houzhao and said, "How dare you! How dare you roar in front of the emperor! Someone, come! Protect the emperor!"

The two guards wanted to step forward and control Yu Chunlai again, but they were pushed by Yu Chunlai and staggered.

"There is no rebellion in the Prince of Jing's Mansion! There is no rebellion in the Prince of Jing's Mansion!" Yu Chunlai shouted loudly, and his slightly hoarse voice kept echoing in the hall.

"Let him continue talking!" Zhu Houzhao, who had been observing the situation on the field, suddenly spoke up. Perhaps it was Yu Chunlai's sudden turn that aroused his interest, or perhaps it was Yu Chunlai's words that aroused some expectations in his heart.

"He alone can't hurt me! Let him continue talking!" Zhu Houzhao said with great confidence.

Now no one was trying to control Yu Chunlai. Yu Chunlai straightened his back, unlike his usual hunched appearance, and stared at Zhu Houzhao with sad and angry eyes. Being familiar with the style of dragon robes, he knew at a glance that this was the current emperor.

If today's discussion was about the business affairs of the Prince of Jing's Mansion, Yu Chunlai would only feel guilty, but if it was about the Prince of Jing's Mansion's rebellion, then he would only feel extremely aggrieved.

"Your Majesty! How could the Prince of Jing's Mansion possibly be plotting a rebellion? You don't know how much hardship and suffering my prince has endured in order to present a gift to Your Majesty's longevity." As Yu Chun spoke, tears flowed out like beads from a broken string. He felt sorry for Zhu Houxuan!

Everyone present was infected by Yu Chunlai's emotions and watched him cry silently.

"The prince told me half a year ago that the Ming Dynasty has been in turmoil in recent decades. The Mongols have frequently marched south, causing great suffering to the people of the Ming Dynasty. The current emperor is ambitious and is preparing for war to wipe out the decline of the Ming Dynasty. He is enjoying his life in the south and cannot do anything for the country. He can only do his best to forge a good sword for Your Majesty to carry with him!"

Yu Chunlai's words softened Zhu Houzhao's gaze a little, but the expressions of the two elders became much colder.

"I have been in the Prince of Jing's Mansion for more than 20 years. I watched the young prince grow up. To be frank, I treat the young prince like my own child! So when I saw the young prince getting up early and working late to forge swords, even in the scorching heat, and bearing the notoriety of the 'blacksmith prince', I felt so distressed that I cried! But the prince didn't care and never complained about the hardship. You have to know that he is a prince of the Ming Dynasty and was born with endless wealth and splendor. Why should he suffer this hardship and this punishment?"

Yu Chunlai wiped away his tears vigorously. He said these words from the bottom of his heart. From his perspective, Zhu Houxun's behavior was really like that. Of course, he didn't know that Zhu Houxun was actually enjoying it.

Every word of Yu Chunlai's words is heart-wrenching, and coupled with his dusty face, messy hair, the emotional appeal is extremely strong.

"Don't you want to know what the alchemy furnace in the mansion is used for? It is to refine fine steel. In order to avoid criticism, my prince pretended to refine alchemy. How can a peerless sword be made of ordinary steel! What my prince wants to refine is the essence of steel! One furnace requires 20,000 kilograms of pig iron! If you are lucky, you can refine a few kilograms of steel essence, but if you are unlucky, the 20,000 kilograms will be wasted. Do you know how many furnaces my prince refined to accumulate enough steel essence for forging the sword?"

"A total of thirty furnaces! Six hundred thousand kilograms of pig iron were used! It took three months!" Yu Chunlai said proudly, raising three fingers.

Thirty furnaces! Six hundred thousand catties of pig iron!

Everyone in the hall was shocked! This number was so impressive that even Zhu Houzhao was a little moved. In fact, Yu Chunlai's understanding of steelmaking was wrong. He thought that steelmaking was like alchemy, taking the essence of various things and refining a small pill, so he said "steel essence".

However, the Ming Dynasty emperors and ministers in the palace did not have much better understanding of steelmaking. It could even be said that their understanding of steelmaking coincided with Yu Chunlai's.

After all, they are in high positions in government, dealing with national affairs all day long, and they really know very little about these mundane affairs.

Even though Liu Jin and Zhang Yong came from the lower classes, steelmaking itself had very high technical barriers in that era, so they didn't know much about steelmaking.

So they were all stunned by this huge number for a moment. They really couldn't imagine how much 600,000 kilograms of pig iron was. They were not familiar with common things and just felt that it was a lot.

Six hundred thousand kilograms of pig iron is equivalent to 300 tons, which has a volume of 40 cubic meters, which is enough to fill an average-sized modern bedroom.

"Hmph!" Liu Jin snorted coldly, "Even if what you said is true, the gift is just a sword. Shi Changshi of your palace reported that he saw with his own eyes that the Jing Palace forged hundreds of weapons!"

Liu Jin's words deeply irritated Yu Chunlai. He had long hated this voice, as it was this voice that had been instigating him to send troops to Qizhou.

Yu Chunlai stared at Liu Jin fiercely and said angrily: "You know nothing!"

The sound was so explosive that Liu Jin suddenly felt something cool falling on his face. He suddenly realized that it was Yu Chunlai's saliva, and quickly wiped it with his sleeve. After wiping it, he saw that everyone around him was trying hard to hold back their laughter.

Liu Jin was furious and was about to explode, but he found that Zhu Houzhao suddenly glared at him, so he had to force himself to suppress his anger.

Then he discovered something wrong:

Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty Cabinet, had just stood with him, and the attack range of Yu Chunlai's saliva was quite large, so Li Dongyang must have been sprayed. As a result, Li Dongyang stood there as if nothing had happened, not moving at all.

But he raised his hand to wipe his face, letting everyone present know that he was sprayed.
Liu Jin cursed in his heart: Li Dongyang, you old turtle are so patient!

Li Dongyang was very patient in real history. In the first year of Zhengde, Liu Jian, Xie Qian and others were forced to resign by Liu Jin, but Li Dongyang stayed in the cabinet. He didn't care about being mocked by his colleagues and students. Moreover, while saving people, he was able to maintain a relationship with Liu Jin and gain the trust of Zhu Houzhao. In the end, he eliminated Liu the eunuch who wanted to establish the emperor with lightning speed!
The current situation in the field has caused some subtle changes in Zhu Houzhao's mentality. He is no longer as angry as before and has begun to transform into the role of a fun-loving person.

He was a naturally lively person, and he found what happened today very interesting - it was rare for a lowly eunuch to scold the Prime Minister and the head of the Imperial Household Department!
(End of this chapter)