Three whips break the father-son relationship, please call me prince

Chapter 199 Steam engine, come out to me!
"no."

Li Chengqian smiled. There is no man who is not strong and sturdy who is born as a blacksmith.

He wanted to reach out to help, but when he saw that he was sweating, he decided to give up.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Wang Tieniu stood up, and Li Chunfeng blamed him, "I told you in advance so that you can prepare to welcome His Highness."

"How can you be so shirtless in front of His Highness without any manners?"

Wang Tieniu lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "Grandmaster, I wanted to do it too, but it was too late just now."

"This furnace of iron is the key."

"I want Your Highness to see the way out of this furnace of steel."

Li Chunfeng's eyes lit up, "You figured it out?"

Wang Tieniu chuckled, "Thanks to the Grand Secretary's advice, this is our most promising attempt."

"If we succeed, we will be able to produce large quantities of steel that is better than iron."

Li Chengqian guessed what he was thinking.

Isn’t blast furnace steelmaking all about making steel?

"okay."

"It is more important than anything else for me to see good things."

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "Wang Tieniu, don't let me down."

"Your Highness, don't worry."

Wang Tieniu patted his chest loudly.

Li Chengqian couldn't help laughing, and sweat splashed out after these two claps.

A rough man really doesn't care about details.

"You go and watch first."

"Your Highness won't leave, will he?"

"I won't leave."

"That works."

The iron tower man ran back, and Li Chengqian and the others stood not far away, chatting casually.

Li Ting raised the difficulties of the experiment at the right time.

In a word.

The prince sends money!

Li Chunfeng added: "The cost of gunpowder testing is not small, but the human cost is even greater."

"There are still a few people lying in the infirmary recovering from their injuries."

"Some lost their entire hands, and some had their faces completely destroyed."

"On the one hand, it's treatment, on the other hand, it's compensation..."

His voice grew quieter.

Because Li Chunfeng was in charge of Tiangong Workshop, he was very clear about the entire Tiangong Workshop's expenses.

Money is spent like water.

When it is less, the monthly income can be hundreds of thousands of strings of coins; when it is more, it can be several hundred thousand strings of coins.

This is even though he is very frugal and tries his best to control spending.

He also heard a lot of criticism in the court.

I'm not talking about Tiangongfang, I'm saying that Donggong is spending too much money.

Li Chunfeng's pressure comes from the fact that he only sees the expenditures and not the income.

The situation of only going out but not coming in made him frightened and unable to sleep or eat.

I am deeply afraid that one day, when the accounts of Tiangongfang are settled, an astronomical figure will be placed before the court.

It's fine for him, but if the prince is implicated, everything at Tiangongfang will be ruined.

Then he can never be redeemed.

The prince's support for Tiangongfang is beyond doubt.

As long as the accounts are clear and there is a reason, money will be given to you if you ask for it.

The more this happened, the more guilty he felt.

Therefore, he had no confidence to ask for money, which was unfair to the prince.

“Don’t worry about the money.”

Li Chengqian said: "You are working for the country and following my orders."

“Don’t have any psychological burden.”

"Even if the sky falls, I will be watching over you. You only need to do one thing well and do it."

"Master Li, anyone who gets injured or dies during the experiment."

"All the highest compensations should be prepared and sent to the East Palace."

Li Chunfeng cupped his hands and replied, "Yes."

"As for Li Ting's request for money," he looked at Li Ting and said with a smile, "Tell me the amount."

"Ten thousand strings of cash?" Li Ting tentatively reported a number.

"not enough!"

Li Chengqian sneered and said, "I'll give you 100,000 strings of cash. Continue testing the gunpowder."

"No matter what idea or thought you have, just give it to me to try."

"I'll cover you, don't worry about anything."

"If you don't have enough money, just report it."

He paused and said, "One hundred thousand strings of cash is not enough, then let's make one million or tens of millions."

"As long as this road has not ended, you will continue walking on it."

"but……."

Li Chengqian patted Li Ting on the shoulder and said, "You have to protect yourself."

"In my eyes, you are worth more than millions of coins."

Li Ting's eyes became hot, and he fell to his knees, saying, "Your Highness, how could I be so kind to you?"

"I will devote all my energy and energy to test out better gunpowder for Your Highness."

"You bastard." Li Chengqian shook his head, "I just said I would protect you, so you come and sacrifice yourself."

"You didn't listen to what I said."

"This is disobedience."

Li Ting hurriedly said: "I dare not!"

"Okay, get up."

Just then, a roar was heard.

"Your Highness, it's ready!"

Wang Tieniu shouted excitedly.

Li Chunfeng was also anxious, "Did it work?"

"I don't know yet." Wang Tieniu said, "We have to wait for it to cool down."

"Let's go to the forge and wait."

"Row!"

Li Chunfeng asked, "Your Highness, are you going to the forge?"

"Let's go, just in time to take a look."

Forge!

It's a hydraulic forge.

Under the leadership of Li Chunfeng and the unremitting efforts and research of Lu Dacheng and others.

Hydraulic forging was initially realized.

Although it looks rough and simple, it has unique advantages compared to human labor.

“Now we just have to wait for the forging hammer to hit us and see the final result.”

Li Chunfeng said, "If we succeed this time." "Your Highness, we have completely figured out the steelmaking process."

He was very excited.

This is especially true for Wang Tieniu and others.

As for Li Zhi, Li Ke and the others were still a little kept in the dark.

Chang Sun Chong scratched his scalp, as if something was about to grow out.

"It seems that I won't be able to leave Tiangongfang today."

"It's a good opportunity to try the food at Tiangongfang."

Li Chengqian whispered something to Changsun Chong, who was a little surprised. When he saw the prince waving his hand, he immediately turned around and left.

Li Zhi and Li Ke looked at each other, not knowing what he was doing, but did not ask.

It was getting dark.

The dull sound of bangs continued to be heard, and the entire ground seemed to be shaking.

Wang Tieniu took action personally, constantly holding the red-hot iron block and rolling under the hammer to receive the beating.

Some black debris splashed out.

"Let the iron bull pound the iron block into a tube shape."

Li Chengqian, who had been watching, suddenly said.

"Forehead?"

Li Chunfeng was a little confused about the meaning, but he still sent someone to inform them.

After receiving the message, Wang Tieniu paused for a moment, then started moving again.

After a long time.

A medium-sized tubular shape.

Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes slightly. He had an urge to ask Wang Tieniu to find a way to make the red-hot iron rod hollow and then carve some spiral patterns inside.

Then, the rifling comes out.

The barrel of the gun is done.

Unfortunately.

Now is not the time to rush.

It is far from the point of making a gun barrel, and if it is made, it will just look good.

"Your Highness, the food is ready. Would you like to go first..."

Chang Sun Chong came back.

Li Chunfeng said: "Your Highness, seeing how happy Tie Niu is, it must have been successful."

"Why don't we go eat first?"

"Also."

The group turned and left, heading towards the cafeteria.

As soon as he entered the cafeteria, Li Chunfeng saw that something was wrong with today's food.

Lots of big fish and shrimps.

He heard that the most expensive things in the best restaurants in Chang'an were big fish and shrimp.

It was caught from the eastern sea and sent to Chang'an thousands of miles away. Only the rich and powerful could afford it.

"This is the seafood from the East that your Highness ordered the East Palace to send."

"It's a special reward for Tiangongfang."

Chang Sun Chong said.

Li Chengqian smiled and said, "From now on, every tenth day, the Eastern Palace will send a batch of food to Tiangongfang to improve the food for everyone."

"Thank you for your grace, Your Highness."

Everyone in Tiangong Workshop bowed down together.

"Everyone sit down and eat."

"Leave a table for Wang Tieniu and his friends."

"Yes!"

After dinner, Wang Tieniu came late and made an announcement with excitement.

The steelmaking method was perfected.

Li Chengqian was also quite excited. After investing so much money, he finally saw results.

It was getting dark.

Li Chengqian had no intention of returning to Chang'an, so he stayed in Tiangongfang.

He called Li Chunfeng and talked to him in the house.

Li Chunfeng was a little confused, "Your Highness, the weather is not cold now, why do you need to light such a big stove?"

The key is a bit weird.

On the stove was not a small kettle for boiling tea, but a large pot.

"This is why I asked you to come here because I am not going back to Chang'an."

Li Chengqian asked, "Master, what do you think power is?"

Li Chunfeng thought for a moment and said, "Everything has power!"

"As expected of a Taoist priest, your thoughts are profound." Li Chengqian chuckled, "Yes, everything has power."

“But there are very few that people can use.”

"Even though I've seen it before, I don't take it seriously."

Li Chunfeng asked tentatively: "Your Highness, what do you mean...?"

Chi Chi Chi!
The fire in the stove was very strong, and the big pot was emitting huge fog and making noises.

The lid of the pot was flapping too.

Li Chunfeng looked over, and Li Chengqian said, "Master, you said that water power can be used to forge iron tools."

"Look at the force of the boiling water. It can lift up the lid."

"If this boiling power can also be used by humans to provide another kind of power?"

He said: "Child slave!"

"Put the stuff up there."

"Yes!"

Li Zhi took a medium-sized iron block and placed it on the lid.

Several people present were watching curiously.

I saw that the lid with the iron block was still vibrating and being pushed up from time to time.

"How is this going?"

Chang Sun Chong was shocked.

Li Chunfeng, Li Zhi, Li Ke and others remained silent.

The silence was deafening.

"Your Highness, what do you mean..."

Li Chunfeng's eyes flickered, as if he had discovered a new world.

"Try it?" Li Chengqian said with a smile.

Li Chunfeng said sternly: "I understand what Your Highness means."

“The use of water power is actually the same idea.”

Li Chengqian said: "I am waiting for your good news."

"I will definitely not live up to your highness's expectations."

Li Chunfeng left with a solemn look.

Li Zhi and the others were still surrounding the boiler, marveling at the sight.

It's not that we haven't seen steam power before, but it has never been taken seriously.

In other words, I haven't thought about how to use it.

The water power that Li Chengqian laid was actually waiting for this day.

Steam engine!
Come out to me!
(End of this chapter)