Chapter 388 Iron Smelting Workshop

"Your Highness, the Hu family at the border fortress wants to see you!"

"The Hu family!"

When Ning Fan heard the servant's report, a look of amusement appeared on his face. Did he really come after all?

"Let them wait."

"yes!"

After the guards left, Ning Fan took a sip of tea. He had to say that fried tea was much better than boiled tea. There were not so many bells and whistles, only the pure aroma of tea.

"Fengxiao, what do you think?"

"My lord, now we have the lifeline of the Hu family, but at this time, they did not go to the Cai family. Instead, they came to my palace first. They obviously guessed it..."

"I'm afraid I'm going to test you when I come here this time."

Hearing Guo Jia's words, Ning Fan nodded and said with a smile: "They can't give me what I want, and I don't care about what I want. So, there is no big difference between seeing him or not."

"You can let them dry for a few days."

"hehe!"

"The king of the Hu family is not worried, but the Lu family is not that simple!"

"The Lu family once contributed to the founding of the country. Their ancestors were awarded the title of marquis, which was very prestigious among the people, and they also controlled the world's food industry."

"Although I am fully prepared now, it is really difficult to feel at ease when it concerns the livelihood of the country and the people!"

Hearing Ning Fan's emotion, Guo Jia on the side chuckled and said, "My lord, although the four famous families are very famous in my country, Dayu, in the final analysis, they are still based on business."

"It is really difficult to shake the foundation of the country."

"What's more, you have been planning for more than a year, so just relax."

"Haha, this king is worrying unfoundedly."

Ning Fan smiled and said softly: "Fengxiao, in your opinion, now is the best time to hold the imperial examination?"

"My Lord, Your Majesty has granted you the right to act expediently and dispose of the Huainan system on your own. In that case, why not try it in our three counties first?"

"Um!"

"Before that, there is one more thing that needs to be done in advance."

"Please let me know, Lord."

"Household registration statistics!"

"Um?"

A look of confusion appeared on Guo Jia's face: "Lord, don't I, Dayu, already have a household registration policy? What do you mean by continuing the statistics?"

"Fengxiao, although I, Dayu, have statistics on the household registration, there are a large number of hidden people, slaves, and even refugees who are not naturalized."

"Re-counting household registrations, firstly, collect basic personal information to reduce undercounting, and issue identity tokens to them."

"Everyone has an independent anti-counterfeiting identity card, and they must show the token when entering or leaving the tower."

"Second, after the household registration system is changed again, it will be briefly divided."

"Third..."

Ning Fan informed Guo Jia of the revised household registration system one by one. A wry smile appeared on the latter's face. His lord had given him another problem!

Not to mention the difficulty of statistics and the long cycle, it is a difficult problem to prevent counterfeiting of just one identity.

"Lord, I will do my best."

"Um!"

Ning Fan nodded with satisfaction. With Guo Jia here, he didn't have to do many things himself, he just had to talk. As for what to do and whether he could do it, it was left to Guo Jia.

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"Master Wang, have you got what I want?"

"Your Highness!"

When Wang Buer saw Ning Fan's figure, he quickly leaned down and was about to kneel down, but Ning Fan stepped forward to hold him up.

"Your Highness, it's done. The old man has carved two sets."

"good!"

Ning Fan nodded with some joy, looked at Wang Buer and said, "Take it out and let me take a look."

"Your Highness, please wait a moment."

Wang Buer is a specially hired craftsman from Prince Yong's Mansion, and enjoys special allowances from the Engineering Bureau of Prince Yong's Mansion. He also has a dedicated yamen for daily work, which can be called a small industry department.

Not long after, Wang Buer took out a set of things from a standard room. After unfolding it, squares came into view. Ning Fan picked one up, dipped it lightly in the inkstone, and pressed it in preparation. On good rice paper.

A clear word "dog" came into view, and Ning Fan showed a happy look on his face. He immediately took out three more squares, put them side by side, turned them upside down on the table, picked up the rice paper, and pressed it gently on the squares. .

"I'm a dog!"

"Damn... what a coincidence!"

Ning Fan subconsciously glanced at Wang Buer, who knelt on the ground with a horrified look on his face: "Your Highness, I didn't see anything."

"hehe!"

Ning Fan looked at the frightened Wang Buer and said quickly: "There is no need to be nervous. I am very satisfied with your two sets of seals."

"You have done a great job!"

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Wang Buer felt relieved when he saw that His Highness did not blame him, but he still felt guilty.

"Here, I'll give you some books, and you can type them according to the words in the books."

"I will send you a group of people to print these four books with all my strength from now on. Print as many copies as you can. Whether you need money or people, I will give you my full support!"

"yes!"

Hearing Ning Fan's words, Wang Buer's face also showed a touch of excitement. He didn't expect that His Highness would entrust him with such an important task. It was simply a sign of ancestral virtue!

"Remember, neither the books nor the movable type printing technology are allowed to be leaked."

"The villain understands!"

Wang Buer saw the solemn look on Ning Fan's face and nodded solemnly.

Ning Fan then left with peace of mind and walked into a workshop next to him. Busy figures were walking back and forth between the iron furnaces. Some of them were carrying sledgehammers, hammering the red-hot iron blocks again and again, sparks flying.

"Fine iron is out."

"Add more strength, increase the blowing speed."

"One, two, hey!"

Accompanied by the rhythmic knocking sound, Ning Fan stepped forward. A worker saw Ning Fan's figure and was immediately startled. He quickly put down his tools and was about to greet him, but heard Ning Fan whispered: "You don't need to be polite, just do what you should do!"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

When the craftsmen saw Ning Fan actually came to this dirty place in person, their faces were also excited, and they swung their hammers more vigorously.

"Your Highness, why did you come in person?"

A fat and big-eared old man saw Ning Fan's figure and hurriedly bowed to greet him.

The person who came was Chen Kuan, the person in charge of Huainan Iron Smelting Workshop.

"I have nothing to do, so I came to take a look."

"How is it?"

"Hehe, Your Highness, since we built this blast furnace, we have been able to smelt eighty-forged fine iron. It won't be long. As long as we try more, we will definitely be able to find out one hundred-forged iron!"

"Also, the armor-piercing arrow has been finished."

"Take me to see it."

Ning Fan also became interested. Chen Kuan hurriedly raised his foot and walked towards a warehouse. Not long after, his hands were like pilgrims, holding a tray covered with red cloth.

"Your Highness, this is the only long sword made of one hundred-forged iron in our entire iron smelting workshop."

"Its hardness is far beyond the ordinary swords. Unfortunately, we have not yet mastered a stable method of making one hundred-forged iron, and we are constantly trying."

"That craftsman has devoted his heart and soul to this sword!"

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