Suddenly, Zhu Di remembered something and looked up at Zhu Liang who was standing aside.
"Zhu Liang!"
"The general is here!"
Zhu Liang quickly responded and looked at Zhu Di with a happy face.
"Draw the knife and try the steel knife in my hand!"
"ah?"
Zhu Liang was startled. He thought Zhu Di was going to give him the sharp blade, but he didn't expect that he was about to use his portable knife to test the knife.
"Draw the sword!"
Zhu Di didn't think so much. He raised the steel knife in his hand first and looked at Zhu Liang.
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Seeing this, Zhu Liang felt a pain in his heart, but he had no choice but to pull out the knife.
"kill!"
Zhu Di roared angrily and swung his knife.
Zhu Di is very skilled in martial arts, and Zhu Liang is not weak either. The veins in his arms are bulging, and he is also swinging the steel knife fiercely.
"Zheng..."
After a loud noise, a broken blade was left on the ground.
Seeing this, everyone opened their mouths wide, and there was silence around them.
As one of Zhu Di's personal guards, although Zhu Liang's sword is not a magic weapon, it is also a first-class sword in the Ming army.
And now, being cut off directly by a crudely made steel knife?
Of course, it is possible that it was broken, but this also made everyone unbelievable.
After Zhu Di came to his senses, he quickly put the steel knife in his hand in front of his eyes and searched carefully. As a result, after searching for a long time, I only found a small gap the size of a grain of rice, and I couldn't help but feel overjoyed.
"A good knife, a good steel knife, stronger and sharper than a hundred-forged steel knife..."
On the side, Zhu Liang had a grimace on his face, staring blankly at the steel knife that had been broken into two parts, his face full of disbelief.
"Your Highness, my sword is broken!"
Zhu Di's entire mind was focused on the steel knife in his hand, and he was a little impatient with Zhu Liang's cry, "Break it, break it!"
Zhu Liang: "..."
Guo An said: "Don't worry Zhu Baihu, I will ask Manager Zhong to forge another steel knife for you later! Well, it must be carefully forged!"
Zhu Liang was overjoyed and quickly looked at Zhu Di: "Your Highness..."
"This king is sure!"
Zhu Di also put down the steel knife in his hand and looked at the broken knife in Zhu Liang's hand.
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
The corners of Zhu Liang's mouth suddenly grinned down to the base of his ears.
Seeing this, Li Wang on the side could not help but excitedly rub his hands on the knife. At the same time, he asked Zhu Di for instructions, "Your Highness, just testing a knife is not enough to show the sharpness of the knife. The general is also willing to fight with Your Highness, give it a try!"
"you?"
Zhu Di glanced at Li Wang speechlessly, "Do you also want to change to a steel knife made of this material?"
"Your Highness is wise."
Li Wang replied quickly.
"That's right!"
Zhu Di nodded slowly.
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Li Wang was overjoyed.
Zhu Di looked directly at Zhong Huo and asked, "Is the steel of this kind of steel knife enough?"
Zhong Huo quickly replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, there are three pieces of steel produced in the iron-making furnace. They are all of this type of steel, which is completely sufficient."
Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction and said: "In this case, first forge three such steel knives for me, and I will take them with me when I go back. In addition, use the remaining steel to forge a hundred steel knives for me."
"The villain obeys the order!"
Zhong Huo responded impatiently.
He felt that his luck had come. Even the craftsmen of their entire iron smelting plant had their luck come to them.
This Lord Guo County is indeed a noble person among the craftsmen like them.
Hearing this, Guo An felt something was wrong inexplicably.
"Your Highness, if you want to forge three steel swords, it will take at least half an hour more. It's getting late now, why don't you go back first and come back early tomorrow morning?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Guo An couldn't help but be surprised. Zhu Di was looking at him with a strange expression.
"The molten iron produced in the giant iron-making furnace is also this kind of molten iron?"
Guo An subconsciously replied: "Back to Your Highness, if the predictions of Xianguan and others are correct, the molten iron produced in the giant iron-making furnace should be better than the molten iron used for the steel knife in Your Highness' hand?"
Zhu Di's face lit up with excitement, and his eyes flashed with excitement, "So, the steel sword forged from the molten iron produced by the giant iron-making furnace is even better than the one in my hand?"
Guo An's heart sank, feeling that he had said the wrong thing.
However, he could only continue to reply: "Your Highness, this is how it should be!"
"Good! Very good!"
Zhu Di turned to look at Li Wang who was aside, "Li Wang, I will lead a group of soldiers back first and tell the princess that I have important matters to deal with at the iron smelting institute. I will stay at the iron smelting institute for one night today and will stay at the iron smelting institute tomorrow." Go back in the morning!"
Hearing this, the expressions of Zhu Fu and Guo An suddenly changed.
"Your Highness, you must not do this!"
"Exactly, Your Highness, the Iron Smelting Works is in such a shabby environment and there are not even many guards. It is not a good place to live. Why don't Your Highness go back first and come back early tomorrow morning to keep the giant iron smelting furnace burning until tomorrow morning?" Can!"
"Humph, I have already made up my mind, so don't try to persuade me again."
Zhu Di's face darkened, "If any of you want to go back, just go back with Li Wang. I will never stop you, and I will never blame you!"
Seeing this, Guo An, Zhu Fu and others couldn't help looking at each other.
Guo An quickly expressed his position, "Since His Highness won't come back, I will definitely not be able to go back either!"
Zhu Fu also said quickly: "Your Highness is here, and I will never go back."
"I will obey the order!"
Seeing that no one was trying to persuade Zhu Di, Li Wang sighed helplessly, bowed respectfully to Zhu Di, and walked out.
As for His Royal Highness spending the night at the Iron Smelting Works, Li Wang was not worried at all.
"Your Highness, I wonder if I still need to forge steel swords?"
Beside, Zhong Huo asked softly.
Zhu Di waved his hand and said: "No, I want to use the molten iron in the giant iron-making furnace to forge a steel knife!"
"Yes, Your Highness!"
Zhong Huo responded quickly.
Afterwards, An An quietly waited on one side.
As for Zhu Di, he seemed a little dissatisfied. He waved the steel knife in his hand again, and after cutting down more than ten tree stumps in a row, he took a gentle breath and walked to the rest hall.
Entering the lobby, Guo An sat down on a rough chair and lay slumped on the chair, not wanting to move.
Seeing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but mocked with disgust on his face: "How can such a great man be so disabled?"
Guo An showed no shame at all and said slowly: "I am ashamed of myself. Your Highness's physical fitness is far inferior to that of my subordinate!"
However, Zhu Di, who has been fond of practicing martial arts since he was a child and joined the army when he grew up, is indeed much more adaptable to the dirty and messy environment of the Iron Smelting Institute than civil servants such as Guo An and Zhu Fu.
Whether it was tea or dinner, they were all eaten with gusto.
Only Guo An and Zhu Fu faced the vegetables brought by Zhong Huo, and it was like eating chaffy vegetables, which was difficult to swallow.
As the sky gradually darkened, the entire iron smelting plant also gradually became quiet. Only a few old craftsmen were busy concentrating on the giant iron smelting furnace at the back.
As for the side, there are also several rooms with iron furnaces burning, but they are far less lively than the giant iron furnace.
Zhong Huo also specially set aside several rooms for Zhu Di, Guo An and others to rest.
Unfortunately, in this stinking environment full of mosquitoes, Guo An and Zhu Fu tossed and turned, neither of them sleeping well.
On the contrary, Zhu Di slept soundly.
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