Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

of course.

They already understand.

You definitely can't come to the Alchemy Department to do hard labor.

What kind of coolie could be summoned by the emperor himself? And in a place as confidential and important as the Alchemy Department, someone was waiting to lead the way and prepare a place for them to work?

"Your Majesty's holy will is difficult for anyone to imagine or guess. His Majesty has summoned you. If there is anything, I believe His Majesty will explain it to you." The craftsman who led the way explained slowly, and when he said these words, his eyes unconsciously showed respect.

Hearing his words, the three centurions came to their senses.

They quickly organized discipline: "Everyone, shut up! Have you forgotten what we said before? Don't talk nonsense, don't mess around! His Majesty is in the Alchemy Department. If you disturb him, how many heads will be chopped off!?"

The words are over.

The discussions among the crowd gradually died down, and the curiosity and doubts on their faces disappeared.

The first captain smiled apologetically and said, "We are all so young and have never seen the world. Please forgive me for making fun of you. I will trouble you to lead the way."

The craftsman who led the way said amiably, "From now on, we will all work for His Majesty in the Alchemy Department. We are colleagues, so there is no need to be polite."

After a little noisy episode, more than 500 people from the three centurions followed the leading craftsman and walked in in a mighty procession.

However, he had just walked a short distance forward.

Everyone felt...

It was still early spring, a chilly day. If one looked in the distance, one could still see snow still lingering on the mountains, yet a scorching heat was blowing in from the front...

"Hiss... What kind of place is this Alchemy Department? It's so cold, yet it's actually hot? Could it be that the immortal masters are refining the elixirs up front?"

"Even if it's alchemy, it shouldn't be this hot, right?"

"..."

This time, everyone learned their lesson and only complained secretly in their hearts, while still looking honest on the surface.

Of course, further on, they were no longer obedient.

It’s not that they lack quality and determination.

But... what kind of immortal master uses such a huge furnace for alchemy? And this furnace is also so weird in shape???

In their sight.

There were strangely shaped furnaces arranged neatly and at a certain distance from each other, and these furnaces emitted extremely high temperatures.

There was a strong man with his upper body naked guarding each stove. Some of the stoves even had people waving shovels and adding coal into the stoves.

"What... is going on???"

"Oh my God! Where am I? Is this really the Alchemy Department? I've never heard of such a method for refining elixirs."

"And... where are those Taoist masters? Last year, His Majesty grandly recruited a large number of them to make elixirs for him. Why are they all shirtless?"

"..."

When walking on the road and looking at the stoves from afar, everyone was dumbfounded. Their eyes widened, and they felt like they had come to the wrong place, with confusion on their faces.

Until they saw someone turning the stove.

After pouring out a furnace of molten steel, they finally understood what it was doing: "This is... burning iron, right?"