Hearing this, Yang Fan took a few deep breaths and secretly suppressed the anger in his heart.

Changsun Chong obviously wanted to deliberately anger himself in order to find a reason to kick him out of the firearms prison.

Although Yang Fan doesn't want to stay in this hellish place, but not wanting to do it and being kicked out by others are two completely different concepts.

Since this kid wants to play, then we will accompany him to the end.

These clowns are obviously led by Chang Sun Chong. As long as Chang Sun Chong is suppressed, we will see who dares to take the lead.

Thinking of this, Yang Fan forced out a smile and asked: "Chang Sun Chong, what you just meant is that I don't know how to make steel? In that case, how about we make a bet?"

Although Yang Fan looked harmless, somehow, Changsun Chong felt a chill rise in his heart involuntarily.

When he heard Yang Fan said he wanted to make a bet, Changsun Chong couldn't help but shudder, and his first thought was to refuse.

I remember when I was at Piaoxiang Tower, I was tricked by Yang Fan, who used an ox cart to pull a lot of copper coins to pay the bill.

Although the money is nothing to the eldest son's family, it is very embarrassing!

It has been almost two years since that incident, and there are still people in Chang'an City teasing him about it, which is why he rarely attends gatherings in the past two years.

But before Changsun Chong could refuse, he saw Yang Fan looking at him sideways and saying with disdain: "Changsun Chong, are you a man? Do you dare to make a bet? Be happy. If you don't dare, just go ahead.

If you admit that you are a softie, then get out of here!"

Seeing that Chang Sun Chong was hesitant, Yang Fan couldn't stand it anymore and directly threatened him.

From Yang Fan's point of view, if Changsun Chong is interested, he should give up and get out quickly to avoid having to deal with other people here.

Although Yang Fan wanted to be out of sight, he couldn't read people's thoughts.

If someone else had said this, Changsun Chong might have endured it.

But Yang Fan is the only one who can’t say that!

On the one hand, Changsun Chong had hurt his lifeblood, and he was indeed a man...

On the other hand, the rumors between Yang Fan and Princess Changle have already spread throughout Chang'an.

Although Changsun Chong reconciled with Princess Changle, it was because of his own indescribable reasons.

But others don’t know!

Everyone attributed the reconciliation between the two to the intervention of a third party, Yang Fan.

The poem "Ai Lian Shuo" describing Princess Changle is often used as "evidence" of ambiguity.

What is tolerable is intolerable!

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Changsun Chong's eyes turned red. He stared at Yang Fan and said word by word: "Yang Fan, you are so deceptive. Do you really think I'm afraid of you? When it comes to steelmaking, I am Changsun Chong.

I look down on you, what can you do?"

Looking at Changsun Chong who was panting heavily, Yang Fan sighed slightly.

Isn't this guy's fighting ability too poor?

I just said a few words casually, and Changsun Chong became as hot-headed as a bull in heat. It was too unchallenging.

Yang Fan couldn't help but think viciously in his heart!

This kid was once rated as the leader of the younger generation in Chang'an City. Could it be that he was bought with money?

Or rely on his father or his aunt who is the queen...

But how could Yang Fan know?

It was precisely because of his casual words that it hurt Changsun Chong.

Otherwise, how could Changsun Chong be so reckless?

Besides, Changsun Chong agreed to the bet. Although he was a little hot-headed, he was not completely brainless.

Instead, the content of the bet is set on the process of steelmaking.

The Changsun family occupied half of the iron ore business in the Tang Dynasty, and they were indeed unique in making iron and steel.

In the Tang Dynasty, if the iron-making craftsmanship of his eldest son's family was second, no one dared to say that it was first!

Of course, the premise is that Yang Fan’s Junyangfang has not established a steelmaking plant.

Of course, it doesn't mean that the Changsun family can't make the barrel materials needed for the musket.

But the consumables and manpower required are simply too great.

Even the wealth of the Changsun family cannot be forged in large quantities.

When they came to the firearms department, they found out why Chang Sun Chong didn't forge qualified gun barrel materials at the first time.

It's not that Changsun Chong can't figure it out, but Changsun Chong wants to see Yang Fan's jokes.

After all, His Majesty Li Er appointed Yang Fan as the technical director of the Firearms Supervision.

As long as Yang Fan doesn't provide his own unique steel-making method, there will be no way to forge qualified materials.

If this happens, His Majesty Li Er will definitely be furious.

By then, Yang Fan will definitely be unable to eat and carry around.

Now that Yang Fan wanted to make a bet, Changsun Chong didn't panic.

In Changsun Chong's view, unless Yang Fan provided the steel forging technology to the court, otherwise Yang Fan had no chance of winning.

But if Yang Fan masters all his steel manufacturing techniques, then his eldest son, Sun Chong, will not be at a loss.

No matter from any aspect, he is sure to make a profit, so Changsun Chong made what seemed like an impulsive move.

But Yang Fan can't control so much.

Changsun Chong came to his door. If he didn't cheat this guy, he would be sorry for his kindness.

Then, Yang Fan smiled even more happily: "The Changsun Shaojian is indeed born into a big family, and he is so heroic. I really admire him."

Changsun Chong looked proud and said arrogantly: "In that case, how can we bet if you draw a path?"

After pondering for a moment, Yang Fan said: "The iron-making craftsmanship of the Firearms Supervisor is too poor, and it is impossible to produce the required materials."

"In this way, in order to complete His Majesty's mission, we will each build a production workshop. Then we will see which of us can produce more muskets."

"Of course, the quality of these muskets must meet the standard. The party with the greater number will naturally win. What do you think?"

After thinking for a moment, Changsun Chong didn't see any trap, so he nodded unequivocally: "Okay, let's make it a deal, what's the bet?"

Yang Fan smiled disapprovingly: "Shaojian Changsun also knows that I am planning to build a number of sea-going ships in the Jiangnan area to open up overseas trade channels. Unfortunately, due to the lack of iron ore, these sea-going ships have been delayed in completion."

"If I win by chance, your eldest grandson's family will only need to provide me with the iron ore to build two ships."

Changsun Chong shook his head, as if he had seen through Yang Fan's trick: "Although you may not win, it is also very unfair. If you say that shipbuilding requires an astronomical number of iron materials, wouldn't it be unfair to my Changsun family?"

Yang Fan chuckled: "You can send someone to check, and it will be counted as much as you use!"

Hearing this, Changsun Chong became even more confused.

I can't help but wonder, when did Yang Fan become so talkative?

Immediately, Changsun Chong's eyes lit up and he thought, Yang Fan must be afraid of losing, so he didn't dare to bet too big.

In Changsun Chong's view.

The iron materials used in a ship only amount to several thousand to tens of thousands of kilograms at most.

Two ships can only carry 20,000 kilograms of iron at most.

These iron materials are just a drop in the bucket of his eldest grandson's family.

It's a pity that although Changsun Chong was smart, he missed one point.

In the Tang Dynasty, all ships were made of wood, so there were not many places where iron materials were used on the ship.

However, the sea-going ships built by Yang Fan are all made of iron deck structure, and one ship requires hundreds of thousands of tons of iron.

After much deliberation, Changsun Chong felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he signed a bet under the witness of everyone.

What surprised Yang Fan was that Changsun Chong was really greedy.

Because once Yang Fan loses, his condition is that Yang Fan should give up the craftsmanship of the colored glaze in his hand.

Even so, Yang Fan readily signed the bet.

Although Yang Fan will not get another set of steel-making equipment in the system.

But it is still very simple to win against Changsun Chong. After all, there are many modern steelmaking techniques.

After signing the bet, Chang Sun Chong left in a hurry with the group of firearms supervisor family officials, while Yang Fan ordered Li Zhi to find a new place to build an iron furnace.

Although this bet took place in the Firearms Prison, after everyone exaggerated it, it quickly spread among the aristocratic families.

If he wins, Yang Fan only needs the iron materials from Changsun Chong to build two ships.

If he loses, Yang Fan needs to donate the glass production technology to the Changsun family.

This made everyone secretly scold Yang Fan for being a fool, and at the same time couldn't help but envy Changsun Chonglai.

In their opinion, Changsun Chong made a lot of money from this bet. You must know that the glass business is a cornucopia.
To be continued...