"Dad, I found the address of the factory, it is in the Qingfeng Mountain, it is a valley in the Qingfeng Mountain, the valley is surrounded by mountains, there is only a narrow passage more than ten meters wide and more than a thousand meters long, as long as this narrow passage is blocked, the steel plant can be well protected!

However, the area of that valley is not small, I haven't explored it clearly, I don't know the details, and when I explore the environment in the valley tomorrow, I can start construction!

Of course, in order to prevent someone from coming to find fault in the future because the valley is ownerless, Dad, you should go to the lord's mansion first and buy the mountainous land in the valley as our Zhao family's private territory! While eating, Zhao Hu said to Zhao Kun.

"Oh, where is that valley, I'll go to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow and buy that mountain land! Although Qingfeng Mountain is ownerless, it theoretically belongs to the kingdom, and if we want to build a steel mill in the valley, we really need to buy that valley. Hearing Zhao Hu's words, Zhao Kun nodded lightly and said.

"Dad, when you go to the City Lord's Mansion tomorrow, give more money to the people who do the work, and get things done as soon as possible, otherwise, we won't be able to start building a factory!" Hearing Zhao Kun's words, Zhao Hu casually picked up a piece of braised pork that he liked to eat and put it in his mouth.

"You can rest assured, I know what to do!" As soon as Zhao Hu's voice fell, Zhao Kun said with a smile.

"Eat well, talk about something when you're done!" Seeing Zhao Hu and Zhao Kun talking while eating, Zhang Cuihua on the side frowned.

Hearing Zhang Cuihua's words, Zhao Hu smiled slightly, stopped talking, and buried his head in eating. Anyway, he has already explained everything to Zhao Kun, and there is nothing more to say!

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Hu left the house early and galloped towards the location of Qingfeng Mountain, preparing to survey the valley in Qingfeng Mountain.

Not long after Zhao Hu went out, Zhao Kun also wore brocade clothes, carried a box of silver, rode in a carriage, and galloped away in the direction where the City Lord's Mansion of Andy City was located.

"I'm going to survey this valley today!" Coming to the population of the valley, Zhao Hu whispered to himself with a smile on his face.

In a burst of self-muttering, Zhao Hu took a step and walked towards the valley.

The area of the valley is very large, Zhao Hu has already circled along the valley before, and today he is going to thoroughly survey the valley, so Zhao Hu began to carefully browse every place in the valley from the entrance of the valley.

After the sky slowly darkened, Zhao Hu had just surveyed one-tenth of the valley, and this was still under the condition that Zhao Hu's speed was not slow, if it was replaced by ordinary people to survey, it would take a day to survey at most one percent of the place.

Seeing that it was not too late, Zhao Hu did not continue to survey the valley, but left the valley and walked in the direction where Andy City was located.

Although the valley was not surveyed, only a tenth of the area was surveyed, which also made Zhao Hu very satisfied, because only the place in the north of the valley could already be built to build a small steel mill and related facilities.

When Zhao Hu returned home, Zhao Kun had already returned home from the City Lord's Mansion and successfully bought a large area of mountainous land, and the valley was only a part of the large mountainous area.

Qingfeng Mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, most of which belong to the jurisdiction of Andy City, although Qingfeng Mountain has beautiful scenery and rich forestry resources, but it has no development value, and no one goes to Andy City to buy it.

Even if someone takes a fancy to a certain hill in Qingfeng Mountain, they will directly occupy and develop it, and they will not pay money to Andy City at all, because in the eyes of many people, Qingfeng Mountain is an ownerless thing, and if you want to occupy it directly, you don't need to pay attention to the existence of Andy City at all.

Of course, under normal circumstances, Andy City will not care about the affairs of those who occupy the mountain and develop it, and there is no interest in the resources of Qingfeng Mountain, some people are willing to pay money to buy some mountain land, Andy City is too lazy to survey, and directly accepts the money and issues a title deed for the lord's mansion.

Because Andy City didn't care about Qingfeng Mountain, Zhao Kun only spent 10,000 taels of silver to buy a large piece of mountainous land in Andy City, which was 1,000 square kilometers and more than 1 million mu, which was very cheap.

Of course, although this price is very cheap, Andy City doesn't care much, because although Qingfeng Mountain legally belongs to Andy City from the kingdom, it is actually an ownerless thing, whoever wants to occupy it can occupy it, and whoever has the ability to develop it will develop it, and it is very cost-effective to exchange 1,000 square kilometers of mountain land for 10,000 taels of silver.

In fact, of the 10,000 taels of silver spent by Zhao Kun, 9,900 taels fell into the hands of the city lord's mansion clerks, and only the pitiful 100 taels of silver belonged to the city lord's mansion, which was Zhao Kun's land purchase money.

When he learned this situation from Zhao Kun's mouth, Zhao Hu's eyes showed a trace of consternation, and then he smiled, put it aside, and began to ask Zhao Kun about buying building materials and hiring workers.

Because Zhao Kun's purchase of building materials and hiring workers had just begun, not only did he not purchase enough building materials, but he also did not recruit enough workers, so Zhao Hu asked Zhao Kun to continue to purchase building materials to recruit workers, and he continued to go to the valley to investigate the specific situation in the valley.

Time flies by like flowing water, and in the blink of an eye, a week has passed.

In the past week, Zhao Hu has carefully surveyed the valley, knows the environment in the valley well, and divided the valley into eight areas, one of which is used as the site of the steel plant, and the other seven areas are temporarily mothballed and planned when needed.

At the same time, in the past week, Zhao Kun has also purchased a large number of building materials and recruited more than 3,000 workers, who can enter the valley to build factories at any time.

After everything was ready, the establishment of the steel plant officially began, and more than 3,000 workers and a large number of building materials left Andy City in a mighty way, heading towards the place where Qingfeng Mountain was.

Andy City is just a small city, and the population of the city is more than 100,000, Zhao Kun's action of recruiting 3,000 workers at once is very conspicuous, and when 3,000 workers are rushing to Qingfeng Mountain, the entire Andy City knows that the Zhao family is going to build a factory in Qingfeng Mountain.

The rise of the Zhao family occupied the farm tool market in Andy City and the surrounding villages and towns in one fell swoop, offending many farm tool manufacturers, but the strength of these farm tool manufacturers was not strong and could not have any impact on the Zhao family.

At the same time, the Zhao family's monopoly of the agricultural tool market in Andy City and the surrounding villages and towns, and their entry into the arms market, made the weapons suppliers in Andy City very vigilant.

Originally, because the quality of the weapons produced by the Zhao family was too poor to affect them, they did not pay close attention, but now Zhao Hu has made such a big move, and he wants to do a big job, which makes the three major weapons suppliers in Andy City vigilant and send people to pay close attention.

Zhao Hu and Zhao Kun didn't care about the eyes of the rest of Andy City, but rushed straight towards the valley with three thousand workers and a large number of building materials.

In the past week, the 3,000 workers recruited by the Zhao family have built an easy passage to the valley, so the 3,000 workers and a large number of building materials can easily enter the valley and start to build various facilities according to Zhao Hu's plan.

According to Zhao Hu's plan, the steel plant is mainly divided into four parts, the first part is the workshop of the steel plant, the second part is the residential area and commercial entertainment area of the steel plant workers, the third part is the weapons production area, and the fourth part is the escort training ground!

The building of the steel mill is a place where steel is smelted, the area is not small, there are many buildings, and the workers used the most, and Zhao Kun personally supervised the construction. The workers' residential area and commercial entertainment area of the steel mill are the places where the workers stay and consume entertainment, and the construction is relatively simple, and only a few construction workers can be done.

Future steel mill workers need to sign a lifelong contract with the Zhao family to serve the Zhao family for life, and within ten years, they are not allowed to leave the valley without the permission of the Zhao family.

Of course, in order to stabilize the mood of the workers in the steel plant, Zhao Hu will give the workers in the steel plant a salary that far exceeds that of other workers in Andy City, and try to provide enough materials for the workers to improve the living standards of the workers in the steel plant.

The weapon production area can manufacture a large number of armor weapons and sell them to the outside world, earning enough money for the Zhao family, which is the most important source of wealth for the Zhao family, and only the main industry of the Zhao family in the future.

Zhao Hu attaches great importance to the weapons production area, and plans to personally build an industrial machine tool after the weapons production area is completed, and use the industrial machine tool to manufacture a number of machine tools, and use these machine tools to process various weapons and equipment, so as to improve the production efficiency of the weapons production area.

Of course, all workers in the weapons production area must also sign a lifetime contract with the Zhao family to serve the Zhao family for life, and they are not allowed to leave the valley without the permission of the Zhao family for ten years.

The escort training ground, as the name suggests, is the place where the Zhao family trains guards, and it is also the place where the Zhao family stores force. Once the steel plant is on the right track, and the weapons production area produces a steady stream of high-quality weapons and sells them, the Zhao family will definitely be fat in the eyes of many people, and then the Zhao family's force will be needed to deter the enemy.