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After staying in Lao Zhutian for a few days, Zhao Yuanzai carefully inspected various places on the side of the workshop, and some of those who did not do well immediately arranged for people to rectify.

"What's going on over there in the iron mill, and how much can it produce now?" In the meeting hall of the cement workshop, after Zhao Yuan summoned all the stewards and ordered some things, he left the steward of the iron mine to ask.

"Zhao Dongjia, since digging a high-quality iron ore pit, I have started to make iron in the iron mine according to the method you said, and now not only the weapons and armor needed by the workshop army, but also the tools needed in the cement workshop and coal mining, the iron needed does not need to be bought from outside, and there is a lot of surplus."

"The two new iron-making furnaces will be ready for production in a year at the latest, and now with so many new mining manpower, production can be further increased by then." Wan Quan reported.

Ironmaking is an industry in the secret stage of the cement workshop, especially now that Wanquan is ahead of this era of iron ore smelting, coupled with the sensitive status of iron, Zhao Yuan specially found a more trustworthy Wanquan to be responsible.

"It's business as usual over there, and the ironmaking continues to be kept secret." Zhao Yuan nodded.

"Yes, but I'm afraid that after a long time, people will always know, after all, although the iron mine is in the mountains, someone will always go." Wan Quan said worriedly.

"Keep it secret for as long as you can, our workshop army is getting stronger and stronger, and even if it is known in the future, no one will be able to help us." Zhao Yuan waved his hand and said.

The outstanding combat power of the Workshop Army is the confidence of Zhao Yuan.

The cement workshop is divided into a workshop area, a residential area, a breeding area, a planting area, a temporary resettlement area, a storage area, plus a huge area of the workshop military barracks, the whole Baishi Mountain in addition to the east is a stretch of mountains, the other three sides continue to expand outward, close to the old Zhutian Village on the side is about to border some fields in the old Zhutian Village.

After arranging the affairs of Lao Zhutian's side, Zhao Yuan took Meng Ying and the children and prepared to go home, everything was on track here, and there was nothing for him to worry about.

"Uncle, there are a lot of children here, can I come over to play in the future?" In the carriage, Luoluo asked expectantly.

Xiaobao, Xiaoya, and Xingxing also looked at Zhao Yuan expectantly.

"Of course you can, in the future, uncle and aunt can bring you over to play when they are free." Zhao Yuan said affirmatively.

"Great." Luoluo and Xiaoya high-fived and cheered.

"Our family is already so big, Brother Yuan, I feel a little unreal, sometimes it's like a dream." Looking at the cheers of the children, Meng Ying whispered to Zhao Yuan.

"In the future, we will look at these properties at home, and our life will only get better and better." Zhao Yuan took Meng Ying's hand and whispered.

When I first came to this era, the home that was on the verge of being shattered had already become a distant past at this moment, and even the people and things that had been with each other for a long time in later generations had become very distant to Zhao Yuan.

When the carriage back passed by Yakou Village, Zhao Yuan went to the coal mine to take a look, the environment here was much worse than that of the cement workshop, the soot was heavier, and even the pear trees on the hillside were covered with a layer of black.

"Is Zhao Dongjia going home, go to my house and sit down, there are a lot of people sent over this time, are they all captured bandits, I see that Steward Ran sent people to guard them, and they all arranged to go to the two most dangerous mines." Hearing from Yakou Village, Jiang Lang saw Zhao Yuan coming to the village and stepped forward to ask.

"That's right, Uncle Lizheng didn't go to work in person anymore, last time the pit collapsed, how are the few injured people in the village now, it's no big deal, right?" Zhao Yuan asked.

"It's okay, Zhao Dongjia, after you found Zhao Si Divine Doctor to see it, there is no big problem, after this period of recuperation, two days ago they came to ask me when they can continue to work, but we let them continue to recuperate, and we will talk about it after the year." Wen Jianglang said with a smile.

In addition to the two mines on the back of Lishan, there were countless reports of coal mine accidents in later generations, so that Zhao Yuan attached great importance to the safe mining of coal mines, but limited by the equipment and technology of this era, there were still several accidents, the most serious one was the collapse of the pit, and five villagers who were working were smashed.

"Let's go see them." Zhao Yuan nodded and said.

"You don't need to go to see it, they are all almost better, and the young people in the village still envy them, saying that because of the injury, Zhao Dongjia, you gave them a lot of money and food, and I wish it was they who were injured, so let me scold them." Wen Jianglang said with a smile.

"Coal mining is a very dangerous thing, fortunately, the coal in our Yakou Village is buried relatively shallowly, and the problem is not big, but we must attach great importance to safety and strictly follow our regulations." Zhao Yuan thought about it and knew that the five injured villagers had recovered, so he didn't insist on seeing the five injured villagers.

"Don't worry, Zhao Dongjia, you can talk about it once and again, and besides, Ran is worthy of being from the city, he is literate and literate, so he has to be strict here." Wen Jianglang nodded and said.

The mining of the coal mine not only allowed the villagers of Yakou Village to reap a one-time payment for the sale of land, but also the labor force in the village worked in the coal mine or other workshops in Zhao Yuan, which was much higher than the income from farming.

"It's almost the New Year, and the workshop will distribute some things to people who work in coal mines or workshops, and when the cement workshop counts it, it will be distributed to everyone one after another, which is a little bit of New Year's goods for everyone." Zhao Yuan said.

"Thank you Zhao Dongjia, in the past half a year, we have gotten too much from you in Yakou Village." Wen Jianglang said.

"It's all earned by everyone's hard work, and I want to thank Uncle Lizheng for your hard work." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

Zhao Yuan followed Wen Jianglang all the way towards his house, talking all the way. Meng Ying also got out of the carriage with the children, accompanied by Shao Meng and Guo Du, and also followed behind, greeting the people in the village from time to time.

Beside the village stream, women beat ramie sticks with wooden sticks to extract hemp fibers from ramie stalks that have been soaked for a long time.

"I won't go to your house, Uncle Lizheng, we'll watch here for a while before we go home." Zhao Yuan saw that they were taking hemp, and stopped by the stream and said.

"It's okay, it's just a little cold outside, Miss Luoluo, they're fine." Wen Jianglang asked.

"It's okay, the children are in good health, and they are resistant to freezing." Zhao Yuan smiled and watched them take hemp with interest.

Linen cloth is the main textile in the countryside in this era, and the soil here in Yakou Village is barren, but it is very suitable for the growth of ramie that does not have high requirements for soil quality, which is also the main cash crop in Yakou Village.

Every autumn, the villagers cut the ramie stalks home and soak them in the pool, so that the skin on the outside of the ramie stalks rots, leaving the fibers on the inner wall, and then after washing and beating, cleaning and drying, they can be used to weave linen cloth or knead hemp rope.

"The ramie is not needed in the village now, but the workshop needs it, and they are idle, so they take it out and sell it to the workshop when it is ready." Wen Jianglang saw that Zhaoyuan was very interested in the women taking hemp, and said with a smile.

"This is a good thing, there were not many of us in Xiaozhaozhuang before, we could only rub some fine hemp rope to sew shoes, and there was no linen weaving at all, I didn't think there was this craft here." Zhao Yuan said with a smile.

"Now everyone has money, they all buy cloth from Zhao Dong's store to make clothes, and the pottery shopkeeper has also given us a lot cheaper, and no one wears the linen we spun ourselves this winter, and it is not as soft as the cloth we bought." Wen Jianglang said.