"Second uncle, you eat more." Li Mo gave his second uncle some more meat and said. Beef was rare, and most of it became the meat of the Republican Army. However, this does not prevent some other meats from becoming popular delicacies, such as chicken. The smell of stewed chicken makes everyone's mouth water, and this thing is not something that ordinary people can eat.

"Good. Good. The second uncle said with a smile. Seeing that the children he brought out were promising, he was relieved. The meal was hearty, eight dishes, and cooked rice.

"If it's enough, second uncle, if it's not enough, I'll call some more." Li Mo said with a smile. Then he picked up the wine bottle and poured wine for the second uncle.

"Enough. Enough, eight dishes are enough. That's enough. And your second uncle can't finish these dishes, child, you have money. You can't mess around like this. Otherwise, you will suffer a big loss. The second uncle said. Li Mo smiled. If you don't spend money, what are you doing?

At the strong request of the second uncle, Li Mo had to sell the shares he held. Fortunately, the selling point was relatively higher, twenty more than the expected one hundred and fifty red tickets, since these twenty tickets were very effortless, Li Mo decided to treat his second uncle to a good meal, in this way, it can be regarded as repaying his second uncle.

"What the second uncle said, Mo'er knows." Li Mo said. The second uncle nodded, and then took a sip of wine from the glass. This glass is actually not valuable, but in Luoyang, this thing is not something that ordinary people can use. If you can use a wine glass, you're a guest. The second uncle looked at being able to drink with a glass of wine, and felt very proud, this nephew was very promising, since he had such a big prowess, he became happy.

"Child, you are not a way out, I know, you are doing this very well, but people will not be smooth sailing for too long, I advise you, there is money. Buying some land or growing food is the right way. Although this seems to be a business, I think this kind of business is not practical, and the money comes too quickly. There are risks. The second uncle said after drinking.

"Hmm. I know this, I know it. But this kind of thing, I think, since it's a business, I see it as a business. At this time, if I am asked to do something else, I will not, and besides, I will save all this money. Do something you like, so that the second uncle agrees. Li Mo said.

"Hmm. Well, anyway, I think, it's better to tell you a family thing. You're not too young, it's time to get married. The second uncle said.

"Second uncle, I'm still very busy now, this is also business, this market is very good, you don't have to go to those rich people to do business, and you don't have to find anyone to do such a thing, in short, I think, this thing is very good, second uncle, or you can also get involved." Li Mo said.

"Nope. The second uncle didn't understand this, and the second uncle felt that this was not like a business, just like the casino, a large group of people, taking money into it, and doing nothing. Can you make money? "The second uncle is a little drunk. He felt glad that his nephew had the ability. Thinking about the business he did, he may not have made so much money in his life, he is a not very successful businessman, originally wanted to take this opportunity to do a bigger business, but he didn't expect that this government would collect a lot of taxes, in fact, he made some, but he didn't earn much, compared with his nephew, he earned less. He felt very boring, but there was no good way to solve such a thing, so he could only accept such a result. It's a sad outcome, but is there any good way to deal with it? Apparently not.

The second uncle is a very traditional businessman. And a new era is emerging, stock trading, securities trading, and futures trading, are replacing the traditional business, such as commodity trading, a large number of grain merchants become frequent customers of futures trading, they can get the expected profits here, which is very beneficial to those grain merchants, they can consider the expectation to speculate, investment, relying on such a market, a large amount of grain gathered to the base of the Republican Army, which allows the base area to ignore the problem of food, after all, let a base area better development, Food will be in great demand.

However, this kind of business has a great impact on traditional businessmen, because people have to change a way of trading to trade, and the activity of trade has increased unprecedentedly, which makes many businessmen become at a loss and unable to adapt. For them, this is an opportunity and a huge challenge.

"Second uncle." Li Mo said. The second uncle was already drunk.

"Son, do a good job, this stock, although it looks like a casino, but no one knows what this thing will develop? This future is yours, be careful, you still have a long, long way to go. Second uncle, that's all for this life. The second uncle said. Li Mo nodded. He felt that the second uncle was really drunk. In the eyes of traditional businessmen like the second uncle, they really can't understand this kind of casino-like transaction, a large amount of grain is converted into a transaction order, becoming one of many transactions, in this case, they don't know. To what extent will such a commercial society develop, in short, such a thing makes him very worried, but alternatively, his worries are superfluous, and he doesn't know how far such a thing will go.

Stocks, bonds, futures. These are new financial products that have had a big impact on traditional trade, such as banks issuing bonds. Expanding financing, and then lending to encourage business, was a bit confusing to businessmen. In the impact of confusion, new trade methods have emerged, and traditional ways are gradually transforming themselves, thus completing an upgrade on their own, and such an upgrade is a huge challenge for them themselves.

Lijiazhuang, iron smelting plant. Twelve earthen blast furnaces were built here at once.

"Whew." The molten iron in the furnace rushed over with hot air all at once, and Shang Wu could feel that the hot molten iron was boiling hot.

"How?" Shang Wu asked a craftsman.

"Sir, that's a good idea. The stove can go on forever. This molten iron is as inexhaustible as the river water. The craftsman said excitedly.

The method of blast furnace ironmaking opened their eyes, before their iron smelting method was extremely backward, and the output of iron could not go up, but now, the output of molten iron has risen rapidly, rising to an output that everyone is very surprised by.

Shang Wu had heard from these people that if he wanted to get iron according to the old method, the amount of time, labor, and fuel was not a small number, and the amount of iron production could not be increased at all. In one month, the output is 1,500 stones. But now, twelve blast furnaces have been built at once, and one blast furnace has produced more than 500 stone a day. Twelve of them, which is not much higher than their production in the past month.

And that's just one day. If you were to switch to a larger blast furnace, the output in a month would be quite impressive. So the craftsmen are excited. They've never been in such a situation.

However, Shang Wu was not happy, because there are still some problems with the iron produced, and the iron has become very brittle in some places, because the phosphorus content in the coal or iron ore is high, but it doesn't matter, Shang Wu can solve such a problem by improving the formula, which is a small problem.

The increase in iron production can lead to an increase in the production of muskets, artillery, and the manufacture of various vehicles. In short, there are so many uses for iron, and there are too many places where iron is needed. As a result, the demand for iron becomes great. Solving the problem of iron is actually solving some of their own problems, which is a good thing for Shangwu.

"But, sir, the production of this iron has risen. The consumption of this iron ore is somewhat unable to keep up. The craftsman said to Shangwu in embarrassment at this time.

"Before, our iron ore consumption has not been able to keep up, mainly because there is no such method to smelt iron, but now, this way of iron smelting has gone up. But this iron ore can't keep up. The craftsman said. The increase in the speed of iron smelting has made the consumption of iron ore huge.

"Hmm. That's right, but we still have to look for iron ore, only more ore can ensure our production, and the production of more iron can meet our needs. Sangwu nodded, noting the question. Iron ore is currently imported. However, pig iron was imported at the earliest, and later, it became iron ore, because the base area could smelt iron by itself, relying on the rich coal resources in the Handan area, Shang Wu felt that a larger steel production center could be established here. But they had to solve the iron problem first. Without an abundance of iron, it cannot be produced.

Shang Wu then went to the arsenal, and his main concern was the place where muskets were produced, especially in terms of barrel production.

"Arquebuses are not very difficult to make. I believe that the court will soon imitate it. It's a very bad thing for us, and we want to change. The only way to do this is to produce thinner muskets, and this barrel is a problem that we have to deal with. Shang Wu said to the craftsmen.

Because the production of the barrel of the flintlock pistol still depends on the individual skill of the craftsman, which requires the high personal skill of the craftsman, and at the same time, it is impossible to carry out standard production, which is not possible for them. This is an extremely difficult point, so Shangwu must encourage technological innovation.