In this mode, it is the Central Plains merchants who make the cheapest, and the goods they carry are dead things after all, although they spend a little more money on storage, but there will be no loss in the value of the goods. Many merchants saw the death hole of the Khitans, and desperately raised the price of their goods, just like a silk horse, which used to be exchanged for three cows, but now they can exchange it for five, not only to recover the loss of stored goods during this time, but also to make a small profit, one by one. Commercially, the natural weakness of the grassland people compared with the Han people is vividly reflected here.

In just five days, Qin Forget collected a tax of two million taels of silver for the Great Yan Imperial Court, and escorted him to Youzhou with a lot of money.

The tea and horse market is on the right track, and there is no need for Qin Forget to sit in Chicheng all the time. He was on his way to inspect the three counties of Yunbei.

Chen County in winter has not changed much from when Qin Wang first came, there are no crops in the fields, and they are barren. There were still not many villagers in the village, and it was silent. It was a desolate sight as far as the eye could see. The biggest difference is that the large and small polders that used to be separated by dozens of miles are gone, leaking out the villages that are still a little popular inside, adding a little popularity to the wilderness.

The cold wind of early winter blew on his body, making people feel the first chill since the beginning of winter, Qin Forget was not in good health, he just jogged on a horse against the cold wind, and still felt that half of his body was frozen.

"Woo ......" Tie Yi, who was opening the road in front, suddenly reined in his war horse, "There is an unknown cavalry approaching in front, ready to defend!" As soon as the horse stopped, he shouted.

At this time, dozens of guards also saw the smoke and dust in the distance, in addition to Chen Wangchun and a dozen other teenagers under the leadership of Jin Wu who surrounded Qin Wangtuan and protected him, Duan Jiu, Xue Feiyun and the eighteenth iron sword guards quickly dispersed, pulling away enough distance between each other for the war horses to charge, and they all unsheathed their swords and waited for them.

Seeing that the people were getting closer and closer, Tie Yi rode his horse and ran forward for more than ten zhang, "Who is coming?" Dismount now! ”

Twenty or so cavalrymen came on horseback, all wearing the clothes of the officials, and when they heard Tie Yi say this, they all reined in their horses, turned over and jumped off their horses.

"In Xiachen County, the county soldiers caught the head Li Kang, dare to ask the respected driver behind him, but is General Qin, the captain of Zhenwei?" The person who came was none other than Li Kang, who had good riding skills when he stopped Qin Forget in Xiashui Village, and he led someone to stand respectfully in front of Tie Yi.

Qin forgot that he had a good sex, and quickly recognized Li Kang, "Put away the sword, your own person." With that, he slapped his horse and ran forward.

"I've seen Captain Zhenwei!" Seeing that Qin Forget was coming, Li Dang led someone to kneel on one knee and gave a military salute.

"No courtesy, Li Kang, I found that your kid likes to stop the general's horse's head." Qin Forget said with a smile.

"The subordinates don't dare." Li Dang smiled slightly, "This is indeed a coincidence. ”

Qin Forget looked at Li Dang and the twenty knights behind him, and found that they were all dressed in fast clothes, with waist knives, iron rulers, chains, and even three horsemen

Horses carry heavy flails on their backs.

"Are you catching thieves?" Qin Forget said suspiciously.

"Exactly." Li Dang nodded, "Recently, Chen County has not been peaceful, and the county commander specially ordered us to patrol and arrest thieves. ”

"Get on the horse, say on the way." Qin Forget greeted Li Dang, "Tell me, why is it not peaceful?" ”

Li Dang turned over and rode forward half a horse behind Qin Wang, and his more than twenty brothers could only follow behind the guards.

"The tea and horse market has attracted countless merchants from all over the world, as well as countless robbers and thieves. These people can't afford to live in the inn in Chicheng, and most of them will choose to settle in Chen County, so it's a bit chaotic. Li Dare replied.

"Hehe, you are sincere, others want to hide these things from Shangguan, but you have shaken them out." Qin Forget said with a smile.

Li Dang's old face flushed, "I'm a rough person, I don't understand those twists and turns, I can only tell the truth." ”

"That's good, I like honest people." Qin Forget laughed, "Those people are like psoriasis, they can't die, but they can annoy people to death, but there is no good way." You've worked hard lately, and it's a lot better when the tea and horse market is over. By the way, I see that the polders here in Chen County have been demolished, and Li Fugui has done a good job. ”

"Yes, after Lord Jin took office, he strictly ordered the demolition of these polders, and we only did it according to Lord Jin's instructions."

"Good. Ding Chen's army was transferred from Chen County by me to participate in the Battle of Helin, and he was already on his way back to defense. When they come back, it will be much better whether it is security or something. Qin Forget kept praising him.

Hearing Qin Forget mention the battle with Lin, Li Dang suddenly became excited, he pulled the reins and jumped off the war horse, "General, if there is a chance to kill the Khitan dog in the future, please ask the general to bring Li Kang, Li Dang is a five-foot man, I only hate that I can't go to the battlefield to slaughter the Khitan dog in my life." Li Dang knelt on the ground, his eyes red as he spoke.

Looking at Li Kang's appearance, Qin Forget knew that there must be an inside story, "Get on the horse, say it well!" Why do you have to kill the Khitans? ”

Li Dare wiped his tears and climbed back onto the war horse, "It's nothing, when I was a child, the Khitan people Koubian killed my parents, took me captive to the grassland, and worked as a slave for more than ten years, and it hasn't been many years since I came back." Li Dang said flatly.

Li Dare said plainly, but Qin Forget knew how deep the hatred was, "Your riding skills were also learned at that time?" ”

"Yes, the horses that have been released to the Khitan people for more than ten years can't be learned if they don't want to." Li Dang shook his head with a wry smile.

"I still need a cavalry commander, your riding skills are good, but I can't give it to you." Qin Forget admired Li Kang's skills, but he couldn't just give him a position as the commander of the cavalry corps, "When you level down all the ghosts and spirits in Chen County, I can give you a position of battalion commander to try your skills." ”

Li Dang was overjoyed, he didn't expect that Qin Forget would not only give him the opportunity to fulfill his lifelong wish, but also this

Mogao platform.

Chenxian Iron Mine.

This is a shallow iron mine, although the fineness of the ore is not as good as that of the iron mine in Taihang Mountain, the scale is much smaller than that. But the quality is also very good, the key is that this iron ore is on the plains, and it is much less difficult to mine.

Qin Forget continued to inspect this iron mine, more than a dozen huge mines had been opened on the ground, Qin Forget couldn't see what was going on underneath, but dozens of catties of ore were constantly being pulled out at the mouth of the mine, and it could be seen that the output was still considerable.

"Wang Tiehammer, how much does this iron mine produce in a day?" Qin forgot to ask Wang Tiehammer, who was following behind.

Since Qin Forget took the three counties of Yunbei, he immediately started the development of iron ore in Chen County. The iron ore in Taihang Mountain could not be used in a short period of time, so Qin Wang attached great importance to the iron ore in this Chen County. Wang Tiehammer, the head in charge of forging weapons in Akagi, also moved here with hundreds of his subordinates.

"General Hui, you can produce 5,000 catties of iron ore every day, and you can get 2,000 catties of raw iron after refining." Wang Tiehammer said skillfully.

Qin Wang's brows furrowed slightly, "Two thousand catties of wool iron, after making a good iron that can be used, it is only a thousand catties, and the iron hammer is a little less." We have an order for 30,000 Khitan scimitars and 450,000 feather arrows, so we can't meet the use at all. ”

"Yes, but even if there is enough steel now, I am afraid that it will not be produced in time, and the mood of my brothers is not right. General, why are we building weapons for those Khitans? Did they kill a lot of us in Akagi? Wang Tiehammer hesitated, but still said what he had always wanted to say in his heart.

Hearing Wang Tiezhu's words full of resentment, Qin Forget raised his eyebrows, "I'm afraid you're not the only one who thinks like this, right?" And they are all like that? ”

"Yes, they are also a little bit confused, and if they can't figure it out, they don't have much fun working." Wang Tiehammer told the truth.

"Let's go, go to the blacksmith, I'll tell you about it." Qin Forget took the lead and rushed to the blacksmith shop.

Fifty huge blacksmith shops are set up not far from the iron mine, and the iron ore is mined, transported to the refining furnace for refining, and then transported to the blacksmith shop for forging, which only needs to walk seven or eight miles, minimizing the waste of time and manpower and material resources.

Fifty blacksmiths were busy, and there was a "clanging" sound from inside, and the sledgehammer was sonorous and powerful, and the small hammer was light and swift, although it was very noisy, but if you listened carefully, you could still find that the rhythm was obvious.

Outside the blacksmith's shop hung a row of hundreds of freshly baked scimitars, glittering in the sunlight.

Qin Wangfei took one off and looked at it carefully, it was a standard scimitar commonly used by the Khitan people, there was nothing unusual about its appearance, but the blade was so sharp that it was terrifying. Qin Forget gently brushed the blade with his fingers, and his skin could feel a coldness, it was indeed a good knife, it had reached thirty refinements, and it was not as simplified as many steps as last time.