Chapter 423: Huge Assets

In summer, the flow of the Yeki River reaches its maximum value, and the meltwater from the Alai Mountains converges into the river and rushes down the river in a majestic and spectacular manner. In the upper reaches of the Yeji River, more than a dozen huge waterwheels were lined up one after another, and the powerful water flow drove a huge hammer, and as the water wheel completed each rotation, a new Ningyuan coin was stamped.

It took a year and a half for the host of the stamping coin to gather the wisdom of dozens of craftsmen, and the waterwheel with strong momentum was finally born.

Holding a gold coin and a copper coin handed over by Lou Fei, Li Huaitang was overjoyed, Ning Yuancheng finally had his own coins, and they had a very high degree of anti-counterfeiting. The obverse of the coin is the epitome of Ningyuan City and the face value marked with numbers, and the back is four words, Ningyuan gold coins, both the pattern and the number are 'fine' and beautiful, concave and convex, relying on a strong impulse to stamp, which is comparable to the ordinary money fan coinage. Originally, Lou Fei's suggestion was to press Li Huaitang's portrait on the front of the coin, but it was later vetoed by Wu Meng, and the tree will inevitably attract the wind, who knows what the Tang Dynasty court will think of the Tang Dynasty, which has always been called the monarch and the minister, the father and son, in case it leads to a vicious attack by someone with a heart, it will only bring unnecessary trouble to Li Huaitang, and simply make the avatar Ningyuan City, so it is understandable.

"How much does it produce per day?"

The clumsy waterwheel is very slow, and the sight makes people automatically feel impatient, and they want to jump into the river to help push it. Once the summer passes, the amount of water in the river decreases, and the rush will be even slower, so according to Li Huaitang's estimate, there are only three to four months a year suitable for stamping coins, and if the output is not enough, it will seriously restrict the commercial development of Ningyuan City.

Lou Fu nodded his finger and replied: "A waterwheel can make a hundred pieces in an hour, and there are fifteen waterwheels." I calculated that the terrain here can accommodate 100 of these waterwheels, and if all 100 waterwheels are completed, then 120,000 will be produced per day, and 1.5 million in a year, including the end of spring and the beginning of autumn and the whole summer. ”

Millions may sound like a lot, but it's a drop in the bucket for a large-scale business event.

There are rivers everywhere near Ningyuan City, most of which originate from the towering Alai Mountain, and the turbulent water is naturally the driving force of the huge waterwheel. However, the stamping technology of the coin needs to be kept strictly secret, and this requirement is destined to prevent the waterwheel from 'flowering' everywhere, so as not to 'expose' the rumors and technology. In order to keep it secret, there are thousands of soldiers stationed in this waterwheel site now, and there are many checkpoints, and no one can enter the field without Li Huaitang's orders and tokens. Every craftsman who knows the inside story and the craftsmen on the scene are residents of Ningyuan City, have families and rooms, and they have all made a record in the ya'men of Wu'meng', and have been closely focused on by Suifeng. Li Huaitang attaches great importance to confidentiality work, and even when he came this time, he seriously refused to follow An Luo'er, who was inseparable from now on.

Li Huaitang thought for a moment and asked, "Can we 'draw' some of the existing personnel and open up another production site in the Ruoxi River in the south?" ”

Ruoxi River is the product of Pei Xiaoniang's coquettishness, looking at the river where Ye Ji and Su Xiaoniang both have their own names, she is unwilling, and strongly requests that the nearest river of the same size south of Ye Ji River be renamed Ruoxi River. It is easy to please the beauties, how could Li Huaitang let it go, of course, with a wave of his hand, he signed the proclamation of the river name change. As a result, the proclamation caused a domino effect, and the rest of the beauties made equal demands. Overnight, the soldiers and civilians of Ningyuan City were stunned to find that the naming rights of the nine rivers near Ningyuan City all belonged to the general's wife.

Lou Fu calculated carefully and nodded, and said, "Yes, yes, but it won't be done until next year, and the general needs to allocate another group of soldiers to the scene to protect." ”

"Well, the soldiers are not a problem, I will arrange it myself, and everything will go according to plan. The results of the building craftsman are gratifying, but remember not to be proud, that hundred feet ahead, go further, I hope that the building craftsman will continue to work hard to tap the potential, make use of the existing conditions, and strive to eliminate all difficulties for the public, strive to complete the technical improvement work as soon as possible, improve the work efficiency of the waterwheel, and make indelible contributions to the development of Ningyuan City. As soon as these words came out, Li Huaitang felt that he had the prestige of a copycat leader, but the main audience Lou Fei fell into a 'fog', and the fresh words made him indigestion and almost made his head freeze.

After inspecting the waterwheel mint, Li Huaitang then rushed to the site of the copper and gold mine located deep in the mountains. The output of the copper-gold mine is closely related to the wealth of Ningyuan City, and only more precious metals can buy more materials. Perhaps inspired by the statue in the central square of Ningyuan City, Master Lu has been living in a simple shed in the mine for the past few months, frantically urging the mining of ore to repay Li Huaitang for his kindness.

Seeing Master Lu again, Li Huaitang felt a little guilty, this "long-term worker" was tired of fame, and he lost a lot of weight in a few months, it seems that the world's laity, including himself, can not get rid of the domination of fame and fortune.

"General Xinren, yesterday I received 5,000 strong slaves, with this batch of strong forces, the mining area can continue to expand, and the output will be increased by half." Lu Dajiang's confidence comes not only from the newly injected labor, but also from the expectation of innovative mining tools, such as the winch and giant hammer, several people drive the strong ox to keep twisting the winch, pull up the huge hammer and then smash it to the boulder, the heavy and unmovable rock can not withstand a few blows, and finally breaks into countless small pieces, and then is collected and transported out of the mountains by slaves; There are also pulley slings connected between the ravines, and the ore in the deep ditches can be pulled up and rediscovered; The ramshell crashed into the same car, smashing the mountain-like boulder to pieces; The rest, such as lever pry, whirlwind drill, etc., are the crystallization of the wisdom of Lu Dajiang and others, which greatly improves the production efficiency of ore.

There was no need for Li Huaitang to ask, Master Lu excitedly played the guarantee: "From today on, I promise to meet the ore needs of three million catties of copper smelting every month, more than 200,000 catties of gold ore, and a monthly output of 1,000 catties of gold." ”

"Hehe, that's good!" Li Huaitang patted Master Lu on the shoulder, and couldn't bear to say: "Master Lu, thank you for your hard work, this mine can be so prosperous, and it is inseparable from your efforts." ”

Hearing the praise, Master Lu scratched his head unwillingly and sneered: "Hehe, the general has won the award." ”

"But," Li Huaitang changed his words, "I'm sorry, you can't stay here anymore, there is a mine that needs you even more waiting for you." ”

The new mine was an iron ore mine, which was discovered by the Gold Exploration Bureau in the Fergana Mountains, and Li Huaitang came back yesterday and received the good news of Wu'meng'.

The gold exploration bureau is composed of the shareholders of the coal mine and the copper and gold mines, as well as the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the General's Office, and employs experienced metallurgists to monopolize the exploration of the ore veins, and the discovered mines are jointly owned by the three parties. The work efficiency of the gold exploration bureau was very high, and the first target was set in the Fergana mountain range, which is not far from Ningyuan City, and the hard work paid off, and after several months of hard work, they finally discovered an iron mine.

Some of the tens of thousands of Zhuang slaves captured from the Gulu Kingdom were replenished to the existing two mines, and the remaining more than 10,000 strong forces would be used to mine the newly discovered iron ore.

The material interests of the country are first reflected in the harvest of millions of dinars and dirhams, the so-called poor temple rich abbot, not to mention the prolific iron ore in the country of Gudu, its monarch and nobles are so rich that they are oily, in addition to coins, there are a large number of cattle and sheep, and there are hundreds of thousands of catties of iron bars, enough wealth can fully support the early investment of the new mine. Moreover, judging by the benefits reaped by the bony country, the most important thing is human resources.

The country is rich in iron ore, among the tens of thousands of slaves, there are as many as 100 blacksmiths, and there are many people who specialize in mining, they are the backbone of the new iron mines, for the experienced blacksmiths, Li Huaitang gave them special treatment, there are different from ordinary coolies, as long as they behave well, they will have the opportunity to obtain a free status. Although there is an iron ore in the Gudu Country, after all, it is too far away from Ningyuan City, the transportation is inconvenient, and it is close to the big cannibals, so it is easy to be harassed by the big cannibals, so Li Huaitang temporarily gave up the plan to mine iron ore in the Gudu Country.

Hearing that he was going to transfer to a new mine, Master Lu was not worried but happy, the copper and gold mine was mature, and his value could not be reflected, and the new mine was a challenge for him, which could satisfy his eagerness to make meritorious contributions.

After receiving the affirmative answer from Master Lu, Li Huaitang was very happy, and after making the necessary 'handover', he rushed to the coal mine non-stop.

If copper-gold and iron ore are the wealth that can be seen in front of people's eyes, then coal mines are the foundation that holds up copper, gold and iron ore, and smelting coal requires high calorific value, without which there is no efficiency at all. Therefore, the largest number of slaves were assigned to the coal mines, and there were 50,000 strong men working.

Because it is a 'dew' mine, mining is quite convenient, only a few months old, the coal mine has entered the harvest period. Today's coal is mainly supplied to Ningyuan City and Xijian City, and a small part is sold to Kuzhanti and Mi and other places.

Shang Qi is very confident in the profit expectation, and he told Li Huaitang that thanks to the low cost of slave labor, the coal mine will definitely be able to earn dividends for shareholders this year.

Looking forward to the future, Shang Qi hoped that Li Huaitang would be able to take the Shiguo and the Zhaowu Kingdom in Hezhong as soon as possible and open up a huge market. At the same time, Shang Qi also hopes that the gold exploration bureau will continue to work hard to find scarce silver mines and more other veins nearby.

The wish is good, but before getting more grain-producing areas, Li Huaitang did not plan to plunder the population on a large scale, after all, slaves are also human beings, and they also need to consume food, and if they have too much appetite, they will only 'waste' resources, and they can only mine more mines until they take down Shiguo and see the effect of the farm.

The final battle was a farm in the south of the city. There is nothing to say, whether it is the sale of shares or the progress of the project, it is expected that production can start in the coming year.

The assets outside Ningyuan City are huge, even if it is a hurried 'flower', it will take Li Huaitang two days, and when he returns to the city, a ridiculous thing is waiting for him to face in his mansion. Please keep in mind the URL, if you like "War Owl in Tang" written by the wolf under the moon