The group of people are all masters of martial arts, and their physical strength is different from ordinary people, so it didn't take many days to reach the territory of Fuding County, and climbed along the rugged mountain to the top of the mountain, Xu Tianhong stopped and pointed to several black smoke in front of him that went straight into the sky and asked, "What is this?" ”

Judging from the amount of black smoke, the scale of the ironworks seems to have expanded a lot compared to his own time, Chen Jialuo looked at the scene of being scolded to death by those environmentalists in the future generations, and suddenly felt excited, "Brother Qi, that is the new ironworks of my Red Flower Society, the ironworks were built by Mr. Gao Yang and Mr. Taixi, and the towering black smoke is emitted when making iron, this ironworks is amazing, Both the quantity and quality of the tapping far exceeded that of other iron factories in the Qing Dynasty. If it is still slightly worse than those large iron factories in Britain, of course, this is not the reason for the backwardness of technology, but the lack of skilled and experienced workers, and when these workers train for a period of time, and then solve the problem of coal mines and iron mines, it is only a matter of time before this iron factory becomes the world's first-class factory.

"With iron, won't we be able to build our own weapons?" , Xu Tianhong also said excitedly, "I wonder how much iron this ironmaking plant can produce in a year?" How much steel can be produced? ”

"Before leaving, Mr. Gao told me that this iron factory can produce 50 million catties of iron and 1.5 million catties of stainless steel a year." , the steel plant with an annual output of only 25,000 tons of steel will probably not even be comparable to village-level enterprises in the future, right? But in today's era, it is the world's top level, after all, the British Empire's national steel production in 1788 was only 76,000 tons.

"Fifty million catties!" , Xu Tianhong was stunned by this number, and his eyes were as big as copper bells, "You can make 50,000 steel knives with ten catties of iron according to a steel knife!" With this iron factory, we can build iron armor for all the soldiers, which is more than enough! ”

"You can't use it all to build weapons, in my opinion, forget about this iron armor!" As the first batch of iron smelted by the Red Flower Society, in addition to a small part of it was used to make guns, it was more used to build various machinery, and then used these machinery to produce more industrial systems, this iron factory was equivalent to bringing Fuding into an incubator for industrialization; If it weren't for that, it would have taken so much production to build weapons alone.

"Why don't you build iron armor?" , Xu Tianhong began to argue with reason. "Chief helmsman, although his subordinates did not participate in the war in the northwest, I also heard that the one who caused the greatest damage to Mu Lao's heroes was Zhaohui's iron man team, and the iron man team was covered in heavy armor from top to bottom, and the sword could not enter, and no one could stop them when they lined up to charge! If there is such a team in my Red Flower Club, it will be invincible and invincible! ”

Times are different, and there are no cold weapons! Chen Jialuo patted Xu Tianhong on the shoulder. "Brother Qi, don't worry, when you go to Fuding, I'll take you to see the army we are training now, and you will know why I don't equip the soldiers with iron armor!" , I don't know how many muskets I can make with the money to build an iron armor! With muskets, what else is the use of ironclad?

Xu Tianhong buried his doubts in his heart, nodded and continued to move forward, turning over the mountain and arriving at a small plain. On both sides of the road are neatly cultivated fields, and tall waterwheels are erected on both sides of the river. It's winter and Tanaka is already bare, Xu Tianhong looked at it for a while and found something abnormal, "Chief helmsman, which big landlord's field is here?" ”

"Oh? Why did Seventh Brother say that? Chen Jialuo asked curiously.

"Helmsman, look." , Xu Tianhong pointed to the endless land in front of him and said. "The field is so neat, with straight ridges, square plots, and every little piece of land almost the same size, that it is clearly owned by a family. How else would it be so neat? I don't know if this person is friends or foes with my Red Flower Society? If it is an enemy, with the power of this family, I am afraid it will be a big trouble! ”

"Hahahaha, Seventh Brother is too worried! These lands belong to my Red Flower Society! Chen Jialuo laughed heartily, the land Xu Tianhong was referring to was the largest in the Red Flower Society in Fuding! Although these paddy fields have already been harvested, judging from the occasional stubble in the fields, the yield is probably much higher than last year!

"This land is not less than 10,000 acres, if it is calculated according to one acre of land and two stones of rice, our safflower society can harvest 20,000 stones of grain on this land alone!" , one stone in the Qing Dynasty is about equivalent to more than 150 catties now, two stones is 150 kilograms, and 10,000 acres of land is 1,000 tons of grain, "I'm afraid that these grains alone can raise more than 10,000 elite soldiers!" ”

"I'm afraid the output of this land is more than that of Seventh Brother, but it's not enough to raise an army of 10,000 people!" , Chen Jialuo's food for those soldiers was very good in this era, so that several soldiers who violated military regulations and were kicked out knelt outside the camp because they were reluctant to have such a good meal, in order to beg him to be lenient and let them return to the barracks, of course, Chen Jialuo could not agree to them, and finally threw them into the factory.

"As soon as the helmsman said this, his subordinates wanted to go and see it earlier!" , Xu Tianhong said eagerly.

"Hehe, there are many things that can surprise Brother Qi! Let's take a look when we get to the county seat! Chen Jialuo also felt a trace of pride in his heart, Fuding has undergone such a big change in just half a year, what will happen in a few years?

When they arrived at the county office, the two officials guarding the gate were also members of the Red Flower Society, and when they saw Chen Jialuo coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to pick up their horses and took them to the inner office. "The helmsman is back, oh, the Seven Masters are also here!" , Now the people left in the yamen are Xin Yan and Lu Feiqing, Lu Feiqing met the apprentice again, and she has seen something from the expression on her face, and when she thinks that the fate of her beloved apprentice has been solved, Lu Feiqing can't help but feel relieved.

After getting the news, the big and small leaders who were still in Fuding rushed over, seeing that Chen Jialuo and others were full of dust, and there were no important matters recently, everyone didn't say anything official, and they were ready to wash the dust for them.

"Miss Yuan Zhi is here too!" , Huo Qingtong, who was dressed in military uniform, also rushed over, and as soon as he entered the house, he affectionately took Li Yuanzhi's little hand, "Sister Yuan Zhi has been away for so long, I miss it very much, why don't you sleep with me tonight, let's talk to each other!" ”

Chen Jialuo felt very sad when he heard this, he had been holding back for several months, and he wanted to come back and hang out with Huo Qingtong first, but he knew that he had to sleep alone with an extra wife! (To be continued......)

ps: Thank you for the reward of the six arts, it's been almost a month since I ran naked, and my heart is congested.