A very lively thing, this report, put it in Jia Chaochang, Jia Chaochang has no expectations, after reading it, it is different, the quality is no problem at all, the iron material is obviously above the ordinary iron, the same is true of the refined iron, and at the same time, it was mentioned that under the premise of excellent performance in all aspects, the weight of the refined iron is more than half of the previous fine iron.

Jia Chaochang didn't understand the importance of this, but the whole article was full of appreciation, which still made him a little depressed, and finally, when he saw the blacksmith appointed by him add questions, he was overjoyed, but after reading it, he was disappointed.

Because the problem is a question of price, is there a problem with price? They proposed that the blacksmiths should test the quality, and the price had always been in the hands of the heads of the Privy Council.

Blacksmiths judge more based on experience, the price of their own refined iron is extremely high, coupled with this refined iron, changed the characteristics of some refined iron, lighter, and better quality, in this case, the price is judged to be high.

However, in addition to the two blacksmiths who vetoed because the estimation of fine iron was too high, there are three more objective, if the price of this fine iron is about 500 Wen per catty, it is worth buying.

500 Wen per catty, after writing this, the other two blacksmiths were already dumbfounded, how can such an excellent fine iron be 500 Wen, even if it is 800 Wen, you can finish the previous fine iron, you can buy it.

The two numbers of 500 Wen and 800 Wen are quite dazzling, which makes Jia Chaochang a little helpless, the price is also the core of this order, because of this, the only problem raised by the blacksmiths is not a problem.

Jia Chaochang knows, it is clear that ordinary iron is 35 Wen a catty, and the Bu Renjia made of fine iron is 150 Wen a catty, which is the price of the finished product, not the price of a simple material.

The blacksmiths gave a price of 500 to 800 Wen, which is acceptable, and the price of 150 Wen is not only cheap, but also extremely cheap.

In this way, a set of ordinary fine iron step armor will not exceed 5 runs, which is about the same as the price of the previous ordinary step armor.

It's a headache, the loophole that is most likely to be vetoed doesn't exist, and the only idea is gone.

Sighing, maybe it was the relationship he had just figured out, Jia Chaochang didn't say anything more, and handed the document to Tian Qian on the left-hand side, just like that, in Zai Fu and the governor of the political affairs, it was passed around, especially after Ye Qingchen, who was the third envoy, also read it, he didn't know what he was thinking, but his eyes kept turning, which proved that he was tempted.

As the envoy of the third division, Ye Qingchen knows very well how big the military's demand for iron is, under the premise of no war, it is 60 million catties, if all of these are replaced with this iron material, how much will be saved, 2 million, 3 million, even if the third division can only get half of the reduction, it is a terrible promotion for the third division.

What Shaanxi disaster, what Xixia crisis, 1.5 million more, can always be solved, and it can be solved relatively well.

Tian Guo couldn't help but sigh and said: "It's really cheap and of good quality, I don't know how the fine iron output of this blacksmith shop is!" ”

This sentence got to the point, especially Ye Qingchen, who had been paying attention to this side and listened with his ears pricked up.

If the quality is good, the price is low, and the quantity is very small, it is not enough to solve all the problems, tens of thousands of catties, hundreds of thousands of catties, there is no meaning.

At this time, when the fold was still in Han Qi, he thought of some, opened the fold, and sure enough, in a very inconspicuous place, he saw a description of the output, and said: "Isn't it written on it, the yield is very high, the output of iron is the highest, it may be 500,000 catties a day, and the refined iron is a little less, at least 100,000 catties per day is no problem!" ”

100,000 catties of refined iron, everyone has expectations, refined iron is stronger than iron, I don't know how much, its price is also because of the rarity and high price, for many blacksmiths, refining refined iron, for them, like a milestone.

For a long time, fine iron is a high-quality material, get a little, just like the New Year, fine iron is also synonymous with the magic weapon, is handmade, small batch production, when, fine iron can also be produced on a large scale.

Take a 25 catties of step armor as an example, 100,000 catties of fine iron, that is, 4,000 sets of step armor, according to a quarter of the equipment of the step armor, in less than two years, the forbidden army can complete the replacement.

When the time comes, the lighter and stronger infantry armor will be enough to help the Northern Song Dynasty infantry multiply its strength, which is an irresistible temptation for every military personnel.

Tian Zheng's words, let everyone resonate, and even some of them are considering, this temptation is too great.

In the same way, in Tian Qing's ears, it is an indescribable temptation, if you get this, it will be a huge improvement for the entire Northern Song Dynasty military, but where Ye Qingchen is, it is a nightmare.

Hearing that the output of 500,000 catties of refined iron a day, in this year, it is more than 100 million catties, which is enough to envelop the consumption of the entire military, which is a big deal for the third division, no matter what, Ye Qingchen will promote the completion of this matter, and at the same time, he must also leave enough funds for the third division.

But when he heard that the focus of the field was not iron, but fine iron, his face changed greatly.

A foot armor, can smooth out the distance with the heavy cavalry, if it is a fine iron armor, although the weapon is not all, but a large part, when the weapon forms a generation gap, the combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly improved.

A few people exchanged a little, and were about to think about this issue, but they heard an untimely voice coming: "You can't change the refined iron!" ”

It was none other than Ye Qingchen who spoke, as the third envoy, there was no need for him to get involved in the affairs of the Privy Council, but the previous rumors were likely to become reality.

A good quality, the price is even lower, and the output is at least 10 million catties per month, this is a huge change, according to the monthly consumption of 5 million catties, close to 50 Wen reduction, representing a minimum of 3 million a year of reduction, this is purely on the iron, if this expansion to the purchase of weapons, how much.

Military expenditure is always the most important aspect of the entire financial allocation, but it is indispensable, the three divisions have been raised as much as possible, the reason why Ye Qingchen was able to become the envoy of the three divisions is to smooth out various relationships, reduce financial expenditures, and increase revenue.

He didn't want to change so easily, because these military generals who were so happy with their achievements were gone.

Providing iron material reduces expenditure, which is a reduction, but if it involves replacement, even if the price is the same between the two replacements, but he is replacement, this is a large amount of investment.

Ye Qingchen, as the third envoy, has a very say in this regard, and the most important thing is that he controls the financial power.

Tian Guo and the three envoys looked at each other, if Ye Qingchen did not come, after they discussed the matter internally and came up with a unified solution, then this balance would become the funds within the Privy Council.

But Ye Qingchen was there, and at the same time, Ye Qingchen heard the replacement of Jingtiebu Renjia, and took the initiative to raise objections, Tian Guo and others are all involved in political affairs, and at their current level, of course they know the current financial situation of the Northern Song Dynasty, and what they thought of before was more from the military aspect.

A fine iron infantry armor, if it is fully replaced, will have a great effect on the promotion of the entire army, but in this way, the financial pressure will be very great.

This step man armor is similar to the previous step person armor, but it is not equal to the equivalent exchange, a step person armor of about 5 runs, if you sell iron, you may not be able to buy 5 runs, under the premise of the appearance of iron materials in the Daimyo Mansion, it is likely to plummet, maybe there is only less than 1 run.

In this way, the replacement cost of a step armor, under the premise that the old step armor is sold, a set is the difference of more than 4 times, if the forbidden army replaces 200,000 step people, it will need to invest 80 to 1 million yuan.

On the premise of not reducing, it will cost close to one million yuan, isn't it asking for Ye Qingchen's old life?

Sigh, for the soldiers, it would be good if they could all be replaced, this is impossible, the Northern Song Dynasty could not support such a large number of replacements, small batches of replacements are okay, if it is a large number of replacements, just the pressure of funds, it is enough to overwhelm the finances of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Tian Guo and the others had no choice but to discuss in other aspects, at this time, Ye Qingchen also joined in, the appearance of iron material is a huge benefit, 35 Wen iron material, compared with the previous reduction of more than half, for the entire Northern Song Dynasty military, just such a one, the reduction of expenditure, is a big number.

However, can the yield be guaranteed?

This is also what has always made them suspicious, and it is also where they cannot be sure.

If Zhao Xin heard this, he would definitely laugh dumbly, for the entire industrialized workshop, even if there is no such thing as steelmaking furnaces, open hearth furnaces and converters, just traditional blacksmith workbenches, but the use of standardized layouts in later generations, plus the use of catalysts and coke, the efficiency has been greatly improved, and it has gone all out, more than 2 million catties per day, which is converted into 700 million catties per year.

This number, converted into metric units, is only 350,000 tons of output, in later generations, not even a fraction of the amount, but in the Northern Song Dynasty, this is more than twice the total output before the Northern Song Dynasty, this is the terrible industrialization, even if it is only concentrated in one or two hundred thousand people, and even professional blacksmiths are only about 2,000 people, but the entire Northern Song Dynasty, hundreds of millions of people can produce steel.

The output of this thing is the least questioned, even if there is no catalyst, a simple amount of heaps can support these consumptions, not to mention the discovery of a large number of catalysts and the use of intensive and overall methods to adjust the blacksmith workshop, the Daimyo blacksmith workshop, just like a terrible beast, at the beginning of its birth, it showed a terrible grandeur, so that the entire Northern Song Dynasty was affected.