Zhujiagou, Qian'an County, Yongping Prefecture, where construction is in full swing. A group of big men walked bare-chested, carrying a big basket to the measurement office, but they were sweating profusely in the cold wind, and the leading man shouted: "Everyone work harder, our group will definitely be able to win the first place today, and the ten yuan bonus is ours." The crowd agreed.

At this time, another group of big men also ran past them with baskets, leaving a burst of laughter: "Liu Sihai, today's prize is ours, you wait for next time, hahaha." ”

Liu Sihai shouted angrily: "Wang Wu, you got it, it's only three o'clock in the afternoon, what's the hurry." Then he said to his companions: "Leave them alone, they can't run for a long time, let's not run, the old man has words, not afraid of slowness, afraid of standing, we can win over them with even force." ”

They put the basket on the scales, and the steward shouted, "One hundred and eighty pounds of skin, one hundred and seventy pounds of skin...... Ten baskets totaling 1,755 catties, counted under the name of Group A 6, you are now in second place, and if you work hard, you may reach the first. ”

Liu Sihai asked: "How much more is Group C3 than us?" ”

The steward looked at the notebook and replied: "There are 1,950 catties more, and the amount of one trip, they have also made two more trips than you." ”

Liu Sihai looked back at the clock on the tower in the distance, it was exactly a quarter past three in the afternoon, and there were still two hours and three quarters before the end of work, he should be able to catch up with Wang Wu and them, he waved his hand and said: "Look at it, we will definitely be able to win Group C3, the fastest mining team of Qian'an Iron Mine is not by bragging, and today's ten yuan bonus is ours again." ”

Qian'an Iron Mine is now the largest iron mine in Daming, Zhu Youxiao happened to hear about this iron mine in his previous life, and the reason why he placed Liao people in Qian'an was also to provide enough labor for the iron mine. So he found Yao Siren, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and asked him to organize people to go to Qian'an for exploration.

Yao Siren said: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know that there is iron in Qian'an, and I don't know where Your Majesty knows that there is an iron matter in Qian'an, and the minister wants to invite him to inquire and verify." ”

Looking at this white-haired old minister, Zhu Youxiao could only sigh: "Yao Qing, if there is iron, don't you send someone to explore it?" Why bother who said it? ”

"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry should have rules to follow, if there is no solid evidence, please forgive the ministers for not daring to send people to explore, so as not to waste manpower and money."

Zhu Youxiao was so angry that he couldn't do anything to this old man, so he had to turn around and go to Wei Zhongxian. Wei Zhongxian's eyes lit up when he heard Youtie, and he couldn't wait to say: "Shengshang, you don't need to find the Ministry of Works, we have talents who specialize in mining in our inner court." “

Zhu Youxiao said: "Which prison knows how to mine?" “

Wei Zhongxian replied: "Shengshang, although the silver bureau is to create gold and silver ornaments, but there are people in it who know how to mine silver mines, silver mines will be mined, can't iron mines be opened?" “

Zhu Youxiao laughed angrily: "Are these two the same?" If you can plant corn, will you definitely grow turnips? Wait, this is really about the same, you go and ask, see if there are any people who know how to open iron mines, don't we have a lot of eunuchs who have nothing to do? Last time, you said you were going to in the palace, but now it's okay, send me to work in the iron mine. “

Wei Zhongxian was shocked, if this really happened, everyone knew that it was their own idea, then they would not have to be a person in the inner court, and everyone would hate themselves to death, so he hurriedly said: "Shengshang, the internal official, you are afraid that it will be difficult for him to go to mining, firstly, he is not familiar with it, and secondly, the internal official's body is generally weak, and he is afraid that he will lose his life if he mines for a few days, please be gracious." “

Zhu Youxiao thought about it, most of the internal officials were indeed not in good health, and he didn't know if it was an endocrine problem, so he changed his words and said: "Don't let them go to mining, but it's always okay to supervise bookkeeping or something, you go and ask first, it's easy to do things when there are mining talents." “

Wei Zhongxian hurriedly ran to the silver bureau, and the eunuch with the palm print took him in, Wei Zhongxian pushed away the tea he had offered and said, "Do you have anyone here who knows how to mine?" “

The palm print eunuch smiled: "Factory Gong, of course there is, the Silver Bureau itself has a small silver mine in western Beijing, which is mined by ourselves." “

"It's not silver mining, it's iron ore, it just needs to be mined, smelting is none of our business, the Ordnance Bureau is responsible."

The palm print eunuch smiled even brighter: "Factory man, this is really there, we have a master in the silver bureau, the family used to run an iron factory, he has been in charge of the ore mining in the iron factory, and then the family made an accident, he gritted his teeth before entering the palace, and there is nothing wrong with him in this matter." “

Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed: "Call him here, the Sprinkle family wants to ask, you can't make a mistake, otherwise the saint can't afford to blame him." “

The palm print called the head of the squad in, and Wei Zhongxian saw that it was a young eunuch in his twenties, so he said angrily: "Li Jingming, you are so bold that you dare to deceive your grandfather and me." “

Li Jingming suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted: "Factory father, my own grandfather, how dare the little one deceive your old man." “

"You said that this man is in charge of mining at home, he is only about twenty years old now, what experience can he have in opening iron mines."

Li Jingming relieved his mind at this time, and continued to kneel on the ground and said: "The factory is angry, this Chen Xiu just looks at the tender face, in fact, he is in his thirties, and the children are ten years old before entering the palace. “

Chen Xiu also knelt down and said: "Factory man, the slave maid is the palace that has been advancing for more than a year, the slave and maid are Chinese New Year's Eve five years today, and they have managed the iron mine at home for a total of twelve years, please check the factory man." “

Wei Zhongxian confirmed again: "You really have thirty-five?" “

Chen Xiudao: "It is indeed thirty-five. “

Wei Zhongxian smiled and said, "Get up, what are you doing on your knees." It's the two of you who blame the Sprinkle family, Chen Xiu, right, if you want to mine an iron ore now, do you know everything about everything? “

Chen Xiu smiled confidently and said: "It's not easy for others to say, but the slave and maid have been working for so long about iron ore mining, and they can still be said to understand a little." “

Wei Zhongxian smiled: "That's good, you find a few people who know this business, get ready, and after I tell the saint, I will go and mine for me." “

Chen Xiudao: "Factory father, is it the original mine?" “

Wei Zhongxian thought for a moment and said: "I heard from the saint, it should be new, and the Ministry of Industry is unwilling to explore, so leave it to us to do it." “

Chen Xiu was anxious, and hurriedly said: "Factory father, the new mine must be explored first, otherwise it will not be good if there is no mine or too little ore at that time." “

Wei Zhongxian smiled: "Don't worry, as long as the saint says that there is iron ore there, then there must be iron ore, don't doubt the judgment of the saint, the principle of my work is that the emperor said that iron can not sink on the water, then it must not sink, if it sinks, it is that we have not done a good job, we have not done it right, but what the saint said will never be wrong, the Sprinkle family has followed the saint for several years, and has never seen the saint say a wrong word, so we just need to go there and find the right place to start mining." “

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