Ran Fei asked, "What kind of business do these Yan Kingdom merchants do?" ”

Xie Ming: "They are mainly engaged in the grain business, and now what we lack most is grain and iron, I have already found a few merchants who are engaged in the iron business, and I will go to hand them over in a few days." ”

But Ran Fei quickly asked, "How do you solve the money thing?" Now we are in deficit. ”

Xie Ming: "I took a look at the things in the warehouse and found some valuable things, which can be dealt with for a while, but it is definitely not a long-term solution." ”

Ran Fei: "Let's see if you can borrow some money from the merchants in the city?" ”

Hearing this, Xie Ming's heart immediately sank, Ran Fei saw his reluctance, and couldn't help but read in his heart: "When it comes to money, I don't want to, I'm afraid of borrowing it from his family, it's really a businessman." ”

Xie Ming pondered for a moment, and finally returned: "Okay, I'll go to the city and ask." ”

Ran Fei sighed and said, "I still have a way!" ”

Xie Ming: "Please speak!" ”

Ran Fei: "The reputation of our sword casting workshop has spread far and wide, why don't we start selling our swords to the outside world?" ”

Xie Ming: "This is a solution, but this matter has to be ordered by you personally, the Sword Forge is your direct subordinate, and it will not stop anyone else's orders." ”

Ran Fei: "I know this, I'm just asking you, if this thing will work, can you get the money in a short period of time." ”

Xie Ming: "This is no problem, especially in the black market, there is a special need for high-quality weapons, whether it is Yan or Zhao, they are sold very well." ”

Ran Fei: "Then I will order it immediately, you go to the buyer immediately, but our most powerful weapon can't be sold!" ”

Xie Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Of course. ”

Xie Ming saluted and then turned to leave.

Ran Fei said to his subordinates: "Come on, call Master Zhou of the Sword Casting Workshop to me." ”

Subordinate: "No! ”

Half an hour later, Master Zhou came to Ran Fei under the guidance of the guards, and Master Zhou gave a salute: "General, do you have something to do with me?" ”

Ran Fei: "Of course, Master Zhou, please take a seat!" Ran Fei pointed to the seat next to him.

Master Zhou sat down, and Ran Fei asked, "With our current iron inventory, how many average-level swords can we make?" ”

Master Zhou took stock of it for a while, and replied: "According to our speed, roughly calculated, plus the broken swords that we recovered before, we should be able to make two thousand swords." But it will take some time, and with the current manpower, it will take at least a month to complete. As you know, in the past, our swordsmithing workshop was all for non-commissioned officers, so they were all good swords. It takes a long time, but since you just want the quality to be average, it's easy to say. ”

Ran Fei: "I know this, this is the purpose of my sword casting workshop, but now we need money, we need money to buy iron and food. So now I can only trouble you, speed up the progress, make the sword, and sell it on the black market. The quality certainly cannot be made according to the quality of our senior officers, as long as it is a little better than the general market. ”

Master Zhou: "That's fine. ”

Ran Fei: "Okay, since that's the case, then I'll give an order to transport all the iron in Jiyang to you, and you should speed up the work, but remember one thing, don't be overtired, you are all Jiyang's treasures!" ”

Master Zhou: "Yes! You can rest assured. I'm going to get this done. ”

Xie Ming's ability was demonstrated, and the high-level leaders of Jiyang no longer dared to look down on him, and Zhang Dali and Yuan Qi had to admire Xie Ming and the Xie family behind him. The Xie family has been operating in the northern part of Qi for decades, not only with a rich family background, but also with many economic talents.

Since then, the Xie family's reputation in Jiyang has become more and more famous.