After the discussion of Shangshu Mansion, Gongziyan sent his own Zongwei Jingyi to take over Xiaochang'anju, and it happened that the court was a period of rest these days, and the person on duty was Lin Yuyan's second brother Gongzixin.

In order to be able to fish out Gou Wushe and others, Gongzixin also asked Uncle Qin and assigned Xiao Chang'an to Shanglin Yuan.

The efficiency was extremely fast, and the two captains of Xiao Chang'an, Ge Bao and Qiang Yuan, went to the original Lin clan to report.

At present, the more than 1,000 soldiers gathered in Xiao Chang'an and the 500 border army veterans in the Lin clan land constitute the army base controlled by Shanglin Yuan.

With a stroke of his pen, Lin Yuyan wrote the military name of "Yulin Army" for this army, which means "Lin's wings", which is similar to the meaning of Shanglin Yuan.

On that day, Du Wei Qiangyuan ordered 800 soldiers, and secretly received Lin Yuyan's order to go to defend Zhongyang Mountain in the Miyang section of Fangcheng Mountain.

The hunters in the mountains also saw that there were more people in the mountains, and they still carried all kinds of weapons, but they were also too frightened to go into the depths of the mountains, for fear of encountering villains.

After the Yulin army led by Qiang Yuan entered Fangcheng Mountain, there was no trace, and a few days later, a group of bandits named "Yongqiu Zhong" appeared in the territory of Zheng State, looting everywhere and crossing the border between Han and Zheng.

Lin Yuyan didn't care too much about the news of the "Yongqiu people", because the various craftsmen recruited by the second prince's brother Gongzixin also came to report one by one, and in addition, the Miyang Iron Mine that was handed over from Miyang City to Shanglin Yuan also sent people to hand it over.

Han Kui took over the mess of Jianyang from the old clan, sorted out the household registration, and was busy in every way, and Lin Yuyan was not much better at this time.

Foundry!

With the gathering of a large number of craftsmen, the original hundred workshops are not enough, Lin Yuyan is thinking of selecting a suitable place to build a foundry in Shanglin Yuan, as for the location of the foundry must be at the water's edge, but also close to the iron ore land of Miyang.

Lin Yuyan stared at Lin Yuan's map and looked at the logistics, but he never found a more suitable direction.

Because the foundry will be a place for large-scale production of ironware, there is a great demand for water, and it is also polluting, especially for smelting raw iron, which consumes water.

After thinking about it, Lin Yuyan felt that it was impossible to establish an integrated foundry, so it was better to directly smelt raw iron around the Miyang Iron Mine, and then build a foundry on the left bank of the Tang River, and directly transport the iron ore to transport pig iron to create finished ironware.

Lin Yuyan thought about it, and only did this, and now he had to do it on both sides, Tang He built a foundry, and a lot of labor was required to dig iron ore in the original Miyang Iron Mine, and in addition, it seemed that some iron-making blast furnaces would be built, these things, Lin Yuyan only had a general impression in his mind, but this thing didn't seem to be so easy to get.

Thinking that there are so many things to do, which is not easy, Lin Yuyan is also upset.

It's not much and it's just a complaint, and Lin Yuyan just started to lay it out.

Lin Yuyan balances the Miyang iron mine, and Daqin has not yet mined it on a large scale, so it is not very difficult, perhaps it is an open-pit mine under the surface.

As for the construction of the iron-making blast furnace, it seems that it is necessary to have a breath with the Yang Ling, after all, it is indeed difficult to hide such a big movement in the territory of the Yang.

The hundreds of craftsmen recruited also rushed to the Tanghe site the next day, and Lin Yuyan's second brother sent a letter to the craftsmen that Lin Yuyan urgently needed.

As a family of craftsmen, Foil Tin still has experience in choosing the address of the foundry, and he chose an excellent place for Lin Yuyan.

Backed by mountains and facing the Tang River, the terrain is neither high nor low, just sheltered from the wind outlet, and it is also the most convenient to get water.

Now that the address of the foundry has been chosen, Lin Yuyan also plans to rush to the Miyang Iron Mine tomorrow to see how the Miyang Iron Mine is.

After all, Daqin has been mining Boshan Iron Mine for nearly a hundred years, and today, the iron output of Boshan Iron Mine occupies ninety percent of the entire Daqin, meeting nearly eighty percent of Daqin's army weapon needs.

It is not that Boshan Iron Mine is the best iron ore in Daqin, but this Miyang Iron Mine may not be inferior to Boshan Iron Mine, and the reason why Boshan Iron Mine can be used as the pillar of Daqin is that he has formed the largest iron ore mining area in Daqin after nearly a hundred years and several generations of foundations.

As for other iron ores explored, such as Miyang Iron Mine, if you want to mine on a large scale, the same iron ore output must be invested several times more energy than Boshan Iron Mine, and the result is half the effort, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, the Miyang Iron Mine became the child raised by the stepmother, fostered in the city of Miyang, and was controlled by the city of Miyang, and was mainly responsible for the part of the Fangcheng army stationed in Wuyin.

In the past two years, because there is not much mining land left in the Miyang Iron Mine, and there is not so much manpower to mine, every time the Fangcheng Army of Wuyin replaces the armament, those Qiu Eight Masters are not good-tempered, they see that there are fewer things, they are bad, they point at people and scold, and never give face.

He Tao is also bitter can not be said, originally because of the war, there are not many people, where are the people to dig for you, farming can not be finished!

Therefore, He Tao also hurriedly asked the people in the blacksmith shop to hand over the Miyang Iron Mine to His Royal Highness the prince Yan of Shanglin Yuan.

Before noon today, I received the news sent by Duwei Suiqin that Gongziyan had come to Miyang with Zongwei and was in the city.

He Tao was so frightened that he immediately went out of the Miyang Mansion and summoned Lu Feng, the owner of the blacksmith shop, to greet Gongziyan.

At the gate of the city, Sui Qin made people optimistic about the horses of Gongzi Yan and his party, and when Lin Yuyan first entered the city gate, he saw a group of people hurrying over.

"His Majesty, see Your Highness."

There are few people in Miyang, and there are naturally old clans, and the family that seems to be the doctor of Wancheng is Miyang, but these old clans are not tough families, and this Miyang Ling is also from the He family, the old clan of Miyang.

Therefore, he was not subject to the elbows of the old clan everywhere, because of the cooperation of this city order, Lin Yuyan had a good impression of this Yang Order.

"He Linggong, don't be polite." Lin Yuyan waved his hand, and then said: "I came to Miyang today, just to take a look at the Miyang Iron Mine, and I hope that He Linggong can allocate a piece of land to the Miyang Iron Mine for iron smelting." ”

Hearing this His Royal Highness, it seems to be very easy to speak, and the tension in He Tao's heart is relieved a little, after all, the news from the Wancheng court a few days ago, I heard that this prince Yan Ke is really not easy to get along with, so he also replied: "There are few people in Miyang, most of them are wasteland, His Royal Highness has taken a fancy to that land, although it is informed, the subordinate immediately prepared a brief." ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart that this Yang Ling is too easy to speak, seeing his own Fu Cheng Lu, in comparison, this Yang Ling He Tao is much brighter.

Immediately, the Yang Decree introduced others to Lin Yuyan: "Your Highness, this is Lu Feng, the owner of the blacksmith shop in Miyang. ”

Lu Feng stepped forward and said to Lin Yuyan: "Lu Feng has seen His Royal Highness!" ”

Lin Yuyan turned around and glanced at this Lu Feng, he was a capable man, his skin was almost brick-red, it seemed that he had stayed by the iron furnace all year round.

Lin Yuyan stepped forward to help him up, and Lu Feng also dodged and said, "The officials are dirty", but Lin Yuyan still grabbed his left hand, helped him up, and said: "Lu Yuyan has done his best for the country, what is dirty?!" ”

"This ......" Yang Ling also muttered in his heart, this Royal Highness the Sixth Son of Win really has the means, but it is just a sentence of action, which makes this Lu Feng want to use it.

Lu Feng stood up, and then said to Lin Yuyan: "Is Your Highness going to see the blacksmith shop or the mine on the mountain?" ”

"Let's go to the mines!" Lin Yuyan said, and then looked at Lu Feng and said: "I really don't hide it from Lu Yan, now Shanglin is building a foundry on the left bank of the Tang River, the main body of which is the land of wrought iron, I'm afraid that Lu Yan will not be able to strike iron in Miyang City in the future!" ”

Hearing this, Lu Feng was also emboldened by Lin Yuyan's kind voice, and then said: "As long as His Royal Highness can give him a bite to eat, even if it is to enter the deep mountain old forest in Zhongyang Mountain to strike iron!" ”

Lin Yuyan was also laughed at by Lu Feng's words, and immediately replied: "It must not be bad to Lu Yan!" ”

Immediately, Lin Yuyan looked at He Tao and said, "He Linggong, don't bother today, you go back first, business matters." ”

He Tao's expression was stunned, I don't know if Gongzi Yan's words are true or false, but the sentence that it is important to come back for business is not false, so he arched his hand and said to Lin Yuyan: "Your Highness, please be, if you need manpower, you can send someone over to inform you." ”

Lin Yuyan nodded, He Tao left, and the commander of the Yang Dynasty, Sui Qin, also returned to his original position.

Lin Yuyan asked Lu Feng to lead the way to the Miyang Iron Mine.

The mouth of this Miyang iron ore mine is at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain, so Lin Yuyan rushed over without riding a horse, and walked over on foot, and after walking for more than half an hour, Lu Feng said: "Your Highness, the front is the mine mouth." ”

Lin Yuyan raised his head and saw the foot of the mountain not far away, but the first thing that caught his eye was a touch of paleness.

When I walked over, I found that a large number of gray-white stones were piled up on both sides of a path.

Lu Feng felt that His Highness's pace was slowing down, but when he looked back, he found that His Highness seemed to be looking at the rocks on both sides of the road.

Lin Yuyan asked, "Lu Yan, are the mountains full of such stones?" ”

Lu Feng replied: "Yes, Your Highness, the iron quality of this Miyang iron ore is good, but it is difficult to mine, because the mountain is this kind of stone, not that kind of big bluestone, often dug to the depths, a shovel down is the same as dredging, people dare not dig down, for fear that the mountain will collapse and bury people!" ”

When Lin Yuyan heard this, he raised his head and looked at the majestic Fangcheng Mountain, and his face was overjoyed.

Jing Yi behind him was also curious, and looked at his highness's line of sight, black and lush, and the usual mountains were no different.

Yes, it does look the same, but Lin Yuyan was excited when he thought that there were such gray-white, gray-black stones buried under this mountain.

It's limestone!

Maybe the name is a little unclear about its specific function, so change the name - cement!

Yes, that's right, it's cement!

The powder of limestone crushing, adding clay and yellow sand, is cement!

Lin Yuyan knew the role of cement, especially for Shanglin Yuan today, so he couldn't stop the ecstasy in his heart.

Lin Yuyan suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and also looked at Lu Feng and asked, "Lu Yan, may you find other mines in the Miyang Iron Mine?" ”

Hearing this, Lu Feng thought for a while and replied: "Yes, the Miyang iron ore is very large, maybe it is buried a little deeper in other places, and it is okay to find it if you want to, but ...... It takes a lot of manpower, and it depends on luck...... However, with the current number of more than 100 people in the Miyang Iron Mine, half of them are prisoners, and there are only a few guards and guards, I am afraid it will take several months. ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan said: "Thorn Yang is selecting two thousand young and strong subordinates to come to Miyang to mine, manpower is not a problem!" ”

Lu Feng was also overjoyed when he heard this: "That's good, now this mine mouth mountain stone is indeed unstable, it has collapsed several times, many people have died, and it is indeed necessary to change the mine mouth!" ”

Lin Yuyan nodded and said, "Since you're here, let's go to the mine in front of you and have a look." ”

Lu Feng nodded, and then led the way in front, and also said to everyone: "This Miyang iron ore mining is only about ten years, compared to other large iron mines, it is naturally insufficient, there are only about one hundred and forty or fifty people, among which there are seventy or eighty prisoners, and some are refugees who have fled to Miyang and have no work, usually more than 100 stones of iron ore can be dug out every month, and the iron smelted can be about seventy or eighty stones, and more than 300 handles of Wuyin's standard Changge can be cast. ”

Lin Yuyan also made a silent calculation in his heart for a while, the standard of the border army, Changge, was also allocated to the old clan of Jianyang at the beginning, so now Lin Yuyan still has a lot left in his hands, and a long Ge zhang weighs about twenty or thirty pounds.

After a short time, he walked to the mouth of the mine, and Lin Yuyan took a look, surrounded by low thatched huts, and many miners were sitting on the ground to rest.

The little chief dressed in the clothes of the city defenders walked over: "Lord Lu Feng! ”

Lu Feng nodded and said to Shi Chang: "This is His Royal Highness Gongzi, I came to see the iron ore today, and I usually do what I should do." ”

"Yes!" The little chief looked up at Lin Yuyan, his eyes were a little evasive, and he retreated to the mouth of the mine.

Lin Yuyan said: "Although these miners are prisoners and refugees, their living environment should not be like this...... Broken. ”

Hearing this, Lu Feng glanced at it, but he didn't notice it when he didn't pay attention to it, but at this time, he did feel that the low thatched hut where the miners lived was very dilapidated, disorderly, low and low leaning together, extremely simple.

Lin Yuyan asked, "Looking at their skinny appearance, I'm afraid that their usual meals are also ...... Lu Official, one hundred and fifty people, how much food do you need in a day?! ”

Lu Feng thought for a while, frowned and said, "Your Highness, Miyang is not rich, and the Miyang Mansion only allocates five stones of grain to the Miyang Iron Mine every month. ”

"Five stone of grain a month, less than two buckets of grain a day?!" In fact, Lin Yuyan has another meaning that has not been said, there are ten city defenders in the mine, although they each receive a military salary in Miyang Mansion, but they will not bring food to eat, so their food is probably also among these five stone grains, looking at their burly appearance, it is most likely to eat dry rice, that is to say, on average, the average monthly ration of this one hundred and fifty people may be less than one bucket!

Lu Feng naturally knew about this, especially when he noticed the sorrow in Lin Yuyan's words, Lu Feng also thought about it and said: "That's true, but there are many wild things and wild vegetables in the mountains, and they can usually be used as food." ”

Hearing such an answer, Lin Yuyan's stiff face was a little better, and then he glanced around and said: "There will be a thousand people from the subordinate people of Shuyang who will come to mine, and then there will be a mining battalion of 100 people, plus the original miners, and five stones of grain will be allocated to the Miyang Iron Mine every day, regardless of the miners and people, they will have the same food and clothing!" ”

When Lu Feng heard this, he didn't expect that His Highness would be so heroic, five stones of grain a day, how much food would he have to pay for this month or even a year.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Hmm......" Lin Yuyan nodded, and then looked towards the miner.

Lu Feng also looked at Lin Yuyan's gaze and said, "Your Highness, this mine is full of gray stones, which will collapse at any time, Your Highness is noble, and it is not suitable to enter." ”

Hearing this, Lin Yuyan also knew that there was indeed no life support in the mine these years, so he stood outside the mine mouth and looked out.

It was all gray and black, and miners kept coming out of it with baskets on their backs, but Lin Yuyan found that only one or two of the ten people carrying baskets were iron ore, and the others were gray-white or gray-black limestone.

Lu Feng said: "This mine is full of directions, and the left and right sides are dug up before and after, which is to dig a well to dig coal mines." ”

Lin Yuyan stopped Lu Feng and said, "Lu Yan, don't dig anymore, these people let them stop." ”

Lu Feng asked two or three miners to tell the other miners to stop.

Lin Yuyan had already discovered that the mountain in the mine cave and in front of him was indeed limestone, so it would be thankless to dig iron ore again.

At present, since limestone has been discovered, the Lingnan land where Daqin is located is originally a vertical and horizontal water system, the soil is viscous, and there has always been no shortage of clay and river sand, so that cement can be applied on a large scale.