Chapter 311: Iron Ore Is Not Enough (For the Hall Master Yushen Princess) (Page 1/1)

The construction of Donghai County did not stop because of Yao Fusu's departure, but ran faster.

After a month of construction, the Donghai County Government has laid the foundation and started to build the wall. According to the current progress, as long as there is no continuous rain to delay the construction, it should be officially completed within two months.

Because of the use of stone bricks and timber structures, which can withstand typhoons, all new buildings in Donghai County are at least two- or three-storey, which can greatly use the space area.

The reservoir on the Yantian site has also been dug almost and is now being reinforced with pozzolane cement, and more than 3,000 acres of Yantian have been built, and the rest is still being built.

For this reason, Zhao's firm has almost subsidized all the working capital, but fortunately, Su Ziheng transferred the materials from several warehouses in the base space to supply Zhao's firm for sale, and made a lot of money.

The materials in these warehouses were all collected by Su Ziheng in Xining, and there were already several warehouses in them that were the goods of Zhao's firm, and Su Ziheng also returned them to their original owners.

After these goods were sold, Su Ziheng did not take a penny, and handed them all over to Zhao Wan'er, so that she could expand the scale of the Zhao family's commercial house, and on the other hand, she also had the money to build the Zhao Mansion.

The Tuntian project is proceeding smoothly, and more than 10,000 acres of land have been planted while cultivating wasteland and growing rice and other crops.

Su Ziheng contracted these lands to them according to the area of wasteland reclaimed by the farmers, and the Princess Mansion of Donghai County signed two agreements with them, one was to pay them wages every month, and all the income from the land belonged to the Princess Mansion.

Another agreement was to collect rent, according to the ratio of six to four, the princess's mansion to give land, seeds, cattle, to the farmer planting. After the harvest, the princess's mansion accounts for 60% of the harvest, and the remaining 40% goes to the farmers.

At present, the 5,000 households in the tun land have all chosen to ask for wages, and very few of them have been rented separately.

The most important thing is that the grain and crops they grow are unheard of and unseen, and they don't know what the final harvest will be, let alone how much they can sell, so it is better to have a secure salary.

Moreover, they were sold from the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and they did not bring much property with them, and even most of them were penniless, if they chose to share, it would be difficult to endure these months.

However, after the first harvest is completed, we will see how effective the cultivation will be, and decide how to cooperate next time.

Su Ziheng naturally has no opinion on this, such a choice is more beneficial to the princess's mansion, and that salary is nothing. However, in this way, the enthusiasm of farmers may not be so high, and they will have to find ways to motivate them when the time comes.

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"Master, Master Ou is out asking to see you." Shi Meng came in and returned.

Su Ziheng raised his head and hurriedly said, "Hurry up, please." After speaking, he turned his head to Liu Sijun, who was standing on the side, and said, "Jun'er, go make a cup of tea." ”

Liu Sijun responded crisply, "yes", turned around and walked down. Although Su Ziheng accepted Dong Yuan Yu as a maid, it was Liu Sijun who had been serving him all the time, and Dong Yuan Yu was training the secret investigation department at the moment, and at the same time, he had to pay close attention to the battle situation in Haizhou.

After a while, under the leadership of Shi Meng, Ou Ya Jiu walked in, "The old Ou Ya Jiu has seen Lord Changshi. ”

Su Ziheng stood up and made a gesture to Ou Ya Jiu to sit down, "How is Master Ya Jiu lately?" I've been busy with clearing the wasteland and spring ploughing for the past few days, but I haven't come to visit. ”

Ou Ya Jiu stroked his beard and smiled: "Lord Su is a busy man, and he is naturally different from me and other small people, how dare he bother the adults to come to visit." Today, the old man came to the door, but there are two things to tell the adults. ”

"Please!" Su Ziheng said continuously.

At this time, Liu Sijun brought the tea and set it up for Ou Yajiu, who hurriedly thanked him. Liu Sijun refilled the tea in Su Ziheng's teacup again, and then retired.

Ou Yajiu then said, "Master Su, the hundred flintlock pistols you ordered us to build last time have been built, and the bayonets you mentioned are installed. When will you have time to receive it? ”

As soon as Su Ziheng heard that the flintlock pistol was ready, he clapped his hands and said with joy: "That's really good, I'll accompany you in a while." Fierce son, you first gather all the people in the escort team, and go to the weapon workshop in a while. ”

"No!" Shi Meng replied loudly and walked out of the study.

Ou Yajiu rubbed his hands and asked a little embarrassedly, "Master Su, may I ask when the next batch of iron ore can be delivered?" We don't have any more iron in our arsenal at the moment, and many weapons can't be crafted. ”

Su Ziheng was stunned for a moment, and asked curiously: "Is there no iron material in the weapon workshop now?" I remember that I just came back with a batch of iron ore at the beginning of the month, why is it gone? ”

Ou Yao Jiu sneered and said, "Lord Su, didn't you give us a blueprint for the construction of the blast furnace last month, saying that it could be used to practice steel. According to the drawings you gave, our weapons workshop asked Lord Zhao to help build the blast furnace, and all the iron ore has been used up for experiments. ”

Su Ziheng nodded and asked, "Is the steel refined?" ”

Ou Yajiu's face was a little disappointed, "The refining is refined, but it is still twenty refining away from one hundred steel, and it is only eighty refining at most." If you use it to make a flintlock pistol, you need to forge another 20 refinements. ”

Su Ziheng frowned and said, "It shouldn't be, is it refined according to the method I gave you?" It stands to reason that it can reach 100 refinements. ”

Ou Yao Jiu said: "It is refined according to the secret recipe given by the adult, it is estimated that there is still something that is not in place, and more experiments will be done." It's just that the supply of iron ore is out for a while. ”

Su Ziheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll be responsible for solving the iron ore matter." Master Crow Nine, you just need to make sure that you can make a qualified weapon. By the way, those iron materials that are not qualified cannot be wasted, and they can be transferred to the blacksmith to make agricultural tools. Are there many people who go to learn how to strike iron now? ”

Ou Ya Jiu said with a smile: "There are quite a lot, many of them are young and strong young men from the White Deer Academy, who just started practicing from playing farm tools, and when they are skilled in the future, they can be transferred to the weapon workshop." ”

"Well, then all of this is hard for the Nine Raven Masters. If Donghai County wants to develop vigorously, it is inseparable from the hard work of Master Yajiu, and when the time comes, we will build a Hall of Honor, and enshrine the portraits of all those who have contributed to the development of Donghai County in the Hall of Honor, so that future generations will know what kind of dedication the predecessors made for the development of Donghai County. Su Ziheng said.

Ou Yajiu was stunned for a moment, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face, for people of such an age, in addition to providing for the elderly and cultivating offspring, it is nothing more than a hundred generations.

"Lord Changshi has a heart, so many people must be willing to stay in Donghai County."

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