The Yanqi Long Clan and the Qiuci Bai Clan are the royal families of Yanqi and Qiuci respectively, and Yang Chong has long thought about Yanqi's grain and Qiuci's ironware, so he naturally hit it off. The Shanjia has always been doing business with the Yuwen family, and they still don't do anything to Yang Chong, but the Shankuo of the Shanjia family was arranged by Yang Chong to take a position in the military and be responsible for the procurement of grain for Yanqi; The armor Cao Shen military Ye Heilong was assigned to be in charge of the procurement of Qiuzi iron tools.

Bald and An are big wine merchants, and were introduced by Yang Chong to the Dugu Kaiming and Dugu Kaiche brothers who had just arrived in Gaochang; The Che family's cotton cloth business, which was in charge of Yang Buzhi of Hongnong Yang's family, reduced the Che family's inventory by half in almost a month. However, everyone in Yang Chong's core team knows that Yang Chong seems to be blooming everywhere, but in fact, Yang Chong values horses and iron tools the most.

Perth Lemi was originally a craftsman of the Qiuzi Iron Works, familiar with the crucible steel smelting method, the experience of the glass workshop allowed him to make great progress in theory, Yang Chongyi said that the improvement of the blast furnace of the iron factory, Perth Lemi made great efforts. According to Yang Chong's point of view, the furnace was raised, the piston wooden bellows were improved, and the five iron factory masters of Dasui were negotiated to control the heat and operation process, and finally under the high temperature of charcoal, the first furnace was 2,000 catties of iron, and the quality was far better than ordinary steel.

Yang Chong waited for the steel to cool down, compared it with Wuzi Steel, it was still a lot worse, and he walked outside a little depressed to breathe fresh air. Perth Limi, Zhang Guolao, and Wang Fu followed, and Perth Limi was familiar with Yang Chong's state when he became a technical controller, and asked, "Is there a better way for the head of the family?" ”

Yang Chong wanted to speak and stopped, and Zhang Guolao said decisively: "Yang Chong, tell me the last trick, forget about the two mines in Gaochang." ”

Yang Chong shook his head and said, "I'm not sure." There is a kind of graphite in Liaodong and Shandong, black stone, which can improve the effect of steelmaking, and the road is too far, so I will return to the Central Plains later. As soon as Yang Chong said this, Zhang Guolao paid attention, and in the future, he really found it by chance.

There is no big iron-making plant in the six counties of the Western Regions except Gaochang, and the Fenghuanggou Iron Mine can only be given to the Kesu Valley Iron Plant. Yang Chong also found an opportunity to gather wealth for Tianshan County, and asked Dai Zhou to arrange for the Turks to burn charcoal in Luoman Mountain to supply the iron factory.

It seems that everything is on the right track, but Yang Chong has always been a little apprehensive in his heart, and that elegant figure appears in his mind from time to time, not missing, but worried, and a little afraid. Judging from all the news, Zhen Xueqing of Quentian Pavilion is in the Western Regions, and it is likely that he is running for Li Yuan, but he and Feng Qiqi just don't have any news of Zhen Xueqing; This is not normal, it is recorded in the history books that Shi Shiliang is optimistic about Li Yuan, and the people of Quentian Pavilion are in Yiwu, but since Yang Chong arrived in Gaochang, Zhen Xueqing has never shown up.

Fortunately, Yang Shi is a Turkic Han native of Yiwu, who has been sent to live in Yiwu City by Meng Tuo, and is now hiding in a blacksmith shop. At present, Yiwu's news mainly comes from the caravans of the Changfeng Carriage and the Yu family and the Duhu family, as well as the merchants who travel between the Western Regions and Chang'an.

Judging from all the news, Li Yuan has done a good job, like Yang Chong, using his power to secretly make friends with heroes and recruit all kinds of talents. The Quenching Heaven Pavilion has a rudder in Yiwu County, and the helmsman is one of the four protectors of the Quentian Pavilion, and the characters in the rivers and lakes recruited by Li Yuan are hiding in the rudder of the Quenching Heaven Pavilion; The sons of those nobles who followed Li Yuan to Yiwu were all swaggering in Yiwu, but it was a pity that although the territory of Yiwu County was large, the total population was only 20,000, which limited Li Yuan's development.

In the case of financial constraints, Li Yuan could only put his ideas on the two counties of Shanshan and Gaochang, as well as the grain, grass, materials and equipment operated by him, so a large number of businessmen rushed to the door to share a piece of cake, and Wu Shi Tong and Changsun Xian were the two most conspicuous among them. Yu Qintao was rejected by Li Yuan because of his relationship with Yang Chong, so he could only follow Yang Chong's advice and develop in Wuwei and gain a foothold in the Hetao area.

This is a retreat designed by Yang Chong, the Hetao area is connected to Shaanxi in the south, Beidi, Anding and other counties known as "Saibei Jiangnan" in the west, Bingzhou in the east, and the vast plateau in the north. In times of peace, grain and war horses can be purchased to make up for the shortage of Gaochang County; Once the world is in turmoil, Yang Chong can arrange for the retreat without a trace, and even find an opportunity to intervene in Liangzhou.

Kou Jiuheng's knock on the door broke Yang Chong's thoughts, Fang Xuanling and Murong Xixiong rushed from Gaochang City, the two came for the defense of Gaochang County, originally the two and Yuwen Chengdu and others did not have the luxury, with the mentality of doing their best, but the sharp increase in the output of the Kesu Valley Iron Works made a group of people overjoyed. Since the reopening of the trade routes in Gaochang, customs duties have been collected from local merchants, and the finances have improved greatly, and weapons production has become a feasible plan.

In fact, the three of them have already communicated in advance, Yang Chong's idea is to build three weapons and giant crossbows to defend the city first, after the disarmament of Gaochang, there are tens of thousands of sets of armor and knives and guns and other equipment equipped with them in the warehouse, and what is lacking is a strong crossbow to deal with cavalry and tools to defend the city. Murong Xixiong had seen the power of the three weapons to defend the city in Handchuan, and he did not object to Yang Chong's suggestion, worrying about who would build it and what effect it could achieve in a short period of time.

Yang Chong led the two to a blacksmith shop in Nanping City, Feng Qizheng was working in full swing with a group of apprentices and craftsmen, and saw the three of them come over with a smile and said: "Yang Chong, in fact, you are a bit wasteful, such a good steel is not suitable for locomotives, you should go to build swords and armor." ”

Yang Chong sneered and said: "Senior brother, don't stand and talk without backache, how can I have so many craftsmen now, and after a year, a large number of craftsmen will be trained, and I will definitely build those things." At present, there is only you who are cheaper, and all the work on the city wall of Gaochang County is equipped with the three weapons of guarding the city, and Lord Fang and Lord Murong are here to see the samples. ”

Feng Qi came to the spirit as soon as he heard it, Louguandao wanted to promote the teachings in the Western Regions, Chang'an's support was limited, and the main economic source was the donation of local believers and Louguandao's own business. Installing three instruments to defend the city in various cities is equivalent to preaching while making money, Feng Qicheng immediately pulled Fang Xuanling and the two to see the equipment that had been made, and explained them one by one, but left Yang Chong aside.

Yang Chong was idle, so he chatted with the janitor on the side, the old man used to be a soldier in Gaochang, and now he believed in the Tao and was found by Feng Qiquan to come to see the door; Yang Chong sat on the ground and asked about the old man's family and living situation, as well as some customs and customs of Gaochang County, and in the end, the two of them were very harmonious. After Fang Xuanling and the others came out to see it, they all sighed in their hearts, the Great Sui pays attention to the level of respect and inferiority, and Yang Chong is a rare civilian county guard, without losing a pure heart.

(End of chapter)