As long as the salt pass in Qi is opened, let alone two thousand gold, the way to make money is more than ten thousand gold, and this way to make money is also a long-term way, and the floating wealth of a few thousand gold is just a little capital on hand for them.

In this world, although money is important, they are more willing than to make friends with Tian Jian, and they are not willing to let go just now, it is just a competition between merchants about interests, and after fighting for interests, the relationship is the most important.

But their vision is still short-sighted after all, in Handan, Zhao State, there is now a world-famous businessman who will do everything to invest in a foreign son, and this son is only one of the dozens of sons of An Yangjun, and his courage is rare in the world!

A chuckle appeared at the corner of Tian Jian's mouth, and he said slowly: "The three of you agree, but is this the date?" The three of them should give a specific time. ”

Hua Sheng frowned, 30,000 pairs of armor is not a small number, although they can operate with a lot of manpower and material resources, but the more urgent, the more they will be lost, and the more they will be consumed.

"It seems that the three of them are hesitant!" Tian Jian said lightly, put the jade pendant in his hand back to his waist, and said again: "The meaning of this palace, after two months, it will be the delivery date." ”

"Two months? I'm afraid it's a little difficult? Hua Sheng's face was worried, his family has about thousands of craftsmen, but the production method of this armor, for the fur must be nitrated, the iron ingot needs to be polished again, the copper ingot also needs to be redissolved, and so on, but don't forget, they are not only to do the field construction business, so there are only more than five hundred.

In addition to the armor subsequent sewing, processing, something, these numbers are visible.

Tian Jian stood up, looked around Huasheng, turned around, paced back and forth a few steps, and said: "This time is crowded, the three of you have no less than tens of thousands of people, plus the population of 200,000 in Taoyi, and you can't catch up with 30,000 armor." ”

"Definitely! Fei Ye" Fan Si smiled stiffly, and said to Tian Jianyi: "His Royal Highness the Prince, although we are said to be luxuriant, we can't just do the business of Your Highness's family, not to mention far away, this pottery up and down, we can't do without it!" ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Jian snorted coldly, his eyes were like electricity, he looked at them coldly, and said: "A few of you people come and go, you should know that the big war will be in the near future, and the day of the big war will not be far away, do you want to provide armor when you want to fight?" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, a little trembling, after all, one is an official, the other is a businessman, if they can't talk, it will be difficult to ensure that Tian Jian loses his temper, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, can you give some time." ”

"Can't!" Tian Jian refused without thinking, took a deep breath, and said: "The palace can increase the price again, and these 30,000 armor must be driven out within two months, no matter what method is used." ”

The three of them were silent for a while.

"The palace can send some craftsmen from Linzi to the three of you, and the days of service for the people of Taoyi can also be advanced, I don't know how many people think?" Tian Jiandao.

At this time, most of the people were still simple, and as long as they were in batches, thousands of people were in Taoyi City at a time, and they would not arouse too much resentment among the people, and they could do it once in seven days.

But this method is something that the three of them dare not think of, this is the difference between the government and the people.

"We can agree to deliver 30,000 armor within two months, but I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not break his promise." Cao Yi's eyes shrank and he stared at Tian Jian tightly.

"Of course, you can rest assured that this palace is a person." Tian Jian chuckled.

The three of them nodded secretly when they heard this, Tian Jiangui is the prince of a country, and he must not easily break his word.

"Then the palace will take its leave." The corners of Tian Jian's mouth raised, his steps crossed the threshold, and he glanced back.

.......

"You tell Hongu, what is in your heart?" Tian Jian put his hands behind his back, his brows furrowed. His figure stood on the prison behind him.

The dark and dim prison, the turbid smell mixed with urine, feces, dirt, and sweat, and the messy yellow artemisia grass, Cai Ze stared at the lone lamp in front of him tightly, and did not say a word.

It was a kerosene lamp, and the pungent smell of black smoke rose slowly under the yellow light, reflecting the illusory back on the dirty yellow rammed walls.

"This world is full of deceit, this palace knows that in your heart, you are angry, helpless, and have hatred for this palace, right?" Tian Jian said lightly.

The corners of Cai Ze's mouth moved, slightly upward, and his thin and dirty fingers were shaking irregularly.

Tian Jian sighed slightly, his body slowly turned around like a back, and through the afterglow of the light, Cai Ze saw clearly from the corner of his eyes that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince respected in the past, his face was regretful, with an angry look, still a white and tender complexion, and there was no change at all. A luxurious skin envelops this terrifying mind.

His skinny back shook, and words bulged out from his cheeks, and he said, "Your Highness knows that a minister is a sinner. With that, a contemptuous smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

Tian Jian shook his head slightly, glanced at Cai Ze, and said: "Mencius once said such a sentence in "Born in Sorrow and Died in Peace", can Cai Zhan remember? ”

Cai Ze laughed twice, his thin hand pointed to the swaying orange lamp and stretched out, and when he felt the burning pain on the burning flames, he let out a comfortable "um", his eyes shrank slightly, and said: "Your Highness has something to say, Cai Ze is just a sinner, what joy is life, and what is the pain of death!" ”

"Heaven will descend on people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they are tempted to endure and benefit what they cannot." Tian Jian groaned.

The silent lights continued to flicker in the flickering, and the trivial sound of the dry artemisia grass was heard.

"This palace thought you could understand, but I didn't think you didn't understand." Tian Jian sighed.

Cai Ze let out a light "huh", and finally raised his clear and godless eyes to look at Tian Jian, his childish face was the same as before, and those eyes were still the same as before, innocent, but they were just superficially hidden.

"What does Your Highness mean by that?" Cai Ze's eyes gradually brightened, and his thin body began to tremble violently, he seemed to understand something, but he didn't understand it yet.

Tian Jian's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said, "This palace needs you to help me!" ”

......

Half a month later....

In the early spring morning, the rising sun, the light is kindly sprinkled to the earth, shining on everything is golden, everywhere is full of vitality, birds and flowers are blooming, the cold of winter seems to have not taken off, and there is still a slight coolness at this time.

The dew on the blades of grass rolls gently, crystal clear, from which it seems to be seen in the distance fierce shouting, all kinds of plants and trees seem to exude a different youthful vitality on this day, flowers bloom colorful buds, a breeze blows, a slight swaying posture will contain the fragrance of winter flowers spread around, the small stream dissolves the cold of winter, and flows slowly on the small stones that can clear to the bottom of the stream, and produces a trace of mist in the warm sun.

A hundred miles west of Taoyi, between the two mountains, there are military camps interspersed here, and when the light mist is slowly lifted, you can dimly see the sweat flowing on the faces of the busy figures, and in a moment, these scenes become clearer.

Between the two mountains, those people wielded pickaxes and hoes to mine the maroon ore, which, according to His Royal Highness the Prince, was iron ore, that is, "evil gold".

It is recorded in the "Chinese Qi Language": "The dollar is used to forge swords and halberds, and the dogs and horses are tried; Evil gold is cast with casting, sizing, catty, and chopping, and testing the loam. The evil gold mentioned here is iron. For the people of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, iron is not worthy of being cast to become a sword, because weapons made of iron on the battlefield are easy to break, but bronze does not have this concern.

Judging the smelting level of a place is to rely on the length of the bronze sword, in Jing Ke's article on the assassination of Qin, the first emperor pulled out the sword and did not draw it out at once, because the sword body was too long.

In the Jin Kingdom, Zhao Jianzi Zhao Ying, that is, Zhao Xiangzi Zhao Wuxian's father, in order to cast Xing Ding, once collected evil gold from the people, and Xing Ding was made of iron, in the Warring States Period, the ancestors already had a record of using iron, but this kind of iron is very clumsy, they only know how to use pig iron, and pig iron has the characteristics of brittle and hard.

In the chemical division of steel, wrought iron, pig iron standard is the amount of carbon, the less carbon, the iron is not easy to break, the more "soft", the less easy to rust, according to the principle of galvanic battery, when the content of carbon is more, galvanic battery corrosion will occur, which is also the reason for the production of stainless steel, the carbon content in stainless steel is already very low.

From the distant mountain road gradually came an army, which seemed to be only about a hundred men, but the young men in front looked extraordinary.

"Your Highness, there are already five thousand stones of iron ore collected." Wei Qing replied respectfully.

"It's not as heavy as a stone." "Chinese Zhouyu". Note: "One hundred and twenty pounds." That is, one stone is equal to one hundred and twenty catties, and the iron ore converted into three thousand stones also has more than 400 tons of iron ore.

It turned out that this young man was Tian Jian, Tian Jian thought for a while, and said: "Cai Zhanshi and those families of Taoyi are maneuvering, although these thousands of stones of iron ore are not much, but they can also be made into iron and put into the market. ”

"Ironware? Your Highness, is it appropriate now? Wei Qing was a little puzzled.

Tian Jian glared at Wei Qing and said, "Of course it's not suitable, but when the iron tool is made, it's already half a month later, isn't it appropriate then!"

"Your Highness, the minister has something to understand." Wei Qing said respectfully.

"Why do you want to release Cai Zhan, the minister doesn't mean to be prejudiced against Cai Zhan, but Cai Zhan doesn't have a gap with them?" Wei Qingdao. He said that they were the three major families of Taoyi, and after coming for so long, he also knew how Cai Ze was imprisoned.

Tian Jian smiled and said: "When the palace releases Cai Ze, there will definitely be a change in their thoughts, but this change is in the hands of the palace, and when the prey is vigilant, it is actually the most lax and careless time." ”

"Be vigilant... Laxity? Wei Qing repeated these words back and forth, but found that he still didn't understand the meaning.

Tian Jian looked at the scenery in front of him and sighed in his heart: "When people stare at one thing, they will forget about other things, Cai Ze is a prey that attracts their attention, releasing Cai Ze can make them vigilant and let them relax their vigilance." ”

When Cai Ze came out, it meant that Tian Jian knew the trick, but if he could let Cai Ze deal with them, it proved that Tian Jian let them go, which is the way of thinking of smart people.

If the three masters were ordinary people, Tian Jian really didn't have the courage to do so, but as old fritters who have worked hard in the business world for many years, their alertness is not comparable to ordinary people, but smart people generally make mistakes!

"Your Highness, what did you say to Cai Zhan that day, and Cai Zhan was willing to come out." Wei Qing asked anxiously.

Although he and Cai Ze are not friends of life and death, they have already formed a relationship when they trained the new army in the Linzi military camp, not to mention the few months after Chen Ying, there were no acquaintances there, so their friendship has long been very deep. He once persuaded Cai Ze to let go of his mentality, but Cai Ze didn't listen.

I don't eat any food every day, I just wait for the food to be rancid.

Since Tian Jian went, Cai Ze seemed to have taken the Ten Great Tonic Pills, and his whole person became radiant.

Tian Jian looked at Wei Qing, smiled, and said, "I didn't say anything, I just gave a few examples, and Cai Zhanshi came out by himself." ”

Wei Qing rolled his eyes, he didn't believe that Tian Jian said a few examples, and Cai Ze came out, but when it came to secrets, he didn't want to ask.

......

Taoyi.

Cai Ze seemed to have regained his vitality, his thin fingers had gradually become a little fleshy, and his thin back was a little exaggerated in the clothes that had fitted before, and he said to the craftsman in front of him with great difficulty: "Have you made the thing?" ”

"Okay?" The craftsman wiped his blackened fingers over his messy undergarment, and took out from his sleeve a rolled cloth silk, about an arm's height, with black ink on the back.

Cai Ze had a little joy on his face, and said to the craftsman: "Go to the captain to receive the reward, and after the matter is completed, I believe that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not hesitate to reward." ”

"Thank you, Cai Zhanshi." The craftsman immediately brightened, and his dark hands revealed a little broken whiteness.

Cai Ze smiled and said, "If you succeed, I will also give you benefits." ”

After the craftsman left, Cai Ze's eyes showed resentment, looking at the majestic and rich mansion in the distance, he sneered: "This hatred, if I Cai Ze don't ask for it from you, I won't call Cai Ze." ”