Zhao An's control waited patiently for a long time, and no one passed by, to be precise, there were no big families who escaped, so he and his team returned to Laiwu City with the three two-wheeled carriages of the Laiwu superintendent. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

It is said to be called Laiwu City, but it is actually the level of a medium-sized county.

At this time, Captain Mu Mu was taking some team members to inspect the government-run smelter in Laiwu.

This smelter is really not small, just the site, about 120,000 square meters.

The stockyard was full of bituminous coal, and iron ore, and there was no coke in sight.

There are two side-by-side blast furnaces, each of which can be about six meters high and three meters in diameter, which is about 50 cubic meters of capacity.

It's so small.

Captain Mu Mu asked someone to invite an old craftsman here and wanted to ask about it.

The team members invited an old craftsman, and the craftsmen lived in the artisan camp, and the whole family was supervised when they slept at night.

Strictly speaking, they are not working, but doing artisan labor, and they are not paid, but only the whole family.

Captain Mu Mu looked at the old craftsman's red eyes and rough big hands, and knew that he was a professional talent.

He asked, "Have you ever heard of Liuqiu Steel?" ”

"Yes, sir."

"Don't call me Lord------ just call me Captain Mu. Ever heard of the Flow-Quest Artisan? ”

"I haven't heard of it, but Xiao Lao'er knows that the Liuqiu people are very good to craftsmen on the Shandong Peninsula."

"Then why don't you run?"

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Captain Mu Mu immediately knew that he was really stupid to ask.

In the distance, he saw that in the distance, many family members of the craftsmen were waiting in line for the team members to distribute food.

Their whole family lives in the artisan camp, how can they run away with their families?! Can you escape the pursuit of the soldiers if you run?! If you don't get it right, it's still a capital crime, and it hurts the whole family.

He immediately changed the subject.

"Why are you stopping? Know we're coming? ”

The old craftsman shook his head and said, "Some people say in private that you will come, and some people say that this place is too remote for you to look down on." No one knew you were coming------ stopped work because the pig iron here couldn't be sold. ”

Captain Mumu's eyes are round, what, pig iron can't be sold?!

"Exactly. The production here was originally for the supply of officials, but the people are becoming more and more unable to afford it day by day------

Captain Mu Mu thought for a moment and nodded to show that he understood.

The Great Song Dynasty allowed private iron smelting, but it had to draw 20% of the output; The Tatar bandit group also allowed private iron smelting, but it was all sold by the government------ so it was too cheap to ask for only 10% of the private industry on the island, so that everyone could be grateful.

The Tatar bandit group wants to sell all the official goods, but they are too ruthless in looting the people, and the people's spending power is extremely low, and they want to make another amount of money through official sales------ the key is that the people have no money in their hands!

Therefore, pig iron was originally a good-selling commodity in this time and space, but in the territory governed by the Tatar bandit group, there was a backlog!

Of course, the sea ban imposed on them on Liuqiu Island also cut off their way out.

The warehouse was full of iron ingots, and the Laiwu superintendent was thinking about the task of "destocking" all day long, so he had to stop production first.

Captain Mu Mu patted the old craftsman on the shoulder and said, "If you start work now, can you do continuous smelting without stopping the furnace?!" ”

The old craftsman hurriedly nodded and said, "It is completely possible to ------ those carbons and iron ore enough for a month, and it can also be transported here again!" You can clean the furnace once every six months! ”

Shandong was originally a place to produce clay refractory brick raw materials, so the blast furnace here has a long life.

The old craftsman led him to the warehouse again, and sure enough, there was too much iron ingot.

"There are 8,000 stones here------ some of which were produced two years ago," he said. ”

Captain Mu Mu picked up a piece of pig iron ingot and looked at it, the quality was average.

There was obvious floating scum on the surface of the pig iron ingot, which was caused by the low temperature of the molten iron when they tapped, and the separation effect of the dross from the molten iron was not good.

Captain Mumu said, "Why don't you use coke? ”

The old craftsman said: "The Laiwu supervisor made the lord not to let him, saying that it was empty money!" ”

Captain Mu Mu estimated the price, this batch of pig iron can be sold for two cents and a pound in the Great Song Dynasty, 8,000 stones, more than 16,000 yuan.

He said: "Well, I will make you the director of this smelter, and I will provide you with 10,000 yuan of money, and I will take these iron ingots away, and you will organize people to open this factory, and expand the number of blast furnaces!" ”

"Ten thousand!"

The old craftsman was a little blindsided at that time, let me be the factory director?!

Captain Mu Mu said, "We can also provide the supplies you need------ food and cloth, you must need it now, right?" ”

He had already seen the families in the artisan camp.

Captain Mu Mu said disgustingly: "Hurry up and tear down all the wooden fences in that craftsman's camp, give them to you as firewood, and I will immediately give you some whale meat and eat a few meals!" ------ stay up for more time! ”

The old craftsman looked a little embarrassed------ he said, "There are few houses in the artisan camp that have big iron pots to use------

The iron-making craftsmen didn't even have an iron pot to use!

Captain Mu Mu's heart was on fire, but his mind was very clear.

He understood why the island lord swore to be their enemies, they had always oppressed the creator, and wherever they went, they would bring death, fear, and poverty!

No wonder Zhang said at that time that he was not a personal enemy with them, but a public enemy------ because they were the enemies of mankind!

At that time, the owner of Zhang Island said to everyone with a smile: "Can any of you find one thing to prove that they have contributed to mankind?" ”

Mu Mu also spoke at that time, saying, "Do all people have to contribute to humanity? ”

"Not necessarily." "However, not only do you not contribute, you also burn the culture and slaughter the human race!" Isn't this the enemy of humanity?! ”

"So, are they the only Tatars?"

"Whoever does this is the enemy of humanity------ there are many other kinds of people, and they have always existed!"

At that time, the faces of the people were a little pale.

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, said in a deep voice: "Therefore, I want you to learn the knowledge of all walks of life, and I want you to finally open the door of scientific ------, where there are the things that the enemies of mankind are most afraid of." ”

"What's that?!"

Zhang Guoan, the owner of the island, said with a smile: "Look for it slowly, you will definitely find something that suits you and makes them afraid to death!" ”

Captain Mu Mu stopped thinking about it, and he said, "In this way, I will have someone bring you a few marching pots in a while, you will have a full meal first, and then, will you make the pot yourself?" ”

"Haha, Xiao Lao'er is very good at casting iron pots and making kitchen knives ------ easy!"

"Well, you go ahead------ you're going to pay according to the market price, and you're going to have to make a schedule for you to check your accounts!"

"Little Lao'er understands!"

After Captain Mu Mu sent the old craftsman away, he led people to look around, he was designing, whether it was better to defend with a city wall, or to use the surrounding mountains to defend with a pass, this is a cost-effective question.

A member of the team came to report that it was Zhao Anzhi who found a huge money kiln in the house of the Laiwu Supervisor!

This is really good news.

Captain Mu Mu hurried over, if it was true, he didn't have to ask Liuqiu Island for money for support.

As long as the embezzled money of the enemies of humanity is taken out, the people here can live a good life. (To be continued.) )