Chapter 121: Conscription of Artisans and Iron Smelting

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Li Yan did not have the slightest delay after receiving Liu Bei's order, it seemed that he had already prepared, and he had already mobilized the garrison in the county in just half a day, and prepared all the affairs at the same time, and immediately waved his army south after taking the oath at the city gate. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Such a big move does not alarm the officials in the county, even the people of Wuyang City are known to everyone.

And Liu Chan's appointment to act as the agent of the county's government affairs has also reached people's ears, of course, some officials will be dissatisfied with this, but Liu Chan's identity makes them can only keep silent, and those who are familiar with Liu Chan will not show their heads. It was such a big change that there was no opposition, which surprised Liu Chan, who walked into the county government.

Today, he was going to gather all the officials in the county for a meeting, and Yue Qian, just like Li Yan's evaluation of him, sent someone to notify every official, and asked everyone to sign the list. In this way, even those who are dissatisfied with Liu Chan's act as an agent for county affairs will not dare to be vain in this matter, after all, if they leave evidence of disobedience to orders, so that the young lord who is likely to inherit Liu Bei's position in the future has a bad impression of himself, then it is really over.

At this moment, in front of Liu Chan, all the main officials in Qianwei County were all gathered, and they stood down respectfully.

Liu Chan, who was sitting on the right seat, felt the taste of power for the first time.

"No wonder there are so many people who are greedy for power, so respected and sought after, and the feeling of being above everyone is really irresistible." He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he soon woke up, after all, he was only acting now, the body of the young master, if some people with ulterior motives made a few words of greed and power in front of his cheap father, it would not be good.

"Take a seat!" Liu Chan said loudly, he is not the emperor, and he is not qualified to let the officials under his command stand and discuss official affairs.

At this time, the case table showed its advantages, that is, it was quick to transport, and with the couch, it made the field orderly in a very short time.

"I am gathering you here today for something related to the war in the south." Seeing that everyone was looking at him quietly, Liu Chan nodded and began to elaborate: "Duke Li has been ordered to go to the south, so it can be seen that the situation in the south is urgent, so I intend to gather all the craftsmen in the county, with the blacksmith and carpenter as the most, set up a place for craftsmen, and then control the materials, so as to ensure that everyone on the front line has usable tools, edible food, materials are not short, and grain and grass are continuous." ”

Now there is not much material aid for the south, most of which was sent to Hanzhong by Zhuge Liang for Liu Bei to use, Liu Chan estimated that after a while, the south would not even be able to afford to eat food, so how could it be done.

As soon as these words came out, they immediately attracted a burst of heads, but there was no one who stood up to express their position, but many people looked in the same direction. But unexpectedly, the target of their attention, Jun Cheng Yueqian, who was sitting in the first place, was watching his nose and nose and not saying a word.

Now they don't know how to behave! Yue Qian has always been a stepping stone used by Taishou to test other officials, using him to first contradict the group officials to see how receptive they are to the policies to be issued. But now Yue Qian has no action, doesn't that mean that the decision in front of him, the young master has completely made up his mind?!

"What the young master said is extremely true, and the lower officials have no objections!"

At that moment, someone who reacted quickly stood up and gave up. And someone took the lead, and suddenly there were voices of pandering.

The undercurrent among the officials was surging, where could Liu Chan, who had just taken office, see through, but he still keenly captured the eyes of these officials looking at Yue Qian just now, and he somewhat understood the meaning of Li Yan's words in his heart.

Before Li Yan led the army south, he left him a list of capable ministers he could trust, and the first one was Cheng Yueqian.

He commented on this person as "quite prestigious in the county." Although he is sleek, he has a degree of urgency and understands the overall situation."

"That's very good." Liu Chan nodded quietly, "Where is the history of Jin Caoyuan?" ”

"The lower official is here." A middle-aged man with a somewhat fat body and two small eyes who was extremely shrewd stepped forward and bowed his hands.

Jin Caoyuan's history is in charge of the county's currency, salt and iron, and it is a first-class fat shortage, this person is only slightly blessed, but his clothing and temperament are still relatively simple, which is rare.

Liu Chan looked at him and said, "The iron and stone geometry in the county's library? ”

"Some time ago, some of them were transferred to Hanzhong, and there are still hundreds of thousands of stones left, but it is not much." Jin Cao Yuanshi's voice was very calm.

Hundreds of thousands of stones? That is, the appearance of 1,000 tons, you must know that in the heyday of the Han Dynasty, there were millions of tons of iron produced in the domestic blast furnace every year, and the iron content in the iron ore could not be 100%, and the 1,000 tons of iron ore could almost be trained to produce hundreds of tons of iron, and it also depended on what kind of iron ore, the iron output of limonite and siderite could be doubled. In this way, 100,000 stones are indeed not much.

However, there is an iron mine next to Wuyang. Increase manpower mining, the so-called heavy reward must have brave men, even if the mining is dangerous, there will be a large number of people to climb up, and the mining speed will go up.

"Recruit people in the county to mine mines, and the wages are in pairs." Liu Chan gritted his teeth and spoke, and Jin Cao Yuanshi on the opposite side was stunned for a moment, and then nodded hurriedly.

But he knew that every year there were no fewer people dying in the mines than in war.

But Liu Chan also understands what he means, and now that is to repay the kindness of a woman at a critical moment, that is to find death, not to mention that the salary has been doubled?

"How many blast furnaces are still in production in the county?" After thinking about it, Liu Chan asked again.

There are more than 3,000 blast furnaces in the territory of the Han Dynasty, so that a strong man can be achieved, and now after the troubled times of the world, Liu Chan does not know how much of these industrial infrastructure can be left.

But then the other party's answer surprised him.

"The iron-smelting workshop in the south of the county is still in production, there are more than ten iron furnaces in it, half of them are good, and the iron tools smelted have been sent to Hanzhong, and now there are few left, which are not of great use."

What surprised him was not that the trained iron was transported to Hanzhong.

What surprised him was that there were ten iron-smelting furnaces in Nana County! Even if there is only half of it left, it is a staggering yield. An iron-smelting furnace produces about one ton of iron per day, and half of it is five tons, even if the general's weapon, on average, a maximum of fifty or sixty catties, that is, twenty or thirty kilograms.

However, the loss of weapons was already amazing, and there were not many iron-smelting workshops like Yizhou, all of which were used to support the Hanzhong War.

However, Liu Chan is now keenly capturing the words in the other party's words!

"In other words, there are still five iron-smelting furnaces that have not been put into use? It looks like it's broken and can't be used, but if it can be fixed......"