Although the blacksmith's attitude changed so quickly that it was doubtful that the master had been eaten by a dog, Count Don was not surprised. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The birth of this blast furnace, as Master Tong thought, was a revolution in itself, a few blast furnaces could easily arm thousands of peasants in three months, and with enough iron, it could provide the knives, swords, and everything else they needed, and it was not bad in quality. But if you let the blacksmiths build them one by one, even if the blacksmiths of the whole Ireland are gathered, they may not be able to complete it on time, and the quality cannot be guaranteed.

It was a decisive gap - and the blacksmith was helpless. The master who has been fighting iron for thirty years knows very well that as long as the news of this thing spreads, as long as the kings of the nations have some intelligence, no, as long as they still want to keep their thrones, they will definitely do whatever it takes to rob this blast furnace, or the people who can make it. And now, I and the Earl are not related, but I see this thing, I am afraid that I will be imprisoned in this blacksmith house for the rest of my life, in this case, it is better to set an example by surrendering as soon as possible, maybe I can fight for a good treatment!

In fact, as he expected, although Count Xiao Tang did not restrict their freedom - they could apply to go out, but everyone sent at least three apprentices to follow them for a moment, and there were even five by the master's side, which was a kind of surveillance in itself.

After that, the blacksmiths were taken to the storeroom, which was full of swords...... Embryo. Since there were no qualified blacksmiths in Desmond before, and the blast furnace could no longer be easily stopped once it was ignited, there was a lot of accumulation here. These sword embryos are just throwing ashes here, like useless garbage.

The task of the blacksmiths is to forge these sword embryos into usable swords, which is not a very difficult task, because of the existence of the annealing kiln, they hardly need to exert any effort, only proper operation, and of course, their students must be onlookers all the way when they complete all these processes.

The reason why so many swords are cast is mainly for the preparation of ultra-long pikemen, after the test of actual combat, Count Xiao Tang found that although they are guarded by sword and shield soldiers, sometimes super long pikemen will inevitably fall into close combat, and their spears are cumbersome at this time. Therefore, Count Tang needs to choose a melee weapon for them, as long as it can protect themselves.

Moreover, the surplus unused swords can also be taken out and sold.

After all, arms and drugs~ products are always the most profitable business in the world, and with such a lucrative business, Count Tang naturally wants to get into it.

But if you want to cast a lot of weapons, you need a lot of steel, and if you want a lot of steel, you need a lot of coke.

Fortunately, there are many kinds of peat in Ireland, coke, and unfortunately most of this peat is easy to mine in the east of the Central, which is Bigervne or Dublin, and at most Connaught, all of which are the territory of the great enemy, Duke Eddard.

This means that if Count Tang wants to get this peat, he needs to think a little bit about it, at least not let Duke Ed choke his neck.

Fortunately, in this era, in addition to being used for fire, peat still has a very 'legitimate', very 'reasonable' use, and must be used in large quantities throughout the year.

It is used by women as a menstrual band.

Well, I know it's a bit incredible, but we have to take into account the productivity of the time, and the status of women at that time was not very high, and aristocratic women might have used cotton or silk when they menstruated, but ordinary peasant women, or even poorer serf women, they had to use peat.

So, that's what Klein said to the merchants who came and went.

"What you mean is that you're going to buy peat in large quantities as a ...... This one...... Women's 'special needs'? ”

The businessman's eyes widened, and they looked at the treasurer in front of them in disbelief, and they wondered if he had lost his mind, or if he had gone mad. But Klein was the right color, and then said seriously.

"Please don't call it 'special needs,' it's a slanderous accusation. Menstruation is a normal physiological activity for women, and our Lord Earl has always been keen to care for the health of all the people in his realm, so he is willing to pay a lot of money for these worthless things. ”

"Hmm...... Well, this ...... Lord Earl really cares about the people's livelihood, a generation of heroes. ”

The merchant wiped his sweat, and then reluctantly took out a few words of praise from his mind, and stammered like this, which cannot be blamed on him, although he is usually quite eloquent, but a dignified earl, suddenly coming to be a 'friend of women', this can not surprise him!

Of course, I don't understand what to do, business should still be done, especially the traveling merchants who have been on the road all the year round, they drive horse-drawn carriages, import a large number of materials from Desmond, and then sell them to Bizheforne, and then buy peat from Bizheforne, and pull a carriage and a carriage here, as for whether this reason is true or not, anyway, what everyone needs is just a justifiable reason, as long as there is money to be made, they don't care what Count Tang is doing with peat!

If there is enough peat, then only the question of iron remains.

Desmond does not have a large-scale open-pit iron mine, and there are few places where this kind of super-high-level welfare will be available, but there are still small iron mines that can only produce a pitiful little bit every day, although it is still better than nothing, but no matter how small the mosquito legs are, it is still meat!

In addition, Ireland is next door to England, and the famous Pennines iron ore mine is in England, so as long as Britain is willing to export iron, it is not a problem at all. In addition to the United Kingdom, the Lorraine iron ore mine in France is also famous for its high yield and high quality, but if you want to transport iron from Lorraine, you have to go through a series of rather lengthy land transportation, and then by sea, which is not a good choice for the Earl of Little Tang.

The discussion with William about the export of iron ore went quite smoothly - although Crane did not even meet William, and his little earl's treasurer was not enough to be personally received by the lord of a country, but it was still the old saying that business is business, and all problems are economic problems in the final analysis, and as long as the gifts are enough, there is nothing in the world that cannot be done.

William, as the conqueror, had to maintain a strong army to ensure his effective rule over England, and to maintain an army needed money, and a strong army needed more money, and William was now almost insanely poor, how could he refuse to give money?

As for the possible rise of Earl Don Jr., it's not that I look down on you, I started from an illegitimate child, became a duke and a king, what kind of storm haven't I seen? Can you still drown me?

In this way, although the courtiers had already suggested to King William the dangers of selling iron to the Earl of Don Jr., the king weighed it again and again, and finally nodded at the huge transaction figure on the bill, and at the same time, the king also had a clear idea of Desmond's wealth.

"It seems that in the future, if I have time, it may be necessary to visit that little island and 'visit' my dear rich Earl."

King William, you really deserve to be born in Norman, the standard Viking descendant, this robbery is addictive, robbing a country is not a king, this will see a county to rob, pay attention to the loss of identity!