"How can you not find such a big iron mine in later generations??

Wei Shuo rode on a horse and talked to himself, as soon as the New Year ended, Wei Shuo led people from Xiangping to the south, looking for the location of the famous steel capital in later generations. Xiangping is the Liaoyang of later generations, and Anshan is less than 30 kilometers southwest of Liaoyang, but because of the great geographical difference between ancient and modern, Wei Shuo is aware of the place of Anshan, but can not find it.

With the smooth implementation of the Juntian system in Liaodong and Xuansu counties, Wei Shuo's rule in the two counties also became more and more stable. After the government affairs stabilized, Wei Shuo finally had time to care about the development of armaments. Previously, due to the lack of a stable source of iron ore, the Liaodong Army was unable to upgrade its equipment at all.

"Lord, what kind of iron mines are there here?" Gong Cao, the director of Feng Xian, came to Wei Shuo's side and asked.

Wei Shuo replied a little embarrassed: "Well, there should be, just ...... It's just that I don't know exactly where. ”

Listening to Wei Shuo's words, Feng Xian couldn't help but roll his eyes, his own lord is good at everything, but sometimes he wants to play a play. As soon as the New Year ended, he dragged the officials of Gong Cao Zhong to the Qianshan Mountains dozens of kilometers away, saying that they were looking for some iron ore. But there were more than 100 of them, and they didn't find a trace of the mine after going around the thousand mountains for a long time.

Although the iron ore has not been found for the time being, Wei Shuo has not given up, he still leads people to search around. The deeper you go into the mountains, the more undulating the terrain becomes, and the small dirt bags at the beginning slowly turn into small peaks. Riding a horse became more and more inconvenient, and finally Wei Shuo and his party had to dismount and walk.

Unconsciously, the time came to noon, and Wei Shuo and everyone arrived at a small stream. Looking at the silhouette of the tall mountain range in the distance, Wei Shuo beckoned to Feng Xian and instructed: "Feng Shi, inform everyone to eat some dry food here and take a rest!" ”

"Lord, the scenery here is good!"

Seeing the mountains and rivers around, Feng Xian's unique romantic feelings of literati exploded. However, because the iron ore that he was determined to win was still missing, Wei Shuo had no time to accompany him in the sad spring and autumn. Just as Wei Shuo was looking around boredly, he was suddenly attracted by a commotion in front of him.

After a while, he saw the guards escorting two nervous hunters over, and Wei Shuo knew at a glance that these two men were people who had been begging for a living in the mountains all year round.

Wei Shuo waved his hand to let the guards let go of the two hunters, looked at the old hunters and comforted: "Don't be afraid, old man, we are all from the government, I heard that there is an iron mine in the nearby mountain, so come and take a look, you have been on the mountain all year round, have you ever encountered any iron ore?" ”

Perhaps seeing Wei Shuo's amiable attitude, unlike a strongman who robbed a house, the two hunters gradually relaxed. Seeing Wei Shuo's question, the old hunter thought seriously for a while and replied, "Lord Hui, I have lived around here for several years, but I have never heard of any ore at all?" ”

"Oh? That's ......."

Even Orion, who has been walking in the mountains for many years, has never seen any iron ore, and it seems that it is really not easy to find the legendary Anshan iron mine. In fact, it is normal to think about this situation, otherwise from the Wei and Jin dynasties to the end of the Qing Dynasty, spanning 1,600 years, Anshan iron ore has been discovered by the outside world many times.

"Uncle, why don't you wait with me to go up the mountain today? We can pay you handsomely, and if you find an iron mine, the government can give you an extra reward! Wei Shuo felt that the old hunter was active in this area all the year round, and it was more than enough to be a guide, so he couldn't help but invite the two of them to join them.

"This ...... All right! For the sake of that huge reward, the old man decided to accompany Wei Shuo into the mountains to look for mines.

After eating dry food and resting for a while, Wei Shuo and his party set off along the mountain path again. This time, thanks to the guide, the crowd no longer scurried around like a headless fly. Several technical officials followed behind the old Orion, carefully inspecting the mountains they passed along the way. This search took nearly an hour, and still no trace of iron ore was found.

At this time, not to mention Feng Xian and the others, even Wei Shuo was a little impatient. He raised his head and looked around, and couldn't help but think: "Where is the Anshan Iron Mine in the future?" ”

Anshan Iron Mine is not an ordinary mine, it is a world-famous mine. Anshan iron ore resources have the advantages of abundant concentration, large reserves and excellent quality. From 1916 onwards, iron ore was exported in the course of nearly 90 years of continuous cannon fire2. 4.4 billion tons, if these ores are smelted into iron and then made into railroad tracks, they can circle the earth 10 times.

Just when Wei Shuo was completely hopeless, a worker Cao Xiaoguan ran over from a distance, shouting and screaming, although the person had not yet arrived, but the voice came, "My lord, good news, good news!" Humble has discovered an iron mine not far away! ”

"What!" Although the voice of Gongcao Xiaoguan was not loud, it was like a thunderbolt falling on Wei Shuo's ears.

I saw Wei Shuo stand up a little out of shape, grabbed the shoulder of the person who came, and asked loudly, "Iron ore?!" You said you found iron ore?! ”

Perhaps frightened by Wei Shuo, the little official stammered, "Yes...... Yes, that's ...... It's ...... In front, not ...... Not far from the mountains...... in the valley. Just ...... Just now we followed the old hunter into the mountains, and suddenly picked up a few brown stones on the side of the road, and after the feng shui master saw them, he found that they were iron ore. I feel that the stakes are very high, so I came to Yu Ming, please make a decision quickly! ”

"Good! That's great! Take me to check it out! Knowing that he had found iron ore, Wei Shuo was overjoyed and couldn't help muttering to himself: "Finally found iron ore!" ”

The importance of a huge iron mine to Wei Shuo is self-evident, with this mine in hand, Wei Shuo can send people to train a large amount of steel, with steel can make weapons and armor, can greatly improve the equipment of the soldiers under his command, even a pair of fish scale armor is not impossible.

It wasn't until Wei Shuo arrived at the discovery site that he realized that he had greatly underestimated this mine, and it turned out that what everyone had discovered was an open-pit iron mine with huge reserves, and the open-pit pit was enough to fit more than a dozen modern Bird's Nest Stadiums that can seat 90,000 people. What's more, this iron mine is located in the Qianshan Mountains, which is very convenient for development, covering an area of nearly ten square kilometers.

Seeing such a huge open-pit iron mine appear in front of him, Wei Shuo's eyes were full of light, even if he was ignorant, he knew that open-pit iron ore was much easier to mine than a mine buried deep underground, and the mining cost of the former was far lower than that of the latter. It can save a lot of money for the Liaodong County Guard, which is extremely important to the Liaodong County Guard, which is currently a little financially tight.

"Lord, developed, we developed!"

Feng Xian held a piece of ore and danced excitedly. The others were also smiling, and finally felt that the whole day had not been in vain, and even Wei Shuo was happy to hold a piece of ore and look at it non-stop.

"Lord, we must quickly send someone to protect the surroundings, although it is not yet possible to estimate how much iron ore is rich in this mine, but according to the rough estimate of feng shui masters, this mine probably contains no less than hundreds of millions of catties of iron ore, enough for us to mine for many years!"

Since getting the report of Gongcao Feng Shui, Feng Xian has felt that he is crazy! Gong Cao, who was thrown into the black by Wei Shuo, thought that there was no future for development, after all, he didn't know what industrial development was. It wasn't until the discovery of this mine that Feng Xian realized the importance of Gongcao.

An iron mine with incredible reserves means a steady stream of wealth. Since Gong Cao has the right to manage the mine, his department will not be able to make a fortune in the future.

"In the future, this mine will be handed over to you Gongcao to manage! This is the first mine you have taken over, but don't let me down! With this mine, we will be able to make a lot of fish scale armor and ring-headed knives. ”

"Please rest assured, the humble position will not let you down!"

Not long after Wei Shuo returned to Xiangping, the vicinity of Qianshan was under martial law by the government soldiers, and a large number of craftsmen, government soldiers, and people were stationed in the Qianshan Mountains one after another under the organization of the government and began to mine iron ore on a large scale.