"The new minister Zheng Ling Huang Yi, see Gongzi."

"No need to be polite." Han Fei waved his hand, and then said: "I came to Xinzheng today to take a look at the iron mine, and I hope that the government order can allocate a piece of land to the iron mine for iron smelting." ”

Hearing this son, it seemed that he was very easy to speak, and the tension in Huang Yi's heart was relieved a little, after all, a few days ago, I heard that this man was really not easy to get along with, so he also replied: "This person has few people and few land, most of them are wasteland, and the son has taken a fancy to that land, although it is informed, the subordinate immediately prepared a brief." ”

Hearing this, Han Fei raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart that this new Zheng Ling is too easy to speak.

Immediately, he introduced others to Han Fei: "Childe, this is the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop." ”

Zhang Gu stepped forward and said to Han Fei: "Servant Zhang Gu has seen Gongzi!" ”

Han Fei turned around and looked at this Gu Yan, he was a capable man, his skin was nearly brick-red, it seemed that he had stayed by the iron furnace all year round.

Han Fei stepped forward to help him up, and Zhang Gu also dodged and said, "The officials are dirty", but Han Fei still grabbed his left hand, helped him up, and said: "Lu officials do their best for the country, what is the dirt?!" ”

"This ......" Xin Zheng Ling also muttered in his heart, this sixth prince of the emperor really has the means, but it is just an action and a sentence, which is to make this Gu want to use it.

Zhang Gu stood up, and then said to Han Fei: "Is Childe going to see the blacksmith shop or the mine on the mountain?" ”

"Let's go to the mines!" Han Feidao, then looked at Zhang Gudao: "I really don't hide it from Lu Yan, now I am building a foundry on the left bank of the Tang River, the main body of which is the land of wrought iron, I am afraid that Lu Yan will not be able to strike iron in Xinzheng City in the future!" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Gu was also emboldened by Han Feihe's amiable voice, and then said: "As long as the son can give him a bite of food, even if he enters the deep mountains and old forests of Zhongyang Mountain (Xinzheng Section of Fangcheng Mountain) to strike iron, what's the matter!" ”

Han Fei was also laughed at by Zhang Gu's words, and immediately replied: "It must not be bad to Lu Yan!" ”

Immediately, Han Fei looked at Xinzheng Ling Huang Yi and said, "Fu Ling, don't bother today, you go back first, business matters." ”

Huang Yi's expression was stunned, I don't know if what this ninth prince said is true or false, but the sentence that it is important to come back for business is true, so he arched his hand and said to Han Fei: "Son, please take it, if you need manpower, you can send someone over to inform you." ”

Han Fei nodded, Huang Yi left, and the new Zheng Duwei Sui Qin also returned to his position.

Han Fei asked Zhang Gu to lead the way to Xinzheng Iron Mine.

The mouth of this Xinzheng iron ore mine is at the foot of Fangcheng Mountain, so Han Fei rushed over without riding a horse, and walked over on foot, walking for more than half an hour, Zhang Gucai said: "Son, the front is the mine mouth." ”

Han Fei raised his head and saw the foot of the mountain not far away, but the first thing that caught his eye was a touch of paleness.

When I walked over, I found that a large number of gray-white stones were piled up on both sides of a path.

Zhang Gu felt that this son's pace was slowing down, but when he looked back, he found that this son seemed to be looking at the rocks on both sides of the road.

Han Fei asked, "Lu Yan, are the mountains full of such stones?" ”

Zhang Gu replied: "Yes, Childe, the iron quality of this Xinzheng iron mine is good, but it is difficult to mine, because the mountain is this kind of stone, not the kind of big bluestone, often dug to the depths, a shovel down is the same as digging mud, people dare not dig down, for fear that the mountain will collapse and bury people!" ”

When Han Fei heard this, he raised his head and looked at the majestic Fangcheng Mountain, his face was overjoyed.

Jing Yi behind him was also curious, and looked at his son-in-law's line of sight, black and lush, no different from the usual mountains.

Yes, it does look the same, but Han Fei was excited when he thought that there were such gray-white, gray-black stones buried under this mountain.

It's limestone!

Maybe the name is a little unclear about its specific function, so change the name - cement!

Yes, that's right, it's cement!

The powder of limestone crushing, adding clay and yellow sand, is cement!

Han Fei knew the role of cement, especially for Shanglin Yuan today, so he couldn't stop the ecstasy in his heart.

Han Fei suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, and also looked at Zhang Gu and asked, "Lu Yan, may you find other mines in Xinzheng Iron Mine?" ”

Hearing this, Zhang Gu thought for a while and replied: "Yes, the Xinzheng iron ore is very large, maybe it is buried a little deeper in other places, and it is okay to find it if you want to, but ...... It takes a lot of manpower, and it depends on luck...... However, with the current 100 or so people in Xinzheng Iron Mine, half of them are prisoners, and there are only a few guards and guards, I am afraid it will take several months. ”

Hearing this, Han Fei said: "I am selecting two thousand young and strong people to come to Xinzheng to mine, and manpower is not a problem!" ”

Zhang Gu was also overjoyed when he heard this: "That's good, now this mine mouth mountain stone is indeed unstable, it has collapsed several times, and many people have died, so it is indeed necessary to change the mine mouth!" ”

Han Fei nodded and said, "Since you're here, let's go to the mine in front of you to have a look." ”

Zhang Gu nodded, and then led the way in front, and also said to everyone: "This Xinzheng iron ore mining is only about ten years, compared to other large iron mines, it is naturally insufficient, there are only about one hundred and forty or fifty people, including seventy or eighty prisoners, and some are refugees who have fled to Xinzheng and have no work, usually more than 100 stones of iron ore can be dug out every month, and the iron smelted can be about 70 or 80 stones, and more than 300 handles of the standard Changge can be cast. ”

After a short time, he walked to the mouth of the mine, Han Fei took a look, and there were low thatched huts all around, and many miners were sitting on the ground to rest.

The little chief dressed in the clothes of the city defenders walked over: "Lord Zhang Gu! ”

Zhang Gu nodded and said to Shi Chang: "This is the prince and prince, I came to see the iron mine today, and I will do whatever I need to do." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Shi Chang glanced up at Han Fei, his eyes were a little evasive, and he retreated to the mine entrance.

Han Fei said: "Although these miners are prisoners and refugees, their living environment should not be like this...... Broken. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Gu glanced at it, but he didn't notice it when he didn't pay attention to it, but at this time, it seemed that he did feel that the low thatched hut where the miners lived was very dilapidated, disorderly, low and low leaning together, extremely simple.

Han Fei asked, "Looking at their skinny appearance, I'm afraid that their usual meals are also ...... Lu Official, one hundred and fifty people, how much food do you need in a day?! ”

Zhang Gu thought for a while, frowned and said: "Childe, Xinzheng is not rich, and the Xinzheng Mansion only allocates five stones of grain to Xinzheng Iron Mine every month. ”

"Five stone of grain a month, less than two buckets of grain a day?!" In fact, Han Fei has another meaning that he didn't say, there are ten city defenders in the mine, although they each receive a military salary in Xinzheng Mansion, but they don't want to bring food to eat, so their meals are probably also among these five stone grains, looking at their burly appearance, they are most likely to eat dry rice, that is to say, on average, the average daily ration of these one hundred and fifty people may be less than one bucket!

Zhang Gu naturally knew about this, especially when he noticed the sorrow in Han Fei's words, Zhang Gu also thought about it and said: "That's true, but there are many wild things and wild vegetables in the mountains, which can also be used as food in ordinary times." ”

Hearing such an answer, Han Fei's stiff face was a little better, and then he glanced around and said: "There will be a thousand people from the people of Shuyang who will come to mine, and then there will be a mining battalion of 100 people, plus the original miners, and ten stones of grain will be allocated to the Xinzheng Iron Mine every day, regardless of the miners and people, they will have the same food and clothing!" ”

When Zhang Gu heard this, he didn't expect this son to be so heroic, ten stones of grain a day, how much food he would have to pay for this month or even a year.

"The officials of Xinzheng Iron Mine have thanked Gongzi!"

"Hmm......" Han Fei nodded, and then looked towards the miner.

Zhang Gu also looked at Han Fei's gaze and said, "Childe, this mine is full of gray stone, which will collapse at any time, and Childe is noble, so it is not suitable to enter." ”

Hearing this, Han Fei also knew that there was indeed no life guarantee in the mine these years, so he stood outside the mine mouth and looked out.

It was all gray and black, and miners kept coming out of it with baskets on their backs, but Han Fei found that only one or two of the ten people carrying baskets were iron ore, and the others were gray-white or gray-black limestone.

Zhang Gudao: "This mine is full of directions, and the left and right sides are dug up before and after, and it is to dig a well to dig coal mines." ”

Han Fei stopped Zhang Gu and said, "Lu Yan, don't dig anymore, these people let them stop." ”

Zhang Gu asked two or three miners to tell the other miners to stop.

Han Fei had already discovered that the mountain in this cave and in front of him was indeed limestone, so it would be thankless to dig iron ore again.

Now that limestone has been discovered, South Korea has a water system and a thick soil, and there has always been no shortage of clay and river sand, so cement can be used on a large scale.

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