Dozens of miles outside Fuzhou, mines.

One by one, an earthen blast furnace has been erected here, and the black smoke has hardly stopped billowing all day and night, and more than 2,000 people are busy here day and night.

"Now, how much can you produce here every day?" Wang Xuan looked at the supervisor here and asked.

"It can produce 50,000 catties of pig iron and 20,000 catties of steel every day." Suddenly, the supervisor remembered something and quickly changed his words: "25 tons of pig iron and 10 tons of steel." ”

Wang Xuan nodded, "How many blast furnaces are still under construction?" ”

"If all the blast furnaces designed are built, the production can be about doubled."

In this way, the annual output is 25,000 tons, which is about 14 of the annual output of the Ming Dynasty, which is still a little little, but the iron ore reserves outside Fuzhou are relatively small, and the highest is like this.

Wang Xuan shook his head, the amount is still a bit low, but it is enough to supply his own consumption, and by the way, he can sell some.

"How long will the coal reserves be enough to consume?"

"Half a month, but the supply has increased recently, and the supply problem is not big."

"How's the coal stove you tested doing?"

"No problem at all, this thing is very useful, we have calculated here, if the people use this kind of coal stove to cook on the fire, it is only about three layers of firewood."

"Not bad." Wang Xuan praised, "If there are finished products, increase the production capacity." ”

When he came back from the steel factory, Wang Xuan summoned Ye Chao and Zhu Jiayan over.

"Sir." Zhu Jiayan immediately saluted respectfully when he entered the door, and after Ye Yu shouted crisply, he naturally stood in the dark on the side.

Wang Xuan instructed: "There is a kind of coal stove produced in the steel factory, which is used for cooking, you can take a good look at it later, and then spread it in the city." ”

"Understood, sir."

After Zhu Jiayan left, Wang Xuan looked at Ye Qi again, "Send orders to the other counties below to start promoting coal stoves." ”

"Okay."

"How is the news from Yun Haokai and Luo Xuezhen?"

"Very good, according to legend, there are 36 third-rate masters in Wuhumen, there are 14 people in detailed information, and others also have rough information, whether there is hidden is not yet known, and we have not received more news from the dark line of development in Wuhumen."

Wang Xuan touched his chin and pondered for a moment, his fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, and he didn't speak, sitting quietly there repairing his nails with a small flying knife.

"Pay close attention to the situation of the masters of each escort in Wuhumen."

"Okay, sir, do you have any other orders?"

"In addition, start to spread the profit margins of coal mining in Wuhumen, and quietly spread it to those wealthy families along the way, and try to moisten things silently."

"Hehe, I understand, master, then I'll go first."

"Go ahead."

From this day on, coal stoves suddenly became popular throughout Fuzhou, especially in the prefecture and county seats.

With so many residents in the city, it takes a lot of firewood and charcoal to make a fire and cook every day, and every house has to pile up a lot, which is actually unsafe and wasteful of space, and the consumption is very huge.

However, after the coal stove was promoted, the consumption was reduced a lot, and the coal was also easy to store, and the ignition was more convenient.

This kind of iron can be used for many years, and the firewood money saved in a year can buy a coal stove.

As a result, coal stoves were in short supply, and with it, coal sales were increasing day by day.

In fact, there are 200,000 residents in Fuzhou alone, and the entire Fuzhou province, including the counties below, has a population of more than 70W, and consumes more coal every day than Wang Xuan's steel mill.

In this way, Wang Xuan has repeatedly urged Wuhumen to increase the amount of mining, and Wuhumen is happy about this, it is all money, and this period of time is also the time when Wuhumen is the most victorious, whether it is human or financial resources!!

His subordinate labor gradually began to be scarce, so he hit the idea to the tenants in the hands of the surrounding rich families, and attracted many people at high prices.

The Son once said, "Heaven must first mad a man to destroy him." (Lu Xun: Didn't Lao Tzu say it?) ）

Now, Wuhumen is a little crazy!

Its momentum had climbed to its peak, and Wang Xuan felt that it was time to give it a gentle push.

"Pay close attention to the situation of the master of the Wuhumen escort goods this time, and report it as soon as there is news!"

The message was passed on, and the entire intelligence system began to operate.

……

"Choke ~ choke ......" Two figures in the courtyard are flying, and the fast ordinary people can't see who is who at all, obviously two people are fighting, but more than a dozen figures appear in the yard, all wielding swords in their hands, fighting from different angles.

As one figure dissipates into the air, another figure will follow, a high-speed figure floating in the air with rubble and fallen leaves.

I saw that the person who made the knife had the upper hand steadily, and the knife momentum kept enveloping the woman in green with a strong wind, and the woman in green had seven moves between ten moves to resist, but a small number of counterattacks were abnormal every time, so that the man with the knife couldn't help but be in a hurry, and his own offensive rhythm was completely interrupted.

Relying on this tricky swordsmanship and erratic figure, the woman in green also fought with the man without winning or losing, although she fell behind, but she would not be able to see the slightest defeat for a while.

Wang Xuan nodded again and again while watching, the evil sword technique is really worthy of being a peerless cheat, and he can remain undefeated under Tian Boguang in just one year, which is of course due to Tian Boguang's lack of explosive power, but it is more that the speed of improvement is fast enough.

Fought again for more than 300 moves, the two of them fought fast, and the time was not long, and in the end, the green and red gradually lacked true qi, and once the speed slowed down, it began to show a decline, and when it came to four hundred moves, it was completely powerless to fight back.

After the two stopped, they were panting again and again, and they were about to lose their feet, and Tian Boguang was fine except for the beginning of wheezing, Gu Tian Boguang said that his limit was about 1,000 moves...... At that time, I went deep into the desert to personally feel the artistic conception of the wind flying sand and stones, a person almost went crazy, and in the end he could only keep practicing the knife to practice himself to prostration, and in addition to his own characteristics, he was an absolute durable man!

Wang Xuan has always felt that this is very perverted, he has been in the desert alone for three years, and he has not gone crazy...... Or, the current Tian Boguang has gone crazy...... It's just not shown yet!

"According to your estimates, to what extent can the indiscriminate martial arts be ranked in the rivers and lakes?"

Tian Boguang thought for a moment, "The third-rate peak!" ”