After Xuanyuan Yuchen reported to the imperial court, he opened the two coffers and distributed all the military salaries owed by all the soldiers.

The rest of the money was used to build the Northern State Defense Project.

After the Huanfeng Pass was corrected, and all the city walls on both sides were repaired, checkpoints were set up on the civil roads in the east of the Huanfeng Pass to prevent the Northern Underworld from suddenly entering Beizhou.

The city of Beizhou ushered in the first happiest and most stable New Year.

After three months of hard work, all the levels in the northern state were corrected, and the strength of the army doubled.

And in the past three months, the people of Beiming have not come to harass them once, and the people have begun to prepare for spring planting, and everything in Beizhou has been stable.

In the past, the people who settled in Beizhou City had a population of more than 100,000, but because of the governance of Xuanyuan Yuchen's two families, now all the people from nearby villages have moved to Beizhou, resulting in housing prices in the city repeatedly.

Spring is coming, many things have been accelerated, and the Xuanwang Mansion has begun to be renovated, and all the bad places have been demolished and re-covered.

During this time, all the people in the palace moved to the prefect's mansion, and Chen Guangyao, the newly appointed Chen Guangyao in Beizhou, was young, energetic, and an honest and pertinent young man, and he also admired Xuanyuan Yuchen.

All the military power of Beizhou fell into the hands of Xuanyuan Yuchen, he was the king of Beizhou, and even the position of the prefect was accepted by him, and now the control of Beizhou is all in his hands.

In the past three months, thirteen factories were established in Beizhou, all of which were established by Tong Xiaowu, including five iron mines, two iron-making factories, three weaving factories, two paper product packaging factories, and a pharmaceutical factory.

All farmers in Beizhou, as long as they wish, can sign a cotton purchase agreement with the royal government this year, and the families who used to grow corn began to learn to grow cotton.

For so many years, the common people began to cultivate with peace of mind for the first time, they were always afraid of war before, but now the defense project has been repaired and a lot of new ones have been built, and in addition to the fact that Xuanyuan Yuchen has a way to lead the troops and defend properly, they are not afraid of the Northern Underworld people at all now.

At noon that day, Tong Xiaowu was in the office, and An Luo was standing next to her, An Luo had been transferred from the capital, and Fu Jialan was left behind, mainly responsible for business in the capital.

"Madam, you don't have a good face, why don't you rest for a while?" After Lu Xing was injured, An Luo came over, and the main task was to be responsible for Tong Xiaowu's personal safety.

Tong Xiaowu shook his head slightly, "It's been more than two months, and the output of the iron plant is still very small, all because of the lack of coal supply, although there are many forests in Beizhou, because of the drought, the trees cannot be cut down indiscriminately, otherwise it will affect future generations." ”

Tong Xiaowu did not learn iron-making technology, and the technology here is based on the ancient method, first using magnets to collect iron sand in iron-rich places, and then refining it with high-heat charcoal fire.

Now the amount of iron produced cannot go up, and these two factories can't even earn the wages of their workers.

Although Tong Xiaowu is not short of this money, Beizhou always relies on other business support, if they want to develop, they must have their unique income methods.

In the first month of this year, Tong Xiaowu traveled to Beizhou and found that in the western part of the anticline mountain, near Black Wolf County, many sand layers had black substances.

After looking at someone, I found out that the soil here is rich in iron ore, but the technology is limited, so it has not been mined.

Besides, Qu Boyi has been a prefect for more than ten years, and he is busy with corruption and bribery, where does he have time to mine minerals and think about development.

Therefore, Tong Xiaowu decided to mine by herself, so she asked three iron-making masters from Xizhou, which is rich in ironware, to mine iron ore and establish an iron-making plant by herself according to the master's requirements.

Unexpectedly, three months have passed, and the amount of iron produced every day is less than 100 catties, and the iron sand of the iron ore has been piled up into a mountain, and it is impossible to practice iron here.

Tong Xiaowu also asked the iron-making master, and they said that the iron ore in Beizhou is harder and requires a higher temperature to be refined, so the output is relatively small, but the quality is very high.

The sword made by the iron ore in Beizhou is dark and sharp, which is harder than the sword produced in Xizhou iron, and it is a typical northern iron product, but the output is so low that I am afraid that the factory will not be able to keep food and clothing in the future.

"Princess, rest!" Seeing Tong Xiaowu, An Luo frowned, poured a cup of tea for her, and handed it to her.

Tong Xiaowu sighed, regretting that when he was in school, he didn't study hard, otherwise he wouldn't be so passive when he encountered heavy industry problems now.

"By the way, Anluo, how are the schools set up in all the counties in North State?"

"It's ongoing, now that the soil has thawed, the workers can also start building the school, about a little more than a month, the school will be built, and the supplies can be in place, and it will be put into use at that time!"

"Well, Beizhou is not better than Nanzhou, the winter here is long, the temperature is cold, don't forget that the walls are thicker, and don't forget to prepare a stove for each class, so that the children don't have cold classes in winter."

Tong Xiaowu took a sip of tea and spoke.

"Yes, my subordinates will definitely do it!" An Luo looked at Tong Xiaowu, who had lost weight recently, and was a little worried, in the past three months, the princess has worked day and night, and the war situation in Beizhou has been controlled, and now she is busy with development again.

Recently, the prince is not in Beizhou, he has been stationed at Huanfeng Pass, what can I do if this continues? Someone has to persuade the princess.

"Princess, King Xuan is stationed at Huanfeng Pass day and night, why don't you go and have a look? Didn't you say that there was coal in the Huanfeng Guan generation? As long as the coal over there can be mined, the iron-making problem can be solved? An Luo spoke again, as long as the prince saw the princess's appearance, he would definitely dissuade her.

Tong Xiaowu sighed slightly, "Who said it wasn't?" It's just that you can't do it now, and without complete preparation, this mineral deposit can't be revealed, otherwise it's Pandora's box, and after it is opened, it will affect Beizhou. ”

"What?" An Luo didn't hear Tong Xiaowu's words.

She stood up, "How long has it been since the prince came back?" ”

"More than a month!"

"Is the red tassel there? Let's take a trip to Huanfeng Pass to see ......"

"Good!" An Luo was very happy, and immediately went to the mansion to bring Hongying over.

Tong Xiaowu walked out of the office and came to the street, and many people greeted her, "Princess, is this going out?" The princess should pay attention to her body, the princess has lost weight! ”

Tong Xiaowu laughed, nodded to everyone, and then rode out of the city gate on the red tassel, all the way to the west, she and An Luo and Zhang Quan went west, and when they reached the Huanfeng Pass, she suddenly grabbed the reins and stopped.

She looked at the endless green hillside, and her heart was rolling, and there were treasures buried in the ground, but it was a pity......