With an annual output of more than 10 million catties of pig iron, that is, 5,000 tons of pig iron, this amount, in Yan Liqiang's previous life, may be the output of a small steel mill in a local area, but in this world, in the Han Empire, it is already a super-large iron ore production scale, in the entire Ganzhou and even the entire Han Empire, the Kangshan iron mine given by the Zhong family is a large iron ore with a considerable scale, and such an iron mine, excluding the production cost, is estimated to be more than seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver a year.

The manufacturing bureau and the blacksmith workshop at home are all large consumers of pig iron and iron ore, especially after the invention of the water and fire machine, Yan Liqiang has long wanted to buy a suitable iron mine to complete the industrial chain layout of the manufacturing bureau, and also prepare for the troubled times in the future, this iron ore is an indispensable raw material for the production of machinery and sword weapons, but there are only a few scattered small iron mines in Pingxi County, and there is no large-scale iron ore at all, Yan Liqiang is a little disdainful, so he can only temporarily suppress his own idea, I didn't expect the Zhong family to be so generous this time, and the things sent by this were sent to Yan Liqiang's heart at once, It seems that the Zhong family has indeed put a lot of effort into studying what to send themselves to get closer to each other this time.

"Hahaha, Mr. Zhong is polite, I can't hide it, this Kangshan iron mine is indeed of great use to me, my manufacturing bureau and the industry at home are inseparable from iron ore pig iron, I have long wanted to buy one or two big mines, since this is the intention of the Zhong family, then I will be disrespectful!" Yan Liqiang laughed, and as soon as he stretched out his hand, he unceremoniously pulled the box that Zhong Hongzhang put on the coffee table in front of him.

Zhong Hongzhang still smiled, "There are thousands of workers and craftsmen in this Kangshan Iron Mine, and they are still in production, everything has not changed, as long as Yan Gongzi sends someone to take over, the Zhong family's stewards and shopkeepers in the Kangshan Iron Mine will cooperate with the handover, and all personnel can be arranged by Yan Gongzi after the handover!"

"There's no need for the handover!" Yan Li smiled strongly, Since the Zhong family's manpower has run this iron mine smoothly, I don't need to stir it up again, the iron mine's steward and shopkeeper manpower and other arrangements, everything is as usual, although Mr. Zhong gave me this iron ore, but I also only need sixty percent of the iron mine's shares, and the remaining forty percent, even if it is the current manpower and management of the Zhong family's iron mine, this iron mine is considered a joint venture between me and the Zhong family, and the consumption of pig iron in the iron ore in Pingxi County may be very large in the future, as long as the Kangshan Iron Mine gives priority to meeting the supply of Pingxi County, the iron ore is responsible for its own profits and losses, so the price of pig iron supplied to the iron ore in Pingxi County is also according to the market price, and there is no need to be specially discounted！”

Yan Liqiang's words, all of a sudden, made the three people of the Zhong family look at him again, the Zhong family's side of the shot is really atmospheric, but Yan Liqiang is not ambiguous, as soon as he opened his mouth, he returned forty percent of the Zhong family's iron ore income, and at the same time, half of the people on the iron mine were still handed over to the Zhong family for management, showing their trust in the Zhong family, so that Zhong Hongzhang listened, and his heart was very useful, and secretly praised Yan Liqiang's old age.

And for Yan Liqiang, although the iron ore is important, it is not his top priority now, since the ownership of the iron mine has been in hand, then whoever manages it is the same, he does not need to take care of everything, to grasp in his hands, there is no problem with the iron mine, everything is as usual, if there is a problem, Kangcheng County is next to Pingxi County, he can kill the Kangshan Iron Mine with people and horses for two days, who can afford to turn the waves, the iron ore will be placed there, no one can move the mine, why should he worry.

"Hahaha, I didn't expect Yan Gongzi to be a cheerful person......" Zhong Hongzhang laughed in a good mood, even for the Zhong family, in order to get closer to Yan Liqiang, it was a little painful to smash out a Kangshan iron mine, and several elders of the family were a little reluctant when discussing at home, and in the end, it was the main force of the Zhong family who took out the Kangshan Iron Mine, and now Yan Liqiang regards the Kangshan Iron Mine as a joint venture with the Zhong family, and the interests of the Zhong family in the Kangshan Iron Mine can still be guaranteed, which is already the best result beyond the expectations of everyone in the Zhong family.

With the opening of the iron mine, the atmosphere in the living room suddenly became lively and enthusiastic, just like the people at the wine table began to toast each other after the warm-up.

"I'm actually a very simple person, I rarely meddle in specific details of business or something, for me, only look at people, as long as the person is right, then everything is right, the person is not right, then it is useless for you to worry about it, all the problems in this world, in the final analysis, are human problems!"

"This is even a famous saying, my brother often says at home, if you want to do things, you must first learn to be a man, and you can be a man, so that you can do things!"

"Haha, if there is a world in the future, I would like to go to Lanzhou to personally visit Master Zhong, ask for advice from Master Zhong, and listen to the lessons!"

"The Zhong family is welcome at any time, if Yan Gongzi comes, the Zhong family is full of brilliance!" Zhong Hongzhang smiled, "By the way, Yan Gongzi, if there is anything on the iron mine in the future, Yan Gongzi only needs to find my niece Ruolan, our Zhong family is going to open a business house in Pingxi City this year, and we want to invest in some business, Ruolan will be stationed in Pingxi City in the future, responsible for our Zhong family's various industries in Pingxi County, and cooperate with the Zhong family's business, Ruolan can be the master......"

"Miss Ruolan can be the sole leader of the Zhong family in Pingxi County, and she can be regarded as a woman who does not let her eyebrows, admire, admire!" Yan Liqiang looked at the picturesque Zhong Ruolan and said.

Zhong Ruolan's eyes fluttered, and she smiled lightly, "Ruolan is a woman, she is not familiar with the place in Pingxi County, and there will be more places to rely on asking Yan Gongzi for advice in the future, and then please ask Yan Gongzi not to refuse!"

"If Miss Ruolan encounters something that needs help, just come to me, as long as I can, I will never refuse!" Yan Liqiang took a sip of tea and asked with a smile. "How many people have been to Yan'an Fort today, have you walked around the town?"

"Of course, we took a turn in Yan'anbao today, which can be regarded as an eye-opener, with this Yan'anbao pattern, I don't think it will take much time, it will be more prosperous than Qinghe County!" Zhong Ruolan took the words with a smile, a pair of beautiful eyes flashed with brilliance, "It's just that I also saw a lot of wool trucks in the town, and I heard that Yan Gongzi is now buying useless wool everywhere, which is really incomprehensible!"

Yan Liqiang's mind was in a hurry, and he decided to pull the Zhong family over first and tie it to the wool chariot, he glanced at the three people of the Zhong family with a smile, "I buy wool, it is naturally useful, there is a big business in front of me, I don't know if the Zhong family wants to give it a try......"

Zhong Hongzhang's eyes flashed slightly, and he asked with a smile, "The business that can make Yan Gongzi say big must be really big, but I don't know how big it is?"

"This business is comparable to salt, if you really want to do it, you can make tens of millions of taels of silver casually a year, no problem!" Yan Liqiang said lightly.

Even if Zhong Hongzhang is the second leader of the Zhong family, he was also taken aback by Yan Liqiang's words, you must know that although the Zhong family is now known as the first family in the northwest, all the family businesses of the Zhong family add up to more than 20 million taels of silver, what business can earn half of the Zhong family a year?

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