175. Income from steel mills

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After the war, although Chu He was still relaxed, the cloth on his upper body had been completely torn, and even his pants were not the same.

If it weren't for the fact that Chu He deliberately used his internal strength to protect the key parts, and Qian Yuanwei didn't specifically attack Chu River in three ways, otherwise it would be a picture that is not suitable for children now.

Chu He now finally understands why those generals have to wear battle armor to the battlefield, in addition to protection, maintaining a decent face is also an extremely important reason, I would have known that I would not take off the thousand mountain armor on my body.

Quickly put the Qianshan armor back on his body, put on his robe again, and fastened his belt, Chu He felt that the majesty of Captain Chu had returned, his eyes swept over the group of hidden abyss guards, and said with a smile: "Not bad." Your strength is far beyond my estimate, and you are worthy of the name of Qianyuanwei!"

Qianyuanwei's eyes now looked at Chu He, and there was more respect in the wildness.

Now they knew that Chu He was not only their food and clothing parents, but also fully qualified to become the commander of the Qianyuan Guard.

Even a powerful Blood Condensation Realm martial artist like Captain Jiang Wei, with three hundred Hidden Yuan Guards, couldn't defeat Chu He, in the eyes of these mountain people who didn't have a high level of vision, Chu River was simply comparable to the legendary God of War!

In the final analysis, Qianyuanwei is actually just an ordinary civilian in Changding Township, usually seeing a martial artist is enough to make them awe-inspired, if the words of a Blood Condensation Realm martial artist, it is normal not to see each other once in ten years, how can they tell the difference between Chu He and a truly strong person.

Especially the golden bell jar of the Chu River, which is invulnerable to water and fire, is definitely a weapon of pretending and forcing in the eyes of these civilians with low vision.

Chu He, who was extremely satisfied with Qianyuanwei, doubled the reward with a wave of his hand, rewarding each person with four strong bones and strong blood pills, and each person who participated in the battle added one or two demon honey.

The chaos has risen, and Chu He can't be stingy at this time, and the most important thing is to improve the overall combat power of the Qianyuan Guard as soon as possible.

The Bone Strengthening Blood Pill and the Demon Honey are both things outside the body for Chu He, and only by using them can they prove their value, and they are no different from mud if they are hidden.

After reviewing the situation of the Qianyuan Guard, the distribution of demon honey and strong bones and blood pills was under the responsibility of the two captains, Jiang Wei and Chu Wu, and Chu He then moved to the valley basin of the steelmaking plant.

The steelmaking plant is also the most important foundation of the Chu River.

The development of Qianyuanwei is so fast, and the steelmaking plant has contributed a lot.

At this time, the scale of the steelmaking plant also expanded a lot.

When Chu He arrived at the steelmaking plant, he found that there were many strangers. However, Blacksmith Chu had already told him that those who came were all old brothers from the past, and they were absolutely trustworthy, and Blacksmith Chu even guaranteed his life.

They have been here for a while, and there have been no accidents in the steelworks, but there have been several times when people have come to spy on the steelworks, and they have been repelled by the new craftsmen such as Qianyuanwei or the steelworks.

Chu He took a look, these new craftsmen, there were about forty or fifty people, although they looked simple and honest on the surface, but they all contained a rebellious aura in their bones, and their bodies exuded a faint murderous aura, obviously not ordinary mountain people.

They still have all kinds of scars on their bodies, and some even have missing hands and legs, and their noses and ears are incomplete.

When the Chu blacksmith saw Chu He coming, he immediately brought someone to greet him.

Subsequently, Chu Blacksmith and several other managers in charge of the steelmaking plant introduced the current situation of the steelmaking plant to Chu He.

Chu He really had to admire the wisdom of the working people.

Although there is still only one small blast furnace for steelmaking, the Chu blacksmiths built three iron-making furnaces according to the style of steel-making furnaces.

Chu blacksmiths and others could not build a small blast furnace for steelmaking, after all, they did not know how the refractory bricks were obtained. The iron furnace built can be used to make iron, but the temperature is not enough to make steel.

Although iron can be smelted in this world, the efficiency is not high, making iron expensive, and an ordinary iron sword weighing more than ten catties costs several taels of silver.

Using the iron-making furnace to make iron, the efficiency has been improved a lot, Chu He took a look, and now there is too much iron to make steel, and it is stored as much as thirty or forty thousand catties, if it is all used to build steel soldiers, two or three thousand steel knives can be made.

After the Chu blacksmith and his party took Chu He to take a brief look at the steelmaking yard, they then said: "Qianyuan, now we can refine about 3,000 catties of iron every day, if the iron mine can keep up, the ironmaking furnace can increase the amount of ironmaking, and it is estimated that 10,000 catties of iron can be smelted in a day!"

He paused, hesitated a little, and then said, "However, one steel-making furnace alone cannot keep up with the speed, and if I can, I hope to build two more steel-making furnaces." ”

The output of 10,000 catties per day is nothing to future generations, and the daily output of any small ironworks is calculated in 100 tons, but in this backward world of production level, it is definitely a remarkable number.

You must know that now a pound of iron is about to be sold for half a tael of silver, and the war has made iron expensive and cheap, and many people even directly melt iron money to cast weapons.

As long as the mining efforts are increased and the iron-making workers are increased, even if the valley steelmaking field does not build steel soldiers, the income from iron-making alone is 5,000 silver taels a day, and it is even more difficult to build steel soldiers.

The iron ore was discovered by Chu Shuang, and it was mined privately from the government, and there was no tax or any messy spending, and three meals a day plus five hundred yuan a month for the miners could make the miners work to death.

Moreover, even the charcoal used for ironmaking is fired by himself, so it can be said that after deducting less than 20% of the labor cost, the income from iron alone can bring 4,000 taels of silver to Chu He in a day, which is 120,000 taels of silver a month!

Even now, the output of iron is only 3,000 a day, and most of the steel soldiers are provided to the Qianyuan Guard, but the steel soldiers sold out, in just three months, have also brought more than 500,000 taels of silver to the steel mill.

In addition to the cost of purchasing food materials, various medicinal materials, etc., Chu Quan, who is now managing money and silver, also controls nearly 200,000 taels of silver.

Don't look at the four families of Qinzhou who casually donated hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, but this is half of their family property, and it has only been accumulated for hundreds of years.

Chu He has accumulated such a huge wealth in a short period of time, if it is known to outsiders, I am afraid that the name of the Demon Army alone will not be able to suppress those ambitious people.

Maybe Huang Zhong and Gan Ning didn't know how many strong people they coveted the secrets of the steelmaking plant in Qinghe Village in secret.

Chu Quan didn't dare to tell others about the income at all, only a few people at the core of Qinghe Village knew how amazing the income of the steel mill was.

Chu He now urgently needs to expand and strengthen his power, and he will no longer hide and hide it, and immediately said that he will build two more steel-making furnaces and increase the manpower of steel-making and mining fields.

The secret of refractory bricks, Chu He still decided to keep it a secret.

It's not that he can't trust the blacksmith Chu, but the refractory bricks are too important, and once the secret of the refractory bricks is revealed, others can build a small blast furnace to make steel directly.

Even if Chu He still retains the secret of alloy steel, he is quite weak at this time, and it is difficult to compete with those big forces.

In the past, Chu He got nearly two thousand catties of demon honey from the hive, as well as some royal jelly, but he couldn't help but consume a lot.

Thousands of people in the Qianyuan Guard, half a catty of demon honey per person is a few hundred catties, plus the consumption of family members, the inventory is now less than a thousand catties, and most of the royal jelly is also given to Chu He.

Chu He was able to rise to this level in a short period of time, and royal jelly was indispensable.

Therefore, after inspecting the situation of the steelworks, Chu He soon went to the cave where the poisonous bees were domesticated, ready to check the breeding of the tiger bee queen bee. Mobile phone users should browse and read for a better reading experience.