Zhao Ming frowned, "Is it in Xiping County?" How come I've never heard of an iron mine in the county? ”

"There are so many minerals in the world, can you still know about everyone?"

Zhao Ming thought about it for a while and asked, "Where is the iron mine?" ”

"It's in a wilderness, and it's all fields that have been abandoned for years, and the fields are a little barren, and I wouldn't have thought of setting up a settlement there if it weren't for the possibility of the enemy going north."

"After all that, you haven't said where you are."

"Well, because it's wild, there's no place name, and there's no name for the mountain, so I named the settlement Wushan, because at noon, the sun shines very well there......"

Zhao Ming squinted his eyes, and recited the word Wushan back and forth twice in his heart, and it was in the north again, he pursed his lips, "This Wushan is very close to Wuyang?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang pinched his fingers and said, "A little closer." ”

Zhao Ming's face was so dark, "Then the iron mine can't be in Wuyang County, right?" ”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at him.

Zhao Ming turned around and left, he was really confused, why did he stop and listen to her?

Zhao Hanzhang hurriedly chased after him, chattering behind him, "Uncle, the mountain is not completely on their side, and some of it is on our side, really, I have asked, there used to be a village there, and there was someone's land at the foot of that mountain......"

"The separation between the counties and the county, except for the boundary marker, is relatively clear, and the other places are blurred, I have asked people to check it, and that piece of land, Wuyang County has also been lost." Zhao Hanzhang said: "If we go to mine, no one will know about it at all." ”

Zhao Ming stopped, frowned and asked, "Then why are you telling me?" ”

If you want to mine, then go and open it secretly, why tell him?

Is this for him to stop, or not to stop?

Zhao Hanzhang said: "But graphite is needed for iron smelting. ”

She looked at Zhao Ming blankly.

It turned out that he fell in love with the graphite mine in the family.

Of course, this graphite is not the other graphite.

The ancients called coal graphite, but graphite, which was considered by later generations, is called black edge here.

Therefore, the graphite mine in Zhao's hand is actually a coal mine.

Zhao Ming also said simply: "You want to buy graphite from the clan?" Then I will call the man in charge of this matter, and you will talk to him. ”

"Can that be cheaper?" Zhao Hanzhang said: "When I refine iron, I will also sell it to the clan cheaply." ”

Zhao Ming pondered, Zhao Hanzhang saw that there was a play, and made persistent efforts, "And don't hide it from my uncle, we have newly refined better quality iron, we call it steel, although the output is also very low, but the weapon created can be called a divine weapon, this kind of unique thing, I can't sell it out, only sell it to the clan." ”

Zhao Ming groaned, glanced at her and said, "Let's go, go home and talk." ”

Zhao Hanzhang happily followed.

Where is it refreshing to talk to others about Zhao Ming?

They both know what kind of person they are, and they also know what kind of person each other is, Zhao Hanzhang can push the price down without any worries.

The coal mine is not Zhao Ming's, but belongs to the Zhao family, but it is him, no, it should be said that his father is in charge of these things of the family, so he can make some decisions.

I don't know what Zhao Ming thinks, anyway, he agreed to reduce the price without letting Zhao Hanzhang work harder, and sold the coal to her at a very favorable price.

Zhao Ming also wanted to see what step Zhao Hanzhang could do.

If she is really allowed to control the entire Yuzhou, then the Zhao Clan's Dock Fort is in the hinterland of Yuzhou, and as long as Yuzhou is not broken in the future, then the Zhao Clan will be the safest.

Based on this, Zhao Ming is willing to help her where he can help her.

Ji Yuan knew that Zhao Hanzhang had bought coal, and he was overjoyed, "In this way, we will not be controlled by others in terms of weapons." ”

Zhao Hanzhang took in so many homeless people, of course, not all of these people were soldiers, but more of a long-term worker.

There were only 1,200 people she had actually trained as soldiers, but they needed a lot of weapons.

And among the rest of the people, they also have to do some military training in their spare time, which is equivalent to militia, and they are stationed in the fields when they are busy with agriculture and go to the battlefield during wartime.

They also need some weapons.

What's more, she still needs a lot of farm tools now.

These all need to go to iron, and the iron ore in Yuzhou is either in the hands of the Yamen or in the hands of He Tingshi.

In fact, they are all exposed under the noses of He Tingshi, and buying iron with him is not equivalent to exposing his situation and ambitions?

Therefore, Ji Yuan has always wanted to cross the history of He Thorn and go outside Yuzhou to buy ironware; Zhao Hanzhang is more straightforward, she wants to find iron ore by herself.

There are a lot of mineral resources in Yuzhou, although she doesn't remember the specific place, but since there are coal mines in Xiping County, there should be iron mines nearby.

Not in Xiping, it will also be in the next county.

So Zhao Hanzhang has always been noticeable.

It was a pure accident to find the iron ore in Wushan, Zhao Hanzhang bought a batch of iron ore before, and sent the stones to the team leaders and leaders at that time, so that they could write down the appearance, and if they found similar stones in the wild, report them immediately.

A team leader arrived at the resettlement site with the assigned subordinates, because the weather was cold, and the firewood stored before was not enough, so they went a little farther to chop firewood, and accidentally found Wushan.

It was a very low hill, and there were a few trees growing on the edge, but it was protected from the wind, so they hid there when they rested, and it didn't feel so cold.

Then they touched a stone, and as soon as they used their strength, the stone scattered, scattering into a pile of sand and gravel, the color was very similar to the iron ore that Zhao Hanzhang showed to the chiefs.

So Shi Chang picked up a bag and brought it with him when the team leader of the Wushan resettlement site returned to the county seat to report the situation.

Zhao Hanzhang didn't expect what he wanted, and he felt like he was a child of destiny.

Fortunately, things were not so smooth, so it weakened her feelings, because the Wushan Mountain was a little far away from the resettlement point, according to everyone's detailed research, they determined that the nameless mountain named Wushan by Zhao Hanzhang had been out of Xiping County and belonged to Wuyang County next door.

Because of this, Zhao Hanzhang was very unhappy, and after a sullen night, he decided to send an additional team of people to the Wushan resettlement site, and both teams quietly moved the resettlement site not far from the foot of the mountain.

Fortunately, the population loss in Wuyang County on the opposite side is also serious, and the trees there are much denser than on their side, which means that there are no villages near the other end of Wushan Mountain, not even arable land.

So they can quietly occupy it for the time being, and wait until they are discovered.

Oh, by the way, there's another problem, it's illegal to mine iron ore privately.

However, there is a precedent for the history of assassination, and Zhao Hanzhang doesn't care very much, but she is still very weak and helpless, so she has to cover it and can't say it.

Therefore, the people who know about this matter are all confidants of Zhao Hanzhang and Fu Tinghan.

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