It was not until mid-November that Jiang Wei and his entourage returned to Lanzhou.

After returning to Lanzhou, Jiang Wei immediately summoned Yang Yi and Zhuge Zhan to discuss the matter, and he was eager to know about the opening of the Baopen Mountain Copper Mine and the production of Xiao Zhuge stirrups.

In the Liangzhou Thorn Mansion in Lanzhou, Yang Yi and Zhuge Zhan quickly rushed over, and everyone gathered together.

After hearing the story of Jiang Wei and his entourage in the Western Regions, they all felt very excited, the Western Regions is a huge territory, and now that the Western Regions have returned to the Han Dynasty, the national strength of the Han Dynasty has been further enhanced.

Immediately, Jiang Wei began to ask the two of them about the two major things he was most concerned about.

Yang Yi took the lead in reporting: "Report to your lordship, at present, the Baopenshan Copper Mine has been opened, and it has employed more than 3,000 miners, and its production capacity is close to 1,000 catties of copper per day, and up to now, it has smelted nearly 20,000 catties of raw copper. ”

"Oh? Unexpectedly, Yang Changshi set up the Baopen Mountain Copper Mine in just two months or so, and with such a scale, Yang Changshi really deserves to be the first capable official of my Liangzhou Thorn History Mansion! ”

After Yang Yi was praised by Jiang Wei, his face also showed a bit of smugness, indeed, in just two months, he not only led a group of officials to open a copper mine, but also realized the smelting of copper, and the production capacity also continued to increase, which he paid very human efforts, so he was praised by Jiang Wei, and he felt that it was well deserved.

Jiang Wei asked again: "How is the Pingchuan Coal Mine doing now?" ”

Yang Yimei said with a smile: "Pingchuan Coal Mine has also been mined, because coal does not need to be smelted, only a simple coal washing process is required, it is estimated that basically how much is mined, how much can be used soon, and at present, Pingchuan Coal Mine can produce more than 10,000 catties of coal per day." ”

"More than 10,000 catties?"

Hearing this number, Jiang Wei couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, sure enough, Yang Yi's administrative ability was much higher than Liang Qian, Liang Qian was born as a military general, hosted Panzhihua iron ore, and all kinds of stumbles in the early stage were far less rapid than Yang Yi's progress.

"It seems that when the traffic with Yizhou is restored in the future, we have to let Liang Qian lead the backbone management personnel of Panzhihua Iron Mine to Liangzhou to learn from Yang Yi and improve the production efficiency of Panzhihua Iron Mine." Jiang Wei secretly pondered in his heart.

Yang Yi saw the excitement on Jiang Wei's face, so he also smiled and said: "Yes, my lord, Pingchuan Coal Mine can produce 10,000 catties of coal per day, a small part of which is used to smelt raw copper, and most of the remaining coal, in addition to supplying Liangzhou Thorn Mansion and Liangzhou Army, the rest can also be sold on the market to make another amount of money for Liangzhou Thorn Mansion." ”

Jiang Wei nodded, with a daily output of 10,000 catties of coal, it can produce 300,000 catties of coal in a month, such a large output, just smelting copper and supplying Liangzhou Thorn Mansion, it is indigestible, but winter is coming, a lot of fuel is needed for winter, and the price of coal is much lower than the price of charcoal, so it should be very popular after it is listed, and it is really a big source of wealth for Liangzhou Thorn Mansion!

So Jiang Wei did not hide his appreciation for Yang Yi at all, and praised Yang Yi and said:

"Yang Changshi really deserves to be a capable official who is particularly important to his mentor Zhuge Kongming, and the copper mine and iron ore are both very beautiful, and this official must be rewarded!"

Yang Yi heard Jiang Wei say that he wanted to reward himself, and hurriedly said with a smile: "The lower officials don't dare to take credit, and everyone under the command of the lower officials has made great efforts, and the lower officials don't dare to take credit." ”

Jiang Wei heard Yang Yi say this, and the evaluation of Yang Yi in his heart suddenly became a few points higher, if it was in the past, although Yang Yi had outstanding ability, but his eyes were above the top, and now Yang Yi has become the same as the light after a year of leisure and cold in Chengdu, this change is very rare, which makes Jiang Wei feel that he really did not choose the wrong person.

So Jiang Wei said: "Yang Changshi is right, this is all the credit of the collective, but Yang Changshi is in the middle of the arrangement, and he still has great merit, and the rewards and punishments of the officials are clear. As for Yang Changshi, the official will reward you with 2,000 plants. ”

The reward is 2,000 plants, which is basically a reward that can only be obtained by making a meritorious contribution on the battlefield in Liangzhou Thorn Mansion, so Yang Yi felt very relieved and moved to hear Jiang Wei reward himself so much.

"Xiaguan has another good news to report to Lord Shi!" Yang Yi said to Jiang Wei with a smile.

"Oh? And good news, say it quickly! Jiang Wei couldn't wait to know what good news Yang Yi was going to report.

Yang Yi said with excitement on his face: "My lord, before you went to the Western Regions, the Jingtieshan Iron Mine in Jiuquan County that you pointed out to me, the lower official has already sent someone to find it. ”

"What? The Iron Ore of Jingtieshan was found so quickly? Jiang Wei was a little overjoyed.

"Yes, sir!" Yang Yi said solemnly:

"The exploration of Jingtieshan iron ore is actually easier than the exploration of Pingchuan Coal Mine and Baopen Mountain Copper Mine, because you accurately said the name of the mountain, and the miners in charge of exploration arrived at Jingtieshan in Jiuquan County, and found the location of the iron ore within ten days, it is indeed a rare treasure mine, the quality of iron ore is very high, and the reserves of ore are also very high, and I will soon have a big iron mine in Liangzhou."

"Wow! Good! ”

Jiang Wei was excited, in this way, his Liangzhou no longer had to worry about the iron armor of Panzhihua not being able to be transported, and he could completely rely on the iron ore production of Jingtieshan to meet military needs.

Moreover, with the large-scale mining and smelting of Jingtieshan iron ore, Dahan can form two large mines, one in the south and one in the north, so that the production capacity of ironclad weapons will continue to increase.

So Jiang Wei said with a smile: "Then there is Lao Yang Changshi, organize manpower as soon as possible to open the Jingtieshan Iron Mine in Jiuquan County, the official's requirement is that within three months, the production capacity of the Jingtieshan Iron Mine will reach the level of Panzhihua Iron Mine, I don't know if Yang Changshi dares to obey the order?" ”

Yang Yi immediately replied: "Xiaguan will definitely live up to the trust of Lord Thorn Shi, and he must make the Jingtieshan Iron Mine better than the Panzhihua Iron Mine!" ”

Seeing Yang Yi so heroic, Jiang Wei was also very happy in his heart.

After asking Yang Yi's side, Jiang Wei asked Xiao Zhuge again: "Xiao Zhuge , has the stirrup I asked you to make before I set off now that mass production has begun?" ”

Zhuge Zhan also said proudly: "Of course, with the copper of Baopen Mountain, now the stirrups have not only achieved mass production, but also produced tens of thousands of pairs!" This stirrup is not complicated in the first place, and it is easy to make. ”

"Oh! Xiao Zhuge has also done this very beautifully! This official also has a reward! ”

Zhuge Zhan heard that he also had a reward, and said proudly: "Now the stirrups are not only mass-produced, but also began to equip the cavalry of Lanzhou, and the Qiang cavalry and Hun cavalry in the Lanzhou garrison are full of praise for the stirrups, and they all praise Brother Boyo is really a genius to come up with such a good thing!" ”

Where was the stirrup designed by Jiang Wei? Jiang Wei is purely stained with the light of history, but Jiang Wei will never say anything. So he said triumphantly:

"This general is both civil and military, haven't you heard of Xiao Zhuge yet? What is this kind of gadget? However, Xiao Zhuge has made a contribution to the stirrup system this time, so I will reward you with 1,000 baht! ”

Zhuge Zhan hurriedly thanked him.

Jiang Wei looked at the two of them and said excitedly: "Now that I am in Liangzhou Thorn Mansion, the good news keeps coming, it is a thriving scene, and it is a good time for us to work together to work together to promote the Han Dynasty, as long as we keep this momentum, let alone defeat Cao Wei, it is a world, and it is just around the corner!" ”