It was nearly noon.

The warmth outside the window is getting more and more pleasant.

Xu Yi stood next to the windowsill of the study in the side hall of the carrier hall.

Stand still for a moment.

A moment later.

Outside the study room of the side hall of the carrier hall, there were suddenly several clear footsteps.

A royal palace guard led Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian to the door of the closed side hall study.

'Winter, winter, winter. ，

"Lord Wang, Special Envoy Zhu and Envoy Zhu have arrived."

The palace guard knocked lightly on the door, then took a half step back and clasped his fists in salute.

"Enter."

In the study room of the side hall of the carrier hall, Xu Yi's thoughts returned from the window.

After a light response, he walked to the side of the book again without hurrying.

The words fell.

Outside the study room of the partial hall of the carrier hall.

"Yes."

Hearing this, the palace guards clasped their fists and saluted again.

Then he gently pushed open the door and stretched out his hand to invite Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian to enter.

More than ten years later.

Closed again in the study of the side hall of the carrier hall.

"Minister Zhu Zongting, meet the prince."

"Minister Zhu Zongnian, meet the prince."

Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian stopped two steps away from the book, and then bowed their hands in unison.

"Sit."

Xu Yi, who was sitting behind the book and on the Taishi chair again, nodded slightly, and then motioned for the two to take a seat in the guest seat.

"Thank you, Lord for the seat."

When Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian heard this, they thanked them again.

Then he sat upright on top of the guest seat.

As soon as Zhu Zongting took his seat, he took out a slightly heavy account book from the hem of his sleeve.

"These are the accounts of the smelting and forging workshops."

"Please also ask the prince to take a look."

Zhu Zongting held the slightly heavy account book in both hands and presented it in front of Xu Yi.

The smelting workshops and forging workshops outside Fuyang City have been managed by the children of the Zhu family since their establishment.

But its real owner has always been Xu Yi.

To be precise, the real owner of the smelting workshop and the forging workshop can only be Xu Yi.

Among the two major workshops, the smelting workshop is based on more than 100 new blast furnaces, and continuously delivers steel and other materials to the forging workshop.

[Stable operation for many years, comparable to the old version of the book-chasing artifact, old bookworms are using.]

force, which is used for the books of accounts.

'A drink and a peck, there is a fixed number. ，

Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and then once again put all his thoughts in the heavy account book.

A moment later.

Xu Yi's brows furrowed slightly for a moment.

immediately put down the account book in his hand and looked up at Zhu Zongting, who was sitting on top of the guest seat.

"In the opinion of the Imperial Court, how long can the existing iron ore be used?"

Xu Yi asked with a serious face.

Iron ore shortages have been a problem since the establishment of the smelter.

When Xu Yi left Beijing to take up the domain, although he got some iron ore through various means.

However, the number of iron ore mines under its name is limited, and it takes a lot of time to mine and transport.

It is impossible to meet the more than 100 new blast furnaces in the smelting workshop.

It is even more unable to meet Wang Daying's growing demand for steel.

For this.

Xu Yi spent a lot of financial and material resources to collect iron ore from inside and outside Yandi.

That's why.

Although it consumes a lot of financial and material resources, it at least ensures the normal operation of the smelting workshop and the forging workshop.

But now.

With the continuous change of the situation in Mobei and the continuous change of the situation in the court.

The price of iron ore, grain, salt, and even medicinal herbs, which are necessary for war.

As the price of war horses has risen, the boat has risen.

It is precisely because of this that Xu Yi and Xu Xilin, the son of the King of Liao, have three more iron mines in their business.

Of course.

The purpose of the three iron ore mines was not just for the iron ore.

Inside the study room of the side hall of the carrier hall.

Zhu Zongting, who had been prepared for a long time, quickly replied when he heard this: "Back to the prince, it can be used for half a month at most."

The words fell.

Xu Yi's brows furrowed slightly for a moment.

Meanwhile.

The iron ore was quickly calculated in his mind.

No doubt.

The three iron mines he obtained from trading with Xu Xilin, the prince of Liao, could never come in handy in a short period of time.

The iron ore under its name and the iron ore collected from Yandi through various means could not meet the needs of the smelting workshop from beginning to end.

Not to mention, now the matter of 3,000 pairs of Tiefutu heavy armor has been put on the agenda.

It can well be imagined.

In the future, the gap faced by the smelter will continue to widen.

A moment later.

Xu Yi sighed helplessly in his heart, and then completely came back to his senses from his contemplation.

"How are the ten-round and twenty-round crossbows progressing now?"

Xu Yi calmed down slightly, and then looked past Zhu Zongting to Zhu Zongnian who was sitting beside him.

"Go back to the prince."

"Fifteen hundred, ten-round crossbows are now seven hundred."

"Five hundred twenty-bow crossbows are now numbered at four hundred."

"Fifty thousand featherless arrows are missing, and now twenty thousand are complete."

Zhu Zongnian was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then reported it as quickly as if he was reciting it backwards.

The words fell. ….

Xu Yi's eyelids couldn't help lowering slightly, and he fell silent again.

Since this moment, the study room of the side hall of the huge carrier hall has been as quiet as a ghost.

I don't know how long it took.

Xu is more than 100 breaths.

Another quarter of an hour, perhaps.

Xu Yi raised his eyelids again, and looked at Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian with deep eyes.

"Since the beginning of the year, the forging of armaments and weapons such as the Yanling Sword has been suspended."

"The smelting and forging workshops are fully supplying the cotton armor workshops."

"Strive to end all the affairs of the cotton nail workshop in the shortest possible time."

"If everything in the Cotton Armor Workshop is finished, there will still be left."

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and all of them for the ten-round crossbow, the twenty-round crossbow, and the featherless lost forge."

Xu Yi ordered in a deep voice with a serious face.

With the current iron ore reserves, and the full support of the forge workshop in the future.

Before the 5,000 soldiers set out on the expedition, more than 3,000 pairs of cloth iron armor were created.

If you count the two thousand pairs of armor stomachs obtained from the hands of the two kings of Zidai and Liao.

The first batch of Wang Daying soldiers who went to Mobei could reach an astonishing ten percent.

In this way, the casualty rate of the king's soldiers could be minimized.

The existing ten-round crossbows, twenty-round crossbows, and the loss of no feathers can ensure the combat effectiveness of Wang Daying's soldiers to the greatest extent.

For Xu Yi.

Wang Daying's 5,000 soldiers went to Mobei, which is undoubtedly the top priority today.

Unless there are special circumstances, all matters must give way to this matter.

Inside the study room of the side hall of the carrier hall.

When the brothers Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian heard this, their faces turned straight instantly.

"Obey the order!"

"Obey the order!"

Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian bowed in unison very solemnly.

The words fell.

Xu Yi nodded slightly, and then took out a token the size of a child's palm from under the book.

The token is golden in color throughout.

Is carving a seal 'Yan, the word.

The back is a lifelike four-clawed green dragon.

"Before the court left the palace, he took 100,000 taels of silver from the treasure with this order."

"After the year, we sent people to the counties of Jizhou to buy iron ore again."

Xu Yi handed the Yanzi order in his hand to Zhu Zongting, and then commanded helplessly.

At today's market price, 100,000 taels of silver may be able to buy up to 40,000 taels of silver for iron ore.

And this is still the limit that the officials of the counties and counties in Jizhou can give in terms of his status as a vassal king.

Although Xu Yi was helpless, before the world was in turmoil.

And so it had to be.

And in this way, the financial burden of the Yan Wangfu has invisibly increased several times.

"Obey!"

Zhu Zongting was slightly stunned when he heard this, and after receiving the Yanzi order from Xu Yi's hand with both hands, he bowed again.

A moment later.

Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian got up to say goodbye and leave.

After Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian completely disappeared in the study room of the side hall of the carrier hall.

Xu Yi shook his head with a wry smile, and then got up from the Taishi chair.

Walk to the windowsill again.

Gently push the window sill back.

Let the breeze outside the window constantly blow across his face.

If he remembers correctly.

After Zhu Zongting took 100,000 taels of silver from the treasure.

There will only be more than 10,000 taels of silver at the disposal of the huge Yan Wangfu. ….

As for the rare treasures such as antiques and famous paintings stacked in the treasure house.

will also completely leave the Yanwang Mansion Treasure House after the year.

At that time.

There will be no more treasures in the huge Yan Wangfu Treasure House except for the dowry of the two princesses.

And Wang Qiujin and Zhu Wanning's marriage, no matter how difficult it is, will never move it in the slightest.

That's what I think about.

Standing next to the windowsill, Xu Yi, who was constantly brushing his face by the breeze, couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly.

thought that he was a dignified vassal king, but it was his turn to sell his property to make a living.

If this matter spreads, I am afraid that it will be shameful for the royal family and the court Zhu Zi.

"It's really a penny that is hard to beat a hero."

Xu Yi shook his head with a wry smile again, then gently closed the windowsill and walked behind the book again.

When he sat upright on the Taishi chair again.

The wry smile on his face instantly dissipated without a trace.

In its place was the usual light cloud.

As for the sale of property and other matters after the world knows about it, will the group of royal relatives and nobles and the court Zhu Zi laugh at him.

His heart has always been indifferent.

Of course.

For Xu Yi, the later this matter is known, the better.

The reason is simple.

The later it is known, the more prepared it becomes.

After sitting still for a few breaths.

Xu Yi put his hands in a strange shape, and was about to blow the search for the leader of the heart.

Outside the study room of the side hall of the carrying hall, an extremely low and familiar footstep suddenly sounded.

'Winter, winter, winter. ，

"Master, Captain Meng and the owner of the firewood shop have arrived outside the hall."

The leader of the heart walked to the study room of the side hall of the carrying hall, knocked on the door gently, and then took half a step back and bowed to the closed door.

'Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived. ，

In the study room of the side hall of the carrier hall, the corners of Xu Yi's mouth rose slightly, and he muttered in a low voice.

Then he replied, "Please come here."

Outside the study room of the partial hall of the carrier hall.

Hearing this, the leader of the heart bowed again, and said, "Yes."

A moment later.

Meng Shaoping and Chai Baoyi walked into the study room of the side hall of the carrier hall one after the other.

"The last will meet the king."

"Greetings to the king."

Meng Shaoping and Chai Baoyi walked two steps away from the book, and then respectfully bowed to Xu Yi.

"Sit."

Xu Yi nodded slightly, and then motioned for Meng Shaoping and Chai Baoyi to take a seat in the guest seat.

"Thank you, Lord Xie."

Meng Shaoping and Chai Baoyi heard the words and thanked each other again.

Wait for the two to sit completely behind the guest seats.

Xu Yi looked up at Chai Baoyi, who was sitting upright.

"How many more victims have there been in Los Angeles during this time?"

Xu Yi's face was straight, and he asked.

"Go back to the prince."

"If you count the victims sent by Yuyang County."

"Since you last left Lower Los Angeles, there have been more than 8,000 more victims."

Chai Baoyi quickly replied when he heard this.

'More than 8,000 victims. ，

Xu Yi's eyelids lowered slightly when he heard this, and he muttered softly.

If you count the victims who went to Lower Los Angeles on their own.

and those who were repatriated to Lower Los Angeles from other castles in Upper Valley County.

Then there should be more than 16,000 victims from Liaodi in Lower Los Angeles. ….

And with the continuous transportation of briquettes, coal stoves and other materials to the two counties of Liaodong and Liaoxi.

and the gradual warming of the weather.

This figure will not change much in the future.

That's what I think about.

Xu Yi's eyelids quietly raised, and his eyes looked at Chai Baoyi who was sitting on top of the guest seat again.

"How many of the victims from Liao have worked in coal mills?"

"How many young people are there?"

Xu Yi asked solemnly.

"Go back to the prince."

"According to statistics, among the more than 16,000 victims, there are more than 4,000 children and more than 1,000 frail women."

"The rest have worked in the coal mills."

"Among them, there are more than 5,000 young and strong people."

Hearing this, Chai Baoyi replied again.

Apparently.

Disaster victims who can travel from Liaodong and Liaoxi to Yandi.

It is still mostly young and immature.

As for the old man and the woman......

This...... Undoubtedly, it is another kind of sadness......

"Can all the victims in the coal workshop be resettled?"

Xu Yi paused slightly, and after a little composure, he asked again.

"Go back to the prince."

"It's all set up according to your instructions."

Chai Baoyi's face turned positive again when he heard this, and then he replied quickly.

That's good, that's good. ，

Xu Yi muttered a few words in a low voice when he heard this.

For some reason, when he heard that all the victims had been resettled.

His heart couldn't help but feel a little lighter.

After counting the interest.

Xu Yi calmed down for a moment, and then ordered in a deep voice: "After the year, the price will be two percent higher than the market price."

"Raise 3,000 young men in Lower Los Angeles City to mine three iron mines in eastern and western Liaoning."

"Among these 3,000 young people, as much as possible, the victims of the disaster in Liaodi are the mainstay."

The words fell.

Chai Baoyi's face turned straight again, and then he bowed and said, "Obey!"

A moment later.

Chai Baoyi, who had finished everything, got up and bowed and said goodbye.

When Chai Baoyi's figure completely disappeared behind the study of the side hall of the carrier hall.

Xu Yi took out a small half piece of rice paper from the left side of the book.

He immediately handed it to Meng Shaoping, who had been silent and sat on top of the guest seat from beginning to end.

"This is the installation of three iron mines in Liaodi."

"The affairs of the three iron mines in Liaodi are fully entrusted to you."

Xu Yi's face was extremely serious, and he commanded in a deep voice.

"The last will obey."

Meng Shaoping took the small half piece of rice paper handed over by Xu Yi with both hands, and then replied solemnly.

"Among these three iron mines, the Liaoxi Iron Mine is the most."

"After the year, the Lone Association will raise another 5,000 young men in Yandi to the iron ore mine in western Liaoning."

"Shaoping must be properly managed."

Xu Yi looked at Meng Shaoping and said meaningfully.

"What does the prince mean......

Meng Shaoping couldn't help but move in his heart when he heard this, and then asked with extraordinarily bright eyes.

"Hide."

Xu Yi nodded slightly, and then spit out a word softly.

Hide, as soon as the words came out, Meng Shaoping's eyes instantly brightened up.

"What does the prince plan to do with the three thousand young men who are mainly victims of the Liaodi disaster?"

Meng Shaoping forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and after a little calm, he lowered his voice and asked.

"Fill into two iron mines in Liaodong." ….

"I'll use it in the future."

The corners of Xu Yi's mouth rose slightly, and then replied in a deep voice.

"Obey!"

"Please rest assured that the last general will live up to the prince's trust."

When Meng Shaoping heard this, his heart instantly understood, and then solemnly hugged his fists and promised.

"When I go to Liaodi after the year."

"Draw half of the Red Blood Guards from the Lower Los Angeles Workshop."

"Take them to the Liaoxi Iron Mine."

Xu Yi nodded slightly, and then spoke again.

With the battle between Yan, Dai and Liao, Yan won a complete victory and completely came to an end.

The crisis surrounding the Lower Los Angeles workshop has largely dissipated.

At least......

This is true for half a year.

And today's Meng Shaoping and Liaoxi Iron Mine obviously need the Red Blood Guard more than the Lower Los Angeles Workshop.

Even if it's just a hundred more Red Blood Guards.

But it can play a vital role when it matters most.

"Obey!"

Meng Shaoping's heart warmed when he heard this, and then he solemnly clasped his fists again and saluted.

Xu Yi chuckled and waved his hand slightly.

Then he said, "Go back and rest early, and bring your sister-in-law and children to the house for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the evening of the thirtieth day of the Chinese New Year's Eve."

The words fell.

Meng Shaoping's eyes were slightly sour, and then he solemnly clasped his fists again and saluted, "Obey."

Xu Yi smiled helplessly when he heard this, and then waved his hand slightly.

After Meng Shaoping completely disappeared in the study room of the side hall of the carrier hall.

Xu Yi sat quietly for more than 100 breaths.

Then he got up from the Taishi chair and walked to the bookshelf placed on the side of the study.

Finally, he took out a thick pile of pictures at the top of the bookshelf.

In the stack of nearly four fingers high, there are many yellowed and old ones.

Since the founding of Emperor Taizu, the maps drawn by Yandi in various periods for more than 200 years are all in it.

It is no exaggeration to say.

The Kanyu map, which is only four fingers high, has witnessed the ups and downs of Yandi for more than 200 years.

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