"Who are you? How come I've never seen you? ”

Yue'er asked with a puzzled expression.

"My name is Zhao Huan, I came back with Li Yue Gongzi, and I live here now."

Zhao Huan's voice is more agile and well-behaved than Yue'er, and it sounds more feminine.

"Oh, I said, why haven't I seen you? I happened to be going to find the young master, will you come with me? ”

Yue'er invited very generously.

Hearing this, Zhao Huan's face also showed a touch of crimson, and he didn't say a word, just nodded lightly, looking extremely well-behaved.

Yue'er, who got the response, immediately pulled Zhao Huan, and the two packed up and headed towards Huaiyuan County that day.

Huainan Firearms Casting Bureau, 20 miles east of Huaiyuan County, covers an area of 1,000 acres, and is definitely the largest arsenal in the south.

However, only cannons were made, not medicines, so that the huge arsenal had only firearms and no gunpowder.

Li Yue inspected the entire arsenal, many places were wasteland, and they were not used at all.

Only a very small number of factories are still unusable due to disrepair.

"This Qin family is really good, such a big firearms casting bureau is made like this, it's really okay."

Li Yue said with a sigh.

"In fact, as early as the third year of Chongzhen, the imperial court did not allocate funds to the private foundry bureau, so it became like this without silver."

Chen Lingyue seemed to understand very well how everything in front of her was caused, and when she said the end, she also showed a sense of bitterness.

"You can actually know about things in the south in Shaanzhou Province, it's really unusual!"

Li Yue said curiously.

"This is also because my father used to be a royal historian and was aware of the situation everywhere."

Chen Lingyue showed emotion on her face, as if she remembered her father.

At this time, Li Yue couldn't help but smile awkwardly and hurriedly walked forward.

At this time, they came with Fan Boyun, the director of the Foundry Bureau for many years.

"Lord Li, we lack the fire gas forged by refined iron here, and it can't meet the standards required by the imperial court, so the subsidies are very small."

Director Fan said with an embarrassed face.

"I know that there are very few iron mines in the south, especially those that can be mined in the open pit, but I will solve this matter."

Li Yue smiled indifferently, in his mind, there were really a few good iron ore areas in the southeast region, especially Huoqiu.

Thinking of this, Li Yue immediately took out the map he was carrying with him and looked at it carefully.

Huoqiu County is now Danyang Mansion, only two provinces away from Huainan Mansion.

"Childe, what are you looking for on this map? Do you know where there are iron mines? ”

Chen Lingyue asked curiously.

"Earlier, when I was drinking with a friend, he revealed to me that there was a refined iron stone in Danyang Mansion."

Li Yue's casual nonsense made Chen Lingyue convinced, and immediately looked for Danyang Mansion on the map.

"Childe, this place is an important town of the imperial court, and there was originally ore here, but the reserves are unknown, and they are not taken seriously."

Chen Lingyue said excitedly.

"Yes, the imperial court is still more tightly controlled there, but the plague has begun to run rampant there."

Li Yue smiled indifferently, revealing a meaningful expression, and Chen Lingyue was also a little unclear after seeing it.

But when I think about it, I know what it means.

"Childe, do you want to go there for disaster relief? Although Huangzhou Mansion and Huainan Mansion have included the land of the two provinces in the name of disaster relief, they are really different. ”

Chen Lingyue said with a worried face.

At this time, Director Fan, who was listening to the conversation between the two, also stepped forward with great interest.

"Lord Li, if there is really refined iron and stone, which can refine excellent steel-filled, then the firearms produced can definitely meet the standards of the imperial court."

Director Fan said excitedly.

"Yes, I also know that only good steel can make good firearms."

Li Yue immediately frowned, thinking about how to bring Danyang Mansion into his jurisdiction.

And what is even worse at this time is that Zhang Xianzhong is also eyeing here.

"Childe, I think we have to go back and discuss this matter with Old Lady Li before making a decision, after all, the power of the Li family in other provinces is not small, and it can be purchased with silver."

Chen Lingyue smiled indifferently and reminded in a low voice.

Hearing this, Li Yue also had his own thoughts.

"You're right, you can buy it, but it's not with silver, but with medicinal materials, after all, our Li family doesn't have much else, and there are medicinal materials."

Li Yue was extremely excited, knowing what to do next, and he was very excited for a while.

Seeing the dilapidated scene in front of him again, he didn't want to inspect it at all, and hurriedly turned around and left.

And at this time, Director Fan was also blind.

"Master Li, how to solve this fine iron stone matter?"

Master Fan asked urgently.

Li Yue, who had already got on the horse, looked back at the man who couldn't guess that he was forty years old, he was already gray, and he looked very sad on weekdays.

"Don't worry, before winter, the fine iron stone will definitely come, and I will also improve the quality of the steel filling to make it more tough."

Li Yue was unusually confident, and as soon as his voice fell, he rode his horse, Chen Lingyue also followed, and more than a dozen guards around him also followed.

Along the way, more than a dozen people rushed back to Huaiyuan County again.

When I returned to the yamen of the county government, I found that the gate that had been bombed into a big hole had been repaired at this moment.

At this time, the people of the Peng family also began to migrate one after another, as if they were afraid that Li Yue would regret it and reduce all of them to slavery.

After returning to Huaiyuan County, Li Yue found that there were more and more people, as if everyone was full of smiles.

"How so? Before I came, the whole street was very clean, and if it weren't for the concentration of these people in that county, I would have thought it was a ghost town. ”

Li Yue asked with a puzzled expression.

"Childe, this is all your credit, and it is the new decree you issued that allows the people to breathe and hope for their lives."

Chen Lingyue said approvingly.

But Li Yue, who heard these words, looked puzzled.

"It's too simple for me to reduce the people's taxes and distribute some relief food, so that their faces are so happy, right?"

Li Yue had a look of surprise on his face, but he was more sad in his heart.

As a person who has crossed over, food, clothing, housing and transportation are only basic.

When I got here, as long as I had a full stomach, it was a gift from heaven, and I instantly felt an indescribable bitterness in my heart.

"Childe, do you really not know? Now the two prefectures and fifteen counties under your jurisdiction have lived like a prosperous time. ”

Chen Lingyue said excitedly.

"What kind of turbulent years can be regarded as prosperous times? I really don't understand. ”

Li Yue was indifferent, and his heart was already surging.