The iron furnace is small, but behind it is Zhu Di's support and help, otherwise, just in the round of confrontation between the Baoyuan Bureau and the Ministry of Industry, the Baoyuan Bureau will be swallowed and there will be no scum left.

Where will it be like now, nominally, the craftsmen sent to the Baoyuan Bureau by the Ministry of Industry before are still under the name of the Ministry of Industry, and these craftsmen can be taken back at any time.

But in fact, it is not clear in a short period of time.

But without exception, he stayed in the Baoyuan Bureau... This point, Wu Zhong's back molars are about to be crushed but to no avail, not for any other reason... It's just that it was not someone else who agreed to Wang Siqi's request at the beginning, but himself.

The court has not solved the matter in front of the emperor.

Want to settle it privately... It's hard to climb.

....

The iron furnace of 500 wen has just been born.

It completely detonated the public opinion of the entire capital, coupled with the invisible promotion of the "Beijing Daily", and soon the people of the entire capital accepted this new thing.

Especially.

It is headed by the Baoyuan Bureau, and the craftsmen under it have almost unconditional trust.

It has become the most solid iron furnace customers except for the first batch of people, and the most important thing is not only them, but even the officials in the capital have great interest in this new type of iron furnace.

They sent their families from Fuzhong to buy from Baoyuan Coal Mill.

Treasure source bureau.

Feng Zongwu's face was full of smiles, and he walked quickly in front of Wang Siqi.

"You don't have to say, let the official guess! It must be that the iron furnace of our Baoyuan Bureau was very popular as soon as it was launched, right? ”

"Haha! That's right, adults are really like gods! Today alone, our iron furnace has sold more than 1,300 sets, and many people can't wait for us to find someone to install it! Take the iron stove and accessories back and install them yourself! ”

Speaking of this, Feng Zongwu couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.

The main source of income of the Baoyuan Bureau has always been only Baoyuan aging, which means that once Baoyuan aging has a little problem.

The Baoyuan Bureau will be like a little chicken who has been choked by the neck.

If you don't have money, you have to be controlled by others everywhere.

What's more, there is no silver in the imperial court now, and every piece of silver in the treasury is eager to be branded and numbered by Zhu Gaochi.

If you want to do anything, you have to spend the money of the court.

I'm afraid a lot of things don't go so smoothly...

"Lord Wang! I always feel that our iron furnace is everywhere relying on the low price, so that the people can compete to buy. Plainly! It's just not to make money, just to make a shout! Will this work? ”

"Can it work? It works! ”

Wang Siqi stood up with a smile on his face, looked at Feng Zongwu and said, "You can't just look at the temporary benefits, the price of our iron furnace is even lower than the price of iron. ”

"Coupled with the fact that the price of charcoal for heating in winter is lower than that of firewood and charcoal, do you think the people will settle an account in their hearts? That is, it must be right to choose Baoyuan Bureau! ”

"If you buy a tin stove today, you have to buy charcoal tomorrow, so you can't use a tin stove to burn firewood, right? What a loss! ”

"The tin furnace doesn't make money, and the charcoal doesn't make money?"

When Wang Siqi said this, Feng Zongwu immediately reacted, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up and said, "Sure enough! It depends on Lord Wang to earn money! ”

"That's right! Don't just think about how many iron furnaces can be sold, the most important thing is to ensure the output of iron furnaces, and at the most critical time, you must not lose faith in the people because of insufficient output! ”

"After all, you also know that I and the people of the entire capital have already boasted about Haikou, that is, to let all the people use the iron furnace before winter comes!"

The price of 500 wen is not high, and it can even be said to be very low.

But Wang Siqi also knows that the precious metals of the people in the Ming Dynasty, including gold, silver, copper and iron, are actually very nervous.

Even every year, silver is in a state of net inflow for Daming.

But this net inflow is still unable to meet the internal needs of the Ming Dynasty, which is the main reason why Zhu Di wants to go to the West again and again.

Going to the West is itself profitable.

Zhu Di knew this, and Wang Siqi knew that all later generations thought that Zheng He went to the West to lose money and make money, but in fact, they didn't see it. That was the Ming Dynasty's strong trade restrictions on the small surrounding states.

Spices are abundant in the South Seas, and the price of spices purchased is much lower than the price of spices in Daming, and the gap is usually at least five times.

Nanyang needs silk cloth from the Ming Dynasty, and the price cannot be sold to the Fanbang of Nanyang only according to the price of the people, but it still has to be sold several times.

This back and forth.

There is a profit margin.

The imperial court forbade ordinary people to smuggle to Nanyang to do business, but the countries of Nanyang Fanbang had a real demand for goods from the Celestial Empire like the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the imperial court also cracked down on smuggling for this reason.

But the silver still has to be earned, and the trade has to continue.

Then you can only go to the Western Ocean, and the Ming official will do this business, and the bulk maritime trade between countries will be formed.

Wang Siqi continued: "Coal can be used for more than just heating, and I believe that people have now recognized this. Why can our iron material keep the price down, the iron furnace can be sold for 500 wen and even have a meager profit to be made. ”

"In the end, it's the cost of iron!"

It has not been uncommon for no one to think of using coal to make iron, after all, it is a very high-quality fuel, not only cheaper, longer burning, and hotter, but every advantage seems to be born for smelting metal.

But it's bad!

If you want to use charcoal as the main fuel for ironmaking, there is bound to be a problem that stands in the way.

That's the issue of the carbon content of iron.

The higher the carbon content of the iron, the harder the texture of the iron will be, but at the cost of the more brittle the iron as a whole.

This brittleness will affect the iron in the next step of forging into steel.

"My lord.. But now in the capital, except for our Baoyuan Bureau who knows how to use coal to make iron, no one else uses it! ”

"Then force them to use it!"

Feng Zongwu was a little puzzled, after all, what was used as fuel to make iron.

Shouldn't this be free?

Is it possible to put a knife on someone else's neck and let them choose?

"Cost! Our iron has always been used to supply the production of iron furnaces, but the demand for iron furnaces will be saturated sooner or later! ”

"And the manufacture of the iron furnace is so simple, it is destined to be imitated by many people!"

Feng Zongwu was a little surprised, and hurriedly said, "Imitation of our iron furnace? Can there be any benefits? You must know that we only sell for 500 wen for an iron furnace, and the price of iron alone is far more than that! ”