Eldest Sun Wuji didn't realize the seriousness of the matter yet, after all, it was just the beginning, but in just the next few days, Eldest Sun Wuji was completely realized, first of all, all the masters and apprentices in their shop except for the non-weavers had run away.

The rest of the people are able to build their own use, as for selling ...... Not to mention the question of cost or not, at least how much to build and how much to lose, the second is that he found out that Cheng Yanjin's blacksmith shop is also selling Quyuan plowshares and related kitchen knives, iron pots and other ironware like Li Ke, and the price is only one-third of the price they sell.

After a little inquiry, I knew that the pig iron ingots in Cheng Yanjin's house were directly supplied by Li Ke, I don't know what the cost is, and I don't know what the supply price is, but Cheng Yanjin is now selling these pig iron ingots while maintaining a high monthly money, which means that the price Li Ke gave him is definitely profitable.

This also means that there is another thing, Li Ke still has the spare energy to sell pig iron ingots to the outside world.

The eldest grandson Wuji was silent, this move ...... No solution. It's not like "Datang Weekly" that makes them admit defeat without explanation, but from beginning to end...... From commercial means they have no solution.

directly monopolized all the buyers' markets, and no people came to them to buy things, which was one of them, and second, he guessed that Li Ke would cut off their sales channels to the government next.

The pig iron ingots used in the official preparation of armor in Datang, if Li Ke continues to sell them at the price sold to Cheng Yanjin, what will he fight for? Can't let the Datang official buy his iron ore at a loss? Impossible.

If he dares to say that, he is waiting for death.

When the new issue of "Datang Weekly" was sold, the above news made the heart of the eldest grandson Wuji sink, in the past few days, Chang'an City actually set off a wave of procurement boom, and the people all ran over to buy ironware after knowing the selling price of iron in Li Ke's blacksmith shop, whether it was a kitchen knife or something else.

Because these ironware are unprecedentedly cheap, the hearts of the people are simple, and they are afraid that the price of ironware will rise in the future.

But in the new issue of "Datang Weekly", Li Ke asked the people not to buy these ironware in a hurry in his own name, but to buy them according to the situation in their own home, and guaranteed that in the next three years, in the name of His Royal Highness King Qin, the price of ironware will definitely not increase!

This guarantee has been stated...... The cost of pig iron smelting in Li Ke's hands is definitely much lower than theirs, otherwise Li Ke would not have enough to lose even a mountain of gold! There is only one explanation, that is, Li Ke has a better way of smelting iron in his hands, which has greatly reduced his smelting cost.

Even if he sells ironware at the current price, Li Ke can make money!

At present, there is only this possibility, just thinking of this possibility, the eldest grandson Wuji feels a little powerless, because there is really no way to target this? Find a way to get a way to smelt from Li Ke's hands?

Don't make trouble, it's impossible, their eldest grandson's family has mastered the most advanced iron-making technology in Datang before, has their eldest grandson's family popularized it to others? No.

At this time, you want Li Ke to take it out, do you want to be shameless? If it is said that shamelessness can be solved, his eldest grandson Wuji's old face is also gone, the problem is that even if he is shameless, this matter cannot be achieved!

And the most important thing now is that although Li Ke has raised the monthly money of the people around him, he ...... On the contrary, it is possible that he will not lose money, but also make money, because for the people, iron tools are what they must buy, and every seven days there is a 20% discount to buy iron coupons, which means that the monthly money that these people have worked for more than a month will be used to buy iron tools in addition to the food to support their own lives!

In other words, the monthly money sent out by Li Ke finally returned to his hands, and there was still a profit!

The eldest grandson Wuji is numb!

For the sake of the present...... There's only one way! The eldest grandson Wuji thought about it and thought about it, but he only thought of one move.

Only this trick can make Li Ke hand over the iron-making method, otherwise there is no way at all.

But for now...... The iron mine and blacksmith shop of the eldest grandson's family can only be closed, this trick is called putting the place of death and then living, as for whether it is a real death or an afterlife after the place of death, the choice is not on the body of the eldest grandson Wuji.

If you want to do it, since the eldest grandson Wuji has made a decision, he went directly to see Li Shimin, and this matter must be done through Li Shimin.

As for what he said when he saw Li Shimin, no one knows, but after the eldest grandson Wuji met Li Shimin, Li Shimin informed Li Ke to go to the court tomorrow.

Although Li Ke didn't know what he was doing in the court, and he didn't know what the eldest grandson Wuji said to Li Shimin, Li Shimin let Li Ke go to the court after the eldest grandson Wuji looked for him, so this matter must have something to do with the recent iron tools.

Iron can be said to be the important weapon of the Tang Dynasty, so if this news is heard by the eldest grandson Wuji, it makes sense if he can guess something that has to do with Li Shimin, and Li Shimin asks him to go to the court.

As for what the eldest grandson Wuji wants to play, Li Ke doesn't care, for the eldest grandson's family, they are no longer saved, wait for death.

On the second day, Li Ke went to the court on time, and many people were obviously notified of Li Ke's going to court today, but everyone didn't have any special expressions, because today was a direct duel between the eldest grandson Wuji and Li Ke, which was related to the iron weapons of the Tang Dynasty, so everyone didn't want to get involved.

"The minister has something to do." The eldest grandson Wuji stood up directly as soon as he went to court.

"Aiqing, please speak." Li Shimin nodded.

"Your Majesty, the price of iron in Chang'an City has fallen sharply recently, which is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, but after the minister asked the blacksmith and related craftsmen in the house, the cost of the 900 Wen of the plough of about 3 catties refined in the minister's mansion is already the limit, but His Royal Highness the King of Qin can compress the price to 300 Wen, presumably His Royal Highness the King of Qin must have a new smelting technology."

"And the minister's blacksmith shop can no longer operate, so the minister wants to shut down the blacksmith shop, and eighty percent of the pig iron in the name of the minister's mansion is sold to the imperial court, considering that His Royal Highness the King of Qin may have better smelting technology, in order to save the cost of the court, the minister thinks that maybe the imperial court can directly purchase from His Royal Highness the King of Qin, so the minister also wants to shut down the iron mine." The eldest grandson Wuji started directly.

The words of the eldest grandson Wuji made Li Ke squint his eyes, this old yin man actually cut himself off today?

Here I want to talk about Datang's iron ore operation, although Datang's iron ore is allowed to be operated privately, but 20% of the iron tax must be levied, that is to say, your iron ore mining 100 catties of iron ore, you have to hand over 20 catties of iron ore to the imperial court, and the rest is yours.

The iron ore of the official iron smelting workshop of the imperial court basically comes from the iron ore operated by the imperial court itself, as well as the iron ore handed over by private iron mines in various places.

In addition, some of the pig iron in the imperial court is directly purchased from private blacksmith shops, for example, in addition to the iron ore handed over by the eldest grandson's family, the remaining iron ore is basically sold to the Tang Dynasty court after smelting.

This can also be regarded as Li Shimin's benefit to the eldest grandson's family, because the imperial court will definitely reserve a part of the profits when it buys it.

Although the blacksmith shop of the eldest grandson's family was forced by Li Ke to be unable to sell, mainly because no one smelted it, he could still sell iron ore to the imperial court, but he chose to kill himself.