Author: Use your soul to aim

In the afternoon, various workshops sent tools for processing briquettes, and Zhang Zongxian gave on-site guidance on how to configure and make briquettes.

Immediately, the owner of a workshop called Diao Sanyi proposed to Zhang Zongxian that he would use one thousand taels of silver to purchase this tool for making briquettes.

Zhang Zongxian thought that Diao Sanyi realized the significance of patent rights and wanted to pay him royalties. After careful consideration, he estimated that the boss saw the value of this briquette, and people would definitely buy production tools in large quantities in the future.

It should be that they want to monopolize the production of tools under the guise of purchasing production methods. After all, anyone who gives money to the magistrate and produces indiscriminately will be in trouble with the magistrate.

Zhang Zongxian did not accept his silver, which means that all workshops can produce such tools and pay normal taxes.

Then he asked his disciple to quietly hand over the drawings of the honeycomb briquette iron furnace to Diao Sanyi. Diao Sanyi was at a loss after receiving the drawings. He quickly went to the bank to mortgage the workshop and loaned out two thousand taels of silver to collect three thousand taels.

Two, he entrusted Hu Biao from the horse market to deliver it to Zhang Zongxian.

After the announcement of the donation was sent out, it turned out that many large businessmen came to the county government office to make donations. Zhang Zongxian personally received these donors in the lobby of the county government office, and asked people to write them down no matter how much they were.

Liujia Workshop, Wangjia Construction, and Xugong all went to the county government to donate money. Zhang Zongxian also asked Su'e to donate 500 shi of grain and 1,000 taels of silver in the name of Taiping.

Hu Biao also donated one hundred taels in his own name. He also told Zhang Zongxian that Diao Sanyi had given him three thousand taels to buy drawings. Zhang Zongxian asked Hu Biao to return the money to Diao Sanyi and asked Diao Sanyi to go to the county government later.

Waiting for him in the backyard.

By the afternoon, all the prominent people in the county had arrived, so Zhang Zongxian asked Qian Dianshi to continue receiving the donors who came later on his behalf, while he went back to the backyard to rest.

When Zhang Zongxian arrived in the backyard and saw Diao Sanyi still waiting there, he remembered that he wanted to see him.

He asked Li Jiasan to take Diao Sanyi to the study, while he went to change his clothes first.

Until Zhang Zongxian entered the study, Diao Sanyi stood in the study very reservedly. After Zhang Zongxian sat down, he motioned for Diao Sanyi to sit down as well.

After Diao San sat down on his side, he lowered his head and did not dare to look at Zhang Zongxian, as if he was a child who had done something wrong.

"Where is Boss Diao from? He doesn't look like he's from Shaanxi!"

"Reporting to the county magistrate, I am from Yangcheng, Shanxi."

Diao Sanyi always lowered his head when he spoke, as if he was afraid of Zhang Zongxian.

When I heard Zhang Zongxian reminiscing about it in Yangcheng, Shanxi, I didn't have much impression, and there shouldn't be any important historical events.

"How long has Boss Diao been in the ironmaking business? When did he come to Qingjian County?"

"My family has been mining and making iron for generations, and in previous years they supplied iron materials from the border areas. This year, there is a lot of demand for iron materials here in the county, so I wanted to supply it nearby, so I opened a furnace in Qingjian County."

"Then where does your ore come from? Is it Shanxi?"

"The ore bought by the common people from Yanchang is transported to the workshop."

Then the two chatted about the iron-making industry. It turned out that Diao Sanyi's hometown Yangcheng had begun to use coke to make steel. The local area could produce nearly 10 million kilograms of iron a year, and the furnace used could produce six thousand kilograms of iron a day.

The local flagship product is the plow mirror, which is an important accessory for step plows. It can also produce steel nails and needles, etc.

Diao San's family has been making iron for generations, and they have talented people from prospecting to building furnaces.

Zhang Zongxian tried to ask if he could make spring steel, and Diao Sanyi said there was no problem. They had made springs. The springs were mainly processed after they were released from the furnace.

Zhang Zongxian felt that he had underestimated the Ming Dynasty. After trying to build an iron stove for a long time with no results, he thought it was a problem with the ratio of materials. It turned out that he was in the wrong direction.

From now on, Kailai should focus on basic science, such as thermometers, microscopes, and the glassware used for experiments.

If you lay a good foundation and promote it, the results will naturally come out.

Zhang Zongxian kept talking leisurely about steel production and various processes. Finally, Diao Sanyi couldn't help but asked:

"Why did the county magistrate give the drawings of the honeycomb briquette iron furnace to Xiaomin? Didn't the Liu Family Workshop always make things for the magistrate?"

"Because you are the first to understand the value of this briquette."

In fact, Zhang Zongxian just wants to support a few more workshops. It is not a good thing for one company to dominate.

"My dear fellow, thank you for your love and support from the county." After saying that, he stood up and knelt down.

"Get up! But you will understand the structure of this furnace at a glance. You have to step up production to earn a starting salary. But I have a big deal here. I don't know if you have the strength."

After hearing this, Diao Sanyi looked at Zhang Zongxian with shining eyes and said expectantly.

"Your Majesty, please speak. As long as it is related to this iron, your Majesty can only speak."

"Don't wait for me to finish the disaster relief work. Someone will send you the drawings. After reading the drawings, you can answer me. As for the spring steel, send a batch to Liujia Workshop. You can negotiate the price with them."

The official will not participate."

"Don't worry, the county magistrate, I will send a message back to the people to ask them to send the last spring steel."

Then Zhang Zongxian picked up the tea bowl.

After Diao Sanyi left, Zhang Zongxian thought that the spring steel could also be used in the shock absorption of carriages. He asked XCMG to try it out and apply it to four-wheeled carriages.

Then they asked the Li family to call Old Man Liu from the Liu Family Workshop.

After Old Man Liu arrived, Zhang Zongxian was not polite to him and started scolding him directly.

Can't you find a place so close to Shanxi? Let him experiment with steel-making there like a fool. He told me how many times he wanted to go out and dig people and come back, but he just didn't listen.

Finally, Zhang Zongxian gave Old Man Liu an ultimatum to produce samples of self-made fire guns within ten days. Otherwise, forget about future orders.

In fact, Old Man Liu knows that there is spring steel in Yangcheng, Shanxi Province. But he is afraid that if Zhang Zongxian finds out, he will directly buy it from people in Shanxi. Their workshop will not make money. He is even more afraid that others will know the use of spring steel and compete with them for orders.

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What I originally thought was that if I couldn’t make it myself, I would go to Shanxi and buy it and pretend to be practicing it myself. But who made Zhang Zongxian take this matter so seriously that he even sent his students to watch the steel-making. Later, he even started the furnace to practice it himself, and even asked the Liu family to work.

People in the square no longer dare to tell the truth.

Ultimately leading to the current result, Zhang Zongxian became even more determined to support several more manufacturing workshops. After the flintlock gun came out, it had to distribute some orders to other companies, which put pressure on these workshops to compete.

In terms of fundraising, a total of 2,000 taels of silver and 5,000 shi of grain were collected before dark. Mainly donated by large households and businessmen in the county. It was basically enough for these people to consume until the beginning of spring.

Qian Dianshi was told to collect donations for another two days, and immediately after the donations were completed, the monument was erected.

Regarding the people who have taken refuge in the county, Zhang Zongxian said that he will send people to check regularly. If he finds that someone has withheld food and coal from the victims, don't blame him for being ruthless.

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