Since the Han Dynasty, the scale of iron smelting in Xin'an County has been very large because there are a large amount of iron ore that is easy to mine.
Maybe saying "a large amount" is not quite right. After all, mining in history was almost exhausted by the Tang Dynasty, or it means that the easy-to-exploit parts are almost gone.
Liang State currently has only one iron smelting industry, namely the Hotel Iron Smelting City in Xiping County, Runan County. It is huge in scale, with more than 10,000 blacksmiths, apprentices, miners and transporters in total.
Within the Shaoxun control area, there are also three iron smelting bases in Xingyang, Yiyang and Nanyang.
The first two restored the old smelters that had declined due to wars since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The Nanyang Yongrao smelter has always existed, and has waterways to transport iron ore, which is very convenient and its scale has been expanding.
As for other smaller iron smelting workshops, blacksmith shops, etc., there are many, and many counties have one or two, but they are not government-run, but are in the hands of powerful nobles, who mine local ores and smelt them.
Such as Gongxian, Guancheng, Yangcheng, Luyang, Duyang, Wenxian, Dangyin, Linli, Langling, etc., there are too many. Since the Han Dynasty, there have been large and small iron mines, most of which are in
It was completely mined during the Tang, Song, and Yuan and Ming dynasties—perhaps it will still be available in later generations, but for modern industry, it is not worth mentioning at all and has no mining value.
The book Wang Huifeng took over was a summary of Langya Wang's mining and iron smelting experience.
Maybe there is more, because Shao Xun turned to the back, and there are many words in it that mention how other families did it. Could it be that the Wang family of Langya took advantage of it and then gathered their achievements? It is not unlikely.
"I will give this book to Zaotai Chan." Shao Xun shook the book in his hand and said with a smile, "Huifeng, you have helped me a lot."
Yang Xianrong felt disgusted and had already returned to Huang Nu's palace. If she were here, Shao Xun would never say the second half of the sentence.
"In previous years, we made more weapons. I heard that we will make more farm tools next year. I knew you needed this, so I sent someone home to ask if there was such a book. I had someone make a copy and send it to you." Wang Huifeng said: "
When the war started, even Wubao Manor was making weapons day and night, and the people were suffering from a lack of farm tools..."
During the war years, households mostly used wooden farm tools.
In the Taipei era, the price of iron farm tools dropped significantly, and they were used more often.
Of course, this is not absolute. In the late Tang and Five Dynasties, a farmer's man died, and the woman cut the ground with a horizontal knife, and the children threw seeds into it. There were steel knives at home, but no farm tools, which was very characteristic of the times.
"Huifeng Guo has great love." Shao Xun praised.
If you didn't have this great love, I wouldn't know how to start.
Of course, Wang Huifeng's temperament is also very attractive to Shao Xun. Perhaps, for some people with a literary background, they would rather watch Wang Huifeng from a distance and help her secretly than be rude, but Shao Xun is too narrow-minded.
He wanted to take Wang Huifeng home.
Wang Huifeng smiled and said: "It's not as good as you said. I was just pointing at it, and I don't know if it's right or not."
Shao Xun observed silently and found that Wang Huifeng's expression had become more and more vivid in the past month.
It works!
He boldly stepped forward and reached out to hold her waist. Wang Huifeng kept paying attention to his movements and stepped aside for a moment. Shao Xun did not change his movements and took her hand.
The two looked at each other, and Wang Huifeng smiled and turned away with a blushing face.
Shao Xun has already tested it out.
Wang Huifeng would not allow him to cuddle in crowded places during the day. But he had already hugged her in places where there were no people, such as in carriages.
Now that there is someone outside, he can hold hands, which is a huge improvement. Wang Huifeng is thin-skinned and has a moral dilemma in his heart. He is just so entangled.
But Shao Xun is confident that the sausage-slicing tactic is effective, just take your time.
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On December 13th, there was light snow in Longxiang Mansion, Xuting, Puyang.
The Shaw family's personal army, which had expanded to more than 1,300 people, arrived with a large number of vehicles.
The carriage staggered to a stop at the entrance of the village, and Shao Xun woke up from his sleep.
Wang Huifeng's face was buried in his chest, but he did not sleep. Instead, he opened his eyes and looked at him. When he found that Shao Xun woke up, he felt a little embarrassed and said, "Go ahead."
In fact, she was not willing to follow Shao Xun out for such a long time, and she was not suitable to show up. After all, she was not the mistress. Unfortunately, Shao Xun had been on her side recently and insisted on dragging her out.
Wang Huifeng reluctantly agreed. After all, she also wanted to see what the situation was like outside.
Officials from Longxiang Mansion and even the countryside greeted him at the head of the village. Wang Huifeng was unwilling to go down to avoid suspicion, and Shao Xun did not force himself, so he opened the curtain and walked out.
"See Mr. Liang." More than ten people saluted.
"I'm not here to see you." Shao Xun said with a smile: "Lead the way, I want to see if the sons and daughters have been wronged, and the family can't open the door."
Everyone laughed a few times, and those with higher status followed behind, while those with lower status led the way. Liu Bin, the commander of the department, was half a step behind Shao Xun.
Shao Xun randomly selected the fifth house in Xicuntou, pushed open the Chai Fei, and looked around.
Shen Su, a soldier from the government, was standing in the courtyard. His wife, Mrs. Zhang, was holding a child in her arms. There were two children, a boy and a girl, behind him. He was holding on to the corner of his mother's clothes, revealing half of his face, and quietly looking at the visitor.
"Ming Gong..." Shen Su sighed, not knowing what to say.
"Has the house been expanded?" Shao Xun asked, pointing to the old and new houses.
"yes."
“How was it expanded?”
"After several expeditions, I received some money and silk as rewards. In the past few years, I accumulated some food and cloth, and with the help of brothers, I built it."
Xuuting Longxiang Mansion has been established for four years, and is based on the best of Xuchang's soldiers who participated in the great war.
During the four years, wars were not frequent, and there was even a break for one year, so the burden on the soldiers was not heavy.
Furthermore, the soldiers know each other and have a deep friendship. When someone builds a house, they usually help each other and take care of the food.
Shao Xun looked at his wife's clothes again. They were still white linen, which was actually not bad.
Linen is also divided into three, six or nine grades. Some soft and wear-resistant linen are not cheap - but most of the linen she wears is produced in their own fields. After solving the hunger problem, some people will use part of their fields to grow hemp seeds.
Linen clothes should be filled with cotton, batting and other materials to keep them warm.
Shen Su was wearing a sheepskin fur.
This living condition is indeed far superior to that of ordinary people. After all, many people do not even have cold clothes and shiver in the winter, let alone wear furs. The Hu people are poor, but basically everyone has a fur. From this perspective Say, you can't be considered poor.
"Have you been to Heyang this year?" Shao Xun asked again.
"I'm going with General Liu. We'll first go to the town of Hezhu in the middle, and then move to Beicheng."
"Is there a war?"
"When the thieves attacked Beicheng, they fought for several days. Later, when the king's governor pursued the thieves, our troops were ordered to stay behind and failed to catch up."
"It's not easy for a warrior to travel far away from home, eating ice and sleeping in the snow." After Shao Xun finished speaking, he clapped his hands.
The soldiers quickly came forward and handed two bolts of silk, two bolts of linen, a bunch of money, and several pieces of dried meat to the hands of Shen Su's family.
Shen Su and his wife are very grateful.
The baby in the arms may be woken up and cry loudly.
The two boys hiding behind their mother looked at the meaty meat eagerly and almost drooled.
Shao Xun smiled and said: "This is not the breast of the Huns."
When everyone heard this, they all laughed, full of contempt and ridicule for the Huns.
"This money is also new money minted in Luoyang." Shao Xun added: "It's of good quality and heavy weight. Don't be deceived when you use it."
Different from the Han Dynasty copper coins that say "five baht", the Xinmang copper coins that say "Cuoquan", and the currencies of the Three Kingdoms that say how much they cost, the new coins minted for the first time in the history of the Chinese Dynasty have four words on them: "Yongjia Tongbao".
"This is Yongjia's new money." Liu Bin echoed from the side: "It's heavier than five baht. Don't let others fool with it."
Shen Su quickly asked his family to put it away, but he was not going to use it anymore.
Shao Xun was stunned and slowly asked a question: Bad money drives out good money?
When Shen Su saw Shao Xun's bad expression, he realized something and said, "I still lack some things at home, so I will use the Yongjia money tomorrow. If I have Mr. Liang's money, I will definitely save it and don't use it."
After hearing this, the warriors following Shao Xun didn't think there was anything wrong with this sentence and continued to laugh.
In fact, when there is a lot of goods, they will shout: "Liang Gong's money? It's better to be Liang Wang's money."
Shao Xun did not scold them, he shook his head and laughed, and after a few more pleasantries, he went to the next house.
This time I visited randomly: Ding Dayong’s house.
The Ding family did not build a new house, but they had many good things at home.
Shao Xun picked up something casually and asked, "Snatched it?"
Just as Ding Dayong was about to speak, he was scolded by Sima from another department: "Don't talk nonsense in front of Mr. Liang. You don't drink tea, why did you buy a cup?"
This is a celadon cup, which is a tea drinking utensil.
The celadon of the Guo Dynasty mainly came from the old land of Soochow. The real mass production of celadon in the north did not occur until the Northern Wei Dynasty, while the south produced large-scale celadon during the Soochow period, and the technical level was very high. For this reason, the term "Six Dynasties Celadon" was derived. the term.
A major source of profit for Guanqiulu was the sale of Wu celadon to the north.
Ding Dayong smiled sarcastically when he heard this and did not dare to say more.
Shao Xun didn't bother to investigate the Chinese New Year. Hiding trophies is not allowed in the army, but it can't be completely prevented. Especially for troops without military pay, such as the government troops, they always think about how to plunder when they go out.
Shao Xun raised his head, looked at the furnishings in the room, and saw several beds.
This object was made by Shao Xun more than ten years ago.
A bed is a type of furniture with armrests and a backrest, such as a Taishi chair.
The rope chair is something like a pony tie in later generations.
He even found someone to get a deck chair and gave it to Cao Fu.
Unexpectedly, more than ten years later, these things have become popular on a small scale.
The bed in Ding Dayong's house must have been purchased not long ago. The wood color is relatively new, which can be seen at a glance.
Thinking back to the stone mill he had just seen in the yard, Shao Xun suddenly realized that he had already made considerable changes in this society.
Before leaving Ding's house, he looked at the equipment rack and asked, "Where did this bow come from?"
"Find someone to do it in Jiyin." Ding Dayong didn't say anything, and the other department immediately answered: "There are many old mulberry forests preserved in the Bian family manor in Jiyin. The craftsmen are good at making leather armor and good bows. They have three hundred defenses." The bow tips and strings of the imperial soldiers all come from the Bian family of Jiyin."
Shao Xun nodded and said: "Practice hard."
The soldiers left the same gifts for the Ding family and then left.
Shao Xun stayed in Xuting for several days, and then went to Weicheng and Yangjiao to inspect Longxiang Mansion. He even took the time to go to Linqiu to visit Shibing's family, and then hurried back to prepare for the New Year. .
"More than two hundred gifts were sent out at once. These people are so happy that they will spread it everywhere. It won't take long before the entire Puyang army will know about it." The carriage swayed, and Wang Huifeng no longer resisted being hugged by Shao Xun. In my arms, I even felt a little warm - getting used to it is a terrible thing.
"When you are a military leader, you can't find it troublesome." Shao Xun said: "You have to let people know you, know you, and promote you. No one can pull away such an army. If the governor wants to rebel, he must be the first to summon the soldiers. God, his head will fall to the ground."
When he said this, Shao Xun was a little proud. It was inevitable for him to brag in front of women.
"No wonder the soldiers can't compare with you." Wang Huifeng said softly.
"Scholars don't know where the soldiers at the bottom live, what they eat, and how their families are like. If we have time, it's better to just talk." Shao Xun's hands were neat and orderly. Wang Huifeng could accept it and even slowly began to enjoy being held by him. But I still can't accept being touched casually by him.
But since I was hugged, will it be too late? When I hugged her, the position was slightly wrong, which was just a test on the edge. This line of defense was just paper and useless.
Wang Huifeng hummed and turned her face slightly unnaturally. Perhaps it was because of the jolting of the carriage or something else, but Shao Xun's voice was getting closer and closer to her, and was gradually approaching her ear.
"Now the military people are having a better life, but the people are still a little worse off." Shao Xun said, "We still need to work hard."
Wang Huifeng turned his face and asked curiously: "What do you want to achieve?"
"A tall building will be built in Liang Palace." Shao Xun said softly: "When the world is at peace, we will climb up to the high pavilion together at night and overlook the earth. If we can see the lights of thousands of houses and listen to the laughter and laughter, that will be enough."
Wang Huifeng was fascinated by this.
Shao Xun lightly pressed it on her face.
Wang Huifeng was shocked and just about to struggle, Shao Xun whispered again: "You have to help me. I have killed too many people, and I am afraid that I will become a tyrant and a coward. You must restrain me."
Wang Huifeng's strength to struggle disappeared.
Shao Xun printed it on her mouth without hesitation.
Wang Huifeng's hands were tightly clasped together, feeling overwhelmed and trembling slightly. After a long time, his hands gradually loosened and he gently hugged Shao Xun's waist.
The day before New Year's Eve, Shao Xun returned to Bianliang.
After Wang Huifeng returned to his temporary residence in Fangzhou Pavilion, he remained silent for a long time and put away some old things that he cherished very much. Then he looked in the mirror and combed his new hair in a bun with unskilled movements.
Psychological suggestion: How to restrain a jackal and tiger?
Chapter completed!