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Zhan Bei said coldly: "Apart from this, I can't think of any other possibility!"

Xiao Lingyue frowned and murmured: "If it is really an iron ore, then the problem will be big..."

What does iron ore mean?

In ancient times, iron, salt, and grain were the most important national resources and were the objects of strict control by the imperial government.

Food is the most important thing for people.

Food represents life and the foundation of safety of the people.

Once food problems occur, it will inevitably cause civil unrest, social instability, and various rebellion hazards.

This is why, as long as natural disasters occur and food production decreases, civil unrest will break out in ancient times.

And salt represents health.

No one can survive without salt. Once there is a lack of salt intake, people will gradually become weak and lose their strength and cause various diseases.

For the ancient courts, salt and food were both powerful tools for taxation, and the people had to pay them, so no matter what dynasty, the government would firmly hold salt and food in their own hands.

The salt sold to the outside world by the government is called official salt.

There is another type of salt among the people.

As the name suggests, some people get salt through various channels in order to make huge profits and secretly sell it among the people.

This practice is equivalent to grabbing the country's taxes.

Therefore, in ancient times, smuggling smuggling was a very serious crime. Once caught, not only would one die, but the entire family would be implicated.

What is more important than salt and food is iron.

In ancient times, iron represented weapons, armor, or strength.

No matter how stupid the emperor is, he will not allow military power to fall into the hands of others, because holding military power is equivalent to mastering the power to overthrow the dynasty.

And iron is also this kind of power.

If an army does not have weapons and armor, its combat effectiveness will be similar to that of ordinary people. On the other hand, if an ordinary person can have a weapon configuration like an army, as long as he has a little training, it will be a ready-made army.

Therefore, in ancient times, the circulation of iron tools was strictly controlled by the imperial court, not only in the army.

It is just a private iron shop that is only allowed to be opened after the case is prepared in the government.

It is illegal to cast iron tools in private, and after being caught, it is even more serious than the crime of selling private salt.

In ancient times, blacksmiths were basically passed down from father to son, and passed down from generation to generation.

They are not civilian, but military.

Once a war occurs at the border, the court can summon civilian blacksmiths to the military camp at any time to build weapons for the army. The blacksmiths must obey the call.

Even if a martial arts practitioner like Xiao Lingyue is not controlled by the court, if he wants to buy a knife or sword from the people, he must report it to the government first.

If you do not report to purchase it privately, you will be in jail if you are reported.

Xiao Lingyue was a military member when she was in Nanyan. She stayed in the army for several years and knew very well the importance of iron ore to the ancient army and even the entire country.

If Bei Qin really had iron ore, it was not under the control of the court.

He was even secretly mined by these bandits and secretly sold to his arch-rival Nanyan...

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