"iron ore?"

Li Ji frowned deeply and said, "Li Mu, are you mistaken? I have been dealing with the Turks for many years and have never heard of iron ore near the Turkic royal court. How is this possible? If the Turks have iron ore, they will not lack iron tools."

"It is normal for the adoptive father to not know that this news is just my guess, but it is almost the same."

The location drawn by Li Mu was called "Baiyun Ebo" in his previous life. Baiyun Ebo, also known as "Baiyun Bogedu", means "rich sacred mountain". It is a holy place where the nomadic peoples in the north have reproduced and prospered for generations. Not only the Turks, but also the Khitans, Tatars and others later set up royal tents here.

The first time Li Mu heard about this place was in a junior high school geography class. When he was talking about the distribution of China's mining areas, he specially pointed out the Baiyun Obo Mine Area. The Baiyun Obo Mine Area is mainly distributed in iron-fluorine-rare earth comprehensive deposits, which are rich in iron, fluorite and rare earths. Especially rare earths, the rare earth stock in the Baiyun Obo Mine Area exceeds 100 million tons, accounting for one-fifth of the world, and enjoys the reputation of the rare earth capital in the international community.

The so-called "rare earth" is actually not a real "soil", but a general term for seventeen metal elements, including lanthanides, scandium and yttrium in the periodic table. Rare earths are called "industrial gold". Because of their excellent physical properties such as photoelectromagnetics, they can have different composition and performance from other materials and have a wide variety of new materials. The most significant function is to greatly improve the quality and performance of other products. For example, special steel for aircraft carriers, titanium alloy plates for space shuttles, etc. are inseparable from rare earths.

It is also a natural catalyst, and the role of rare earths is indispensable in the petroleum and metallurgical industries.

The oxides of rare earths are essential raw materials for making different grades of superconducting ceramics, piezoelectric ceramics, conductive ceramics, dielectric ceramics and sensitive ceramics. It can be understood in this way that rare earths are like vitamins in the human body. Although they are not used much, they are absolutely not good if they don’t.

In the Tang Dynasty, the role of rare earths was almost zero, and Li Mu had almost no need. Even in Li Mu's previous life, before rare earths were widely used, the Baiyun Obo Mine Area was mainly developed as an iron ore. Li Mu also took the opportunity to make the idea here because he was attracted by the value of iron ore.

The iron ore in the Baiyun Obo Mine Area has a characteristic, and most of the iron ore here can be mined open-pit. This is the decisive reason why Li Mu chose here. In this era, without any large equipment, drilling and underground mining do not meet the conditions at all. Only the mines that can be mined open-pit are the mines that can be truly utilized.

As for the issue of mineral depletion, Li Mu had never worried about it. Now the Tang Dynasty has only been full of plans, and there are only more than 10 million people. This number of people was the population of a municipality in his previous life. Even if each household is equipped with swords, guns, swords and halberds, it would not be used. Many restrictions are placed here, not in his previous life, and all the places that are within reach are iron products.

But these words cannot be said to Li Ji, because they cannot be explained, so Li Mu made up a story for this.

"Entertainment, for a while, I couldn't figure out one thing. That is, the Turks, who obviously lacked iron tools, and my Tang Dynasty also explicitly prohibited them from exporting iron tools to the Turks, but why did the Turks still use iron tools? Even if it was smuggling, I have calculated that there was absolutely no such large number. Then there was only one possibility, that is, the Turks had their own source of iron tools."

"I traced back to the history of the Turks and found a record in a book of unofficial history during the Northern Wei Dynasty. The book records the birth of the Turkic Khanate, and there is a saying that says this. The Turkic tribe was once a vassal of the Rouran tribe and provided iron tools for the Rouran tribe."

"This record made me confused. Where did the Turks come from to provide the iron tools to the Rouran tribe? For this reason, I conducted another investigation."

"It was this investigation that surprised me."

Li Mu said seriously: "I discovered a shocking secret, which is iron ore. The Turks' iron smelting technology was not good, but they could provide iron tools for the Rouran tribe, which is also because of this iron ore. Because the ore of this iron ore has a high iron content, that is, the "iron essence" in jargon is "soft iron", and it does not require very profound iron smelting technology to extract it. It was precisely because of the discovery of this iron ore that he was able to lead the Turkic tribe to rise rapidly under the pressure of the Rouran tribe and replace it!"

"The Khan of Tumen originally wanted to pass on this secret from generation to generation, so that his descendants could not enjoy it. But the world did not meet his wish. He died of illness and this secret was not passed down." At this point, Li Mu paused for a moment and said, "Has his adoptive father ever heard a legend? A legend about the Turkic royal court?"

Li Ji frowned and thought for a while, nodded slowly, and said, "I heard that it is said that the place where the Turkic King Tingya Tank is a Feng Shui treasure land, and it is also where the Turkic Dragon Rises. The Khan of Tumen once passed down the words, and the place where the tent was located was the orthodox Turkic. It is precisely for this reason that after the East and West Turkic split, they generally regarded the Eastern Turkic as orthodox. After the Western Turkic grew up, they were all thinking about the Eastern Expedition to regain the Wang Tingya Tank-" Li Ji suddenly realized, and said, "What do you mean is they for the iron ore?"

They may not know about the iron ore, at least I can be sure that Jie Li didn't know. If Jie Li knew, he would not have done anything in the past ten years. In the war last year, the Turks would not suffer any loss without iron. Therefore, I still firmly believe in my inference that the Tumen Khan should have not passed on this secret, or the words were unknown, and only revealed the location, but did not reveal that the secret was an iron ore!"

Li Ji had already understood and knew how much the matter was. If Li Mu had made the right reason for the inference, there was really a "iron essence" mine that could be mined open-pit when the Turkic king Tingya tent was located, then it would be a huge benefit for the Tang Dynasty. For this benefit, it would be worth paying any price!

"Have you told Your Majesty about this?"

Li Mu shook his head and said, "This is just my inference. If there is no certainty, how can I report to Your Majesty? I mentioned this with my adoptive father because I wanted to take my Yumai with me when I went back and let them investigate it on the spot. If my inference is true, it will not be too late to report to Your Majesty."

Li Ji nodded in praise and said, "You are very responsible in this matter. Just like this, if His Majesty is happy, he should remember you again."

Li Mu laughed: "The adoptive father is always so cautious."

"What can I do if I'm not careful-" Li Ji sighed, but didn't say anything more. Seeing that it was getting late and the main thing was over, he went back to the city. Li Mu suddenly remembered that today was the premiere of "Dou E's Injustice", so he invited everyone to support him.

Li Ji was never interested in singing and dancing. Qin Qiong was the same, and both of them refused. Only Li Siwen was willing to support him, so he did not return to the city with the two elders. He planned to go back with Li Mu after dinner.

Seeing that it was dark and there was still some time, Li Mu was not idle either. He asked Changsun Chong to bring the first student list of Datang Technical School. After reading it, he called the students to the hillside of the West Mountain.

After several rounds of destruction by Li Mu, only 72 students of the first session of the Tang Dynasty Technical School were left. These 72 people, regardless of their ability, are now good at work. Whether it is wall plastering or grooved hanging lines, they are all very well-deserved. Although they cannot be compared with the old carpenters and bricklayers who have been decades old, they also have the level of primary skills under the evaluation of system standards.

Li Mu sat down on the chair Changsun rushed over, flipped through the list in his hand, looked up at everyone's nervous eyes, and suddenly laughed: "Why are you so nervous? I won't eat you."

No student dared to answer the conversation. They had already learned their lessons and were no longer trapped.

"Not energetic!"

Li Mu murmured, put the roster aside, and said, "You all have performed very well these days. You know that the principal has something to do at home and has not watched the excitement. They all came to help. The principal feels very pleased. It is said that people respect me one foot, and I respect others one foot. You respect me, and I respect you too. So today we gathered everyone here and under the plaque of the Tang Dynasty Technical School to tell you good news - congratulations, 70% of you can graduate!"

When everyone heard the saying "graduate", they were a little stunned. They understood the meaning of graduation because Li Mu had explained it to them. They were stunned because they did not expect that the suffering would end suddenly. They were used to working every day when they opened their eyes and started to abruptly, which made them very uncomfortable.

Looking at the unfinished courtyard wall, the first thought in many people's minds was: We have graduated, who will build this wall!

For a moment, everyone stood there and no one spoke.

"It seems that some of you are a little reluctant to leave!" Li Mu guessed everyone's reaction. He felt almost the same when he graduated from high school. Even the day after the college entrance examination, he habitually took out a set of papers to do the questions mechanically. After halfway through it, he remembered that the college entrance examination had ended. In this case, there is a professional term in psychology, called Stockholm syndrome, which is a mental illness caused by long-term abuse.

Li Mu narrowed his eyes and smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if you are reluctant to leave. I just said that 70% of you can graduate, and 30% of the garbage cannot graduate. You have to re-built the level. These unfinished walls are also the ones who have not graduated. Do you understand?"

Only then did the students realize that not everyone can graduate. Only seven out of ten can graduate, and there are three unlucky guys who have to continue to work as hard labor! Realizing this result, all the students' eyes suddenly became angry. Everyone's ideas were surprisingly consistent. I want to graduate, I must not resign, and I can't stay here to build walls and move bricks!

Li Mu didn't care what the students thought, and continued to talk about the bad idea he came up with on a whim: "Since you want to select talents and garbage, you have to have a set of evaluation criteria. This principal is keen and can certainly guess your ideas. You must be thinking in your heart that the principal must have made a decision again and must be nepotism again. Even those Shandong gentry and family background guys must be thinking, after all, I will definitely have no chance." Li Mu glanced at the two students sent by Wei Zheng, and a thoughtful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, saying, "I guessed it, everyone?"

"Students dare not!"

The students bowed in unison. At this time, even if they thought so in their hearts, they could not say it.

"It's okay, these prejudices will be broken by the Japanese principals today. This principal wants you to understand that after leaving this school gate, you will never encounter such a fair opportunity again."

Li Mu waved his hand, Li Siwen held a piece of red silk in his hand and spread the red silk with Tang Guan. Li Mu picked up his pen and wrote down ten departments on the red silk, which were the "Nine Bureaus and One Guards" under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

"Guangzhou Bureau, Royal Bureau of Industry and Industry, Accounting Bureau, Construction Bureau, Patent Bureau, Printing Bureau, Industry and Commerce Bureau, Sales Bureau, Fengchen Bureau, Jinyiwei." Li Mu read it once, looked at the students, and said, "I don't need me to explain it to the Ninth Bureau and One Guard of the Office of the Internal Affairs. You all know what it is for. Now, I will give you a fair opportunity. I will listen to them all, I will only say it once."

"First of all, I need you to vote for the most convinced classmate in your heart. This conscience can be in many aspects, such as ability, talent, hard work, and willing to help others. As long as you think he is the best classmate in your heart, you can vote anonymously, and you can choose anyone except yourself."

"The top ten people selected for this vote will directly get a chance to directly choose to go to the yamen. For example, for example, if the person who chose the most votes is Changsun Chong, then he can choose wherever he wants to go, wherever he wants to go, he can go, he can go, he can go, he can go, as long as he wants to go to the accounting bureau, the seal bureau, as long as it is the Ninth Bureau and one guard of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he can go. This is the power you give him."

This is actually the case!

The students were caught off guard, some were happy, and some felt unfair. A son of a businessman couldn't help but raise his hand and said, "Principal, student Cui Guangfu is brave enough to say something."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Please speak."

"Students think it's unfair!" Cui Guangfu said excitedly: "Although the principal has just been strict and voting is to choose the one who is most convinced, our background is high and low. Even if the principal says that he chooses like this, there will inevitably be people who are hindering the power. Even if he is not convinced, he will choose to vote for him. Such a vote cannot represent the real idea!"

Li Mu did not answer directly, but asked back: "So how do you think it can represent your true thoughts?"
Chapter completed!