Trade between two prefectures and counties at one time can bring a thousand gold to the Mi family.

In the past, there were only one or two trades in a month, but now it has become three times.

Although the profits were divided by Liu Zheng, the Mi family was actually more profitable than before when they operated the trade between the two places alone.

And after there was no risk, the Mi family's trade in these two places was much more at ease, and they no longer had to worry about the goods being stolen.

When Mi Fang brought people to Mingyue Mountain Village to give more than 700 gold as the first month of cooperation, Liu Zheng looked at the money in front of him and laughed in his heart.

More than 700 gold is not a small amount. Although Liu Zheng now has tens of thousands of people under his command and has a huge copycat, this is not a small amount for Liu Zheng and the others.

It can even be seen from Cai Mao, Huang Zu and others that even a large family like them, Cai Mao, Huang Zu and others would be painful to take out one or two thousand golds.

But Liu Zheng has transferred more than 700 yuan in one month. He only needs to give him three months to earn resources, and he has snatched a long time ago.

No wonder these businessmen make a lot of money. At this time of doing business, it is indeed a huge profit.

However, after getting the money, Liu Zheng did not take it all, but took out part of it and handed it back to Mi Fang.

When Liu Zheng handed back the 200 golds to Mi Fang, Mi Fang was stunned.

"Ship Qu, this is..."

Mi Fang didn't understand what Liu Zheng meant.

Liu Zheng didn't say much, but directly expressed his request to Mi Fang.

"Brother Mi Fang, how do you think of my copycat?"

"The mountains and rivers are beautiful, and it is a good place for cultivation."

Mi Fang replied.

"It's true, but unfortunately, there are some necessary items for soldiers and horses, iron and pig iron. I lack a lot of pig iron here. Not only are the people under my command, but the weapons and equipment in my hands cannot be forged by themselves, but many farm tools used by the people are not used by them."

Over the past few months, Liu Zheng has been busy with the military affairs. In fact, the military equipment under his command is quite good, and it has been greatly improved compared to the previous Yellow Turban Army.

But it was still not enough. First of all, the equipment cast by the imperial court was not wear-resistant and used for a limited number of times, especially after several battles, there was a complete gap in the blade.

He could only rebuild it. Fortunately, Liu Zheng had the blacksmiths who had brought from Wancheng. Although there was only one old blacksmith, the dozens of newly trained helpers were able to help.

So after the rebuilding, the weapons and agricultural equipment that Liu Zheng had re-forged were much better than those bought by the imperial court.

In fact, there is nothing we can do about it. Liu Zheng's weapons were all smuggled goods bought by merchants from the court. Weapons that were not allowed to be sold are all defective products.

Such things are naturally not suitable for use, so they can only forge them by themselves. Instead of spending a lot of money to buy defective products eliminated by the official army, it is better to forge them by yourself.

The most embarrassing thing about forging yourself is the lack of pig iron, and a large amount of pig iron is lacking.

Because the fine weapons that Liu Zheng pursued, refined iron would consume a lot of pig iron to forge a weapon.

This made Liu Zheng lack pig iron and even more lacking.

In the past, Liu Zheng was able to ask Cai Mao to buy some pig iron, but now he is too far from Cai Mao’s Xiangyang, and even if he goes to find Cai Mao, he may not be able to buy it from Cai Mao.

A few days ago, Liu Zheng bought some from Lu Jun.

But Lu Jun is just a small county magistrate after all, and he doesn't own much pig iron in Yichun County, and he can't sell it all to Liu Zheng.

It can relieve Liu Zheng's temporary urgent needs, but it cannot fully satisfy Liu Zheng.

So Liu Zheng put his target on Mi Fang.

The Mi family is also considered a family in the Xuzhou area. In addition, business is spread throughout Xuzhou and Yangzhou. It is also possible to let the Mi family collect pig iron or abandoned iron tools in these two prefectures and counties, and then Liu Zheng returned the furnace to rebuild it.

At that time, the weapons produced by training hundreds of steel will be ten times stronger than the weapons at this stage.

Generals have stronger generals and can also win in battles with confidence. At the same time, soldiers have stronger weapons and can also quickly defeat their opponents while fighting.

"So, Coach Qu just needs pig iron."

"This matter is easy to deal with. Our Mi family is running a salt and iron business and still has a lot of survival in iron tools. If Qu Shuai needs it, I can mobilize three thousand kilograms of pig iron here."

"Three thousand jin?"

When Liu Zheng heard this, he burst into laughter.

Mi Fang too underestimated what he meant by a large amount of pig iron.

The amount of pig iron he used to research in Wancheng was not a small amount. Ten kilograms of pig iron was repeatedly tempered, and in the end, less than two kilograms of steel could be used by Liu Zheng.

To forging a weapon, it takes at least two kilograms of such a hundred-fried steel.

If Liu Zheng’s troops were equipped with all of these equipment, they might need at least 200,000 pig iron!

This does not include Liu Zheng's demand for pig iron.

"What, three thousand isn't enough?"

Mi Fang looked at Liu Zheng, and saw Liu Zheng's contemptuous smile, and immediately asked.

"It's not that it's not enough, but that it's just a drop in the ocean, far from enough."

"Ah? How much pig iron does Coach Qu need?"

"Let's get one hundred thousand jin first."

Liu Zheng didn't say 200,000, but compressed his expectations.

In fact, 100,000 kilograms are not much. If you count it, it is actually just fifty tons of iron.

But for Mi Fang now, 100,000 jin is also a terrible number.

After hearing Liu Zheng speak, Mi Fang was immediately surprised.

"100,000 pounds!!!"

"Shishou Qu, you...why do you need so much pig iron for?"

"What else can you do? Of course, it is forging weapons and farm tools."

"That's too many. A hundred thousand pounds can be equipped with an army of 50,000 people."

"I think it's too little to have 100,000 yuan, otherwise why would I ask your Mi family for help? I guess you are the only one who can get so much pig iron for me."

Liu Zheng puts his hope on Mi Fang.

Mi Fang was not able to reply to Liu Zheng for a while because of the huge amount.

"This, Coach Qu, this matter is too big. I can't make the decision. Can I allow me to report to my brother?"
Chapter completed!