Li Er took the embryo of a new weapon being forged from the blacksmith's hand and looked at it carefully.
I am a military commander and have been in contact with those weapons all year round, so I have some understanding of these things.
The current prototype looks no different from the weapons built by our weapons inspectors in terms of configuration.
Just such a weapon, after being polished by people like Zhuangzi, can be made to be stronger than the weapons made by the weapons supervisor of the Tang Dynasty.
Could it be because of their methods, or is it some other reason?
When Li Er finished asking, the blacksmith scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.
"Shopkeeper Li, you don't know something. In fact, the crafting techniques and processes are similar to the weapons we usually build.
Mainly because a lot of new materials will be added to it.
These materials were all told to us by my young master, and we only made them according to his requirements.
In fact, to be honest with Shopkeeper Li, when my young master asked us to build weapons according to these requirements, we were also doubtful.
But after it was designed and built according to the young master's requirements, this weapon would be no less than 10 times or a hundred times more powerful than ordinary weapons.
Not only that, our young master is someone we can only look up to for his ability to manufacture ironware."
The new plow poles, new seeders, new debarking machines, and all kinds of other iron-related things amazed everyone.
After all, who is Zhuangzi’s biggest boss in ironware manufacturing?
Don't you think they are blacksmiths?
In fact, in the entire Zhuangzi, the most mysterious figure and the most unpredictable figure is none other than my young master.
As he finished speaking, there was admiration in his eyes.
This kind of worship is not mixed with any superior-subordinate relationship, but is simply the inner worship of a person with superb blacksmith skills!
Cough, cough!
"That blacksmith, my wise brother told you, what are the materials mixed in this?"
"Shopkeeper Li, these materials are all inside.
It just so happens that they are not forging iron now. If Shopkeeper Li doesn't mind it, you can come with me and have a look!"
"That's fine."
With that said, a group of three people walked in,
When I came to the place where the materials were piled up, I took a look at the various materials placed there.
Blacksmith Niu and Li Er introduced each other one after another.
After hearing his introduction, I knew a little bit about the materials of these weapons besides the weapons.
Why do I feel like I have all these things in the Tang Dynasty?
No, there are some things that Datang City owns, and some things are indeed not owned by Datang City.
"Shopkeeper Li, the other ones are quite easy to obtain in Datang.
But Datang does not have the remaining two mines.
In fact, according to my young master's wishes, Datang also has this mineral.
But these minerals are hundreds of meters underground and cannot be dug out with our current strength.
So these things can only be purchased by going to the surrounding areas.
However, although these things are not common in our Tang Dynasty, they are very common in the foreign areas around us.
The businessman who came to deliver the ore said that these ores are in the territory of the Qiang people."
In the territory of the Qiang people, in the western part of the Tang Dynasty, the Qiang people do not produce anything, they only know how to herd.
With those resources, I originally thought that I would wait for the Tang people to mine them, but they didn't allow them.
So there is no other way but to redeem it with them by purchasing.
After all, they are just businessmen, not a court. If they were a court, they might directly take strong measures to fight for all these things in this situation.
But these businessmen don't have that much ability, so since the things are in their hands, there's nothing they can do to expand it.
You can only do business with others.
Obtaining it bit by bit like this, for this reason, the creation of this weapon is relatively slow!
Li Er stepped forward, picked up these two minerals that Datang did not have, and looked at them carefully!
In the Tang Dynasty's territory, in the Ordnance Supervisor, I had seen all kinds of mines.
But these two mines really don’t look like my Datang mines.
"Qiang people, are you sure there are these two minerals in the Qiang people's territory?"
"Shopkeeper Li, that's for sure, and this matter has also been confirmed by my young master."
As soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurried over!
"Niu Blacksmith, Niu Blacksmith, the caravan is here and has brought some more ore. The steward asked you to come over and take stock of the new ore that is missing!"
"Oh shopkeeper Li, hahahaha, we just finished talking and they came.
Shopkeeper Li, I will go and deal with these mines first, and you two will be busy first."
With that said, the blacksmith hurriedly left and went outside the village to count the newly acquired mines, sign and pledge them, and clear out the money and goods.
Seeing these carts of the same ore, Li Er stepped forward and called the businessman to ask, where were these ores obtained?
Hearing the inquiry from someone he had never seen before, the merchant who came to deliver the goods became suspicious.
When I learned that this man was the father-in-law of the young master Zhaojiazhuang, and that Zhaojiazhuang had given him full authority over the making of ironware.
In the future, I will do business with this shopkeeper.
The businessman's face lit up with joy, and he introduced the origin of these things to Li Er with a smile.
They were all obtained from the Qiang people, but the Qiang people are just like chickens.
You said they wouldn't need the mine if it was left there. I told them to arrange for people to buy it in large quantities, but they still wouldn't sell it.
They can only arrange their people to mine it bit by bit, and only sell a little bit at a time.
If you want to buy more, you have to pay more. After all, the gain outweighs the loss.
So I have no choice but to buy so many trucks at a time and transport them here bit by bit.
After all, the resources are in other people's hands, and they can choke it.
As for them, they can only bite the bullet and communicate with them for business.
And this group of Qiang people are also very smart and know what business means.
Know how to earn this money and how to transfer it to maximize your benefits.
So every time I do business with people from Tang Dynasty, I always get the meat cut just right.
In the end, they were able to guard this useless mine, but they were able to make a lot of money with the Tang people. It was really satisfying to think about these things.
They could use these things to exchange for food, wine, silk, porcelain, and all kinds of gadgets from the Tang Dynasty, and they became prosperous.
oh.
Hearing this, Li Er suddenly realized.
After some further inquiries, I found out that the two mines were very large, but they were both located in their hinterland.
After a rough estimate, if those two mines are taken down, more weapons will definitely be produced.
Moreover, these two mines are known to them. It is said that there are several such mines further away.
It's just that the distance is too far. For this group of businessmen, there is no need to take the risk and go deeper inside.
While talking, he and Shopkeeper Li were engaging in various flattery.
Next, when it comes to making ironware, we have to cooperate with Shopkeeper Li.
If both parties cooperate happily, both parties can make a lot of money.
Li Er smiled slightly again, it was definitely possible to make a lot of money.
As long as you are around, you can ensure that everyone who does business with you will make a lot of money.
"Hahahaha, Shopkeeper Li is very generous. If that's the case, I'll thank Shopkeeper Li later.
Shopkeeper Li, we have arranged these things, let’s go first.”
Go to Chang'an to buy wine, food, silk, porcelain and other various items, and then go to the west.
In addition to the sales of some cities, we have to arrange a new round of minerals.
"Everyone, have a nice trip."
"Thank you, shopkeeper Li, I'll take my leave!"
After seeing them leave, Li Er felt that things this year were going particularly smoothly.
It can be said that I came up with whatever I wanted. I originally heard the blacksmith say that there were several mines in Datang that he had not yet found.
As a result, this person delivered the mineral to his doorstep and also told himself the location of the mineral.
This is like being dozed off, and someone brings you a pillow. How can you not be excited?
Seeing their caravan leaving Zhaojiazhuang, Li Er took the two ores and threw them to Changsun Wuji.
“How do you feel about being a butler?
I thought it was almost the Chinese New Year and we could take a break, but now it seems we are alive!"
"Yes, shopkeeper, we have to work, we are pretty busy, hahahaha."