It's nearly noon.
The warmth outside the window becomes more and more pleasant.
Xu Yi stood next to the window sill of the study room in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Stop quietly for a moment.
After a while.
Suddenly, there were several clear footsteps outside the study room of Chengyun Hall.
A palace guard led brothers Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian to the closed door of the side hall study.
'Dongdongdong. ,
"Your Majesty, Special Envoy Zhu and Envoy Zhu Yuan have arrived."
The palace guard gently knocked on the door, then took a half step back and saluted with his fists clasped.
"Enter."
In the study in the side hall of Chengyun Hall, Xu Yi's thoughts returned from the warmth outside the window.
After a soft response, he walked to the bookcase again without any hurry.
The words are over.
Outside the study room in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
"yes."
Upon hearing this, the palace guards clasped their fists and saluted again.
Then he gently pushed the door open and extended his hand to invite Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian to enter.
After more than ten breaths.
Inside the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall which was closed again.
"Your Majesty, Zhu Zongting, pays homage to the prince."
"Your Majesty, Zhu Zongnian, pays homage to the prince."
Brothers Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian stopped two steps away from the bookcase, then uniformly raised their hands and saluted.
"sit."
Xu Yi, who once again sat behind the eucalyptus and on the Taishi chair, nodded slightly and then motioned for the two of them to take their seats in the guest seats.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the seat."
Upon hearing this, the two brothers Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian once again raised their hands and thanked him.
Then he sat upright on the guest seat.
As soon as Zhu Zongting took his seat, he took out a slightly heavy account book from his sleeve.
"These are the accounts of the smelting workshop and the forging workshop."
"Please have your Majesty take a look."
Zhu Zongting held up the slightly heavy account book with both hands and presented it in front of Xu Yi.
The smelting workshop and forging workshop outside Juyang City have been managed by the Zhu family's children since their establishment.
But its real owner has always been Xu Yi.
To be precise, the real owner of the smelting workshop and forging workshop can only be Xu Yi.
Among the two major workshops, the smelting workshop is based on more than a hundred new blast furnaces, which continuously transport steel and other materials to the forging workshop.
[It has been running stably for many years. It is comparable to the old version of the book chasing tool and is used by all old bookworms.
Power is used for account books.
'One drink, one peck, all have a certain number. ,
Xu Yi couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and then once again put all his thoughts into the heavy account books.
After a while.
Xu Yi frowned slightly for a moment.
Then he put down the account book in his hand and looked up at Zhu Zongting, who was sitting upright on the guest seat.
"In Zongting's opinion, how long can the existing iron ore be used?"
Xu Yi asked with a serious face.
Iron ore shortages have existed since the founding of the smelters.
When Xu Yi left Beijing and became a feudal lord, he obtained some iron ore through various means.
However, the quantity of iron ore under its name is limited after all, and mining, transportation and other tasks also take a lot of time.
Of course, it cannot satisfy the hundreds of new blast furnaces in the smelting workshop that are like wild beasts.
It is even more unable to meet Wang Daying's growing demand for steel.
to this end.
Xu Yi spent a lot of financial and material resources to build Guangluo iron mines inside and outside Yandi.
That's why.
Although it consumed a lot of financial and material resources, it at least ensured the normal operation of the smelting workshop and forging workshop.
But now.
As the situation in Mobei continues to change, the situation in the court continues to change.
The prices of iron ore, grain, salt, and even medicinal materials and other necessary items for war.
The price of war horses has also been rising.
It is precisely because of this that the business between Xu Yi and Xu Xilin, the prince of the Liao Dynasty, resulted in three more iron mines.
certainly.
The purpose of asking for three iron mines is not just for the iron ore.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Zhu Zongting, who had been prepared for this, quickly replied: "It will take at least half a month to return to the prince."
The words are over.
Xu Yi frowned slightly for a moment.
at the same time.
His mind was rapidly thinking about iron ore.
no doubt.
The three iron mines he obtained from his business with Xu Xilin, the crown prince of the Liao Dynasty, would never be put to use in a short period of time.
However, the iron ore under his name and the iron ore brought from Yan Di through various means have never been able to meet the needs of the smelting workshop.
Not to mention, the issue of three thousand iron pagoda heavy armors has now been put on the agenda.
One can imagine.
The gap faced by smelting workshops will continue to expand in the future.
After a while.
Xu Yi sighed helplessly in his heart, and then completely came back to his senses from his contemplation.
"What's the current progress of the ten-shot crossbow and the twenty-shot repeating crossbow?"
Xu Yi calmed down for a moment, then looked past Zhu Zongting and towards Zhu Zongnian sitting next to him.
"Go back to your lord."
"The number of 1,500 ten-shot crossbows has now reached 700."
"The five hundred twenty-repeat crossbows have now reached four hundred."
"Fifty thousand featherless arrows have disappeared and now the number has reached 20,000."
Zhu Zongnian was slightly startled when he heard this, and then reported the report as fast as he could recite it backwards.
The words are over. ….
Xu Yi's eyelids couldn't help but droop slightly, and he fell silent again.
From this moment on, the huge study room in the side hall of Chengyun Hall was as quiet as a ghost.
I do not know how long it has been.
Maybe more than a hundred interest.
Maybe another moment.
Xu Yi raised his eyelids again and looked deeply at brothers Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian.
"Starting from the end of the year, the forging of military weapons such as the Yanling Sword will be suspended."
"The smelting workshop and the forging workshop fully supply the cotton armor workshop."
"Strive to end all affairs of the cotton armor workshop in the shortest possible time."
"If everything is done in the cotton armor workshop, there will still be some leftover."
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All of them are used for the forging of ten-shot crossbows, twenty-shot crossbows, and Wuyu's Lost. "
Xu Yi ordered in a deep voice with a serious face.
With the current iron ore reserves and the full help of the forging workshop in the future.
If we can build more than 3,000 pieces of cloth-covered iron armor before the 5,000 soldiers go out to fight.
If we include the two thousand armored stomachs obtained from the two kings of Dai and Liao.
The first batch of soldiers from Wang Daying's expedition to Mobei had an astonishing 10% armor rate.
In this way, the casualty rate of Wang Daying's soldiers can be reduced to the greatest extent.
The existing ten-shot crossbows, twenty-shot crossbows, and Wuyu's Crossbows can guarantee the combat effectiveness of Wang Daying's soldiers to the greatest extent.
As far as Xu Yi is concerned.
Wang Daying's five thousand soldiers went to Mobei, which is undoubtedly the top priority now.
Unless there are special circumstances, all matters must give way to this matter.
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
When brothers Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian heard this, their expressions instantly became serious.
"I obey your order!"
"I obey your order!"
Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian bowed their hands in unison with great solemnity.
The words are over.
Xu Yi nodded slightly, and then took out a token the size of a child's palm from under the book.
The whole body of the token is golden in color.
There is a seal character 'Yan' engraved on it.
On its back is a lifelike four-clawed green dragon.
"Before Zongting left the palace, he took this order to the Dianbao and took out one hundred thousand taels of silver."
"After the new year, we will send people to the counties and counties in Jizhou again to purchase iron ore."
Xu Yi handed the Yanzi Ling in his hand to Zhu Zongting, and then gave the order with a look of helplessness.
At the current market price, 100,000 taels of silver may be able to purchase at most the iron ore that previously cost 40,000 taels of silver.
And this is the limit that the county officials in Jizhou can give considering his status as vassal king.
Although Xu Yi was helpless, before the world was in chaos.
But he had to do this.
As a result, the financial burden of the Yan Palace has increased several times again.
"Follow the order!"
Zhu Zongting was slightly stunned when he heard this. He took the Yan Zi Ling from Xu Yi with both hands and saluted again.
After a while.
Brothers Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian got up and left.
After Zhu Zongting and Zhu Zongnian completely disappeared from the study in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head, then stood up from the Grand Master's chair.
Walk to the window sill again.
After gently pushing open the window sill.
Let the breeze outside the window keep blowing on his face.
If he remembers correctly.
After Zhu Zongting took away one hundred thousand taels of silver from the Dianbao.
The huge Yan Palace will only have more than 10,000 taels of silver left at its disposal. ….
As for the rare treasures such as antiques and famous paintings stacked in the treasure house.
He will also completely leave the Yanwang Mansion Dianbao Office after the new year.
By then.
There will be no treasures in the huge treasure house of Prince Yan except the dowries of the two princesses.
As for Wang Qiujin and Zhu Wanning's dowry, no matter how difficult it is, they will never touch it in the slightest.
Thinking about this.
Standing by the window sill, Xu Yi could not help but shake his head and smile bitterly as the breeze kept blowing on his face.
Thinking that he was a powerful vassal king, he was reduced to selling off his property to survive.
If this matter spreads out, it may be shameful to the royal family and nobles in the court.
"A penny really stumps a heroic man."
Xu Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head again, then gently closed the window sill and walked behind the bookcase again.
When he sat upright on the Taishi chair again.
The bitter smile on his face instantly disappeared without a trace.
Instead, there was the same calm and calm mood as before.
As for whether the royal family, nobles and dignitaries in the court would laugh at him after the sale of his property became known to the world.
From beginning to end, he held a nonchalant attitude.
certainly.
As far as Xu Yi is concerned, the later this matter is known, the better.
The reason is very simple.
The later it becomes known, the more prepared it will be.
After sitting quietly for a few breaths.
Xu Yi made a strange pose with his hands, just as he was about to sound the call to find the leader to ask questions.
Suddenly, there was an extremely low and familiar sound of footsteps outside the study room of Chengyun Hall.
'Dongdongdong. ,
"Master, Captain Meng and Master Chaifang have arrived outside the palace."
Leader Wenxin walked to the study room in the side hall of Chengyun Hall and gently knocked on the door. Then he took a half step back and faced the closed door, cupped his hands and saluted.
'Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived. ,
In the study room of the side hall of Chengyun Hall, Xu Yi raised the corners of his mouth slightly and murmured in a low voice.
Then he responded again: "Please come here."
Outside the study room in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
After hearing this, the leader of Wenxin bowed his hands again and said, "Yes."
After a while.
Meng Shaoping and Chai Baoyi walked into the study of the side hall of Chengyun Hall one after another.
"I will finally pay my respects to the prince."
"I pay my respects to the prince."
Meng Shaoping and Chai Baoyi walked two steps away from Xu Yi, and then faced Xu Yi respectfully, each performing their respective rituals.
"sit."
Xu Yi nodded slightly and then motioned for Meng Shaoping and Chai Baoyi to take their seats in the guest seats.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Meng Shaoping and Chai Baoyi once again thanked each other after hearing this.
After the two of them were completely seated in the guest seats.
Xu Yi looked up at Chai Baoyi, who was sitting upright.
"How many more victims have been added to Luo City during this period?"
Xu Yi's face straightened up and he asked.
"Go back to your lord."
"If we include the victims sent by Yuyang County."
"Since you last left Xialuo City, there have been a total of more than 8,000 victims."
Upon hearing this, Chai Baoyi quickly raised his hands and replied.
'More than eight thousand victims. ,
Xu Yi lowered his eyelids slightly when he heard this and murmured softly.
If we count the victims who went to Xialuo City on their own before.
As well as the victims sent to Xialuo City from other cities in Shanggu County.
So there should be more than 16,000 victims from Liao in Xialuo City. ….
And with the continuous flow of briquettes, coal stoves and other materials to Liaodong and Liaoxi counties.
and the gradual warming of the weather.
This number will not change much in the future.
Thinking about this.
Xu Yi quietly raised his eyelids and looked at Chai Baoyi who was sitting upright on the guest seat again.
"How many of the victims from Liaoning worked in coal workshops?"
"How many young people are there in it."
Xu Yi asked with a serious face.
"Go back to your lord."
"According to statistics, among the more than 16,000 victims, there are more than 4,000 children and more than 1,000 frail women."
"The rest all worked in coal workshops."
"There are more than 5,000 young and strong people among them."
Upon hearing this, Chai Baoyi cupped his hands again and replied.
Obviously.
Disaster victims who can travel from Liaodong and Western Liaoning to Yandi.
Most of them are young adults and children.
As for the old man and the woman...
This... is undoubtedly another kind of sadness...
"Can all the victims in the coal workshop be properly accommodated?"
Xu Yi paused for a moment, then calmed down and asked again.
"Go back to your lord."
"Everything has been arranged according to your instructions."
Upon hearing this, Chai Baoyi's face straightened up again, and he quickly answered.
'That's good, that's good. ,
Xu Yi murmured a few words in a low voice.
For some reason, when he heard that all the victims had been settled properly.
His heart couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed.
After counting the interest.
Xu Yi calmed down for a moment, then ordered in a deep voice: "After the new year, the price will be 20% higher than the market price."
"Recruiting three thousand young men in Xialuo City to mine three iron mines located in Liaodong and Western Liaoning."
"Among these three thousand young men, as much as possible, they are mainly victims of the disaster in Liao."
The words are over.
Chai Baoyi's face straightened up again, and he immediately raised his hands and saluted, "Follow the order!"
After a while.
After everything was done, Chai Baoyi stood up, bowed his hands and left.
Wait until Chai Baoyi's figure completely disappeared behind the study in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi took out a small half piece of rice paper from the left side of the bookcase.
Then he handed it to Meng Shaoping, who was sitting silently on the guest seat from beginning to end.
"This is the specific location of the three iron mines in Liaodi."
"The matter of the three iron mines in Liaodi is entirely entrusted to you."
Xu Yi gave instructions in a deep voice with a particularly serious look on his face.
"I will obey the order."
Meng Shaoping took the small piece of rice paper handed over by Xu Yi with both hands, and then answered solemnly.
"Among these three iron mines, the Liaoxi Iron Mine is the most important."
"After the new year, the orphans will gather in Yandi to recruit another 5,000 young people to go to the iron mines in western Liaoning."
"Shaoping must manage it properly."
Xu Yi looked at Meng Shaoping and said meaningfully.
"Your Majesty means..."
When Meng Shaoping heard this, his heart suddenly moved, and then he asked with particularly bright eyes.
"Tibetan."
Xu Yi nodded slightly, and then whispered one word.
As soon as the word "hide" came out, Meng Shaoping's eyes instantly became brighter.
"What does the prince plan to do with the three thousand young people who are mainly victims of the disaster in Liao?"
Meng Shaoping suppressed the excitement in his heart, and after calming down for a while, he lowered his voice and asked.
"Charged into two iron mines in Liaodong."….
"I will use it sincerely in the future."
The corners of Xu Yi's mouth raised slightly, and then he replied in a deep voice.
"Follow the order!"
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will swear to my death to live up to Your Majesty's trust."
Meng Shaoping understood instantly when he heard this, and then he solemnly clasped his fists and promised.
"When I went to Liaodi after the New Year."
"Recruit half of the Red Blood Guards from the Lower Luo City Workshop."
"Take them together to the Liaoxi Iron Mine."
Xu Yi nodded slightly, and then gave instructions again.
With the war between Yan, Dai and Liao, it came to an end with Yan's victory.
Most of the crisis surrounding the Xialuo City workshop has dissipated.
At least......
This has been the case for half a year.
Nowadays, Meng Shaoping and Liaoxi Iron Mine obviously need Scarlet Blood Guards more than Xialuocheng Workshop.
Even if it's just a hundred more Scarlet Blood Guards.
But it can play a vital role at critical moments.
"Follow the order!"
Meng Shaoping's heart warmed up when he heard this, and then he solemnly clasped his fists and saluted again.
Xu Yi chuckled and waved his hand slightly.
Then he said, "Go back and rest early. I will bring my wife and children to my house for New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve."
The words are over.
Meng Shaoping's eyes were slightly sore, and then he solemnly clasped his fists and saluted again: "Follow the order."
Xu Yi smiled helplessly when he heard this, and then waved slightly again.
After Meng Shaoping completely disappeared from the study in the side hall of Chengyun Hall.
Xu Yi sat quietly for more than a hundred breaths.
Then he stood up from the master's chair and walked to the bookshelf placed on the side of the study room.
Finally, he took out a thick stack of maps from the top of the bookshelf.
In the stack of Kan maps nearly four fingers high, there are many yellowed and old Kan maps.
Since Emperor Taizu founded the country, all the Kan maps drawn by Yan in various periods over the past two hundred years are included in it.
It can be said without exaggeration.
The Kantu map, which is only four fingers high, has witnessed the ups and downs of Yan land for more than two hundred years. .
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