There was a mass sale of wrought iron in Blackwater City for more than a year.
It can be traced back to the Manu brothers who opened a coking coal workshop in Blackwater City. However, their sales volume was very small. They only sold a little when passing by. Most of the goods were processed further south, and they did not attract the attention of the lord's housekeeper.
The real wave of mass sales came from the merchants of Red Rock City, and the housekeeper was also a part of it.
Together, these merchants sell about a thousand tons of iron to Blackwater City every month. Oh, according to their calculations, it's almost fifty tons.
Fifty tons of iron per month is a lot, and Blackwater City itself cannot digest it. Some of it will be resold elsewhere by local merchants, and the housekeeper's income mainly comes from this part.
Iron is a very special commodity. Although there is a market price, you cannot actually buy it in stock at the market price. You can only add money to buy finished iron products, or go to a blacksmith to order iron ingots at the market price.
Selling iron in Red Rock City is an extremely rare situation. It is impossible not to be curious. However, the housekeeper has always kept in mind that "the more you know, the faster you will die" and does not go into details.
Now Lord Dok wants to know who is buying and selling iron ore, and the housekeeper is a little helpless.
It can't be said that it was the businessman who did it, because once they meet the lord, these guys will definitely expose the butler.
Therefore, we can only tell the real iron ore buyer, and the lord cannot come to die and everyone will be happy.
The housekeeper didn't know the specific buyer's situation before, but when he found out, it was no secret at all, because many people in Blackwater City had gone with the caravan.
Phoenix Iron Works.
The name made up of words gave the housekeeper a bad feeling.
Phoenix City is an unknown force, it should be a new one. The iron factory is relatively easy to understand, it should be a workshop specializing in the iron-making business.
The housekeeper thought that the lord might want to ask something, so he also called a special blacksmith to ask.
"Do you think it would be profitable to set up a dedicated iron smelting workshop?"
The blacksmith was respectful and puzzled, but he answered truthfully: "To tell you the truth, smelting iron is a labor-intensive job without much skill. If the proportion of free people is smaller and the furnace is bigger, you can indeed make money."
There was another guest, Aarons, and the butler deliberately left him there to see his reaction.
It's a pity that Aarons is also an old man, with a smile on his fat face all the time, and he can't tell whether the blacksmith's answer is right or not.
The steward sent the blacksmith away and chatted with Aarons.
"Lord Dok wants to inspect the iron factory. I guess your business won't last long."
Aarons sneered in his heart, knowing that the thing in front of him was extorting money, so he responded with a smile: "In business, it's normal to change places frequently."
Everyone has given what is due, and there is no shortage of daily filial piety. Today I am here to show filial piety.
But Aarons is not a fool, and will not cooperate with the other party's threats and give up his own interests.
The butler's face was slightly cold: "It seems that Lord Dok doesn't have enough weight in your eyes."
Aarons asked back: "No matter how strong Lord Dok is, he can't make iron by himself. Do you think it is easier to find iron or iron mines? Even if you kill me here, the rest of the people will just move to another place. What's wrong with you in Blackwater City?" Replacement?"
Blacksmiths who know how to smelt iron can be found in any city, but after having been in the cloth and iron business for more than half a year, Aarons knew that there was actually no substitute for the iron in Phoenix.
Outsiders have no idea how far the red stone merchants can lower the price of iron. Now there is just no need to lower the price to compete.
If there is a real commotion, there is no need for the Phoenix King to appear. He can still make Blackwater City suffer with the merchant's methods. The simplest way is to sell iron to its hostile cities at a low price. Even if the army does not need much weaponry, reselling it is enough to quickly increase its strength. How can Blackwater City be better?
There is nothing to be afraid of when you get one piece of iron per kilogram. Even if you sell it for half an ancient silver coin or more than half a fathr silver coin, you can still make a profit.
It's just that there's no need to say these words in person, this meeting is far from that point.
The housekeeper stared at Aarons for a while and found that he was really not afraid at all. He put on a smile and said, "It's not a big deal if we change the place. It's just that if there is an iron factory in Blackwater City, it would be easier for me to explain to the lord. "
It’s a beautiful idea, but I don’t even know how the Phoenix Iron Works did it.
Aarons shrugged and said something else: "Build it if you want. Blackwater City has coal and iron. It should have had an iron factory long ago."
"Well, that's true. I'll think about it." He said politely and asked someone to see off the guests.
As soon as Aarons went out, the butler's face stepped down. new
The nonchalant reaction of the other party told him that he was going in the wrong direction. There were secrets in the iron ingots of the red stone merchants. It was not just about getting a bunch of people to forge iron and call it an iron factory.
But when it comes to secrets, people may lose their lives, so he doesn't want to take the risk to investigate in depth. The bigger the secret, the stronger the backlash.
And since it is indeed profitable to have a group of people specializing in blacksmithing, that is enough to explain to the lord.
The butler made some preparations and went back to report to Lord Dok about the iron factory.
He knew that more was better than less, so he didn't name Phoenix City, only saying it was the iron factory near Red Rock City.
"A group of people gathered together to strike iron...Have I heard of this kind of thing somewhere?" Doc tried to remember, but his fat head could not transmit enough electrical signals.
The housekeeper also thought hard, and suddenly an idea flashed, and he said: "The Iron City on the human side, isn't it?"
"Yep!"
Iron City was very famous, so famous that in certain periods, the iron was even sold to the penal colony.
It's a pity that the memory is a bit old, so long ago that Doc no longer remembers it when he became the lord.
Now that I thought about it at this time, I started to think: "Can our Heishui City be turned into the Iron City of the place of exile?"
It’s over!
This is not the direction that the steward wants. According to his opinion, Lord Dok will put it aside after asking about the situation, and he will find someone to open an iron factory to increase his income.
"Lord, all you earn from iron smelting is hard-earned money, and the income is far less than that of textiles."
The advantage of textiles is that it requires less physical fitness and requires more patience and care. Therefore, some female workers can be recruited, the cost is lower, and cloth is consumed much faster than iron, which is conducive to maintaining cloth prices.
I tried to persuade him, but unfortunately it had no effect at all, because Lord Dok didn't want to make money at all.
"Hard-earned money is good, but wouldn't it consume the energy of many untouchables?"
In Doc's opinion, the untouchables are just too idle, so they make all kinds of troubles all day long. Sending them all to blacksmithing will definitely calm down a lot.
The housekeeper was helpless now. Although he would hide some information from the lord from time to time, everything he did was based on the lord's management of the territory. He was not for making money but for governing the people. He did not dare to touch it.
"I wonder how big of an iron factory your lord wants to build?"
"First come to 5,000 people to see the effect."
"This..." The housekeeper thought of Aarons' reaction. The cost of the other party must be lower than normal blacksmithing. If the scale is too large, something might happen later.
"What?" Doc stared at the butler.
"Five thousand people are too many. Think about it. Our lord's palace only has two thousand soldiers, and the captains and captains only have about three hundred people. With five thousand people, it is difficult to find so many suitable people to take care of them."
Doc pouted, and the dozen tentacles with eyes and his big face looked at each other, and made a decision: "Then come first, a thousand people, no more, and you can take care of the rest."
"yes!"
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