This mutual trade lasted for five days in total, and both the Liangzhou government and the Shaodang Qiang achieved relatively satisfactory results.
Judging from the results, the most purchased product from Shaodang Qiang is Liangzhou fine salt.
In addition to the three thousand kilograms of fine salt that both parties agreed to give away for free, they also purchased a larger amount of fine salt. They even bought a large amount of fine salt themselves, as if they were afraid that they would not have enough food in the future. The entire current inventory of Liangzhou Prefecture was sold out.
The Liangzhou government, on the other hand, purchased large quantities of live livestock, especially horses of good quality. The Liangzhou government also bought a lot to make up for the government's demand for horses.
The exchange of salt for horses also became a tacit understanding between the Liangzhou government and the Shaodang Qiang.
During the mutual market trading, everyone adhered to the principle of mutual benefit and provided a certain degree of discount on the purchase of bulk commodities. They gave each other a step, gave each other some face, and accumulated some favors, which might come in handy in the future.
After the first mutual trade was a complete success, Liu Bei had a drink with several leading figures from Shaodang Qiang.
Everyone gathered around for a meal of roast mutton, chatting and laughing. Liu Bei also said a few words to them in the Qiang dialect he had just learned, which surprised these people.
In the end, the two parties agreed that such mutual trading would be conducted twice a year. If there was any temporary need, Naduo and Liu Bei would contact directly, and the highest levels of both parties would directly connect to solve the problem as quickly and conveniently as possible, eliminating a lot of trouble.
This mutual market ended successfully.
Liu Bei fulfilled his promise, and Shaodang Qiang also fulfilled theirs. The two sides had a very pleasant cooperation, and future cooperation will surely continue.
After finishing the affairs in Jincheng County, Liu Bei went directly to Wuwei County and inspected the restarted mining work on the new coal mine site in Wuwei County. He was quite satisfied with the new management model.
The new coal mine workshop manager was Chen Jun, a former member of the General Affairs Department. According to Liu Bei's request, he set daily working hours, rest limits, three meals a day and monthly wages for the mining workers. the rule of.
Compared to when I was a slave before, the treatment I received as a worker now is simply different.
After Liu Bei's former governor of Wuwei ran away, he liquidated the county officials, strictly investigated their past actions, found that two-thirds of them had committed illegal and criminal acts, and punished them all.
The officials who were directly involved in the previous miners' incident were severely questioned. Two of the main officials were killed, and thirteen murderous servants were also killed.
The local people's grievances after being suppressed by the government were also calmed after the government compensated them and liquidated the offending officials and soldiers. There was nothing they could do if they were not calmed down. The government gave a rare explanation and unprecedented compensation. I have to work, and there is no food left at home.
So the experienced mining workers quickly returned to work and restarted the mining work that had been delayed for a long time.
Truck after truck of coal was transported to the coal-making factory for processing. At Liu Bei's request, many holes were drilled into the original pressed briquettes, turned into honeycomb briquettes, and then transported to where they were needed for processing. use.
The raw materials for boiling salt and smelting iron are mostly coal mined locally, thus reducing fuel costs.
In terms of iron smelting, iron ore has been discovered and mined in several counties in Liangzhou, including Wuwei County, Hanyang County, and Jincheng County of Longxi County.
There are iron smelting institutions in these places, but they were largely abandoned after the war.
After Liu Bei reorganized, he brought them all under the jurisdiction of the craftsmen's office of Liangzhou Prefectural Mufu, unified production, gave them names such as the First Iron Smelting Workshop and the Second Iron Smelting Workshop, and assigned major smelting Iron mode has been improved.
In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, the steel-frying method began to appear in China, and the subsequent steel-making technology also began to appear.
However, there are still certain shortcomings in the steel-frying method and steel-making technology. For example, the steel-frying process is complicated and difficult to master, while steel-making is labor-intensive and time-consuming, and a lot of wasted work is done during forging. For example, it took Cao Cao three years to make a good sword. Forged into eight mouths.
Of course, despite this, these technological products can only be enjoyed by high-level people, and they are definitely not popular enough to be enjoyed by ordinary people.
There is always a gap between the emergence of new technological methods and their complete spread to every corner.
In the core developed areas of the Central Plains, various technologies are relatively advanced and popular. Wherever there is a technological innovation, as long as it is not deliberately hidden, it will spread within a few years due to convenient transportation.
In remote areas, due to inconvenient transportation and the de facto semi-independence tendency of local governments, remote areas cannot enjoy the benefits of technological innovation, and they are even still using the technology of the previous era.
In developed areas, cattle can be used for plowing and columbuses, and the farms of powerful households can provide farmers with useful iron farm tools. However, some farms in remote areas can only use wooden farm tools, which requires more physical effort and time to complete simple tasks. agricultural production.
The gap just widened.
This is true for agriculture, and so is industrial technology. In the core developed areas of the Central Plains in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the primitive form of the steel pouring method even appeared due to the long-term technical summary of the steel frying method, while blacksmiths in remote areas even still used the block method to make steel.
Due to the war, agriculture in the Liangzhou area was seriously abandoned, but iron-making technology was relatively popular.
A considerable number of the blacksmiths Liu Bei collected after the war had mastered the method of frying steel. Even because of the once developed foreign trade routes, some blacksmiths had passed down smelting techniques said to be from certain countries in the Western Regions.
However, the skills mastered by these blacksmiths are still far behind the skills mastered by the blacksmiths Liu Bei brought from his hometown in Youzhou.
Because the blacksmiths trained by Liu Bei in his hometown in Youzhou have basically mastered the essence of the steel filling method. Although Liu Bei cannot judge how far this technology has gone from a less professional perspective, steel-making is a matter of great importance in his blacksmith system. It never happened.
After these blacksmiths from their hometown in Youzhou mastered the essence of the steel pouring method, they even invented the double-liquid quenching method, which made the forging process after steelmaking more refined. The quality of the steel used to make weapons is very high.
But because of Liu Bei's strict principle of technical confidentiality, they never communicated with the outside world.
Others don't know about confidentiality, but Liu Bei attaches great importance to things like technology, and the principle of confidentiality was developed very early.
He gives very good treatment to the blacksmiths under his command who have excellent skills, and takes great care of their families. The requirement is that they cannot contact the outside world at will, and they need to keep their core skills secret and never tell others.
These technicians and their families all live together in a fixed area of Liu's manor. Iron name tags are required for entry and exit, and dedicated personnel are responsible for material procurement to maintain confidentiality.
At least until Liu Bei reaches the pinnacle of power, this kind of physical confidentiality is very necessary. He doesn't want the advanced technology he has worked out by spending money and resources to be easily taken away by others. That would be a big loss.
Like salt production and filtration technology, the steel filling method is also a technology that Liu Bei focuses on keeping secrets. Even the reason why Liu Hui and his intelligence department were born in the first place was partly to keep the technology secret, secretly monitor and protect the masters of advanced technology. Craftsman of technology.
Although people in this era have a disdainful attitude towards technology, Liu Bei is not too worried about leaks, but the work that needs to be done must be done properly, and the attitude of doing things with due diligence must be possessed.
They can ignore it, but I can't ignore the principle of confidentiality.
(End of chapter)
