Author: Soy Sauce Xuanzhu

Thinking that the young lady liked herself, Zi Cui jumped for joy and happily caught up with Li Yewu.

"Madam, wait for Zi Cui!"

Li Yewu left the house this time to find an iron shop.

She had seen the iron tools in the palace. Although there were all kinds of shovels and shovels, they were all made of white iron, which was not conducive to mining.

The mountain product she wanted to get this time was not the mushrooms and game that the old housekeeper thought, but a serious gold and silver mine.

There was no way, Xiao Jiuxi owed too much debt, so she could only use the simplest and crudest way to get money the fastest.

Based on past experience and combined with the climate and terrain, Li Yewu deduced several places that may produce gold, and prepared to secretly make a big deal.

This can make money faster than suppressing bandits.

However, for mining and metallurgy, it is not enough to rely only on the scraps of copper and iron in the house.

Li Yewu only wanted to go to the iron shop and find something more handy to dig into the mountain.

However, after walking around for a long time, I visited all the ruins and ruins in the four major districts of Taihe City, including the east, west, north and south, but I didn't see an iron shop.

She was greatly puzzled. Could it be that this huge city didn't even have a blacksmith?

Zi Cui, who had been shopping with Li Yewu for a long time before he figured out what the little madam was looking for, was sweating profusely: "Little madam, iron and salt are both official business, and ordinary people cannot operate them privately."

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"There is an Iron Smelting Department in Taihe Prefecture. People who want iron products have to go to the Iron Smelting Department to register and buy. If you want to buy ironware, you have to go to the Iron Smelting Department."

Li Yewu opened his mouth. Taihe Mansion, the administrative office of Taihe City, was right next to Prince Chang's Mansion. Li Yewu didn't expect that the thing he was looking for was at the door of his house, and he had wandered around for so long in vain.

She rubbed her head awkwardly, but she didn't expect that Taihe City's control over knives was so strict.

However... this rule seems to be applicable to ordinary people. Thinking that the bandits who robbed the door that day were all armed with big swords, Li Yewu clicked his tongue and shook his head. Presumably these bandits must also be smelting iron in private, otherwise they would not have so many weapons.

Li Yewu said nothing more and asked Zicui to lead the way to the Metallurgical Iron Division.

Speaking of the structure of Taihe City, the city can be divided into four major blocks with the old palace as the center, southeast, northwest and northwest. However, now the palace has been burned down to only the foundation.

Xiao Jiuxi originally planned to rebuild the palace as his own residence, but not long after it was built, he ran out of money, and now the project has been put on hold.

The east part of the city used to be the main city of Taihe, but at this time, except for a market, the rest of the city was in ruins like the old palace.

In the north of the city there are mostly gambling houses and brothels, a paradise for all kinds of heroes.

To the west of the city is the refugee camp, where all the refugees who enjoy high welfare are located.

To the south of the city is Xiao Jiuxi's residence and the location of Taihe City Yamen Taihe Mansion.

She just came out of the back door and went straight to the market, but she didn't take a closer look at the main street in the south of the city.

Now when I came back, I found that there were only two gates on the main street, one was Prince Chang's Mansion and the other was Taihe Mansion.

There is an alley next to Taihe Mansion, which is much more lively than the deserted street.

Li Yewu walked in and took a look, and saw that the alley was unique, with a row of shops similar to a market. Each store had a small plaque hanging on it: Salt Making Department, Iron Smelting Department, Tea Making Department, Taihe Bookstore, etc.

Despite the bustle here, these are official industry revenues that go to the court and have nothing to do with Xiao Jiuxi.

Li Yewu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. Important businesses such as salt, iron, tea and books were firmly in the hands of the officials.

It seems that although Xiao Jiuxi is unreliable, his father is indeed very smart.

No wonder he can be the only emperor of this continent.

Li Yewu walked directly into the Iron Smelting Department. The area was about 20 square meters, and it was filled with all kinds of agricultural products such as shovels, shovels, plows, rakes, etc. There were also knives and weapons, but most of them were rough products and not exquisite.

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Thinking about it, the Iron Metallurgical Company does not exist to please the rich, but to facilitate the daily use of ordinary people. Things should be usable, not rare and precious, so the common ones are only ordinary ones.

However, Li Yewu weighed it and found that these things were no different from those in the palace. What she was looking for was harder and sharper iron tools.

The shopkeeper couldn't help laughing when he heard this request: "The ironware in our shop is produced by the Dachu Iron Official. It is famous among the ten counties and three states of Dachu for being indestructible. It is not the same as the private iron at all. If you don't think so,

If it is not strong enough, there will be no other iron tools in the world."

After hearing the shopkeeper's words, Li Yewu felt a strange look on his face.

The Dachu Iron Official refers to the official iron smelting factory, right? She remembered that the Iron Official was located in Shanhu Prefecture and was in charge of the third prince.

Later, there was a fight between the third child and the fourth child. The third child's private soldiers were unstoppable and forced the fourth child to retreat. This was because he secretly mastered new iron smelting technology and improved the performance of the iron.

It is estimated that Lao San has mastered this technique a long time ago, but has been secretly hiding it without making any announcement.

Li Yewu pursed her lips and said nothing.

However, the national unification of white iron has put her in a difficult situation. How can she mine without the weapons at hand?

The shopkeeper looked at the girl who had been silent for a long time and couldn't help but wonder: "Speaking of which family you are from, is it your first time out of the government? Didn't your manager tell you the rules of the Iron Smelting Department? This is not a private shop, all iron products

There are all specifications and regulations. How do you think you are picky when buying clothes? We, the king of wine shops, are not as fussy as you."

"You..." Zi Cui was about to say that this person is so blind that he was rude to the young lady, and even tried to step on her master.

Li Yewu grabbed Zicui at the right moment and said, "I'm sorry, we really can't decide. We'll report to the master when we go back and come back next time."

After that, he took Zi Cui and left.

It's not that she can't argue, it's just that there's no point in arguing, and she originally wanted to dig gold in a low-key manner, but she didn't want to have the treasury confiscated if she found gold.

Although this trip was a failure, it was not without gain. At least I learned about the iron smelting technology of this era.

Speaking of iron smelting technology, China's iron smelting industry had already made a qualitative leap during the Qin and Han Dynasties.

The iron smelting technology of the Chu Empire was obviously inferior to that of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and its level was approximately that of the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

White iron, as the name suggests, mostly has white fractures. It is a type of pig iron. Although it is hard, it is also very brittle and is very easy to break, especially when drilling into rocks.

This kind of pig iron mainly contains carbon and too little silicon. Adding these two ingredients can greatly improve its toughness.

However, if she is asked to improve the iron smelting technology now, it is obviously not enough time. She will have to pay off the huge debt in a month.

Li Yewu had no choice but to use the last resort - to use explosives.

The reason why explosives are not listed as the preferred tool is because there are no explosives in the Chu Empire. If she uses them, it might affect the direction of the entire book.

After all, people are still fighting with cold weapons. What if the second generation ancestor knows that there is such a treasure as explosives in the world and he uses it to fight with others? Then the story will not be rewritten?

I have opened a new book and found many old faces. Everyone is still feeling very excited. I would like to ask for your advice in the future. I love you!!!
Chapter completed!