People in Datang have been expelled from school

Sitting still is not a good thing, so Xu Jingzong whistled outside the city.

Immediately, someone came to Xu Jingzong's side, "What is Xu's order?"

Xu Jingzong said in a low voice: "This Shaoqing of Dali Temple is free on weekdays, doing moves all day long, you can set him up so that he can't get away for ten and a half months."

"understood."

After receiving the words, several people went into Chang'an City to handle business.

This Shaoqing of Dali Temple is somewhat related to the eldest grandson's family.

Create some troubles for this Dali Temple Shaoqing, and make him unable to escape.

Let the other party mess up first, so that your own people can find opportunities from it.

In Jingyang, because it was the slack in winter and everyone was spending the winter, Shangguanyi specially sent extra manpower to the blacksmith shop to forge Li Zhi's boiler together.

According to the plan, Li Zhi's boilers will increase their production in batches.

It took more than a month to build just one iron furnace, let alone increase production and build a few more.

In addition, in order to test the limit of the boiler, Li Zhi also blew up the only boiler that could be used.

The smithy is very busy at the moment.

Li Zhi also put down his studies and concentrated on dealing with various matters in Jingyang County.

Shangguanyi said to Li Zheng distressedly: "Chang'an Order, the blacksmith's manpower is not enough."

Li Zheng said, "Do you think the blacksmith shop should be expanded?"

Shangguanyi added: "Even if it is to expand the blacksmith's shop, it will definitely attract the attention of the court, and Jingyang's large-scale casting of ironware will certainly be mentioned by the court."

Shangguanyi's consideration is not unreasonable.

Not long after the snow had stopped, the sky was still gray.

Shangguanyi continued: "I think that the forging of the boiler might as well be delayed for a while?"

Li Zheng thought for a while, "It's not impossible."

Looking at Li Zheng's expression, Shangguanyi asked curiously: "The meaning of the Chang'an order can be found elsewhere, so is it possible to seek His Majesty's permission?"

Of course Li Shimin would not agree to let Jingyang cast a large number of iron wares.

And Li Shimin will definitely come to ask.

Li Zheng said: "Leave some external parts of the boiler to the blacksmith shop outside to make, leave the core parts, we will do it ourselves, and after everything is finished, take these parts back together, and we will assemble them."

After listening to Li Zheng's words, Shangguanyi smiled relievedly, "The method of Chang'an Order is really rare, but it's worth a try. A small amount of iron casting will not say anything."

After finishing speaking, Shangguanyi looked a little worried again. Even so, it is indeed possible to do this in a short period of time, but after one or two times, over time, it will still attract the attention of the court.

Li Zheng smiled and said: "We have to deal with the court. Although this method is not good at the moment, we can try it, right?"

Shangguanyi nodded and said, "His Royal Highness King Jin will send out the blueprints, and I will arrange for the goods to be transferred. The three brothers of the Tie family should also know blacksmiths. How about doing this for now?"

Li Zheng nodded.

Shangguanyi is really smart in handling things, and he knows everything.

Moreover, Shangguanyi can draw inferences from one instance.

On the second day, Li Zhi handed over the drawings to the three brothers of the Tie family, disassembled all the drawings of the parts, and distributed them to more than a dozen blacksmith shops in Chang'an, each of which produced different parts.

Just looking at the parts, Tie Da dared to be sure that even the experienced blacksmith master and father didn't know what he was casting.

All the boiler parts are handed over to the outside.

The small parts can only be provided by the three brothers of the Tie family, and the error of the small parts is very small, and a slight deviation of a few inches will cause the entire boiler to be scrapped.

For this reason, the core components cannot be handed over to others.

Li Zheng handed the blacksmith a few blueprints and said, "Scatter these few blueprints as well."

Tie Da looked at Li Zheng's drawing and said, "Chang'an Ling, this is not a boiler part."

Li Zheng said with a smile: "I have other uses for these parts."

Tie Da looked at the blueprints suspiciously. The objects on these blueprints were all large in scale and looked very thick, much less like objects that would be used in daily life.

Tie Da didn't dare to ask more about the blueprint given by Li Zheng, so he just followed it.

The craftsmanship of each blacksmith shop is different, and the craftsmanship of each blacksmith master is naturally understood by those who have cast iron for a long time.

With the big iron, I have a better understanding of the other party's craftsmanship during the casting process.

Li Xun from the Li family in Zhao County sent several carts of coal over.

Li Lizhi looked at the carts of coal and said, "This coal should be enough for your boiler."

The quality of the coal is not bad. Li Zheng thought for a while and said, "I can use it for a while. After our boilers start to be used in the future, the coal will not be enough."

Generally speaking, Jingyang does not have a great demand for coal.

Most of the coal is also going to the blacksmith.

The blacksmith shop does not use many catties of coal in a year.

After listening to Li Zheng's words, Li Lizhi said, "How much will our demand for coal be in the future?"

Sitting on a stone beside him, Li Zheng said: "It is needed for a long time, and there is a lot every year. With the manufacture of boilers, our demand will increase. I need more coal, and I want less price."

I know what Li Lizhi is worried about. The boiler needs a long-term and large amount of coal. The price of coal is not high, but it is not low.

In the future, if Jingyang will always be like this, won't he always give Li Xun blood transfusions?

In this way, all the money Jingyang earned was used to buy coal mines.

In addition, coal mining is not as developed as it is in later generations.

Coal mining requires a lot of manpower.

This also leads to the cost of coal, which is very high.

Most are also coal at the surface.

Most coal mining underground requires certain skills.

No more coal can be mined without a sufficient level of industry.

This also led to the high price of coal even in Datang.

Li Zheng said to Li Lizhi: "Actually, we don't have to rely entirely on Li Xun's coal, you know? Actually, I know many mines, so we won't be short of coal."

Li Lizhi asked curiously, "Do you know where there are coal deposits?"

Li Zheng smiled and said nothing.

There are still many rich mineral deposits that have not been discovered in this world.

In some places, the mineral deposits are on the ground, and they are very bright.

Even Japan has a lot of coal deposits.

The advantage of foresight.

Li Zheng felt that he could have inexhaustible resources, and what he lacked most now were resources.

Seeing that Li Lizhi was still frowning, Li Zheng said, "You can send someone to talk to Li Xun about lowering the price."

Li Lizhi said: "Currently, coal costs five pennies and one stone. Do you think it would be more appropriate to lower the price?"

Li Zheng thought about it and said: "It's always money and one stone. If she agrees to buy from her for a long time, if she doesn't agree, then we will reduce her purchases in the future. After all, the right to speak is on our side."