Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 364
Chapter 66

Chen Ying bought [-] mu of wasteland in Qinglin, which looks like a lot, but in fact, it is not much at all after distribution and utilization.At the time of the delivery, Chen Ying was still Chen Ying, but when Chen Ying's identity as the younger brother of Hou Mo's Chen family was revealed, Zhao Zhiyong, the magistrate of Wannian County, planned to farm about [-] mu of wild land along the west bank of the Jieyu River. The woods were given to Chen Ying for almost nothing.

Chen Ying bought this forest with 160 gold, which is equivalent to [-] guan. In fact, the value of the land is not counted. The timber that can be felled is more than [-] guan.The more than [-] villagers in Qinglinli heard that Chen Ying opened a manor here, and under the leadership of the head of the village, all the land in the village was also attached to Chen Ying's name.

Naturally, Chen Ying knew that the real purpose of these people was to avoid taxes and various forms of corvee. Chen Ying really needed the use of the land. Of course, there were many nobles like Chen Ying who had tax-free privileges. Affiliation, in fact, these self-cultivating farmers will also find other dignitaries to be affiliated with.

In just over two months, the land under Chen Ying's name amounted to more than [-] mu. Although [-]% of it was wasteland, it was an indisputable fact that Chen Ying was a small landlord in a short period of time.

When Chen Ying led Li Jiancheng and Li Xiuning to Qinglinli, Li Xiuning took a fancy to Chen Ying's yard at a glance. After more than two months of construction, the yard has begun to take shape, covering an area equivalent to more than [-] mu. , along the tamped corridor, some lush shrubs and flowers were transplanted on both sides of the corridor, which looked full of vitality.

The main body of Chen Ying's courtyard is still mainly made of wood, with towers, pavilions, corridors, rockeries, streams and pine waves outside the courtyard, forming a harmonious whole and full of vitality.In particular, Chen Ying asked the carpenter to build a set of furniture for later generations. The sofa is made of spring steel covered with lambskin, which is the same as the sofa of later generations.Sitting on the sofa, Li Xiuning immediately wanted to take over the furniture inside.

But she didn't say anything, because Li Xiuning knew that everything about Chen Ying belonged to her.

The living room of Chen Ying's wooden building is a rectangular table, about one foot two feet long, three feet wide, and about two feet high. The table top is polished with high-quality Lantian jade. It will be worth hundreds of millions, but in this era, the price Chen Ying pays is only labor and transportation costs, plus a [-]% off order for a four-wheeled carriage.

Chen Ying is a person who knows how to enjoy himself. He had no chance before and had to work hard, but now that he has the conditions, he manages his life impeccably.

The screen is hollowed out and carved with yellow pear wood, and the thin silk as thin as a cicada's wings is used as window paper. Of course, in order to meet the severe winter in the future, floor heating pipes made of pottery pipes are laid on the ground.

Of course, Chen Ying also asked people to build toilets for later generations, and built a bathtub of more than ten square meters with white porcelain tiles. If it weren't for the fact that this was just a temporary residence, Chen Ying would also plan to build a large indoor swimming pool in the future.

After Li Jiancheng sat down, the two daughters Hongxiu and Tianxiang hurriedly served tea.Holding the tea, Li Jiancheng muttered to himself: "Good armor, good knife, good knife!"

Chen Ying sighed distressedly and said: "High manganese steel is not a difficult thing. If I have a manganese mine in my hand, then I can forge more weapons that cut iron like mud!"

Li Jiancheng asked in confusion: "Chen Qing, what is the high manganese steel you are talking about?"

"This high-manganese steel is a high-quality alloy steel, and Mo Dao is made of this high-manganese steel!" Chen Ying sighed and said, "Unfortunately, the manganese sand I used is too little, only about three hundred Jin, a Mo Dao will use up nearly two catties..."

Li Xiuning said in surprise: "I didn't expect Chen Lang to be able to make steel!"

Chen Ying said lightly: "Is it strange? Steel making is not a complicated thing."

Li Xiuning couldn't help but smile bitterly. Although steelmaking is not difficult, at this time, no matter whether it is fried steel, poured steel, or [-] steelmaking, the production capacity of steel is very small. Although the cost of fried steel is relatively low, the quality is too poor. Although steelmaking can produce high-quality steel, this technology is only possessed by experienced craftsmen, especially a fine steel horizontal knife that has been made for a hundred years, it takes a year to make one, and the Datang Army Although the horizontal knives equipped are called [-]-refined steel, it is just a title, the highest is no more than [-]-refined, and some are only [-]-refined, just sharper.

Li Jiancheng's eyebrows frowned slightly: "Chen Qing means that this Mo knife can only be made with a maximum of 150 handles?"

"How can there be so much!" Chen Ying said with a helpless wry smile: "Mingguang armor still needs nearly two catties of manganese sand, and the horizontal knife only needs ten taels. The manganese sand will also be used up, and at most ten sets of armor and ten Mo Dao can be made!"

Li Jiancheng also fantasized about owning a heavy infantry unit belonging to the East Palace, and compared Li Shimin's black armored cavalry, when Chen Ying said that the manganese sand was gone, he immediately became anxious: "Where did the manganese sand come from? Where is the manganese sand?"

Chen Yingdao: "The manganese sand is the waste slag extracted from the salt mine in Lingzhou. In fact, it is not cost-effective to make steel in Chang'an. The best way is to directly cast Modao, Hengdao or armor blades in Lingzhou. , in Chang'an for heat treatment, assembly and processing. Lingzhou occupies an absolute advantage, with rich iron ore, coal, salt mines and manganese sand, but it is a pity that the Lingzhou I formed when I was in Lingzhou will be the The prison was shut down by the new Lingzhou chief Li Daozong!"

In fact, there are pros and cons to everything. If Li Daozong hadn't shut down the Lingzhou General Supervisor, the Lingzhou General Supervisor craftsmen who had no livelihood would not have traveled more than two thousand miles to join Chen Ying, or else they would have made a mistake. However, Chen Ying was unable to produce high-manganese steel by transporting the manganese sand in the salt mine to Chang'an as table salt.

Of course, there are not so many ifs in the world.Li Daozong helped Chen Ying a lot by mistake. Although Chen Ying knew that high-manganese steel was a high-quality alloy steel and the ratio of carbon, manganese, and iron in high-manganese steel, he didn't know where there was manganese ore. I don't know how to extract manganese sand.

Li Jiancheng stood up suddenly and said to Chen Ying: "Take a set of bright light armor, a Mo knife, and a horizontal knife, and immediately enter the palace with me!"

Chen Ying knew Li Jiancheng's intention as soon as he heard it. This was to use the advantages of high manganese steel to impress Li Yuan and let Lingzhou be re-established as a supervisor.But this has nothing to do with Chen Ying. Naturally, Chen Ying doesn't want to make wedding dresses for others.

Chen Ying glanced at Li Xiuning, Li Xiuning held the horizontal knife in his hand: "This belongs to me, no one can take it away!"

Chen Ying rushed to Li Jiancheng and said, "His Royal Highness, this is inappropriate."

"Uh..." Li Jiancheng was taken aback for a moment, and asked back, "What does Chen Qing mean?"

"I haven't explained clearly to His Royal Highness the manganese mine in Lingzhou. I don't know the manganese content, but I think it must not be too much." Chen Ying said with a wry smile: After inquiring about it, this kind of manganese ore only appeared recently, and there is not much of it, and only [-] catties appeared after [-] halite was boiled."

The salt mines in Lingzhou are halite mines, which belong to anhydrite-halite ore, marl-halite ore (or muddy gravel salt ore), and pebble-gravel glauberite-halite ore, which belong to associated mines.Under normal circumstances, the salt content of this rock salt mine is more than three times that of seawater, close to [-]% or more. More than ten catties of salt, but how much manganese can be contained in it is unknown, and it should not be too large. Chen Ying doesn't remember any big manganese mines in Wuzhong City, Ningxia in later generations.

Li Jiancheng understood what Chen Ying meant. Because there was too little manganese ore, he wanted to use Hengdao or Modao made of high-manganese steel to change all Tang Jun's outfits. For Li Yuan, then the left and right guards of the Eastern Palace will be replaced by mo knives or armor made of high manganese steel, which is definitely useless. With Li Yuan's nature, good things will definitely be used in the left and right military guards, the left and right guards, or the left and right guards.The Six Guards Central Forbidden Army has 67 Zhechong mansions under its jurisdiction, with a direct force of nearly 10 horses.

As the saying goes, if people are not for themselves, heaven and earth will perish.Li Jiancheng saw that Chen Ying wasn't worried at all, so he asked, "What's Chen Qing's advice?"

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(End of this chapter)