Princess of the auxiliary country

Among the Dukes of the Yu Dynasty, Duke Ning had the most difficult life.

It's not that his family received less rewards, it was actually not much.

The main reason is that he has many sons, six in total.

According to the rules of the Yu Dynasty, only the eldest son can inherit his title and obtain more than 80% of the assets of the Duke's mansion.

The remaining 25% of the son's share is indeed a bit less.

As a father, he naturally feels a little bit sorry. As the children grow up, he worries about money every day.

According to his plan, he had to buy a house for each of his five other sons, and he was also acquiring some land.

And with some family property to support them, life won't be too difficult. Otherwise, with just that little family property, they might not even be able to get a house.

Hearing Huo Jingzhi talk about this matter, he was naturally very interested and immediately wanted to drag Huo Jingzhi out of the city.

This was a major matter of making money. He had to ask clearly to what extent his net worth had soared, so that he could make plans in advance.

Huo Jingzhi was so annoyed by him that he had no choice but to take leave and accompany Ning Guogong out of the city.

At this time, the area of ​​the Hot Spring Villa was crowded with people, and the project was in full swing.

The original team of a thousand people has now expanded to 3,000 people.

The outer wall of the three hundred acres of land has already begun to show signs of development.

The wall built by Huo Junyao is not only 20 to 30 centimeters thick like that of later generations.

She directly built a one-meter-thick fence. Of course, it was not all made of bricks, but a frame made of bricks inside and outside, with a hollow center. She had people get a lot of gravel or small pebbles mixed with cement to fill it. Internal.

It is a relatively simple concrete. The city wall created in this way can be said to be absolutely indestructible in this Yu Dynasty.

As for the height, she asked about the height of the city wall in the capital. It was more than three feet, which is about ten meters. She thought about it and decided that it couldn't be made more like the capital city.

After all, those Yan Guan who had nothing better to do liked nothing more than to talk and talk. It was not like she was being targeted by these guys.

So I just cut it in half and planned to make it four to five meters high.

This is a big project, but if the materials and money are available, it can be done quickly.

When Duke Ning and Ning Guogong arrived, they were a little shocked when they saw this scene.

"Lao Huo, what is your daughter doing?"

"It's nothing. She just bought the land nearby and plans to build a small city here. In the future, this area will mainly be used for business. You also know that she has a lot of business in her hands."

"The current situation is not very good. If we do this, it will be easier to control the people coming in and out in the future, and we will avoid causing trouble later."

Hearing this, Ning Guogong nodded. Now he has heard some rumors in the capital, and he feels good about it.

Build a small city so that people who come in and out can be easily controlled. It will not be easy for people outside to cause trouble.

"There are a lot of people employed. I don't know if my niece will still have more people here. I still have a lot of people under me."

"Let's ask later."

The two quickly arrived at the place where the Hot Spring Villa was located. The concierge from far away saw the horse with the sign of Duke Ji's Mansion and hurriedly stepped forward to greet them.

Knowing that the Duke of the country was here, he quickly sent someone to notify the young lady.

"My father is here?"

Huo Junyao was drawing a drawing. When she heard Xiaochan's words, she put down her pen and stood up and walked out.

"father"

"Hey, uncle Ning Guogong is here too, please come in." After welcoming the two of them into the main hall, Xiao Chan was served tea, and then she asked her father's purpose with a smile.

"I was dragged here by your Uncle Cheng. He heard about the Shi Nie Mine."

Huo Jingzhi told the story about Ning Guogong.

"This is the principle. Since you have Uncle Cheng's Shi Nie Mine, keep it and don't sell it for takeout. This thing is a cash cow."

"Although I don't know how big your two mines are, even if they are the smallest, they can at least guarantee that the value of the coal produced will be more than hundreds of thousands, or even more than one million."

hiss!

Both of them gasped.

"How is this thing worth? Hundreds of thousands or millions?"

Ning Guogong's eyes widened like cattle, his face full of disbelief.

"This is just a conservative estimate. How much does the most common charcoal cost per pound now?"

"The most common one is currently five cents a pound."

I have to say that this price is more expensive than some grains, but there is nothing I can do. I am hungry or something, and I can't stand it anymore. I can get something else to offset it.

But when the cold winter comes, it will really kill people. Many people die in the cold winter every year.

"Yes, charcoal costs five cents per pound, but what about the coal mine? It's what you call Shi Nie."

"I don't know about this. After all, this thing is poisonous and no one uses it. When I have to, I have to find a way to get some myself. It's not worth the money."

"Uncle Cheng, think about it, if I can get rid of the poison in it so that everyone has no worries, we can sell a pound of coal for two or three cents. Do you think anyone will buy it?"

"Then someone must buy it. Although I have never used this thing, I have heard that it burns more powerfully than charcoal and lasts longer."

"Yes, it has strong firepower, long-lasting effect, and the price is low. The most important thing is that this thing is effortless, and the output is amazing, right?"

Hearing this, Ning Guogong immediately realized that this was not the case. There were these things everywhere in his mine. If he randomly arranged for people to dig them, why couldn't he produce tens of thousands of kilograms of them in a day?

I plan to buy two cents per catty. Ten catties is twenty cents, and ten thousand catties is twenty thousand cents, which is twenty thousand cents.

This is just casual digging. If we arrange it well and have more manpower, if we can get one hundred thousand kilograms out in one day, wouldn't that be two hundred kilograms?

That’s two hundred strings a day.

Thinking of this, he took another breath. How much does this thing cost in a year?

He has people under his command, and the ore veins are not small. He should be able to easily get tens of millions of kilograms, or tens of millions of kilograms, without any problem.

But he quickly realized that there were indeed a lot of these things, but with the exposure of this thing, other people would also buy it.

There are only so many people, how can they consume such a huge thing?

"No, there are so many of these things. Who can use so many of them?"

Hearing this, Huo Junyao smiled and said, "This is just the most basic consumption. The real consumption of coal mines is not the heating of the people."

"Dad, Uncle Cheng, come with me. I will take you to see the truly powerful uses of this coal mine."

The two of them followed Huo Junyao to a temporary shed behind the hot spring villa.

At this time, the heat wave was overwhelming in the shed, and the sound of tinkling iron could be heard in the distance.

When they came closer, Huo Jingzhi and Ning Guogong's eyes widened at the same time.

"Niece, what are you doing?"

"Iron smelting, what else can you do?"

Huo Junyao said with a smile.