Princess of the auxiliary country

"I know this is iron smelting, but..."

Ning Guogong turned to look at Huo Jingzhi, whose expression was also serious at this time.

He whispered, "Daughter, don't you know that private iron smelting is illegal?"

Iron and salt were strictly controlled by the imperial court.

You can't just sell it casually. Although the nobles will get some for sale, they are huge. Even if the court knows about it, they can only swallow it and turn a blind eye.

As long as they don't go too far, they won't take the initiative to take care of it. Otherwise, if the nobles get into trouble, the country will not be stable.

Besides, if the gentry sells some, as long as they don't smuggle large quantities to other countries, it will satisfy the domestic needs, which is also a good thing for the court.

After all, the output of the imperial court is not high, and there are so many people in the world, which cannot be satisfied at all. The nobles make some, and as long as it is not excessive, it can be regarded as helping to stabilize the demand, and the imperial court will naturally not ask too many questions.

"I know, but it's not illegal for me to buy iron ore. I smelt the iron for my own use and don't sell it outside. Who can say anything?"

"If those high-ranking officials dare to make trouble for me, I will dare to lift the fig leaf of the nobility and the noble gentry. Otherwise, no one will play."

Smelting iron is illegal, but the nobles can do it, why can't she do it?

If the nobles want to cause trouble, then everyone should stop playing.

Now she has the capital to lift the table, so who is afraid of making a fuss?

At this point, Huo Jingzhi fell silent, while Ning Guogong smiled, gave Huo Junyao a thumbs up and said, "My niece is right. If you don't want to play, everyone should stop playing. I support you."

"Come on, Dad, Uncle Cheng, look at the iron I made. How is it different from the iron you commonly see?"

Afterwards, Huo Junyao took them to Tie Mian, who had already produced the finished product.

As a general, Ning Guogong often dealt with iron tools, while Huo Jingzhi, as the minister of the Ministry of Industry, naturally dealt with iron in the capital.

Naturally, I noticed at a glance that these irons were different from the ones they used.

"Uncle Cheng, look here."

Huo Junyao picked up a hatchet made by a blacksmith from the side and handed it to Ning Guogong.

"This iron is good, very high quality."

"Then Uncle Cheng, try using your saber."

Hearing this, Ning Guogong was a little reluctant to part with it. After all, his sword was also a precious sword. The iron of this hatchet was obviously better than the iron used in his sword.

"Don't worry, if something goes wrong, I'll have someone build a new one and give it to you."

"it is good."

Then Ning Guogong tried it, and the sword he cherished so much was cut out with a big gap.

Looking at the hatchet, there is a very small chip, which is almost negligible and can be restored with a little sharpening.

"Tsk, tsk, good iron, good knife."

"Niece, you have to get a sword made of this kind of iron for your uncle."

"That's natural."

At this time, Huo Jingzhi was standing on the side and noticed that the iron smelting furnace used not charcoal, but charcoal.

He grasped the key very keenly.

"Daughter, the greatest use of this stone nirvana you mentioned is to smelt iron?"

"Yes, the firepower of this coal mine is relatively strong. It can remove more impurities in the ore during the iron smelting process. Moreover, because the temperature is higher than that of charcoal, the efficiency will be very high."

"The high efficiency and large quantity are all due to the use of this thing. Do you think that if this thing is exposed, will the court use this instead?" At this point, the two of them still didn't understand what Huo Junyao meant.

This is not just the court, I am afraid that many people among the people will need this thing.

"Besides these, look at the cinders over there. These are the residues of coal mines after burning."

"This thing can be used to pave roads, but it's much more reliable than those dirt roads."

Now the two of them had nothing to say, this Shi Nie was indeed a good thing.

It was just poison or something. They had been standing by the iron smelting stove and they didn't feel any physical discomfort at all. It was obvious that the poison from the stone nirvana had been dealt with by Huo Junyao.

Without the poison, this thing is just golden pimples.

"Hahaha, okay, okay, I never thought that I, Old Cheng, would one day get rich."

"Niece, um, can you tell me the method of getting rid of the toxin of Shi Nirvana?"

"Uncle Xinxin, it's not in vain. How about I give you 10% of the profits from my two mines in the future?"

Although Ning Guogong is considered a brave man by many people, there is nothing he can do about it because he is short of money.

Now that he has such a good opportunity, he also understands in his heart that the stone nirvana that can expel toxins can turn waste into treasure. This is the key to it, so he just asks others for it in vain.

He really couldn't stand it, so he simply gave 10%, so that neither party would suffer, and he would still get the lion's share.

"no problem."

If you can get 10% more, then you can get 10% more. She also thinks Ning Guogong is a good person, he is upright and loyal.

Then she took the two of them directly to the coal washing place. A lot of coal had been brought over from there by Grandma Xi, and it had been being transported here one after another recently.

Simply, he directly designated a place for coal processing in a remote area of ​​​​her territory.

After taking the two of them to visit, she said with a smile, "It's that simple. Of course, this only removes most of the coal, and the remaining coal remains. As long as you pay attention to the ventilation when burning coal, there will be no problem at all." .”

Both of them were silent, no, this thing is too simple.

Just through such a simple step, this stone nirvana can be turned into a treasure, simply.

At this moment, they felt like they had lived so many years in vain.

Several people returned to the main hall, and Ning Guogong asked with a smile: "Niece, when your father and I came here just now, we saw that the city wall was being built outside. Do you still need manpower?"

"I need it. Uncle, do you have someone on your hands?"

"Yes, to be honest with you, I have a lot of old brothers who followed me on the battlefield. It's hard to stay in the army now that I'm old."

"Moreover, they were more or less disabled, so I couldn't leave them alone, so I arranged for them to live in the village. They barely had a bite to eat, but the number of people was increasing, and I was also a little stretched. "

"If you need it, I will go back and pick some people with quick hands and feet. Don't worry about the disabled ones, I will definitely not let them come to trouble you."

Hearing this, Huo Junyao pondered for a moment and said, "Well, uncle, I need a lot of people here."

"It's okay for the disabled. You can bring them all over when you have time. I also have a lot of workshops behind me, and some of the work is relatively light. Then I can arrange their personal situations and carry out the work. What do you think of the arrangement?"

The workshop she plans to use will be an assembly line for Zhou Shi in the future, so even if he is disabled, as long as it is based on his personal situation, there will not be no place to arrange it.

"Seriously? This won't trouble you, right? Don't make it difficult for me just for my uncle's sake."

"No, I already have some plans. You can take the time to bring them over when the time comes. I will take a look at the situation and make arrangements."

"Sure, uncle will bring them here another day."