From mentioning AK47 to farming in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 120 Could it be that the lord wants to...

"The coal my lord mentioned has been found in Jingxing, and the hematite mine in Puwu is also the same."

He thought it was just the iron ore that had been found, but You Kan told him that he was about to receive double happiness.

Iron ore is still second, after all, there are also in Montenegro, but the appearance of coal can greatly improve the efficiency of iron and steel smelting.

"Okay, tell Master Qi and Zheng Chen, let them send people to recruit civilians to form a mining team to mine and smelt iron."

Farm tools can be made of iron, but steel is time-consuming and labor-intensive and requires many steps. What he wants is to popularize it on a large scale, not to pursue better farm tools.

It can be used and suitable is the mainstream now.

In this era of outdated farm tools, more planted and less harvested In addition to the problem of grain seeds, the backwardness of farm tools also accounted for the main factor.

If you have good farm tools, even if you still farm manually, it will definitely save a lot of effort.

Even based on the peak population of 6500 million in the Han Dynasty, it is far from fully exploiting the land available for planting.

It’s not that people don’t want to plant, it’s that they can’t plant so much.

"The era of agricultural bumper harvests will eventually come. Sufficient food will not only satisfy people, but the changes will affect all aspects."

Prosperity does not refer to having money or not, it is the comprehensive value of population, economy, and various indicators, and food is always the basic creation behind prosperity.

"You Kan, give an order to the county officials, let them dig out the mine as quickly as possible in addition to maintaining all kinds of things without problems, and put it in the top priority with spring plowing, and don't neglect it."

Zhao Tai's coal mining officials wouldn't say anything, but those who opened the iron mine would definitely have something to say.

Did he violate the law of the court, or did he violate it blatantly?

But do they dare to say it?Maybe dare, but Zhao Tai will never listen.

"Arrange it, I will go to Puwu County to supervise personally."

"Here."

You Kan doesn't understand why Zhao Tai attaches so much importance to the mining of coal and iron, since he wants to come to Montenegro, there is no shortage.

Originally, he wanted to ask, but what Zhao Tai wanted to do had its own reasons, he just had to obey orders.

Zhao Tai left Zhending for Puwu and ordered to dig iron ore.

This caused a lot of speculation, the most guessed was that Zhao Tai wanted to build weapons and armor, and he had even considered expanding the army.

With Zhao Tai's current prestige, after these rumors spread, many men of the right age were gearing up. For this reason, some people could not sleep at night, just waiting for Zhao Tai to be recruited.

However, the news of the conscription did not arrive. There was no news after a day, and there was no news after a few days.

At this time, Zhao Tai was standing at the iron mining site more than ten li away from Puwu County, watching the iron furnace being built, and listening to the explosion of explosives from time to time, it was the most beautiful sound in the world, at least for now.

However, there are not as many mining personnel as imagined, even if they are not forced labor, they are recruited in the form of salary.

"My lord, there are rumors in the county that my lord is recruiting troops, and the people are eagerly waiting for it. General Zhou sent a letter asking if he wants to respond?"

"The people are looking forward to it? How is the family's reaction?"

You Kan already knew that Zhao Tai would ask about the family's movements, and this was almost becoming the norm.

"According to the Ministry of Intelligence, the aristocratic family didn't react abnormally when they knew that the lord was going to mine iron ore. It's just that the officials from all over the country are more diligent in their work, and they can't even find a lazy official."

Is Zhao Tai's emphasis on iron mines causing the family to worry?Or fear of what to do to them?
This may not be the case, this is still done for Zhao Tai, the method is the same as when Zhao Tai just took over Changshan County.

But now, even the petty officials have become diligent, and no one is even lazy. That is not diligent, it is just showing off to Zhao Tai.

Only one purpose, highlighting the role, highlighting its irreplaceability, this is the family.

Monopolize the promotion space, and have the confidence to hold most of the talents in your own hands.

"Send a letter to inform the whole county that I have no plans to recruit troops for the time being. Let the people prepare for spring plowing. All information shall be subject to official announcements. Do not believe in rumors."

No need to think too much, Zhao Tai's unusual movements and the degree of importance he attaches to iron mines are definitely speculations from the aristocratic family, and then spread the news.

Don't you guys want to pass it on?Then I will use my prestige to set the tone for the people, and everything without official announcements is just rumors.

Mastering the voice channels and further weakening the influence of the aristocratic family, other places dare not say it, but as far as Changshan County is concerned, they have been suppressed to the point of being unable to hold their heads up.

Under the current situation, Zhao Tai's most important thing should be the coal mine. After all, the mining of coal mines is not as good as that of iron mines. Just blow it up.

Coal mines have a temper, and violent mining is not feasible.

But a few days later, the coal was already on the way to Puwu, and the iron-smelting furnace that had already been built began to smoke.

The popularization of iron farm tools is officially on the agenda. Puwu is close, and will be the first county to benefit. Who would let iron mines be in Puwu?

When he learned that Zhao Tai was digging coal and smelting iron, but his purpose was to make farm tools, he scolded someone who wasted money, and laughed at Zhao Tai who didn't know what he meant.

Life is different, and the only people who are happy about it are the common people.

Because in terms of farm tools, Zhao Tai maintained his own fine traditions, and produced hoes that were better than those of the Han Dynasty, and sold them in batches.

In view of the cost, the prices of things like hoes, sickles, shovels, and rakes are all around a hundred dollars.

Based on the per capita annual income of one thousand yuan, it is definitely high to sell a farm tool for that much.

But this is already the lowest price that Zheng Chen calculated, and even the firm didn't make any money.

Zhao Tai basically abolished the forced labor system and replaced the traditional unconditional labor service with payment for work.

Good is definitely good, but this will lead to a lot of extra expenses, just like workers who mine, iron, and farm tools all have to pay wages.

Selling farm tools can barely balance the income and expenses, and the cost of materials has not been taken into account.

A piece of farming equipment will shrink the balance of the people, but no one will complain about the high price, because there is no farming equipment for sale before, and even if there is, it is a daunting price.

But you can’t just look at things on the surface. Farm tools are a bit more expensive, but they can be used for farming after you buy them back. If the land is well planted, you can harvest more and make more money. This is a cyclical process.

Before setting the price, Zhao Tai thought about different treatment, that is, ordinary people can get farm tools at the lowest price, but wealthy households from aristocratic families have to buy them at five or even ten times the price.

He thought so at first, and after careful consideration he decided to do so.

"Common people use their savings to buy farm tools, and in serious cases, they will spend all their money. But rich families can also buy farm tools. For them, buying hundreds of pieces is just a drop in the bucket."

"What's more, I manufacture and sell iron farm tools, and they are not controlled by the imperial court's salt and iron monopoly system. You can buy them with confidence."

"I don't believe that they will ignore the role of farm tools and still use the old manpower farming method. After all, they have a lot of land and earn more after harvesting. This can be understood after a little brainstorming."

"Then why not take advantage of this and let the common people act as scalpers. Anyway, even if the ban is ordered, some people will take the risk and sell the farm tools bought at a low price to the wealthy families of aristocratic families."

"In this way, if you don't prohibit it directly, let the people get a wave of benefits, and there is even more room for manipulation. It is reasonable and reasonable for you to have one or two corrupt officials who bend the law for personal gain."

He will continue to pay for the money and food of the wealthy family, just like paying for their money and food with paper.

If there is no profit, then find a way to make a profit.

"You Kan, call me Zheng Chen and tell me he has another job to do."

When Zheng Chen appeared next to Zhao Tai, he was holding a sickle that was not assembled with wood, as well as hoes and other farming tools.

"Meet the lord."

"Wei Cao Shi is here. Let's take a look at these farm tools first."

Zheng Chen must have seen all the farm tools. He knew exactly how to use them and what their uses were. After all, he had personally used them before, so these things were not difficult to understand.

"That's great, but aren't the farm tools already being sold out? What's the significance of my lord letting his subordinates see these farm tools?"

"There is no deep meaning, but there is business."

Zheng Chen fell into deep thought, because he felt that this scene seemed to have been experienced before. Zhao Tai also said that when he wanted to sell the Tai'an Medical Code, but he didn't implement it later.

"What did you think of?"

"Could it be that my lord wants to kill the wealthy household of the aristocratic family?"

Zheng Chen was already familiar with robbing people. After all, he operated and managed the popular paper, which provided Zhao Tai with a lot of wealth.

The reason why Zhao Tai was able to do things after being lightly paid and poorly paid was because of the support of Tai'an Commercial Bank and the most profitable paper business.

"You said if I set a price of [-] yuan for the common people, but charged [-] yuan for the rich family, but didn't prohibit the common people from buying it and reselling it, what would happen?"

"People will reap the benefits, and even form industries to make a living."

Zheng Chen sees this clearly. The industrial chain, purchasing agents, and buying low and selling high are formed in this way.

"Then what would happen if people were asked to restrict their purchases and stipulate that they could only buy one or two farm tools within a period of time?"

"The people will benefit, but they can't make a living from it. My lord is probably doing this because he doesn't want the market to be disrupted, so that ordinary people don't have farm tools to buy, right? This will not impact the market, but also allow some people to benefit. The only ones who buy farm tools from the common people at a higher price are the aristocratic families and rich families, are you right?"

The market must be stable, but it must also allow some common people to make money, and it can also make wealthy families bleed. This is indeed a good way.

But there is a premise, to make the rich family feel worth it, Zhao Tai's different treatment, the price comparison of [-] yuan and [-] yuan is the basis of all this.

Since Zheng Chen has been in business, this is the first time he has seen the nature of a profiteer in Zhao Tai, but he is the owner of these industries, and it is not him who has the final say on how to sell them.

Even if you say you won't sell it to someone, then the other party will definitely not be able to buy Zhao Tai's things directly.

There is no control over the monopoly, and no one can do anything to it. It is so overbearing.

Zheng Yuan thought this was Zhao Tai's plan, but he saw Zhao Taizheng looking at him with a smile on his face.

This made Zheng Chen's heart skip a beat. Could it be that he was talking about doing business with people all over the world like he did before.

Zheng Chen felt that this was unnecessary, because he found that Zhao Tai had a good idea, but his business was half-baked.

(End of this chapter)