Traveling through history leaving a name

Chapter 16
"Is the ordnance consumed a lot? What do we lack? I'll ask Youzhou to allocate it for us right away." Xian Yufu asked the man.

"The consumption of the main bows and arrows is too high. In just half a month, tens of thousands of arrows have been consumed. It must be replenished as soon as possible."

"In addition, the weapons of the soldiers are also very expensive, requiring many craftsmen to repair them. The [-] craftsmen in our military camp have to repair weapons and make arrows, which is not enough."

"Okay, I see. I'll ask Youzhou to support us with some materials and craftsmen." Xian Yufu said.

At this moment, a guard beside Xian Yufu hesitated for a moment, and said, "General, I heard that the magistrate of Junping County has an iron-making workshop and more than 100 craftsmen."

"Oh? How did you know that?"

Xian Yufu didn't blame the guard for interjecting casually, and started asking.

"A few days ago, General Hong obtained a treasured sword from a yamen servant in Luping County. It is said that it was forged by a craftsman in Luping County, using good steel from the magistrate's workshop in Luping County. This There are more than 100 craftsmen in the blacksmith workshop, all of whom are good blacksmiths, and many people are looking for them to make weapons these days." The guard explained.

"What else?" Xian Yufu was surprised, and then asked the guard. "Tell me carefully."

"Is such that……"

Immediately, the guard told what he knew about the situation.

"That's it." After listening to the guard's words, Xian Yufu nodded, and said to the guard: "Go, call me the county magistrate, I want to see him."

"Yes, I'm going to find the county magistrate Luping."

What the guard said was true. At this moment, in the steelmaking workshop run by Zhang Qingfeng, countless craftsmen were busily busy.

In the workshop, countless Cao Jun sergeants came here to buy weapons with a lot of money. As long as a weapon is finished, there is no need for craftsmen to sharpen it, and it will be snapped up by the sergeants immediately.

As soldiers and fighters, sharpening weapons is an essential skill for them. In order to get weapons, they are willing to pay more to sharpen weapons themselves.

"Isn't this money too easy to earn?"

Yang Shen couldn't help being amazed at the sight of weapons being forged by craftsmen and sold out by countless soldiers.

In half a month, as the Wuhuan people attacked Yuyang County, the steelmaking workshop was fully engaged in steelmaking.

The steel that is smelted does nothing, most of it is used to forge weapons.

In order to ensure sufficient steel materials, Li Bai spared no expense in purchasing high-quality anthracite coal from Youzhou, and recruited hundreds of young and strong men to mine iron ore and make iron to ensure the supply of raw materials.

"Senior brother Yang, how much money did we earn?" A junior asked Yang Shen.

"How much did you earn?" Yang Shen squinted at the little junior, and said quietly: "To build a ring sword for [-] renminbi, and to use six catties of steel, you can earn [-] renminbi after deducting the cost.

It costs [-] renminbi to build a short dagger, and you can earn [-] renminbi after deducting the cost.

Building a gun head costs 1000 and [-] yuan, and using three catties of steel, you can earn [-] yuan after removing the cost. "

Finally Yang Shen said: "So far, our workshop has made a total of 460 ring knives, [-] daggers, and [-] spear heads. Do the math yourself, how much money we have made."

Hearing Yang Shen's words, the little juniors beside him immediately began to calculate secretly.

After a while, he was surprised and said, "We made 400 million yuan?"

"Almost." Yang Shen nodded.

"This is too huge a profit." The junior brother was stunned immediately.

While Yang Shen was talking to his junior brother, on the other side, Li Bai had been taken to Xian Yufu's military tent by Xian Yufu's guards.

"Your official sees Marquis of Ting." Seeing Xian Yufu, Li Bai hurriedly saluted, Marquis of Ting was Xian Yufu's title.

"No gift." Xian Yufu waved his hand, and then asked Li Bai: "I heard that you have an ironmaking workshop with hundreds of craftsmen?"

"There are not hundreds. There are only [-] craftsmen in my workshop, and the rest are handymen." Li Bai quickly shook his head and explained.

"I heard that your workshop can produce good iron. I happen to be short of iron here. How much can you adjust?" Xian Yufu asked Li Bai.

"I don't know what price the general bought it for?" Li Bai asked without answering.

"Bold, you dare to bargain when the general asks you something..."

The guards around Xian Yufu were about to scold, but they were stopped by Xian Yufu.

"I need [-] catties of iron here, can you provide it? The price is negotiable." Xian Yufu said.

Li Bai is a local official under Cao Cao. Although he is the governor of the six counties of Youzhou, he has only surrendered to Cao Cao not long ago, so it is not easy to use his status to suppress others.

"General, one hundred thousand catties of iron is no problem, but what I want to tell the general is that I have wrought iron, pig iron, and high-quality steel here. The price of pig iron is cheap, only [-] yuan a catty, and wrought iron is slightly more expensive and needs [-] yuan." Wen is a catty, and the price of a catty of good steel is two hundred yuan, I wonder if the general wants to buy pig iron, wrought iron or steel?" Li Bai asked Yu Fu.

"Of course I want steel." Xian Yufu replied affirmatively.

Then he frowned and said, "The price is too expensive? I'll give you one hundred yuan a catty, what do you think?"

"General, I guarantee that the steel I provide you is not bad at all compared to the best Baisteel, but the price of Baisteel is much higher than my steel. I only sell it for two hundred dollars, which is already the cost price." .” Li Bai argued.

The market price of [-] steelmaking is [-] yuan a catty, and he can make money by selling his steel for only [-] yuan, but others don't know it.

Hundred-smelting steel is expensive because it is extremely difficult to create a piece of hundred-smelting steel. A craftsman needs to forge repeatedly with pig iron and wrought iron, so that the carbon in the pig iron can penetrate into the wrought iron to form steel. The technical requirements are very high. All steelmakers are master craftsmen, and a master craftsman can produce at most one or two catties of steel in a day.

Hearing Li Bai mentioned Baisteel, Xian Yufu nodded, but he believed that this should not be the cost price Li Bai said, so he said to Li Bai: "I can only give you 150 yuan a catty, and you want a hundred thousand catties, that's all. deal."

Without waiting for Li Bai to speak, he immediately said: "Also, I remind you, don't fool me with iron. If your steel cannot reach the level of steelmaking, I will be angry..."

In the end, his tone was even more threatening.

Hearing Xian Yufu's threat, Li Bai pretended to look ugly.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I promise to give the general one hundred thousand catties of good steel at a price of 150 yuan per catty, but the general must promise me one condition."

While speaking, he had suffered a great loss and was extremely reluctant, and performed vividly and delicately, and finally put forward a condition.

"What condition? Tell me." Xian Yufu asked.

"I want the general to return the 110 six yamen servants who recruited me. Now Yuyang County is not peaceful. I am afraid that someone will make trouble for me, so I need them to protect my workshop." Li Bai made the condition.

"Are there only a hundred or so people? Yes, I can ask someone to return your yamen servants. You can send me the good steel as soon as you go back." Xian Yufu agreed to Li Bai's conditions.

"Then I will leave as an official." Seeing that Xian Yufu agreed to his conditions, Li Bai left.

"You go back." Xian Yufu nodded, and motioned to the guard beside him.

Immediately, under the leadership of Xian Yufu's guards, Li Bai left the barracks.

After seeing Li Bai leave, the smile on the corner of Xian Yufu's mouth could not be stopped.

Good steel! 150 Wen a catty, 3000 catties, he turned it into a weapon and sold it to his soldiers for double the money. He could earn at least [-] million yuan (about [-] yuan).

This is 3000 million. Is it easier to make money than this?
In this way, not only earn money, but also improve the strength of the army.

"It would be great if we could get the steelmaking workshop here."

Xian Yufu secretly calculated, thought for a while, then shook his head.

This Li Bai was personally arranged by Master Xun Yu. He was a general who had just surrendered to Cao Cao, so he really didn't dare to move.

To change to the past, a small county magistrate, just let him rub the ball and flatten it.

(End of this chapter)