Chapter 854: Take mine, chance encounter!

Except that Li Zexuan took for granted the issue of iron ore ownership in this

era, he did not consider the extraction of pyrite when he was in the workshop.

The composition of pyrite is mainly ferrous sulfide. What he thought at the

time was to extract sulfur and iron from it through a series of chemical

processes, but after returning home, he calculated it carefully and found that

sulfur was extracted from pyrite. It is easier, but it is too difficult to

extract iron!

It's not that it can't be extracted, but it is very difficult to make it under

current conditions. Even if it can be made, the cost will be too high and it

is not worthwhile!

So if he wants to get a lot of iron, he needs some magnetite (the main

component is Fe3O4).

However, in addition to extracting sulfur from pyrite, an extremely important

industrial raw material can be obtained, which will be discussed later.

"What do you want iron ore for?"

Regarding sulphur ore, Li Er didn’t care much. Besides, the imperial court did

not have much control over sulphur ore, but iron ore was different. In the

early Tang Dynasty, although the imperial court abolished the exclusive tax on

salt and iron, basically all of it had been explored. All iron ore in Ming

Dynasty belonged to the imperial court. In principle, private owners are not

allowed to own iron ore.

"Your Majesty, the kid's workshop is short of iron! The iron kid that can be

bought near Chang'an City has all been bought by people, but it is still not

enough!"

Addressing and using words are a deep knowledge. Li Zexuan calls himself a kid

here instead of a minister or a minister, to show that he is talking to Li Er

as a junior, not a courtier, because what he is talking about now After all,

the topic is a matter of merchants, and it is very inappropriate to use the

status of courtier.

"Huh! It's not promising! Your kid really thinks that your workshop is a

treasure? Iron mine, I won't give it to you, because not only you lack iron,

but the court is lacking iron now! You think your workshop is important , Or

is my Shaofu Supervisor and Beidu Military Weapon Supervisor important?"

(The Tang Dynasty promoted the system of three provinces and six ministries.

The military weapons workshops were under the management of the Ministry of

Industry and the Ministry of War, and they were called Shaofu Supervisor and

Beidu Military Equipment Supervisor respectively)

After listening to Li Er, he flicked his sleeves and lost his breath.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty adopted a military system, with

574-800 Zhechong prefectures distributed throughout the country, with 627

famous and testable ones. This number is variable, which means that the

minimum number of records is 574, and the maximum number of records is 800.

The Zhechong Mansion is divided into three levels, each with a strength of

1,200, 1,000, and 800. Therefore, in the early Tang Dynasty, there were about

800,000 government soldiers in the whole country, of which about 260,000

people were in Guannei Dao, who were the main force of the government—Datang

Sixteen Guards.

The weapons and equipment of these 260,000 people were manufactured by the

Shaofu Supervisor and Beidu Military Equipment. The military equipment of the

rest of the local state capitals was the responsibility of the local state

governments. However, the iron they used was not produced by the "central

government." The government" allocated it!

With such a huge consumption of ironware, the imperial court's demand for iron

ore is also very strong.

"Uh, your Majesty, you are misunderstood! The kid is not asking for the

existing iron ore in Datang. The kid means that the kid is looking for iron

ore. After finding it, can the kid send someone to mine the iron ore?"

Li Zexuan explained carefully.

Li Er raised his eyebrows in surprise, and said in a little surprise: "Oh? Are

you guys good at feng shui and gold mining?"

In ancient times, the inverted bucket was called one of the eight gates

outside the rivers and lakes, which is regarded as the use of feng shui

techniques in exploring gold mines and other mineral deposits. The craft of

prospecting is called the ninth gate: the gate of gold mining. The people of

Kinmen have been serving the government for a long time, resulting in very few

descendants. Whenever a good gold mine is found, it is a daily advance.

Li Zexuan is also a member of the Taoist school anyway. Of course he has heard

of gold mining, but how can he know this stuff? It seems that there is no such

Feng Shui knowledge in his memory of this life. His confidence in prospecting

is derived from the memory of his previous life! But I definitely can't say

that to Li Er.

"Uh, influenced by the family teacher, the kid knows a thing or two about

this, a little knowledge of it!"

Li Zexuan's thoughts turned sharply, and then he said nonsense seriously.

Li Er looked at him twice, and then said after a long while: "So, I allow you

an iron ore! But at the same time, you have to help the court find a similar

iron ore, then your iron ore does not need to be reported to the court. If you

pay taxes, you can mine at will, how?"

Although the iron ore at this time was owned by the state, a large part of it

was handed over to the private sector for mining. The "Old Tang Book ·

Official Records" records: "Every world produces copper and iron state

capital, and it is privately collected. "Officials collect taxes", Li Er, as

the emperor, still has a lot of "operation space" on this, and then we can

ensure that other officials can't pick out the stabbing.

Old fox, Lao Li's advantage is really not something ordinary people can take

advantage of. Li Zexuan slandered in his heart. After considering for a while,

he nodded and said, "Thank you, your majesty! That sulfur mine..."

Li Er smiled triumphantly, and then said: "Sulfur mine, you are free! As long

as you can find it, it belongs to you, I won't bother!"

Although he didn't know what Li Zexuan wanted the sulphur mine to do, he

didn't bother to bother about it. This thing is not an important national

strategic material ~www.mtlnovel.com~, it is just to give Li Zexuan the

benefit of joining the Shibosi.

"Your Majesty, the minister must go all out to help the Hejian County King

manage the Shibosi Department and increase the income of the Datang Mansion!"

Such a result, although not particularly ideal, is acceptable to Li Zexuan. It

is considered to be a contribution to the country. If the court has more iron,

the army will have better weapons and the country will be stronger!

As for Shibosi's right-handing move, he doesn't need to go to Guangzhou to

"take a shift", just use his brain, and it will not have much impact on his

current life.

"Huh! Get out!"

Seeing Li Zexuan's appearance of "seeing a rabbit and immediately throwing an

eagle", Li Er hummed angrily.

Grass, Lao Li is really disrespectful of people, let's kill the donkey! Li

Zexuan felt a little unhappy, but he did take advantage of this incident, so

he didn't get angry with Lao Li, arched his hand, and retired.

Humph, this broken palace young master is not willing to stay!

After leaving the Taiji Palace, Li Zexuan secretly gave Li Er a middle finger,

and then walked towards the palace gate, preparing to go home.

"Brother Xiaoxuan!"

At this moment, there was a pleasant female voice beside him, and Li Zexuan

heard about his reputation, and saw Changle walking in lotus steps, making

money, very dignified and elegant.

"your Highness!"

The reason for Changle's dignified appearance is that he is now in the palace

and has to abide by the rules. Similarly, Li Zexuan also has to abide by the

rules, so he honestly bows his hands in courtesy.

"Brother Xiaoxuan is very quick to give gifts. Changle is here to thank

Brother Xiaoxuan! Thank you for speaking for Changle in the courtroom!

Chang Le stepped back and left, came over quickly, and whispered, the little

girl's eyes were like water, which made her look gentle.

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