Zhang Han lives in the iron farm. He has to clean his nasal cavity when he wakes up early and take a bath at night. Otherwise, his nostrils will be black after a few days. Even the miners' hands and feet are dark and can't even wash them off. Unless they soak in the bathhouse every day, they work hard every day, either quarrying or washing stones, or doing shifts on the stove. Who has the time to do such things?

Standing at the door, there is a path made of blue bricks at your feet, in front of you, there are messy houses and clothes that cannot be put away, and opposite is the miner's residential area. The office area here is not as grand and comfortable as the residential area. Zhang Han is like this. He feels wronged first, and then renovates and expands the area when he has free time in the future.

“How many people are there?”

"There are only more than 600 people, which is too far from the number of people in Dongdao."

Three hundred steps away from the left side of this office is an iron furnace being built. The blast furnace that is more than two meters high, or eight meters high, is the best in Dongshan. The furnace body can be seen in the shape of a wine bottle. Most of the furnace body is underground, the furnace body is like a bottle, with an mouth of about 100 meters wide and a bottom of three or five feet thick. Because it is convenient to add materials, most of the furnace body is in the pit, the bottom of the pit is made of bricks, and the upper part is refractory mud. From the top of the furnace, you can see that the furnace body is also coated with refractory mud. These muds are made of salt and can withstand high temperatures.

Zhang Han was also watching while they were building the furnace. He only knew the general situation. When he saw these people taking action, he felt impressed. No wonder he had to find an expert to do things. Take this furnace for example. Even if Zhang Han had seen the graphics and knew every key points and details of the construction, he would probably be a fool to do it. However, many craftsmen who didn't know a single word were very familiar with these tasks and built the main body of the furnace without any difficulties.

Unlike ordinary blast furnaces, a hole was dug on the top of the blast furnace and a small brick house was built. The main structure was a honeycomb-shaped refractory brick structure, and a channel was dug out. The air blower of the passage furnace was also built with bricks. Then a channel was also built on the brick house, close to the top of the furnace, a chimney was built in the middle of the passage, and a convex tube structure was set up. Then the fan was installed behind the chimney and shaken by manpower. In this way, the heavy smoke and dust could be released from the chimney, and the light hot air could be fanned back to the heat storage chamber by the fan. In this way, the temperature in the furnace was sufficient, the heat of the iron smelting increased greatly, and the iron output speed was 30%.

The furnace roof has also been transformed and heat storage has been strengthened. In various details, the blast furnace designed by Zhang Han has high energy storage and fast iron production, and also saves a lot of carbon fire costs. Overall, the profit of this iron field is at least 50% more than that of ordinary blast furnaces.

This is just an ordinary market price. The high profit that Zhang Han wants to smuggle is calculated separately. Even if he does not smuggle, the profits brought by this iron farm in one year will be quite considerable.

The key point now is the shortage of manpower. This iron farm will eventually be opened into a large iron farm of hundreds of acres, facing several high-quality ore veins. China does not lack copper and iron, but one obvious defect in China's copper and iron ore is that the ore quality is low, and there are few iron ore veins. The same is true in Dongshan. Therefore, every iron farm requires a lot of labor, and the physical fitness and skills requirements of miners are not low, so skilled hands are more important than nonsense.

"I'll go around and set up a few more points." Cai Jiu couldn't sit still. There were only more than 600 people now. The furnace was almost completed. The living area, storage area, and road were almost completed. At most, it would not exceed half a month. The ore could be mined in large quantities. Now there was a serious shortage of manpower. When the first blast furnace was built, what would he use for the furnace? The owner built the furnace so well here. Many people from the old iron farm praised it. Many people from other mines and furnaces came to inquire. Of course, they were blocked by the corpses far away. This technological improvement may not be a great invention, but Zhang Han was not generous enough to share with other mines.

Everything went smoothly, if the people were not in the same way, it would be a joke!

Cai Jiu wore a straw raincoat and a hat. He wore standard leather boots from Xinpingbao. This kind of boots was specially made by Zhang Han. Ordinary bodyguards cost more than one taels of silver. The average price of the team head and shopkeeper level is more than two taels. Cai Jiu's pair is the shopkeeper level. The boots are high to the knees, and the high-quality leather materials, the soles and body of the boots are very well made. They are usually treated with oil to maintain, which is also conducive to walking on rainy days.

When Cai Jiu put on his boots, Zhang Han turned his head and smiled at him, "It's a good idea to go out at this time. It's better to go to a few more places like gambling restaurants and taverns. You've done it in the iron yard and know where these guys love to go the most."

At this time, Cai Jiu was already standing in the rain, and the rain drizzled down from under his hat. Cai Jiu turned his head and smiled: "Please rest assured that I know how many people gather in these places."

Zhang Han said: "I just say for nothing, I will not interfere in your work."

He did not interfere. Cai Jiu smiled, with a confident and energetic look on his face. He called more than a dozen guys to follow him, and took the long-written list articles and rode away.

When Cai Jiu left, Zhang Han felt bored and helpless.

At home, there are many business tasks. Recently, the reports from various places are still sent, but only one is available every few days. People everywhere know that Zhang Han is busy with iron farms recently. The shopkeepers in various places don’t bother Zhang Han to make decisions. More importantly, it was midsummer a while ago. The wheat was harvested and the summer tax was paid. The pace of harvesting grain became slow. After the opening of the official market this year, trade in various places has also declined, and it has entered a period of short conditioning and rest. Even the expansion of Heyusheng has become much slower. Only the craftsmen in Xinpingbao have been in the process of Xinpingbao.

He is still tirelessly renovating horse-drawn carriages, making weapons and muskets. Of course, the latter two are hidden from the garrison and general Lai. However, even if Lai Tongxin knows this, he will definitely not know it. No one will believe that a merchant like Zhang Han, who has a huge wealth, will rebel. In the history of the dynasty, the peasants and the White Lotus Cult have rebelled, miners have rebelled, border troops have mutiny, and urban residents have rebelled, but merchants have rebelled, and if someone says this, anyone will smile at him. There has never been such a thing, and no one will think that there will be.

The area is developing smoothly, and there are not many things, but it keeps moving upwards, just like the light rain in front of you, soft, but the land under the rain has been soaked and wet.

He Yusheng's rules and regulations are becoming more and more meticulous and thoughtful, which is also the reason why Zhang Han has fewer and fewer things at hand, so he is considered to be trapped in his own cocoon.

"Owner, there is a letter from Xinpingbao."

Jiang Kui rushed over in the rain. He did not wear oil or straw raincoat to block the rain. The gray cloth robe on his body was half wet and his face was wet. This was a loyal man, and Zhang Han was very relieved to use it.

"You read it to me."

I heard that Zhang Han finally had something to pass the time. On such a rainy day, he seemed to be looking at the scenery, but in fact he was very distressed. I don’t know how many things were waiting for him, but he was trapped in the mountains and couldn’t do it. He turned around to the room, dragged a chair, lay half lying, and put his feet on the table where Cai Jiu had just read the document.

Of course, this look is not very elegant. Zhang Han is still very self-controlled, especially when he always puts on a majestic posture in front of his subordinates. It is useful for improving his image and asking his subordinates to maintain awe. After all, Zhang Han is too young, and sometimes he must use his majestic breath to cover up this point. He doesn't have to be too nervous to guard a trusted guard like Jiang Kui.

"This letter is written by Manager Zhou, and there is no content..." This is not the first time Jiang Kui has done such a thing. The letter is stuffed into his mind and taken it out and opened it. What Jiang Kui saw first was Zhou Fengji's letter. The old shopkeeper talked a lot, and said that the situation of Xinpingbao Store was normal and there was no change. At the same time, he urged Zhang Han to settle the matter on Lingqiu as soon as possible and go back soon.

"I guess I have worked hard lately," Zhang Han looked lazy, and adjusted his posture comfortably, and said with a smile: "I want to ask me to go back earlier and he can take off his shoulders. Once you reply to me, saying that I'm going to be early."

There is Zhou Fengji in Xinpingbao, and Zhang Han really saved a lot of trouble. However, the old shopkeeper was too cautious. After being a family for a while, he was afraid that others would say that he was abusing his power and private affairs, so he wanted Zhang Han to go back soon. Zhang Han naturally wanted to make him feel at ease, and there was no need to be too careful. Just ask Jiang Kui to reply for him.

"This letter was written by the wife, saying that it was my uncle who came..." Jiang Kui looked at it for a while, suddenly laughed silently, then handed the letter to Zhang Han, and said with a smile: "Master, please read it yourself, I can't read it anymore."

"What the hell are you doing?" Zhang Han looked suspicious and answered the letter.

It was indeed written by Chang's hand. After all, he was born in a wealthy family like the Chang's family. Chang also studied when he was a child. There was a female student in the inner house of the Chang's family. He specially invited a teacher to teach some poems, songs and books like girls. He didn't ask for anything, but he just wanted to know some words and didn't be a blind person with open eyes... This was the original intention, but Chang's calligraphy was beautiful and his pen was powerful, revealing the strength of his nature. This was such a woman who struggled for many years without an adult male at home. It was not until Zhang Han came up to the top and returned to the back house without asking about foreign affairs.

The beginning of the letter is just to say some common words, just to ask Zhang Han to pay attention to his daily life and not to catch a cold. In this era, it is a big deal to be unacceptable to the local environment. If you accidentally get cold, you may lose your life. Zhang Han is also very nervous about these things. After all, people who grew up in an era of advanced medicine have no confidence in medicine in the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Han is understandable to work hard every day, either to fight or have a good body, to calmly resist the past when encountering minor problems. In this era, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people died of a plague, and there are too many things that a minor typhoid kills life.
Chapter completed!