The eight hundred knives are not a small amount. Not to mention that the Zhang family can’t take it out, even if the Lan County Government has it, it is impossible to give it to it. The wealthy families in the county are added together, which is far more than this amount. However, the actual value of the knives is much higher than the official value. The most important thing is that it has a strong value preservation. Therefore, everyone is more willing to use it to the bottom of the box.

"It must be eight hundred coins?" Zhang Mo never thought that his son would be so dark. Three hundred coins were a huge sum of money, which was almost worth most of the Zhang family's belongings.

Zhang Xuan didn't think so. What's wrong with using his ability to make some money? This is his own father. He looks kind to him. Only such a unique business can make less than 50% of the profit. He is so conscientious. If you are someone else, you will earn ten times the price of your friendship, and making a hundred times is not much.

"Equivalent items are also available." Zhang Xuan said. As he learned more about the sword coins, Zhang Xuan felt more and more that minting coins were a big business. Sword coins were popular in the Great Zhou and even the surrounding countries.

Money itself can actually become goods.

In Zhang Xuan's original world, coin collectors were a relatively unpopular profession, and there were very few professional coin collectors. In Dazhou, as long as you have a few knives in your hand, people don't think about how to spend it, but how to hide it well and don't lose it. When the family is in a difficult situation or in trouble, a few knives can save the whole family.

Don’t think this is a joke. Just think about the comparison between the price of knives and rice. You can buy almost five kilograms of corn with one knives. Zhang Xuan has long been unable to figure out what the finances of Dazhou are going on.

One-knife coin is equivalent to between fifteen and thirty yuan?

This is the result of Zhang Xuan's comparison and calculation of the rice price. In fact, it is much more complicated than this. He did not lack food in his previous life, and there was a national food subsidy, so the rice price was relatively constant. The rice price in the Great Zhou Dynasty could not be seen. When encountering some natural disasters and man-made disasters, it was like riding a roller coaster, and the difference was dozens of times. Even so, the value of the knife coins was still strong.

"Are you sure?" Zhang Mo asked again. Goods worth 800 knives are not small, and it is not a small amount. It is a business matter and you can't pay it out of your own pocket. If Zhang Mo really wants to take it himself, even if the Zhang family doesn't lose everything, it will definitely be a trauma. With his unlucky nature, he will not be able to recover from ten or eight years.

Are you sure? It feels quite certain, but Zhang Xuan didn't dare to follow his feelings: "I need to make sure more."

"How long will it take?" Zhang Mo didn't ask him how to make sure. Zhang Xuan's usual score was quite high.

"If you set out now, you should be able to confirm before midnight." Zhang Xuan confirmed the distance to the iron ore again and said the road conditions.

"Are you going to leave the city?" Zhang Mo was still very smart and immediately heard what he meant.

"Yes." Zhang Xuan replied.

"Let Lao Ma accompany you and ride a donkey."

Lan County is mountainous, but no horses and land, so the most needed are oxen. The mounts used for transportation are mainly donkeys, and there are not many horses in the county. When Zhang Mo, the eighth-rank county magistrate, was either carrying two people or riding donkeys, and most of them were walking in a chariot.

Not long after, Zhang Xuan, Uncle Ma, and Zhang Er brought four more county soldiers and rode a donkey to leave Zhang's mansion. After half a quarter of an hour, the county town with more than 4,000 people was really not big.

Donkeys are a specialty of Luoxiazhou. They are larger than donkeys from other places. They are smooth and smooth, have a good load, are flexible in movements, and have good endurance. They are slower than mules and horses in speed, and occasionally get a little donkey temper. In addition, Luoxia donkeys are definitely good donkeys.

According to the Great Zhou military records, the county must have soldiers, and one of the three households will be selected.

In other words, every three households in the Dazhou county people were given one person to serve in the military service. The county soldiers were different from the imperial guards, the government soldiers, and the prefecture soldiers. The county soldiers were semi-professional soldiers, busy farming land, and slack farming training.

Lan County has more than 2,300 households and 750 soldiers in the county. This has exceeded the requirements of the military records issued by the Ministry of War. Lan County is relatively wealthy and is qualified to do so.

In addition to having food, Lan County is surrounded by mountains on three sides and rivers on one side. In the deep mountains is the territory of mountain people. In the mountains between mountain people and Lan County, bandits occasionally appear, which does require the protection of county soldiers.

Because Luoxia Prefecture lacks horses and donkeys are good, there are donkey cavalry in each county.

In the eyes of the Zhengjun of Dazhou, Luoxia Donkey Cavalry is a joke, but Luoxia Donkey meat tastes very good.

In any case, when Luoxia was ordered to dispatch troops according to the Ministry of War, everyone had donkeys. Compared with other state soldiers and county soldiers, they were much more generous and could afford more supplies. They were often sent to transport supplies. If they could not fight or go to the battlefield, they were naturally beautiful. For this reason, even if they were to have donkeys, many county soldiers were willing to do so. The three families could barely afford it.

Luoxia donkey is really not a cover. It runs steadily and fast, as long as it is not required to sprint. It usually eats well and sleeps soundly, and donkeys are not always angry. Those Luoxia donkeys who like to lose their temper will naturally be given priority, and all the donkeys who survive understand.

The road is a dirt road, and you can see most of the stone slabs in the county town. When you leave the county town, you will be covered in dirt on sunny days and mud on rainy days. This is pretty good, at least it looks like there is a road.

The village is as poor as I remember, with houses mixed with mud and wood. If you can see bricks and tiles, it must be the home of Lizheng or Su Lao.

Lan County should be in a subtropical area. It will not freeze when it is the coldest in winter, nor will it snow. Now it is spring and the temperature is more than ten degrees. Zhang Xuan feels comfortable wearing a robe. Most of the villagers in the fields are naked and only a small piece of linen is covering their lower body.

This is too poor!

Although he had known this for a long time in Zhang Xuan's memory, he still couldn't accept it when Zhang Xuan saw it with his own eyes.

Thirty miles away, there is a lonely peak, and a small river beneath the peak, winding and finally converging on the Han River. Behind the lonely peak are rolling hills, with sparse trees and weeds. There are no villages nearby, and it is not suitable for farming.

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, he went up the mountain without stopping. Zhang Xuan was surprised to find that Luoxia donkey could climb the mountain, and its speed was quite fast, carrying a living person without reducing speed. This touched Zhang Xuan's blind spot of knowledge. The donkey could climb the mountain. Do you think it was strange?

Zhang Xuan didn't know much. The donkey cavalry did not refer to a county soldier riding on a donkey. The requirements were much higher than that. Luoxia's donkey's physical strength was much stronger than what he knew.

Halfway through the mountain, Zhang Xuan jumped off the donkey. The donkey that had been riding for thirty miles was really uncomfortable. There were no stirrups, saddles, and two layers of linen cloth were laid on the donkey's back. This was too hasty. While maintaining balance, you had to be careful of the linen cloth under your butt, which was tired!

When you look back, you must get out the saddle and stirrup. Keep it a little bit confidential. Zhang Xuan’s goal is to live comfortably, fight for hegemony, fight wars and other things, just leave it to others to do.

Zhang Xuan had already thought about it, and after he made it, he would show it to his father as soon as possible. As for what benefits his father could get from Shangguan, it depends on his ability. If he couldn't even get it, Zhang Xuan felt that he could not change it. Do you really think that people from ancient times are very reasonable? If you make meritorious service, you will give you a reward and dream.

Whether to reward depends on what is needed. The reward of military merit is not a soldier, but is used to fiercely strengthen the entire army.

Following the memory in my mind, a hundred steps away, Zhang Xuan picked up a brown-red stone pair, weighed it in his hand, and almost fell from tears. This felt so good. I am an expert in materials science. You can tell that this thing is hematite, and it is about 50% tasted quite low.

"Sword" Zhang Xuan touched and weighed it, and then sniffed it. That didn't count, he wanted to knock it open and take a look.

In fact, there is no need to be so troublesome. When he saw the brown ore all over the ground, he was already sure. He just looked at the ore on his hand and stopped looking carefully, and he felt uncomfortable.

The county soldier glanced at Uncle Ma and nodded when he saw him, then pulled out the sword and handed it to Zhang Xuan. Zhang Xuan lightly smashed it with a bronze sword. The bronze sword was covered with various traces of repair and polishing, but the quality was much better than he thought.

The hardness of the bronze sword is good, and the hardness of the hematite is above four points, but the bronze sword in his hand can easily smash it open. Seeing the color inside the ore, Zhang Xuan was relieved. This is definitely a very serious hematite.

If you have an ore, it is not easy to turn it into iron. There is no foundation for smelting here, and even good anthracite cannot be used. The blast furnace requires refractory bricks, crucibles, blowers, and preheating chambers. These are complete systems. The impurities in the ore may be calculated. Processes such as pre-desulfurization may be required. Without mechanical power, it is very troublesome to crush or wash ore alone.

Therefore, he could only watch the hematite in front of him. If he wanted to smel, he might as well wash and go to bed. This is not something he could do in a short while.

"Let's go back." This time, I came here just to see the existence of hematite with my own eyes. He was too lazy to check the reserves.

Xiaomaoqi carried a group of seven people and returned to Lan County. It took more than half of the time Zhang Xuan expected. When he entered the county town, the moon had just risen.

"Are you back?" It was still the same room. The turbid wine on the small table was already cold. Zhang Mo didn't drink a gulp today. There were a few rolls of bamboo slips on the couch next to him. My father was still very attentive in his work.

As far as Zhang Xuan knows, the officials of Dazhou are quite interesting. If they want to work, they always have endless work. If they don’t want to be too tired, there will be no problem with the romance every day. As long as there is no major problem, they will drink and be the official.

According to Zhang Xuan's understanding, without any problems, it is almost the same to do it or not. It is the same as doing it well or badly. Don't think that you can get promoted by doing more. The Great Zhou Dynasty is very chaotic and complicated.

"Well, it's certain." Zhang Xuan was too lazy to study the court of the Great Zhou. Just think about twenty people sharing the world. It's okay to say that the generation of Zhou Taizu was passed down for several generations, and every person above was full of colorful intestines.
Chapter completed!