In the afternoon, in Luoyang Palace, Imperial Garden, and Viewing Pavilion, Yuwen Wenhe was about to return to Youzhou’s son Yuwen Weihan for a discussion. During the conversation, Yuwen Wen looked at the iron-smelting blast furnace model on the desk and mentioned a message to his son:

"Daye Ironmaking Institute, by November this year, the iron output will be expected to reach 10 million kilograms. Do you know what this means?"

Yuwen Weihan replied: "I know that if I follow the figures last year, it means that the iron production of Daye Iron Manufacturing Company will be greater than the sum of other iron smelting outputs."

"That's right, but just twenty years ago, the national iron production was only more than one million kilograms." Yu Wen Wen finished speaking, pointing to the blast furnace model: "In the past twenty years, the iron production has increased several times, and the iron smelting capacity has never been transformed out of thin air."

"For twenty years, the iron smelting technology has been constantly improved, which has consumed countless money, and the hard work of countless people. Countless technical difficulties have been overcome, which has achieved today's achievements. This iron smelting blast furnace is one of the most important achievements."

"The iron-making blast furnace of Daye Ironmaking Institute has a single blast furnace with a maximum daily iron output of 10,000 kilograms, which requires a large amount of fuel to burn charcoal. Therefore, it is necessary to burn charcoal and strong blowing. Look here..."

"Burning coal is stronger than burning charcoal, but using coal to smeltek iron has a high sulfur content and the iron will become brittle. Therefore, coke, that is, smoldered coal, requires an additional coking factory..."

"If the fire is burning strongly, it must be blown. The blowing wind must be preheated to ensure that the furnace temperature is maintained at a high level. All kinds of things are technical difficulties and it is not easy to solve."

As Yuwen Wen said, it seemed as if a father was praising his precious son: "So, don't underestimate this iron smelting blast furnace. It has a high technical content. It is expensive, but it is worth it."

"Now, tell me, what does it mean to develop the Daye Iron Factory to such a scale?"

Facing his father's question, Yuwen Weihan thought for a while and said, "This means that the development of related industries is also very rapid. Daye Ironmaking Institute is like a horse, pulling a cart of people forward, driving many surrounding industries..."

"Yes, this is the power of coal and iron complexes, especially coke iron smelting. As long as you overcome technical difficulties, it is much more efficient than using charcoal to smelting iron. If you are in Youzhou, you must continue to develop in this way..."

"Iron tools are very easy to sell in western Liaoning, while development in Liaodong requires a large number of iron tools, which are all opportunities for the Youzhou iron smelting industry."

Yuwen Wen continued to promote the power of the "coal-iron complex" to his sons, because he hoped that in a hundred years, his sons could take over the baton and continue to run forward.

"Brainwashing" must be continued. Yu Wen Wen was afraid that he would relax if he was not careful and would let the corrupt scholars lead their sons' ideas in a wrong way and would not be able to change them in the future.

The so-called "coal-iron complex" refers to the industrial layout that is close to iron ore and is close to coal mines, and then it also needs convenient transportation to facilitate ore transportation and export products. The Hanyeping Company, founded in the late Qing Dynasty in history, can probably be regarded as such a complex.

Among them, "Hanyeping" represents iron ore, and "ping" represents coal mine.

The Daye Ironmaking Station, which was established with Hanyeping Company as the template, has a smelting site in Daye, which saves "Han". This year's iron production can finally reach 10 million kilograms, which is really amazing.

However, the current iron production in Zhou State is not as good as the iron production in the Yongle period in the early Ming Dynasty.

During the Yongle period, the annual iron production was about 20 million kilograms. This number was calculated by Yang Ji for a long time from various rumors he heard "during his lifetime".

This number is the national iron course number in a certain year during the Yongle period. The iron course is about five to one, and in turn, it can get the annual iron output of nearly 20 million jin.

The output estimated in this way is questionable, but at least it has its origin. The "jin" in the Ming Dynasty is definitely different from the "jin" at this time, so this number is for reference only.

Even so, Yuwen Wen felt a sense of accomplishment. The only regret was that with the current smelting technology, it still could not stabilize steelmaking, but it was harmless.

He tried his best to run the Daye Iron Manufacturing Station and used this as a template to promote the development of the iron smelting industry in various places. He then gave birth to "little monsters" such as the Xuzhou Liguo Iron Manufacturing Station, which made him achieve his current achievements.

The surge in iron production has led to a decline in iron prices, providing strong support for the promotion of iron tools, so that farmers can reclaim and cultivate more fields, which means that the increase in grain production and the long-term income is the rapid population growth.

The promotion of various other iron tools has benefited all sectors of society.

As iron production increases, the price of iron tools will naturally fall, but for many civilians, they are still reluctant to buy iron pots because they are short of money.

Therefore, in order to make the people afford iron pots, Zhou Guo adopted the "dual price system" and relied on the high-price export of iron products to the outside world to obtain rich beauty to subsidize the losses caused by the sale of iron products at a loss in China.

The benefits brought about by the surge in iron production may not be fully demonstrated until decades later. Yuwen Wen feels that he will not be able to wait for that day, but now we must lay a solid foundation. In order to stimulate further increase in iron production, we must continue to develop iron products export trade.

It is best to develop to the level of 10 million kilograms of iron products exported annually to drive the popularization of domestic iron tools. At that time, Zhou State could have an iron pot and a kitchen knife.

What's wrong with people having kitchen knives at home? Are they afraid that they will rebel with kitchen knives?

Yuwen Wen often asked his son this way, saying that popularizing iron products is a necessary basis for social development, so there is no need to prevent this and that. He also wants his sons to realize the benefits of exporting iron products and not be fooled in the future, thinking that banning the sale of iron tools is the right way.

With the firearms in Zhou* team, there is no need to worry about the serious threat of buying iron in the surrounding Fanbian. On the contrary, he believes that relying on foreign trade can ensure high industry profits, further stimulate the growth of iron production, drive the development of other industries, and enter a virtuous cycle.

The world is so big, with good quality and low-cost Zhou Guo iron products, which will definitely have a good sales range. Those Fanbians who are unable to smelve large-scale iron are hungry iron-eating beasts, and they need any iron products.

The most obvious example is the iron pot.

A sold iron pot overseas is several times profitable for manufacturers. The more they sell, the more they earn, and the same is true for iron nails. Such profits are enough to excite the mine owners and smelter owners, and the increased taxes will also satisfy the court.

The court wants to increase its income. Instead of constantly increasing taxes and exploiting domestic people, it is better to expand foreign trade and make money from foreigners. This is also the concept that Yuwen Wen wants to instill in his sons.

Seeing that the time was almost over, Yuwen Wen did not forget to explain: "Tangshanye's iron production is not very good now, but don't underestimate it. There is great potential for that place. If you work hard for a few years, you will definitely change a lot."

"If there is Tieye, there will be military weapon supervisors. You are the king of the clan. If you are not too involved in the affairs of military weapon supervisors, you are suspected of being 'melon field and plum trees'. Therefore, if you have any suggestions for improvement for Tieye, please write a letter to the court, and you must follow the system."

"Although the three countries of Haidong bought iron pots and nails, most of them melted forged weapons, they cannot export inferior products because of this. Once the reputation is broken, it will be difficult to rebuild. You are a member of Fangzhen, so you can send more people to check iron products to avoid people taking corners and adding materials to fill your personal bags."

"And, that..."

Before Yuwen Wen finished speaking, cries came from outside the window. He looked in the sound, but saw that there seemed to be chaos in the imperial garden.

Yuwen Weimin and Yuwen Weili were playing in the imperial garden at this time. Yuwen Wen suddenly felt something was wrong and walked out quickly, with Yuwen Weihan following closely.

Yuwen Weimin and Yuwen Weili have just turned ten years old this year, and their mothers are heartbroken. If something happens, Yuwen Wen doesn't know what Chen Jae and Yuchi Mingyue will cry.

He was a little worried. When he came to the garden, he saw Yuwen Weimin and Yuwen Weili crying, but there were no wounds on his body. Yuwen Wen breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "What's wrong?"

The two little guys seemed to be frightened, and couldn't explain clearly. Yuwen Guiying, who was playing with her younger brothers, pointed at an animal in the iron fence next to her in a fence, and said in fear: "It...it...it...it ate the black whirlwind!"

"Hmm? Black... Tornado?"

Yuwen Wen wondered when he heard this. He didn't know what the "Black Tornado" was. He looked into the fence and saw that the black and white animal in the iron railing was the iron-eating beast that paid tribute from Shu.

This stupid and cute panda is sitting on the ground at this moment, chewing something in her mouth.

There was a little blood stain on the corner of my mouth, and it seemed that I was eating animals, not bamboo.

"Aye! Didn't this iron-eating beast eat only iron and bamboo? How did it eat the black whirlwind?"

Yuwen Weimin cried and grabbed Yuwen Wen's clothes and shook his body: "I raised a black whirlwind, I finally raised it!"

"Ah..." Yuwen Wen remembered that the "Black Tornado" was a pet bamboo rat raised by Yuwen Weimin.

He almost wanted to say "sadness", but at least he swallowed the words and slowly asked for the reason.

Yuwen Weimin and Yuwen Weili were just watching the iron-eating beast. They were originally fed well with bamboo, but the bamboo rat "Black Tornado" jumped out of Yuwen Weimin's hand and slipped into the fence. They were slapped to death by the iron-eating beast, and then put it in their mouth.

The pet was eaten like this, making Yuwen Weimin and Yuwen Weili cry anxiously.

"It's okay, it's okay, just keep another one... This iron-eating beast is probably an enemy of the previous life with the Black Tornado..."

Yuwen Wen fooled his son, making him think that the pet bamboo rat "Black Tornado" was eaten by an iron-eating beast, which was "destined in the previous life", and then asked Yuwen Guiying to take his two younger brothers to play elsewhere.

Then, he looked at the stupid panda in the fence and began to figure out what to do next.

This panda is a male, alone. Yuwen Wen felt that he could not catch his mother and be with him. It would cost a lot of money to keep it in the palace for a lifetime, so he felt that it would be better to transport it back to his "hometown" and release it.
Chapter completed!