During this period, the iron frying from the iron stove is actually some cooked iron. Of course, if you are lucky, you can also fry steel with a charcoal content higher than cooked iron.

However, during this period, steel speculation cannot be controlled and measured, all depends on the luck of the speculator.

"You are working hard for our Ming Dynasty, and I thank you on behalf of the Ming court officials." Liu Yu actually bowed to Wang Qing and other craftsmen.

"Sir, I can't do it." Wang Qing was panicked and waved his hand quickly.

"Since smelting of charcoal can produce good iron materials, then in the future, the major Luzon familias will pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty's tribute and taxes, and they will be allowed to use local Luzon wood to replace it." Liu Yu ordered the soldiers beside him to record it.

The Ming court's smelter was just built not long ago. Although the Ming court attached great importance to it, it was obvious that iron materials would be smelted for a while, and its production capacity could not keep up with the Ming court's demand.

"It seems that the world still needs to import iron from the mainland!" Liu Yu and his group walked out of the iron smelting plant, looked at the busy workers, shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

"Sir, didn't Wang Jianghu say that mainland iron smelting mostly uses coal, so the iron smelting is of poor quality?" Huang Youde, who was standing beside him, frowned and asked.

"Of course it's not for your firearm to build cannons." Liu Yu smiled.

"Now the Ming court has set up a county in Luzon to reclaim wasteland. How many iron tools do these farmers need? Could it be that the iron materials that our Ming smelter have worked hard to burn and cast on the agricultural tools?" Liu Yu looked at Huang Youde in front of him with a smile and comforted him.

"That's right, the good iron materials I smelted from the Ming Dynasty will naturally be used on casting firearms." Huang Youde breathed a sigh of relief.

If the firearm made by the firearm manufacturer is inexplicably blown up because the iron material sent is not of good quality, then there is really no place to make sense.

"But you firearm masters should also remember that if there is iron casting small cannons, their quality will definitely not be as good as copper cannons. I don't ask how good the Ming iron cannons are, but they must be as good as the iron cannons sold to us by the East India Company." Liu Yu reminded.

After all, copper is more expensive than iron. Casting a copper cannon is worthy of casting five iron cannons.

The Luzon Ming army was naturally not a local tyrant, and they had to make careful calculations to live.

Of course, we have to use low-cost iron cannons.

The artillery during this period, especially the army, was basically copper cannons, rather than iron cannons widely used by the Ming army.

The reason is naturally that iron material is easy to explode, not as good as copper cannons.

Especially Western armies basically use copper cannons, which of course is related to their casting iron cannons being inferior to copper cannons.

The only alternative is the UK.

Like the Luzon Ming army, the Englishmen often used charcoal smelting instead of coal smelting used by European countries.

Therefore, the quality of the iron cannons cast by the English is no less than that of European bronze cannons of the same period, but the price is much lower than that of the bronze cannons.

"The villain remembers it."

Huang Youde naturally understood what Liu Yu meant.

Not far from the pier, I saw a group of merchants rushing to this place.

"Sir, I've found you." Su Langqing ran so angry that he was so angry that he quickly wiped the sweat from his cheeks with his cuffs.

"What's the matter?" Liu Yu glanced at the Luhai merchant who was rushing toward him.

"Sir, I just learned the news from the Luhai Business Company that the Zhenla Fan people attacked Dongpu." Su Langqing said.

"Land and sea merchant ships are mostly in Hoi An and other places these days, so they first learned the news and rushed back to Luzon." Su Langqing quickly explained.

"It's okay." Liu Yu also learned the news from avoiding the epidemic not long ago.

Not long after, Xiao Wu also learned the news and hurried over to discuss with Liu Yu.

"This Zhen Lafan people dared to invade Dongpu, but they really took the courage of Xiongxin and leopards. We should send troops to Dongpu immediately." As soon as Xiao Wu arrived at the official residence, he said to Liu Yu angrily.

"The Zhenla people are cruel and slaughter the people of our Ming people. If we don't send troops to Dongpu, where is the majesty?" Many generals on the side agreed.

Now the Luzon Ming court has been in peace for a long time, and there is no war except for occasionally going out to sea to fight pirates.

A large number of firearms and weapons were almost useless, and a large number of newly recruited soldiers had not experienced actual combat. Therefore, when they learned that the Zhenla Ban people were invading Dongpu, these generals volunteered.

"Luhai merchant Wang Li has already persuaded Yang Yandi. I believe Yang Yandi has led his army to Dongpu now." Liu Yu signaled to all the generals to calm his anger.

"Marty, the land and sea merchants alone may quell the Dongpu disaster." Xu Bin reminded Liu Yu when he heard this.

"I have also learned about the Ming people in Dongpu from the merchants. This time, Zhen La invaded Dongpu, I am afraid that Guangnan was instigating him. The Ming people in Dongpu and other places were probably... "Xu Bin said to Xiao Wu in the hall, Liu Yu and several others.

"The Navy Town is stationed on Dayu Island, and Fubo Town is also stationed in Badan, Lavag and other places. You can send ships to Dongpu." Xiao Wu obviously wants to intervene in the Dongpu war.

"After the Tartars entered the Central Plains, a large number of Ming people went to Annan in Nan. If we could send troops to rescue us, we would definitely be able to take down the water Zhenla area of ​​Dongpu and other places. By then, with land such as Luzon and Dongpu, our Ming court would definitely dominate the South Ocean." Xiao Wu pointed to the Annan area on the chart and showed a greedy expression.

"Sir, if you send troops to Dongpu, Fubo Town can send thirty warships and 1,000 sailors." Li Shi said hurriedly.

"Sir, the water and Zhenla are fertile and fertile. If we can take it down and recruit Han people to develop it well, it will definitely become a land of fish and rice. At that time, the Ming Dynasty can directly obtain food and military sources from Zhenla. If we return to the Qing court in the future, we can also obtain a place for training and stockpiling of grain." Xu Bin continued to persuade.

The power of money and grain in Luzon was in the hands of Liu Yu. If Liu Yu did not agree to send troops, then no matter how much Xiao Wu and others encouraged him, it would be useless.

Xu Bin's words are right. The water is really fertile and the wilderness is thousands of miles away. If it can be developed well, it will definitely become a land of fish and rice.

If the Ming court counterattacked the Qing court, the most important thing was money and food.

The first man from Guo's surname returned to the Qing Dynasty. With the convenience of coastal conveniences such as Xiamen and Quanzhou, he established the five merchants of Ren, Yi, Li, Zhi, and Xinshui Road. The leaders of Quanzhou Commercial Bank Zeng Dinglao, Wu Qiniang, Gong Sunguan and Gong Meiniang were the leaders.

At the same time, there are five major commercial roads and five commercial roads in Hangzhou and other places.

With these ten major trading companies, we have obtained a steady stream of silver, which is also the fundamental reason why the Guo family was able to resist the Qing Dynasty for decades.

Now Liu Yu has established a Four Seas Business Company in Luzon and has attracted Chinese merchants from Nanyang for their own use. In fact, it is the same as the way the Guo family did at the beginning, in order to obtain a steady stream of silver and materials.

But the most important food is not something that merchants can obtain simply trade.

Especially when an army of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people is set off, the food, grass and materials required are simply astronomical.

A very important reason for the Zheng army's failure to fight against the Qing Dynasty was the lack of a piece of grain production land that could support more than 100,000 troops.
Chapter completed!