Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Chapter 165 Poor iron?Treasure of iron making!
Even at present, the personal guards used by Auntie Zhu are all from the Red Lady and Li Yan's personal guards.

Hong Niangzi's original pro-military battalion was full of female soldiers, but there were only more than 200 people.

After arriving in Chengdu, this women's barracks also openly recruited female soldiers, but there were very few women who were willing to serve as soldiers and finally passed the examination.

The city of Chengdu, with a population of several 10, only added twenty or thirty new recruits to the women's barracks.

Aimee Zhu's Suzaku battalion needs [-] female soldiers.

She assigned more than 100 people from Hong Niangzi's personal barracks, and there was still a gap of three or four hundred.

That's why Aimee Zhu summoned Dong Qiongying.

In fact, Dong Qiongying would rather be by Zeng Ying's side.

But with her previous military experience from Chongqing to Chengdu, she also knew how inconvenient women were in the military camp, even if she brought three hundred barbarian female soldiers with her.

Considering that joining the Imperial Forest Army is an excellent future, and the princess appreciates her so much, she thought for a while, then clasped her fists and said: "The humble official is willing to lead the female soldiers under his command to join the Suzaku Camp!"

"Okay." Aunt Zhu nodded happily, and then said: "But I have to explain to you that those barbarian female soldiers under your command also need to pass the assessment."

Dong Qiongying replied: "This is what it should be."

The assessment of the Royal Forest Army is not only about personal experience and ability, but also includes family background.

Not surprisingly, Dong Qiongying and her family members of the barbarian female soldiers will be relocated to live in Chengdu in the future.

The same is true for the rest of the Royal Forest Army as long as they have family members.

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In order to learn more about the military, not only the Suzaku Battalion, but also the formation of the other three battalions of the Imperial Forest Army, Zhu Yuxi will also participate in it.

In the evening, in the old house in the bamboo forest.

Aimee Zhu and Hao Guangming were both sitting at the desk at the south end of the West Room, talking about the establishment of the Imperial Forest Army.

Of the remaining three battalions, the formation of the Xiaoqi Battalion is not a problem, only [-] elite soldiers and [-] to [-] horses are needed.

Originally, there were nearly [-] fine riders in Chengdu.

This time, the Great Western Army added more than 1 elite cavalry.

It is easy to select the soldiers and horses needed by the Xiaoqi Battalion.

"As for the formation of the Huben Camp and the Shenji Camp, I don't think the number of soldiers is a problem, the key lies in the iron." Hao Guangming looked at Aimi Zhu and said.

Auntie Zhu is no military rookie now, so she nodded slightly when she heard the words, and said: "Indeed, whether it is the armor and weapons of the soldiers of the Huben Camp, or the guns and cannons of the soldiers of the Shenji Camp, they all need good iron. However, Sichuan should Is there no shortage of iron ore?"

Hao Guangming has done a lot of homework in the iron industry, and said with a smile: "Sichuan does not lack iron ore, but it lacks high-quality iron ore that you can mine now.

In fact, because China’s ironmaking technology was developed earlier, and cultural inheritance has been broken, the few thousand years from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties consumed almost all of China’s few high-quality iron ore that was easy to mine.

Later, in the Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, and even the Ming Dynasty, iron and steelmaking technology continued to improve, and even at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it still maintained the world's top level.

Due to the lack of high-quality iron ore and the lack of forestry resources in the north, most places can only use ordinary iron ore with a lot of phosphorus and sulfur impurities, or even lean iron ore as raw material and coal as fuel.

In addition, there are no breakthroughs in some key technologies. At this time, except for the iron produced in southern provinces such as Guangdong and Fujian, the iron produced in other places is relatively brittle and of poor quality.

In the past, the guns and cannons used by your northern frontier army in the Ming Dynasty were easy to explode. On the one hand, the relevant officials were corrupt and cut corners.

Good iron cannot be produced, let alone further steelmaking. "

Having said this, Hao Guangming stopped and gave Aimi Zhu time to understand and digest.

Auntie Zhu frowned slightly, nodded with a thoughtful expression, couldn't help but move closer to Hao Guangming, and asked, "Then how should we solve this problem?"

Hao Guangming didn't answer directly, but handed over the tablet. In other words, because the tablet is easy to use, and Hao Guangming is not short of money, he bought more than a dozen in the past few months.

"Here are some articles I collected, purchased and rewarded online.

It is mainly a textual research discussion on mining, ironmaking, steelmaking and other aspects with the background of the late Ming Dynasty.

Then there are discussions on solving various problems and methods to solve some specific problems.

In addition, the various technologies required in it have also been sorted out separately. As long as you print them out, you can take them and pass them on to the technical officials and craftsmen in Daming. "

Auntie Zhu flipped through the information on the tablet, and remembered that Hao Guangming used to surf the Internet very late every day, and couldn't help being moved.

She looked at Hao Guangming and said, "My husband has worked hard."

Hao Guangming smiled, "You really think I've worked hard, so don't call me Xianggong, call me husband."

Aimee Zhu's face was slightly red, she was a little shy, but she still whispered: "Old...husband."

Hao Guangming smiled happily, and seeing Auntie Zhu's pretty face, he couldn't help but pull her into his arms.

It is not the first time that the two hug each other. Although it does not happen often, it has happened many times.

So Auntie Zhu didn't feel uncomfortable, let alone resisted, but leaned in Hao Guangming's arms with peace of mind.

Then, Hao Guangming explained the various related articles and techniques he had collected to Aimee Zhu...
the next morning.

Li Yan, Liu Linchang, Li Zuo in the Military Industry Department under the Military Affairs Department, Huang Yuanchang, the ambassador of the Military Weapons Bureau, and Zheng Xiang, the deputy ambassador, came to the Chengyun Hall one after another after receiving the edict.

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Aunt Zhu straight to the point and said, "I believe that in order to strengthen the army, apart from solving the problems of money, food and soldiers, we also need to solve the problem of equipment.

And if you want the army to have good equipment, the key is one word-iron.

Therefore, I want to set up government-run iron mines and iron factories, and increase taxes on private iron mines and iron factories. What do you think? "

After hearing these words, Li Yan was the first to express his opinion: "Jianguo clearly sees that iron is indeed the key to improving the military equipment. It is necessary to build iron mines, iron factories, and increase private taxation."

Liu Linchang also said: "The state's military abolishment has indeed a lot to do with the lack of iron.

Since the Wanli year, our Daming government-run ironworks have become more and more disused, and the iron tax revenue has also dropped sharply every year.

When the first emperor was in power, there was even a situation that there was no qualified iron material available in the iron depot in the capital, and it had to be purchased from the private sector.

If Jian Guo wants to strengthen the army and rejuvenate the country, it really needs to rectify the iron industry first, so as to increase the government's iron material income. "

Hearing Liu Linchang's words, Hao Guangming on the other side was slightly surprised.

He originally thought that Liu Linchang, as a civil servant who had been up and down in the officialdom for more than [-] years, would come up with some words of "competing with the people" to dissuade him, but he didn't expect Liu Linchang to be very supportive.

Auntie Zhu was not surprised at all.

She nodded and said: "For the time being, we can't count on the distant places. Let's first talk about the iron mines and iron factories in Chengdu and nearby states."

Aimee Zhu didn't show any intention of paying attention to Tie Ye before, and it was a bit sudden to summon everyone today, so these people were almost unprepared.

Hearing this, the hall was silent for a while, and Huang Yuanchang, the ambassador of the Armament Bureau, came out and spoke cautiously.

"Reporting to Jian Guo, there is no shortage of iron-making trees and coal in Chengdu, so iron factories are mostly close to iron mines.

Most of the official and private iron mines in Chengdu are located in Pengxian, Guanxian, Chongning, and Chongqing prefectures in the west.

However, if you consider the surrounding areas of Chengdu, the iron mines and iron factories in Pujiang County, Qiongzhou are the most prosperous. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, iron officials have been set up in Pujiang, and our dynasty also has iron factories in Pujiang.

In addition, Dayi County in Qiongzhou also has many iron mines and iron-making workshops, and its prosperity can be said to be second only to Pujiang. "

In the materials prepared by Hao Guangming, there is also the distribution of iron mines in Sichuan, but they are all from later generations, and there is no distribution data of iron mines in various provinces in Sichuan in the late Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, Aimee Zhu was a little surprised to hear Huang Yuanchang's words.

Qiongzhou is on the southwest side, next to Chengdu, and only has three counties under its jurisdiction: Qionglai, Pujiang, and Dayi.

In addition, the Yajiang River, Qiongshui River, and Pujiang River flow into the Minjiang River, and Xinjin County, on the bank of the Minjiang River, is in the southwest of Chengdu.

Therefore, it can be said that the transportation from Pujiang, Dayi to Chengdu is quite convenient.

At this time, Hao Guangming used the computer on the other side to quickly find out the information on Qiongzhou and Peng County that Huang Yuanchang mentioned just now, and he was shocked.

Also a little embarrassing.

Because he found out that he made a mistake with Aunt Zhu last night. Sichuan is indeed a land of abundance, and there is no shortage of various mineral resources—including relatively high-quality iron ore!

He said excitedly through the bluetooth headset: "I found that the places Huang Yuanchang mentioned are all treasures.

Take Pujiang as an example, not only has a variety of relatively high-quality iron ore, but also produces coal and refractory bricks, and there is no shortage of forest resources. It is simply a treasure land for ironmaking!
In addition, there are rich brine and natural gas, that is, fire wells.

Several other places, such as Peng County, have abundant and high-quality coal reserves, and copper reserves are also very high.

Like Dayi County, there are not only a variety of high-quality iron ore, but also Glauber's salt ore and sulfur ore - which are the raw materials for the production of gunpowder.

In addition, there are good reserves of limestone, gypsum, and clay in these places, which means that it is easy to build cement plants! "

After hearing Hao Guangming's words and being affected by his emotions, Auntie Zhu was also very happy.

There are these iron-smelting and cement-burning natural places around Chengdu, which will make the development of related industries much easier.

"Since there is no shortage of iron mines and iron factories around Chengdu, let's talk about how the government-run iron mines and iron factories operate, and how to formulate the new iron industry tax."

(End of this chapter)