Daming: Mixed in Dangzhi County, Beiping

Chapter 62 The iron mine in Shangzhuang Village belongs to Mr. Zhu!
"Your Highness, maybe those officials have their own concerns!" Guo An said slowly.

Zhu Di said angrily: "This is their duty, why worry about it? A group of officials with dead bodies!"

"Then I don't know if I'm an official!" Guo An replied honestly.

Zhu Di said again: "Hmph, I will give advice to the emperor tomorrow!"

Guo An was shocked, and quickly persuaded him: "Your Highness, don't worry, there should be many officials who have advised His Majesty on such a big matter.

The reason why His Majesty did not agree is because of His Majesty's consideration.

If His Highness rebukes rashly, His Majesty may reprimand you.

Your Highness might as well wait until the iron smelting workshop achieves initial results, and it will not be too late to make an admonition! "

"good!"

Zhu Di pondered for a moment, then nodded slowly.

Guo An felt relieved.

"Your Highness, in addition to the monthly food provided by each craftsman, how about adding a tael of silver? One tael of silver is enough for their family to eat, and there may even be some left over."

Guo An didn't wait for Zhu Di to get angry, and continued: "It's only about two months, at most 20 taels of silver.

If these skilled craftsmen can't increase the speed of iron smelting for His Highness, it won't be too late to remove the salary of this tael of silver! "

Zhu Di nodded slowly, "For the sake of those at the barbecue shop, I will trust you this time for now!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, I will live up to my expectations!" Guo An responded quickly.

……

the next day.

Just after Guo An was promoted to the morning office, Zhu Liang walked in with ten old men who were dressed in rags and were even a little bit skinny.

"The final general has met Guo Xianzun!"

"The grassroots refer to the county magistrate!"

Following Zhu Liang's salute, the ten old men in ragged clothes quickly knelt down towards Guo An with excited faces.

"Elders, please get up quickly!"

Guo An quickly stood up from his chair and said to the elders.

He was a little worried, for fear that such a kneeling would break the bones of these old men!
"Thank you Guo Xianzun!"

Guo An breathed a sigh of relief when he saw all the old men get up, and looked at Zhu Liang who was beside him with unkind eyes.

"Zhu Baihu, I don't know why you brought these old men to the yamen?"

Zhu Liang was baffled for a while, but it was His Royal Highness Yan Wang's order to bring the craftsmen to Guo An, so he had no choice but to reply honestly: "Go back to Guo Xianzun, these old men are the skilled craftsmen that His Highness asked you to bring to the County Zun at the end!"

"them……"

Although he had a premonition, Guo An was still short of breath when he heard what Zhu Liang said.

"Zhu Baihu, these old people are obviously malnourished, can they do heavy work?"

This time, without waiting for Zhu Liang to reply, all the old craftsmen turned anxious, and hurriedly bowed their hands to Guo An.

"Please rest assured, Caomin and others are the best craftsmen under His Royal Highness King Yan, and they can do any job."

"In this way, I will trouble the old men in a while!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

A group of craftsmen looked terrified again, they had never been respected by officials like this.

"I don't know if you all know the treatment this time?"

"treatment?"

All the old craftsmen looked puzzled again.

Guo An asked with some doubts: "Everyone will work with me for two months, and your food will remain the same every month, and you will be given an extra salary of one tael of silver. Don't tell me you haven't received this month's money?"

"This……"

All the old craftsmen suddenly widened their eyes, trembling with excitement.

Immediately, when he realized something, his eyes were full of pain.

On the side, the corners of Zhu Liang's eyes trembled slightly, and he hurriedly said, "Report to the county lord, the one tael of silver salary will be distributed to all craftsmen along with the monthly food!"

"I see!"

Guo An nodded slightly, and said again: "I also ask Zhu Baihu to tell His Highness that he hopes to pay these old craftsmen salaries in advance, otherwise I will delay what I promised His Highness by a terrible month!"

Hearing this, Zhu Liang straightened his expression, "The final general will definitely tell His Highness the exact words in time!"

"Thank you!"

Guo An nodded slightly.

The ten old craftsmen next to him looked at Guo An gratefully, but none of them dared to express their thanks to Guo An.

Zhu Liang said again: "Master Guo, the carriage is ready at the end, and he is waiting outside the door. I don't know when I will leave?"

"Where?"

Guo An subconsciously asked, but quickly responded.

"Let's go now!"

"The county honors you!"

Guo An left the county government office, and sure enough there were two carriages waiting outside the county government office.

Guo An, Guo Erniu, and Zhu Liang sat in one, while the ten old craftsmen sat in the carriage behind and walked slowly out of the city.

After half an hour.

Two carriages stopped under an iron mine.

"Is this the iron mine in Shangzhuang Village?"

Guo An asked with some uncertainty.

Zhu Liang was startled, "Ms. Guo has been here before?"

Guo An shook his head slightly, and explained: "No, but this is in Wanping County, so I can roughly guess it!"

"The county lord really knows Wanping County like the back of his hand!"

Zhu Liang was full of admiration.

"So His Royal Highness King Yan's iron smelting workshop is here?"

Looking at the dozen or so huge houses in front of him, Guo An had a strange expression on his face.

It never occurred to him that the iron mine in Shangzhuang Village, which he thought to be the iron smelting institute of the imperial court, was actually owned by Yanwang Palace.

"Exactly!"

Zhu Liang nodded, and added again, "His Royal Highness King Yan only has such an iron smelter!"

"It's okay!"

Guo An nodded slightly, then looked inside.

I saw a middle-aged man with a strong figure, wearing a sackcloth with his arms exposed, walking out quickly.

"Villain Zhong Huo, for the steward here, I have met Zhu Baihu and this noble man!"

And following Zhong Huo's salute, Guo An could clearly see a group of strong men on either side of them quietly disappearing.

Zhu Liang didn't introduce Guo An's identity, but nodded slightly towards Zhong Huo.

"His Royal Highness ordered Ben to bring this nobleman and the ten skilled craftsmen behind him to this Iron Smelter for two months.

In these two months, this noble person can go wherever he wants!If you have any questions, you will try your best to answer them. "

These words made Zhong Huo glance at Guo An in surprise, and then he bowed his hands again with a smile on his face.

"The villain obeys the king's orders!"

"Ok!"

Zhu Liang nodded in satisfaction, then led Guo An and the others inside.

As for Zhong Huo, he followed him obediently, unless Guo An and Zhu Liang were asking questions, he would never say a word.

is a smart guy!
Seeing this, Guo An felt relieved.

He asked Zhu Laosi for ten skilled craftsmen, just to study the iron-making methods of this era.

Then, give it a good makeover.

And to successfully complete this kind of thing, the help of the manager Tie Ye must be indispensable.

Walking, walking, Guo An found that Zhu Liang and Zhong Huo wanted to go to the lobby, so he said directly, "Let's go directly to the iron smelting place!"

A trace of suspicion flashed in Zhong Huo's eyes, but seeing that Zhu Liang did not object, he quickly responded.

"Yes!"

……

(End of this chapter)