The Golden County Magistrate

"We can cooperate, but it's not just about building armaments, how about that?"

Chen Yan thought for a while and spoke.

"Not only building armaments, what are you going to do?"

Tang Yun frowned.

"Since we are going to do it, let's do it bigger. If the Zhou Chamber of Commerce has sufficient funds, I can build a steel mill for Da Zhou."

Chen Yan said loudly.

In his previous life, when he was surfing the Internet, he had seen that there were crucible iron smelting furnaces in the ancient Western Han Dynasty. As for other principles, Chen Yan also knew them clearly.

For the time being, he has no way to build a modern blast furnace in Da Zhou like in his previous life.

But if he can get some large crucible iron smelting furnaces like those in the Western Han Dynasty, combined with some physics knowledge that he is familiar with, it is not impossible to greatly improve the smelting level of Da Zhou.

If it succeeds, a large amount of silver will come in at that time.

More importantly, once it succeeds, with enough quality steel as support, the big fantasy blueprint in his mind can be realized.

"What is steelmaking?" Tang Yun asked subconsciously.

The iron smelting of the Great Zhou was still in its most elementary stage, and the word steel had not yet appeared.

"Uh..." Chen Yan didn't know how to explain it. After thinking for a while, he said perfunctorily: "It is iron that is many times tougher than the iron tools used by the Great Zhou now."

Tang Yun was stunned, and endless joy rose in her heart.

If someone else said that the iron tools of the Great Zhou could be improved many times at once, she would not believe it at all.

But it was different when Chen Yan said this.

She had met Chen Yan many times, and in her eyes, Chen Yan was a god.

"How much does it cost?"

Tang Yun was not overwhelmed by joy.

The Great Zhou was now in decline, and what it needed most was money.

He would not agree to it just because Chen Yan said something random and unreasonable.

Chen Yan frowned and began to calculate in his mind.

The crucible iron smelting method would not be very expensive if there was a suitable location.

As for the suitable location, there is one in Qingshan County, so don't worry.

A rough calculation shows that the initial investment will also require 100,000 taels of silver.

"100,000 taels of silver are needed in the early stage. Once it goes into production, a large amount of iron ore will be needed, and the transportation fee is the biggest part." Chen Yan replied.

"100,000 taels?" He Jinyao was shocked.

For the current Great Zhou, 100,000 taels can be said to be an astronomical figure.

I'm afraid that the entire Ministry of Revenue only has 200,000 or 300,000 taels of silver now.

It's almost impossible for him to take out half of it now.

Tang Yun was calm.

100,000 taels is just the early stage. According to Chen Yan, investment will be required in the later stage.

It sounds like an astronomical figure.

However, in the end, it depends on what the finished product looks like and whether it is worth it.

"You can't let our Zhou Chamber of Commerce pay you 100,000 taels of silver for nothing without any evidence, right? Do you have samples?"

Tang Yun didn't refuse in a hurry.

"Miss Zhou is smart. She knows to look at the samples first. What a coincidence, I actually have samples." Chen Yan said with a smile.

Tang Yun glared at Chen Yan, "Then take them out and have a look."

Chen Yan agreed deeply and felt that what Tang Yun said made sense.

"Qing'er, go and ask Captain Zheng to come over."

Chen Yan shouted.

He knew that Lu Qing'er must be waiting outside, ready to listen to his orders at any time.

Sure enough, just after Chen Yan finished his orders, he heard Lu Qing'er responding outside the living room.

Soon, Lu Qing'er walked in with Zheng Yan.

Zheng Yan was still confused.

Didn't Chen Yan say that he was talking about business with that beautiful merchant? Why did he suddenly call her?

"Sir, what do you want to do?"

With outsiders around, Zheng Yan was still very respectful and showed great respect.

"Take out your knife and show it to Miss Zhou."

Zheng Yan was obedient, took off the sword from her waist and handed it over.

Qing Yuan saw this, stepped forward to take it, looked at Tang Yun, and Tang Yun looked at Chen Yan.

Chen Yan smiled faintly: "You can try it at will."

Tang Yun understood, and said to Qing Yuan: "Use your goose feather to test her knife."

Qing Yuan nodded and took out her own goose feather.

Zheng Yan was also a martial artist, and she was startled when she heard the word goose feather.

"Is this the goose-feather knife?"

Then he looked closely at the blade and muttered to himself: "The blade is straight, the tip is curved, and it has a reverse blade, which looks like a goose feather. It is really a goose-feather knife."

Chen Yan asked: "Is it very famous?"

"Very famous. It is said to have been passed down from the previous dynasty. After the current dynasty, it was owned by the royal family at first, but it has not appeared for a long time. As for where it is, no one knows. I didn't expect to see it today." Zheng Yan said.

Chen Yan didn't care, "Since it is a famous knife, it's even better."

Xun YufeiHe could not help but remind her: "The Yanling Knife was made by Gongzi Ye, the god of blacksmiths in the previous dynasty. It was made of the best fine iron at that time. Although the knife is not very long, it has the reputation of cutting iron like mud."

Chen Yan curled his lips. Cutting iron like mud? You are kidding.

The smelting technology of this era is there. Even if a person's forging skills are strong, it cannot change the difference in raw materials.

The fine steel used in the knife in Zheng Yan's hand is the steel made by the crucible iron smelting technology. Its toughness is far beyond the ironware of this world.

"It's nothing more than a try. It doesn't matter." Chen Yan said lightly.

Zheng Yan stood beside Chen Yan and glanced at Chen Yan. The meaning was obviously that if this knife was broken, you had to make another one.

Chen Yan didn't care. After all, he was confident.

Tang Yun chuckled: "County Magistrate Chen is full of confidence. Well, let's wait and see."

Immediately, she gave Qing Yuan a look.

Qing Yuan called a subordinate, gave him a few instructions, and then held the Yanling knife and chopped at Zheng Yan's seemingly ordinary waist knife.

Ding!

A crisp metal clang sound.

When the two blades touched, some sparks burst out.

Everyone's eyes were also attracted.

Looking carefully, everyone couldn't help but be shocked.

I saw that the blade of the seemingly ordinary waist knife didn't change much, but there were some scratches where it just touched the Yanling.

Looking at the Yanling knife again, it was actually cut!

"What, this..."

The first person to react was Qing Yuan holding the Yanling knife.

At this time, she was shocked and felt a little painful.

This Yanling knife was given to her by His Majesty, and she cherished it very much.

It was originally a famous knife, and it had been verified in countless actual battles. This knife is indeed good.

I originally thought that the seemingly ordinary sword on the waist of a constable would definitely not be as tough or sharp as Yanling.

But the fact is just the opposite!