Liu Chen, Qushou, and Tian Feng talked about the past and the present. Time passed quickly, and at a speed visible to the naked eye, the books were printed one by one.
This speed simply made Tian Feng and Qiushou gasp in amazement. At this rate, it wouldn't take more than half a month to finish printing these ten thousand books!
This was because the ink dried slowly. Otherwise, it would have dried even faster.
Not long after, Zhao Yun rushed over.
Liu Chen thought that he had finished his raid and wanted to hear his report. Unexpectedly, Zhao Yun said excitedly,
" My lord, the mine hunters heading southwest and northwest have finally found iron ores deep in the mountains…"
After Liu Chen heard this, he was pleasantly surprised. After searching for so long and anticipating for so long, he had finally found an iron ore!
It was worth the millions of points he spent to upgrade the mine to level 4.
" There's no time to lose, Zilong," he said immediately." Arrange for people to start mining iron ores immediately. We also need to start working on the coal and salt mines."
"For those who find iron ore, they will be rewarded heavily. The people who found the salt mine and coal mine should not be biased.
"Oh right, this time, Yuan Fu's corruption case confiscated a lot of land, so we took out a hundred mu and gave it to the mine hunters.
"If there are mine hunters who do not find any mines, there is no need to punish them. They will also need to be verbally rewarded as encouragement.”
Hearing Liu Chen's instructions, Zhao Yun respectfully said,""Yes, sir! My lord!"
"Congratulations, my lord! Congratulations, Lord!" Qiushou and Tian Feng cupped their hands and smiled.
With the iron ore and coal mines, their Chang Mountain's war resources and fuel resources finally did not have to rely on outsiders.
It was a salt mine. They wondered what method Liu Chen had to remove the toxic substances in it and make it edible. They were looking forward to it.
When the salt was mined, they would know the truth!
The official in charge of the Blacksmith's Academy was also pleasantly surprised."Your Highness, I'll arrange for people to prepare the casting of the stirrups and horseshoes.”
"Alright."
"Ask the Forging Academy to arrange for people to assist in mining the mine's resources. Remember, you must be extremely careful and not be impatient!" Liu Chen nodded.”
"Yes."
Everyone left happily.
Ju Shou and Tian Feng went to deal with the administrative problems left behind by Yuan Fu.
The official in charge of the Blacksmith's Academy was preparing to mass produce stirrups and horseshoes.
Zhao Yun also arranged for people to reward the mine hunters. Most importantly, she sent troops to station near the mine to prevent other thieves from taking advantage of the situation.
Liu Chen was also in a good mood.
Now that the grain production of Chang Shan Country had doubled, sweet potatoes and potatoes were also being planted. There was no need to worry about agriculture for the time being.
In terms of military strength, there were 100,000 soldiers, Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wen Chou, Zhang He, Gao Lan, and other elite generals.
After the iron ore was mined, horseshoes and stirrups would be produced continuously. The ironware and horses he bought from the Zhen family should be arriving soon.
The military and agriculture were temporarily safe, and iron, coal, and salt mines were also being mined.
Medical schools and other schools were also constantly recruiting students to prepare for the future talent reserve and doctor reserve.
The current development included agriculture, military, medical, and education. These were all urgently needed development projects.
Of course, that was not all. Liu Chen was preparing to burn paper, cement, red bricks, gunpowder, glass, soap, high-grade white wine, steel, and so on.
After unifying the Great Han Dynasty, they would need to develop the navigation industry, binoculars, sextant, and so on. By then, the steam engine could also be put on the agenda.
"There's still a long way to go!" Liu Chen thought to himself.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
The search of the aristocratic families related to the corruption and bribery case of the former Prime Minister Yuan Fu was almost over. During this period of time, the powerful aristocratic families of Chang Shan could be said to be in danger.
Even if those unrelated families were already preparing to migrate and leave Chang Mountain, Liu Chen did not care.
The printing of books was mostly completed. Liu Chen had already gradually equipped the library and entered the school in batches.
The mining of iron ore and coal mines went smoothly. They found open mines. However, it was a little troublesome for the salt mine to go tens of meters underground to collect the brines.
Liu Chen didn't stop. He continued to send people to search for other mines.
In order to scout the surroundings, Liu Chen had sent the scout pigeons and messenger pigeons to the miners. There were only 20 of them, so it was naturally not enough.
Liu Chen purchased another 100 from the Beast Tamer Academy and spent 2,000,000 points. The number of investigative pigeons and messenger pigeons increased exponentially.
The counties, mines, sweet potato and potato fields in Changshan, and the spies in Luoyang and other places all had enough pigeons.
Since the school books were convenient, Liu Chen exchanged for books such as the Three-Character Classic, Children's Mathematics, and Physics. These books were not expensive, but they cost nearly 1,000,000 yuan in total.
It was already being mass-produced through movable type printing.
However, what worried Liu Chen was that the recruitment process had not been smooth.
Even though Liu Chen provided food and accommodation, those young children who could already work were left at home by their parents to work.
The reason was that the doubling of grain production during this period of time had stimulated them and made them feel that studying was not as good as farming!
This was because in this era, a family would pay a " head tax ", which was paid by the head.
Only those children who were unable to work were sent to school. It was also because they had food and accommodation, and their parents could work in peace.
These people were too young. They were all around the age of two to ten.
He believed that when they reached a certain age, they would be brought back by their parents to continue working. This was not what Liu Chen wanted to see.
He quickly found Jiushou. Now that Hua Tuo and the other doctors had recruited hundreds of children, they were already happily teaching medicine. Jiushou was in charge of the school.
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