"I say, our Imperial Residence doesn't need to be so simple.”
Li Anliang looked at Xu Weixiong. This was the first time he had seen such a " plain " palace.
Three years for new, three years for old, and three years for mending?
Why are you crying about being poor?
"This isn't plain, it's been like this for years. And this is iron! Iron is very precious in the Northern Liang."
"Just like how you can't slaughter a cow, you can't waste iron. You don't know how ugly the iron merchants in Liyang eat every year.”
Xu Weixiong glared at Li Anliang, as if telling him to put away his thoughts.
After spending time with him these few days, she understood Li Anliang's thoughts too well.
Those eyes and those words were saying why the Imperial Residence was so poor.
However, she still added," It's because the iron merchant is too evil that Xu Xiao ordered the entire army to repair any broken ironware. They should wear normal clothes during training and protect their weapons well.”
"If it's broken, we can replace it. The military expenditure can't bear it. You have to know that the soldiers still need to be paid.”
"Then why don't you mine it yourself?"
Li Anliang pursed his lips, as if he did not care that they were being ripped off by others.
He knew that in the various dynasties, there was no official salt and iron policy yet. There were many private businesses.
However, it was also because of this that some very large iron merchants were created. Even the Empire had to give them face.
For example, the Great Song was an empire a little east of the Northern Liang. It was said that there were the most iron merchants and the wealthiest, so there were even official positions for trading.
At the same time, he was being swindled by Jin.
"Mining? Those iron merchants had traveled to Liyang and Northern Liang in the early years and occupied the places where iron was found.”
Xu Weixiong got angry as he said that. Back then, Beiliang was busy with the war and did not care about the iron mines.
In the end, not only did they lose the war with the Northern Mang, but the iron mines were also bought by the iron merchants and even protected by the imperial edict.
This made Xu Xiao so angry that he almost took the lead to cut him down.
Later on, the imperial court sent people to mediate and asked these iron merchants to supply Northern Liang. The imperial court helped to pay half of the money and Northern Liang paid the other half.
Only then could the matter be settled.
From this, it could be seen that once Old Master Xu was angry, the royal family of Liyang would definitely go along with him.
"I see. You guys really suffered a loss.”
Li Anliang suddenly understood. He remembered this incident as well, and it caused quite a big commotion. It was said that Xu Xiao had even gathered the soldiers and almost ordered the entire family to be wiped out.
But he spread his hands." Actually, just because they bought it doesn't mean that there are no other iron mines in Beiliang. We can just look for them."”
Xu Weixiong shook his head and said helplessly,""It's not that easy to find. The iron ores are all underground. All the iron ores discovered over the years were first found on the ground with iron or iron sand, and then people were ordered to mine them.”
"Back then, they were cunning enough to buy all the land with iron and iron sand.”
Speaking of this, Xu Weixiong was so angry that she gritted her teeth. She also wanted to kill the people who sold the land at that time, as well as those merchants who saw profits.
However, she also knew that without the support of the imperial court, those merchants would not dare to extend their hands into Northern Liang.
But now, once it was over, the Northern Liang and the Liyang royal family would probably be even more subtle. This was not going to work.
"Then dig three feet into the ground. What if you succeed?”
"Alright, I'll go and see Old Wei. Do you want to go with Old Li?”
Li Anliang was hinting at something. He had an idea about what had happened just now, but it was not now, so he changed the topic and wanted to leave.
"Sure. When I came out, I chatted with him for a while.”
Li Chungang had no objections. He gestured to Xu Weixiong and left with Li Anliang.
"It's not as easy as you say."
Xu Weixiong mumbled and did not say anything else. Instead, he brought the maidservants back to rest. After all, there was a family banquet at night, and they needed to prepare for it.
"Eh?"
"What about me?"
"Young Master, wait for me ~"
Yu Youwei, who had been left behind, realized that she was the only one left. She quickly caught up with Li Anliang and complained. In the end, Li Anliang promised that he would call her next time.
Then, the group of people came to Tide-listening Pavilion and saw Wei Shuyang.
Seeing Li Anliang return, Wei Shuyang was also excited and quickly stood up to welcome him.
What was worth mentioning was that Wei Shuyang's strength had broken through to the great grandmaster realm during this period of time. It could be said that he was in high spirits when he had good news.
After that, the few of them chatted around the table for a while before doing their own things.
It was evening.
"Guye! Guye!"
Just as Li Anliang was about to leave for dinner, a figure quickly ran in.
She was wearing a green robe, and her face was dirty as if she had crawled out of the ground. She looked quite miserable.
It was the green bird.
However, she did not care about her image at all. She stood there excitedly and took out something wrapped in silk from her bosom.
"Thank you, son-in-law!" he said respectfully.”
In the morning, under Li Anliang's orders, she asked Chu Lushan for tens of thousands of ox guards to quietly leave the camp and go to a place 100 miles away from the capital of Beiliang to investigate.
After she reached the place, she started digging according to Li Anliang's instructions.
In the beginning, she couldn't figure out why. It wasn't until she dug a few meters that she saw iron. The key was that it wasn't a piece. She immediately knew that it was a matter of great importance. She asked the soldiers to fill the pit and hide nearby, and she quickly came back to report.
"Yes, let me take a look."
Li Anliang stood up. Although Li Chungang, Wei Shuyang, and the others were curious about what was wrapped in the silk, they did not keep looking at it and looked elsewhere.
Li Anliang opened the silk and saw a hard object lying inside. There was still mud stuck to it.
It seemed that the location of the mineral vein given by the system was very accurate.
It turned out that after Li Anliang obtained the location of the mineral vein, in order to verify the authenticity, he had let the green bird go to the nearest place to investigate.
Now, he was sure that the system was not lying to him!
"Are you sure there were many more around when you found it?”
Li Anliang asked. Although the system was proven right, he still had to ask the person involved, Qing Niao.
"Young Master, there are many."
Recalling the scene at that time, the green bird said excitedly.
As an elder of the Prince's Mansion, she knew how precious iron was. The Liyang Dynasty restricted the sale of iron in the Northern Liang and limited the amount of iron to the basic needs of the Northern Liang army.
Therefore, the Northern Liang had been suffering for a long time!
"You've done well. Go down and wash up first. Wait to be summoned at any time. It's more or less disrespectful to see Old Xu dressed like this.”
"Yes, son-in-law, Qing Niao will go now!”
The green bird received the order and retreated respectfully.
After she left, Li Anliang looked at the iron ore in his hand and smiled inexplicably.""I thought that this thing of yours would be troublesome. Once it was discovered, it would be a big problem for me.”
"But now, hehe, I can ask Old Xu to help me hold the fort.”
"Wow, this reward is so fragrant!"
"Yes, if there's anything, Old Xu will fight!"
Then, he put away the things and planned to give them a surprise when the time came.
Initially, Li Anliang had thought that these mineral veins were very troublesome. Once someone found out that he had a location, it would cause a storm.
He hated trouble the most.
However, after the conversation with Xu Weixiong when he returned to the residence, he felt that he was an idiot who actually wanted to fight alone.
The Northern Liang also lacked these iron things, which gave him a lot of room to maneuver.
He did not deny the temptation of this iron ore, so he knew that if Xu Xiao knew, she would definitely be tempted. He would not have to fight alone.
With Old Xu in front of him, he could not suppress him at all.
Moreover, with the iron, after tasting the sweetness, it seemed that the later mineral veins could also be slowly put on the agenda.
Thinking of this, Li Anliang smiled and made arrangements in his heart.
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