With Xu Siyuan starting out, the others naturally expressed their opinions. They expressed their opinions one after another, and of course they would also make suggestions. When they made suggestions, Shi Yiwen, who was thinking about this idea, just nodded silently.

Finally, after everyone expressed their opinions, Shi Yiwen said.

"Now there are only a few problems. First of all, there is an oversupply of pig iron in the iron plant and the iron produced cannot be sold unless we lower the price."

Turning his eyes to Wu Cai, Shi Yiwen ordered.

"You write a letter tomorrow and tell me that the price of pig iron will drop by 10% first, and then look at the situation first."

"It's the young master."

After Wu Cai responded, Shi Yiwen looked at Xu Siyuan and asked.

"What do you think on the iron factory?"

"Young master, I think it should be good to produce carriages in the iron plant. After all, carriages use a lot of iron tools, just..."

Looking at the young master, Xu Siyuan asked tentatively.

"I just don't know if we can build bearings. It's definitely not enough that the young master brought them overseas."

The carriage has always wanted to be a good business. Not only did Qi Jiguang like it, but even Shi Yiwen's two-wheeled covered two-seater carriage, because it often runs inside and outside the capital. This light and fast carriage has also aroused the interest of many people. Many people have already come to the carriage and horse store to ask about its selling price.

"Well, that's it, you can try it."

After pursing his lips, Shi Yiwen thought for a while.

"This kind of ball bearing cannot be made, so we can build cylindrical bearings first, but this requires high-quality steel material, so we need to find a way to solve this problem."

After planning the subsequent development of the iron plant, Shi Yiwen turned his attention to Wang Qidong and asked.

"Qidong, what do you think about the pharmaceutical factory?"

Seeing that the young master asked him, Wang Qidong pondered for a moment before he said slowly.

"Young Master, actually, after you left today, I have been thinking about this question. I think our gunpowder has sufficient medicinal power, and even if we don't need ours, it's okay to use a lot of iron ore at Zunhua Iron Factory. This iron ore mining generally takes off fireworks and quarrying. I have been to Tang County. There are more than a hundred kilograms of quarrying in the mines there every time. When the fireworks are fired, the sky collapses and the earth is cracked and the smoke is filled with gunpowder. We can sell the gunpowder there. Our medicine is sufficient and the medicine is less, so they will definitely be willing to use ours."

Wang Qidong's words made Shi Yiwen's eyes lit up. How could he forget this?

"I think it's OK. Not only can it be sold to iron ore, but also to the coal mines in western Jing. The mines have always been big gunpowder, including iron ore and coal mines. I guess at least tens of thousands of dans of gunpowder a year."

As soon as Shi Yiwen finished speaking, Wang Qidong hesitated for a while before saying.

"Young Master, I don't know that the iron ore in Zunhua and Tang County must be mined with gunpowder, but the coal mines in western Jing are definitely not. Those coal mines generally use hand picks to dig coal, and only a few good mines are used to make black gunpowder and coal. Besides, even if coal is mined, it may not be transported out. After all, the mines are all in the mountains. From the mine pit, people are pulled baskets and transported out from the mountains. They rely on mules, horses, camel coal. It is difficult to transport coal, and coal cannot be transported out. Even if there is too much mining, it is useless."

Looking at Wang Qidong, Shi Yiwen said in surprise,

"You mean that the coal from Jingxi cannot be transported out?"

He had never thought before that the coal would not be transported out after mining?

But the next day, Shi Yiwen finally knew why the coal could not be transported out. Sitting at the tea stall on the side of the road, he did not drink tea, but looked at the coolies on the mountain road who drove mules and horses to transport coal down the mountain.

"Young Master, you see, the coal used in the capital is transported in this way. First, the large market merchants buy coal from the mine, then transport it out of the mountain with mules, and then transport it to the coal factory next to the official road leading to the capital. Then it is sold to the coal shop in the capital through the coal factory, and finally to the thousands of households in the city. Therefore, these coal factories have teams of carriages and horses. From the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, they mainly use mules, and the flat ground depends on carriages and horses."

There were a few coal blackspots sitting at the tea stall over there. Looking at Shi Yiwen wearing gorgeous clothes, he thought he was the young owner of the coal factory. One of them took the initiative to say through the table.

"This guy was wrong. He said he was relying on mules when he came down from the mountain, but in fact he had to rely on us coal blackspots. Mules were stubborn and were not careful. Maybe even people took the coal down the ravine. Without us, the coal would not be transported out of the mountain no matter what."

"That's all up to you. Brothers have worked hard, and the tea money will be settled later."

Shi Yiwen smiled. If you want to find out the news, you still have to inquire from them.

"Oh, young master, you are polite. You don't know. Others looked at the few cents we earned from transporting coal, but they thought it was a lot. But the money was earned for life. The mule was stubborn and pulled the coals down the mountain without paying attention. They just said that tigers and wolves in the mountains are all deadly things. There is not a person in Fangshan. That unfortunate person just married Yan Ruyu's beautiful lady, one black and one white. He thought of giving birth to a fat boy, but he thought that the man met a tiger on the way to carry coal a while ago and actually died and fed the tiger. Alas, coal black and black are like jade. Coal black and black meets tigers. This life..."

While saying that Coal Heizi, they felt sorry for the beautiful girl who became a widow. Surprisingly, none of them teased the beautiful girl who became a widow, but instead sympathized with the coal Heizi whom they had never met before and sympathized with the widow. After all, they were Coal Heizi, and they might encounter the same thing that day. The beautiful girl of their own became a widow overnight.

"Young Master, do you want to take a break? You are a wealthy person, unlike us rough people, we have long been used to this mountain road."

When he was going up the mountain, Li Feng asked the young master who followed him up the mountain from time to time. He had said that he had done the same thing before.

"No, I don't feel tired."

Surprisingly, Shi Yiwen found that his physical fitness seemed to be very good after traveling through time. After walking for an hour on the mountain road, he didn't sweat or felt tired. This discovery made him quite happy.

"Oh, thank you harder, what's the point of being tired? If you earn some money and go home, your wife and children will be warm on the bed, that's how comfortable it is."

"Brother Li, look at what you said, what if I touch a tiger?"

"It's not that I'm going out early in the morning and driving the mule back and forth, and accidentally falling into the tiger's mouth, but it's completely gone. We don't have to worry about it, just the wives at home... Alas..."

"Hey, it's not just a matter of thinking, it's just a rock falling, a flood, all these things are going to cost people's lives..."

Listening to the sighs of these coal-red blackspots, Shi Yiwen watched him pulling mules on the winding mountain road, and transporting coal must be even harder when he was transporting coal out of the mountain. For them, it is naturally when they come back, his wife hears the bells and welcomes him when they open the door to welcome him. This may be the most heartwarming moment for them. But in addition to the hardships of the road to carrying coal, sometimes unpredictable, and may encounter mountain collapses or floods, or even encounter ferocious beasts, and danger is everywhere.

When going up the mountain, Shi Yiwen would look at the mountain roads carrying coal under his feet. These mountain roads carrying coal are paved with stone strips or stone slabs. The stone slabs that should have been flat are constantly pressing down as the animal's hooves accumulate. Over time, obvious hoof nests even appear on the stone road (1).

Staring at the hoof nests thoughtfully, Shi Yiwen pursed his lips, just here, and only someone said.

"Hmph, my surname is Shi, we haven't seen each other for a while!"...
Chapter completed!