Anshan and Benxi are the area with the richest iron ore resources in Liaodong. At the Liaodong investment promotion meeting, Chu Yun convened a large group of businessmen from Far East trading companies to build a new city - Anshan City, which is a city built on resources. Of course, the development rights of the iron ore were controlled by Chu Yun, and the merchants mainly contracted the supporting facilities and infrastructure work of the new city.

Since the construction of Anshan City is mainly for better development of iron ore, it is destined to be an industrial city, which is not very suitable for the development of the primary and tertiary industries. Therefore, a large number of new factories were established here, mainly mining farms, smelting plants, machine tool factories, etc. Chu Yun even asked the Ordnance Bureau to produce firearms here. Producing iron and firearms on-site can reduce unnecessary transportation costs. It would be unwise to transport iron ore directly before the Liaonan Railway artery was built...

Chu Yun led a group of people to patrol Anshan City. Anshan City is located in the south of Liaodong City and is of great importance to the restoration of the Liao army. In the future, the production of various iron artillery will rely on the resources here.

The person who led Chu Yun and others to inspect Anshan City was Li Guangdong, who had led the Tieshan mining workers uprising. At that time, Chu Yun was not powerful enough, and Li Guangdong led the miners to surrender, and has always been valued by Chu Yun. After Li Guangdong surrendered to Chu Yun, he became one of the managers in Tieshan. Now he was sent by Chu Yun to Anshan City to lead new workers to develop the iron ore here.

"There are more than ten mines near Anshan, including Tieshishan, West Anshan, East Anshan, Dagushan, Guanmenshan, Xiaolingzi, Gongchangling, etc. People have been mining here since the Liao Dynasty. Sir, you see, the appearance here looks very much like a horse's saddle, so Anshan speaks. The one to the west is West Anshan, and the one to the east is East Anshan." Li Guangdong introduced to Chu Yun.

When Chu Yun saw that it was indeed the case. Anshan is the best wealth given to Liaodong by God. Thinking about the billions of tons of iron ore here, it is estimated that just developing a layer of iron ore close to the surface has been enough to replenish the Liao army for a long time. Even the British Empire in the 19th century in that era, the annual annual output of one year was only one million tons.

Currently, mining farms are operating near Xi'anshan, and iron smelting blast furnaces have been built in the smelting plant, and black smoke is emitted from the chimneys.

"Iron smelting mainly involves adding iron ore, coke, flux, air, and blowers into the blast furnace to effectively make the chemical reactions inside more fully." In addition to Li Guangdong, there are some metallurgical experts and chemists summoned by Chu Yun before.

In fact, the Celestial Empire had long had similar ideas and practices in the field of metallurgy, but it had never become a complete discipline system and the chemical principles behind it. It was more just passed on by blacksmiths by word of mouth.

Chu Yun still knew about the iron-smelting of blast furnaces. He was still used until the 21st century. The difference is that the supporting technologies such as fluxes and blowers have been upgraded. However, Chu Yun couldn't remember the chemical reaction equation of blast furnaces, and was a little ashamed of his previous teacher.

"Yes, yes, it is the flux called limestone that can improve the quality of our pig iron. People from the Academy of Sciences are studying different fluxes." Li Guangdong also began to have some understanding of metallurgical chemistry.

"Well, your smelter is doing well." Chu Yun turned to the railway engineer who also came with him and said, "Anshan will become the largest iron ore source beyond the Tieshan in the future. You must use it as an important railway stronghold and transport iron ore and iron tools to all places continuously."

"We will survey the entire line in the next two or three months and present a detailed railway planning map to the adults." Zhan Tianyou and Stephenson said.

"Sir, please go here. Our Ordnance Bureau has a factory producing artillery and ammunition here. After production, it can be transported directly to the front line without having to go through Fuzhou or Gaizhou for a long journey." The people from the Ordnance Bureau also actively showed off their achievements to Chu Yun.

"There are 3,000 workers here in our mining farm, mainly arranged in shanty towns. However, we have recently started to build brick and tile houses. As long as we work in our mining farm for three years, we can buy brick and tile houses at a low price." Li Guangdong said.

He has an economic mind and uses bricks and tiles to win over workers, and he can still make a little money in three years. Chu Yun looked at Li Guangdong a little sideways. It seems that as the business atmosphere in southern Liaoning gradually opens up, everyone's minds have begun to become flexible.

The mining farm is controlled by Chu Yun, and the income of the mining farm is naturally Chu Yun, so Chu Yun is more concerned about the income of the mining farm.

After a walk around the newly established Anshan City, Chu Yun saw that the Anshan mine, which had developed after a winter, had begun to take shape and would soon become a prosperous new city.

Liaodong City, Jinzhou City, Fuzhou City, Gaizhou City, and Haizhou City are regional cities, while Dalian Port is a foreign trade city, and Anshan City is an industrial city. Then they are connected by a railway. This is what Chu Yun wants to do most at present. When the railway and the port lead to the four seas, Liaoning and Liaodong will be as stable as a rock and will not be afraid of any blockade.

As Anshan City is in full swing, farmers in southern Liaodong are also busy sowing seedlings on the farmland they contracted, so as not to miss this busy farming season.

When spring returns to the earth, the wild grasses on the vast Liaohe River grassland turn green and are full of vitality. For the Mongolian tribes living on this grassland, this is the favor of immortality, which makes them regain their vitality. As for the next cold winter, let’s talk about it until then.

Fan Wencheng brought dozens of Eight Banners cavalry into the Liaohetao grassland to find the Korqin tribe. After Lin Danhan was defeated repeatedly by the Later Jin Dynasty and escaped from Hetao, the Korqin tribe and the Chahar tribe vaguely became the new kings of Mongolia, especially the Liaohetao, who were dominated by the Korqin tribe.

"Mr. Fan, when our Eight Banners defeated the nine tribe coalition headed by the Korqin tribe, making them our vassals, but we didn't expect that to this day, we have fallen to the point of asking for them. Things are really impermanent." A accompanying messenger said to Fan Wencheng, his tone full of unwillingness.

"There has never been eternal enemies or eternal friends in this world. A real man can stretch or bend him. So what if he pulls his face down and asks them for the Korqin tribe?" Fan Wencheng shook his head.
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