Chapter 382: Gold Devouring Beast

Thinking of being separated from his wife soon, Lu Bocheng felt deep reluctance in his heart.

"Madam." She held Su Qingdan in her arms at night and refused to let go.

"Huh?" Su Qingyu was also very reluctant to leave and nestled in his arms.

"You and your son wait for me for a few more months. When I have the territory, we can be together and never be separated."

"Don't work too hard, nothing is as important as yours. My son and I don't ask for anything, we just ask that you be safe."

Lu Bocheng hugged her tightly: "Yes, I know. I will be safe and sound. I will stay by your side and protect you from now on. I will never let you be in this situation again."

“Say what you say and do what you say.”

"Yeah. Keep your word."

"You won't be lured away by the wild flowers outside, right?"

"Wild flowers are not as fragrant as home flowers. Besides, madam, you are a person of status now. No one dares to give me a woman. Unless the princess comes."

"Princess Sai, do you want it?" Su Qingyu pinched his soft flesh.

"Ah, I don't dare!"

"Don't you dare? Huh?"

"No, no! I mean, there is no one more beautiful or more lovely than a lady. I don't like anyone. Only you, lady!"

That's pretty much it.

Almost saying the wrong thing, Lu Bocheng let out a sigh of relief.

"Madam, I miss you so much...I want to take you away in my arms..."

The whispering in my ears became lower and lower until it was no longer audible.

The next day, Lu Bocheng led 805 people and rushed to the north under the watch of many family members.

Two hundred soldiers were left behind, firstly to work together to dig out the silver mines and extract them, and secondly to escort hundreds of family members to Renzhou.

In addition, at first Gu Changqing and others were covetous of the weapons of Su Qingyu and others, but later after Lu Bocheng saw them, he also wanted them.

The weapons at Ma Mingwen's side were indeed modified by Su Qingyu and sent over.

Iron ore was discovered in the mountains, and she later ordered people to refine and forge it in the mountains before sending it to her godfather.

When Su Qingyu was working on the defense project of the cottage, he discovered that the current weapons were still mainly made of copper and iron, and the hardness and toughness of the weapons were insufficient.

She remembered that during the Han Dynasty, the technology of "hundred-refined steel" became popular. At that time, high-quality steel with high carbon content, few impurities, uniform structure, and good corrosion resistance had been created.

But nowadays, when she comes into contact with them, there are almost no weapons containing steel like this.

Mainly weapons made of copper and iron.

I don’t know if it’s because the technology hasn’t spread, or for some reason.

Su Qingyu remembered that the steel sword had actually been born at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period.

The satin-making technology at that time had already adopted the technology of carburizing and repeatedly forging a block of iron for a long time to form a block of carburized steel.

This carburized steel is sharper and tougher than an iron sword.

In order to create weapons for the village that could better withstand foreign enemies, Su Qingyu took the blacksmith Wan Bosheng and others from Xingengzhai to conduct repeated experiments.

The hardness of the sword was increased by a series of improvement processes such as carburizing, repeated forging, annealing, and surface carburizing.

Later, the solid decarburization of cast iron into steel was used to reduce the inclusions in the sword, making it no longer brittle and difficult to break, making it sharper and tougher.

The people with the iron workshop conducted repeated research and made steel-containing weapons that were better than the current ones, and equipped each village with steel-containing arrowheads to make them more lethal.

Now that Lu Bocheng is pestering her, she naturally wants to support him.

Therefore, Lu Bo retained 200 men and followed Su Qingyu back to the mountains to pick up new swords and arrowheads before returning to the north.

Su Qingyu asked the messenger to send the letter back to Xingengzhai, hoping that when she took people back, they would be able to provide their homes and swords.

After Lu Bocheng left, Su Qingyu went to the silver mine in person.

The two brothers Zheng Bo and Su Dahu reported to her that the deposit was not large. I'm afraid it won't take more than a month to dig them all out.

Su Qingyu walked around the silver mine and had an idea.

They have already refined 300,000 taels before, and the remaining ones should be able to refine hundreds of thousands more taels. Nearly one million taels of silver should give Lu Bocheng's 10,000-strong army a buffer.

It won't make him stretched and controlled by others.

Su Qingyao didn't want him to be embarrassed by issues such as military supplies and pay, and to do things he didn't want to do, and to compromise and bow to others.

She used to think that she had made a lot of money over the years, but now it seems that it is far from enough. Now she shares weal and woe with him, and both suffer losses.

In addition to supporting Lu Bocheng's side, there are now hundreds of family members who need to be resettled after they are sent back to the mountain.

After Su Qingyu inspected the silver mine, he ordered Su Dahu and two hundred soldiers to step up their actions to dig out and refine the silver mine as soon as possible.

He appeased all the people who had been captured into the mountain one by one and promised to let them go after one month. If they weren't afraid of the news leaking, they could have let them go now.

But just in case, they were left behind.

But the benefits and benefits are completely different from before.

Work and rest times are arranged more reasonably to prevent miners from being overtired. He also told the kitchen that they must be fed every meal, including vegetables, meat, soup, and intermittent tea and cakes.

After one month, in addition to their wages during this period, they will also be given a hard-earned money and travel expenses back home.

Suddenly, the morale in the mine suddenly changed.

Everyone was comforted and their daily efficiency increased several times.

Su Qing'an handed over the mine affairs to Su Dahu. The family members in the mountains were handed over to Gu Changqing's wife Cui, who assigned them to manage. Two hundred soldiers were asked to help Xiaodouzi and Zhang Yong.

She took Ling Fenggu, Zheng Bo brothers, Siyuan Siyuan and others to meet the officials of Tiantai and Yongjia.

Tiantai Yongjia and other places wanted to make the people well fed and clothed like Renzhou and other states, and food was the top priority.

The people in Zhendong states wanted to implement the one-land-two-cropping policy, but they still had to rely on local officials to publicize and distribute the planting of grain. Some places may also need to take compulsory measures and send a large number of manpower for supervision.

The one-land-two-cropping policy is not technically difficult. The people who have worked for years will understand it as soon as they hear it. The main thing is to connect the time well, otherwise the last season of grain will be frozen and cannot be harvested.

In the first year, the government of these states still had to take the lead in publicity. Enhance the confidence of the people.

Su Qing'an bought another ten hectares of fertile land in Tiantai and Yongjia, hired local people to plant crops, and signed a lease. Perhaps the people saw that some people around them had successful experiments, some people were well fed, and made money, and there was a driving effect, and the two cultivations in one place would be carried out smoothly.

After buying the land, Su Qing'an bought a lot of shops in the two states.

There are many products in the mountains of the two places, and the amount of tea and medicinal materials is large. She bought shops in the two places to collect various materials. I believe that after her promotion, there will be a linkage effect on the two places.

Slowly, the business atmosphere in the two places will be driven.

And the godfather will not have to worry about the governance of these states.

Only when food and clothing are solved first, the people will be at peace, and if they are at peace, they will not leave their hometowns again. When people's hearts are at peace, they need food, clothing, and daily necessities, and the market will be brought to life. When the market is alive, the economy will be alive.

These places will slowly prosper.

When people's hearts are at peace, the Yue land will naturally be stable. There is no need to govern by force.

It took Su Qing'an a month to travel through the mountains of the two states.

She also met Xiang Shang, Wei Fuchang and others.