The miners are local people. In the past, the mines here belonged to the Donglun nobles, and they were slaves of the nobles. After the fall of the country, the nobles "voluntarily" handed over the mines to the court. Instead, they changed from slaves to civilians, and now they are slaves.

"Corvee".

They don't understand what system change means, but the change in status means they no longer need to be beaten or scolded, which is a real benefit.

After their service is over, they can still go work anywhere to support their families, which is much better than before.

The head overseer was originally his own servant appointed by the old nobles. After the reform, his duties were not affected, but he became more cautious, fearing that if something went wrong and brought trouble to the master's family, he would be killed.

"You go ahead, I'll take care of myself and then leave." Chu Qing said that he didn't need to accompany him and sent him away.

The head supervisor did not dare to disturb the interest of this group of people, so he nodded and walked away. He had heard that the woman in charge was an official of Daxuan.

Chu Qing walked to the place where the ore was piled up, picked up a smaller piece, and showed it to everyone: "Look, how is this different from the ore over there?"

Chu Yuan observed carefully and then said: "Boss, the ore we have over there is yellow, with brownish red inside. This color is lighter, with greenish black inside."

Xiaobao said: "The green and black ones seem to have bean marks, like the miso paste in the village."

Zhuo Yao also nodded: "Yes."

Chu Qing said: "I suspect this is chromite, but people here say this is called pyrichite because there are bean marks on it."

"What is chromite?" Everyone is confused.

I guess it’s because Daxuan hasn’t classified iron ore yet, so it’s all called “iron ore”? Chu Qing can’t figure it out either.

She saw that there were brighter iron products in the local area, which were different from the polished luster at home, but brighter. She also heard that these products did not need to be oiled to prevent rust when not in use. So she was curious to find out.

Arriving at this iron mine.

Master Kanyu who followed her at the time said that this area did not cause much fluctuation in the compass needle, and they could not figure out why there was iron ore.

It was because of the meager magnetism and bean prints, as well as the shiny iron products, that Chu Qing concluded that this place might be chromite.

Today's stainless steel, watch straps, faucets... many of them are chrome-plated to make them shiny and not easy to rust. If this is really chromite, we can't refine chromium, but iron products containing chromium are not easy.

It's rusty.

But seeing that Chu Yuan, Zhuo Yao and the others had never heard of the term "chromite", they didn't want to say more.

"Hey! I just said casually. I read a lot of books and don't remember very clearly." Chu Qing mumbled over.

However, thanks to the little common sense accumulated in modern times, Chu Qing generally concluded that the iron ore contained chromium.

"I'll go to them later to discuss buying some ore. You can also help me find Bai Hua and let them approve a note, and then give it to Feng Zhizhou to have it stamped." Chu Qing ordered.

She doesn't want to deal with people like Feng Zhizhou anymore, she's not used to it!

Buy some of the mines here, transport them back and let Master Lu and the others study them carefully. Professionals are always better than you.

Chu Qing also took everyone to visit the developed water sources and cotton fields along the way. This opened Xiaobao's eyes: it turns out that things can be so big! He seemed to see Tu Huerte's cotton fields again.

The endless cotton fields, if you don't look at the cotton bolls above, look like a field of firewood, which is not very pretty, but everyone likes to see it.

Because, cotton peaches! They have been planted!

"He's not as good looking as Tu Huerte. Look, he's much shrunken." Chu Qing picked a handful of cotton bolls, and they were all skinny.

"If you can grow it, you win!" Zhuo Yao said excitedly, "It has never been grown before."

"You can't say that. They should have been planted before, but they didn't grow as well as they do now, and there may be fewer peaches. That's why I stopped planting them." Chu Qing said. Nothing is so absolute.

"Well, yes, but we have succeeded!" Chu Yuan doesn't like to listen to modest words. He has thin cotton bolls, but he also sees many plump cotton bolls!

"Boss! Boss! They've changed their mind! They've changed their mind!" A boy shouted while riding his horse, and the wind carried his voice first.

Everyone looked over there. Qiao Keli kept talking as he dismounted: "Boss! King Pazhuo of Guli has changed his mind and said he will raise the price of cotton!"

"Price increase?" Chu Qing narrowed his eyes: Or is it the lord who changes his mind so easily?

Qiao Keli ran forward and said breathlessly: "That damn fat guy and the one named Meng..."

Chu Qing waved her hand and asked him to catch his breath before speaking. No matter how urgent it was, he would not miss this moment.

Chu Yuan saw that his lips were chapped, so he grabbed his water bag and gave it to him. Qiao Keli was really thirsty.

It was so awesome that I took it and poured it into my mouth. I choked immediately.

"Ahem..." Qiao Keli coughed for a while. He was worried and said while coughing: "Zhan Dui said that he had met the businessman. The man came to them first to discuss purchasing wool, but Zhan Dui said that they had already

You have reached an agreement with the boss and it will not change, so I did not sell it to him and waited for us to collect it.

Later, Zhan Dui went to deliver horses to King Gu Li, and saw that fat guy from King Gu Li... cough cough cough... he sent a businessman a felt bag, the guy who planned to buy their wool. What else did the fat guy say to him?

'Wait a minute, the cotton can't be picked for a few days, I'll give you a reply then.'

Later, ahem... Zhan Dui followed the businessman for a while and heard him tell his master that the fat guy was obviously attracted to him, but he didn't agree immediately and couldn't hear clearly.

Zhan Dui suspected that King Guli was planning to sell cotton to that merchant because the word 'Meng' was written on their caravan flag. Zhan Dui asked me to come back first to report the news."

Qiao Keli went to collect wool and cotton this time. When he arrived, he and Sauter got the news first, so they returned without stopping to report the news.

"Did you say how much the Meng family paid?" Chu Qing asked.

"He didn't find out. But you can tell if you think about it, the price that King Guli is attracted to must be higher than our price." Qiao Keli said, finally breathing well.

"Boss, can it be the Meng family in Jiangnan?" Chu Yuan asked.

"It should be so. Wool first, then cotton. This is meant to cut off our family's financial path." Chu Qing said,

In the caravan going to Voss, I didn't hear anyone buying wool and cotton in large quantities. They also wanted to buy sheepskins and cotton cloth.

This time they wanted wool and cotton in such a targeted manner, and their surname was Meng. The Meng family in Jizhou was already finished, and it could only be the Meng family in Jiangnan.

After all, Chu Qing took the matter of smuggling iron ingots out of the way, which effectively cut off the Jiangnan Meng family's financial path from smuggling from the Jizhou mining area.
Chapter completed!