Naturally, Huang An would not mine in his own name or in the name of his senior sister.
He needs to learn from his master, and like the big families in Youzhou City, give this iron mine a layer of official cover.
Within a month after the master took office as the head of the firearms department, the master received some mines from aristocratic families in the city.
The mines in the entire Youzhou, and even the entire Ming Empire, apparently belonged to the imperial court.
But most of the actual holders are actually private individuals.
Except for a small part of the profits from the mines that were given to the court, most of them went into the pockets of private individuals or private forces.
This situation is most obvious in border areas like Youzhou.
It's almost an unspoken rule.
Getting rich as an official is never just a talk.
Huang An also needs to use this method to deal with the Jiangpancun Iron Ore Plant and give it a legal skin.
Then, take it into your pocket and make it your own private property.
Soon, three middle-aged men with frightened expressions and ragged clothes were brought to Huang An tremblingly.
They didn't dare to look up at Huang An at all, and kept their heads lowered ever since they approached.
His clothes were in tatters and he limped when he walked.
I trembled from time to time, which was obviously caused by a wound caused by walking around.
Obviously, they suffered a lot during the past few days since they were arrested.
Huang An didn't care about these things. He raised his eyebrows and asked directly:
"Tell me about the personnel composition of the iron ore plant!"
"...."
The situation in the iron factory is even shabbier than what Jian Tong described.
Originally, there were more than 120 people working in the iron factory.
There are only these one hundred and twenty people.
What makes Huang An even more shocked and speechless is that this team of more than 120 people has no detailed division of work content and task areas.
Can you imagine that a blacksmith who burns a stove and makes farm tools in the morning has to dig iron ore himself in the afternoon?
It's hard to imagine, but here in Huang An, he really saw it.
Reality is indeed more magical than fiction.
The Li family really can't get on the stage. They can't even understand the most basic division of labor system to improve work efficiency.
They deserved to be destroyed by their own hands.
This is destiny!
Their ability can only occupy a small Feng'an City, and they cannot resist any external invasion.
How can I talk about my own dimensionality reduction attack that transcends time and space?
"How many years has this iron mine been in operation?"
For a moment, Huang An was a little uninterested, so he endured his temper and continued to ask.
"Two, two and a half years."
One of them, a gray-faced man, gingerly told the exact time limit.
"What is the output of iron ore? What are the reserves?"
Huang An started to think a little bit.
Then, wait for the answers from the three people in front of you.
However, he was destined to be disappointed.
"Little, little people don't know!"
"Young man, you don't even know."
The three management teams were almost bent to the ground.
They are just minions, how can they understand the truth behind this?
Not to mention them, even the blacksmiths who smelt and mine iron do not know the specific reserves of iron ore here.
We may know a little bit about the production volume, but definitely not much.
There are no talents in this field in the entire Li family, and even in the entire Ming Dynasty, they are very rare.
The technology tree has just sprouted and has not yet been lit up. Any kind of things that are commonplace and commonplace in my hometown are inconceivable and restricted in Ming Dynasty.
"Sure enough, how could such a big place have such talent?"
Huang An sighed secretly in his heart, and then waved them away.
"Go and bring me some iron ore that is common here. I will go back and take a closer look."
Huang An gave instructions to his brothers who were waiting aside.
"Two or three yuan is enough, more than that is not necessary!"
He added another sentence.
Soon, Huang An got the iron ore sample he wanted.
It is difficult for him to judge the specific output and reserves of iron ore.
But with the help of Chao Mu and others, Huang An can easily obtain a series of equally important data such as the iron content of the iron ore here.
These data are crucial to the future development of this iron ore.
Huang An doesn't want much, just a small iron mine, just something that can cover up people's eyes and ears.
After all, it is more convenient to bring finished iron ingots on a large scale from your hometown than the painstaking iron-making here, isn't it?
This iron mine only needs normal production and can be used as a cover.
Before he can let go and develop his own power, the production and demand for steel will indeed not increase much.
After staying at the Jiangpancun Iron Ore Plant for about an hour and a half, Huang An took Chen Yu and others and left directly.
"Brother, where are we going now?"
Seeing the iron factory, Huang An, who was taking the lead, was riding in the direction, but it was not the west gate of Feng'an City, nor the direction back to the city.
Chen Yudun was surprised and asked directly.
"Go to the Li Family Medicine Field and take a good look!"
Huang An didn't hide anything, and turned around to explain that the horse was riding faster.
Chen Yu and others were stunned for a moment, then their faces lit up and they quickly followed.
Among them, Chen Yu was particularly happy.
He has made an appointment with Mr. Ding Zhiding, the manager of Feng'an City's Martial Arts Department. When his term ends, he will withdraw from the army directly and then settle down in Feng'an City.
In the future, he can also have his own medicine field.
That's all money.
As for Huang An, let alone that.
He came to Feng'an City with one ultimate goal, which was to win over the people's hearts and establish his own power.
One of the most important tasks is to obtain the medicinal seeds of the precious medicine.
Chao Mu and the others were really helpful to him.
Their power can greatly speed up Huang An's establishment in this world.
Whether it is for himself or for the government of his hometown, he needs to prioritize the medicinal fields to the highest level.
The medicine field is his must-have!
According to Ding Zhi, thirteen medicinal materials are grown in the Li family medicine field.
Today, Huang An was thinking of transferring some of the medicinal materials directly to the Wanjie garbage dump.
Then, they took as many seeds as possible from the servants of the Li family who managed the medicinal fields, and gave them to Chao Mu and the others to cultivate and spread the seeds for planting.
The Li family cultivates a lot of land, reaching 6,000 acres.
However, the number of medicinal fields is very small.
According to statistics, there is only a mere 100 acres of land.
It’s not that there’s not enough land, or that we can’t find suitable places to use as medicinal fields.
The most important reason is that there are not enough people related to medicinal materials to cultivate and process these medicinal materials.
Moreover, because various medicinal materials have different requirements for soil, water quality, light and other external environments, the distribution of medicinal fields is very scattered.
Huang An led his people around, and it took him three hours to inspect all the medicinal fields one by one.
The medicinal fields are basically distributed somewhere in the central area of the Li family's farmland.
Moreover, there are specially built earthen houses nearby for the farmers to protect and serve the herbs for a long time.
These farmers are all tenant farmers of the Li family who specialize in guarding medicine fields, and they still have some skills in their hands.
Many of them are skilled in preparing harvested medicinal materials.
The number was small, less than thirty people.
In the past, these people were the treasures of the Li family, but now, they are all Huang An's.
Although Huang An didn't think much of them, he still gave them enough respect.