Chapter 632
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"Found it, found it."
While Bi Goo was still thinking about being tricked by Li Yi, Wei Zhigu shouted and ran over.
There were four people behind him. They were covered in dust and their hair was stuck together. Their original color couldn't be seen.
"Found it. Long Ze is here too? Quick, bring it over and show it to them. "
Wei Zhigu looked at the people and waved to the back.
The four people came forward. One of them put something the size of a large eggplant on the table.
"Mine. Look, this is ore." Wei Zhigu pointed at the thing on the table.
"Gold mine?" Zhang Shuo saw the yellow color of the ore.
"Pyrite, no gold." The person who brought the thing said in a hoarse voice.
"Dangtu County's iron mine?" Bi Goo reacted.
Li Yi had told him about the two iron mines. One was close and had already mined a lot of ore.
The other was far away in Jiangnan.
"Yes." Another person nodded vigorously.
"Drink some water first and sit down."
Yao Chong got up and sat the four people down. The person next to him brought tea.
The four people were indeed thirsty. They drank it in one gulp.
Lu Huaishen helped to refill the water. The four people blew on it a little and endured the heat.
"Come, bring the cold water you haven't drunk. Let the four of you drink." Yao Chong ordered.
The people from the other 'offices' in the government hall brought the water over.
The four people drank one after another. Each of them could drink nearly two liters of water. They didn't touch the bowl.
Wei Zhigu slapped his thigh. "It's all my fault. I was too anxious and didn't give you water to drink at the Ministry of Works."
The four people smiled at him. The person who brought the ore raised his sleeve to wipe his sweat. His face was smudged.
"There's a lot of ore there that can be mined directly. Many of them have a lot of iron. Looking at the size of the mountain, it'll take a few decades."
When the person talked about the ore, he showed a happy expression.
He didn't know the reserves of Ma On Shan Iron Mine. He thought that a few decades was a lot.
"Good. Is the road easy to travel?" Yao Chong also thought that a few decades was enough.
"Build a road down. There's the Yangtze River. It's a few dozen miles away from the riverside. As long as we pick some stones, we'll be able to transport them out." The prospector gestured the distance with his hand.
"Alright, as long as it's close to the river, it'll be much easier to ship it everywhere."
Yao Chong poured himself a glass of water and looked at the water in deep thought.
Bi Goo glanced at the ores on the table, picked them up, and hurriedly ran out.
He went out and found his sidekick. "Carry him and follow me."
Not long after, he ran out of the examination hall again.
"Xiao Yi, look, the iron mine you were talking about has been found. They said that it can be mined for decades."
Bi Goo asked Li Yi to look at the stone that the footman was holding.
"Decades? Then our Tang dynasty's industrial system is going to reach the heavens. At least our mining technology is superb. "
Li Yi firmly disagreed with the statement of decades. What a joke.
With the ability of the Tang dynasty, the iron mine on Mount Maanshan could not be mined completely in 200 years, unless the technology developed even more in the future.
"Can it be mined for longer?" Bi Goo understood the meaning of Li Yi's words.
He sat down again. "It's a few dozen miles away from the river. Build a road and transport the stones to other places for smelting after mining."
"Old Bi, there's a coal mine in Wuhu under the iron mine. There's a small coal mine near the iron mine. It's not easy to use."
Li Yi saw that the iron mine had been found and conveniently mentioned the coal mine.
There were a lot of coal mines in Wuhu. The quality was passable, but not all of them could be compared to Fushun coal mine.
Bi Goo carefully looked at Li Yi from all angles.
"Xiao Yi, according to what you said, can't we smelt the iron locally? Then we can transport it to different places by water. "
"There's no need to refine it. We can refine the iron ore into rough blanks and transport it to different places for further processing." Li Yi suggested.
"Why not directly process it locally?" Bi Goo had a question.
"Promote the development of smelting technology in more places in the Tang dynasty and cultivate more smelting craftsmen. In the future, when the Tang dynasty expands to the southwest, I'll give the imperial court a big iron mine."
Li Yi was talking about Panzhihua. The one in Inner Mongolia was also good. The Turkic people occupied it.
"There has to be more people involved. Otherwise, if it's only there … I named it Maanshan. It won't work if it's only there. It will form a gang."
Li Yi said that the local iron mine had been smelting well, using the local coal and iron ore.
In the end, the Maanshan Iron Gang was formed and could go against the local government.
Just like the Salt Gang in the future, any official would be abolished. If one group was killed, another group would appear.
The benefits were there. The outcome was determined from the beginning.
"Xiao Yi, you've thought it through thoroughly. That's how it should be." Bi Goo agreed.
What he saw was the current Workers' Alliance and Yi's Alliance. Why were there three of them? Three legs of a tripartite balance.
There were also a bunch of performance groups set up in Pyong Kang Square competing with each other.
They infiltrated the government, and the government made use of them. They were much stronger than before, and there were fewer shady things.
And this idea was also proposed by Xiao Yi in front of him.
"The current transport fleet is dominated by your Li Family Zhuangzi." Bi Goo turned around and began to criticize Li Yi.
"In the future, the small fleet of the Capital Magistrate will also be dominated by my family. The exchange coupons will also be issued by my family."
Li Yi accepted the criticism, but he did not change his mind.
"Do you want to take a look at this year's exam questions? Try answering them? "
Bi Goo saw that criticizing Li Yi had no effect, so he changed the topic.
He couldn't do anything to Li Yi. The Ministry of Revenue wanted to list a crime and ask the people of the Capital Magistrate if they agreed to it.
How many people hoped that the Li Family Zhuangzi would have a way out? How many people could sue the Ministry of Revenue in the People's Court?
Without mentioning anything else, the Li Family Zhuangzi would not accept tea leaves. At the same time, they would say in the newspaper, "Because the Ministry of Revenue is too ruthless, Zhuangzi is unable to accept tea leaves."
The consequences were unimaginable.
"I'm not looking. I'll get full marks. I'm getting less and less interested in the imperial examinations." Li Yi refused.
"Are you sure you can answer the scripture questions?" Bi Goo expressed his disbelief.
"The scripture questions are the simplest. It's just memorizing. The current affairs policy is also simple. It's just organizing the words. Today's exam is boring. So what if I can't answer it? "
Li Yi didn't care about the exam, and ordinary people couldn't understand it.
In terms of poetry, Bai Juyi's poems were better. They were easier to understand than Li Bai and Du Fu's.
"Short without seeing the skin, long without being covered by the soil. Behind. "Bi Goo wasn't convinced and said.
Li Yi smiled and nodded his head lightly, "Continue the skirt, hook the edges. You need to sew half of the skirt. The height of the skirt … … the width of the skirt is half an inch. Don't test me on the things I need to memorize. "
He read the entire back of the 《Book of Rites: Shen Yi》 and expressed his helplessness.
He could check the information at any time. Others had to memorize it, but he had to find the position and read it.
Bi Goo looked at Li Yi speechlessly.
At this time in the examination hall, as long as it involved the scripture questions, the examinees would answer this question first.
If they couldn't answer the scripture questions, they would still be eliminated.
And this year's scripture question was the one that Bi Goo had just asked Li Yi.
In addition to this, there were other scriptures in the Ming Dynasty. They mainly memorized them.
This scripture question was relatively simple. The examinees were very happy. They quickly wrote it down and looked at the other questions.
This year's Imperial Examination had an additional essay. The essay question was … ….
Li Family Zhuangzi's 220 examinees looked at the question. They were all expressionless. What else could they say?
Copy it. Just memorize the essay that you wrote before and copy it. It was that simple.
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