Chapter 15: Our Daqin has a mine.

Fusu was sitting in front of Longshu's case and handling official duties. Fusu felt that handling official duties in the court was even more uncomfortable than in his previous life.

Fortunately, the original owner of this body has real talent and knowledge. After inheriting everything from the original owner, Fusu was able to handle these official duties in an orderly manner.

In fact, at least half of the official duties of the Qin Dynasty were handled by Prime Minister Li Si. However, after Li Si was sentenced, no one could replace Li Si for a while.

As for the right prime minister Feng Quji, he studied Confucianism, not a legalist, and could not replace Li Si at all.

Let’s put it this way, in Fusu’s eyes, Feng Quji is just not good at doing anything, and he is the first place in the mouth.

Looking at the memorials piled up on the table like hills, Fusu suddenly felt a headache.

"You have to find a helper for yourself, otherwise you will die young if you continue this time." Fusu thought to himself.

While thinking, Fusu calculated by counting with his fingers. It seemed like today, it had been a month since the day he summoned Bai Qi.

If this is the case, wouldn’t I be summoning a helper today?

Thinking of this, Fusu took out the imperial edict of Fengshan and wanted to unfold it.

Just then, there was a sound of footsteps outside the imperial study room.

"Please report to Your Majesty, Bai Qi is asking for a visit!" At this time, Bai Qi's voice sounded outside the imperial study room.

"Wuan Jun, I will report it to you later." The little eunuch who was guarding outside the imperial study room spoke respectfully.

"Come in Wu'anjun!" At this time, Fusu's voice sounded in the imperial study room.

"Crack."

The eunuch outside the door opened the door of the imperial study room for Bai Qi, and saw Bai Qi walking in from outside, walking in a dragon and tiger-like manner.

When I got up in front of Fusu, I looked a little reluctant to speak.

"Mr. Wu'an, is there something wrong?" Fusu asked Bai Qi with a smile.

Fusu respects Bai Qi very much. This is the Great Qin military god, who has made great contributions to the rise of Great Qin.

"Your Majesty, I don't have an iron ore in Qin. Why does Your Majesty want the method of refining fine steel from the Tang Kingdom? Could it be that Your Majesty knows the whereabouts of the iron ore?"

"If Your Majesty knew where there was an iron ore, I, Bai Qi, would have sent troops to take it off!" Bai Qi's words were full of expectations.

The troops of the seven countries all use iron tools as standard equipment, but the only one in Daqin uses bronze tools as standard equipment. It is precisely because of Daqin that there is no iron ore.

Although the Qin craftsmen have been improving the manufacturing process of bronze ware, due to the material, even if you cast bronze ware, no matter how well you cast bronze ware is, it will definitely not be iron ware.

The Qin Dynasty had a total of millions of troops, and the Qin Dynasty's military's fighting will and combat qualities were the strongest among the seven countries.

Among the seven countries, if the troops of the Sui, Song, Tang and Yuan lose more than half of the losses, morale may collapse. Even if the Han and Ming countries lose 70% of the troops, they will inevitably collapse.

Only the Great Qin, the old Qin, fought to the death. Even if the Great Qin army fought to the last battle, no one surrendered.

Now, if you want to improve the combat effectiveness of the millions of troops in Daqin, you can only carry out comprehensive clothing replacement and completely replace bronze equipment with iron tools.

However, it is impossible to complete the dress-up of a million troops by simply trading with the Tang Dynasty.

There is only one possibility to change the millions of troops, that is, to smel iron tools by themselves. Compradorism cannot make the Qin Dynasty stronger. If the Qin Dynasty is stronger, it can only be self-reliant.

This is why Bai Qi proposed in the court that the transaction between the Qin and the Tang Dynasty only exchanged for the Mingguang Armor and Mo Dao.

Since it is impossible to complete the full dressing, forming an elite unit is the best choice.

Just when Bai Qi thought that even the soldiers of the Qin Dynasty could not replace the iron equipment in this life, Fusu proposed the method of refining fine steel for the Tang Dynasty in the court, which ignited hope in Bai Qi's heart.

Therefore, as soon as the court dispersed, Bai Qi immediately followed him to ask.

Bai Qi's opinion, if there was an iron ore around the Qin Dynasty, any place where the Qin army could reach would definitely be sent to snatch it.

Fusu looked at Bai Qi. This was the greatest loyal minister of the Qin Dynasty. He worked hard for the strength of the Qin Dynasty throughout his life.

"Wu'anjun, this iron ore is within my territory of Daqin!"

"As long as I obtain the method of refining essence light from the Tang Kingdom, my great Qin soldiers will be able to use the excellent iron cavalry within five years." Fusu said firmly.

"What?"

"The iron ore is within my territory of Daqin?" Bai Qi was shocked.

You should know that the Great Qin army has been bronze ware since ancient times, because there is no iron ore in the Great Qin territory. Iron ore is an extremely precious thing and an extremely conspicuous thing. If there is an iron ore in the Great Qin territory, it would be impossible that no one will find it now.

Among the seven countries, Song State has the most iron mines, with thirteen iron mountains. The second is Tang State, with 8.

There were five iron mountains in the Han Dynasty, five also the Sui Dynasty, six as well as the Ming Dynasty, and three as well as the Yuan Dynasty. But only in the territory of the Qin Dynasty, there was no iron mountain.

The lack of extremely precious strategic materials such as iron ore can be said to be the pain of the Qin Dynasty.

Fusu nodded and explained to Bai Qi: "Wuan Jun, the world is so great, it is actually far more than the iron mountains that have been discovered by various countries."

"The iron mountain that has been discovered in various countries is called an open-pit mine, which means it is exposed outside the surface."

"In addition to these open-pit mines exposed outside, more iron ore is buried deep under the surface."

"For the same acre of land, the harvest of Song State is twice as high as that of our Great Qin State, and the harvest of Tang State is 30% higher than that of our Great Qin State. The reason why our Great Qin land is barren is because there are mines underground."

"My Daqin is a place with abundant minerals. What I lack is not minerals, but only open-pit mines. Most of the minerals in Daqin are buried underground and are not easy to mine."

"Ha ha!"

"I, Daqin, really have an iron ore. As long as I, Daqin, I will definitely be able to dig it out." Bai Qi laughed loudly.

The people of Daqin are definitely the most hard-working and hardworking among the seven countries. For the people of Daqin, as long as there is a mine underground, even if the earth is drilled through, the ore must be taken out.

"Your Majesty, I don't know where there is a mine in my Great Qin?" Bai Qi asked impatiently.

Fusu thought about it and smiled and said, "Whether the land is red, there must be iron ore underground."

"well!"

"I'll send someone to search!" Bai Qi said excitedly.

"Mr. Wu'an, remember not to make a big fuss and search in secret!" Fusu reminded.

Fusu thought of the Tang Dynasty's method of refining fine steel, so that the Tang Dynasty would think that the Qin Dynasty had no iron ore. In this way, the Tang Dynasty would not have started price.
Chapter completed!