Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

This is also the location of the Datong Iron Mine in later generations.

In the territory of Zhao State, there are coal and iron mines. Those who perfectly meet these three points are naturally not Datong.

Although there is still a distance of at least tens of miles, Zhao Dan can already see a few black smoke from the other side of the mountain floating into the sky from a distance, which is very conspicuous in the clean blue sky.

Seeing this, Zhao Dan couldn't help shaking his head.

This extremely crude and non-environmentally friendly ironmaking method will definitely bring air pollution, which is unavoidable.

But fortunately, at this moment, I am afraid that there is only such a place on the whole earth that is emitting exhaust gas billowing into the sky. In addition, today's Yanmen County is originally sparsely populated, and the iron factory is specially set up at the foot of the mountain away from human habitation. Next, so the situation of inhaling smog and the like should not happen to Zhao Guozimin.

Zhao Dan didn't rush to the ironworks right away, but rested for one night in Yuanyang City, the county seat of Yunzhong County, and then continued to the ironworks the next day.

Although from a distance, it seems that the scale of this ironworks is not large, but when you take a closer look, dozens of blast furnaces stand at the foot of the mountain, billowing thick smoke from the top of the tall buildings. For a while, it actually gave people a feeling of overwhelming the sky, which is still very shocking.

Zhao Dan did not bring a large cavalry, but only brought about 100 people to the blast furnace ironworks.

Since Zhao Dan had already been notified in advance, it was said that just before Zhao Dan came to the ironworks, the person in charge of the blast furnace ironworks had already appeared in front of Zhao Dan.

"I have seen the king."

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, looked at the camp in front of him, and asked curiously, "Is this built according to the standard of a military camp?"

The person in charge said very respectfully: "Your Majesty is exactly like this. The entire blast furnace steelmaking plant is built according to the standard of a military barracks, and a thousand soldiers are stationed all year round. They are not allowed to enter or leave at any time without a military order. If not, then There's a good chance those workers will flee."

Zhao Dan nodded, understanding something.

Even though this ironworks is located in Yanmen County, the sheriff of Yanmen County really has no control over this place, and he doesn't even know what this place is for.

Zhao Dan walked into the camp.

Most of the slave workers who come and go in this camp and are busy doing work under the whips of the supervisors are from the prisoners of war captured by the State of Zhao during the wars of the past few years, as well as those of the State of Qin. Those rebellious and rebellious Qin Guoqing in Hedong County have an extremely strong will to resist.

You must know that working in such an environment for a long time is still very harmful to human health.

In addition, Zhao Guo is now in a state of sparsely populated land as a whole, so of course it is impossible for Zhao Dan to use the precious people of Zhao Guo to do this kind of coolie work.

Zhao Dan soon came to a blast furnace.

I saw thick smoke billowing into the sky from the blast furnace, and hundreds of slave workers were adding coal, stirring molten iron, frying steel and making steel, and were very busy.

On the other side, there are many bare-chested slave workers sweating profusely, beating clangingly, and there will be a sound of quenching from time to time, which sounds quite charming.

Li Mu and others beside Zhao Dan had never seen this scene before, so they were naturally amazed.

The person in charge pointed to the blast furnace in front of him and said proudly to Zhao Dan: "Your Majesty, the world-famous armored cavalry armor and weapons are all produced by this blast furnace and several nearby blast furnaces."

Zhao Dan smiled and asked, "How much usable steel can be produced in a year?"

The person in charge made some calculations in his mind, and then said to Zhao Dan: "According to the current output, about [-] armored cavalry can be produced a year.

After a pause, the person in charge continued: "An armored cavalry needs the best steel, but apart from these, iron equipment and tools of lower quality can be produced on a large scale. gone."

"Oh?" Zhao Dan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "How much is the annual output?"

The master smiled and said: "My lord, I dare to assure you that bronze utensils will disappear in your army within five years at most."

"Very good!" Zhao Dan was overjoyed, and said, "You remember to produce a lot, don't worry about overproduction, if you do this well, I will give you a great credit!"

This is really a pleasant surprise.

Iron wares are stronger and more durable than bronze wares. The reason why bronze wares are difficult to eliminate is that there are not many large iron mines in Huaxia, and the quality of iron ore is not high, so it is difficult to smelt iron wares that are better than bronze.

Now, after having a set of simple processes such as blast furnace ironmaking, steel frying and steelmaking, the quality of Zhao Guo's ironware has been completely improved, enough to completely replace bronze utensils.

This is definitely good news for Zhao Guo.

You must know that bronze is not only used to make weapons and daily utensils these days, it can also be used to make money!

So once Zhao Guo entered the Iron Age in an all-round way, a large amount of bronze would be saved, and Zhao Guo would have obtained a large sum of money out of thin air!

Zhao Dan was smiling all over his face, and was about to continue to praise the principal, when suddenly Li Mu came to Zhao Dan's side and said in a low voice: "My lord, the guard of Yunzhong County came here, saying that there is an urgent matter to report, and it has something to do with the Xiongnu!"

Chapter 473 Infighting among the Huns (third update)

"Xiongnu?" Zhao Dan immediately lost the mood to continue his inspection after hearing these words, and hurriedly followed Li Mu out of the factory, and quickly returned to the Sheriff's Mansion in Yuanyang City.

Chen Hao, the governor of Yunzhong County, had been waiting for a long time. After seeing Zhao Dan, he immediately came up to salute: "I have seen the king!"

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said to Chen Hao, "What's the matter, the Huns dare to go south?"

In fact, Zhao Dan was very surprised when he received this information.

Summer is not the usual season for the Huns to go south.There is no fat on the horse, so there is nothing to run with.

Moreover, why did the Huns go south?

Obviously, he was hanged and beaten just two years ago, hasn't he learned his lesson yet?

Zhao Dan suddenly felt that Zhao Guo hadn't done enough in gathering intelligence from the Huns.

When Chen Hao saw Zhao Dan's question, he quickly and respectfully replied: "Your Majesty, it is like this. A Hun spy was caught at the Great Wall of the North yesterday. .”

"Son of King Aries?" Zhao Dan was taken aback when he heard this.

If the full name of the Xiongnu in the period of Maodun Chanyu in later generations was "Hun Empire", then the full name of the Hun today should be "Hun Tribal Alliance".

One is a nomadic country and the other is a nomadic alliance.

The current Xiongnu is a very loose union composed of many large and small tribes. Each tribe can be regarded as a small country. This title alone is actually the same as the so-called martial arts leader in martial arts novels. , a little bit of power, but it is far from the king.

Under such circumstances, it is very common for the tribal chiefs of the Xiongnu to become kings. For example, the active and relatively powerful Xiongnu kings include King Hunxie, King Baiyang, King Xiutu, King Lutu, and King Aodian , King Lihan, King Xiuxun, King Outuo, King Xiqi, King Yougaolin, King Gugunu, King Guyizhizi, etc., and other unknown kings abound.

According to Zhao Dan's memory, this Aries king should be one of the kings of the Huns, and he belongs to the stronger kind of Huns.

Such a Hun king actually sent his son to Zhao Guolai. Could it be that there is really something important?

Zhao Dan thought for a while, and asked Chen Hao in front of him, "Does this person have evidence to prove it?"

"Yes." Chen Hao took out a small bone fragment from his bosom: "My lord, this is the evidence."

Zhao Dan took this bone, which was only slightly bigger than the nail cover, and found that the bone was very smooth, and it seemed that it was often touched by people. Curved, shaped like a miniature white horn.

In addition, there are a few small characters as thin as mosquitoes and flies engraved on the front of this horn-shaped bone piece. These characters obviously do not belong to any characters that Zhao Dan knows.

Zhao Dan looked at Chen Hao in front of him with some doubts: "How can you be sure that this thing is the token of Aries King?"

Chen Hao replied: "Your Majesty, King Loufan now lives in Yuanyang City. I sent this object to King Loufan's mansion. King Loufan personally confirmed that this object came from King Aries."