I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 302
It stands to reason that with the ability of the third lady, finding a suitable place to build a workshop is not a problem at all.

The reason why it took so long to decide.

One reason is that almost all the good places outside the capital are occupied by people, and they are all powerful and powerful. Even though she has the best hands and eyes and has friends with countless dignitaries, there are still many people who cannot afford to offend.

The second reason is that during this period of time, she was actually not idle, but privately used the more than 2 taels of silver obtained from the re-loan to buy up other large and small iron smelting workshops in the capital.

At this time, the third lady is not only the owner of the largest iron smelting workshop in the capital, but has become the talker of the entire industry.

Because at this time, more than half of the iron smelting workshops in the capital are either owned by her or completely controlled by her.

Her purpose of doing this is actually very simple.

The first is to cut off the possibility of Li Tian looking for cooperation with other iron smelters, and keep Li Tian, ​​the great god, in his own hands as much as possible.

The second is that she has a feeling that Li Tian's business of [-] jin of fine steel this time is not a one-off deal, but is likely to continue to develop.

Fifty thousand catties may seem like a lot, but it is not enough to compare this amount with the national annual iron output of tens of millions of catties.

And based on the weight of steel, 20 catties is only more than [-] tons, which can be carried by an ordinary tank boat.

But the price of fine steel is extremely expensive. Although a single business can make a lot of money, how can it compare to it?

That's why she delayed for such a long time, the venue was prepared the best, and the material personnel were also the best prepared, in order to completely tie Li Tian to her chariot.

But what she didn't know was that Li Tian actually planned to take over all of her workshops in his heart, and he couldn't tell who was taking advantage in the end.

The two had their own calculations in their hearts, but they did not delay the completion of the workshop.

Under the leadership of the third lady, Li Tian followed her to the place where she planned to open a new workshop.

Since this place is only a place for smelting refined steel, there is no need for the process of smelting mature iron from ore.

Random scale is much smaller than Chen Ji.

And because the forging hammer must depend on the relationship between the water, this workshop looks a bit strange.

They are not crowded together like other workshops, but lined up along the river.

It's just that there are several relatively large warehouses and houses where blacksmiths live and eat in the middle.

In fact, the workshop does not occupy a large area, but the existence of the workshop blocks the path for farmers to get water and irrigate the land, which greatly reduces the price of the large land behind them.

So Li Tian simply waved his hand and handed over the entire Huangzhuang to the third lady.

The third lady didn't know who she was looking for, but she actually came up with a set of floor plan diagrams that looked very complicated.

To be honest, although there are blueprints these days.

However, in order to keep their craft secret, the ancients kept their craftsmanship from being stolen. Most of the blueprints were actually very simple, which made people see it in a cloud.

When the third lady gave this very detailed blueprint to Li Tian for reading, Li Tian didn't pay much attention to the content on the paper, but paid more attention to the person who drew the blueprint.

After watching it for a long time, Li Tian liked it more and more.

The structural drawing of this workshop not only shows the size of the occupied area very clearly, but also makes detailed notes on the drawings as to how much materials are used in each place and what materials will be used.

Even such tedious matters as the specific depth of excavating the foundation are described in detail.

In this era, Li Tian saw for the first time that someone has learned to use the method of labeling to indicate the size of the objects in the picture.

This is a huge improvement.

Before seeing this picture again, he thought that the whole of Daming was drawn in this way.

This made him involuntarily exclaim inwardly,
"It's just a structural drawing, it's a complete set of construction minutes! The person who drew the drawing is definitely a talent."

Li Tian hurriedly rummaged through the corners of the drawing, trying to find out the name of the person who drew it.

But to his disappointment, after searching all over the map, he didn't find a single word about the painter, not even a name.

So Li Tian hurriedly called the third lady over.

"Third Madam, who did you ask to draw this picture?"

The third lady thought there was something wrong with the drawings, so she quickly said,
"Mr. Li, do you think there is something wrong? The slave family will let people change it, and it will definitely not delay the construction period."

Li Tian hurriedly shook his head and said,
"There is no problem with the picture. I just want to know who drew this picture, and I just want to meet this person."

Hearing that he actually asked about a craftsman, although the third lady was a little strange, she didn't think too much about it. As long as the picture is fine, everything else is a minor problem.

"This picture was drawn by someone on the street ordered by the slave family. As for the whereabouts of that person, the slave family has to ask Xiaomei to find out."

Xiaomei is her personal servant girl, she brought her from her natal family, she is very clever and well-behaved, maybe there is any kind of master, there is any kind of servant, Xiaomei has helped the third wife a lot in recent years.

Li Tian originally wanted to meet this person at this time, but he didn't expect that Xiaomei was sent by the third wife to do other things, and she was not here, so this idea fell through for the time being.

I can't see it for the time being, but what needs to be done still needs to be done.

So Li Tian asked Wang Fu to hand over the blueprint of the forging hammer that was improved by everyone in the Tiangong Institute to the third lady.

and said,

"This blueprint has been modified, both in terms of efficiency and construction price, it has been greatly optimized, and it can basically meet the needs of the workshop."

Although the third lady doesn't know much about this aspect, she has also studied a lot during this period, related to iron smelting and other things.

After looking at it for a while, I saw the value of this thing.

Today's drawing is much more complicated than what Li Tian drew that day, but the structure has been greatly optimized.

Moreover, a water wheel can provide power for three forging hammers at the same time through a simple operating lever.

In this way, the efficiency is more than three times higher than before.

If the construction is carried out according to the current drawing of the forging hammer, the cost of the new workshop can be more than doubled at least, and the production will not be delayed at all.

Holding this precious drawing, the third lady didn't know what to say.

"It's my family's luck to be able to cooperate with someone as talented and courageous as Mr. Li!

Don't worry, Mr. Li, with this blueprint, the slave family is confident that within three months, the first batch of [-] jin of fine steel will be produced. "

(End of this chapter)