Black Iron Crown

"Ask, my lord duke, your humble servant must know everything and say everything!"

Aizei bent down and said sincerely.

"That's right, you've seen the recent profits of the wool cloth factory in the northern border, but my original plan was to let everyone in the northern border learn to use shuttles to weave a large amount of wool cloth!"

"What confuses me is that now that I have such a profit, if I continue to teach the method of using the shuttle, it will bring other consequences, such as the disclosure of the method of the shuttle, and others will know the method of weaving woolen cloth. !"

"So, I feel difficult to make a choice now, so I want to ask your opinion, what do you think about this matter?"

Aizexi thought for a while, looked at Lena's expression, hesitated slightly, but still said: "My opinion still depends on you, Mr. Duke, what you need!"

"What you are confused about now is that you are afraid of increasing the residents' income while reducing your income, or that you are worried that other people with ulterior motives will get a way from the residents to rob you of the woolen cloth market!"

"But in my opinion, it may not be so!"

"Your current wool cloth factory is indeed producing a lot, but how many people are there in the entire empire? Tens of millions!"

"Can a factory with only 1,000 workers satisfy such a large market? On the contrary, I think that if you can mobilize the residents of the whole northern region to weave, our supply capacity will be more than a little stronger, and the residents' hands With more money, we can make our market even bigger!"

"If your lord, you are worried about leaking secrets, I don't think you need to think so, because although the flying shuttle has a certain technical content, it is not high in the final analysis. According to its structure, you can deduce its working principle with a little effort. !"

"At that time, we did not let the residents start production, lost the opportunity to seize the market, could not expand our own market, and let others be in a shortage of supply to deduce the working principle of the shuttle."

"So, I think it's more reasonable to turn the entire Northern Territory into our big factory. Even if other people get the method of using the shuttle, their supply will not be as good as ours, and the price may not be as low as ours. We still can’t rob us, and even if the method of weaving woolen cloth is leaked, we will still monopolize this business!”

When it came to his old profession, Ai Zexi became less timid, and gradually raised his chest and head full of confidence.

Hearing Aizei's words,

Reiner couldn't help but feel enlightened. Although many of what he said coincided with his own, such careful analysis still gave him a lot of inspiration.

What Ai Zexi said is correct. It is impossible for one person to monopolize the market of tens of millions of people. He must give others a share. What he has to do now is to maintain the advantage of woolen cloth in the northern border as much as possible.

When the market in the northern border rises, commercial development will follow. Even if there is no preferential business policy at the current stage of Lena, countless businessmen will travel across thousands of miles to the northern border.

"Okay, I understand what you mean, your suggestion is very important to me." Reiner nodded and said.

Reiner made up his mind, and his officials implemented it very efficiently. Fifty female workers were transferred from the wool cloth factory in the north, and began to teach the use of flying shuttles in various villages in batches.

Since there are many merchants looking for buying channels in various villages and selling woolen cloth everywhere, these residents also know that what the Duke handed over to them is a good thing.

Therefore, these residents are quite enthusiastic about learning how to use the shuttle.

In just one month, how the shuttle was used spread throughout the northern border. One by one, residents bought processed wool at a low price from Leiner, and began to try to weave it by themselves.

Although they were unskilled at first, they soon learned how to weave, and bolts of woolen cloth were produced in the hands of the residents.

Moreover, due to the extremely fast production speed of the shuttle, their own needs were quickly met, so they began to sell the surplus, or the wool cloth caused by overcapacity, to merchants.

The price is still set according to the selling price of the woolen cloth factory, three pieces for one copper.

Although their textile costs are higher than those of factories, they cannot raise their prices higher because of the presence of factories.

As a result, in just one month, Reiner's business tax increased by as much as thirty gold coins.

Moreover, this situation is still growing rapidly, and the appetite of the merchants is far from being satisfied. They want to sell more woolen cloth to other places for profit.

More than 50,000 bolts of woolen cloth were sold to these merchants, and they took these goods to all directions of the empire, chasing profits.

And even so, the sales of the wool cloth factory have not been affected, and they still need to be busy every day to produce the owed orders.

At this point, Lehner's economic pressure has been completely relieved, and the infrastructure can also be fully opened.

It is worth mentioning that since the end of the last counter-insurgency war, the imperial capital has not continued to contact him to buy steel and iron armor.

But just recently, he still received a letter from the imperial capital, and the owner of the letter was Earl Redmara.

He hopes to be able to purchase one hundred tons of steel, or two hundred thousand catties, from Lehner at one time, which is the four-month steel output of the northern border.

In other words, as soon as they opened their mouths, they wanted to buy one-third of the annual steel from Lena.

With so much steel, even after excluding the loss of building, at least two to three thousand sets of full-body armor can be produced.

Lehner does not intend to directly provide them with all the steel. Firstly, they will earn less, and secondly, they will still earn less.

Speaking of which, the current strength is basically enough, so many royal lords are united by his side, he no longer tries to keep the royal family as his own umbrella like in the beginning.

What's more, except for the little emperor, or the queen's own army, all the people in the imperial capital are from the upstart side, so there is no need for Leiner to provide them with too much convenience.

So, Reiner took out the parchment and began to write a reply to Earl Redmara.

"Respected Earl Redmara, I would like to extend my most sincere greetings to you. I am sorry that I cannot do what you wished for the one hundred tons of steel you mentioned in your letter."

"Because since the end of the counter-insurgency war, I have put all my energy on the infrastructure of the territory, and the miners have been arranged by me for other things."

"There are only iron mines in the north now, but there are fewer and fewer miners."

"My territory needs them to build. As you know, the northern region is sparsely populated. In order for my territory to develop reasonably, I have to let the miners invest in other labor, but my blacksmiths have not been arranged by me yet. For other tasks, if you order steel from me directly, I can meet your needs very well!"

"If you really want steel, I'm sorry I can't provide it, but if you can provide some of my labor to mine, I can satisfy your request!"

"According to my estimates, at least 50,000 laborers are needed to mine 100 tons of steel. If you can send some laborers, I will definitely try my best to provide you with steel..."