Yunzhong County, Zhao State blast furnace iron smelting plant.

Dozens of huge blast furnaces stand in a huge valley below the foot of the mountain. The rolling black smoke keeps flowing towards the sky, making the entire sky become dark and hazy.

In the ironworks, thousands of workers were working under the swearing of supervisors. The jingling sounds rang through the valley, and the air was filled with a strong smell of sweat and a pungent burning smell.

A carriage, under the protection of dozens of guards, drove towards the valley and came to the gate of Gukou Village.

A soldier from Zhao State reached out from the tower above the village gate and shouted: "Who is coming? Show the token!"

The groom who was driving the car lifted up the hat covering his face and scolded the soldiers on it: "You are blind, I am the second manager of the Guo Mansion. If a noble man comes here today, why don't you open the gate of the village quickly!"

The top of the building was quiet for a while, then the face of a hundred generals of Zhao State came out, and his tone became much gentler when he spoke: "Second Manager, you also know the requirements. If you don't show the token, the above questions will be carried out by military law!"

"Military Law?" The second manager spat heavily: "You have gained a lot of benefits in your daily life. Now you know the military law? Come on, let me see what my law is!"

The second manager took out a token from his arms, raised his hand and smashed it directly towards the face of the hundreds of generals on the tower.

A hundred generals took the token and found that there was a small golden bead on the token.

The hundreds of generals of Zhao Jun weighed the weight of the golden beads, nodded with satisfaction, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and gave an order without hesitation: "Come on, please open the door!"

The heavy ironworks gate was creaking and opened.

The hundred generals of Zhao State leaned out from the tower, threw the token back to the manager's hand, and whispered: "The old rules are the carriages that can be entered, but the guards cannot!"

The second manager laughed and scolded: "I know!"

The carriage squeaked into the ironworks and stopped in an open space.

The hundred generals walked down from the tower and smiled and were about to speak, but the second manager waved his hand and drove away like a fly: "Go away, the noble man is here, you can't kill him to destroy the noble man's eyes."

"Negotiable?" The generals shrugged their shoulders and showed a meaningless expression on their faces: "Second manager, you are a little guilty. How can you have a noble person in this wilderness?"

No matter how he said that, the generals walked away with great tactfulness and told the soldiers in other ironworks not to disturb them.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted open, and a noble man who was about forty years old and looked quite smart walked down and looked at the blast furnaces standing in front of him, obviously quite interested.

"I didn't expect this famous iron plant to be like this."

The second manager smiled and said to the noble man: "The head of the Good Church learned that the iron smelting output here has now reached 40% of the entire Zhao State, and it is still increasing rapidly every year."

"40%." The noble man nodded slowly and said, "I heard a few years ago that the king was going to build an ironwork. At that time, I thought it was just a whim. I didn't expect that the king would actually make this ironwork a huge scale in the past few years. If this continues for a few years, the Guo family's business will probably not be able to compete with the ironwork."

At this moment, a gloomy voice suddenly sounded: "Doctor Guo Kai actually came here in person. He is such a rare guest, a rare guest."

The noble man called Guo Kai subconsciously turned his head and saw a man in a black robe standing not far away surrounded by several soldiers, looking at him. His eyes were filled with a hint of cold light, and there was no expression on his face, exuding a smell of being away from others.

Guo Kai smiled slightly and bowed to the man in black robe: "Guo Kai has met Brother Miao Mo Shi. I heard that Brother Miao Qing was highly valued after joining the Supervisory Guard, but he wanted to congratulate Brother Miao."

This Miao is no one else, but one of the dozen adopted sons of the eunuch of Zhao State, Ling Miaoxian, was responsible for supervising the iron smelting plant and tens of thousands of slaves and craftsmen in the factory.

It can be said that Miao Mo is the actual helm of this ironworks.

At the smile of Guo Kai and the closeness that came out of his words, Miao Mo just snorted coldly and turned around: "This is not the place to speak, come with me."

After about a quarter of an hour, Miao Mo gradually left the blast furnace and factory, and entered a valley path.

The path is quite secretly curved. After walking through a certain corner, a small, quiet valley suddenly appeared in front of Guo Kai.

The valley is not big, just about the size of two courtyards. There is a small building that looks quite exquisite and elegant in the valley. There are wells and trees next to the building, pavilions next to the tree, and tables and chairs in the pavilion.

Miao Mo and Guo Kai sat down in the pavilion, and two more Hu girls appeared, serving various foods and even fine wine.

Guo Kai looked at Hu Nv who served tea and wine for him, and stared at Hu Nv Nv's huge buttocks a few times. His face showed an expression that men knew. He couldn't help but praise: "I didn't expect that Brother Miao Shi actually has such a good place to go. No wonder he has never returned here for the past few years."

Miao Mo's cold face only had a bit of a living aura until now. After waving everyone next to him, he said to Guo Kai: "As the head of the Guo clan, you will not leave Handan easily and come here. If you have any questions, just say it."

Guo Kai nodded and said, "I really have something to ask Brother Shi for help. Recently, the Guo family has a good business and has received a lot of orders, but the number of blacksmiths is insufficient. I heard that Brother Shi has many craftsmen here, and recently a group of Qin prisoners have arrived. I wonder if Brother Shi can draw some craftsmen to me?"

Miao Mo looked at Guo Kai deeply, and some strange expression flashed in his eyes: "Guo Kai, don't you know that those craftsmen came to improve steelmaking? What are the craftsmen? Actually, you just want to get the steel-fried technology, right? This is not something that can't be done."

Miao Mo was not polite at all when he spoke, completely ignoring the fact that the person sitting in front of him was the head of the Guo clan, the largest iron merchant in Zhao State.

Guo Kai looked at Miao Mo with a smile, without a trace of anger in his tone: "Brother Miao Shi, you and I have worked together so many times, can't we be able to be compatible? I am willing to give out a hundred taels of gold, so I only need a little bit of convenience for Brother Miao Shi."

However, Miao Mo still ruthlessly refused Guo Kai: "The king specially issued an order that any craftsman's death must be registered. Not to mention a hundred craftsman, it is impossible for even a craftsman to be a craftsman."

The smile on Guo Kai's face slowly disappeared, and he sighed: "Does Brother Miao be unwilling to take care of any affection?"

Miao Mo shook his head and said, "It's not that I can't take care of my feelings, otherwise the Ru Guo family wouldn't have secretly obtained the secret recipes from the iron smelting plant. With these secret recipes, the Ru Guo family must have made great profits over the years, right? I also heard that Ru Guo family secretly traded with the Huns in the north and used iron tools to exchange cattle, sheep, livestock and slaves for cattle, sheep, livestock and slaves."

Speaking of this, the expression on Mu Mo's face became even colder: "You must not know. In fact, the supervisory guards have already noticed your movements, but they have been intercepted by me. You don't think about it, what should you do if the king knows?"

After hearing this, Guo Kai was shocked and subconsciously said, "This is impossible. Only a few of my servants and the dead men secretly handled this matter. It is absolutely impossible for others to notice it!"

"Absolutely impossible?" Mu Mo's face showed a sarcastic expression: "Guo Kai, for the supervisory guard, there is no secret in Zhao State."

Guo Kai was silent for a moment, and finally said with a blue face: "In order to thank Brother Shi for his care, from now on, the profits of the transaction with the Huns will be given to Brother Shi 20%!"

Miao Mo shook his head and stretched out a palm: "Fifty percent."

"This is impossible!" Guo Kai's face turned red and he said angrily: "At most 30%!"

Miao Mo said slowly: "40%.

Guo Kai was struggling for a while and gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Shi, Sancheng really can't be more. Unless you can let the border cavalry legion let go, it will be difficult for me to obey."

Miao Mo looked at Guo Kai quietly for a while, and finally nodded slowly: "Okay, 30% will be 30%.

The pavilion fell into silence for a moment, and both of them had their own thoughts and lost the desire to speak.

After a long time, Guo Kai finally packed up his mood and said to Miao Mo: "Brother Shi, can you really help me with the craftsman thing I just mentioned?"

Mu Mo's face showed an impatient expression: "Guo Kai, why are you like this mother-in-law and mother? If I say it doesn't work, it's not possible. The transaction is the transaction, but I don't want to pay for it!"

Guo Kai hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and took out a small token from his hand and placed it in front of Miao Mo: "Brother Shi, please see this thing."

Miao Mo looked at it carefully, then a look of surprise appeared on his face: "This is..."

Guo Kai took back the token and pointed to Handan: "I guess Brother Shi knows that token, right?"

Miao Mo nodded and suddenly sneered, "Why, do you want to suppress me with that power? Don't forget that my father is still an eunuch now, and he is in charge of the supervisory guards. He is comparable to that person in terms of status and power!"

Guo Kai smiled apologized and said, "Brother Shi misunderstood. How dare I threaten Brother Shi? But I have a few words that I want to ask Brother Shi to listen to. Although Miao Qing is extremely trusted by the king, he is already old and may not be sure when he will die. And that person is far younger than Miao Xian, and he is also extremely trusted by the king. If Brother Shi angers that person, it will be the day when Miao Qing leaves!"

Miao Mo's face changed slightly, and he pondered without saying a word.

Guo Kai didn't continue to speak, but just sat there drinking and eating, waiting for Miao Mo's answer.

After a long time, Mu Mo said slowly: "It has only been two months since the Mohist craftsmen arrived here, and the method of steelmaking is still being improved, and there is no conclusion yet. After the steelmaking method is completed, I will definitely report to Handan. You can come first, and naturally a Mohist craftsman will die suddenly."

Guo Kai was overjoyed when he heard this, and immediately stood up and bowed to Miao Mo, "Thank you, Brother Shi!"

Half an hour later, Guo drove the carriage slowly left the iron smelting factory in the valley.

Unexpectedly, Guo Kai was not the only one in the carriage, there was another mysterious man in black clothes and black robe who couldn't see his face clearly.

Guo Kai smiled at the mysterious man and said, "Zunke now knows where Zhao State factory is located, and I don't know how Daqin should deal with it?"

The mysterious man shook his head slowly and said in a deep voice: "I will report this to Xianyang. As for how to deal with this iron smelting factory, it is the matter of the king and the wait."

Guo Kai nodded and asked again: "I have completed my mission. Should my previous promise be fulfilled?"

The mysterious man nodded and said, "You can ask someone to go to Xianyang. As long as you show your code, someone will naturally contact you."

Guo Kai felt relieved. He didn't know what he remembered, and suddenly laughed.
Chapter completed!