The Li family members set off from the thirteenth day of the first lunar month and delayed on the road for two days. After that, they traveled and stayed overnight as usual, and did not encounter any trouble again. Finally, they arrived at their destination, Tieshan City, on the 20th day of the first lunar month.

This city was the fiefdom of the ancestor of the Qi Refining Immortal Immortal in the Warrior Sect. It was originally just a small city built on a mountain bag. Because the Cyclone Lake on the edge of the city was rich in black iron, it became more and more developed in the past few hundred years.

A strange mineral like black iron is not only hard in texture, but also rust-proof. Its greatest advantage is that it can pass through true qi and is an important material for casting magic weapons of immortal weapons. Therefore, there are endless merchants who come from south to north and buy this product for various immortal gates.

In addition, this sect from the Tie family has now become one of the Eight Heavenly Sects, and now it is the number one family in southern Jingzhou.

As the name suggests, the Falling Star Lake was formed by the fall of stars in the sky and hitting the ground. This is indeed the case. The battle of the sky was spread across the entire Central China three hundred years ago, so Jingzhou was naturally difficult to escape. At the beginning, all parties were still worried, but when the battle was fierce and he was silenced, he could not think so much about it.

This Falling Star Lake was formed by the demon god who triggered meteors in the sky to bombard the cultivation temple on the ground.

Although this meteorite is not big, it is made up of the whole body of the raw iron ore, which is extremely large and terrifyingly large. The black iron itself has a certain magnetic nature, and a huge high-quality iron ore is buried deep in the underground of the bombardment. Therefore, from then on, a piece of Xianjia Cave became an open-pit iron ore.

However, this violent collision also changed the local landform. Several nearby rivers poured into huge pits formed by impact, forming a vast lake - Flying Star Lake.

The ancestor of the Tie Family originally came from the combat weapon sect and was best at refining weapons, especially killing weapons, so he chose this place as his fiefdom. As expected, after several generations of operation, he became a giant in the iron industry.

Today, Tieshan City is no longer a small town, but a real city.

This was also the first time Li Zisheng came to a city from the countryside. However, he found that the closer he got to Tieshan City, the more sparse the trees were. When he was two days away from Tieshan City, there was already a bare area around him, and only weeds were buried in the remaining snow on the ground.

After the snow stopped, the sky he found that black smoke began to float, and the surrounding air smelled a faint smell.

Of course, Li Zisheng asked others curiously, and it turned out that this was the result of the "industrialization" of Tieshan City.

The trees here were cut off one or two hundred years ago and burned into charcoal for iron smelting. Later, several coal mines were found nearby and the cutting was stopped. However, after switching to coal, the surrounding environment became worse and worse, and nothing could grow except the wild grass with strong vitality.

Especially since they came from the south and were at a disadvantage, the scene they saw was the most shocking.

The group approached the city. After reaching a distance where they could look directly with their naked eyes, Li Zisheng saw a gray mist covering the entire city from afar, and slowly drifted towards him under the blow of gusts of north wind.

Under this fog, there is a jungle made of chimneys, which are spewing fog into the sky. Strangely, the boy did not think the scene in front of him was ugly, but instead had a magnificent feeling.

However, a stinky smell in the air made him difficult to breathe. Li Zisheng couldn't help but ask his father how to live in such an environment.

Li Zhaochang replied with a smile to his son. All he saw was the Nancheng, where there were only blacksmith shops, and no one lived there except the poor. Just like their grain shop was opened in the North City, due to the wind direction, the environment there was not a little better.

In addition, with the popularization of fairy arts, the magic array with the effect of filtering air is not expensive, and "ordinary" people can afford it.

The boy nodded then, of course, then he immediately saw the "poor ghost" who could not afford the air array and lived in the south.

There are dense low and simple houses beside the Lake of Zhuxing in the south of Tieshan City. Perhaps there is a lack of wood nearby. The sheds here are all made of burnt cinders, with thatch as roofs on them, and a few pieces of wood are tied together as doors. Many houses simply do not even have windows. The cinders are black and yellow, and the two colors are mixed together, making them look dirty and ugly.

But now these buildings that are not considered houses are all tilted, a large piece is pushed into flat ground, and few other places are kept intact, and there are signs of smoke and fire everywhere. Now there are not even half a living person inside. There are only some passersby who are passing by, and they hurriedly walked past this place as if they were escaping something.

Before his son could ask, Li Zhaochang pointed out and said. The shack lived in nearby miners and coal disciples, and the "iron fishermen" unique to the Flying Star Lake.

The black iron produced by Zhuxing Lake is at the bottom of the lake. At the beginning, it can be salvaged with a special iron net, but gradually all the fragmented black iron ore was salvaged, and those larger ores were not something that the iron net could deal with.

So the iron fishermen appeared. As long as they could swim, they would dive into the lake, pick up ore at the bottom of the lake, and then sell it to those who specialize in collecting ore and making irons on the shore, they would not have to worry about two meals and one night. Therefore, empty-handed people would not have to worry about having no food to eat when they came here, which attracted many poor villagers to make a living here.

These miners and iron fishermen live by the lake of Flying Stars, and gradually form such a large slum.

The participants in this rice commotion this year are mainly residents here, so they are now dilapidated. However, Li Zhaochang confidently told his son that after a while, there will naturally be farmers looking for food, especially after such a big "natural disaster" occurred in Yunmengze in the east.

They passed by the slums, but did not enter the south city surrounded by fireworks, but instead circled around the east side of the city. From this time on, some tribe members kept saying goodbye and leaving. Li Zhaochang made an appointment with them for dinner at the hotel in the city three days later, and came to thank everyone for their hard work along the way and fulfill their promises.

The father and son and their employer came to a river. The river originated from the Lake of Flying Stars and winded northwest. Because of the Xuan Iron Ore in the lake, it was named Xuan River. The Xuan River flowed through the city and divided the Tieshan City into two.

This name does fit the river. Slag and various dirt are floating on the water surface, and the black river water emits an unpleasant stench. There are many tall buildings on both sides of the eastern section of Xuanhe City. However, these buildings are not made of wood, but iron frame houses made of iron beams and iron columns. Many iron frame houses do not even have walls, and most of them are filled with iron ingots ore.

It turned out that this was the storage area of ​​Tieshan City, and next to it were two empty wharfs in the north and south.

In front of these warehouses there is a row of shops, most of which are grain shops. These shops now look like they are burned by smoke and fire. Some door panels are broken and broken into two pieces, and no one can repair them, but they are leaning against the wall. There are even several shops with roofs burned through, and several bricklayers are repairing them.

The boy didn't need to ask, and he knew that this was the result of the "rice commotion" a few days ago. Now, you can see a few soldiers walking lazily here from time to time.

Li Zhaochang led everyone to his shop in a familiar way. The shop was fine, but the door panel was not broken.

When I knocked on the door, the shopkeeper of Li Jialiang Shop, Du Jianghang, was knocked on the door panel.

Speaking of which, this person was the one who was under Li Zhaochang's escort when he was in the escort, and the two had always had a good relationship. Later, Master Du was injured and had one leg to do not have to do the escort business. Seeing that he was honest and honest, he could write and calculate, he summoned him to the store to be responsible for the transaction of the grain shop.

Of course, Manager Du, who had this encounter, was also extremely loyal to the boss.

He dragged a lame leg forward a few steps and bowed, "Master, you are back. Oh, even the eldest master is here! I haven't seen you for a few days. The young master is so tall, and he is getting more and more energetic as he grows."

Li Zhaochang chatted with him for a few gossips and then entered the store together. The boy also followed him into his shop. It cannot be said to be simple, but it can definitely be said to be simple. This is a three-bay shop, a long counter divides the shop into two pieces in front and back. There is a floor scale on the left hand in front, a table and two chairs on the right hand, and a teapot and teacup on the table. There is a large open space except for a walkway, and now there are some empty sacks.

His father didn't go back and rested, so he directly asked someone to move the counter and piled up all the food he brought from behind the counter. Then he walked around his shop and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he had not suffered any major damage.

Then, Li Zhaochang sat on the chair on the right, drinking tea and watching his subordinates carry food while asking about the turmoil in the accounting a few days ago and the business situation in the past few days.

The impact of the Li family during that turmoil was not big. Manager Du was also a worldly figure in the martial arts world. He handled it very appropriately and simply dismissed a few guards. He opened the store and exposed the small amount of food to the thieves. He packed up the remaining money and soft in the account and hid. When he came back, he didn't even smash the furniture, but there was only some garbage and "yellow and white things", which could be said to be unscathed.

Li Zhaochang praised a few words from the bottom of his heart and began to ask about the food market.

When he said this, Du Jianghang said excitedly: "Now the price of rice in this city is rising. I heard that several thieves had appeared in Yunmengze in the east, cutting off the waterway."

Originally, there were big rivers in Jingzhou and Yangzhou, but this section of the river was turbulent, so it was convenient to sail along the water, but it was difficult to sail against the water. Therefore, the boats coming from Yangzhou first detoured the calm Yunmengze on the water surface, and then used their livestock to pull the boat to Tieshan City.

"How much has it increased now?" Li Zhaochang asked.

Manager Du stretched out a slap: "It's five times higher than before the year."

Boss Li was also surprised: "So high?!" He calculated in his heart that he brought 40,000 kilograms of high-quality white rice this time, but he lost a little on the road, and now it is about 37,000 kilograms. The market price is only 400 kilograms at most to sell for a black iron Wuzhu coins, which is equivalent to one tenth of a square Yuan stone.

This year, I suffered from natural disasters and... a little "fairy disaster". Before the New Year, the price of rice in the city could only buy 100 kilograms per five zhu coin, but now it has increased by five times. Wouldn't it be enough to buy 20 kilograms? The cost of these rice in our own home can be sold for 185 yuan stones, which is a bit more expensive than in previous years. Even if the labor expenses are included, it is only a little over twenty square yuan stones! Such a net profit is as high as one hundred and sixty five square yuan stones!

(Note: It has been mentioned in the previous article. Dear readers, you can bring in the current price and calculate it... For convenience, the current price of Yuanshi is equivalent to RMB 10,000 in the current plane.)

This time I made a lot of money!

At least my son has made up his tuition fees in recent years, and he still doesn’t mention the gifts and support from the Tie Family.

Before Boss Li could smile, he heard Manager Du say "Just..."

"Just what?" Li Zhaochang asked with a teacup in his hand.
Chapter completed!