"In one month, I will see the finished product. No matter how many times I fail, I will bear the losses in it." Sima Ji looked at the glass craftsman in front of him, but his attention was on Yan Yan and asked, "By the way, where are your prospecting people?"

"They have been asked to go home!" Yan Yan replied with a moment of silence, "These tenants have been away from home for a long time and miss their families a little. Moreover, since they have been found, these tenants can naturally go back."

Who told you that they could go home? Sima Ji stared at Yan Yan with a look of dislike of you, but he still suppressed his displeasure and said softly, "I will find it back in three days. The world is so big. These mountains have iron ore, and there is nothing in the other mountains? Is it a waste to train these people and just put them back like this?"

"Your Highness, this is Yan Yan's negligence!" Yan Yan quickly accused of guilt and expressed that he had negligence, which made Sima Ji calm down.

"Go to Pingzhou to explore. After Pingzhou, go north!" Sima Ji said helplessly in his tone. The climate in the northeast is harsh and there is nothing that makes people excited. He is really afraid that after his death, Luoyang will throw the northeast out of his mind. This is not unborn in Chinese history.

In the agricultural era, the land in the south could carry a large population and had a much greater potential than in the north. But once it entered the industrial era, China's coal, iron and oil were not dared to say that it was all, most of which were in the north, and the south was mostly non-ferrous metals. Without the most basic coal, iron and oil, non-ferrous metals could only be sold for raw materials.

Think about South Africa in later generations. South Africa was not the basis for mining gold mines to form the foundation of African power. The reason why South Africa was selected by Europeans to focus on operating is because South Africa's coal mines are the largest in Africa and there are iron ore that is sufficient to support industry. If there are only precious metals, it will be the end of Congo. If the price of raw materials falls, the country will be ruined.

Take Pingzhou as an example. Benxi is in Pingzhou. Benxi iron ore is the largest iron ore in Asia. It occupies three of the five open-pit coal mines in later generations in China, and it also includes the excellent horse farming land on the Hulunbuir Prairie.

If this is in the hands of a civilization that is not inferior to the Central Plains dynasty, it will be a disaster for the Central Plains. Fortunately, the local nation is relatively simple. Sometimes, Sima Ji thinks the shortcomings of other civilizations more often, and even Sima Ji thinks the Hu people are cute.

Now the King of Yan has all the coal and iron in his hands, and there is a salt farm in Peiping County. He also has a horse farm in Pingzhou. In addition, he has looted three small countries. It can be said that he has already had the initial ability to adapt. Now all he needs to do is wait slowly and accumulate his own strength.

"Don't tell me what I saw today!" Sima Ji looked at Hamoni who had been following him, as if he wanted to see something in this woman. This fortress was often breached from the inside.

"No, no! Hamoni is His Highness's woman." Hamoni quickly rubbed Sima Ji's arm, indicating that she and Sima Ji were one, and said stutteringly, "Why don't we have a baby..."

Cough... Sima Ji smiled helplessly, "Tell me something privately!" Then he looked at the people around him and seemed to ask, "Have you heard anything?"

"No, I heard nothing!" Everyone waved their hands quickly, looked around, and showed with practical actions what it means to open their eyes and blindness.

"Or, dig another canal?" Sima Ji compared the location and thought, "Canal is of course important. Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the Huainan area has been the most important grain-producing area in the country. The rice and crops produced in Huainan and Jiangnan all arrive in Luoyang through canal transportation. The canal transportation route is from the Huainan to the Bian River, heading north to the Yellow River, and then going west to the Luoshui River. Among them, the key section of the Bian River is extremely critical. If the canal transportation route is cut off, Luoyang will be eaten in less than three months.

Otherwise, when the King of Yan mentioned digging the canal, there would be no objection to Luoyang, and all of them agreed. The gentry in Luoyang also knew that if they wanted to maintain their life in Luoyang, they had to let Huainan food come in, and Luoyang could not afford them.

This is a bit like the theory of blood-sucking in the imperial capital in later generations. If the Jin Dynasty was also dissatisfied with the capital, it would be the people of Huainan. I thought about it and it was convenient to dig the canal, but now he is in the stage of shrinking his head, so he is still careful. The food entering the mountain can only be carried on the back of people, which is all to protect the handicrafts in the mountains.

In the hot summer, the King of Yan still had somewhere to go, but the prisoners who repaired the Great Wall and expanded Jicheng in Yanshan still worked sweating profusely. If they were a little slow, they would be beaten and kicked.

As for the female captives captured by attacking Goguryeo, it became a problem. There were nearly 90,000 women, all of whom were in their prime, but their men were all being corveted, which turned into a huge waste.

"You mean these women are wasting, why not find something for them?" Sima Ji tilted his head and thought for a while. It was not unreasonable, it was indeed a waste of labor.

However, Sima Ji did not expect that he himself subconsciously did not regard women as prisoners. As for Yan Yan, Feng Ji and Tong Jiang who were enfeoffed, they did not expect this. And the first thing that came to this point was Yang Xin. Why did this woman make things difficult for women? The King of Yan said that men were not enough for women to make up for.

"You keep tens of thousands of people to eat in the feudal country, and you don't do anything at all. Don't you feel that it's a loss?" Yang Xin gave Sima Ji a blank look. He also had to share the time, at least you have to share the number of people. Do you love 90,000 people and really treat yourself as a saint?

"What can they do? They can't hold their shoulders and resist, and the two can't stand up to a man together." Sima Ji smiled bitterly, "I really hope that men and women can be equal, so that they can open the canal and build the city wall?"

"Men and women have their own division of labor, they can raise silkworms and weave cloth. The Hu merchant has just left, and most of the silk in the mansion has been taken away. If it is not replenished in time, what will you supply to Hu merchant tomorrow?" Yang Xin bit her lip lightly, as if she was disappointed with Sima Ji's elm head, "What's the use of you to exhaust Goguryeo men? There are also women who eat 90,000 yuan in vain."

"What you say makes sense, is men and women equal? ​​It's my negligence!" Sima Ji directly admitted his mistake, but Yang Xin is also a woman. She always makes Sima Ji feel inconsistent and blurted out, "How can these women use what you say? After all, are men and women equal?"
Chapter completed!