With the approval of the sample money of iron money, the industrial machines in Mojia village started immediately and built a number of hydraulic stamping machines for the Ministry of civil affairs in the shortest time.


    "Now everything is ready, only the east wind!" Tang Jian nodded with satisfaction when he saw the stamping machine in front of him.


    "East wind?" Merton was stunned and stared at Tang Jian.


    "Nature is the raw material. The biggest cost of making money is the raw material. As long as there are enough raw materials, you can make as much money as you want." Tang Jian said with a smile. Before, the raw material for making money was gold, silver and copper. Each of these was valuable, and there was no inflation. It was not as cheap as paper money in later generations. If you dare to print indiscriminately, you might have trouble.


    "Raw materials!"


    Merton suddenly realized that what Tang Jian said was stainless steel. He patted his chest and promised: "don''t worry, Lord Shangshu. Mojia village will fully supply stainless steel to the Ministry of the people for casting iron money."


    The raw material for making iron coins is stainless steel, which can only be produced in Mojia village. Naturally, Mojia village needs to provide raw materials.


    "Then there will be Lao Mo Hou." Tang Jian smiled and handed Merton a purchase list.


    Merton looked down and raised his eyebrows. He didn''t expect that the Ministry of the people needed so much stainless steel.


    "Lao mohou bothered. Iron money should be spread to the whole Tang Dynasty. The first batch must be enough to be enough." Tang Jian explained.


    "Don''t worry, Mr. Shang, Mojia village will not delay the casting of iron money." Merton promised that the construction of Shu Road is a top priority, and the iron money was cast one day earlier, and the Shu Road was built one day earlier.


    "What? The Ministry of Civil Affairs ordered so many stainless steel!" Uncle Zhang exclaimed when Merton put the list of the Ministry of civil affairs in front of Lao Zhang.


    So much stainless steel accounts for almost 70% of the production of Mojia village. If all of them are given to the Ministry of the people, it is bound to affect the production of stainless steel tableware in Mojia village. You know, the current stainless steel tableware is popular in the Tang Dynasty. It is a gold rush every day. If all of them are given to the Ministry of the people, it will certainly affect the production of Mojia village.


    "Uncle Zhang, if stainless steel is not enough, then continue to expand production. In the future, stainless steel is the mainstream in the world. Cut off the pig iron and crude steel business in Mojia village. If it is not enough, continue to buy iron from the market and spare no effort to produce stainless steel and special steel." Merton said decisively.


    Lao Zhang regretted, "that''s the only way."


    To tell the truth, with the brand of Mojia village, the goods produced in Mojia village have made a lot of profits. However, with the upgrading of Mojia village products from generation to generation, many profitable goods have been cut mercilessly. Unexpectedly, even the pig iron and crude steel business will be abandoned.


    When the news that Mojia village gave up the pig iron and crude steel business came, the industrial corridor between Mojia village and Chang''an City cheered. Each industrial upgrading of Mojia village will leave a large number of market gaps and transfer new technologies, which benefited the industrial corridor a lot.


    Although the technology of workshops in the industrial corridor is not as good as that in Mojia village, they are much better than ordinary workshops. At the same time, they are also cooperative suppliers of Mojia village. Mojia village eats meat and drinks soup in the industrial corridor. They are interdependent and cooperate with each other. This is the tacit pattern formed by Mojia village and the industrial corridor all the time.


    "By the way, it is said that Mojia village is supplying stainless steel to the Ministry of civil affairs and is purchasing a large number of iron materials, which is a big business!" at the same time, a business opportunity spread widely in Chang''an City, which immediately caused the fluctuation of iron price in Chang''an city.


    At first, no one cared about this fluctuation. After all, every big move in Mojia village would have a lot of waves. However, with the continuous growth of iron price, someone finally smelled something wrong.


    "The price of iron has soared by 50% in just over ten days." a blacksmith said with a grim face.


    "70% of the iron materials in Chang''an city are controlled by.................." a merchant vaguely pointed to the shop of Chang sun''s house.


    For a long time, most of the iron materials in Guanzhong have been under the control of the changsun family. However, with the rise of Mojia village, Mojia gradually obtained nearly 20% of the share by using technical advantages and exchanging machines for iron ore, which ensured the supply of iron and steel in Mojia village, and the rest is in the hands of retail investors.


    Most of today''s iron materials are used to refine stainless steel and supply the Ministry of the people to make money. I''m afraid there is only one possibility for the iron price to rise this time, changsun family!


    "The Chang Sun family and the Mohist family!"


    Many people took a deep breath. The two giants fought against each other again. Chang''an city is destined to rise again, but they can''t participate in all this.


    "What does the Chang Sun family want?"


    Merton frowned and drank coldly.


    Iron and steel is the food of industry. The most important thing for the Mohists to develop is iron and steel. Most of the iron and steel in Guanzhong is in the hands of the changsun family. The changsun family is the leader of iron ores everywhere. Now the iron ore in Chang''an city suddenly soars. It is obvious that the changsun family is playing tricks behind it.


    "Lao Zhang thought that the changsun family took advantage of the imperial court''s casting of iron money and the rise of iron price to make a profit. It was understandable at first, but now it seems that the changsun family has greater ambition. It goes up continuously. If it goes up again, there is no profit space in the Mojia village. It is simply that the Mojia village will work for the changsun family again." Lao Zhang said angrily.


    The changsun family took advantage of the fire! Taking advantage of the full supply of steel in Mojia village, the Ministry of the people was short of cast steel, and even took advantage of the iron.


    "No!" Merton shook his head and said, "what the changsun family wants is definitely more than this short-sighted profiteering. I''m afraid the changsun family is Xiang Zhuang''s sword dance aimed at Peigong!"


    "Pei Gong! Is it the secret skill of stainless steel that Hou ye said!" Lao Zhang was suddenly surprised.


    "That''s right! I think the changsun family had always coveted the secret technology of steelmaking in Mojia village. They used to blackmail under the pretext of cutting off the supply of raw materials. Now, as soon as the secret technology of stainless steel comes out, there must be no market for ordinary steel. The changsun family is repeating the old technology!" Merton said.


    "It''s too easy for the changsun family to think. I Lao Zhang will place an order with other mines to supply more iron materials!" Lao Zhang made a quick decision.


    The reason why the Mohist village occupies 20% of the share depends on signing a contract in advance and exchanging Mohist machines for iron materials, which can ensure the cost of the Mohist village. I''m afraid it''s useless to place more orders, let alone the changsun family. How can we not expect this step. There was a faint feeling in Merton''s heart.


    Sure enough, there was no double blessing and no single disaster. The mines cooperating with Mojia village had problems one after another, either delaying the delivery or asking for a price increase. More frankly, the mine owner said that even the price increase could not supply the full amount of iron materials, and at most provided Mojia Village with enough iron materials for the people to make money.


    "It''s too deceptive to break bridges across rivers and raise prices on land!" Lao Zhang said angrily.


    Although Mojia village has contracts with the iron ore plant, most of these contracts are about to expire. Even if the iron ore plant supplies all the money, it can only maintain the minbu to cast money, and most of the mining machines in each mine have been laid out. At this time, the role of Mojia Village is weakened to the lowest. No wonder these mines have the confidence to collude with the changsun family.


    Now there are only two ways in front of Mojia village. Either hand over the secret technology of stainless steel in exchange for iron material, or accept the high iron price to let the changsun family control the lifeline of Mojia village. The changsun family eats meat and the Mojia village drinks soup.