第七十七章 山民
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这时矿工们眼中反有释然之色，他们在此之前自也是向蔡九了解过，但口说无凭，还是眼见为实。更多小说ltxsba.com
当时的矿工，算是自由籍贯最多的人群，因为采矿炼铁专业性在当时算是最强的行当之一，要求的是人比较强壮，也需有点手艺，要求一多，就不是一乡一村的农民可以充任的，一个铁矿，可能矿工来自十几个州府，甚至有不少外省矿工前来。
包括矿主也是，南方的各铁矿，矿主倒不一定是本地人，而是那些掌握着开矿炼铁技术，同时又能笼络和压服住矿工的豪强来担当。
如《清流县志》中所说：“铁炉之兴，充斯役者率皆土豪有势力者当之，其出息甚大而结怨亦不少焉。何者？山中筑厂，聚集人夫，搬运铁沙，络绎不尽，洗沙流水，液如膏，地坟对之而破败，山村对之而孤贫，一人专利，千口嗷嗷，或旬日不煽，鸡鸣狗盗之徒，聚博逞凶……”
从这段记录中看的出来，铁矿业对当地的自然环境和经济损坏极大，得利的是矿主，而矿工良莠不齐，俱是离家的胆壮力大之人，聚赌生事，对当地的治安民生，俱有极大破坏。
约束这样的人群，自也非土豪不可，而矿工们也害怕遇到过于强势的东主，压的他们抬不起头。
这算是双方的博奕，最少从眼下看来，这位少年东主不是那种扬着脸同人说话的豪强纨绔子弟，这一层算是真的叫人放下心来。
“东主请看，那边有一条小溪，流速不小，足可冲涮清洗铁沙，”到了一处平地上，蔡九兴致勃勃的指给张瀚看：“这里有三四亩地大方圆，四周已经有不少打开的矿脉，挖掘矿厂也十分方便……在这里就是炉址，与矿脉，溪流都相隔很近，那里一些空地，可以盖起房舍，当住处和库房……”
蔡九还是十余岁的少年时就在矿山做事，一做就是十余年，几乎每一道工序都了如指掌，只是未曾掌过总，做过当家人，所以说起来话时，声音还有一些颤抖的感觉。
“炉立两丈四，预计矿石和燃料，人手都充足的话，可以每日出铁四千斤。”
李慎明在一旁插嘴道：“一年可出铁多少？”
蔡九已经知道李慎明的身份，当下十分恭谨的答说道：“回李先生，这事说不大准，毕竟这炉子有时也看天时，连续暴雨不停就不能开炉，只能等天晴，还有雪天，山洪，一类，也得停工，一年正常可开炉半年以上，稳妥些算，近百万斤总是有的。”
李慎明心中默算，按张瀚的打算，一炉一年需得百万斤以上方可，不知道他有什么办法，可以增加产量。
而且张瀚还不仅只出普通的生铁和精铁，还打算出钢。
钢在当时十分难得，价格十倍于生铁之上，而且产量严重不足，工序十分复杂，只能用在少数地方，比如打造精良兵器上。
张瀚先不出声，看了一圈后才道：“地方小了，太小了。”
蔡九嗫嚅着道：“东主，东山这里有铁炉好几十座，有溪流，地方又够大，离矿脉又近的都是在别人手里，咱们除非用强的，不然凭银子买也买不下来。”
蔡九离开新平堡时，张瀚批了一大笔银子给他，叫他做好先头准备工作。蔡九做事也确实还算踏实，眼前这里已经盖了两排房舍，都是照张瀚吩咐的高规格盖的瓦房，厨房和茅房隔的很远，住宿和卫生条件都很不错，盖炉子的普通方砖和耐火砖已经准备了不少，盐也堆了很大的一堆，其余一些锻造的工具也用草盖着，防止下雨受潮。
就前期工作来说，已经算是做的不错。
“炉子你只准备一座大高炉，格局太小了吧蔡九？”张瀚笑骂着道：“我这里银子有的事，将来未必就只卖你一座炉子的生铁，咱们山西布政使司一年出多少铁？告诉你，一年不到一千万斤，可整个北方，出铁最多的地方就是咱们这，河北那出铁的地方多半废弃不用了，辽东出铁也不多，朝廷现在打造铁甲造兵器的上好精铁都不够使，民间的犁头，铁锅，隔几年就得换一批，整个北方过亿百姓，一年用铁要多少？况且……”
张瀚说到这打个了顿，走私生铁的事，暂时还不能和蔡九说。
明朝的铁产量，据张瀚所看到的各种书籍中记录的都不一致，明初洪武年间是一千八百万斤到两千万斤，但到万历年间记录还是九千多吨，这个数字张瀚不知道是不是准确，毕竟洪武年间的人口数字和万历年间相差了好几倍，而生铁放开民营后，很多小型的铁炉恐怕未必能算在统计之内。
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