With the continuous expansion of the territory of the Condor Empire, the number of people in the country is also increasing.

Although with the Forbidden City in place, Ning Yuan could prevent a rebellion in a certain area in advance, but he could not grasp the changes in the loyalty of some important generals in advance.

After all, there are so many generals in the Condor Empire, and it is impossible for him to check their loyalty one by one every day, so it is very necessary to establish an organization that can monitor the daily actions of these generals.

The Condor Empire now has only one external intelligence agency, and these intelligence personnel are mainly responsible for spying on the enemy and assassinating the high-ranking generals of the hostile forces.

In addition to the head of the East Factory, he is mainly responsible for spying on the enemy, drawing maps and collecting various intelligence.

In the west factory, he is mainly responsible for monitoring the civil and military officials in the country and observing the people's feelings.

The East and West Factory was signed by the Ming Dynasty officials, and was a privileged supervision agency, a secret service agency and a secret police agency at that time.

The Ming Dynasty is a very strange dynasty in ancient China, because not many people can say what the emperors of this dynasty are, but if you mention the East and West factories and Jinyiwei, it is basically known to women and children.

Influenced by film and television works, Ning Yuan was also familiar with these two spy agencies, so when he thought of forming his own spy agency, he didn't bother to think about what the name was, so he directly took the names of the two factories and used them, and then modified the specific functions.

Of course, take it and take it, and he doesn't dare to copy all the vices, because the reason why the two factories in the Ming Dynasty are so famous is actually most of them notoriety, after all, they have been stinking for thousands of years.

In order to prevent the rights of the two factories from being too large, Ning Yuan made clear their respective responsibilities and obligations at the beginning of its establishment, and did not allow them to have any unauthorized behavior.

The commander of the East Factory is Wang Qi, and Wang Qi's task is to collect the information sent back by the factory guards from all over the country, and then sort out the useful parts of it and hand it over to the Military Department, and he and the East Factory are under the direct jurisdiction of the Military Department.

The commander of the West Factory is Ji Xiaofeng, who is under the direct jurisdiction of Ning Yuan, and the main task of the West Factory is to supervise the civil and military officials and inspect the public conditions in various places.

In order to restrict their rights, Ning Yuan stipulated that the West Factory only had the right to supervise, not the right to dispose of it, which meant that they only needed to sort out the information and hand it over to Ning Yuan, and it had nothing to do with them as for what Ning Yuan would do.

Ning Yuan did not hide the establishment of the East and West Factories from anyone, and he directly completed the appointment of Wang Qi and Ji Xiaofeng in front of hundreds of civil and military officials.

Ning Yuan's meaning is obvious, that is, to tell everyone that he can do whatever he wants just because of hard work and high achievements, everyone is equal before the law, so it is best to give him some restraint.

No one is perfect, and the generals under Ning Yuan will have some various minor problems.

As the lord, it is impossible for Ning Yuan to mention them all day because of some trivial things, so many people don't take it too seriously, which leads to more and more small problems, which are getting bigger and bigger.

Although it is said that those who achieve big things are informal, but the details determine success or failure, although the problem is small, if you don't pay attention, it is likely to become the last straw that breaks the camel's back at a critical moment, so it is necessary for Ning Yuan to help them correct it.

Well, now that the factory guards of the West Factory are equivalent to Ning Yuan's eyes, they are likely to appear anywhere, that is to say, in theory, Ning Yuan will see their every move, so when they want to do something again, they will definitely think twice.

Of course, surveillance is surveillance, and Ning Yuan will definitely not let the factory guards interfere with their normal life, so they still have absolute private space in their own homes.

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The East and West factories have been officially established, and the framework of the Marine Corps has also been successfully built, so it stands to reason that Ning Yuan should have nothing to worry about now, and he can be a shopkeeper with peace of mind.

But the facts are just the opposite, Ning Yuan is very worried these days.

Although the formation of the Marine Corps went very smoothly, there was a problem with the weapons used by the mermaid warriors, and then this problem successfully stumped Ning Yuan.

Although the weapons and equipment that Ning Yuan had prepared for the mermaid warriors before were very good and suitable for them to use, a very serious problem soon appeared, that is, the weapons all began to rust.

Mermaid warriors often dive underwater, and those weapons quickly became rusty because of long-term contact with seawater, no matter how they were maintained, which completely stumped Ning Yuan.

In modern times, stainless steel technology can solve this problem perfectly, but in ancient times, it was a very difficult problem.

Ning Yuan wanted to introduce modern stainless steel technology, but unfortunately, he was a complete layman about it.

After the game, he began to flip through their respective materials, but the professional terms made him have a splitting headache, and in the end, he had no choice but to give up.

On this day, Ning Yuan came to Changxing Island to relax.

On the beach, there is a group of mermaid children playing with children of other tribes, building houses out of various stones and playing house games.

Ning Yuan really didn't have anything to do, so he watched it with relish on the sidelines.

Children, once you go crazy, it's normal to play and make trouble.

No, Ning Yuan watched it for a while, and two children quarreled over the question of who would be his son.

Neither of the two little guys would budge, and in the end, one of the children was so angry that he directly kicked the small house that had been built.

He felt that he hadn't lost his breath after kicking the house down, so he simply threw out the stones that had been used to build the house, and a few stones happened to be thrown on the beach in front of Ning Yuan.

Looking at these naughty little guys, Ning Yuan stood up with a smile and walked straight over.

He bent down and picked up the stone from the beach, wanting to go over and return it to the children.

Just as he picked up a blue stone, his movements suddenly stopped, his eyes were fixed on the stone in his hand, and after seeing the attributes of the blue stone, he suddenly burst out laughing.

"Hahaha, it's really hard to find a place to step on the iron shoes, it takes no effort to get it, God help me, hahahahaha."

Blue Iron Ore: A special iron ore formed in the ocean that can be smelted into blue iron. Blue iron is resistant to corrosion and wear.

Ning Yuan is now worried about the weapons of the mermaid warriors, and the discovery of this blue iron ore is simply a relief in the snow.

After seeing the blue iron ore, Ning Yuan swept away his depressed mood in the past, and the whole person immediately became energetic.

In order to find out the source of these blue iron ores, he called the children who were playing with the house.

After careful inquiry, Ning Yuan learned that these blue iron ores were found by the children of the mermaid clan from the bottom of the sea, and they saw that these stones were brightly colored, so they fished them up.

"Come on, let people go to Condor City immediately to fetch a batch of ancient tree (natural wonder) fruits, and reward them to these children and their families."

In a good mood, Ning Yuan gave these children a big gift very generously.

When he asked people to get gifts for the children, he also asked people to go to the barracks and bring in a group of mermaid warriors.

When the mermaid warrior arrived, he immediately asked the merfolk children to take the mermaid warrior to the sea to find the blue iron ore.

Led by the merfolk children, the merfolk warriors soon found several small open-air blue iron veins.

After learning that he had found the blue iron vein, Ning Yuan transferred all the mermaid warriors over, each with a mine hoe, and all of them went to the sea to mine.

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When the first long sword made of blue iron was freshly baked, Ning Yuan couldn't wait to throw it into the sea.

The blue iron sword was soaked in the sea water for a day and a night before it was taken out, and then it was casually thrown onto the stone by Ning Yuan, allowing it to withstand the sun and wind every day.

After repeatedly torturing this blue iron long sword for a week, Ning Yuan was relieved to see the sword body that was still as bright as a mirror, and he smiled happily.

Immediately afterwards, the blue iron vein was set up by Ning Yuan as a first-level strategic resource of the Condor Empire, and once it was discovered, it must be reported immediately, and private storage was not allowed. Those who discover the blue iron vein will be rewarded heavily, and those who possess it will be severely punished.

With the continuous release of blue iron weapons, the weapon problem of the merfolk clan has finally been perfectly solved.

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