"Yes, yes, yes, I'll take care of it right away!"

After saying that, the butler hurriedly turned around and went downstairs to begin making arrangements.

This system of overtime and outsourcing came into being.

Just after Zhao Ning finished inspecting all the workshops and returned home, the powerful figures who had cooperated with him rushed to his house.

"What is this all about?"

Looking at all these people in front of me, they all seemed to be in a hurry.

"Master Zhao, production has been too fast lately. We're running out of iron from the government. We'd better think of a solution quickly!"

"What? There's not enough iron??"

Zhao Ning's expression changed as he realized a crucial issue.

"What are we going to do... Buying iron requires an application and registration, and it's impossible to get it in a short time!!"

Thinking about the imperial court's control and laws regarding iron, Zhao Ning couldn't help but feel a headache coming on.

Zhang Xiang, who was standing nearby, quickly said, "Patriarch Zhao, the Royal Ironworks has now been initially completed and started production, and it has been transferred to the Royal Trading Company. Do you think we can directly purchase refined iron from the Royal Trading Company?"

"Yes, we can give it a try. You wait here, I'll go find the Grand Minister of Agriculture and Attendant Zhao right now!"

Zhao Ning's eyes lit up. Now that the Royal Merchant Guild was acting as a medium, although they could no longer communicate directly with the court, they could perhaps avoid many complicated procedures.

Zhao Ning then rushed to Luoyang to meet Cao Song and Zhao Zhong without further delay.

Cao Song and Zhao Zhong seemed to have made preparations in advance, having already calculated clearly how many farm tools they would need to manufacture and how much iron they would require.

After confirming that everything was correct, Zhao Zhong immediately wrote a note and handed it to Zhao Ning.

"Patriarch Zhao, just take this note and go to the ironworks to buy it directly from Guo Sheng!"

"Thank you, Attendant Zhao!"

Zhao Ning carefully took the approval slip, overjoyed, and gained a completely new understanding of the power of the Royal Merchant Guild.

This further solidified my resolve to join them.