In fact, Yang Tong wanted to sell a large merchant ship to Jindeman, which was more profitable, but unfortunately he didn't have it himself, and the craftsmen were trying their best to build warships, so they could only end this kind of large transaction.

"How many craftsmen do we have?" After Jindeman was led by the palace maid to visit the royal ladies, Yang Tong couldn't wait to summon Jiang Xingben, the secretary of the Ministry of Works.

Jiang Xingben thought for a while and said, "Back to Your Highness, there are more than 50,000 craftsmen, and there are 25,000 craftsmen in the Ministry of Industry; Divine Weapons Workshop, making swords, spears and other weapons; Bow and crossbow workshop, production of bows and arrows; Armor workshops, manufactures, and repairs of armor and shields, and saddles are also made here; Craft large siege and defensive weapons such as trebuchets, stone cannons, battering rams, and more! (Note: There are four divisions of the Ministry of Industry, namely the Ministry of Industry Division of the Main Army, the Tuntian Division of Juntun, the Yu Department of Royal Arts and Crafts Manufacturing, and the Ministry of Water in charge of water conservancy)

"What about the craftsmen of the Armory?"

"About fifteen thousand."

"In other words, the remaining more than 10,000 craftsmen are mainly distributed in the Yu Department of craft manufacturing?"

"Exactly."

"From today, the Ordnance Supervision will be merged into the Ministry of Industry, and the Capital Water Supervision will be merged into the Ministry of Water." The functions of the Ordnance Superintendent are the same as those of the Ministry of Industry, and there is no need to exist, and the same is true for the Metropolitan Water Superintendent and the Ministry of Water Affairs. The Tiangong Institute is an independent department of scientific research, and the Money Minting Division is the only direct department of the Tiangong Institute.

Yang Tong then said: "In addition to the four workshops of divine soldiers, bows and crossbows, strong armor, and equipment, the Ministry of Industry also has a shipbuilding workshop responsible for the construction of large merchant ships and warships, as well as an engineering workshop responsible for the survey, construction, and repair of roads and the Great Wall!" ”

"Whoa!"

After thinking for a while, Yang Tong said again: "In the past, there were more than 200,000 craftsmen in the Luoyang Ordnance Prison alone, and we only had 50,000, which is too far away!" Not to mention a return to the previous scale, but not too little. This can support the consumption of hundreds of thousands of our army! ”

There is no dilemma of lack of armor, not that craftsmen can produce enough weapons, bows, crossbows, arrows, and armor, but that Yang Tong's family background is too thick!

The ordnance used and hoarded by the Northern Sui army was built when the Great Sui was at its strongest, especially during the period of Emperor Wen, the imperial court built a large number of ordnance, which was built by recruiting countless craftsmen and spending countless people's efforts to build. And now the world is in turmoil, the four sides are divided, and any force on either side does not have the ability to build such feared ordnance.

During the heyday of the Great Sui, unimaginable amounts of food and ordnance were hoarded all over the world.

Li Yuan, Zhai Rang, Wang Shichong, Du Fuwei, Xiao Miao, Yu Wenhua, Liang Shidu, Xue Ju, Li Rail, Li Zitong, Lin Shihong, these heroes are actually fighting with the Great Sui family. Not to mention Yang Tong, he never worried about money, food, and ordnance from the beginning.

But!

"But after a big battle, even if it is won, countless weapons and armor will be damaged, and countless arrows will be lost. If you can't make ends meet in this way, no matter how rich your family is, there will be a day when you will run out of money. ”

"I, the Great Sui, have to go through at least 10,000 wars before I can reunify! And what's the key to success? In addition to elite divisions, excellent commanders, brave generals, and abundant money and food, a large number of soldiers and armor are also needed. ”

"Armor comes from a strong weapon manufacturing capacity, and a strong weapon manufacturing requires the support of hundreds of thousands of good craftsmen, and good craftsmen need millions of people as the basis, and the premise of obtaining millions of people is a vast territory, sufficient money and food, and internal stability! Internally, it needs to be maintained by a large number of elite divisions...... It's all about interlocking. ”

Jiang Xingben showed a look of guilt on his face: "As a lowly official of the Ministry of Industry, but he can't consider the future of the Ministry of Industry, it is a capital crime." ”

"It's not your problem!" Yang Tong patted Jiang Xingben's shoulder and said, "Everyone's position is different, and the issues they consider are different. Next, you'll need to recruit skilled craftsmen in the territory. I'm not afraid of more, just too little! ”

"Humble duty understood." Jiang Xingben feels a great responsibility.

Yang Tong asked, "Do you know what the most powerful weapon of the Qin Dynasty is?" ”

"Crossbow Array!" Jiang Xingben said without hesitation: "The Qin Dynasty's advanced bow and crossbow is the greatest reliance. ”

"Then do you know why the Qin Dynasty has so many arrows to consume?"

"When the Qin Dynasty was forging arrows, they performed their own duties... An arrow is formed by the cooperation of several workshops..."As he spoke, Jiang Xingben's eyes lit up and said, "We can also divide labor and cooperate in this way, and the efficiency will definitely be improved." ”

"It's long overdue!" Yang Tong said with a smile: "An arrow of my Da Sui is handled by one person, this production mode has extremely high requirements for the craftsmanship of craftsmen, which is also the fundamental reason for the lack of craftsmen. The formation of an arrow is much faster. Therefore, you also have to follow the example of the Qin Dynasty and divide the workshop of the Ministry of Industry into several or more than a dozen processes! This kind of process is called flow operation, and the initial production is the water source, and then to the midstream, downstream, diversion, and confluence. ”

"The Qin Dynasty relied on this assembly line operation method to continuously deliver high-quality arrows and crossbows to the front-line troops, and this most advanced arrow crossbow constituted a strong military salute for the Qin Dynasty to sweep Liuhe and clear the world."

"After going down, you divide each workshop into multiple processes according to the strengths of the good craftsmen! Then these people will take apprentices to specialize in a process, there is only one link, and they will learn quickly, and the number of craftsmen will increase day by day! The armor is coming. ”

After thinking about it, he simply drew the convenient workshops, operation rooms, and workbenches of later generations, and even the entrances and exits of craftsmen were different, so that Jiang Xingben could build the workshop city according to the drawings.

Jiang Xingben glanced at it and understood Yang Tong's intention: that is, secrecy.

This new type of workshop and assembly line operation can greatly prevent new technology from being stolen by enemy forces.

Not long after Jiang Xingben left, an official of the Ministry of Rites rushed over: "Your Highness, Luoyang sent Pei Shiqing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, as an envoy to ask to see Your Highness!" ”

"Li Yuan's Ministry of Rites is Pei Ju, and Luoyang's Ministry of Rites is Pei Shiqing, what a coincidence."

"Your Highness! Pei Ju's real name is Shiju, and Pei Shiqing is a brother of the same clan. ”

"This is another typical example of the Maison's two-sided investment." Yang Tong smiled and asked, "Is Pei Shiqing a person from King Yan or a person from Wang Shichong?" ”

Now, the main force of Wagang and the northbound Yu Wenhua and the war in Pengcheng County, Xuzhou, Wang Shichong's small life is very comfortable, not only in charge of the military power of the Luoyang court, but also ascended to the throne of King Zheng as he wished.

And Yang Qi is the spokesperson of the Pei family, the Zheng family, the Lu family, the Er Cui family, the Zhao Jun Li family and other Kanto clans, and the Wei's and Yuan's first generation of Guanzhong, and the environment he is in is much better than that of Yang Tong in history, at least he has not fallen to the point where the Zen position was killed tragically, of course, this is also Yang Dong's reason, after all, the two brothers have never torn their faces, and Wang Shichong is still very worried about the powerful Northern Sui. In short, the two major forces led by Yang Qi and Wang Shiqi were at loggerheads in Luoyang, and the internal struggle was very fierce.