When the craftsmen heard Kou Ji's question, they hurriedly took the drawings and handed them to Kou Ji.

"This is a drawing sent by Baozhou, and it already shows what the problem is."

Kou Ji glanced at it, and the corners of his mouth twitched, "Who asked them to put armor on horses?" Wearing heavy armor or heavy armor? Is there a hole in the brain? ”

The craftsmen hesitated: "It was the old soldier sent by the Li Mansion who said that he met a kind of soldier wearing battle armor on the battlefield of Western Xia, which was extremely fierce.

That's why I wanted to give it a try......"

Kou Ji was slightly stunned when he heard this.

Eighty percent of the soldiers in the mouth of the old pawn of the Li Mansion who wore battle armor with men and horses were Iron Harriers, or the predecessors of Iron Harriers.

When they conquered Western Xia in the Great Song Dynasty, they did not shine, which means that they are still in the process of being created and have not formed a certain scale.

But the old pawn of the Li Mansion can see the power of the Iron Harrier in the process of the creation of the Iron Harrier, which is enough to show that the old pawn of the Li Mansion is not weak in eyesight.

Kou Ji took the drawings and said seriously: "That's a heavy armor ride, and the requirements for horses are very good." A good horse that is not of the highest quality will definitely not be able to reach the level required for heavy armor riding.

Although the horses I brought back from Liao are all high-quality horses, they are still far from the standard required for heavy armor riding.

Out of 5,000 good horses, it is already very good to have 50 good horses that can meet the standards required for heavy armor riding.

Therefore, it is not advisable to give horses a large amount of armor so far.

And those horses are still in the process of breeding, and to let them be sharpened under heavy armor before the number of horses reaches a certain standard is to kill them.

We are different from the Western Xia, which has thousands of high-quality horses every year, and the five thousand good horses in our hands can breed three or four high-quality horses every year, which is already very good.

Therefore, it is not advisable to put armor on horses.

At least not for now. ”

The craftsmen heard Kou Ji's words and nodded thoughtfully.

Koji continued: "We lack horses, and we lack excellent cavalry. In the case that the horses are not in place, we must first equip the soldiers and let them constantly familiarize themselves with them on horseback, and become qualified cavalrymen.

As long as we have qualified cavalry, horses are not a problem.

When the time comes, it will not matter whether it is deceived or deceived or purchased from the vassal at a large price. ”

The craftsmen stared at Kou Ji in a daze.

Kou Ji was also stunned for a moment, and then said with a wry smile: "Why am I telling you this...... I should have told these words and wrote to Di Qing......"

After saying this with a wry smile, Kou Ji instructed the craftsmen: "What you have to do now is to equip our soldiers. Help them craft their armor, boots, and blades. ”

"The little people understand."

The craftsmen agreed.

"Help me prepare some stereotypes, as well as cement, iron ingots, silver, and then prepare the stove, I have something to ......"

Kou Ji commanded.

The craftsmen's eyes straightened for a moment, "Little master, you have to build something again, can the little people watch from the sidelines." ”

Kou Ji shook his head and said, "The things forged this time are very important, and you can't peek at them." ”

When the craftsmen heard this, they looked disappointed.

Kou Ji added, "But after I'm done forging things, I can teach you how to forge steel!" ”

"Steel?"

The craftsmen were excited again for a moment.

The leader of the craftsman said excitedly: "Little master, is the steel you said the kind of material you forged last time?" ”

The steel mentioned by the leader of the craftsmen was the same steel that Kou Ji had secretly made when he was making the barrel of the musket.

The craftsmen were impressed by the steel.

In order to get a good barrel, Kou Ji made a large number of iron pillars and let them be responsible for drilling holes.

In the end, it was the old craftsman who knew how to make ghost balls, and used a triangular drill bit made from a special ore to help Kou Ji drill a qualified barrel.

Seeing that the craftsmen were eager, Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "Is that kind ......of material?"

When the craftsmen heard this, they were speechless with excitement.

The leader of the craftsmen hurriedly summoned a large group of apprentices to help Kou Ji prepare what he was going to use.

After getting the things, Koji went into the workshop and started making them.

During this period, Kou Jiyou had people bring a lot of paint and ink ingots into the room for him to use.

Kou Ji spent three days in the workshop before he produced a version of Jiaozi printing templates that he was more satisfied with.

At the same time, it also blends a kind of color ink that others can't imitate.

Kou Ji took a stack of printed Jiaozi and walked out of the door of the workshop, wanting to find the craftsmen in the workshop to evaluate it.

As soon as he went out, a craftsman in his fifties caught his attention.

The craftsman, dressed in coarse linen clothes, crouched on the ground, staring at the pile of clay that Kou Ji had thrown out of the workshop.

Kou Ji stepped forward and asked, "Is there a problem with the clay print I made?" ”

The craftsman raised his head, glanced at it, and saw that it was Kou Ji, so he hurriedly got up and said, "I've seen the little young master......

Koji nodded.

The craftsman hesitated: "Back to the little master's words, the villain just thinks that your method of using cement to make a seal is consistent with some of the methods in the villain's heart." That's why I couldn't help but stop and watch, wanting to get some inspiration from it. ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and asked, "What do you want to do with the clay print?" ”

The craftsman groaned: "The villain thought about it, whether it is possible to use clay printing instead of the original engraving plate to do printing." ”

Kou Ji opened his mouth and hurriedly asked, "What's your name?" ”

The craftsman was stunned, bowed down and said, "The villain Bi Sheng ......"

(Bi Sheng, born about 970 A.D., invented movable type printing during the Qingli period (1041~1048)...... ）

Koji smiled.

The smile is very bright.

Bi Sheng looked suspicious, not understanding why Kou Ji laughed when he heard his name.

Kou Ji asked with a smile: "Are you from Qishui, Qizhou?" ”

Bi Sheng nodded strangely, "The villain is the Qishui man from Qizhou......"

After a pause, Bi Sheng stared at Kou Ji and asked, "Little Master has investigated the villain?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head decisively and said with a smile: "There is no ......"

Without waiting for Bi Sheng to continue to ask, Kou Ji said again: "Previously, Kou Zhong saw me running into the workshop repeatedly, so he told me about your identity and background. Your name is special, so I remembered it. ”

Bi Sheng was not suspicious, and nodded slowly.

He hesitated for a moment and asked Kou Jidao, "Little Master, can the villain take away these clay prints?" ”

Kou Ji nodded and smiled: "Of course you can...... But I have to warn you. The clay I use is printed with two or three characters, and it has not been fired, so it cannot be used for long-term printing. ”

Bi Sheng froze in place, as if he had been spelled.

Kou Ji's words, like a thread, drilled into his mind, connecting the many chaotic thoughts in his mind to form a complete chain of thoughts.

Kou Ji stared at Bi Sheng as if he had been under a spell and smiled.

Judging from Bi Sheng's actions just now, Bi Sheng has not yet invented movable type printing. Movable type printing seemed to be just a prototype in Bi Sheng's mind, and without his reminder, Bi Sheng would probably have to ponder for a long time before he could understand the tricks of movable type printing.

His words today may make movable type printing appear in front of the world soon.

He didn't bother Bi Sheng, but bypassed Bi Sheng and went to find other craftsmen.

Kou Ji found the other craftsmen and told them not to disturb Bi Sheng, who was in the midst of an epiphany.

Then he handed them the printed hand.

"You help me take a look at how many secret marks there are in the Jiaozi I printed to distinguish the authenticity. Whoever finds the most is rewarded. ”

The craftsmen snatched the Jiaozi in Kou Ji's hand and watched separately.

They each flipped through one and carefully searched for a hidden mark.

As for the reward that Koji mentioned, they didn't care at all.

They are among the best craftsmen in the world, and there are countless people who ask them to build things, or ask them to take in apprentices to teach their skills.

There are even many people who spend a lot of money behind their backs and want to buy their skills from them.

They ignore it, which shows that they don't value money.

They are more interested in craftsmanship and craftsmanship.

"I found three ......"

"No, no, no, there are six ......"

"What six places, it is clearly twelve places......"

“……”

"No, you're not right, there are twenty-one! Twenty-one! ”

"The little master is really skilled, and I have found twenty-eight secret marks in it."

"How is that possible?"

“……”

A group of craftsmen took Jiaozi and came to Kou Ji, wanting Kou Ji to give a final answer.

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "There are ...... Thirty-six! ”

"Impossible!"

The craftsmen spoke one after another, a little emotional.

Kou Ji took Jiaozi and explained to them the secret marks on Jiaozi one by one.

But Koji only talked about thirty places, and the remaining six places did not say much.

Those six places are the secret hands he left, in order to prevent future accidents in Jiaozipu, so that he can use this to restrain others.

When the craftsmen saw that Kou Ji had talked about thirty places, they refused to say more, and they were itching in panic, but no one climbed Kou Ji and asked Kou Ji to continue.

They all know the rules of making things with one hand, and they often use them.

So they won't pester Koji to get to the bottom of it, because they know the rules.

Puzzled, the craftsmen began to ask how Koji forged the steel.

Kou Ji took them to the wrought iron workshop, and explained to them in detail with some of the tools in the wrought iron workshop.

They are all skilled craftsmen, and many things don't need to be elaborated by Kou Ji, they can draw inferences.

Kou Ji told the process once, and they had already written it down.

There is no need for Kou Ji to cover up, the craftsmen have already begun to prepare to try it out.

Before the craftsmen dispersed, Kou Ji found the leader of the craftsmen and told him to take care of Bi Sheng, and at the same time asked the leader of the craftsmen to prepare some things for Bi Sheng to study movable type printing.

As for the individual workshops, Kou Jizhi did not give orders.

Bi Sheng is not only only good at printing technology, he also has many crafts in his hands, and he is also a master craftsman in Koufu, he has his own separate workshop, which does not require special arrangements.

After instructing the leader of the craftsmen, Kou Ji left the workshop.

After returning to Sijun Garden, he saw Xiang Yan floating past him like a gust of wind.

He had the heart to talk to Yan Pan for a word or two, but when he saw Yan hurriedly walking out, he didn't stop him.

In the past three days, not only Kou Ji has been busy.

Xiang Yan is busier.

After seeing the bottomless treasury of Kou Mansion, Xiang Yan was stunned.

In order to count the mountains of money inside, she was busy in the treasury day and night.

Xiang Yan led Kou Zhong, the account office of Kou Mansion, and hundreds of account clerks to count the money of Kou Mansion together, and it took three days to count the money in the treasury, and the money counted was less than one-tenth of the treasury.

And nine out of tenths, not counted.

After Kou Ji returned to the room, he moved his tired muscles and bones, washed up, and lay down to sleep.

It wasn't until the middle of the night that I slowly woke up.

Kou Ji touched his side in a daze, felt empty, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Xiang Yan'er lying on the table in the room, lighting candles, holding a pen, and calculating accounts.

Kou Ji got up slowly, feeling a little cold, and put on another coat.

picked up a cloak in his hand, walked to Xiang Yan's side, put it on her, then hugged him from behind, and said softly: "It's so late, are you still busy?" ”

Xiang Yan put down the pen, rubbed her pantothenic wrist, snuggled in Kou Ji's arms, and laughed in a low voice: "There is too much money in the house, if you are not busy, you can't count it at all." ”

Kou Ji said indifferently: "Just leave it to Kou Zhong to take care of it?" ”

Xiang Yan raised his head and said unhappily: "Then how can it be done?" Kou Zhong's loyalty, the concubine body does not doubt it. But the rest of the people below are not easy to say. Who knows if they take the opportunity to be greedy for ink while carrying money?

In the long run, will they not be able to empty the Kou Mansion?

The concubine is to count the property in the house as soon as possible, and then reconcile it with the account room, and see if there is any discrepancy between the accounts in the account room and the money in the treasury, and how much there is a difference.

Then check again to see if anyone is greedy for money in the house. ”

Kou Ji shook his head with a smile.

Seeing this, Xiang Yan said dissatisfiedly: "What are you shaking your head?" The concubine is telling you the right thing. ”

Kou Ji smiled: "It's nothing...... You say, "I'm listening." ”

Xiang Yan snuggled into Kou Ji's arms again and said, "When the concubine was counting the treasury, she found that a lot of money in the treasury was moldy, and a layer of green hair grew on it.

Those silver lumps are about to rust into stone lumps.

We're going to have to find a way to spend the money......

It is better to use them to buy pavement, flooring......

Some of the calligraphy and paintings stored in the house also have traces of dampness, which need to be dealt with well......

There are also copper coins in the house, many copper coins are of different sizes and weights, and their values are naturally different......

The concubine thought ......"

Xiang Yanxu chattered, said a lot of words, and said that Kou Ji fell asleep.

In the end, Kou Ji woke up faintly in the voice of Xiang Yan's dissatisfaction.

Seeing Xiang Yan pouting, complaining.

Kou Ji hurriedly said: "Just do as you say......

Xiang Yan immediately grinned.

"You go to sleep first, and the concubine will be busy for a while......"

Kou Ji nodded helplessly and walked to the bedside.

Xiang Yan saw Kou Ji climb into bed alone, and felt a little unhappy.

She hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice: "If you feel that the bed is not warm enough, the concubine will call Chun'er to come in and help you warm up." ”

Kou Ji shrank into the quilt and said lightly: "No need......"

"Are you shy?"

"No ......"

"Then why don't you let Chun'er help you warm ......"

"Not used to ......"

"Chun'er is the concubine's dowry girl, and she is also the person in your room, she will definitely warm your bed in the future......"

“……”

Kou Ji covered the quilt and dropped the sentence 'I slept', and stopped talking to Xiang Yan.

He was afraid that if he continued to talk to Xiang Yan, Xiang Yan would forcibly stuff Chun'er into his bed.