In response to these two points, Lin Jue made positive arrangements and responses. Lin Jue mobilized capable people to form a secret agency called the Xuanyi Division. More than 100 absolutely trustworthy people have become the guards of the Xuanyi Division. These people are uniformly dressed in the self-dyed black cloth clothes of the cottage, equipped with war horses, long knives and crossbows. The scope of responsibilities set by Lin Jue for them is to investigate the signs of all affairs in the cottage, sort out and report, and be directly responsible to themselves. Ma Bin had served in the Imperial City Division, he was extremely familiar with this kind of thing, and he was also very skilled in his methods, so Lin Jue asked Ma Bin to be the first commander of the Xuanyi Division, and let him take full responsibility for this matter.

To put it bluntly, this is the spy agency set up by Lin Jue, collecting all kinds of information, grasping the movements of all kinds of people, investigating and correcting mistakes, and preventing problems before they happen. Although it was a bit too much to do this in the Wild Goose Valley, Lin Jue thought it was necessary. Sometimes it is by means rather than taken for granted, by binding force rather than by consciousness. Don't look at the cottage now, it seems to be united, and the top and bottom are united, but against the imperial court, it has to be long-sighted. The people in the cottage are mixed, although on the surface they are all people who work together, but it is difficult to guarantee that there will be no two-minded people. Sometimes, it is the size of the temptation that depends on whether a person is strong in their convictions. Ten taels of silver may not make people betray, but what about a hundred taels of silver? What about 120,000 taels? Coupled with various temptations such as beautiful women and high-ranking officials, it is difficult to say.

In the current context of a declaration of war with the imperial court, everything should be done according to the strictest and most prudent principles. In a state of emergency, there must be extraordinary measures to protect it from being troubled. Of course, the Xuanyi Division's current priority is to check the identities of these defectors and figure out what they are here for.

Of course, this will hurt the hearts of those heroes who really rush to join them, and some people think it is an insult. When asked to find out their resumes, many people walked away, scolding and scolding, saying that 'Luoyan Valley sells its reputation and is insincere.' ’； What do you say, 'I came to join and came with sincerity, I thought you would be warmly welcomed and conspired together, but I didn't expect you to be narrow-minded and difficult to achieve. Lao Tzu is no longer serving. ’

Lin Jue heard the report and was unmoved. If these people can't even stand such a little grievance, how can they live in peace in the future? Maybe because of this, many people who really want to participate in big things will be turned away, but Lin Jue doesn't feel pity. Lin Jue believed that maintaining the purity and discipline of the Luoyan Army was more useful than tens of thousands of horses. Lin Jue never thought that the number of people was strength, it was something that had already been proven by himself several times, and there was no need to explain.

Not only were these people censored, but even after the review was passed, Lin Jue did not directly include them in the Luoyan Army. Thousands of men and horses were sent to the various villages to participate in training and production. The harsh training methods of the Falling Wild Goose Army will eliminate a group of people, and the hard work and loneliness will eliminate another group of people, layer by layer, and the number of people who are really qualified to join the Falling Wild Goose Army is actually less than 30 percent. But this is the person Lin Jue wants.

Although this kind of screening and review cannot guarantee that 100% of the people who stay are loyal to join the cottage and conspire with great things, at least ninety percent of the speculators and meticulous works have been brushed off, as well as some people who can't stand loneliness and want to come to Luoyan Valley Dazhai to be the master and the king of the mountain. Lin Jue did not deny that there were fine works that could survive until the end and succeed in lurking, but since they could survive so many levels, staying was also a reward they deserved. What's more, the establishment of the Xuanyi Division is to grasp everyone's whereabouts and movements, as long as they make any changes, they will show their feet again.

Although some people also questioned it, Lin Jue held a special meeting on this matter, and after making an explanation, everyone was relieved.

In addition, another thing that Lin Jue began to actively promote was the rapid establishment of a military workshop system. This matter is more important than recruitment.

After tasting the sweetness of firearms, the people around Lin Jue no longer had any doubts about the importance of firearms. Lin Jue took a day to count the large quantities of supplies that he brought up the mountain. Lin Jue has hoarded a large number of materials in the capital in the past few years, and the gold and silver brought up the mountain are not very soft, but high-quality iron ingots, fine gunpowder, various formulas, and various drawings and instruments account for the vast majority. After the things were carried up the mountain, they were stored in the secret room of the Gathering Hall.

When Lin Jue led everyone to open the big wooden boxes in the secret room one by one, everyone was stunned. No wonder these large wooden boxes are so heavy. It took a lot of manpower and mules and horses to carry it up the mountain. The soldiers who carried it were all speculating about what kind of treasure was here. Open at this moment, and the truth will be revealed. Sulfur saltpeter iron ingot iron beads, rolls of drawings, hanging with a variety of strange shapes, drawings marked with data dimensions. There are also a variety of strangely shaped iron parts.

"I also worked as a military advisor and brought hundreds of boxes of gold and silver treasures, so these are the things." Liang Qi smacked his lips.

"Gold and silver treasures are not as valuable as the things here. It's been the work of mine for years. Most of the money earned by my Lin family has been invested in it. Lin Jue said with a smile.

Liang Qi nodded and said, "Is it that Sun Dayong and the firearms on their waists are all made of these things?" The military advisor can't favor one over the other, and I also want to show off firearms. ”

Lin Jue laughed and said: "That's natural, if I want to form a firearms battalion, I want to establish an elite soldier and horse equipped with firearms." Naturally, you need to equip it with this as well. Otherwise, what would I do with all the effort to carry these things up the mountain? ”

Gao Muqing smiled: "Actually, these things can also be bought." You told you before that we also stored thousands of catties of iron in the cottage, all of which were exchanged for grain outside the mountain. There is also a lot of sulfur saltpeter. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "I know, but these things of mine are different from what you bought." Look at this iron ingot, is it like your rusty iron ingots? Dark and translucent, without a single trace of rust, this is fine iron, which is the finished product after being forged a hundred times. The ingredients are different from those pig iron ingots you receive. There's something else to add to it. Pig iron can't be used as a firearm, it has to be smelted and forged, and some other ingredients are added to it, and ordinary iron can't withstand the power of firearms at all, and it explodes as soon as it is fired. If someone else doesn't hit it, he dies first. ”

Where do the people understand this, but they understand that there must be learning here. Although I don't know how Lin Jue knew about the knowledge here, he just had to listen and do it.

"If you need any help, just say it." Gao Muqing said.

"I need all the blacksmiths, both in the army and among the people, all for requisition. I will set up an armor workshop in the wooded flat land on the back slope of the western mountain. Not only firearms, but also arrows, swords, armor. The cottage should not only be self-sufficient in living materials, but also need to be able to replenish in combat materials. The iron ingots you collect can be used to craft swords, arrows, and armor. These things must be done immediately. There can be no delay. As the Luoyan army has more and more soldiers and horses, these have to keep up. The Luoyan Army can't wear cloth clothes and hold an iron fork to fight, which has a great impact on combat effectiveness. ”

"Okay, I'll do this with Chuncao immediately." Gao Muqing nodded.

Although Lin Jue attached great importance to this matter, he immediately took action. But things immediately came to an impasse at the beginning. There were more than 100 blacksmiths in the cottage, but these people couldn't meet Lin Jue's requirements at all. There was no problem in building blades, after spending seven or eight days to build an earthen blast furnace and a large number of blacksmith workshops, the swords cast from pig iron were quickly produced, but the twenty or so blacksmiths selected by Lin Jue did not know anything about casting the firearms parts that Lin Jue needed. Instead, Lin Jue had to take the time to teach them how to read the drawings and how to make these precious fine iron into those strange-shaped parts.

Actually, the blacksmiths can't be blamed for this. Who would take the time to create these strangely shaped small parts, and the size requirements were extremely high, Lin Jue even required them not to have even a single hair error. It's torture for them. In the absence of later generations of machine tools, it is all manual, and the difficulty can be imagined.

Looking at everyone's blank eyes, Lin Jue was also helpless. These blacksmiths are different from the previous skilled craftsmen in the capital and the palace, and their skills need to be investigated a lot. Lin Jue remembered that the old owner of the Yum Blacksmith Workshop in the capital only frowned when he proposed to build these gadgets, and he agreed the next day. Later, Lin Jue knew that he had skillfully used an etching method to make those parts meet the required standards. But how exactly he did it, he refused to disclose. That's the means he relies on to eat, how can he easily tell others.

Lin Jue guessed that it might be a part that was corroded and cleaned with acid and washed according to the pattern, but this was just a guess. Even if Lin Jue knew the principle, he couldn't start. Lin Jue took it for granted that he could make parts by means of building and grinding, but he soon found that this was really a matter of course. It takes time and effort, and the things that come out are nondescript. It is not usable at all, and it is a waste of refined iron.

Lin Jue knew that he couldn't be in a hurry, this kind of firearm, if there were no skilled craftsmen and no technical cooperation in large workshops, and he wanted to find out by himself, it would probably be whimsical. You have to think slowly. But Lin Jue refused to give up his dream of a firearms battalion. Since the Wang Ba box is too delicate to build, then change to something else.

Lin Jue spent two days redrawing a few drawings, and ten days later, two samples were released. One is a straight-through cannon barrel, which cost hundreds of pounds of fine iron, and this extremely ugly thing cast is really a bit flattering. But Lin Jue regarded it as a treasure. This is a few hundred catties of fine iron, so many expensive fine iron can make more than a dozen Wang Ba boxes. Under the witness of Ma Bin, Shen Tan, Sun Dayong, Liang Qi and others, one afternoon, a thunderbolt sounded in the dense forest of Xishan. The ugly cannon let out a roar that shook the valley. Solid shells swept across a large area of woods, breaking and collapsing dozens of trees along the way, before bursting a cloud of gravel on a cliff rock and diving into the rocky slope.