"Sir, what are we building these things for?" Zhang Qing asked. He is now the head of the arsenal, which is divided into many parts, for example, where arrowheads are produced and then the final assembly is carried out in the carpentry factory. Then a part of it will be selected for ***, and the whole has become an assembly operation. For example, the paper mill also has a workshop, they specialize in making paper tubes, which can also be made into all kinds of packaging boxes, but they are not very useful, most of these things are used to make fireworks, rocket propulsion shells.

"Stirrups, our cavalry can't do without thinking about these, those people on horseback." Shang Wu said.

"It's those people on the grassland, they grew up on horseback when they were young, such people are naturally familiar with horseback riding, and cavalry combat can naturally leave the stirrup, because they can maintain balance in the case of high-speed impact, but we are all farmers, riding cattle is about the same, riding horses? Difficult. Shang Wu said.

"Sir, can you avoid such a problem with this stirrup?" Zhang Qing asked.

"Yes, stirrups can keep us balanced, and in addition, there is another point, which is to be able to use the power of stirrups, you think about it, or you can try it, with the power of the pedals, you can quickly use the huge force to sprint, assassinate, and the cavalry's assault ability will increase a lot. That's the key. Shang Wu said.

"Hmm." Zhang Qing nodded in understanding.

"These stirrups, horseshoe things, you study them, so that they can be produced on a large scale, and we have to sell them." Shang Wu said.

"Sir, sell?" Zhang Qing asked in great surprise.

"yes, sell it. Otherwise, what do we do with so much production, and the raw materials we buy, labor costs, and opening factories, do you think we don't need money, our factories have to be sold, not only have to be sold, but have to be sold to all places, only where there are horseback riding, we will sell. Shang Wu said.

"But, sir, why should we sell such a thing if we have it, if the enemy has it. Wouldn't we have to confront them, this, I don't understand. Zhang Qing said worriedly.

"Huh." Shang Wu smiled slightly, he understood the other party's thoughts, and he also knew what the other party was thinking.

"I know, you're worried, but if we don't sell it, it will spread sooner or later, this factory, you think others won't imitate it, this thing is simple, and now it can be sold on a large scale, it's a good thing, and there is still room for upgrading this thing, we still have new products, these are important points to promote the progress of our factory." Shang Wu said. Weapon upgrades are a mutual process, not all at once. If you want to upgrade your products faster, you must come up with advanced things, and Shangwu knows that in such rounds of competition, Shangwu will win in the end, and he firmly believes this.

In order to be able to quickly achieve such a victory, it is necessary to continuously improve his core technology competitiveness, and improvement requires a virtuous circle. This cycle is trade, and Shangwu needs a lot of money to gold his base. Therefore, trade must be promoted, and without trade, there will be no pressure, and naturally there will be no way to talk about it.

"That's right. The tube I asked you to make, did you make it? Such a pipe would be of great use to us, and without it, we would have trouble manufacturing weapons in the future. Shang Wu said to Zhang Qing. For something, Shang Wu believes that it should be studied in advance. Carry out large-scale accumulation. For example, the barrel technology, which is extremely critical for Shangwu.

"Well, sir, it's a little hard for us to accomplish something like this. The barrel was a bit difficult, so we just followed our method, first making the iron into an iron sheet, and then rolling it evenly on the iron rod to make it, and some of them used the pouring method, but it was too cumbersome. Zhang Qing said.

"Well, you can start by pouring some of the things I painted in bronze on a large scale, and if possible, it's best to use the method of drilling, if not, you can only do it by pouring the model." Shang Wu knew that the technology for making artillery was difficult, and it was difficult to accomplish such a thing without a lathe, and there were not many raw materials, after all, his current troops lacked weapons, let alone used to build cannons. However, there is still some experience to be gained. Zhang Qing was still very embarrassed after hearing this, after all, he was not from a professional class. Naturally I don't know about something like this.

"Forget it. There are some things that are very difficult for you, and I originally planned to raise more money and then establish a polytechnic university or a technical college, but now I think we should gather all those technicians, and I will take time to give you classes every day so that you can learn. Solve your technical problems. In addition, I will give you some technical drawings, and in the future, if there is any technical work, you will have to use technical drawings to draw them down and record them. Save. Shang Wu said.

"It is inevitable that there will be setbacks in scientific and technological research. However, we have to be active in research, and don't be afraid of something. The establishment of the workshop is to solve such problems, and those who have technical ideas can adopt and exchange on a large scale. "Shang Wu encourages his hands. Encouragement is one thing, Shangwu also needs another thing to ensure the stability of technology, this is the patent law, without technical patents, it is difficult to maintain such a situation. Because this is directly related to the treatment of craftsmen and technicians, as well as the issue of income, if this problem is not solved, it is difficult to ensure that they have such and such things to fully guarantee, which is an inevitable result.

On the official road from Julu to Handan, Heizi lay in the trench, and he learned to be martial, and divided his troops into three companies, each with a little more than 100 men. Then he set up a battalion headquarters by himself, under the jurisdiction of a battalion directly under the platoon, the number of people is limited, not enough for this is a reinforced platoon of more than 80 people, and the combat effectiveness is all veterans. Then the various companies began to frantically ambush, fight guerrillas, expand troops, and grab territory. In short, Kuroko's current affairs are very beautiful.

"Sir, I've inquired clearly. Chief Zhang is even more good at being a person, and now, people are starting to set up checkpoints. A corporal said from the sidelines.

"What? Set up levels? Kuroko asked, sitting up.

"Yes, sir, Chief Zhang has set up a checkpoint to levy taxes on passing merchants, in short, collect money, don't ask much, but very little becomes a lot. It's also a lot of money. It's a lot better than robbing the road. The other party said.

"His grandmother's, this one. It's just that he can play with his brain, and he doesn't have any real skills. Heizi was rarely anxious when he heard this, he knew that if Zhang Li was really allowed to do this, his grandmother's, he would have no oil and water to do. There were fewer and fewer grain trucks for this officer, which made him feel very annoyed.

"Sir, sir, we've caught a big fish." At this moment, a subordinate with the rank of second lieutenant came to report.

"Sir, we caught a big fish, and the officers and soldiers protected it. But the guy above knows our chief. No matter what, sir, let's kill each other, I see, there are a lot of good things in the car. All these things, if taken down, will be able to make the brethren happy for a long time. The second lieutenant reported.

"Go, go. Send people to the chief, and also, the things in the car, also send half, no, more than half. Kuroko said.

"Ahh Sir, this is a solution that we have finally come up with. The second lieutenant said embarrassedly. Some of them haven't opened for days.

"Ah what, hurry up, we have to think of other ways, go, set up a checkpoint, and we will also collect taxes." Kuroko said. Zhang Li's method also stimulated the sunspot at once, and the sunspot knew that only in this way could he make money in a short time.

And that big fish was none other than Zuo Feng, who was very unlucky and was caught by the martial guerrillas again. Originally, he thought that it should be fine, because he had already been the other party's meticulous work, what's the matter, Shangwu should let himself go, so he came from this road, but unfortunately, this time they were arrested again. Zuo Feng felt very unlucky.

Inside Sangwu's office.

"Isn't this Father-in-law Zuo?" Shang Wu said with a smile at the first glance of the other party.

"Oh, I said Chief Xu, Lord Xu, our family. It's bitter. Zuo Feng said in a very bad mood. He's really out of luck this time. He didn't get much money, and he was robbed a lot, and what was even more unfortunate was that when he got to the north, he only got a little money, and he was looted away by Shangwu again. This time he got it back anyway.

"Sir Xu, all that money is used by our family to settle down, our family knows that Chief Xu uses money, and our family also gives some of it, but our family really doesn't dare to move that money. If it does move, the sky is falling. Sir Xu. "Zuo Feng's most important thing now is to hurry up and get those things back, otherwise, he really won't be able to save his life.

"No hurry, no hurry." Shang Wu asked the other party to sit down first.

"In this way, I also lack some money here, my father-in-law can deposit this money to me, I have just set up three banks, you can deposit in commercial banks, industrial banks, I will give you a deposit, and there is interest to earn, of course. You can also invest in the project. Shang Wu said.

"This." Zuo Feng became even more anxious when he heard this. He knew that Shangwu had no good intentions.