Jia Changchao is really afraid of Xu Deshan now, before Xu Deshan was in his own small ravine, how to toss in love, anyway, there was not much movement, but when he arrived at this famous mansion, it was not, it was known as Beijing of the Song Dynasty, thousands of people watched it, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, and he was known as the Sanpin master who pacified Hebei Walking on the street, he had to be a man with his tail between his legs, for fear of being proud, and being reported by those who didn't know where to come out of nowhere, but this Xu Deshan was good, he only came to the Daimyo Mansion for a few days, what a big deal this is to make.

What is Xu Deshan thinking, not to mention this ordnance manufacturing, if it is not strictly guarded and circulated, whether it is for bandits to get it, or to flow abroad, it will be a great harm to the Song Dynasty, just because Xu Deshan patted his chest and said that he could make 40,000 sets of ordnance with 50,000 taels of silver, it made Jia Changchao not believe.

Of course, Xu Deshan can boast of such a Haikou, there are still several conditions, the first condition is that iron ore must be sufficient, without iron, nothing can be done, this condition Jia Changchao nodded and agreed, the Daimyo Mansion happened to have a reserve of iron ore, which was enough to ensure Xu Deshan's use, as long as Xu Deshan paid according to the price.

Secondly, Xu Deshan also wants to requisition the current Ordnance Department, there is no problem with this, and the Ordnance Department usually has nothing to do, and it doesn't matter if it is given to Xu Deshan.

In the end, Xu Deshan's condition was that the 50,000 taels of silver would be handed over to Xu Deshan, and after the 40,000 sets of ordnance were built, if it was not enough, Xu Deshan would pay for it out of his own pocket, but if the silver was left, Xu Deshan would not hand it over.

When Jia Changchao heard Xu Deshan's condition, he was taken aback and warned Xu Deshan, "What are you kid thinking, you can't make mistakes." ”

Xu Deshan asked, "What mistake did I make?" ”

Jia Changchao said, "The money of the imperial court, how can you embezzle it and pretend it yourself?" ”

Xu Deshan said, "Where am I corrupt, haven't I already built 40,000 sets of ordnance?" ”

Jia Changchao said, "But the rest of the money, how did you take it yourself." ”

Xu Deshan said, "Why can't you say that, you see, you originally needed 100,000 taels of silver to build ordnance, and now I only need 50,000 taels to help you build it, and I have 50,000 taels left for you, in this process, I take the risk of not being able to complete it, and what does it matter if I want a little reward in the end, if you are afraid that it will not sound good, you can imagine that you handed over the work of building ordnance to me with 50,000 taels of silver, how I complete it has nothing to do with you, as long as the ordnance is handed over to you as scheduled." ”

Jia Changchao reacted for a while, and then figured out what Xu Deshan meant, then looked at Xu Deshan and said, "You want to be a merchant and sell me these 40,000 sets of ordnance at a price of 50,000 taels of silver?" ”

Xu Deshan smiled: "That's what it means." ”

Jia Changchao didn't pick Xu Deshan, but looked at it seriously up and down, smacked his lips and said, "Xu Deshan, Xu Deshan, with your skills, it is not difficult to pay homage to the marquis, but why do you like silver so much, do you know, even if it is just in my position, the amount of money is no longer of much significance, money is beautiful, but it's just that, spiritual progress is what my generation should pursue, if you are greedy for money now, and you will be above the officialdom in the future, it is inevitable to make mistakes in this, How many officials avoid this, but you just want to make a fortune in the court, those imperial histories, but just stare at this, even if you have an extra copper plate on your body, if you can't say it, it is enough to lead to your destruction. ”

Xu Deshan said, "I know these truths, but is there a sentence millet, called doing a line of love, you are an official now, you naturally have to have the responsibility of being an official, but I haven't been an official yet, so I naturally have to plan for my future life, earn some money now, and get a daughter-in-law in the future." ”

Jia Changchao knew that Xu Deshan was joking, and said, "I know you have your own ideas in your heart, I just remind you, I don't know how many officials have died on money, you ...... Shape up or ship out. ”

Xu Deshan said, "I don't even know if I can be an official in the future, so why worry about this now." ”

Jia Changchao suddenly said, "Xu Deshan, I know that you have the means, but now that ordnance is a major national matter, it is not a child's play, can you really be able to make 40,000 sets of ordnance for 50,000 taels of silver?" ”

Xu Deshan said, "There is no joke in the army, and the kid is willing to make a military order." ”

Jia Changchao smiled and said, "You don't need to set up a military order, but if I spend money and can't see anything, I will beat your ass." ”

Xu Deshan said happily, "So, the adults promised to give me money...... Well, you're telling me to build an ordnance? ”

Jia Changchao said, "Look at your beauty, there is another beautiful thing waiting for you, didn't you just say that you don't know if you can be an official, now I will tell you, you have become an official, now I will appoint you as my staff official, as long as you sign and draw, you will be the councillor of my Chao Bapin." ”

Xu Deshan was puzzled: "My lord, why is this?" ”

Jia Chang said, "I strictly prohibit private people from building weapons, this precedent can't be opened from me, and I can't afford to open it, so I have to appoint you as my staff officer, so you are not a private person." ”

Xu Deshan said: "It's a discussion."

Shiro...... What are the rights? ”

Jia Changchao said, "Shi Shi Lang is just an official title, and if I appoint you to know about the manufacture of ordnance, you will not be able to justify it." ”

Xu Deshan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, sir." ”

Jia Changchao said, "There is one more thing, since you are already a court official now, then your remaining money, well, must be more strict in the account, don't let people see the fake, well, remember that there are parts and pieces, so it looks like the real thing." ”

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In this way, Xu Deshan is like a dragon entering the nine skies, rising from the ground, turning into a councillor of the pacification envoy of the Daimyo Mansion, although this official position was appointed by Jia Changchao, just working under Jia Changchao, the difference is only that he received an extra court salary, but Xu Deshan has also had an official identity since then, and when he said it, he also had a title of his own, Xu Langjun.

Since Xu Deshan promised to build ordnance, it must be completed, and this matter, no matter what, it is not enlightened, that afternoon, Xu Deshan ran to the Soldiers and Horses Division, and went to find Ming Ho, and learned the conversation with Jia Changchao and Ming Ho in the morning, Ming Ho suddenly burst into tears, thinking that he was crying and shouting to call Jia Changchao for money, Jia Changchao did not care about himself, and this Xu Deshan, three or two sentences, asked for the money, and by the way, he also got himself an eight-grade official, Ming Ho was extremely suspicious, Xu Deshan is the illegitimate son of Jia Changchao's impulsive mistake and I don't know where Eun came from.

Anyway, since Xu Deshan really asked for the money, Ming Ho still hopes that Xu Deshan can make this ordnance well, after all, this is a major event in his own office, I heard that Xu Deshan wants to supervise the manufacture of these ordnance by himself, and hurriedly ordered his subordinates to yamen, where Xu Deshan goes, there must be no obstruction, and Ming Ho followed Xu Deshan to see how Xu Deshan made the same amount of ordnance with only half the price.

If you want to build these ordnance, you can't just say it with your mouth, so the first stop Xu Deshan went to after getting off the errand was the Ordnance Division, which is a department under the Terracotta Division, which manages the ordnance in the army, and also has its own foundry office.

After Xu Deshan came to the Ordnance Division, he asked about the size, weight, and structure of various ordnance, and then asked about the production process of ordnance, and then went straight to the casting place.

Although the foundry office is also a serious 800 imperial court organization, but compared to the functional departments such as the Terracotta Division and Ordnance Division, the production department of the foundry is much more shabby, not only the yamen is not located in the prosperous area, even the gate is significantly very dilapidated, if it is not for the soldiers standing guard at the door, I don't know that this is a dilapidated compound where no one lives.

Of course, there are disadvantages and advantages, at least, although the geographical location of the casting office is remote, but in this way, the yard can be circled very large, fully occupying the size of a few acres of land, in addition to a few rooms in the door, storing documents, the rest of the huge yard, it is some ordinary production things, there are a few warehouses to store coal, iron ore, leather, cotton and linen and other materials, and a few rooms are considered production sites, the most pleasing thing for Xu Deshan is that there are two steelmaking furnaces here, according to the person in charge here, These are two steel-making furnaces that use the latest technology of the Song Dynasty, using coal to make steel, the structure of the steel-making furnace is more reasonable, the blast air is larger, and the number and efficiency of steelmaking are about one-third higher than before.

Xu Deshan listened, very interested, immediately called someone to open the furnace to make steel, the leader spoke, what else is there to say, this foundry has a specially hired long-term craftsman, immediately found someone to come, fill coal to make a fire, refining steel.

Steelmaking is not such a simple thing, the steel furnace here is not big in Xu Deshan's opinion, but from the beginning of heating, to the molten steel furnace, it also took more than half a day, Xu Deshan came for breakfast, until it was just over after dark, and Xu Deshan, continued to carry forward the spirit of not being afraid of hardship and tiredness, even eating, also guarded next to the steel furnace, carefully observed the techniques and skills of the craftsmen in the foundry.

Xu Deshan didn't come alone, Ming Ho and the Ordnance Department both sent people to accompany him, and the foundry office was just a dirty mess, usually no one paid attention to the yamen, this time to accept such a high-level inspection, and I heard that there was a major task to give to himself, and don't want to perform well, so he refined this furnace of steel, and sent his best master to preside over it personally, this master naturally wanted to show off in front of Xu Deshan and make some rewards, so he redoubled his careful efforts and took out his skills at the bottom of the box to put this furnace of steel, Refined to the most satisfying state.

This master can naturally see that today's leader inspected, the child who called himself Xu Langjun is the protagonist, as long as he can win his favor, today's reward will not have to run, and the child, how old is this, I'm afraid it's not as big as a fraction of his age, what world has he seen, it's best to be fooled, to be able to come here, that is, to see the excitement, and when the excitement is finished, he will be satisfied, so when he was making steel, he deliberately made the movement a little bigger, so that Xu Deshan could see the freshness.

But which Xu Langjun's reaction is very strange, since he started to fill coal, he turned left three times around the steel furnace, turned three times to the right, and almost didn't get into the furnace, and when the fire began to heat up, Xu Deshan stared at the fire without blinking, and sometimes

Nodding, shaking his head from time to time, he also brought a piece of white paper, and used a piece of charcoal to write and draw on the paper, as for what was drawn, it was not for the master to ask.

This makes the people in the casting office strange, can see the steelmaking from beginning to end with such relish, Xu Deshan is still the first person, no matter which leader came in the past, it was nothing more than a formality, look at the scene, and say some encouraging words, and it was pulled down, and Xu Deshan was like this...... If it weren't for the people from the Ordnance Department of the Terracotta Division, the people in the foundry would have thought that Xu Deshan was a spy sent by the Liao State to steal the casting technology here.

After the steel was baked, Xu Deshan left, bypassing the bustling night of the Daimyo's mansion, and returned directly to his cabin, asked the maid to bring the lamp, lay on the desk, took out the white paper recorded during the day, carefully recalled everything that happened during the day, and then took the paper, still charcoal, and wiped it, wiped it, until the third watch in the middle of the night, looking at the stereotyped works on the paper, Xu Deshan showed a smile on his mouth, and then fell asleep.

Xu Deshan had something in his heart, so he couldn't sleep steadily, before dawn the next day, he had already woken up, turned over and got up, washed his face casually, and then picked up the drawings he drew yesterday and looked at them, the more he looked at them, the more happy he felt in his heart, and he went out directly with the drawings.

Xu Deshan's yard was next to Jia Changchao's private house, Xu Deshan ran to the door of Jia Changchao's private house, and began to slam Jia Changchao's door and said, "Lord Jia, open the door quickly, I have something important to report." ”

Xu Deshan patted it, there was no movement inside, Xu Deshan was not discouraged, if you don't open the door, I will keep shooting, and I slapped the tea, and there was a scream inside, and a little girl opened the door for Xu Deshan, yawning and said, "You are a person, when is this time, what door is opened." ”

Xu Deshan knew that this was the maid who was serving Jia Changchao's family, and said vigorously, "I naturally have something important to report to the adult, where is the adult, take me to see the adult." ”

The maid said with an ugly face, "It's inconvenient for my lord now, you better come back later." ”

Xu Deshan said, "National affairs, where is there a wait for a while, let me in quickly, otherwise you will delay the matter, and you can't afford this responsibility." ”

Although the maid knew in her heart that Xu Deshan definitely didn't have any national affairs as he said, but Xu Deshan said it so exaggeratedly, the maid couldn't help but hesitate, Xu Deshan saw this opportunity, and got into it all of a sudden, so anxious that the maid hurriedly chased after her.

It stands to reason that the private house of Jia Changchao is lived by Jia Changchao's family and daughters, where can outsiders break into, see what they shouldn't see, hear what they shouldn't hear, how to be good, but who is called Xu Deshan is young now, Tong Yan Wuji is not, even if he really sees something, it doesn't matter much.

Xu Deshan ran all the way, and the maid chased all the way, Xu Deshan shouted while running, "Master Jia, where are you, I'm looking for you!" Come out quickly, I have something to discuss with you. ”

You said that Xu Deshan can rely on his young age to make trouble, but Jia Changchao is a high and powerful person, what kind of identity, where can Xu Deshan be very knowledgeable, how can he be asked to mess around in his own home, now Xu Deshan has been shouting for a long time, Jia Changchao has made a sound, and he can also ask Xu Deshan to stop for a while, but Jia Changchao doesn't know what's wrong, there is no sound, now it's okay, Xu Deshan ran around the yard, and he almost broke into Jia Changchao's bedroom.

Finally, when Xu Deshan was full of youthful vitality and began to smash Jia Changchao's bedroom door, Jia Changchao's voice finally came, "Xu Deshan, you stinky boy, Lao Tzu is in the pit, either you come over and talk, or you can be honest!" ”

The world is finally quiet.

Xu Deshan finally met Jia Changchao in the living room, but no matter how he looked at it, Xu Deshan felt that Jia Changchao's walking posture was not quite right, and Jia Changchao didn't have a good face for Xu Deshan, and said, "If you have something, hurry up and say it, and get out of here when you're done." ”

At this moment, Xu Deshan's excitement passed, and he also felt that what he did was not quite right, and said carefully, "My lord, you said yesterday that you asked me to supervise the manufacture of ordnance, then I will start." ”

Jia Chang said, "Start and start, who cares about you." ”

Xu Deshan said, "Then I will come according to my method, and then don't say that what I did was wrong." ”

Jia Changchao said, "What do you do, don't do anything out of the ordinary, when the time comes, I won't be able to protect you." ”

Xu Deshan said, "No, no, I must do things according to the rules, but this method may be a little unexpected to you, you must be prepared." ”

Jia Changchao took a deep breath and said, "Well, since this morning, I have already prepared in my heart, you can tell me first, what do you want to do." ”

Xu Deshan said, "The first thing I want to solve is the cost problem, I think that the cost of manufacturing these ordnance is actually not high, and most of the silver, in fact, is given to those craftsmen who make ordnance, and if you want to reverse this situation, you must break the monopoly of these craftsmen on ordnance manufacturing." ”

Jia Changchao took a deep breath and said, "Then what do you want to do." ”

Xu Deshan said, "Don't care what I do, I'll ask my lord first, what about the 50,000 taels of silver you promised to give me, are you ready to come out, I'm still waiting to use it." ”