In the barracks, the sword casting and selection of blacksmith masters were undoubtedly the victory of the old man's ordinary iron pimple. Mao Wenlong, who had the fastest update, finally announced the results, and the other blacksmiths were not dissatisfied.

The competition in the school field ended, and the other blacksmiths were dismissed, but the old man was called to the handsome tent by Mao Wenlong for questioning.

Mao Wenlong looked at the old man in front of him carefully, his appearance did not look any different from the old people in those ordinary people's homes. It's just an ordinary old man, and the only difference between him may be his rough hands.

The big hands like a pu fan were full of calluses, which showed that they had been beaten for many years. Mao Wenlong was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Old gentleman, Gui Geng this year? ”

The old man glanced at Mao Wenlong with his cloudy little eyes, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "The old man is fifty and three this year, and he is the superintendent of Xuzhou Instrument Manufacturing, surnamed Zhao Mingtie!" ”

Zhao Tie is the fifth generation of the Zhao family, and since the early days of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhao family has been forging any needed iron for the imperial court. It can be said that he has a profound background, but it is a pity that in Zhao Tie's generation, because Zhao Tie is reckless by nature and never bends down in front of people, although he has a good hand, he is always not appreciated by his boss, and even suppressed.

In the end, he was just a small superintendent of Xuzhou for half of his life, and later because of the corruption of his boss, he deducted money and grain to make the entire superintendent unsustainable. The craftsmen fled, and the superintendent finally became a useless thing, and it became just an ornament for the boss to eat empty salaries.

Zhao Tie also couldn't survive in the Supervision Division, which coincided with the arrival of the rebel army and the chaos in Henan. Zhao Tie was ready to take his family to find another way, and it happened that Chen Jisheng at that time repelled the imperial army and occupied the entire Xuzhou.

The prosperity of Ye County is also quite famous in the territory of Xuzhou, so when the Dongjiang army arrived there and wanted to recruit talents. Zhao Tie had the idea of joining the army, but Chen Jisheng only cared about recruiting civil carpenters at that time, so he left him behind.

Later, after Li Jie went back, Zhao Tie was successfully recruited!

Mao Wenlong didn't pay attention to the stiffness of Zhao Tie's tone at all, people who have some ability since ancient times have always been a little withdrawn. Looking at Lao Zhao like this, it is obviously not an exception!

"Mr. Zhao, I have seen your ability to forge iron just now, and it is indeed a real skill. But you know, I need a wrought iron man whose skills are more than just making swords. ”

"Then I wonder what the general soldier needs to build?"

"I want a musket, and I want all the firearms that the court currently has, can you meet my little request?"

Mao Wenlong smiled, with a gentle face, and shook out his ultimate goal lightly.

Zhao Tie immediately frowned, according to Mao Wenlong's requirements, it is true that the art of forging iron is much more difficult than forging a sword. But for Zhao Tie, his family has been wrought iron for generations, and the musket is really difficult for him.

"Back to the general soldier, it's not difficult to forge a musket, the difficult thing is that you don't have anything here. If you really want to forge muskets, you don't want to see the finished product for a year and a half. "Zhao Tie obviously already knows that Mao Wenlong doesn't have any foundation for making guns here.

There must be a process from scratch, especially the construction of some foundations, and there are many appliances that need to be built. This is why he Zhao Tie has this ability, and he has the ability to change it to a forged musket that others don't want to have nothing.

Mao Wenlong nodded after hearing this, he smiled: "One or two years is not a problem, anyway, I am not in a hurry now, as long as you can guarantee the forging of muskets, I can meet you with whatever you need." ”

"Is that true?" Zhao Tie was a little surprised, and at the same time a little incredulous.

He knew he had some skills, but he wasn't arrogant enough to think of himself as a character. And the conditions that Mao Wenlong gave just now are too good, and they have exceeded Zhao Tie's estimate too much.

Mao Wenlong smiled, what he needs is talent, as long as it is a real talent, he can pay the greatest price to retain, there is no doubt about it!

"It's more real than real gold, tell me what you need, and I'll cash it out to you right away." With a wave of his hand, Mao Wenlong laughed heartily.

"I want all the blacksmiths to obey me, and the money must be paid in full and on time." Zhao Tie's expression was slightly excited.

"That's all?" Mao Wenlong was a little incredible.

"Can the general soldier cash in?" Zhao Tie nodded firmly.

Mao Wenlong nodded and shouted outside: "Li Jie! ”

The voice fell, Li Jie's tall figure appeared, he strode into the tent, and then clasped his fists and saluted: "The subordinates are here." ”

Mao Wenlong pointed at Li Jie and said to Zhao Tieyan: "You can tell him anything in the future." ”

Then, Mao Wenlong said to Li Jie: "In the future, all Mr. Zhao's requirements, as long as they are within an acceptable range, will be met and there will be no difficulties." If I learn that you dare to embarrass these craftsmen, you will definitely be severely punished! ”

"Subordinates obey!" Li Jie's expression was firm, and he didn't dare to be sloppy at all.

Mao Wenlong nodded and looked at Zhao Tie: "Does Mr. Zhao have any objections?" ”

Zhao Tie shook his head very happily: "Thank you for the success of the general soldier, I will live up to the love of the general soldier." ”

Mao Wenlong was very satisfied, and then asked the two to step down, and the rest of the matter, whether to discuss or discuss, was carried out by the two of them, and he didn't need to ask.

After sending the two away, Mao Wenlong only stayed in the big tent for a while, and then asked Hao Xiaobei to prepare a carriage to go back to the city.

An afternoon passed like this, Mao Wenlong didn't feel bored anymore, lay in the comfortable carriage, and let Haoxiao drive the carriage slowly and leisurely to return to the city in the afterglow of the sunset.

There was a rapid sound of horses' hooves outside Mao's mansion, and the four guards guarding the door suddenly became nervous. I saw two fast horses galloping towards me and flying down in front of the gate of Maofu.

These were two spies who were ordered to investigate the movements outside, and the four guards obviously recognized the two, and there was no obstruction, allowing the two to enter the Mao Mansion smoothly.

When Mao Wenlong returned to Mao's mansion, it was already early on, and as soon as he got off the carriage, the guards guarding the door immediately reported the news that the spies outside had hurried back.

Mao Wenlong didn't dare to slack off, and immediately hurried to the front hall, only to see two spies standing outside the front hall like two logs.

"Commander!" Seeing Mao Wenlong's arrival, the two immediately knelt on one leg and saluted.

"Let's go inside." Mao Wenlong didn't talk nonsense and went directly into the front hall.

After entering the hall, the two spies said in turn: "General soldiers, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court in Henan have been frequently mobilized in the past two days, but they are no longer biting those rogues, but they are stationed in Luoyang City. ”

At this time, another also said: "And the imperial court seems to point the finger at our Ye County, and there is also news that Chen Qiyu, the governor of the soldiers and horses of the five provinces, has quietly arrived in Luoyang City." ”

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