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"Brother is the supreme who walks for the heavens?"

Bian Xiang was stunned at first, then overjoyed, and then bowed to the ground, and said: "I have heard for a long time that my brother is righteous and sparse wealth to help the poor, but he only hates the shallow fate, and he can't worship and respect the face. ”

Li Yan hurriedly helped Bian Xiang up and blamed: "They are all their own brothers, why are they polite?" ”

Bian Xiang got up and said, "Eh! I listen to my brother! ”

Tang Long, who was on the other side, smiled and said, "It turned out to be the Supreme, I said how to cover the ground!" ”

Li Yan looked at Tang Long and said with a smile: "Brother Tang Long, my Liangshanbo still lacks a leader who supervises the construction of weapons and iron armor, I don't know if my brother is willing to condescend to the noble?" ”

Seeing that Li Yan also threw an olive branch to Tang Long, Ruan Xiaoqi immediately helped: "Brother Tang Long, you are here, when will you make a fortune?" It is better to go to Liangshan with us to join the gang, at that time, not afraid of the sky, not afraid of the earth, not afraid of lawsuits, on the scales of gold and silver, wearing silk brocade in a strange way, eating wine in an urn, eating meat in large pieces, wouldn't it be happy. ”

Tang Long waited for this, how could he not want to?

Tang Long also bowed to the ground and said: "If my brother does not give up, I am willing to take my brother with me, and I am willing to follow the whip stirrup!" ”

Li Yan walked over and helped Tang Long up, and said, "Great goodness! I have another good man in Liangshanbo! ”

Tang Long said: "I don't have any family to accompany me, so after eating this meal with my brothers, I can go on the road!" ”

Li Yan asked: "Brother Tanglong, do you have any familiar craftsmen, blacksmiths, carpenters, leathermasons, stonemasons, papermakers, lacquer craftsmen, plasterers, boatmen, as long as they are exquisite craftsmen." ”

Tang Long smiled confidently and said: "This brother is asking the right person, my ancestors made a living by building weapons, whether it is the weapons supervisor or the capital weapons institute, I have acquaintances." ”

Ruan Xiaoqi interjected: "What is the difference between the Ordnance Supervisor and the Duda Ordnance? ”

Tang Long said: "The ordnance supervisor is an important weapons production and management yamen of the imperial court, mainly responsible for improving and developing new weapons, compiling weapons methods and formations, supervising the production of central weapons, managing local weapons production and building city defense, and coordinating military materials and equipment. The full name of the Duda Ordnance Institute is the Duda Tiju Internal and External Manufacturing Weapons Institute, although it is generally built with the Ordnance Supervisor, but it is in the hands of the eunuchs, and it is not subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, and the production is not entered into the Weiwei Temple, and the output is all returned to the Inner Library, to put it simply, it is the official's own blacksmith shop. ”

Li Yan said: "Then can the Tanglong brothers earn some skilled craftsmen for our Liang Shanbo from the Ordnance Supervisor and Duda Ordnance?" Don't hide from the brothers, what we lack most in Liangshanbo is the craftsmen with exquisite craftsmanship, if the brothers can earn dozens of craftsmen for the brothers, count the brothers, if the brothers can earn hundreds of craftsmen for the brothers, count the brothers' great achievements, if the brothers can earn five hundred craftsmen for the brothers, count the brothers' first merits! ”

Tang Long, who was worried about being unable to gain a foothold in Liangshanbo, immediately said: "The craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervisor and the Duda Ordnance Institute do not talk about their hard work every day, those supervising officials and eunuchs do not regard the craftsmen as human beings at all, in addition to regular classes every day, they also coerce the craftsmen to do private work for them, and the finished products are stolen out by those supervising officials and eunuchs to be sold, so that few of the craftsmen in those workshops are willing to stay, as long as my brother treats the craftsmen well and earns a first merit, I am not sure, I earn three or two great merits, but I am full of confidence!" ”

Li Yan was overjoyed, but also a little puzzled, and said: "As far as I know, compared with the previous dynasty, the status of craftsmen has been raised to a very high level, and the treatment of those craftsmen in the Ordnance Supervisor and the Metropolitan Ordnance Institute is poor, why don't you find another way to make a living?" ”

"Hey!"

Tang Long sighed and said: "The craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervisor and the Duda Ordnance Institute are no better than those craftsmen who have their own workshops, most of them are craftsmen, and they have no freedom...... In fact, the treatment given by the imperial court to the craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervisor and the Metropolitan Ordnance Institute is not bad, but the officials and eunuchs in charge have deducted and bullied them too much, making the Weapons Supervisor and the craftsmen of the Metropolitan Ordnance Institute miserable! Speaking of this, Tang Long's tone changed, and he said: "Therefore, as long as my brother treats the craftsman well, there will definitely be a craftsman who will come to my brother with his family." Afraid that Li Yan didn't understand the craftsman family, Tang Long added: "Most of the people in the craftsman family are craftsmen, even if they are not, they can help make them." ”

Li Yan said: "Brother just go and invite, for my brother will not lose them, huh...... In this way, how about a craftsman who is willing to go up the mountain to pay 50 yuan for settling in, and at least 5 yuan per month? ”

Li Yan's treatment of craftsmen is very high, not to mention the settling-in allowance, a family of five or seven craftsmen can earn three or four hundred yuan a year, which is not less than those craftsmen who have their own workshops, and they don't have to take risks.

Tang Long immediately said: "I will earn three or two hundred craftsmen for my brother to come back!" ”

Li Yanxi said: "Okay, well, this matter depends on my brother." ”

Suddenly remembering that Tang Long's words revealed that those officials and eunuchs were guarding and stealing weapons and selling weapons privately, Li Yan asked Tang Long: "Brother, if I want to buy some armor, I wonder if my brother can catch up with the line?" ”

Seeing Li Yandong asking, Tang Long said: "It's okay to buy some weapons and armor, but the bow and crossbow are too sensitive, especially the divine arm bow, I'm afraid it's a little difficult!" ”

The divine arm bow, also known as the divine arm crossbow, the bow body is three feet three, the string length is two feet five, the range is far more than 240 steps, it is known that other instruments can not catch up, and it has become one of the standard weapons of the crossbowmen of the Song army. ”

It can be said that the Divine Arm Bow is the ultimate killing weapon of this era, even if the Northern Song Dynasty court is mediocre, such a final killing weapon must be strictly controlled.

Li Yan said: "We can take it slowly, let's buy some armor first, especially armor, we are in urgent need of Liangshanbo." ”

Tang Long said: "If you only buy some armor, it shouldn't be difficult, but I don't know what armor my brother wants to buy?" ”

Li Yan said: "My brother is an expert, I want to ask my brother's opinion." ”

Tang Long didn't think about it, so he said: "The weapon is the first spear, which is cheap and lethal, if my brother decides to use a spear, we don't need to buy it, we can build it ourselves." It's armor, I have to take the idea of my brother, and the armor of our Great Song Dynasty is roughly divided into three categories: iron, skin, and paper armor. Among them, this iron armor is the heaviest, each pair of armor leaves 1,825 pieces, the shawl contains 504 leaves, a total weight of 8 catties 32 4 points, the armor body contains 332 leaves, a total weight of 9 catties 11 24 points, the skirt of the falcon tail contains 679 leaves, a total weight of 19 catties 125 cents, helmet curtain leaves contain 310 leaves, a total weight of 4 catties 13 taels and 5 cents, plus the helmet eyebrows and so on a total weight of 49 catties, you can also temporarily add leaves, but I am afraid that the soldiers will not move at that time, so a pair of armor to build, it costs 38 times! Let's talk about leather armor, this leather armor is divided into three kinds, rhinoceros armor generally uses seven rows of armor, ox leather armor generally uses six rows of armor, and five rows of armor are generally used for armor. Finally, the paper armor, this paper armor with asexual extremely soft paper, mixed with silk, processing hammer soft, stacked three inches thick, square inch four nails, if soaked in water and rain, arrows are difficult to penetrate, each piece of ten money up and down! ”

Li Yan pondered in his heart for a while, and said, "If I buy 2,000 pieces of armor, is there a way for my brother?" ”

Tang Long was shocked at first, and then he was overjoyed - from the number of armors Li Yanyao, Tang Long had already faintly seen the strength of Shuibo Liangshan!

Suppressing the surprise, Tang Long thought for a while and said, "If it's only thirty or fifty, it's very easy to do." 2,000 ...... I've got to figure it out. ”

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