Chapter 163: What to do with old clothes

---- Shangshu Province

Xu Qing asked the way, knowing that the ordnance supervisor and the general were next to each other, and planned to go over, but on the road he met a blue-robed official who hurriedly ran over. The blue-robed official ran out of breath and said to Xu Qing: "Lord Xu, Lord Xu, alas, you should go to Shangshu Province to have a look......

Stunned for a moment, Xu Qing hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with Shangshu Province?" What's on the agenda today? ”

The green-robed official breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Lord Xu, today in Shangshu Province, the Ministry of War said that it would change the equipment for the 16th Guards and the Fourth Army. Now that the quarrel is raging, Pei Xiang is going to go down to invite Lord Xu, and temporarily let the adults stop the noise......"

Xu Qing sighed and said, "Thanks to you coming early, you met me on the road, otherwise I would have gone somewhere else." Let's go, lead the way to the door to save ......"

He said this on his lips, but in his heart, he had to hear the news, otherwise the master would have to pay for the equipment himself.

Soon, he followed the Qingpao official to Menxia Province, and before he entered the door, he heard a voice from the hall: "Xu Qing Xu Qing, it's Xu Qing again, if you encounter a problem, go and invite Xu Qing, is he a god or are we stupid?" ”

"Yes, yes, but a stinky boy, every time I go to him, I really have a dull face......"

"If you have the ability, do you want to find a way to come out?"

"I, I can't say it, and I can't say it until Xu Qing waits!"

The blue-robed official looked embarrassed, but Xu Qing waved his hand, indicating that it was okay. The people in this should not have expected Xu Qing to come so quickly, so they talked about Xu Qing so unscrupulously. At this time, Xu Qing pushed the door and squeaked in. Now, Xu Qing found that the doors in this palace are a little peculiar, that is, when you open and close the door, no matter how careful you are, you will make an inexplicable loud noise.

The officials looked back, and it was Xu Qing, who quickly closed his mouth and stopped talking. Xu Qing glanced inside the hall and saw that all the officials who were familiar with him were there, and there were a few more generals in military uniforms. Xu Qingzheng was dressed properly, so he walked over to Pei Lin and saw the leaders of the three provinces in the hall.

Pei Lin coughed and said, "Lord Xu came so quickly, he must have been in a hurry, I wonder if today's topic is clear?" ”

Xu Qing arched his hand and said: "What we are discussing today is the matter of changing the uniforms of the sixteen guards of the four armies, is what the subordinate said right?" ”

Gao Shilian, the servant of the door, said: "Lord Xu seems to be clear, I don't know what to do?" ”

Xu Qing wiped his forehead and said, "I'm ashamed, I am ashamed, you Chang Bo have not been able to come up with a way, and the kid is in a hurry, and it still takes a little time." Hmm, I wonder if the lower officials can ask a few questions? ”

Another attendant, Chen Shuda, said: "Master Xu just asks, I know everything......

Xu Qing pondered for a moment and asked, "Hmm, this is to build a new armament, if the money is enough, I don't know if there are enough manpower?" ”

A person came out of the banquet: "In the lower ordnance supervisor, what Lord Xu said is appropriate, there is no need to worry, there are 8,000 craftsmen under the officials, just wait for iron and charcoal, and then they can start work with all their might!" Within ten months, the four armies will be replaced with new equipment with quality and quantity, and all of them will be built in two months! ”

Another person came out, this person first glanced at the weapons supervisor, and then said to Xu Qing: "In the weapons department of the lower army department, there are 10,000 craftsmen in the hands of the lower officials, and as long as it takes a month and a half, they can equip the whole army!" ”

"You!"

Seeing that he was about to quarrel again, Xu Qing hurriedly stopped and said: "This new equipment must ensure quality and quantity, and speed must not be pursued in vain." ”

When the two of them heard this, they took a step back, and Xu Qing said again: "The two of you have already ensured that the number of people is sufficient, let me ask you again, do you know what caustic soda is?" ”

At this time, both of them were stunned, but they still nodded and said, "Of course I know, we have it in the library, but I don't know what Lord Xu is doing with this caustic soda?" If it's useful to build weapons, uh, there's a lot of reserves in the storehouse......"

Xu Qing was overjoyed when he heard this, and then waved his hand and said: "This has nothing to do with weapons, this official casually asked......

The officials present were sweating profusely, and they almost scolded, what do you mean by casually asking at this time? But when you are afraid of the stall in front of Xu Qing Suzaku, the people present are all men, how did the Taifu Siqing die? The one who died in the "restaurant" or the one who died like that after learning about Xu Qing, now as long as he is the one with the handle, who dares to provoke him?

As the eldest brother, Pei Lin could only take the lead and say: "Xu Qing, don't mess around, it's important to get down to business!" ”

"Pei Xiang's forgiveness ......" Xu Qing bowed and said: "Two, Master Celebrator, Master Supervisor, the new equipment is sent, it must replace the old one, dare to ask how to deal with the old one?" ”

The master and the supervisor glanced at each other and said: "Well, the armor and horizontal swords in the army are brought from the government soldiers for a long time, and some people are captured from the battlefield, and their attribution is not known whether it is the court or the soldiers themselves." Therefore, this method of dealing with it can only be dealt with by their team, and we can't force it. ”

Xu Qing said with a smile; "The clothes are not as good as the new, especially the effectiveness of the old armor for self-defense has been greatly reduced, and the soldiers must like the new and hate the old, and change to new clothes, and the old clothes will either be taken away, or lost, and some will be pressed at the bottom of the box."

The people present nodded, what Xu Qing said was good, but what is the matter with old clothes? We are now talking about new clothes, who makes them, what kind of money is saved, you say that the old clothes are not hiding their own plans, right?

When Pei Lin wanted to export again, Xu Qing said slowly: "In Dongshi, forging a pound of new iron requires three coins of silver, but with a pound of old iron, forging the same thing only requires one dollar." Ladies and gentlemen, the old armor of the soldiers is useless, and they are all collected to forge new armor? ”

Quiet......

Aren't you trying to save money, are you arguing about whether the ordnance supervisor can save one or two taels of silver or the ordnance department can save three taels, Xu Qing saved two-thirds of the silver in one sentence. How many taels is that, the Chang'an Forbidden Army is 200,000, and a pair of armor saves more than one tael, 200,000 taels!

Quiet, very quiet.

A supervisor and a priest, at this time, he almost hugged his head and cried and sighed that the future was terrifying. After a while, a hoarse voice came out: "Some of the old equipment of this soldier is their own, what if they don't want to hand it over?" Most of the old armor in the army is missing, and ten old pieces can't be made into eight new ones, what should I do with the difference? Also, when the old equipment is collected, the soldiers do not have the equipment, what if there are soldiers who come to attack? ”

Xu Qing heard the sound and looked over, only to see that it was a military general who he didn't recognize, and seeing Xu Qing's eyes looking at him, the military general hurriedly explained: "What Lord Xu said is suitable for talent, you can already save hundreds of thousands of taels of silver, and you have to make inches in what you say, and ask Lord Xu to forgive your sins." ”

Xu Qing waved his hand: "The general works for the country, why not, the kid still has to learn from the general......"