"Li Shangshu, it seems that I have paid much attention to the affairs of my Ministry of Industry."

may have seen that the atmosphere in the room was a little dignified, and Cao Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, interjected with a smile.

In fact, in fact, the Ministry of Industry is under the Yu Department, or the Yu Manufacturing Bureau, this department, the Ministry of Households, the Warehouse Department, and the Smelting Bureau are responsible for the transportation of raw materials, manufacturing, finished product transportation, and mold maintenance of candles.

After all, in the past, there was almost no such development of cross-ministry cooperation, and most of them were played by each ministry and government, and at most they asked the departments and offices of the lower departments to cooperate.

For example, the Ministry of Industry has personnel dedicated to material transportation, but the number and scale are far inferior to those of the Ministry of Household and Warehouse.

In addition to candles, Yu will also create some civilian utensils such as wooden basins and barrels, so that the warehouse can sell them on behalf of them, which is much cheaper and more convenient than the cost of Yu Bu operating a caravan by himself.

Of course, there were some officials who raised objections, believing that this kind of cooperation was easy to confuse the various ministries and difficult to reconcile, but this opposition gradually disappeared with the "inaction" of the imperial historian.

And now, following the close cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War also seems to have the intention of joining this new mode of operation, which is a little surprising to everyone in the house.

After all, Li Wei, the secretary of the military department, is a well-known stubborn old man, and it is hard to imagine that this old-man with a rigid brain can still appreciate the benefits of this new way of operating.

"How, Your Highness?" Looking at Zhao Hongrun, Li Feng Zhengse said: "The Smelting Bureau is responsible for improving the armament process, and our Arsenal Bureau will give back a reward to the Smelting Bureau, and the two departments will imitate the cooperation between the Smelting Bureau and the Yu Department and the Cangbu Department. …… And this cooperation. Mainly based on the Metallurgical Bureau, how? ”

"It's really ......."

Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and didn't speak.

To be honest, Li Yan's proposal made him very excited, after all, he was not trying to annex the Bing Casting Bureau in the first place for the sake of power, to put it bluntly. Just so that the Bing Casting Bureau can keep up with the footsteps of the Metallurgical Bureau, or rather, keep up with the footsteps of his Su Wang Hongrun.

And Li Yan's proposal made him unable to pick out any thorns.

After half a ring, Zhao Hongrun asked, "Li Shangshu, do you know what this means?" ”

Li Fu stroked his beard, nodded and said, "This means that our military department will adopt your department's 'weights and measures' as the only standard, and regard your department's formulation as a standard. ”

Hear that. Cao Zhi, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, and Xu Guan, the left attendant of the Ministry of War, looked slightly shocked.

Following the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War will also adopt the "new weights and measures" of the Metallurgical Bureau?!

However, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with this matter, after all, the utensils created by the Smelting Bureau today are all made in accordance with the "Su's New Regulations on Weights and Measures", and if the Ministry of War intends to adopt the new technology of the Smelting Bureau, it can only abandon the old weights and measures in the ministry and replace them with the "Su's New Regulations on Weights and Measures".

This means: It is one step closer to the purpose of "unifying and standardizing national weights and measures" in Zhao Hongrun's heart.

"This king has conditions!"

Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said.

When it came to this conversation, there was no need for him to pretend anything. After all, the suggestion put forward by Li Feng is indeed a win-win proposal.

"As long as you don't want to annex the Arms Casting Bureau, it's easy to say anything."

"His Royal Highness King Su, please make it clear." Li Fu arched his hand and said.

"First of all." Zhao Hongrun raised a finger and said in a deep voice: "My Metallurgical Bureau is responsible for designing the weapons and equipment of the domestic army. ”

"Huh??"

Li Feng glanced at Zhao Hongrun in confusion, a little confused.

After all, once the cooperation between the Ordnance Casting Bureau and the Smelting Bureau is reached, the Smelting Bureau is naturally responsible for designing the weapons and equipment of the domestic army. Is this necessary to reiterate?

Looking at Li Yan's puzzled expression, Zhao Hongrun knew that this old man didn't understand, so he explained: "I'm afraid Li Shangshu doesn't understand what this king means. …… What this king means is that if our smelting bureau designs a new type of equipment, and hopes that this equipment can replace the original equipment. The War Casting Bureau and the Ministry of War must not object! ”

In fact, Zhao Hongrun has been thinking about this question for a long time.

In his opinion, the specifications of Wei's army-made weapons and equipment were too outdated, and there were some unnecessary equipment.

For example, the iron sword.

This was the most common weapon of the Wei army, but was it suitable for use on the battlefield?

It may have been more applicable in the earliest battlefields, but it is an indisputable fact that it will be replaced by a knife that is more conducive to chopping.

Especially for cavalry, the role of the iron sword is not at all as good as the curved scimitar.

This point is clear in Zhao Hongrun's heart.

But the difficulty is that it is really difficult for him to make changes to the weapons and equipment that the Wei army has used for decades or even hundreds of years.

Think about it, even if the sword is more suitable for battlefield fighting than the sword, but those soldiers who are used to using iron swords, how can they accept an unfamiliar weapon?

Unless forced to roll,

But if it is to be forcibly launched, it must be supported by the Ministry of War, otherwise, even King Su will not be able to do it.

Hearing this, Li Fu showed an embarrassed expression on his face.

After all, Li Yan also understands that the impact of this problem is very huge.

To put it mildly, what if the weapons and equipment designed by the Smelting Bureau are not suitable for the battlefield? Who is responsible for this?

Do you want their military department to carry the black cauldron?

Taking a step back, in fact, they have a lot of black cauldrons on their backs, and they don't care about this item, but the key is, what if the new equipment makes the soldiers on the front line lose the battle? Who bears the blame for this crime?

Besides, if this puts the entire Wei State in an unfavorable situation, who will be responsible?

Thinking of this, Li Fu frowned and said, "Forgive the old man for not listening to what he said, the craftsmen of your department have never set foot on the battlefield at all, how do you know how to design equipment?" ”

"At this point, Li Shangshu can rest assured that this king will send the soldiers of the sixth battalion of the garrison to take their advice." Zhao Hongrun perfectly solved Li Yan's considerations.

"Advice from the soldiers?" Li Feng looked at Zhao Hongrun in surprise, and he realized that what he was thinking about was His Royal Highness King Su in front of him. I'm afraid it's been thought about for a long time.

"Good!" Li Wei nodded, which was regarded as agreeing to Zhao Hongrun's first request.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun said: "Secondly, if there is a shortage of manpower in our Smelting Bureau, I will be allowed to borrow craftsmen from the Military Casting Bureau. ”

Li Yan thought for a while and said, "Yes." …… But. Hopefully, when the Arsenal is free. ”

"Of course."

Under the watchful eye of everyone in the house, Zhao Hongrun and Li Feng gradually achieved a tacit understanding.

In fact, except for the first one, which made Li Fei feel that "the impact was huge", the rest of the articles Li Fei felt very pertinent, which made him once again confirm: At present, His Royal Highness King Su is not trying to seize the war for his own selfish interests.

But then again, the last one proposed by Zhao Hongrun. It made Li Fei feel a little inexplicable.

It turned out that it was Zhao Hongrun who proposed to Li Feng that he wanted the old equipment from the sixth battalion of the garrison.

After all, this batch of old equipment of about 80,000 people had been booked by Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, as early as May, and now that he had this opportunity, Zhao Hongrun naturally wanted to take this batch of equipment from the hands of the military department.

However, Li Wei was very puzzled by this: "Your Highness wants the old clothes of the sixth battalion of the garrison?" What does Your Highness want those old weapons and equipment for? ”

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun opened his eyes and said nonsense: "This king wants to supply this batch of equipment to the Yanling army and the Shangshui army. ”

Li Feng glanced at Zhao Hongrun strangely.

Now in the court, who doesn't know the surrender of the two Chu troops of the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army. Except for the Emperor of Great Wei, only His Royal Highness King Su in front of him can be mobilized. Even their troops could not be dispatched, and it is not an exaggeration to say that these two armies are the descendants of King Su.

But it is obviously a descendant army, but why is it armed with the old equipment of the sixth battalion of the garrison?

"Isn't it...... This highness actually can't believe the two Chu State surrender armies? Well, after all, those are Chu people."

Li Wei was self-righteous and made up for it.

He didn't know that that the batch of equipment was planned to be transported by Zhao Hongrun to Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Chu Xuancheng. Now Xiong Tuo's relationship with him is a little delicate to be honest, but in order to be cautious, it is impossible for Zhao Hongrun to supply Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, with the latest weapons and equipment.

After all, Xiong Tuo was a nobleman of the Chu State with great ambitions. Zhao Hongrun doesn't want to raise tigers.

Li Feng stroked his beard, frowned, and said, "This batch of equipment, our military department originally planned to send it to Anling...... Since His Highness wants it, my military department can hand it over, but ......"

"This king understands." As if he had guessed Li Yan's thoughts, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said: "This batch of armaments, this king will purchase it at the depreciation price, and my brother will settle the accounts!" ”

"Brother......

Including Li Yan, the expressions of everyone in the room suddenly became a little strange, especially Li Jin, the director of the War Casting Bureau.

After that, Zhao Hongrun and Li Feng wrote a contract on the terms they had just negotiated, although several people in the military department felt that it was necessary, after all, how could they dare to play tricks on His Royal Highness King Su?

But Zhao Hongrun still asked them to write clearly in black and white, after all, this contract was not only used to restrain the military department, but also to give an account to Wei Tianzi and the imperial historian.

I have to say that both sides of this meeting are very satisfied, Li Wei is satisfied that he has kept the Ordnance Casting Bureau, and at the same time has received technical support from the Smelting Bureau, although he has paid a lot of material costs; And Zhao Hongrun is satisfied, although he does not really control the Military Casting Bureau, but he can finally speak, although nominally the Military Casting Bureau is still the subordinate of the Ministry of War, but in fact, it is not an exaggeration to call it a military workshop of the Smelting Bureau.

A happy situation for all.

"This Li Man...... Stubborn but not confused. Well, not to be underestimated.'"

After waiting for a few people from the military department to leave, Zhao Hongrun sighed a little.

Once upon a time, he felt that Li Feng, the secretary of the military department, was not worthy of his name, but from this incident, it seems that this old man can accurately figure out what he wants, and he is worthy of being an "old and cunning" kind of person.

But no matter what, Zhao Hongrun can be regarded as having achieved the goal in his heart, and he can finally try to change the weapons and equipment of the domestic army.

Compared to this matter, another thing jumped into his mind.

That is the Chenggao Hunt, that is, the contact between the Wei State and the Yin Rong tribes, and the negotiation on the matter of "borrowing the Dao".

"Will it go well?"

Lying on the chair with his head in his hands, Zhao Hongrun secretly calculated.

To be honest, he doesn't like it either. (To be continued.) )