Lu Bu would come to the arsenal at least three times a day, and Zhang Shiping would greet him at least three times a day.

With such a frequent number of times, anyone else will feel impatient.

Accompanied by Zhang Shiping, he walked into the arsenal, and Lu Bu said to him: "I do come more every day, and you don't have to come out to greet him every time." Sometimes I can see for myself, and if I don't send someone to find you, it just doesn't matter in particular. ”

"Chu Hou is here, how can I not welcome it." Zhang Shiping said: "A place like the arsenal is responsible for the forging of the soldiers' ordnance, and the fact that Chu Hou even handed over the glider and balloons to the arsenal for manufacturing is also a trust in me and the arsenal." ”

"I trust you, but I've also caused you a lot of trouble." Lu Bu said: "Now you can only walk around in Xu Yang Erzhou, are you unhappy in your heart?" ”

"I used to walk outside a lot, but now I want to be stable for a few years." Zhang Shiping replied: "Chu Hou gave such an opportunity, how could I be unhappy?" ”

"From what you say, you can hear that there is a lot of resentment in your heart." Lu Bu said with a smile: "If you have a grudge, you just have to tell me, don't hide it." ”

"Actually, I have understood since the time when the Marquis of Chu asked me to build an arsenal." Zhang Shiping replied: "From now on, I am afraid that I can only do things for the Marquis of Chu, and in the future, I may only be able to engage in various businesses as an official and businessman under the command of the Marquis of Chu." ”

"I do mean to solicit you." Lu Bu said: "But I don't let you do it for nothing, except for the arsenal, which will not give you benefits, you can still make profits from other livelihoods." ”

He lowered his voice and asked Zhang Shiping: "In the future, if I hand over all the coal to you, I will make a profit of nine or one, I don't know if you are willing?" ”

Zhang Shiping was stunned for a moment, and looked at Lu Bu in astonishment: "Is Chuhou going to hand over the Xuzhou Coal Mine to me?" ”

"What Xuzhou coal mine." Lu Bu waved his hand and said: "Yangzhou Coal Mine, Yuzhou Coal Mine, and the future Bingzhou Coal Mine, I will hand them all over to you." ”

"Yangzhou also has coal?" Zhang Shiping was even more stunned, he had never heard of any signs of coal mining in the Yangzhou area.

"Of course." Lu Bu said: "There are many places in the world where there are coal mines, and there are even some places that have better things than coal. In the future, I will find out all of them, and then I will leave them all to you to manage. At that time, of course, I will not worry about military supplies and local expenses, and you will also become the richest man in the world. ”

Lu Bu's promise to Zhang Shiping has always been fulfilled.

So he drew a cake, and Zhang Shiping really thought so.

It's just that he has never heard that there are coal mines in Yangzhou, Yuzhou and Bingzhou, so Zhang Shiping still asked: "How does Chuhou know where coal can be mined?" ”

"I know more than you think I do." Lu Bu smiled slightly and patted Zhang Shiping's arm gently: "If there is anything you don't understand, read more books!" ”

He read more books, and Zhang Shiping was stunned.

As a big businessman who walks the world, he used to read a lot of books.

While some books do contain references to coal, they don't mention exactly where coal is mined.

"Don't dare to deceive Chu Hou, in fact, I can't read a lot of books." Zhang Shiping said a little depressed: "But in those books, there is no mention of where coal can be mined......

"That's because you read too few books." Lu Bu said: "When you can read as much as I do, most of the time you will be able to." ”

When Lu Bu said this, Zhang Shiping suddenly looked embarrassed.

Not only did Zhang Shiping's face show embarrassment, but even Sun Ce, who was following behind Lu Bu, had a very strange expression.

Zhang Shiping may not know how many books Lu Bu reads every day.

Sun Ce, who followed him all day, was very clear.

Although Lu Bu spends a lot of time in the study every day, he is always fiddling with some strange things, and he really doesn't read a lot of books.

He said that he was well-read, which really made Sun Ce slandered.

When Zhang Shiping built the arsenal, Lu Bu specially allocated a lot of land to him, so the arsenal occupies a lot of land.

Today's arsenals do not have a lot of ordnance put into production.

Even Zhang Shiping felt that this place was too empty, and it was not as suitable as a small one.

Entering the arsenal, you first have to pass through a well-guarded walkway, and after walking through this path, a piece of factory buildings appeared in front of Lu Bu and others.

"Chu Hou still wants to go see the armor?" Zhang Shiping asked Lu Bu.

"Exactly." Lu Bu asked, "Nowadays, each craftsman makes armor, how many pairs can he make in a day?" ”

"Chu Hou is not unaware that craftsmen will not make armor very quickly." Zhang Shiping replied: "Each craftsman can make two pairs a day, which is not slow......

"If we follow this progress, I don't know how many days it will take to replace the armor in the future." Lu Bu said: "This is absolutely not possible. ”

"I also know that the soldiers in the army are in dire need of armor, but craftsmen can only make so much every day." Zhang Shiping said: "I really tried my best, and I can only do this. ”

"If you separate the craftsmen, and the craftsmen who are responsible for inlaying copper and iron pieces into the armor and the craftsmen who cut the cowhides, how much do you think you can make every day?" Lu Bu suddenly asked.

"What does Chu Hou mean......" Zhang Shiping was stunned for a moment, he had never heard of such a method for making armor.

"The method I mentioned can also be called an assembly line." Lu Bu said: "Every craftsman only does a single thing, and after doing it for a long time, this thing must be very skilled. Although the number of people is still the same, and the amount of armor forged is the same, the progress of the forging will be very different from the past. ”

"I seem to understand what Chu Hou means." Zhang Shiping asked: "Is it necessary to assign different things to the craftsmen according to what they are good at, the forging of armor pieces is specialized in forging, the inlay is only responsible for inlaying, and the cutting of cowhide is only for cutting cowhide......

"Yes." Lu Bu said: "Even so, I still think it's too rough. Those who cut the cowhide have to cut the cowhide according to the specifications and then give it to someone else to sew. Wait until it is sewn, and then give it to the person who inlays the nail pieces to inlay it. The last step is to have someone in charge of quality control. Anything that is not up to standard will be sent back and remade. What do you think of this approach? ”

"If it can really be like what Chu Hou said, of course it would be great." Zhang Shiping said: "What I'm worried about is that the craftsmen can't adapt to it. ”

"They can even make a whole set of armor, can't they do it separately?" Lu Bu asked, "How many craftsmen are there in the arsenal today?" ”

"Only three or two hundred." Zhang Shiping replied: "Some of them are carpenters and stonemasons and other craftsmen, and not everyone is making armor......

"Recruit people, especially women who are idle at home, and don't let them just have children at home." Lu Bu said: "As the people of Xu Yang Erzhou, they also have to take on their responsibilities. Once they are recruited, they don't need to know everything about it. All they have to do is understand the part of it. ”

"I understand what Chu Hou means." I'll arrange for someone to do this as soon as possible.

"Let's go to the armor-making workshop first." Lu Bu greeted him, and accompanied by Zhang Shiping, Sun Ce and others, he walked to a factory.

Walking into the factory, the craftsmen inside are busy.

Lu Bu came too many times, and when the craftsmen saw him, they just stood up and saluted, and then went their separate ways.

Coming to an old craftsman, Lu Bu watched as he inlaid the armor pieces on the armor.

The old craftsman inlaid the armor very quickly, and after a while, half of the armor was almost inlaid.

"If you are only allowed to inlay nail pieces, how many pairs can be inlaid in a day?" Lu Bu asked.

Stopping what he was doing, the old craftsman replied: "Back to Chuhou, if I only inlay the armor pieces, I can make thirty or fifty pairs a day." ”

"You make the whole set of armor, how many pairs can you make in a day?" Lu Bu asked again.

"Up to three mates." The old craftsman replied: "From the selection of materials to the production of the armor, there are too many things mixed in it, no matter which one goes wrong, this armor is finished." ”

"If I let you only be responsible for inlaying the armor from now on, and then someone else will give you the armor you need and the armor that has been made but not yet inlayed, will you be able to make it faster?" Lu Bu asked the old craftsman again.

"It should work." The old craftsman thought for a moment and replied: "It's just inlaid with armor, you don't have to think about anything else, it's definitely not a problem to make dozens of pairs every day." ”

Lu Bu looked back at Zhang Shiping: "What?" Did you hear it all? ”

"I hear you." Zhang Shiping replied: "I also understand what Chu Hou means, and I will let someone arrange it later." ”

"When arranging these things, don't delay the production of armor." Lu Bu said: "The generals in the army lack armor, so I want to crusade against Cao Cao, but I can't send troops until now. ”

"I understand Chu Hou's difficulties." Zhang Shiping replied: "It was also those profiteers earlier who dared to manipulate the armor in order to earn more profits, and they didn't care about the safety of the soldiers at all. ”

"It is impossible for a profiteer to take someone else to his heart at any time." Lu Bu said: "In order to make profits, they do everything they can. Earlier, I had already decreed that anyone who met a profiteer like the one before would be killed. ”

He then said to Zhang Shiping: "All the needs in the army have been handed over to the arsenal, and the people will not have the opportunity to come into contact with forging weapons and armor in the future." Anyone who does not take other people's lives in his eyes, as long as he appears, one is counted as one, and all five horses will be divided. ”

"In troubled times, you must use heavy codes, and it is indeed appropriate for Chu Hou to arrange it like this." Zhang Shiping said: "Some people always want to earn benefits in troubled times, and people like this should indeed be rectified by Chuhou." ”

"For fraud and cutting corners, not only in troubled times, but also in governing the world." Lu Bu said: "Once they become the climate, they dare to fake anything. If it is for them to stir up public resentment, do you think it is cost-effective or not? ”

"Of course it's not a good deal." Zhang Shiping replied: "Those who bring disaster to the country and the people should have been killed. ”

"It's best if you think so." Lu Bu said: "I thought that as fellow businessmen, you would speak for them. ”

"Merchant?" Zhang Shiping smiled and shook his head: "They are not businessmen. ”

"Why don't they count?" Lu Bu asked.

"Of course not." Zhang Shiping replied: "Take the horse sales I used to sell back then, I can indeed buy a lot of horses from the north when I go to the north. But neither the Huns, nor the Qiang, Qian, or Donghu will sell us the best horses. From the north, the horses I can get are just ordinary northern horses, and when I get to the Central Plains, of course, I can't sell them to others as a good horse, but because the Central Plains lacks horses, the price will be raised, after all, the merchants are still for profit. ”

"Shiping said this, there is indeed no problem." Lu Bu nodded: "There is a shortage of horses in the Central Plains, you can get a good horse from the north, of course you have to raise the price, even if you know that you have earned a lot of benefits from it, no one will say anything." At most, you are mercenary. ”

"That's what Chu Hou said." Zhang Shiping said: "On the way to transport horses, it is difficult to guarantee that a few horses will not get sick. Some horse dealers will find a way to make the horses look good and sell them at a low price. After the buyer buys the horse, it is good at first, but after a few days the horse will lose its spirit and die......"

When Zhang Shiping said this, Lu Bu thought of the dog dealer more than 2,000 years later.

Some cat and dog dealers will inject sick pet cats and dogs with serum, so that they look energetic, and when they arrive at the buyer's house, they will get sick for a week at most.

Pets with a little more luck will survive under the care and treatment of their owners, but they will also have sequelae.

Many more will die because they delay the best chance of treatment, which not only brings financial losses to the people who buy them, but also hurts feelings to a certain extent.

People who have lost their conscience like this, in Lu Bu's opinion, should all be killed.

He frowned slightly and asked Zhang Shiping, "Can a horse dealer think of a way to make a sick horse look refreshed?" ”

Lu Bu asked so, but he was puzzled.

Cat and dog dealers did this 2,000 years later because serum was available.

In this day and age, how do horse dealers make their horses look energetic and get sick in a few days?

"Of course." Zhang Shiping said with certainty: "As long as a few herbs are configured, the sick horse can look alive, except for those of us who often choose horses, it can be seen that ordinary people can't see anything wrong at all." ”

"You really haven't done it?" Lu Bu smiled and asked Zhang Shiping.

"How can you do something that has lost your conscience?" Zhang Shiping said: "Chu Hou asked this, but I don't know how to respond. ”

(End of chapter)