The road from Shizhu to Wanshou Valley, cars come and go, lively and extraordinary, although the hour is not in the morning, but it is as crowded as the official road of the city, Wang Huan and his party are all more than many, and they have to stop and avoid the roadside several times, so that the big cars blocked on the road pass first.

Ma Wannian wanted to show the banner of the Sichuan and Shaanxi generals and let the carts dodge, but was stopped by Wang Huan, he hated the privileges enjoyed by the dignitaries from the bottom of his bones, and especially hated the feeling that the rulers were high up and despised all beings, anyway, if he was not in a hurry, why bother to let these sweaty coachmen drive the car to the roadside ditch, and wait for himself to spend twice as much effort to catch up with the car? Why can't the high-ranking ones just wait and let them go first?

Maybe this is the sequelae of silk in his previous life, Wang Huan said self-deprecatingly.

Ma Wannian stepped aside with a strange expression, very confused by Wang Huan's behavior of stopping him, isn't it like this for the big people to walk in the aisle? Even a small local magistrate is beating gongs and drums when he goes out, reminding the world to retreat, Wang Huangui is the chief soldier of the two provinces, holding the power of life and death, and stomping on hundreds of thousands of people to make their hearts beat, why don't you want people to open the way and sound the gong?

He thought about it for a long time, and finally attributed the reason to the fact that Wang Zongbing was too numerous, too close to the people, and too ...... In short, Mr. Wang's heart is better than Yao Shun, a great sage from ancient times!

Li Dingguo watched silently, realized something, looked at Wang Huan's eyes, and the admiration became more and more intense.

On the way, Wang Huan suddenly turned around and went to the silver mine, planning to stop by to inspect how his cornucopia was operating.

Ma Chongming lived in the mine, built a not very large house outside the mine, took the family in, and guarded the door of the mine like a miser every day, counting the ore brought out by the miners and checking whether there was any entrainment and private storage.

When Wang Huan arrived, the fat man had already gotten up, and as always, he led the miner to guard his post.

Wang Huan's suddenness did not make him panic, but continued Wang Huan with an unchanged face, and went to the silver mine to inspect everywhere, I have to say that Ma Chongming regarded the silver mine as more important than his own life, and the mine safety was meticulous, more than 500 miners were well-equipped, and everyone had a share in the spears and crossbows, and they were all composed of stone pillar aborigines. Once it is found that the miners weigh much heavier when they leave the mine than when they enter the mine, they must swallow the ore in their stomachs to prevent the miners from entraining, basically blocking the phenomenon of private storage.

Wang Huan focused on checking the account book, the account room on the mine was sent by Wang Huan from elsewhere, not Ma Chongming's person, a book of running accounts for reference at any time, every day inventory, and a copy of the monthly to Wang Huan Xing, so after a check, Wang Huan is very satisfied, under the dual supervision of the system and self-discipline, the silver mine is running well, and the person in charge Ma Chongming only keeps his own share in a proper manner, and there is no greed for ink.

That night, Wang Huan lived in the mine, talked with Ma Chongming for a long time, and made plans and instructions for the future development of the Ma family firm, requiring Ma Chongming to make the business bigger, and the semicolon should be opened all over the major cities of the thirteen provinces and two directly under the government, mainly to sell Shu brocade to the outside and buy grain from the inside, and at the same time pay attention to recruiting skilled firearms craftsmen, if they meet, no matter what the conditions, they must bring people back.

This is something that cannot be sought, Ma Chongming naturally responded one by one, although the Ma family firm has been infiltrated by Wang Huan, and it is no problem to change the name to the Wang family firm, but his share of shares has dividends every month, as long as there is silver in the bag, Wang Huan has no problem how to get it.

Before leaving the next day, Ma Chongming cheekily made a request, wanting to send his two sons to Wang Huan's personal guard, he knew that the personal guard team was Wang Huan's officer teaching team, and as long as he worked hard, he would have a brilliant future in the future.

Wang Huan agreed, and the two brothers named Ma Wen and Ma Wu who took away, the two brothers were eighteen or nineteen years old, and they looked as if they were printed out of a mold.

After some delay, no matter how fast the horses ran on the road, by the time Wang Huan arrived at Wanshou Valley, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

Li Huaien stood under the gold-lettered plaque of the War Bureau, his white hair fluttering in the wind, standing like a white rock, looking forward to the official road, he led a group of prisoners of the War Bureau, and he had been waiting for a long time.

"It's coming, it's coming, it's here, it's here!" There was a loud shout on the watchtower, only to see that on the official road leading to the direction of the stone pillar, a stream of loess smoke and dust was erected like wolf smoke, and a group of knights came in the wind in the smoke and dust.

Li Huaien hurriedly sorted out his robe, and when he looked up again, the good horse had already arrived in front of him, Wang Huan jumped off the horse, and the person stood in front of Li Huaien.

"Manager Li, long time no see, you have worked hard!" Wang Huan looked at the oil stains left in the furrows of Li Huaien's face for a long time, black like tattoos on his face, and couldn't help but be deeply moved.

Li Huaien was not good at words, but at this moment he was held by Wang Huan's thick hands, he couldn't move and couldn't kneel, he was anxious, and hurriedly paused: "The villain is frightened, the villain is frightened, the adult greetings, the villain is deeply ashamed!" ”

Wang Huan pulled him up and said with a smile: "What are you ashamed of?" If it weren't for you to rush out so many bird commanders, Lord Chen Qiyu would not have repelled He Tengjiao so easily, Mr. Li has made great contributions, and he deserves a praise from this army! ”

Li Huaien's face was flushed, he was inexplicably excited, his lips trembled, he didn't know what to say, but fortunately, a prisoner came up and said, "Lord Commander, Lord Chief, tea has been prepared in the hall, please talk inside." ”

Li Huaien woke up like a dream, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to signal: "Ah! Yes, yes, yes, adult inside, please. ”

Wang Huan smiled and stepped in, followed by a group of people and others, and poured into the gate.

Enter the gate of the War Bureau, bypass the shadow wall, and enter the front hall like an urn city, with a number of soldiers stationed on both sides, Li Huaien introduced: "My lord, this is the entrance of the War Bureau, because the outside has to defend against spies and spies, and the inside has to guard against the entrainment of craftsmen, so this front hall was built, and when work is over, the people inside must pass through here, and the soldiers will search their bodies to confirm that there is no hiding before leaving." ”

Wang Huan couldn't help nodding and praising him for doing a good job, Li Huaien was encouraged, and his speech was much smoother, and he became brisk under his feet, leading Wang Huan all the way forward, constantly introducing the various facilities of the Military Bureau.

The huge military bureau, in accordance with the weapons manufacturing process, designed separate courtyards, belonging to different functions, there are ironworks in charge of ironmaking, there are mold rooms specializing in molding, and there are fine parts hall for processing various fine parts, Wang Huan looked at it everywhere, dizzying, even if he cultivated in his previous life, he was amazed, never thought that in China hundreds of years ago, the iron smelting and firearms manufacturing industry had been so prosperous.

In the finished product hall, there are newly made birds resting on wooden shelves, all black and shiny, exuding the smell of new oil.

Wang Huan picked up one and weighed it first, only to find that it seemed to be much heavier than the previously captured bird system.

Li Huaien stood beside him, and had already recovered Mu Na's expression, but looking at the bird system in Wang Huan's hand, there was still a hint of triumph between his eyebrows, and he explained to Wang Huan: "The bird system produced by my Kuizhou Military Bureau, in order to adapt to the yellow gunpowder developed by adults, has increased the thickness of the wall, so the weight has increased, up to eight catties and five taels, and the materials are selected from the high-grade iron iron mined in the iron ore in Shizhu Mountain, and after quenching, no matter the hardness or purity, it is almost the same as the best iron produced by the government-run iron mines in the Ming Dynasty, plus the craftsmen's intentions, After the formation of the whole body with a four-edged iron rod repeatedly polished, the quality supervision is strict, so the bird system and the Ming bird system is much better, can ensure that as long as it is cast in accordance with the regulations, it will never be blown up. ”

Wang Huan was overjoyed, touched the inscription engraved on Tong's body, and asked with a smile: "So excellent!" I just don't know how much the output is? ”

Li Huaien touched his white beard and replied proudly: "There are 200 gun-making craftsmen in the War Bureau, and the monthly output of 200 Kuizhou bird commanders is not a problem!" ”

Looking at his proud appearance, it seems that he already thinks that this number should make Wang Huan very satisfied.

However, Wang Huan frowned, his smile disappeared, and his face was full of worry.

Li Huaien's face suddenly froze.

Wang Huan shook his head and muttered to himself: "Too little, too little, not enough, not enough." ”

Li Huaien was a little stunned for a moment, this is not enough?

He licked his lips, and felt that Wang Junmen probably didn't know the method of making guns, thinking that making guns was as simple as bragging, so he felt that it was too little, so he hurriedly explained: "My lord, this gun-making has a lot of procedures, cumbersome and complicated, you must first use an iron rod as a cold bone, and then burn the iron sheet red, wrap it in the cold bone, beat it repeatedly with an iron hammer to make it into a cylindrical shape, and then wrap it in a layer of iron sheet, and beat it into a cylinder shape again, so that two layers of iron pipes, after quenching, the iron rod will be pulled out, and then a gun barrel will be made. Finally, you have to use manpower to operate a four-edged iron cone, repeatedly drill and grind the inner wall of the barrel, so that it is smooth and flawless, before it is completed, this process takes more than ten days, non-skilled craftsmen can not get it, when building a little careless, that is, it becomes a waste product, so the craftsman is tired, not to mention that our craftsmen are the little people brought out of the raw hands, one person a month, can make a gun, is the limit. ”

Wang Huan listened to him babbling so much, only then did he realize that Li Huaien mistakenly thought that he was dissatisfied with the slow speed of making guns, and quickly regained his smile and said with relief: "I understand, I understand, Manager Li doesn't have to worry too much, it's me who is too anxious." ”

But he thought in his heart: "The problem of the craftsman must indeed be solved quickly, and the plugging of Yinxi's side, it is time to lay down Changsha these days, and the conditions proposed to him should be urged and urged." ”

After saying a lot of good words, Li Huaien was relieved, and then led Wang Huan forward and came to the door of a huge grass shed.

The hut was the size of a basketball court, and there was nothing else in it, except for a tiger cannon in the middle, and a wooden barrel next to it.

Li Huaien pointed to the tiger squat cannon and said: "My lord, the tiger squat cannon sent the day before yesterday, the villain put it here, the villain has been thinking about it day and night in the past two days, and probably has some strategies, and has a rough idea of the so-called thunder in the sky, please come in and see." ”

Wang Huan and the others followed him in, only to see Li Huaien pick up the wooden barrel, take out a round wooden board as thick as the barrel body from the barrel, and say to Wang Huan: "This is a wood sample, replace it with iron, is it a thunderstorm?" ”

The barrel has a huge caliber, almost an ordinary household bucket, the barrel body is only a layer of one-inch thick wooden boards, but the diameter is nearly two feet wide, and at the bottom of the barrel, there is a small round hole.

Li Huaien looked at Wang Huan's eyes, and he was a little unconfident.

Wang Huan was very happy, hugged the barrel and looked left and right, and said happily: "It's a little smaller, but it's barely enough, that's right, this is the launch canister of the thunder, how about it?" Mr. Li, can this be made on a large scale? ”

"Of course you can, isn't it just an iron bucket? Ordinary blacksmiths can forge it. Li Huaien replied a little ignorantly: "You can make as much as you want." ”

"Great!" Wang Huan hugged the wooden barrel, as if he was holding a beautiful woman: "Let's have two thousand first." ”

(End of chapter)