"I was just about to tell you about that." Su Yi sighed and said, "Originally, I thought that the prisoners and young people in the cottage had enough labor, but now it seems that there are still too few non-combat elite laborers in our cottage. After a group of people were transferred from the South Barren Forest, the labor on the blacksmith shop was indeed seriously insufficient. ”

Su Yi continued: "The more important point is that the forging of stirrups and horseshoes needs to be kept secret, and the labor that is arranged to work in the blacksmith shop will be fully managed by you, I will not arrange for them to go to logging and quarrying, the labor of these blacksmith shops must be counted once a month, and they must not be allowed to escape privately." ”

Qin Yu looked at Su Yi with some surprise, if this was the case, his power in Taohuazhai would be much greater than before, not only in charge of the two blacksmith shops in Taohuazhai, but also in charge of the smelting of four iron mines, as well as more than a dozen stirrups and horseshoe forging rooms, as well as the forging and maintenance of weapons and equipment.

There were also more than two dozen blacksmiths and a group of laborers, thinking of this, Qin Yu felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

Su Yi glanced at Qin Yu and saw that he looked excited, and immediately smiled dumbly: "Don't worry, I told you before, you are a talent, as long as you are dedicated to doing things for the cottage, I will definitely not treat you badly, under my hands, I will not only let you be a blacksmith, you are very good at smelting iron, I will slowly train you to become a small leader of the cottage, specifically responsible for managing blacksmiths and labor." ”

Qin Yu suppressed the excitement in his heart and said, "Thank you for the grace of the lord's cultivation." ”

Su Yi waved his hand, and suddenly said: "It's just that the stirrups and horseshoes are very important, and the blacksmiths involved in this forging are not allowed to go down the mountain without my orders, and their every move is monitored by you." ”

Qin Yu's heart jumped, and he responded: "Yes!" ”

Su Yi said: "I believe you can understand these confidential work. Due to the lack of labor in the cottage, so for the construction of the South Wilderness Forest, I transferred a group of laborers from the blacksmith shop to the past, and I will let Ah San and Qian Leopard keep an eye on these people to prevent them from escaping, once these people fall into the hands of Hu Ren and other bandits, I am afraid that the consequences will be unimaginable. ”

Qin Yu hurriedly said: "My lord, rest assured, these laborers are only involved in manual work such as carrying iron ore and cleaning iron slag, and they have not been exposed to the smelting process at all, even if they fall into the hands of Hu Ren and other bandits, they will not be able to draw decent stirrups and horseshoes." ”

Su Yi sighed and said: "It's good to be cautious, the construction of the Southern Barren Forest this time is imminent, and it will not be an example in the future, the labor of the blacksmith shop and the labor of quarrying and logging are separated, and you will manage them alone, and you will have to send someone to monitor every move of these people on weekdays." ”

"Of course, I will reward the blacksmiths of the cottage with two taels of silver, pay them a monthly salary, and reward them with the silk and women looted by the cottage, and treat them favorably except for restricting their freedom in life. As for the laborers of the blacksmith's shop, except for the soldiers of the cottage, the food on weekdays is of the best standard, and if they do a good job, you will teach them the skills of blacksmithing, and I will reward them with silver. ”

When Qin Yu heard this, he bowed down and said, "The lord is merciful."

Several other blacksmiths also followed Qin Yu's example, bowed down and said, "Thank you Lord for your concern." ”

"Alright." Su Yi waved his hand and said, "You hand over the stirrups and horseshoes to Lu Feng, and you don't have to worry about the rest." ”

Qin Yu responded: "Yes!" ”

"Let's go down."

After Zhang Hongsheng sent Qin Yu and the others away, Su Yi sat back in the chair all of a sudden, and Zhang Hongsheng, who walked into the study, saw this and asked with some concern: "Lord, you have been worried about the construction work of the Southern Barren Forest during this time, and you are too tired. ”

Su Yi smiled: "It's okay, what do you think about the problem of insufficient labor in the cottage?" ”

A fierce glint flashed in Zhang Hongsheng's eyes: "I asked Liu Shisan to take people down the mountain, catch more prisoners and young people back, and I am not afraid that the labor of the cottage will not be enough." ”

Su Yi smiled bitterly and said: "This can only be the case now, but this is not a long-term solution, the captured prisoners sent to quarry and cut wood can be left alone, but the labor arranged into the blacksmith shop must be interrogated in advance, to prevent spies sent by other cottages, and to ensure that there will be no problems with every labor handed over to Qin Yu." ”

Zhang Hongsheng said cautiously: "Don't worry, the lord will interrogate every time the prisoner is captured from the cottage, but why does the lord treat that Qin Yu so favorably?" He's a blacksmith at best. ”

Su Yi put down the work at hand, raised his head and looked at Zhang Hongsheng, and said with a serious expression: "Hongsheng, fighting a war is not just about whether there are many people and horses, Qin Yu is a blacksmith, yes, but what we lack in Peach Blossom Village is a blacksmith, this person is more honest and reliable than Yan Qi, since entering Peach Blossom Village, he has trained a lot of blacksmiths for the cottage, and Yan Qi has not trained a horseman so far." ”

Zhang Hongsheng said coldly: "If the lord is not worried about Yan Qi, leave it to me to deal with." ”

Su Yi shook his head and said, "No, Yan Qi will wait and see for a while, but you have to send someone to monitor him, and he must not leave the cottage one step." ”

Zhang Hongsheng said: "Don't worry, my lord, with me, this Yan Qi doesn't want to leave Peach Blossom Village." ”

Su Yi nodded and said: "If there is no blacksmith in the cottage, it will not be able to make weapons, although we have robbed a batch of armor from Shangjun County, and there are also a lot of weapons and armor in the warehouse of the cottage, once there is a war, the consumption of these weapons and equipment is huge, without a blacksmith to be responsible for the maintenance work, the worn armor and swords cannot continue to be used, and without a blacksmith to make weapons, how can you let the brothers hold weapons against the enemy?" ”

Zhang Hongsheng was stunned, he really didn't think about this problem, he always thought that there was no shortage of weapons in Peach Blossom Village.

In fact, there is indeed no shortage of weapons and armor in the current Taohuazhai, and in his impression, even if the weapons and armor are not enough, they can supplement the equipment of the bandits through capture, and he never thought about what would happen if there was a lack of blacksmiths.

Su Yi said lightly: "Hongsheng, fighting a war is not just about the number of people, the most critical point is the logistics work. Logistics supply is very important, whether it is food or weapons, if you want to conquer the world, it is these resources that you will fight. ”

Zhang Hongsheng was a military advisor in Taohuazhai earlier, and Su Yi saw that he did not have much talent in strategy, so he transferred him to the cultivation of internal affairs talents. Since the development of Taohuazhai, in terms of merit, even Meng Hai has surpassed him a lot, and Zhang Hongsheng has not been replaced by Meng Hai, he has always been reused by Su Yi.

The reason why this is so is because in Su Yi's opinion, although Zhang Hongsheng is a little lacking in ability, he is loyal to himself, and the reward and punishment work of the cottage is also in place, but this is just a kind of trust that Su Yi has in him.

Except for Liu Shisan, Su Yi trusted them very much, but trust does not mean that they will be reused. If Zhang Hongsheng has been mediocre, Su Yi has even considered changing people to cultivate.

Zhang Hongsheng is also a sensitive person, and a sense of crisis also swelled in his heart, he can't always be a master of torture, Su Yi wants him to take over the supervision of Taohuazhai, but Zhang Hongsheng wants to be an internal affairs talent, that is, the future prime minister.

It doesn't matter if his ability is mediocre, but if he doesn't know the importance of resources until now, this will undoubtedly disappoint Su Yi.