Zhao Ziliang inspected the production plant of ironmaking and steelmaking, and went to the craftsmen's residential area, restaurant to visit, on the whole, Zhao Ziliang is quite satisfied, the whole factory and living area are clean and tidy, the living area of the craftsmen is separated from the factory, which is also for the sake of technical secrecy, the living area is divided into two parts, namely the family area and the single area, the craftsmen with families live in the family area, the housing conditions are slightly better, at least the house area is much larger, and the housing in the single area is slightly simpler, and the area is small. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

After visiting the bachelor area, Zhao Ziliang asked: "Why is the living conditions in the single area of this craftsman so much worse than that of the family area?" ”

Zhao Lin, the main person in charge of the steel plant, said: "This is mainly to encourage single craftsmen to find a woman to start a family quickly, and single craftsmen will work here with peace of mind when they have a woman and a home!" A few years ago, the world was peaceful, although the festival commander vigorously organized people to recruit displaced people from the interior of the Central Plains to come to the wilderness, but there were not many people who came to Beiting to pioneer the wilderness, and most of them were men, women because of their weak bodies, they could not withstand such a long journey, so there were not many women who came to the Beiting Pioneering, but in recent years, the government of the Central Plains inland government has been corrupted, and the people in various places have been dissatisfied, and there are more and more people who have occupied the fields, and there are more and more natural disasters and man-made disasters. There are also many women among them, so it is not very difficult to find a woman to be a wife here now, as long as ordinary craftsmen work hard, with monthly wages and rewards, it is not a problem to feed a family of four! ”

Zhao Lin is Zhao Ziliang's brother, originally only studied for two years in the private school of the mud legs, did not expect to be the director of the steel plant here in recent years, his own level has grown a lot, Zhao Ziliang is quite surprised and pleased with this, he said to Zhao Lin's answer and the progress of the past few years and the development of the steel plant: "Yes, you have done a good job, if you want to make the steel plant bigger and stronger, there are no skilled craftsmen, the more such craftsmen, the better, we can expand the scale of production after more craftsmen!" Steel is one of the most important strategic materials of the imperial court, and the more we produce, the less we can do, only more, not less! ”

Zhao Lin nodded again and again: "Yes, yes!" ”

Zhao Ziliang remembered that Zhao Lin had just mentioned the recruitment of displaced people, he had a lot of things in the past few years, and he didn't ask much about it, and he didn't know what the situation was about recruiting displaced people in the interior of the Central Plains now, this matter has always been the responsibility of Zheng San, Gao Shi and Wang Can and others, so he asked: "By the way, Zhao Lin just talked about recruiting displaced people, and now there are a total of Han people in my Beiting area, Lord Gao, this matter has always been in the hands of a few of you, you can talk about it!" ”

Gao Shi said: "Jieshuai, the interior of the Central Plains has become more and more chaotic in recent years, the number of displaced people we recruit every year is doubling every year, from the beginning of this year to the present, more than 83,000 displaced people have come to Beiting, so the road is far away, and there are many people on the way who can't bear the body and die on the road, otherwise there will be more people, as of now, there are more than 438,700 Han people in the whole territory of our Beiting, most of them are branched around the towns along the line from Beiting to Xilin! ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded and said happily: "Okay, I said this time, how can you see Han people walking everywhere along the way!" It turns out that the number of Han people in our Beiting has reached more than 400,000, okay! However, this number is still not enough, in the future, the Central Plains inland is only afraid that it will become more and more chaotic, and there will be more and more displaced people, you can not stop recruiting and introducing displaced people, but also recruit displaced people on a larger scale, and set up reception places along the way to supply food, water, medicine and medical treatment for these displaced people who come to Beiting, the more Han people who come here, the better, only let our Han people occupy the number of the main group of people in this Western Regions, we can completely own this land forever, and we will continue to expand to the west and north in the future. Now the southwest of Jinshan and the area around Xuanchi where the Qarluq people originally lived have been vacant, and all the displaced people recruited in the future will be resettled in that area, where it is not a problem to settle 300,000 people, the barbarians will only graze and will not cultivate, and the demand for grassland area for livestock is too great, and they can't feed too many barbarians, but we Han people can farm, and if the same land is used for farming, it can feed several times more people than them! Recruiting and introducing displaced people is a long-term major event, and it is one of the top priorities that the Beiting government needs to focus on, and it must not be slackened! ”

The crowd agreed: "No! ”

Next, Zhao Ziliang and others checked the warehouse of the steel plant, the pig iron and steel blocks in the warehouse were piled up into a mountain, Zhao Lin spit bitterness to Zhao Ziliang and said: "Jie Shuai, you see that the pig iron and steel blocks in this warehouse are piled up more and more, we have built two new warehouses are almost piled up, and only some time ago Jie Shuai went to fight with the big cannibals, after the army returned, due to the need to replace the damaged weapons, armor, and arrows to consume some pig iron and steel blocks, if there is no battle for a long time, There is no place to use the pig iron and steel produced here, and it is not a way to always pile up in the warehouse! ”

Zhao Ziliang asked, "Then what should I do between you?" ”

Zhao Lin said: "Pig iron and steel are in demand, the market is priceless, now we have so much inventory, it is better to buy out some to supplement the expenses of the steel plant, our steel mill always spends the government's money but never makes money, it is not a way to go on like this!" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "I didn't expect you to think a lot, it seems that being in this position is still very good for your training!" Yes, yes, but now is not the time to sell pig iron and steel blocks on a large scale, once these two things fall into the hands of the barbarians on a large scale, the barbarians can hide from us to build weapons and arrows and armor on a large scale to equip the army, thus threatening the rule of my Tang Dynasty! And the army's demand for pig iron and steel blocks is huge, once there is a war, a big battle, these things are consumed very quickly, maybe the accumulation of several years will be consumed in a few months, so we have to make more reserves! But it's not unreasonable for you to think about it, now you can sell a small amount of pig iron to the folk blacksmith shop to make farm tools and kitchen knives, farm tools and kitchen knives are only limited to the use of the Han people in my Beiting, and the folk blacksmith shops around the country can't sell farm tools and kitchen knives to the barbarians, if the barbarians want to buy iron, they can only report to their respective leaders, and the leaders of all ethnic groups can apply to my Beiting Protectorate to buy, and the quantity is strictly controlled by our Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and they can't let them have a large number of iron tools to make weapons, bows and arrows, Every batch of pig iron sold by the steel mill must be recorded, who is the handler, how much, and who is the merchant who buys it? Where the ironware merchant lives, the background of the ironware merchant must be investigated, and the ironware in Beiting cannot be sold to cross-border merchants, and the ironware in Beiting cannot flow out of the country. If a merchant is found to have smuggled iron into a foreign country, he will confiscate all the goods at the least, or exterminate his family, so every pig iron we sell must be well documented to see whose hands they are in and what they are used for! ”

Seeing Zhao Ziliang say it in such detail and with such great importance, the officials and generals present did not dare to ignore it, silently recorded it in their hearts, and reminded themselves that they must pay attention in the future.

Next, Zhao Ziliang and other inspection teams inspected the weapons factory, this weapons factory has been established for two years now, the production of weapons is a lot, the scale is gradually expanding, but the number of armor and bows and crossbows manufactured is not much, just because in this era the production process of armor and bows and crossbows is extremely complex, the manufacture of each piece of armor and bows and crossbows takes too long, part of the armor and bows and crossbows of the armies in Beiting are made in Tingzhou themselves, and the other part is transported from Chang'an.

The quality of the weapons manufactured by the weapons factory in Xilin Shouyu is even higher than that of the weapons manufactured by the current imperial court ordnance supervisor, and the smelting technology combining Chinese and Western smelting is used here, which greatly improves the sharpness and toughness of the weapons.

The weapons manufactured by Xilin Shou are divided into five grades, the fifth class is the ordinary level, that is, the weapons used by ordinary soldiers, such as horizontal knives, hook and sickle guns, long-handled axes, Mo knives, light cavalry guns and heavy cavalry guns; The fourth class is the officer level, that is, the weapons used by the team commander, the team leader and the brigade commander, there are horizontal knives, spears, knives, horse lances, etc., the weapons used by officers are the same as the weapons used by ordinary soldiers in terms of lethality and quality, but the decoration is different, and the weapons at the officer level are more exquisite; The third class is the lieutenant level, which mainly includes horizontal knives, ash pole spears, iron spears, iron spears, and horse lances. In terms of quality, lethality, and exquisiteness, the rank of lieutenant is significantly stronger than that of the officer rank and the rank of ordinary; The second class is the rank of general, the horizontal knife is a standard equipment, and the general officer must also be equipped, but the general's saber is not only extremely sharp, but also very exquisite, the scabbard and handle are carefully carved, and its value is far from being comparable to the captain level. Each general's weapon is unique, but each general's saber is engraved with the general's name and the date of minting and the name of the foundry, until the saber is damaged, it can be re-reported to the weapons superintendent to re-apply for the creation of weapons; The first class is the general level, and the weapons of the general level are incomparable in terms of sharpness and tenacity, which can be called the pinnacle of every casting master. In addition to having special grooms and weapon attendants like ordinary generals, the generals have more privileges, equipped with the best food horses, the sharpest and toughest, the most exquisite weapons and the most powerful armor, and the horizontal scabbards of the generals are decorated with deerskin, gold and precious stones, each of which is priceless! (To be continued.) )