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Chapter 153 One Step Away

"Yes!" Mr. Su was originally reluctant to sell the artillery to the surrounding friendly forces, and immediately happily agreed.

However, Huang Lao, the young man of the workshop, was a little reluctant, secretly looked at Mr. Su's face, and cautiously reminded, "Governor, that, isn't the price reduction too big." Thirty percent, but it is more than 300 catties of copper. Recently, we have built a dock and a waterwheel, and we have to build plate armor or front breastplate for the officers and men of the whole army, if the price of artillery is reduced too much at once, maybe, it may not be able to turn around! ”

"Then Liu Futong's side will not reduce the price first, and the priority level is mentioned as the highest, and they are in the same column as Manager Li and Zhao Changshi. Supply the artillery of Manager Li and Zhao Changshi, or reduce the price by 30%! Zhu Eighty-one was as good as a stream, and immediately adopted Huang Lao's crooked construction and revised his previous order.

Huang Lao was still a little reluctant, looked up at everyone's faces again, and continued to mumble, "Then, that Sancheng is also a little too much." Zhao Changshi and Mr. Li are in charge of their side, and they all have copper and iron mines. And what they sell, they don't sell cheaply! ”

"The price of the cannon is expensive, and there is a suspicion of forcing the good to be a thief!" Chen Ji, who had just joined the army because he had just joined the army because he ranked first in the government examination, couldn't adapt to Huang Lao's crooked philistine face, thought about it, and reminded him.

"Yes! Huang Shaocheng. The younger generation saw that the artillery material was only more than 500 catties, and the external price was above the 1,000 catties of copper ingots. Such a thick dividend, of course, is inevitably snooped on by outsiders. Ye Dexin, another scholar who entered the Zhu Eighty-one Shogunate because he was at the top of the exam, also tried to advise.

The two of them are very traditional scholars, with little business acumen, and they don't know what it means to live in strange goods. Seeing that Zhu Eighty-one was annoyed by the red scarf spies who came to steal secrets, he came up with an idea to solve this problem once and for all.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the words fell, they were immediately attacked by Mr. Su, Huang Lao, Yu Changlin and others. "What is high, how can it be considered high to sell a thousand catties of copper ingots? Didn't you two hear what the governor said just now, isn't Shafan, labor, and fire consumption all money? ”

"A thousand catties of copper is still expensive, if they have the ability to buy it elsewhere? Do you know how much it cost them to sell the artillery to Xu Shouhui in private? A thousand pieces, and a full copper coin. How much, how much Xu Shouhui collects! (Note 1)

"What about the three thousand guan over there in Beiyuan? Fortunately, in addition to Liu Futong, who are facing the Yellow River at the moment, it is General Manager Li and Zhao Changshi, otherwise, they would all dare to sell the artillery to the Tartars! ”

"This, this, juniors, juniors have just arrived. There are some situations that I don't grasp! Chen Ji and Ye Dexin were all red after being counted, and hurriedly arched their hands to apologize to everyone.

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't grasp the situation!"

"Scholar, let's calm down and learn more things from the governor's side first, and then come out to show Xiàn!"

Mr. Su, Huang Laowei and others did not relent, and continued to speak.

"A gentleman is cautious in his words and quick in deeds!" As the chief examiner of the government examination, Chen and Ye are the nominal mentors, and Lu Luzeng also felt that the two were too impetuous. Not only did he not say anything back, but he also helped others mend the knife.

Hearing this, Chen Ji and Ye Dexin felt more and more embarrassed, arched their hands, and their faces were so red that they were almost dripping blood.

In the end, Zhu Bayi was soft-hearted and couldn't bear to let the newcomer be too wronged, coughed a few times, and interrupted with a smile, "Well, hum!" Okay, let's not say a few words. Who hasn't come from the newcomer at the time? ”

"Yes! Governor! Huang Lao Crooked and the others glared at the two scholars fiercely, and reluctantly put away their firepower.

"The general workshop of our Red Turban Left Army is not the same as the workshop of the Mengyuan official mansion in the past!" In line with the idea of focusing on cultivation, Zhu Bayi turned his attention to Chen Ji and Ye Dexin, and patiently explained, "Craftsmen are not craftsmen, they are the same as ordinary people. Wages are calculated according to the level of their craft. Among them, the highest one is called the master craftsman, and he can get about 30 times a month. Therefore, the price of the things made in the workshop is naturally higher! ”

"Thirty runs?" Chen Ji and Ye Dexin were startled, and blurted out the words of questioning.

Thirty times a month! The two of them are the close staff of the Governor, and their monthly income is only six yuan. This is still the Governor's Mansion according to the recent price of goods in Huai'an City, which has just been raised. And a craftsman actually gets five times the salary of a strategist, this number is really shocking.

"That's why we have artillery, arquebuses, plate armor and breastplates!" As a soul merger, Zhu Bayi knew that in the era he was in, scholars looked down on craftsmen at all. smiled and continued to explain patiently, "Therefore, the governor of Pontus can control the two big cities of Huai'an and Sizhou with a mere 15,000 soldiers, and still have the strength to support others." Therefore, our Red Turban Left Army can slowly grow day by day without disturbing the people. Without these capable craftsmen, there would be no artillery. Arquebuses and sturdy armor, we have to be like all other red scarves, desperately recruiting soldiers, so as not to worry about being exterminated by Meng Yuan's side or being swallowed up by our peers. You have to double down on the people under your rule. Then, let the common people hate us more than they hate the Mengyuan Mansion, wishing that we would be killed one day earlier. Therefore, Zhu thought that the thirty yuan was really not much. Double the profit for each cannon, it's really not too expensive! ”

As a quasi-time-traveler who has fused the souls of later generations, in terms of political literacy and military level, he may not be higher than Lu Luzeng, Xu Da and others. However, when it comes to the understanding of the germination of industrialization and the industrial age, influenced by the part of Zhu Dapeng's soul, his insight has definitely thrown out the rest of the people for hundreds of years.

When Chen Ji and Ye Dexin heard this, they only felt that the world was spinning in front of them, as if someone had knocked a stick on their heads. In the head, there are countless things desperately squeezing out, refusing to accept this slap in the face.

Even Lu Luzeng felt that Zhu Eighty-one's remarks were a bit too shocking. If the role of craftsmen is so powerful, what will Huai'an students read in the future? Just send it to the workshop as an apprentice as soon as possible, there are 3,000 master craftsmen, enough to dominate the Central Plains, why do you need anything Zhang Liang Chen Ping?

However, he wanted to say a few words to refute it, but he couldn't refute it. After all, the powerful frame of the Huai'an red scarf is all supported by sharp weapons and strong armor. Otherwise, it is said that there are only 15,000 soldiers, which is 150,000 soldiers, and it is also overstretched to defend all parts of Huaidong.

And when Huang Lao heard this, he shed tears on the spot. choked for a while, and finally suppressed the excitement in his heart, leaned down, and said loudly, "Du Du, Du Du knows the grace of the encounter, Huang, Huang is hard to repay for a hundred deaths." Governor, Governor, rest assured, as long as Huang is here, he will never let people learn the secret method of making artillery. If there is a loss, the governor, the governor can kill Huang's whole family! ”

"Then you're full of words!" Zhu Bayi patted him on the shoulder kindly, and joked with a smile, "In case someone else is ruthless, buy a few cannons and go back, and smash them one by one, it may not be impossible to imitate them." When the time comes, will you let me kill your whole family, or will you run to me and cry and shout that you have been wronged?! ”

"Du, Dudu!" Huang Lao was startled, and his tears were immediately put back. "Governor, Governor is a man of great wisdom, he will definitely not do that kind of foolish thing!"

"Every person is confused, and Pontus is no exception!" Zhu Bayi shook his head with a smile, refusing to accept his sycophancy, "When we built artillery, we enlarged it little by little. Although it has been improved many times now, the basic principle is still the same. So you have to hurry up and make it, and take it out as soon as possible. Once others figure it out and start copying, they won't be able to sell it at the current price! ”

"Hehe, hehe!" Huang Lao opened his mouth crookedly and scratched his scalp in a sneering manner. I didn't dare to mention the words that Sesame Li and Zhao Jun would not reduce the price of the two.

Mr. Su, who was most opposed to the sale of artillery before, immediately felt a little blushing. After thinking about it, he sneered to find himself under the stairs, "I, I don't mean not to sell, but to distinguish between relatives and relatives." Like Manager Li and Zhao Changshi, these who won't steal our secret methods might as well sell them to him. Like, like Bu Wangsan and Meng Haima, don't give him any of them. lest they sell it and make easy money with our things! ”

"This kind of thing, just to prevent it, can't prevent it!" Knowing that Mr. Su is such a character, Zhu Eighty-one is not demanding of him. smiled and continued, "Perhaps, the Northern Yuan side has already gotten our artillery." As for the gunpowder formula, it is estimated that it will not be kept secret for too long. ”

"Ahh Everyone looked at each other, and a chill welled up in their hearts. The Mongol and Yuan courts were given the method of making artillery and gunpowder, and the danger was not at the same level as the surrounding allies. Although the Red Turban Army seems to have a good momentum at the moment, it has taken most of Henan Jiangbei Province. But the remaining dozen or so provinces are still Mengyuan. Some of the Mengyuan officials have copper, some have money and grain, and in the capital, there are also the best craftsmen in the country. It didn't take long for the artillery to be rolled out of the Ordnance Bureau in a queue like dumplings, placed on the front line, and launched a confrontation with the Red Turban Army.

"It's very simple! If Meng Yuan has artillery over there, and we don't have one, I will also get a few to imitate at any cost! Zhu Bayi had thought of this a long time ago, so he was not surprised, "We can only try our best to delay this kind of leak, but we can't stop it fundamentally." So there is only one way to deal with it, always one step ahead of them. They learned to make four-pound cannons, so let's make five-pound cannons and six-catty cannons. Their artillery can fight 350 steps, so let's try to fight 500 or 1,000 steps. Let them chase slowly behind us, chase slowly, step by step, as long as we don't stop, sooner or later we will be gone! Let them eat farts in the back forever! ”