The bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty played an unprecedented efficiency, Hong Chengchou asked for craftsmen, and the craftsmen were quickly transferred from Beijing, and the team of craftsmen arrived in Taiyuan, Shanxi. The governor of the three sides of the pen, the www.biquge.info of the pavilion, visited these craftsmen with infinite hope, and when he arrived at the camp where the craftsmen were temporarily stationed outside the city of Taiyuan, Hong Chengchou met these craftsmen on whom he had pinned his hopes. The number of craftsmen is indeed quite large, far exceeding the number of 1,000 that Hong Chengchou wanted, because the emperor's special grace changed the 1,000 he asked for to 1,000 households. According to the leader of the craftsmen who led the team, Hong Chengchou reported that the total population exceeded 10,000, but most of them were old people who could not work, as well as a large number of women and children, and the number of young and middle-aged people who could actually work was less than 500.

Hong Chengchou was annoyed in his heart, is this emperor a heart, I just want a thousand craftsmen, you get me so many people, what is the most expensive in Shanxi now, the most expensive grain, so many people have to eat, and there are few who can work, this emperor is really not enough to do more than anything, but he can't say this.

Hong Chengchou had no choice but to break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach, who asked you to ask the emperor for craftsmen, according to the craftsman system of the Ming Dynasty, these people are all craftsmen, and they can be counted as craftsmen, you want to give you more than 10,000 for a thousand, isn't this the emperor's grace.

The master Zhang Shaotang next to him also felt very helpless, the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty was originally like this. Obviously, the governor of the three sides was calculated by the officials and lords of the capital. This is also a very normal result, originally Hong Chengchou wanted to build his own weapons so that the officials in the capital could not deduct from it, and he had already pulled a lot of hatred. Then he stretched out his hand to ask for a craftsman, and it was a hell not to be calculated by others. Now the officials of the Ming Dynasty only have silver in their eyes, and whoever touches my silver is my enemy, and the strength of the army's combat effectiveness has nothing to do with them.

"My lord, I think so, we will gather the craftsmen from the various guards from the trilateral areas, and then recruit some craftsmen from the people to ensure that the operation of the arsenal will not be a problem." Zhang Shaotang had already seen Hong Chengchou's unhappiness. The master's duty is to share the worries and solve problems for the main family, so he has to use his brain to think of a remedy.

"Give it a try." Hong Chengchou originally had great hopes for the opening of the arsenal. The craftsmanship of the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty is still very superb, and many exquisite items can be made. Hong Chengchou believed that if he was directly under his own jurisdiction, he would save the officials in the capital from deducting them, and give those craftsmen enough to eat, and the weapons produced would not be too inferior, and if the weapons of the army in the entire trilateral region were replaced, the combat effectiveness would be greatly enhanced, and whether it was against the Houjin and Mongols outside the Guan, or the thieves in the Guan, they would have the power to fight. Unexpectedly, opening the door made those officials sick, and the originally high enthusiasm was poured with cold water. However, the master's method is quite feasible, let's do it first, and then find a better craftsman if there is a chance.

Hong Chengchou immediately sent an order, ordering all the guards under his jurisdiction to gather all the craftsmen who made weapons and tools outside Taiyuan City.

In the trilateral area, Hong Chengchou's order was still very good, and within a few days, the craftsmen came to Taiyuan City with their families from all over the country, and the officials from all over the country were still willing to carry out such an order. Now the degree of erosion of the guards in various places is increasing, and the workshops in the guards cannot produce decent weapons, and raising those craftsmen will only cost money and food, so it is better to give them to the governor to raise.

The camp of the craftsmen outside the city of Taiyuan suddenly became lively, and more than 10,000 craftsmen came from all over the world, plus their families, and the people from Beijing formed a large camp of 30,000 people, and the daily food and drink was a huge number. If they are not organized, they will not only waste food as soon as possible, but may also cause chaos.

In order to manage these craftsmen well, Hong Chengchou sent Cao Qian, a lieutenant officer in his henchman battalion, to manage the artisan battalion. Cao Qian went to the outside of Taiyuan City to see a bunch of craftsmen in the east and a cluster in the west, and he was also the first two big, and Cao Qian, who could become the confidant of the governor of the three sides, still had some ability, he ordered his soldiers to go down to the camp to find the people who had been foremen among the craftsmen, and organized these people, first formed a management framework, and then incorporated all the craftsmen into the management. Only then did the craftsmen have a unified management, whether it was the distribution of food or the arrangement of accommodation, there was order. In this way, Cao Qian breathed a sigh of relief.

The artisan battalion in Taiyuan calmed down, but the atmosphere of the security army in Yuncheng was very tense, and the commander of the security army personally went out to prepare for a major operation.

At the beginning, Hong Chengchou led his troops back to Taiyuan, and the focus of the work of the Statistics Bureau of the Security Army naturally shifted to Taiyuan. The personnel of the Bureau of Statistics stared at Hong Chengchou's every move and did not dare to relax at all.

The news that Hong Chengchou was going to establish an arsenal in Taiyuan had already reached Zhang Chu. Zhang Chu personally experienced the security army arsenal from scratch, and knew how difficult it was to establish an arsenal that could produce weapons, which required a lot of manpower and material resources, as well as corresponding supporting facilities, and with the ability of the official army, it might be possible to produce a few more iron knives. Zhang Chu thought about it, and when Hong Chengchou's arsenal was selected and set up, he sent someone over to set it on fire, so that he couldn't even produce iron blades.

Unexpectedly, Hong Chengchou's arsenal was getting bigger and bigger, and he actually got more than 10,000 craftsmen from Beijing, and most of them were old guys who couldn't work. Zhang Chu was not calm all of a sudden, and a thief gleam flashed in his eyes. These old guys are alive and well, and now the factories of the security forces use a lot of water-powered equipment, and the strength of a single person is no longer very important, and the experience of the old craftsmen is the most valuable. Zhang Chu decided to get his hands on these old guys no matter what.

The entire security army was mobilized in a hurry. Guo Xiyuan's Bureau of Statistics was the first to launch, and one after another instructions were transmitted to Taiyuan, and the personnel hidden everywhere launched their activities. The number of agents in the entire city of Taiyuan has more than doubled.

The special forces led by Yu Jiang disguised themselves as civilians and disappeared from everyone's field of vision.

Zhang Chu thought that it was not safe to play in the dark in this operation, so he decided to take people to the door to rob it openly, and this time he was going to send out the entire chariot battalion and a regiment of cavalry.

"This operation is very important, I won't talk about anything else, just one point, if the operation is successful, the chariot battalion will be expanded into a chariot regiment, and the cavalry regiment will be expanded into a cavalry division, and everyone will have the opportunity to be promoted through meritorious service." Zhang Chu was mobilizing loudly in front of the team.

The officers and men of the chariot battalion and the cavalry regiment suddenly became excited. If the contingent is expanded several times at once, not only will the combat effectiveness be enhanced, but it will also mean that the original officers and men will be promoted as long as their performance is not too bad, and this is generally good news. In particular, the chariot battalion has not been expanded for a long time due to the huge cost, and if it is promoted to the regiment this time, the original battalion commander will directly become the regiment commander, and the future is bright.

Zhang Chu didn't say much when he saw that the army's heart was available, and after an order, the chariot battalion and the cavalry battalion immediately set off, swaggering towards Taiyuan, and also wearing the clothes of the official army and waving the banner of the official army. (To be continued.) )