Qin Shaoyou's impression of Li Yicheng is not bad.

The governors of each town have long been under the control of Zhu Lou, and almost everything they usually do and eat will be sent to Luoyang.

This kind of strict spy system has long spread all over the world, so nothing can escape Qin Shaoyou's eyes.

Among the governors of these towns, some are absurd, some are incompetent, and some are tyrannical, but there are also a few promising people, and Li Yicheng is one of them.

Qin Shaoyou was not so much coming to see Li Yicheng in person, but rather to visit the more than a dozen governors who had arrived in Luoyang.

These people were the first to come, most of them came to Luoyang to see the direction of the wind, just like Li Yicheng, they were all a little afraid of Qin Shaoyou's power, and although they were unwilling in their hearts, they were still obedient people.

But if you really want to say that they are compliant, it may not be, in fact, to put it bluntly, come to Luoyang or look at the direction of the wind, it is really not possible, it is a big deal to leave, this Qin Shaoyou can't detain himself in Luoyang.

At present, people are panicking, almost everyone is planning a way out for themselves, those governors who have not come for the time being, are waiting for the attitude of those who have arrived in Luoyang, and the governors who have arrived in Luoyang are all looking at what others are thinking, and everyone has their own calculations.

Qin Shaoyou naturally understands these people's thoughts very well. So they simply placed them in the guest house, these governors looked at the old ministers from Chang'an to get out here, it seems that life is good, that the Duke of Eguo was in Chang'an, that is a well-known gentleman, except for relying on a little ancestral foundation, there is no ability, the standard mixed eating and waiting for death. But now, it seems that Luoyang is also like a fish in water.

Li Yicheng seemed to be a little relieved in his heart, what he was worried about was the problem of the back road after all, if Ning Wuzhen completely lost its independence, then what should the Li family do? What is your future path? Of course, Qin Shaoyou may let himself be the governor for a while. But in the future, he will definitely be transferred to other official positions, he is afraid that Qin Shaoyou will guard himself in the future, and in the end he will be depressed, and he may even encounter the settlement of accounts after the autumn.

But now it seems that even a scum like E Guogong seems to be reused, and the situation is much more optimistic than he imagined.

Li Yicheng saluted Qin Shaoyou, and then looked at Qin Shaoyou cautiously, he knew that Qin Shaoyou would not just come to greet him, he would definitely have other thoughts, he had to be 120,000 careful.

Qin Shaoyou smiled and said, "This king came here to see you. You came to Luoyang, didn't you take a good turn? Speaking of this, Qin Shaoyou frowned: "This is not good, since you are here, you should move around more, rest assured, it is very safe here, and nothing will go wrong." ”

Li Yicheng thought about it, he had just arrived. Where is there the kung fu to move around, and, indeed, as Qin Shaoyou said, everyone comes here. After all, his identity is sensitive, and he is also worried, so even if he comes, he does not dare to move around at will.

Qin Shaoyou smiled and said, "It's better to choose a day than to hit the sun." You might as well go for a walk today, this king will have nothing to do anyway. Then he said to the people around him, "Please go with the governors and prepare the chariot." ”

Of course, Li Yicheng knows that he can't refuse. had to come down, Qin Shaoyou waited for a while, all the governors came, there were eleven people, everyone saw the salute, although they all had a smile on their faces, but behind the smile, there were some worries hidden.

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Immediately after that, everyone moved, more than a dozen cars, hundreds of escorts accompanied by them, and the road started from the guest house, and the pomp was huge.

Qin Shaoyou sat alone in his carriage, but his expression was pleasant, he just wanted to solve the problem of the current governors as soon as possible, this matter could not be delayed, he leaned against the wall of the car and took a nap, and when he opened his eyes, the carriage stopped, Qin Shaoyou got out of the car, and everyone else also got off one after another, Li Yicheng raised his eyes to take a look, but found that he was in the suburbs of Luoyang, where the road is spacious, and the road along the way is not to think of barren mountains and mountains, but endless huge sheds, some of which have huge chimneys standing on them, from time to time, There will be carts and horses carrying goods.

What is Qin Shaoyou doing here with him?

Is it to kill people?

Thinking about it like this, Li Yicheng was a little nervous, but then he smiled, he seemed to be overthinking, if he really wanted to kill people, he would not choose a place where there were too many people, not to mention, there was no need for Qin Shaoyou to do it himself.

Qin Shaoyou smiled at them, and then he had already entered a huge shed, and everyone had to follow him in.

This shed covers an area of hundreds of acres, and the yard outside is stacked with countless raw materials that have just been transported, such as coal, iron ore, etc., piled up like a mountain, and into the shed, the noisy body sound makes people feel very uncomfortable, and in the air, as if there is a wave of heat, there is smoke everywhere, countless unclear figures are busy in the smoke, the red-hot molten iron emits a dazzling light, and on the workbench, the sound of clanging hammers and hammers is even more stimulating Li Yicheng's eardrums.

It was an iron mill with hundreds of craftsmen and apprentices, and everyone was busy, because the temperature was so hot that everyone seemed to have been washed in water, and most of them were naked and wearing only a pair of shorts.

Li Yicheng couldn't stand the heat, and finally waited for Qin Shaoyou to go out, and everyone hurriedly came out of the iron workshop, Qin Shaoyou said with a smile: "Are you a little unaccustomed, hey...... Offended, offended, this king invites you to come, just to see the rarity. Qin Shao lobbied, and suddenly looked at Li Yicheng: "Li Dudu, this king wants to ask you, how many catties of iron does this iron mill produce in a year?" ”

Li Yicheng was stunned for a moment, where did he know about this kind of thing, so he had to shake his head: "The lower officials don't know." ”

Qin Shaoyou pursed his lips and smiled: "This is the third iron workshop under the Shence Mansion, with 394 craftsmen and 1,700 apprentices, and the steel output of last year was around four million catties. ”

Hearing this number, everyone couldn't help but be speechless, what is the concept of four million catties, they don't know much.

Qin Shaoyou was afraid that they didn't know well enough, so he said, "If it's twenty catties of iron to build a blade." Then the steel produced in this iron mill is enough to make 200,000 blades. ”

200,000, or a year, this number finally makes people moved.

Qin Shaoyou said again: "This is just an iron mill, there are seven iron mills under the Shence Mansion, and the annual output is roughly ten times that of this number. Not only that, but throughout the Kanto region, there are many iron mills of different sizes, and the amount of iron produced is even more amazing. Let's put it this way, if the entire Kanto Iron Workshop is fully committed to building weapons, it will be enough to fight 20 million weapons in a year. ”

Li Yicheng's eyes were straight, he couldn't tell whether Qin Shaoyou was boasting or not, but Kanto has always been rich, this is a well-known thing, even if Qin Shaoyou is boasting, it must not be too outrageous.

But he heard Qin Shaoyou say: "Of course." The steel produced this year is not completely used for armaments, and the demand for iron tools is also extremely high for other engineering construction, water conservancy and agriculture. Therefore, in recent years, the demand for steel here in Kanto has been extremely ......"

When he said this, he smiled instead: "Look, there is a workshop dedicated to cannon casting. That workshop casts 3,000 cannons a year, and of course, this is Luoyang. Now in Weizhou, a new cannon casting workshop has been set up, and the output may be several times that of the current one when it is built in the future. ”

"There, is a crossbow workshop, now the output has reached 70,000 pairs a year, if necessary, you can continue to expand production, the output there in Weizhou is not small, up to 100,000 a year, in addition, there are crossbow arrows, not to mention, the demand is also huge, millions a year is not enough now."

"Needless to say, there are seventeen weapon workshops at the head of the Shence Mansion, as well as a military uniform workshop, a boot workshop, and a ...... specializing in forging kettles."

Qin Shaoyou was like a few treasures, and took everyone to browse the compilations nearby, and the numbers he said were more terrifying than the other, and when it was almost over, Qin Shaoyou sighed and said: "These workshops, as long as this king is willing and willing to start work with all his might, in a year, they can assemble 200,000 of the most sophisticated troops, of course, it is not only the Shence Mansion that makes weapons, but now there are also some private workshops in Kanto, which can also build weapons, do you know, how many craftsmen can be supported by this alone?" A full 130,000 craftsmen and apprentices are all living on ordnance, not including private workshops, not including coal mining, iron mining, and transportation hired workers who provide raw materials for the workshops, if they are all added, this number will reach 300,000, and this is not enough, these 300,000 people receive wages, and they have to provide food, clothing, shelter and transportation, and I don't know how many merchants have to be fed, and the goods of these merchants are not out of thin air, most of them are made by other workshops, that is, there are quite a lot of civilian workshops that rely on this ordnance to survive. The hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers of the Shence Army and the Fifth Army Battalion, and those who rely on them to make a living, are afraid that there are more than one million. ”

"It's not easy to feed these people, but this king has worked hard all these years. Once these people can't be fed, it will be a million displaced people out of thin air, and millions of people will lose their jobs and livelihoods, how can they live this life? Once these people become homeless people, and lose the needs of the army, first of all, they will impact all walks of life, and when it really comes, this king can assure you that the entire Kanto more than 30,000 workshops of all sizes will be affected, and the operation of hundreds of thousands of merchants will be difficult, and then there will only be more people who will lose their livelihoods, and if it really comes to that point, the king will be finished, and the merchants will be finished, and the Kanto warriors will not be able to escape even if they are afraid. ”

All the governors looked at Qin Shaoyou strangely, they didn't understand why Qin Shaoyou said this to himself.

But...... There is still shock, although they may not understand how serious the matter Qin Shaoyou is, but after thinking about it, what Qin Shaoyou wants to tell them is that these workshops must be maintained, and no matter what, they can't stop working.

Qin Shaoyou smiled slightly: "Over the years, all the businessmen have been expanding production, and countless workshops have sprung up, this is Kanto, which is glamorous in the eyes of others, but everyone has a hidden worry, this hidden worry, first of all, is in the demand for raw materials, such as coal and iron, has become larger and larger, so the price is getting higher and higher, if you can't find out more coal and iron, the cost of manufacturing in the future will only get higher and higher." Secondly, there is demand, the more workshops, but the people who buy goods remain the same, once saturated, everyone's good days will come to an end. Secondly, it is military procurement, once the horse is released in Nanshan, the officers and soldiers do not need so many ordnance, how can this be good, a year, the ordnance of 200,000 elite soldiers, is it produced that all of them become scrap? But once it doesn't produce, it means that countless people will have no food and clothing, can you understand what this king means? ”

Everyone is confused, and they still don't understand.

Qin Shaoyou sighed: "This king, it is like a person standing on the fire, although he flies higher and higher, but the flames under his feet are constantly jumping higher, if the speed of this king jumps high and the flames are not up to the flames, then he will be burned alive." The same is true of the current Kanto, everyone here has a whip behind him, this king is crazy about making ordnance, and to make the ordnance worthwhile, it must be assembled into the army, so it is necessary to expand more and more military horses, but the military horses are not moving, it is meaningless attrition, what is the role of the army? This annual money of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of yuan is not poured into it for the sake of making a noise, it cannot create value and benefits, and sooner or later the government will not be able to make ends meet, and if it is not disarmed, it will not be able to sustain itself. ”

Qin Shaoyou's face became solemn: "Therefore, if the people of the Kanto region want to survive, to maintain today's prosperity, or to let more people have more money, and those who are originally rich in money to earn more wealth, then there is only one way to go." This road has come to this day, this king has no choice, the craftsmen in the workshop have no choice, everyone here has no choice, the Kwantung people can only war, do you read the newspaper? Recently, newspapers and operas have been popular here, and almost all newspapers and operas have encouraged war, which is not the result of the king's intention, but the intention of everyone's heart. ”

"This war, either in Jiangnan, or in Jiannan, at that time, the Shence Mansion will assemble more military horses, make more divine weapons, and a steady stream of well-equipped soldiers may be in Longxi, and may kill the enemy in Lingnan. Of course...... It may not have to be here, you and I are all of the same race, so why kill each other? If we stand together and unite as one, then the battlefield will no longer need to be in the states of the world, and perhaps the next battlefield will be in the Bohai Kingdom, in Baekje, in the Wa Kingdom, or in Daeshi, or in Tianzhu. ”

"There are things that we can't choose, but there are things that we can choose, and all the choices are in the hands of the governors, whether to fight with this king in Lingnan or Jiangnan, or we will be together to conquer the world." (To be continued.) )