Chen Fei handed over the task of investigating the mysterious organization to Zheng Liwan, and Zheng Liwan was responsible for setting up a commercial investigation bureau and helping Chen Fei investigate the corresponding intelligence. However, Chen Fei gave Wu Yun a thousand instructions to grasp the financial level, and he couldn't give this Zheng Liwan money casually. If the Commercial Investigation Bureau in Zheng Liwan's hands expands into a gluttonous monster in the future, he may even backfire on himself. So you must definitely control her, otherwise there will be a big problem.

Next, Chen Fei also returned to dealing with ordnance, and then Chen Fei was responsible for ordnance production.

"Chen Langzhong, we're running out of wood!" Yang San said.

When Chen Fei heard this, he immediately asked, "How could it be, wood is used so quickly?" ”

Yang San immediately said: "It's not that Chen Langzhong's method is good!" The speed of manufacturing various equipment has increased by more than twenty times, and the amount of wood consumed is simply huge. So now we have to organize the manpower as soon as possible and go to the logging. If we don't cut down the wood as soon as possible, I'm afraid we won't be able to supply timber. Originally, the wood we had in reserve was enough to last for more than a year, but Chen Langzhong, you have invented this thing, and it is good to be able to use it for more than half a month. So now it is necessary to cut the wood as soon as possible, otherwise there will not be enough wood at all. In addition, steel has to be smelted a lot, otherwise we will also be very short of steel. ”

"Don't prepare wood yet, I'll go talk to the emperor and then talk!" Chen Fei said.

Soon, Chen Fei came to see Li Shimin with important matters related to ordnance reserves.

"Chen Fei, I really didn't misunderstand you, you are really a talent. In just a short period of time, you have actually increased your production capacity by twenty times, and I am afraid that you will be able to exceed the tasks I have given you. I want to give you more tasks! Li Shimin said.

Chen Fei immediately said with a pleading look: "Your Majesty! No, don't! I was able to figure it out. It's already forced. If the emperor arranges it again, then I'm afraid I'm really going to hang myself! ”

"Look at your stinky appearance, you don't have any responsibility at all!" Li Shimin scolded with a smile.

Li Shimin was actually very happy, because Chen Fei had increased the production speed of this ordnance supervisor by more than 20 times, so the completion of the ordnance production task assigned by Li Shimin could be said to be just around the corner. So Li Shimin was in a hurry, but wanted to give Chen Fei more tasks.

However, Chen Fei also knew a problem for a long time, and he had to leave three points of leeway for everything he said. If it's too full, then maybe it will give you more and more weight next time. Chen Fei even saw that there was a clause in the U.S. soldier's manual, that is, don't try to do something beyond your ability, you will be very dangerous. Therefore, Chen Fei will definitely not take the initiative to take care of everything. Otherwise, let the emperor think that your potential has not been squeezed out, then you will be miserable.

"Your Majesty, now we have encountered one of the biggest difficulties, that is, there are not enough raw materials. The speed of production of weapons is more than twenty times faster, and the materials that could have been used for a year are now running out in less than a month, so we are very scarce of materials. If we don't have enough materials, we won't be able to continue production. Chen Fei said.

Li Shimin has also become dignified, and the production speed was slow. The consumption of materials is also slow, so it can naturally keep up. But now there is a very short supply of materials, and it is impossible to keep up with the speed of production. So this has become a bottleneck that restricts the production of materials and military products. If this bottleneck cannot be solved, then the speed of ordnance production will definitely be greatly reduced.

"What are you lacking right now?" Li Shimin asked.

"Wood and steel. Wood is actually quite a good solution. Because of the timber, we can organize people to cut the wood. But I'm not going to ask us to organize people to cut wood, I'm going to come up with a sum of money, and then I can ask a merchant to organize people to cut wood at a relatively low price. This saves both money and time. You know, if the government organizes people to go to the logging. It is inevitable that the lumberjacks will be recruited in the name of the government, so that the government will not only lose its organizational ability, but also once the lumberjacks are recruited. It's not easy to remove. Chen Fei said.

The problem that Chen Fei said is that once the loggers are recruited in the name of government agencies, it may be difficult to lay them off in the future. This is similar to the civil servants of later generations, and once recruited, it is very difficult to dismiss them. As long as someone doesn't make a mistake, you really can't kick him out. If lumberjacks are recruited in the name of the government, then once the Turks are defeated, there will be no need for so many workers, and the large-scale resettlement of these lumberjacks will definitely be a big problem. Therefore, Chen Fei plans to pay a merchant to take charge of logging, so that he can not only obtain relatively cheap timber, but also not have to worry about placing loggers in the future.

If it is kicked out directly, it will definitely be impersonal and will make the government lose the support of the people. Therefore, if you organize manual logging in the name of a businessman, it is good for the government and for the businessman, and the lumberjacks may not be so bad. And the businessmen are also able to get some benefits and not lose money. After all, the government's ability to organize this kind of production, and the ability of businessmen to organize production, is obviously superior to businessmen. This is actually a matter of perception, and the more government officials do more and less work, it has nothing to do with their own income. However, businessmen are concerned about costs, especially management costs, so they will reduce costs as much as possible.

Chen Fei handed over these ordinary logging jobs to merchants, which not only did not expand the number of artisans in the government, but also allowed more people to have more income. In fact, it is almost winter, and at this time, the people are probably idle time, if they can organize logging, it can bring a certain amount of income and drive the people to work. So why not? This is also the reason why many armies in later generations outsourced those low-tech ordnance to ordinary private businessmen, after all, in addition to saving costs, it can also bring a lot of social benefits, why resist?

"Okay, you can organize this matter, but when it comes to steel, it's really a problem. Our Datang Iron and Steel must be officially run, and if we release it casually, I am afraid that there will definitely be a problem. Is there any way you can increase steel production without increasing the number of smelters in the government? Li Shimin said. (To be continued......)