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Next, Chen Fei came to the Jiafang Bureau, which was responsible for making armor. In ancient times, some dynasties were able to allow the common people to own knives, and even some military weapons in the Tang Dynasty flowed into the people's homes, but there were two things that would never be allowed to be owned by the common people. These two things are the previous crossbows, and crossbows are absolutely not allowed to flow into ordinary homes. And the other thing is armor, armor will never be allowed to flow into the people's homes, and if someone dares to hide armor privately, it will inevitably be labeled as a rebellion. And armor means the most high-end technology in the era of cold weapons, so it is very important.

"Chen Langzhong, I am the signing order of the Jiafang Department, and my name is Yang Xin. We have thousands of craftsmen in the Workshop Department, all of whom are responsible for making armor. And there are craftsmen who are responsible for making all kinds of iron armor, there are craftsmen who make leather armor, and even the production of various military uniforms, all of which are made by us. Yang Xin said.

And Chen Fei began to observe the proportion of craftsmen in these Jiafang Bureau, there are less than 200 people who actually make iron armor among these craftsmen, and the remaining more than 800 people are making leather armor and ordinary military uniforms. There were more than 700 sewing workers making military uniforms, which made Chen Fei a little speechless.

"Why are all military uniforms made here?" Chen Fei asked.

And Yang Xin asked: "The military uniform is also made by us here, is there any problem?" In all dynasties, military uniforms were made by the place in charge of the army's manufacture, after all, these are military weapons, which are not suitable for ordinary people. Once it is handed over to ordinary people, what happens after it is leaked? ”

Chen Fei couldn't help but shake his head, these ancient officials were actually overkill when it came to secrecy. Although military stuff to be kept secret. But that doesn't mean everything has to be kept secret! It's like an ordinary military uniform, not armor, what is there to keep secret? Ordinary military uniforms don't have the slightest technical content at all, in fact, handing them over to an ordinary female worker outside can do it, so why stay in this ordnance supervision to make them. In later generations, in fact, the ordinary military uniforms of the armies of many countries were handed over to other private factories to be made.

Even if the military uniforms of the Chinese army in later generations were handed over to private factories to contract production, it is enough to show that there is really no need to keep ordinary military uniforms secret, and there is nothing to keep secret. As for why it was handed over to ordinary private factories. Allowing private factories to bid is actually mainly for cost savings. Especially the management cost, there is a big gap between the management cost of private factories and government-managed factories.

If it is a factory under the direct control of the government, it will inevitably face that their leaders are officials, and the wages and benefits of officials are much higher than those of businessmen. Leaving officials to manage will inevitably face all kinds of high wages and benefits, and strictly speaking, these must be invested in management costs. The salaries and benefits borne by officials in the Tang Dynasty were even higher, not only ordinary Yulu, but also various Yongye fields. even has to pay for them to raise a little wife, called a maiden, which is too expensive.

Unlike merchants, they bid for the government. And maintain their own profits, of course, to reduce various costs as much as possible. In the case of quality and quantity, of course, it is necessary to maintain enough profits to make a fortune. And the management cost is the most important place. If the government manages. I'm afraid that all kinds of management costs account for more than half of a armor. This is not impossible, especially those bureaucrats will definitely not save money for the country, which Chen Fei knows deeply. Expect officials to take the initiative to save money for the government. Unless it was in the later period when the country was first founded, the bureaucrats of other eras spent the government's money lavishly. Moreover, the ability of these bureaucrats to organize production is also very doubtful, so it is conceivable how poor the ordnance with high cost and poor quality is in such a situation.

"Haven't you tried to have ordinary merchants make those military uniforms? You say these military uniforms, what is worth keeping secret? This kind of thing, I, a layman, can see it at a glance, who do you say keep it secret? Moreover, even if you want to keep it secret, I have hundreds of thousands of troops in Datang, and there are people who wear military uniforms every day to go out to show off the market, what else do you say can be kept secret? Chen Fei didn't care about this guy's face at all.

Then, Chen Fei continued to spray and said: "You have spent a lot of money to make a military uniform, my God! Consistent money, you actually spent consistent money to make an ordinary military uniform, if it is an outside businessman to make it, it is not even 500 yuan, or even 300 yuan. Where did the difference go? Have you eaten? ”

"Don't dare, don't dare, where do we dare to eat it!" Yang Xin said immediately.

Chen Fei snorted: "Forgive me and don't dare!" ”

Chen Fei doesn't think they are corrupt, but the management costs have risen sharply, which is also a very important issue. The price of a military uniform is more than three times higher than that of outside merchants, which is definitely not a normal phenomenon. In fact, this situation is that these bureaucrats are not good at managing and organizing production, and the people who eat public food in the government, from officials to ordinary craftsmen, have little motivation to work hard to produce and reduce costs. Craftsmen are also monks for a day, and officials have not thought about the idea of reforming internal management and then reducing costs. This also caused the price of three military uniforms to cost one military uniform, which is of course very speechless.

However, these bureaucrats did not think of change, and they still believed very dogmatically that this military item should be kept secret and could not be handed over to the businessmen to be responsible. As a result, ordinary military uniforms remain high and management costs are extremely high. And in the end, who pays for the money? It's not the government's finances, or the ordinary taxpayers. You must know that the government's finances are all obtained from the people's taxes, and these bureaucrats are completely wasting the people's money!

"Change, it must be changed, I will immediately write a note to the emperor, this situation must be changed. What kind of stuff is this, the court has spent so much money, and it is all raising you waste? Am I counting on you? It's better to expect the sow to come up to the tree! Chen Fei squirted very unceremoniously.

Although those officials of the Ordnance Prison were unhappy in their hearts, they could only endure it in the face of Chen Fei, because Chen Fei was their boss, and it was not a strange thing in ancient times to be sprayed by their boss. Even when many officials were scolded by their superiors, he immediately went to his subordinates to vent his anger, and in this case, the subordinates could only be the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. (A good event for pie in the sky, cool mobile phones are waiting for you!) Follow from ~ Dian/Chinese network public account (WeChat add friends - add public account - enter ddxiaoshuo), participate now! Everyone has a prize, now pay attention to ddxiaoshuo WeChat public account! (To be continued......)