The two inspected all the way, and the current Laizhou Mansion was completely suppressed by Dengzhou Tunpu, and this time it was when Dongchang came to do business, so the Intelligence Bureau strictly monitored Laizhou, and the Qingpi Lama in the city was haunted to inquire about the news, and the hidden dangers were eliminated.

An ancestral hall to commemorate Zhu Wannian was built outside the county seat, Chen Xin hesitated at the door, or went in to worship, although this person did not deal with him, but after all, he died on the battlefield to protect the family and defend the country, compared to some civil officials full of morality, it is already a world of difference.

Three years later, they arrived in Pingdu Prefecture, and together they went to the No. 2 factory in Pingdu to check on the expansion of musket production there.

Wang Huzi greeted the two of them, and introduced them to the two along the way, after Chen Xin came once last year, the No. 2 factory continued to expand its scale, mainly muskets, and now produces 3,000 flintlock pistols per month, and 5,000 expedited pistols.

Wang Huzi took out a short-barreled rifle and said to Chen Xin: "This is the national rifle you said, the barrel is five inches shorter than that used by the infantry, and the number of the army needs will be completed in the first half of the year, and this kind of musket can be made in the second half of the year, which is the order ......."

Chen Xin and Liu Min took one of them, the bolt is the same as that used by the army, only the barrel is shorter than the military one, Liu Minyou raised his head and asked Chen Xin: "A little shorter is just a closer one, depending on what you want to use, if you use the proceeds of this economic war, you can expand the army in the second half of the year, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs can also buy this kind of gun and give it to those guards to use." ”

Chen Xin asked Wang Huzi, "Then what do you say the price is?" ”

Wang Huzi scratched his head, "It still needs six or seven taels, it depends on the quantity, if there is a lot of orders at one time, six taels will do, and I can't match this gun with a bayonet, otherwise at least two or three taels of silver will be added." ”

Chen Xin thought for a moment and said: "Don't use a bayonet, don't use this short body, just make it according to the army's flintlock pistol." He turned to Liu Minyou again, "You can buy it for more than two years in Denglaitun Fort, not to mention buying it for the tun guards, now we have tens of thousands of reserve soldiers, and the tun guards are of little use, this is for the ordinary people, and those who buy muskets will be subsidized by the Ministry of Civil Affairs for two taels of silver, and they will be purchased with the tun household certificate, and the guns will be checked once a month by the tunpu instructors, and the guns will be severely punished if they are lost and not kept well." ”

Liu Minyou shook his head and said: "I'm afraid this subsidy alone is not enough, whoever has nothing to spend money to buy a gun and put it at home, and if it is dropped, it will be punished." ”

Chen Xin frowned and thought about it: "Then what do you say?" ”

Wang Huzi said quickly: "Whoever buys a gun, the children of the family will be given priority to join the army and enter the workshop, so that some people will be willing to come." ”

Chen Xin and Liu Min said at the same time: "It's feasible, as long as someone takes the lead, it's easy to do." ”

Liu Minyou immediately said: "If the proportion of guns purchased in Tunbao reaches the standard, priority can be given to setting up a Tunpu workshop, and the money village will give priority to loans, and there are reserve soldiers who buy guns, and they can receive an extra one or two silver salaries every year." ”

Chen Xin laughed and said, "Look, you can't figure it out." ”……

When the two of them came out of the No. 2 factory, it was already afternoon, and they were still riding the carriage to Pingdu Zhou City, Liu Minyou looked at the shops built on both sides of the road, and suddenly said to Chen Xin: "If you send so many guns out, you can scare the imperial court in the future, but the internal security here in Denglai is not so proper." ”

At this time, Chen Xin shook his fan and said: "Anyway, there are guards, the magic is one foot high and one foot high." Such a broken musket can't be compared with later generations, Lao Mei has so many guns, and he has not seen the president assassinated every day. ”

"I've always felt a little radical. Now there are millions of tun households, it is difficult to guarantee that there is no enmity with us in them, so you are not afraid at all? ”

"If it's for our own sake, why should we build that Wendeng University Hall, let's have a military and political first, that set of methods to control the bottom is not difficult, we all understand. The Han people came out of the Loess Plateau and occupied the richest eastern land, relying on force, not the Four Books and Five Classics. Often in the era of civil war in China, the folk style of bravery prevailed, and even if the northern barbarians defeated the zhèngfǔ army, it was difficult to resist the counterattacks of the people, so Huaxia was often able to retain the next bloodline. As a ruler, both external and internal enemies hope that the people under their rule will be weaker in order to facilitate his rule, so they will try their best to suppress the courage of the people, so there will be such a thing as martial arts becoming a routine. ”

Liu Minyou smiled and said: "This problem about the nationality is cultivated over many years, and it cannot be solved with a gun." ”

Chen Xin sighed and said: "In Zhu Yuanzhang's set of things, there are too many things to suppress the people, and even dressing and eating must be according to his way." Although I have a lot of power, we come from different backgrounds, and I won't believe in the of the rivers and mountains for thousands of years, give the people zìyóu, restore the courage of the people, no one can conquer this nation, this is the purpose of my million spears. Compared to this, personal gains and losses are nothing. It's not something that can be solved with one gun, but let's start here. ”

Liu Minyou was silent for a while, shook his head and smiled, "The ideal is ambitious enough, after reading Pingdu tomorrow, will you go directly to Qingzhou or stop in Changyi?" ”

"Now stop in Changyi, there is a summer conscription there, I have to go and see." ……

"Lord Liu, you see, this process is the most laborious part of dyeing."

In a private dyeing workshop outside the Changyi cotton factory, the shopkeeper is introducing Liu Minyou, there is a stone trough in front of them, which is bright red dye, and a big man with thick legs and feet is stepping on an ingot-shaped boulder, grasping the wooden poles on both sides with both hands, and his feet are quickly shaking at both ends of the ingot-shaped stone, so that the rollers below roll with it.

"My lord, this is stepping on the cloth stone, take more xìng cold and greasy, a good stepping stone needs more than ten taels of silver. (See "Heavenly Creations"). ”

Liu Minyou pointed to the stone and said, "Is this to flatten the cloth?" ”

"Yes, the cloth shrinks after dyeing, and the size of the cotton cloth is subject to the size when it is sold, so it is necessary to flatten it with a stepping stone to widen the cloth width, and those who do this thing are not successful, and a stepping stone is often hundreds of catties, and those with strong legs can be competent."

"In other words, the speed of dyeing sè is still limited by this."

"Yes, the villain's dyeing workshop is quite big, it has its own stonework, and the small dyeing workshop does not have it, and the dyed cloth must be sent to the special workshop, and the price of each piece of cloth is one cent and one cent of silver (the price refers to Li Wei in the Qing Dynasty)."

Liu Minyou turned his head to look behind him, it was Zhou Laifu's quick son-in-law Guan Xiaodi, this boy who was only seventeen or eighteen years old had already opened a mechanical workshop, which was invested in by Zhou Laifu. This time, Liu Min inspected it

He saw that Liu Minyou was looking at himself, and immediately bowed down and said: "My lord, this thing is easy to do, the villain thought of a way, use the two shafts to rotate in different directions, and use the crank handle at both ends to help, even if you continue to use stepping stones, you can also use manpower or animal power to shake, even the wind power is also possible." ”

Liu Minyou said with a smile: "Okay, then you can do it, but Pingdu's workshop is also making mechanical distribution things, and whoever does it well will use whom." ”

Brother Guan hurriedly agreed, Liu Minyou called him separately again, and whispered to him: "At that time, when you came out of the workshop, the official was not very reluctant, but in the end, it was also because the people also needed this kind of mechanical workshop, competing with the two workshops in Dengzhou and Pingdu, and now there are three places in Tunpu jointly engaged in machinery, and there is also one here in Changyi, you have to use your brains more, give up the practice of real yànxìng in the school before, more practical xìng, if the things are not good, the textile factory will not want it, And I will keep an eye on their procurement, if it is used in your workshop, I will personally inspect it, because you are Zhou Laifu's son-in-law, this requirement is even higher, so as not to gossip about others. ”

"The villain understands that the things that the villain does are practical, and the management method that Lord Liu told the villain last time has benefited the villain a lot, and he has not thanked the adult."

Liu Minyou waved his hand and said: "It's okay, in fact, these routines are roughly the same in the workshop, you have stayed for a long time, you should understand, I just mention it, and I will do it well in the future." ”

The two talked all the way, and a group of retinues followed behind and went to a nearby shipping agency.

The shopkeeper came back from the door, and said to the big man who was still stepping on the stone: "I heard that there are no tools to use, if you are not willing to exert your strength, Lao Tzu will buy a set of stone-stepping things in the future, and you are not needed." ”

The big man above stopped, jumped down and landed beside the shopkeeper with a roar, and the shopkeeper looked up at him and said: "Su Thick Legs, do you understand, the salary will also be reduced after rì, and every time you eat my food, this meal money will also be deducted." ”

Na Su's thick legs looked at the shopkeeper for a while, and the shopkeeper was also a little panicked, took a step back and said, "What are you doing, why do you still want to beat people." ”

Su Thick Leg snorted, and suddenly ran to the side and kicked at the big clay pot filled with water, the clay pot was kicked to pieces by him, and the shopkeeper was so angry that he pointed at Su Thick Leg and said angrily: "You, you, your monthly money this month is gone." ”

"Lao Tzu didn't want to wait for you for a long time, and now Rì Dengzhou Town is recruiting soldiers, and Lao Tzu is going to be a soldier. The monthly money will be given to you as a coffin. ”

Su laughed loudly and strode out the door......

When Liu Minyou came out after inspecting the cotton factory, Xiao Heling, who had already followed the line, arranged a shipment plan, cotton cloth is the main product of Dengzhou, and it is necessary to maintain the momentum of expansion, and it is not appropriate to continue to backlog cotton cloth.

The conscription was mainly for the tun households and the labor of the military households in the vicinity of Changyi, so as to free up some jobs for the new displaced people.

The recruitment office was crowded, and the school field was testing his body, and Liu Minyou stood outside and watched for a while, all running, and the other side was testing his strength.

Liu Minyou looked at the place where the soldiers were registered, the officer was from the Mobilization Department, recognized Liu Minyou, and quickly stood up and saluted Liu Minyou, Liu Minyou waved at him and asked him to continue, and when he was about to leave, someone suddenly called "Lord Liu".

Liu Minyou turned around and saw that the fat man in front of him was a little familiar.

The fat man smiled all over his face: "Lord Liu! Do you remember the villain? ”

"You're the one who plays...... No, your surname is Don? Propaganda team. ”

"Yes, my name is Tang Wei, and I've seen you a few times."

"Yes, you're not going to Huguang?"

"I'm back, I want to join the war, and I was still telling adults at the time."

Liu Minyou suddenly remembered that there was indeed such a thing on the march in northern Henan, and hurriedly said: "Yes, then it must also meet the standard of conscription." ”

The fat man nodded repeatedly, "It's reached, it's reached." ”

Liu Min was a little helpless and whispered to the officer: "This, if it meets the standard, you ...... This, let him participate in training as a recruit. ”

The officer was a little hesitant, Liu Minyou also felt that something was wrong, and quickly waved to Tang Wei and walked out of the crowd, the officer turned his head to look at Tang Wei, this fat man met the standard in everything, but it was just right, according to the source of soldiers who participated in this election, it is likely that he will not be able to pick it.

Tang Wei hurriedly leaned over and whispered: "Look, my lord, Lord Liu has known me before, and he is actually my distant relative, and he has been telling me to come, in fact, he came over just now, and it was also deliberate, but it is not easy to say clearly, I am also qualified, this ...... Adult, please. ”

The officer stared at Tang Wei's smiling face for a moment, and finally stamped his conscription form.

Where did Liu Min know that Tang Wei pulled his tiger skin, he had long forgotten about it, walked to Jiangtai and saw Chen Xin who was sitting on the throne, went over to find a place to sit, and said to Chen Xin: "Ming rì I will go to Jiaozhou first, I won't go to Qingzhou Mansion with you, you help me check the civil affairs of Qingzhou by the way, you have to look at it carefully, don't look at the flowers." ”

Chen Xin said with a smile: "I know, you go to Wendeng University Hall in Jiaozhou after reading it, I am the most worried about it, you also have to look carefully." ”