"Down!" Yingcheng said in a deep voice.

"This!" Li Cong's face was embarrassed, this matter was ambiguous, and both the public and the enemy had the power to control him.

But.

The military industry is no better than the other.

As soon as the Taiwei Mansion gave an order, they had to work hard.

Six hours of processing is a common occurrence.

And this inevitably leads to security issues.

"There are only six damage places per month, if it overflows, you will be punished!" Yingcheng said without the slightest room for negotiation: "Safety must be taken seriously, any craftsman is a child of my Great Qin." ”

Li Cong looked embarrassed, but finally nodded and said, "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

Yingcheng did not dwell on one issue, and followed closely: "In addition, the acquisition of copper and iron will be reduced by 30% from Zhuo's to attract foreign investment. ”

Li never couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly said, "This will expose the location of the smelter, and, Zhuo's side?" ”

Yingcheng said: "You don't have to worry about this, if the Zhuo family has any opinions, let them come to this prison country." ”

"The subordinate obeys!" Li never dared to say more.

This is no longer something he can control, and it even involves government affairs.

"Raise the remuneration of craftsmen, sign employment contracts, pay them monthly, and increase the pension to 10 gold!" Yingcheng continued:

"In addition, the Zhisu Inner History Mansion will purchase beef and mutton meat, no less than five times a month, no less than ten times a month, this matter will take a while, but next, the imperial court will purchase a large number of beef and mutton from the people."

Hearing Yingcheng's order, Li Cong was shocked in his heart, he didn't doubt Yingcheng's words at all, the current Yingcheng Chrysostom, all words will be recorded, and they will not be faked.

But.

If so.

This is undoubtedly the consumption of the ordnance smelting workshop, which has more than doubled out of thin air.

"Xiaguan, replace all the craftsmen in the workshop, thank Jianguo!"

Li Cong's shocked thanks can be said to be sincere.

In the past, both the Fengchang Mansion and the National Treasury Government tried their best to reduce their consumption.

Even if it's meat, it's something he has tried to win through through his connections.

Right now.

He didn't mention it, and the imperial court increased the welfare of workshop craftsmen.

This is an unprecedented first.

I can't help but be excited.

As the head of the workshop, he needs to worry about other big and small things in the workshop except for building weapons.

Including the chaos of craftsmen, he is also responsible.

And this improves the welfare of the craftsman, which undoubtedly allows him to better manage the workshop.

In the middle of the conversation, Gong Yi came with twelve craftsmen, "Qi Qi Jian Guo, twelve high-class craftsmen have been gathered, all of them are good at ordnance. ”

"This is the roster, please take a look at it."

Yingcheng took the roster and found that there was no public loser, his heart sank slightly, but he didn't say anything, and said, "It's hard to lose Aiqing." ”

"That's right, since you're here, let's talk about smelting and building weapons."

Gong Yi said from the right color: "What orders do you have from the prison country, the lower officials must do their best to implement them." ”

In front of Yingcheng.

There is no room for refusal.

"To build weapons, we must subdivide the process, quantify the standards, unify the standard weapons, and lay a good foundation for the assembly of weapons." Yingcheng said: "This piece will be implemented in the Seventh Ordnance Workshop first, and when the time is ripe, it will be fully promoted." ”

"Isn't this a long time ago?" Gong Yi asked puzzled.

Yingcheng shook his head and said: "The subdivision process should be more detailed, the quantitative standards should be more specific, and the unified standard weapons, including the number, there are also the difference between the Taiwei Mansion, the City Defense Battalion, the Tingwei Mansion, the Garrison Battalion, the Lieutenant's Mansion, and the Weiwei Mansion." ”

"This kind of difference is not in the difference between the best weapons, but in the distinction and identification, so that all weapons have a provenance and identification."

"For example, in the matter of westward expansion, this part of the weapon will not flow inward."

Gong Yi frowned, and couldn't help but say, "Could it be that the prison country wants to confiscate the world's weapons?" ”

Yingcheng stared at the public servant unexpectedly, nodded and said, "Since you mentioned it, let's talk about it briefly, so that you can better standardize it." ”

"The weapons belonging to the Taiwei Mansion can only flow to all military camps, and people and weapons belong to them, and any form of outflow is prohibited."

"And this includes the soldiers of the court and the county government, all of which must be marked for verification and must not be exiled."

"At present, the Seventh Ordnance Smelting Workshop must do a good job of westward weapons, and the first batch of weapons transported to Longxi does not need to be cared about, but the weapons after that must be recorded to prevent this part of the weapons from entering the territory of Daqin and becoming a murder weapon for disaster."

"As for other things, let's talk about it after the Seventh Ordnance Smelting Workshop has a mature process!"

Yingcheng did not explain in detail.

The main thing is that there are no conditions for collecting the world's weapons at all.

But this policy was premeditated by him.

Let's put it this way.

As far as Daqin is concerned, basically every household has swords, bows and arrows and other weapons.

These weapons are not as good as those built by the military industry, but when they are armed, they are a good force.

Besides.

There are also private soldiers of various noble families, all nobles, basically can take out thousands of weapons at home, it can be said that they can arm a good army at any time, and they don't need to hold a hoe as a weapon.

Chivalry is forbidden by force, this is not a joke.

The current Great Qin, the person who needs to be killed the most is the chivalrous man!

No matter how insatiable the officials are, even if the insatiable officials are no longer cared for, they don't need to be punished.

Inevitable.

Collecting weapons can restrain the ferocity of most people.

Although it is difficult to do this.

But, always try.

"The subordinate obeys!" Gong Lose never had any doubts about the order.

Yingcheng explained everything that should be explained, and after patrolling around the ordnance smelting workshop, he left the smelting workshop.

Next.

Yingcheng once again came to the largest military horse division under the Taiwei Mansion.

Military and horse politics has a long history in the Qin State, and the imperial court attaches great importance to it.

The operating model is also very simple.

The main production areas of war horses are Longxi, Hetao, Jibei and other places.

However, the imperial court did not directly participate in it, but handed over the war horses to various tribes and families.

Wu Shi Lu would regularly purchase these war horses and transport them to various military horse divisions in Xianyang.

The Taiwei Mansion was responsible for quantifying the number of horses and had direct distribution power.

Most of the time.

War horses are forbidden to be sold privately, even if they are horses raised by families, they can only be sold to the Wu family, which is equivalent to the imperial court controlling the horse government through the Wu family.

This is the reason why there are so many cavalry in the Qin State.

It is almost the power of the whole country to provide war horses.

Or rather.

The reason why Hu Xiu is anxious is because the benefits obtained by Hu's firm are too big, the cake is too big, and in today's changing situation, it must be divided.

But Zhuo's and Wu's are not in a hurry to separate, a large part of the reason is because these two industries, these two business families, actually do not make much profit, and sometimes even lose money to do things.

Yingcheng has no plans to change the military and horse politics, and at present, the matter of war horses still requires an extremely large dispatch force.

Now such a military and horse politics is more appropriate.

Of course.

Suitability does not mean that it lasts for a long time, and when the world is decided, this must need to be changed.

In the blink of an eye.

Seven days passed.

This time, Yingcheng mainly inspected the military industry and military horses of the Taiwei Mansion.

Part of the rectification has been made.

But basically nothing has changed.

And while he was on his inspection, urgent news came from Longxi, and he had to give up the inspection and return to Xianyang.

The results were far beyond his expectations.

In the Xianyang Palace, the Great Law Mansion.

Feng Quji, Li Si, and Wang Ben sat quietly.

Yingcheng's head was as big as an ox staring at the attendants below.

"In other words, this matter is all in His Majesty's plan?" Yingcheng asked with a frown.

Below.

A personal attendant of the First Emperor said respectfully: "The lower officials don't know!" ”

"Or is it that Your Majesty has long known that the Longxi Wu tribe is in turmoil, so he changed his southern tour and returned early?" Yingcheng asked again.

The chamberlain still shook his head and said, "The lower official really doesn't know!" ”

"Where is Your Majesty now?" Yingcheng asked again.

The chamberlain paused and replied: "Qi Qi Jian Guo, Your Majesty is in Tongwei, and I will go to the Wu tribe to inspect by the way." ”

"Does Your Majesty have any other explanations?" Yingcheng asked again with a frown.

The chamberlain shook his head and said, "Back to the prison country, Your Majesty has no other explanation!" ”

Yingcheng waved his hand irritably, let the chamberlain go down to rest, and then looked at Sangong and said, "What do you think?" ”

Not only Yingcheng frowned.

Li Si, Feng Quji, and Wang Ben also frowned together.

Faced with Yingcheng's inquiry, the three of them didn't know what to say.

"Ahem!" Seeing that no one spoke, Li Si coughed and said, "Since this is the case, presumably the current situation has been expected by His Majesty, so we don't have to worry." ”

"Presumably, Your Majesty has been prepared for a long time, and it is impossible for Longxi to be chaotic."

Hearing Li Si's opinion, Feng Quji couldn't help but nod and said, "The old minister seconded the proposal, since Your Majesty has already noticed it, it is naturally impossible to be in danger." ”

Seeing that Li Si and Feng Qujian agreed one after another, Wang Ben was dissatisfied: "The general can't risk his life, let alone Your Majesty, this is a dangerous move, if the situation of the Wu tribe is really uncontrollable, have you ever thought about the consequences?" ”

"Secret, inspecting Longxi, putting one's life in danger, and putting one's life in the hands of others, is not the work of a commander, let alone the king of a country."

"Prison country, the last general feels that he should immediately send troops to the Wu tribe to welcome His Majesty and ensure His Majesty's safety."

"No!" Before Wang Ben's words fell, Li Si frowned and said: "If you send troops at this time, not to mention that the time is not in time, if you disrupt Your Majesty's arrangement, won't you really put Your Majesty in danger." ”

"In case the Wu royal clan dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, and the net is really broken, that is the worst-case scenario."

"Besides, since Your Majesty knew that there was a change in Longxi as early as last month, he must have made all the preparations before going to the Wu tribe."

In the face of Li Si's opposition, Wang Ben jumped to his feet and said angrily: "The Wu tribe is known as a ranger, and the damage caused by the former King of Yiqu to my Daqin is vivid, and the Wu tribe is not without strength, but it has been split, suppressed, and harvested by us over the years, so we dare not resist." ”

"Wuma Hou Wu Ginseng is the patriarch of the Wu tribe, and he was just forced to be helpless, so he exchanged 50,000 war horses for the marquis, but who knows what Wu Ginseng wants to write in his heart?"

"Wu Shi Lu is also the royal family of the Wu tribe, but he is loyal to His Majesty and oppresses the Wu tribe, but, Wu Shi Lu controls the cattle, sheep and horses in Longxi, but he is not aware of this matter, this Wu Shi Lu is also very suspicious, and even I suspect that Wu Shi Lu is involved."

"According to the payment of cattle, sheep and horses for more than a month, the Wu tribe has saved enough horses to arm 30,000 rangers, and 50,000 troops for three months."

"You might as well think about the situation a little worse, once the Wu clan ginseng blocks Huang County, then Longxi will be alone, with the power of the Wu clan, you can pull up a hundred thousand scattered horses in Longxi within three months."

"These people can ride and shoot when they get on a horse, and their combat effectiveness is not weak."

"Once the Wu tribe is determined to rebel, it will be the best time for Your Majesty to inspect the Wu tribe."

"Once something happens to Your Majesty, have you ever thought about the consequences?"

"Please give an order to the prison country immediately, and the tiger camp will enter Longxi, waiting for the opportunity to move, just in case!"

Yingcheng sat dullly beside the eucalyptus, about to be saddened to death.

What Wang Ben said is indeed the worst-case scenario.

What Li Si and Feng Qujian said is not unreasonable.

But what worries him is that they don't know how much power the First Emperor has arranged in Longxi, and what kind of arrangement it has.

The chamberlain came and only informed them that as early as mid-February, the First Emperor had received a prince from the royal family of the Wu tribe, the younger brother of the Wu clan ginseng, Wu Shi Ku, dissatisfied with the exploitation of the imperial court, secretly accumulated cattle and sheep, scavenged war horses, and formed the Wu royal army.

coincided with the first emperor's southern tour, and it snowed in Longxi, and no one noticed.

Later, in the name of spring ploughing under collectivized agriculture, Wu Shiku concealed the news of the army.

But this thing.

At the time of the dispute between the Legalists and the clan, the First Emperor got the news.

Until the first emperor returned from his southern tour and toured Longxi in the west, he did not reveal half a point.

In a nutshell.

The First Emperor did not believe that the Wu clan would rebel, and personally went to persuade him to surrender, and even did not hesitate to go to the hinterland of the Wu tribe and the royal family.

But.

The situation now is.

The Southern Expeditionary Army, which was originally stationed in Longxi, was transferred back to Xianyang as early as five months ago, and followed the first emperor's southern tour, and is still in Jiujiang, and did not return with the first emperor.

Moreover, according to the intention of the First Emperor to prepare for the Northern Expedition, Li Xin's southern expeditionary army would go to Jibei to join the Great Wall Army, and there was a difference of 108,000 miles from Longxi.

And the Mengjia Army, who has been accompanying the southern tour, also stayed in Jiangdong because Meng Wu served as the county guard of Huiji County and suppressed the chaos in Jiangdong.

Poyan Battalion, Tiger Ben Battalion, and Imperial Front Battalion stayed in Xianyang, and the Imperial Front Battalion was also disbanded to the Treasury and Silver Escort Division.

The only one that can be mobilized at the moment.

There is only Meng Tian's Great Wall Legion, but the main force of the Great Wall Legion is mainly distributed in Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, and Yanmen.

In Longxi, there were only 10,000 soldiers and horses of Yang Qian in the west camp of the Great Wall Army, and 2,000 cavalry.

The rest of the soldiers and horses are all government soldiers, and the composition is complex.

He didn't know.

Where did the First Emperor get his confidence to dare to enter the hinterland of the Wu tribe with the garrison camp and the black armor guard when he knew that the royal family of the Wu tribe was in turmoil.

To this day, he still can't figure out what the first emperor's self-confidence is and what he has arranged.

As Lees said.

If he rashly let the Tiger Camp go to the Wu tribe, it would be tantamount to forcing the Wu Clan, who was originally going to hide, to rebel, and directly threaten the safety of the First Emperor.

But if he doesn't move, Wu's bitterness will be reversed, and it will be really late when he comes and goes.

"Really, you can't withdraw your troops!" Yingcheng was depressed.

The reason why Wushi Ku moved was because the Southern Expeditionary Army withdrew from Longxi.

If the Southern Expeditionary Army is still in Longxi, it will give the Wu clan ten guts, and they will not dare to recruit troops and prepare for rebellion.

But now.

The First Emperor could confidently enter the Wu tribe and persuade him to surrender.

But he couldn't pin the safety of the First Emperor on whether the majesty of the First Emperor could persuade the Wu clan to suffer.

really obeyed this first emperor.