"What did he say to you?" He Ma asked in a low voice the men who were talking to Liu Shengmin just now. "I'm one of this lord's people, and if it's a matter of money, I'll tell them that I want more than you tell them!"

"I didn't say anything, but the old man asked about our craft, and the old man seems to have done this before?" A man in the crowd replied: "Uncle He, you have to negotiate a higher price for our masters, we all feel your affection!" ”

"Naturally, everyone is a neighborhood, who else can you go for if you don't do it?"

He Ma, who was relieved, walked to Yu Feng's side and bent down: "Master, I don't know what kind of manpower you want, talk to the villain, and the villain will find you a satisfactory person!" ”

"You ask them, can weapons and armor be cultivated?" Yu Feng pointed to the crowd and said calmly.

He Ma was taken aback, this weapon armor is estimated to be able to be repaired by these craftsmen, but it sounds a little scary to recruit people to go back to do this in the human market, where is there a person who makes his own weapons and armor, this Ming law is clearly written, and ten pairs of Tibetan armor are charged with rebellion. This young man looks polite and polite, isn't he a good man who started a mountain and a village?

Seeing that his face was cloudy, Yu Fengleng for a moment, and then reacted, how rebellious his request was for an ordinary person, he gestured to the guard behind him, and the guard behind him took out his waist card and shook his eyes in front of He Ma.

"Don't panic, I'm also eating the court's food, and recruiting these craftsmen is naturally working for my sons!"

He Ma's eyes were sharp, although the waist card was only dangling in front of him, he still saw clearly that it was the waist card of the general flag, and the guards around him were all general flags, so this young man, what a noble person he should be. He felt a little dry mouth, although this old man did not say his identity, but he knew that I am afraid that this old man is the biggest noble person he has ever seen in his life.

"Go and ask, if you can make a Franc machine, it would be better!" Yu Feng said lightly, He Ma forcibly suppressed the excitement in his heart, and turned around neatly.

"At that time, how much could you earn a day doing this work!" Yu Feng turned his head and didn't pay attention to the communication between He Ma and the group of craftsmen, but asked Liu Shengmin.

"The food tube is full, and there are about 20 big money a day, so it is already a lot of people who have to rush to do it when they break their heads!" Liu Shengmin sighed: "I still follow the master, the little one can be regarded as living a human life!" ”

"Twenty big bucks?" Yu Feng calculated in his heart: "Isn't that not even a tael of silver a month, which is lower than the salary of our recruits?" ”

"Then it has to be regarded as a time when there is a job, so that there is this income!"

"Sir?" Speaking of this, Liu Shengmin couldn't help but say: "The little ones have stayed in Liao Town, how are those soldiers and the little ones know, and the little ones have the courage to say, the lord treats these soldiers too much?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Yu Feng and Liu Shengmin didn't have much scruples when they talked.

"The rules of the Ming Dynasty are that seventy percent of the money and grain to support the family, thirty percent of the money and grain to support the soldiers, ordinary soldiers, where to get so much food and salary, the generals all over the world, I am afraid that only the adult family is willing to spend so much money on these soldiers!" As he spoke, Liu Shengmin's eyes suddenly lit up: "Could it be that your lord, these soldiers are all raised as family members?" ”

said this in his mouth, but he was shocked in his heart, obediently, if this is really the case, wouldn't the adult raise 3,000 family members, this is the general army of a province is not so bold, with these 3,000 family members, let alone 35,000 soldiers, even 100,000 soldiers, it may not be impossible to pull up.

Yu Feng smiled, but did not answer Liu Shengmin's question. This kind of practice of raising soldiers of the Ming generals, he is not the first time he has heard of it, but he will never use this method to treat his soldiers, this era, what to talk about loyalty and righteousness with people, not so much pedantic, but rather nonsense, people are dying of hunger, who talks to you about loyalty, where in the world is there a reason that both horses run and horses do not eat grass. All the soldiers in the world are deducted from their salaries, and their own salaries are sufficient, and this ratio is naturally superior to inferior.

Reality is more important than ideals, this point, he is deeply aware of in later generations, even if you are full of court righteousness, in the face of the benefits of the monthly real salary, it is much inferior, this soldier does not care so much, whoever gives them food, they will work for whom, this truth, is simply universal.

Seeing Yu Feng smiling and silent, Liu Shengmin thought that he knew what Yu Feng meant, and he didn't dare to continue on this topic, but in his heart, he naturally had a little more longing, his master is still just a garrison, and he has the courage to raise three thousand families......

"Master, the little one asked, this weapon armor, these people can basically do it, but this weapon armor and the like, there are also superior and inferior, ordinary blades are no problem, and there are many fewer who can make bows and arrows, as for the master you said can do the Franc machine, there are two craftsmen who can do it, but if they want to do it alone, they can't do it!" He Ma had already asked for the result, and hurriedly ran to Yu Feng's side to report.

"Call those two over and ask?" Liu Shengmin naturally knew where Yu Feng's mind was, and said to He Ma at the moment, "There are so many people, just two of them can be a Buddha machine?" What can be made of firecrackers? How much do you see? ”

The two people quickly walked over, and when they saw that they were about to kneel down and kowtow, Yu Feng stopped them and asked with a pleasant face: "Two masters, I don't know what kind of Buddha machine you are doing?" ”

"The Franc machine is the Franc machine, is there still a lot of Franc machine?" The younger of the two muttered, and the older one quickly pulled the placket of the other party's clothes: "Back to the master, the small one is in the workshop, and the Franc machine is one of them, is there any other name?" ”

"Tell me, how did you make a Franc machine?"

"It's about eight feet long, weighs a thousand catties, and is cast in red copper, which can be as far as a thousand steps!"

That's a thousand pounds, two meters long, a range... Convert it. It's about 300 to 400 paces long! He compared this figure with the basic ship guns removed from the Viklas ship, and the difference between the two was not very large, and in terms of weight, the Franc cannons made by the craftsmen were even lighter.

What does this light mean, it means that this maneuverable ability is stronger, then the power of the artillery can be exerted.

"How many of these Franc machines have you two forged?"

"The master said with a smile, this casting Buddha machine is all done together by everyone in the workshop under the command of the Western artificial head, where does the villain have the ability to cast alone!"

"Oh!" Yu Feng understood, daring, this cannon is not compared to a firebolt, it relies on teamwork, each taking its own responsibility, and the Western artificial heads in the mouth of this craftsman are probably equivalent to the meaning of engineers and commanders.

Seeing Yu Feng muttering there, the two craftsmen reminded in a low voice: "Master, in addition to this Franc cannon, villains can also make other firearms!" ”

"He Ma, come here, how much food do you need to hire a person every month?"

He Ma pretended to calculate there: "Master, one or two cents of silver that can make firearms, these two are one or two and a half cents of silver, and the rest of the people, one or two pieces of silver, do you think it?" ”

"I'll give you double the money, but if you want to go to Shandong to work for me, are you willing?"

The craftsmen heard the double amount of silver, and suddenly they were overjoyed, and when they heard the latter sentence, they were overjoyed, and they looked at each other, and after a while, one of the craftsmen came out, and respectfully kowtowed to Yu Feng, and asked: "This lord, give us food to eat, we are naturally too late to be happy, but the small ones are all good people, if you want to do those evil deeds, the small ones really don't dare, the master said to go to Shandong, and ask the master to be strict and go everywhere, so that the little ones can let go of the worries in their hearts!" ”

"Naturally, it is to serve the imperial court, where is there any illegal deed?" Yu Feng said with a smile: "This official is a garrison of Shandong Lingshan, can I still deceive you!" ”

Seeing everyone's faces and still hesitating, they must be not very relieved about this court, no wonder they are not very relieved by the official shop on weekdays? At present, a military attache from other places will let them leave their hometown if they say a few words with white teeth, and it is no wonder that they have no doubts.

"The official knows what you are worried about, and if you are willing to go, come to He Ma to make a contract, and you will receive a month's salary first, and if you don't want to go, the official will not be reluctant, as for your craftsman's official affairs, naturally you don't have to worry, naturally the official will handle it properly.

He bowed his head and said to the two craftsmen who could build the Franc machine, "Your wages are three times as much, and if you wish, go and make a contract now!" ”

At this moment, everyone's doubts were sudden, He Ma reported the salary, it was originally a high report, according to the minimum two taels of silver, it will take at least three months to earn it back, and now people in addition to such a big price, it is real money to give money, and those who don't want to go are fools? This Shandong is not too far away, even if it is a fool, it is still profitable to come back and get rid of the road expenses. For a while, everyone rushed to surround He Ma and get it.

Yu Feng added, "If there is a family who is willing to go, an additional fifty percent of the subsidy will be given!" ”

The two craftsmen in front of him looked stunned, as if they couldn't believe what was in front of them, three times the salary, that was almost five taels of silver, and the monthly salary of the steward in the workshop was like this, they were just a few craftsmen at the bottom, was it worth so much money from this master?

"Go back and ask your close relatives and colleagues, and if you are willing, call them too!"