A group of officers sighed together. For them, weapons are not just the same meaning as the second life. Such a good war knife, when worn on the body, is like a pink powder to a beautiful woman. That is nothing. incomparable.
Zhou Lie was holding the sword, his eyes showed almost the same look of prayer.
Qin Meng grinned and said, "Look, look, you guys one by one, let's have a good chance, at first glance, they are poor people who haven't passed away. I have to deal with such a big deal and toss so much, so how can I fight such a few bad things? Knife?"
"Broken knife? General, this is not broken, you have to dislike it, give it to me." Zhou Lie took it seriously.
Qin Meng stretched his hand into Zhou Lie's arms and snatched it back.
"This thing is the master of burning money. Even if our brothers don't eat or drink, they can't make a few. Unless the court strongly supports and allocates enough money, it can do it." Qin Meng also likes this war knife. He stroked the recaptured knife, and his face was full of love.
Qi Yuan smiled and said: "This is true, our general, but we have put our own assets in. That's it. You still owe a ridiculous debt. General, you mean you want to sacrifice your sword. Strive for the support of the court?"
Qin Meng nodded, put the knife down, and sighed again and again.
"Qi Yuan, you and Zhou Lie, take these five knives, and twenty soldiers, go to the capital for me. One for the prince, one for General Luo Fang, one for him. Give it to General Xue Liang. The remaining two will be given to General Huang Kun."
"Ah? General Huang Kun is just a quartermaster. He never fights. Give it to him, isn't it, isn't it..." Zhou Lie didn't quite understand.
Qi Yuan severely despised Zhou Lie: "Hehe, Zhou Lie, do you know what a county official is worse than the current one? The prince and the two marching generals are high-powered, but General Huang Kun is the one who puts the money. The chief officer of. As long as he is happy and his hands are loose, this one of ours is not an ordinary one that can eat and drink."
The officers laughed and mocked Zhou Lie mercilessly.
Qin Meng stopped everyone: "Don't laugh. Zhou Lie, you are only responsible for the safety of the sword and Qi Yuan on this trip. Qi Yuan is the main thing. Qi Yuan, do these things for me, one , The prince must agree with us to build weapons and form a powerful cavalry... Well, take paper and pen."
With paper and pen, Qin Meng drew a sketch on the paper and pointed to Qi Yuan to explain: "This is the basic tactical conception of forming a new-style war sword cavalry. As long as three hundred, it can form a very wearable. The powerful attack array, followed by the change of the entire tactical play, mixed with steps and cavalry, can break the iron cavalry."
After explaining it, Qin Meng confirmed that Qi Yuan understood and sighed: "The prince is from a professional background, and he can understand it at first glance. However, this requires money. The second requirement is that you give me the money anyway. Get it back. The prince may hesitate, so he can make a fuss with General Huang Kun. I don't care what you do. I want money."
Qi Yuan is in charge of military supplies. He knows what Qin Meng's words mean and he doesn't care what he does, that is, he can take unconventional means. Qin Meng secretly gave Huang Kunjin gold, but he was there.
"Understand, General, is there anything else to explain?"
Qin Meng thought for a while and said, "Then it is about the establishment of our blacksmith team. This, the prince must nod his head. It is common for the prince to be killed and injured in war. But report to the prince. This kind of extra preparation can keep the wounded. We don’t have any brothers from our family, so we can do something to solve the problem by ourselves, and just give it to the staff.”
After the explanation, Qi Yuan and Zhou Lie immediately took the newly-fought swords, ordered the soldiers, and set off after a little tidying up.
Sending away Qi Zhou, Qin Meng asked Sun Mao to take the place of Qi Yuan temporarily, and then discussed with Hou Chao how to build an iron pot.
Although the technical content of the iron pot is not comparable to that of making a good knife, it cannot be achieved overnight.
It is conceivable that iron sand was forged on the pot embryo that Qin Meng envisioned. In the meantime, there are too many impurities, and the iron pot made is good, it is satisfactory, and bad, there are one by one trachoma, which is just useless.
However, this invalidation is within the tolerable range. Anyway, this thing is a scorpion baba alone (poison), and it can be monopolized. That is, the emperor and daughters will not worry about marrying and increase the price.
Qin Meng didn't want to waste more energy on the iron pan, so he gave this matter to Hou Chao.
In order to prevent the blacksmith team from being unable to work hard, and slowly gaining slackness, Qin Meng sacrificed the piece counting method.
To make a good knife, you can pay one or two silver for each one that passes the quality, and the quality of the iron pan is five silver.
When this rule comes out. The blacksmith team is going crazy and hates having to sleep and work.
It is easy to understand that two dozen people can work together to produce a high-quality war knife in three days, sandwiched between them, and can also play two iron pots that meet the quality.
Calculated in this way, a person can get nearly one penny a day on average, including food, food and housing. In a year, one person's income is equivalent to the annual income of ten households of five farmers.
In order to ensure the health of the blacksmith team, Qin Meng quickly introduced a six-hour work system, which is equivalent to a maximum of twelve hours a day, after learning that this group of people worked endlessly. This only slightly curbed the blacksmith team's soaring drive.
The importance of people is not important, just after he leaves the post.
Qi Yuan did not show up in the army, and Qin Meng also knew the importance of logistics and military supplies, and he also valued him, but he had not yet risen to the point where he was indispensable.
But there was really no such person around, and I realized that this guy was really indispensable.
During the war, Qin Meng could disregard other things and order and prohibit.
But in normal times, all the officers and soldiers eat, drink, Lazara and sleep are all things that must be resolved.
Not to mention a lot of messy things, what's more terrible are empty hands and debts.
Sun Mao understands the work of munitions, but compared with Qi Yuan, the difference is not a little bit, but a difference in level.
Qin Meng could only make do with Sun Mao's daily management, smashing his fingers to calculate when Qi Yuan would be able to return.
When the Chinese New Year was still one month away, Qin Meng's life became more and more sad, and the creditors came to visit one after another. The New Year’s Eve is approaching, even if you can’t settle all your debts, giving a little money for the New Year is not too much, right
The creditor’s affairs can still be evaded. After all, no one dares to push the officers and soldiers into anxiousness.
The key issue is that the New Year is almost here. The officers and soldiers should also improve their lives.
As usual every year, the imperial court would allocate such money, but the blacksmith team set up by Qin Meng must not stop, and the material wastage was extremely large and needed cash support. It's too late to embezzle all kinds of military expenditures. How can there be money to buy new year goods
In view of the fact that Qin Meng owed too much debt, no one dared to owe him any more goods.
A man can't be without money for a day. How can a dignified prince in front of the palace live like Yang Bailao, approaching the new year, so torment
Just when Qin Meng was infinitely emotional, Sun Mao came to report the matter again.
"If there is no good news, don't speak to me." Qin Meng's anger was not going well, and he gave a very bad tone when he spoke.
Sun Mao's face is like a bitter gourd, grinning and clasping his hands: "General, it is indeed a bad thing, but you must come forward to solve it."
"Are you in debt again? Tell them, if you don't want money, it's terrible... Forget it, it's better to say something to comfort you, just to wear it away."
"General, this creditor is very special. He is here to ask for iron sand. People took the official guide to prove that she bought iron sand through normal channels, temporarily stored in Wei's house, and was checked by us. Now I come to ask for it."
Qin Meng's head was as big as a fight, and he had already used more than half of the iron sand. The master came to ask for it. What can I give others
By tyrannical denial, and even an affront to others, Qin Meng definitely has this strength.
but. This is not Qin Meng's style.
"Go, go and meet." Qin Meng really bit his head and said this.
Qin Meng was surprised when he met the person asking for iron sand.
The girl here is a one-year-old girl who can be less than 1.7 meters tall. She is round and jade-like. She wears a cyan brocade robe. She can’t hide her bulging figure, oval face, a little fat baby, slender eyebrows, and a pair of big eyes. Silky, with a small mouth tight under her nose, she is not a good person to deal with at first glance.
"This is General Qin, right? Lin Kejun, a civilian girl, has seen a general." That Lin Kejun is not like an ordinary woman. He is not stage fright at all, he is full of blessings, and he is neither humble nor humble in his bones.
"Oh, it turned out to be Miss Lin, Sun Mao, take a seat." Qin Meng ordered.
"No, General Qin, this batch of iron sand was commissioned by the Western Regions countries to buy it from the Lin family. This article has been reviewed and approved by the government. Here, this is an official introduction, please see."
Qin Meng waved his hand: "General Sun has already watched it, so I don't have to watch it. Miss Lin, it's better to sit down and talk, because this batch of iron sand, some, some... It's hard to say."
Lin Kejun smiled and said, "General Qin, what's hard to say? According to the agreement with the countries of the Western Regions, this batch of iron sand should be almost there, but now it is stranded in Xiping. People's women can understand what the general detained from official control. , But the official guide has arrived, so please let the army go as soon as possible. My Lin family has broken faith."
"Well, this... It's impossible to let go. This batch of iron sand is already used by the general. Although there are still some, I still can't give it to you because of the military situation." Qin Meng felt that he stretched his head and shrank his head. It's also a cut, simply count it.
"What?" Lin Kejun looked at Qin Meng in astonishment. He never expected that this general used other people's goods directly, and he didn't even let go of any scum, which meant that they would all be intercepted.
Qin Meng cleared his throat: "Miss Lin, you don't have to worry about the amount of iron sand. The official guide lists the amount of iron sand in detail. This general will settle the bill for you according to the market price."
Lin Kejun had a pretty face, a look of unkindness suddenly appeared, and a pair of eyes also burst into flames.
"General Qin, is this a matter of money? My Lin family has been doing business for generations. What I pay attention to is a letter. What customers want is iron sand. If I give them money, can I solve the customer's problem?" (End of this chapter)