The Ordnance Supervisor was originally a yamen subordinate to the Ministry of War, and for a period of time, it was under the joint control of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, but during the period of Emperor Wu, this yamen was separated from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry and became an independent yamen.

Although the supervisor of the ordnance supervisor is only a fifth-rank official, he is directly subordinate to the Son of Heaven, that is to say...... He has no boss.

Originally, this yamen was subordinate to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry also intervened, but since the period of Emperor Wu, the Ordnance Supervisor has become independent, and the process has become that the Ministry of War makes a request to the Ordnance Superintendent, and then the Ordnance Superintendent creates things according to the requirements, and then the Ministry of War pays to purchase them from the Ordnance Superintendent.

Under this process, the Ordnance Supervisor actually became the military factory of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the asking price of this military factory would be higher than the actual cost, and the extra part of the profits would be used to subsidize the craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervisor and the purchase of iron ore.

The reason why Emperor Wu was so restructured was to create more weapons to supply the front on the north and south sides of the Great Jin Dynasty at that time, when the treatment of the craftsmen of the Ordnance Supervision was very low, and the production efficiency was not high.

When Li Xin first heard about this "piecework" form of restructuring, he also admired Emperor Wu's almost advanced vision.

Because Emperor Wu ruled the world and became the most dazzling emperor in the history of the Great Jin Dynasty, the rules he set have not changed, and until now, the weapons supervisor still maintains this system.

The ordnance supervisor is not in the city of the capital, but in the suburbs of Beijing, one or twenty miles away from the capital, after the carriage of the Marquis of Jing'an left the capital, it walked for about an hour before arriving at the gate of the ordnance superintendent, and Shi Ran, who was dressed in black, got out of the carriage.

Chen Sixteen, who was accompanying him, had already walked in front of Li Xin, and when he arrived at the door of the Ordnance Prison, his face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "My family is a scholar, I want to see Zhao Jianzheng." ”

The Ordnance Prison has always been inaccessible to outsiders, and because the Weapons Superintendent's supervisor is not of high grade, if there is anything on the side of the Ministry of War on weekdays, he is sent to go to the Yamen of the Ministry of War to speak.

However, these people did not dare to slack off, and immediately went down to report, and it didn't take long for a middle-aged man in his early forties to trot out all the way, walked in front of Li Xin, bowed his head and said: "Xiaguan Zhao De, I have seen Li Houye." ”

Li Xin smiled at this supervisor who was not of high grade, but had great real power and great oil and water, and said: "The Ministry of War is ordered by His Majesty to purchase a batch of weapons from the Ordnance Supervisor. ”

Zhao De bowed his head deeply and said respectfully: "Hou Ye wants to find a subordinate official, send someone to deliver a message, and the subordinate will naturally come to the door to ask for a meeting, how can there be a reason for Hou Ye to come to the door in person......"

"The lower officials are terrified."

Li Xin smiled and said, "Let's go in and talk?" ”

Zhao De hurriedly got out of the way, bowed down and said, "Master Hou, please." ”

Li Xin then stepped into this military supervision covering an area of dozens of acres, the interior of the military supervision is a piece of low bungalows, everywhere you can smell a very strong smell of charcoal, there are many craftsmen who are covered in black ash, far away from Zhao De, dare not approach.

The group soon arrived at the door of the supervisor's room, and Supervisor Zhao bent down to invite Li Xin in, and then invited Li Xin to sit on the main seat.

There is too much difference between him and the position of the superintendent of the ordnance, and if he doesn't sit, then there is a problem.

After sitting down, Li Xin looked at Zhao De with a smile and asked, "Supervisor Zhao, how many arrows, knives, guns and infantry armor are still in the weapons prison?" ”

Of course, an ordnance superintendent cannot meet the weapons needs of the entire Dajin Dynasty, in addition to the ordnance superintendent, there are also many places in various places in the Great Jin Dynasty where weapons can be prepared, but for decades, it is recognized that the swords and armor produced by the Ordnance Superintendent are of the best quality.

However, the armament supervisor in the capital is only famous for making knives and armor, and there is another "military factory" in the Great Jin Dynasty, where the bows and crossbows and spears prepared are much more famous than the armament supervisor in the capital.

Another military factory, naturally the old Northern Zhou capital in the "will be the prison", the people in the north are good at shooting, so the bow and crossbow made by the general is very powerful, as long as the Jin Dynasty is a high-quality general, they all hope to have a longbow in their hands that will be made by the supervisor.

The bow from the north comes to the south A, this is the consensus of everyone in the Great Jin Dynasty in the past forty years.

In fact, it was also more than 40 years, when the north and the south confronted each other, there were some microcosms of the characteristics of the Southern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but the Northern Zhou Dynasty, who was good at shooting and cavalry, was beaten by a reckless man named Ye Sheng.

Zhao De lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "Back to Marquis Li, in these years, there has been no large-scale war in Chengping in the Great Jin Dynasty, from five years ago to the present, so there are not many armor reserves in the ordnance prison, only less than 10,000 pairs, about 20,000 pairs of crossbows, and 50,000 arrows. ”

Li Xin frowned and said, "In the ordnance prison, there are so many reserves? ”

Taikang Tianzi began to prepare money and food for the war three years ago, as well as materials that need to be prepared, so logically speaking, the Ordnance Supervisor should also start producing relevant military materials as early as possible.

Zhao De smiled bitterly: "Master Hou, our Ordnance Supervisor does not have the money allocated by the Ministry of Households, it would be good to have these reserves, there are no documents on the side of the Ministry of War, and the Ordnance Supervisor can't even afford iron ore......

Li Xin frowned slightly, feeling a little strange.

But he still has to do what needs to be done.

"You have all these things, the military department wants them all."

Li Xin waved his hand magnificently and said: "You calculate how much it costs, come to my house tomorrow and tell me, and then send someone to my house to move money, starting from today, the ordnance supervision will be in full production, and the military department will need at least 20,000 sets of armor and 100,000 arrows." ”

"This is only needed so much temporarily, and then His Majesty should give an order to the Ordnance Supervisor."

This first batch of supplies is to be sent to Yunzhou City, if the war in the north really starts, these three million will definitely not be enough to see.

Li Xin once estimated that if he wanted to lay down the Yuwen Division, if everything went well, he would need at least 530 million yuan to fight it!

Zhao De took a deep breath, stood up from the chair, and said respectfully: "Xiaguan, obey!" ”

Li Xin also stood up from the main seat, glanced at the craftsmen who were doing things outside, and said lightly: "Zhao Jianzheng, this official knows that the ordnance supervisor has the rules of the ordnance superintendent, and you don't bother to ask about the money from the inside, but the official reminded Zhao Jianzheng that this is a matter personally explained by His Majesty, you can take the money, but don't go too far." ”

"At least half of the income of the ordnance supervisor must really fall into the hands of the craftsmen, because the imperial court needs large-scale weapons from today, does Supervisor Zhao understand?"

During the period of Emperor Wu, all the income was distributed to craftsmen, but no matter how good the rules were, they would change their taste, and decades have passed, and today's weapons supervisor is no longer the weapons supervisor of the year.

Zhao De's heart froze, and then he bowed his head respectfully.

"Xiaguan, remember the teachings of Lord Hou!"