Well, it is armor, in charge of the manufacture of military weapons, and the iron case is the business of smelting iron and manufacturing iron tools, Li Zhongyi is very understandable, but isn't it the work of the Ministry of Industry to repair the river embankment?

In fact, Sun Daqing's arrangement was very appetizing to Li Zhongyi. Armaments and armaments, as the name suggests, are high-tech equipment for national defense.

Li Zhongyi had heard a lot of names about cold weapons before, such as: Mo Knife, Chopping Horse Sword, Divine Arm Bow, Bed Crossbow, Foot Armor, Mingguang Armor, Rhubarb Crossbow, etc., he was actually quite interested in these things.

Hearing that Li Zhongyi, the deputy envoy in charge of the case, came, the judge of the case, Zhou Chong, welcomed Li Zhongyi into the public hall with a spring breeze on his face.

"Gong Li, the lower officials have been waiting for you for a long time, and they finally looked forward to you." Zhou Chong's posture was extremely humble, and Li Zhongyi believed in the logic that he had always been courteous and courteous, so he secretly added caution.

"Judge Zhou is too polite, and the contemptible person is just lucky." Li Zhongyi accompanied Zhou Chong to play Tai Chi boxing, mixing officialdom, everyone gossiping, is also a good way to exchange feelings.

Zhou Chong took the initiative to call the Kong Mu Officer, the Arrest Officer, and the Hook Arrest Officer, and led everyone to meet Li Zhongyi, the new boss.

I don't know how to do it, the various workshops under the Sansi case are actually very scattered, the two armory workshops in the south and north are in the north and south of the city respectively, but the bow and crossbow workshop is in the east of the city, and the iron case workshop under the jurisdiction of Li Zhongyi is in the west of the city.

After figuring out the location of each workshop, he couldn't help but smile bitterly, should he ask Chai Rong to apply for a few more good Dali horses?

Li Zhongyi calmed everyone with a gentle attitude, and Zhou Chong took the lead in thanking him.

Since the bow and crossbow workshop was in charge of the production of armor and crossbows, it naturally attracted Li Zhongyi's special attention.

So, Li Zhongyi, Zhou Chong and others. They went to the bow and crossbow workshop in the east of the city and began their first inspection work after taking office

The place with heavy weapons naturally has to be closely guarded, and the one who guards the bow and crossbow workshop is a forbidden army under the command of the commander.

Li Zhongyi went to the place to take a look, and the forbidden army checked the entry and exit. It's quite strict. With Zhou Chong on the side to testify, he, the deputy envoy of the power salt and iron, was only released after he showed the sigil and the official edict.

After Li Zhongyi entered the bow and crossbow courtyard, he squinted his eyes and carefully looked at the situation in the courtyard. It's a veritable workshop.

The bow and crossbow workshop is a huge thatched hut with ventilation on all sides, and hundreds of craftsmen are working in the shed.

Li Zhongyi approached a bow-making craftsman, who was painting a bow.

Then. Zhou Chong's loud shout interrupted Li Zhongyi's idea of asking about the situation, "Deputy Envoy Li has arrived, why don't you hurry up and see you?" ”

......The craftsmen in the shed put down their work one after another, knelt on the ground, and saluted Li Zhongyi.

"It's all forgiven." Li Zhongyi was very surprised, and raised his right hand weakly. Let the craftsmen all get up.

In the week after this, except for the prisoners who committed the crime to see the officer, in general. The soap servant doesn't need to kneel when he sees his boss, is this swollen?

Zhou Chong saw that Li Zhongyi's demeanor was different, and quickly explained: "These cheap craftsmen have all entered the slave family. ”

After Li Zhongyi's careful questioning, he learned that the status of government-run craftsmen in this era is simply surprisingly low. Most of the cloth-clothed commoners were reluctant to become artisans. Even craftsmen who are truly skilled will secretly hide the truth about their mastery of the technology.

Outcome. In order to improve the quality of the manufacture of bows and crossbows, the government forcibly made bows and arms. The craftsmen who made the strings and painted them were all arrested according to the roster and included in the slave register.

Because military weapons are the most important weapons of the country, the imperial court attaches great importance to them, so it is strictly stipulated that as long as the craftsmen who dare to sneak away are caught, all their direct blood relatives will be executed.

Li Zhongyi went around the workshop in a big circle, and he found that these craftsmen were all ragged and unkempt, and they did not have the spirit that a senior skilled worker should have.

You must know that science and technology are the primary productive forces!

In Shenzhen in later generations, a skilled technician's salary of more than 10,000 yuan per month is simply a piece of cake. It is common for skilled and particularly skilled senior technicians to get tens of thousands of yuan per month, or even tens of thousands of yuan, which is much higher than that of a newly graduated doctorate.

Li Zhongyi noticed that the work of the craftsmen does not have the concept of assembly line operation at all, and all the processes are done by one person, from beginning to end, and never fake their hands to others.

Zhou Chong originally thought that Li Zhongyi would do surface work, and after turning around, he would leave this ghost place with a strong smell.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhongyi stood behind a craftsman and watched with interest for half an hour.

Just when the officials of the case were confused, Li Zhongyi actually squatted down to the craftsman's side and asked him with a smile: "How long does it take to build a bow and tie it?" ”

The craftsman was in a panic and wanted to kneel down and salute, but was pulled by Li Zhongyi, "Don't panic, speak slowly." ”

Perhaps it was Li Zhongyi's gentle attitude that played a role, and the craftsman lowered his head and said, "If you go back to Shangguan, it will take at least three years to make this bow." The bowstring is much faster, but it takes a year. ”

Li Zhongyi nodded and asked the craftsman with a smile: "Is there a way to shorten the time for string making?" ”

The craftsman kept his head down, not daring to look at Li Zhongyi at all, he replied in a low voice: "The main reason is that the beef tendon dries too slowly......"

Li Zhongyi actually didn't know a bow at all, and in his previous life, he was not a lover of bows and arrows. If he weren't the supreme governor here, the expert technical officials would definitely refute him and ask questions that didn't make sense.

However, although Li Zhongyi did not understand the technique of making a bow, he knew a very good bow - the Divine Arm Bow.

Li Zhongyi only knew that the Divine Arm Bow was actually a crossbow that was wound with his foot on the bow arm, but he didn't know how it was made.

From the bow-making shed to the crossbow-making shed, Li Zhongyi turned around a whole circle, but he never saw a crossbow with his feet on the winding.

Li Zhongyi asked Zhou Chong with some doubts: "The weapons of the bow and crossbow workshop are all here?" ”

Zhou Chong arched his hand and replied, "Back to Gong Li, it's all here." Looking at Li Zhongyi's young face, he was so jealous that he was to death.

Li Zhongyi deliberately went to the time when the craftsmen were having lunch, but he saw that the food of the craftsmen, except for the brown rice and multigrain rice, that is, the yellow salted radish accompaniment, could not see the slightest oil star.

Seeing this situation, Li Zhongyi couldn't help but sigh secretly, the status of craftsmen is low, the treatment is poor, the working environment is bad, and the production process is backward, how can it be possible to create high-level weapons?

In particular, when Li Zhongyi saw the team leader receiving the finished products, he actually threw a few bows into the bamboo basket at will, he shook his head and sighed, the management level is so low, even if it is a qualified bow and crossbow, it will be tossed into unqualified.

Li Zhongyi secretly warned himself that he couldn't be in a hurry, he had to eat the food in one bite, and many things could not be corrected overnight.

"Judge Zhou, if this official wants to make something special, he needs more skilled craftsmen." Li Zhongyi turned his head to look at Zhou Chong.

When Zhou Chong heard Li Zhongyi claiming to be his own official, he knew that this was to explain the matter, so he hurriedly called the capital and instructed him to pick people according to the roster.

Several people who were familiar with the situation were all in charge, and from the crowd of people who made bows, crossbows, and arrows, they each selected five middle-aged craftsmen with quick hands and feet and skilled skills, and led them to Li Zhongyi.

Li Zhongyi instructed the Nadu Ya: "Prepare the necessary tools for them to make bows, crossbows, and arrows, find an open place, build a few houses alone, and build a small stove to come out. ”

The capital yamen peeked at Zhou Chong and nodded, so he took the order loudly and agreed.

Li Zhongyi, as the deputy envoy of salt and iron, not to mention that he only summoned fifteen craftsmen to do the work, even if it was a big problem, as long as it was within his purview, no one could say a word.

It is precisely because Li Zhongyi does not know the technology of making bows, crossbows and arrows that he needs to find someone to come and slowly implement it.

Zhou Chong has always been worried that as soon as Li Zhongyi took office, he would drastically change the operation process of the case, which would inevitably affect the interests of many people.

Beef tendon, bamboo chips, horns, horns, lacquer, glue, arrowwood, iron arrows and other things, all have special supplies, the purchase price is more than five times higher than the market price, which is a huge profit.

Anyway, it is the imperial court that loses, but the fat is the merchants who supply the goods, as well as the officials of all sizes, which are typical of the loss of public and private interests.

After Li Zhongyi's on-the-spot inspection, how could he not understand these cats, but he couldn't bear it for the time being.

What he wants to do now is not to be anti-**, but to first produce powerful and practical weapons, establish normal weapons production technology and process standards, and at the same time greatly improve the treatment of his craftsmen.

The next day, Li Zhongyi went to the Sansi Tie case again. Qian Dongshan, the judge in charge of the iron case, led Li Zhongyi into the iron-making workshop, Li Zhongyi walked around inside, and asked a few craftsmen in charge of iron-making, and couldn't help but be disappointed.

According to Qian Dongshan, the iron materials produced by the government-run ironworks are far inferior to the raw materials bought from the private ironworks.

Li Zhongyi was taken aback, didn't he say that salt and iron were all monopolized by the imperial court, how could there be a reason for the private iron mill to supply the official iron mill?

Qian Dongshan smiled bitterly and said: "The owner of the ironshop was originally a blacksmith, and he saved His Majesty's life on the battlefield by chance, so he ......."

Li Zhongyi mistakenly thought that the folk iron shop dared to be a special relationship and needed to take care of the business.

However, Qian Dongshan's further explanation made Li Zhongyi feel a little incredible, the pig iron smelted in the folk iron workshop was more durable and durable than the official ironware, and the quality was at least a few points higher.

When the government-run ironworks were making high-quality ironware such as spear tips, iron arrowheads, and war knives, they actually had to buy fine iron from the private ironworks and come back for processing.

Li Zhongyi couldn't help but shake his head secretly, even if this is the case, why build an iron-making workshop with thousands of blacksmiths? (To be continued)

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