Han Gang's proposal at the Chongzheng Hall a few days ago had been handed to Zhao Ji's desk through the official recital. The two sides of the political hall are opposed, and those who support and oppose each account for half, and in the end, they can only be handed over to the Son of Heaven to judge. And Zhao Ji has not been able to make up his mind so far.

The national policy of guarding the void, the killing of the monarch by the ministers in the five dynasties, the chaos in the lower ranks, and the constant threat of the Khitans, made the insecure generations of the Great Song Dynasty emperors habitually leave the most powerful things by their side. If you can put it in Gyeonggi, you won't put it on the outer road, and if you can move into the capital, you won't stay outside the city. Whether it's an army or a workshop, it's the same.

The Ordnance Supervisor is in charge of the steel forging workshop, directly serving the million-strong army of the Great Song Dynasty, from the machine to the product, it is a treasure that Zhao Ji can't wait to hide in the palace. Han Gang wants to move several workshops of the Banjia Bureau out of the city, even if it is only put in the old Zhengzhou, which is already under the jurisdiction of Kaifeng Prefecture, there is still a lot of resistance - in the court, but also in Zhao Ji's heart.

"Wang Qing." After the discussion in the Chongzheng Palace on this day, Zhao Ji left Wang Shao, who was closest to Han Gang, "Han Gang wants to move the forging workshop of the military weapons supervisor to the vicinity of Biankou in order to use water power, I don't know if Wang Qing thinks this matter is feasible?" ”

"Move!" Wang Shao nodded affirmatively, and unsurprisingly supported Han Gang's proposal, "More than half of the nearly 200,000 family members of the Beijing Camp Forbidden Army are outside the capital, and there is no instability in the army. As long as the Banjia Bureau workshop stays in Gyeonggi, why care if it is within an earthen wall. ”

"But what if the secrets in the ordnance prison are leaked?" Zhao Ji was worried about this matter, "The workshop is in the city, so it can be strictly defended. And once out of the city, how to blockade it? ”

"Your Majesty doesn't know. Although the Minzhou Taoshan Prison mainly minted money, it began to use hydraulic forging hammers to repair armor and swords from the time of the establishment of the prison...... This was offered by a soldier from Jingdezhen. Wang Shao said half-truthfully, such trivial things cannot be verified at all, "And Jingdezhen has been crushing porcelain stone with a hydraulic hammer for hundreds of years, and there are many users, and there are many craftsmen who can make this thing." It's useless to keep secrets. ”

Zhao Ji was a little incomprehensible: "Then why did Han Gang still offer a reward to solicit the water conservancy forging hammer, and he wanted to invite Su Song out?" ”

"There is a difference between making plate armor and crushing porcelain stones, repairing armor leaves, and swords in terms of shape, so Han Gang will reward the improved hydraulic forging hammer with a heavy amount of money."

And so the topic came back. "Since it's a new type of forging hammer, it must be a secret, so don't you need to keep it a secret?" Zhao Ji asked rhetorically.

"Although Han Gang's intelligence is outstanding, none of his inventions are ingenious, they are just difficult to think of. Ships, hammers, plates, thunderbolts, and sleds are all easy to build and easy to build. Naturally, that is, it is easy to imitate, and it is difficult to strictly keep the secret. Just look at the front of the seventy-two main stores today. Wang Shao peeked at Zhao Ji, whose face was heavy, "However, the national strength of the Northwest Second Captives is far inferior to that of China." China can build a million soldiers in two or three years, and even if the western and northern captives join forces, 100,000 will be difficult to reach. Instead of covering up and delaying the opportunity, it is better to replace the 580,000 forbidden army with plate armor as soon as possible. When the soldiers of the national dynasty are strong and ready for battle, how can the two captives in the northwest dare to bully China and no one else? ! ”

Wang Shao is right to stand on Han Gang's side, most of these words are also paraphrased, but if Han Gang is unreasonable, Wang Shao will not open his eyes in front of the Son of Heaven.

Zhao Ji was silent for a long time: "According to Wang Qing's intentions, it doesn't hurt to leak secrets?" ”

"Definitely." Wang Shao shook his head, "This move is precisely to prevent leaks." ”

Zhao Ji was stunned when he heard this: "How do you say this?" ”

"Your Majesty. The labor required for plate armor was only as high as that of the eleventh armor, and of course the manpower used was far less than in the old days. If you don't find a way out for the rest of the people, there will be hundreds of craftsmen who will become redundant, and they will be swept out of the house at the very least. In case several of them betrayed the country and defected to the Khitan and the party, the consequences would be no less than Zhang Yuan and Wu Hao. ”

"Why didn't Han Gang ...... about this" Zhao Ji, who was surprised, suddenly realized halfway through his words.

If Han Gang directly said that the hundreds of craftsmen who originally built the armor had no errands to do, if they were not dealt with, they would be swept out of the house by the ordnance superintendent, and there would inevitably be people in the DPRK and China who would take advantage of the problem. It seems reasonable for Han Gang not to talk about it.

"Is it just that I don't distinguish between right and wrong?" Zhao Ji was a little unhappy. Just thinking about the matter of the Shangyuan Festival, he sighed again, Han Gang was afraid of those people in the political hall, "I will approve this matter, but the craftsmen in the ordnance prison must be settled, don't make a mess for me." ”

"Your Majesty has issued a holy message, and the minister will definitely tell Han Gang."

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Seven or eight days is not a very short time, and it only took a few days to build plate armor at the beginning. But Han Gang did not receive a satisfactory reply to the axle and wheel hub he wanted, especially the iron cast, steel cast axle and wheel hub are impossible to get out in a few years or even more than ten years, and it is necessary to make a big breakthrough in the material of steel and lathe technology. Han Gang also understood that it would be great to be able to nail a layer of copper skin to the outer edge of the wheel, like today's high-class carriages.

The wooden tracks had come out, now only twenty zhang long, occupying a secluded alleyway, and a dozen craftsmen were preparing to build the railcars, all the parts of which were ready, except for the wheels, and were no different from ordinary carriages at all. Han Gang estimates that it will only be a month or two at most, and the results will be seen - Xingguofang's ordnance supervision is the place where there is no shortage of master craftsmen in the world, and there is no way to reach the level of skill, but as long as the conditions of the technique are permitted, what Han Gang wants, the craftsmen can give a satisfactory answer - and then try it out for a period of time and improve it, it can be promoted to the mine.

In addition, Han Gang's recital has finally been approved, and several forge workshops have finally been confirmed to be relocated to Biankou, and the local water-powered mill will be gradually removed by half within a year to make room for the Ordnance Warden.

After receiving the holy decree, the news that he had been migrating like a deep-sea fish in the armory prison was finally confirmed. The heads of the eight works, such as the iron armor, the nail hairpin, the iron body, the gang armor, the soft armor, the wrong grinding, the scales, and the nail head Mou, plus more than a dozen craftsman leaders, and hundreds of craftsmen who had not been transferred to the plate armor bureau, were summoned to Han Gang together, and the courtyard of the main hall was crowded.

Among the eight workshops that built the armor, the craftsmen with outstanding skills had already been transferred to the plate armor bureau by Han Gang, and together with some of the small workers who tried their best to stuff them in, the number of people who were included in the new bureau accounted for about half of the total. And the rest of the craftsmen didn't say that they couldn't use it, but they couldn't stuff more people into the plate armor bureau that had been expanded as much as they could.

What awaits the future of these craftsmen, in the words of later generations, is laid-off, and in today's parlance, it is sand ti - sifting through sand to eliminate redundant personnel who are no longer needed.

“…… But this official is not such a person. Han Gang shouted at the hundreds of craftsmen whose eyes were full of anticipation, "Since I took your errand, of course I will find a way out for you." As you must have heard, after the official was ordered to set up the Plate Armor Bureau, he asked the Son of Heaven to gradually move the workshop in the bureau to Biankou in order to use water power. The iron forging of the Ordnance Supervisor will be expanded in scale, and some of it will be transferred to make agricultural tools, and it will not be limited to military weapons. Today, the Son of Heaven has decreed that whoever wants to stay, you can stay! ”

A cheer suddenly sounded, and hundreds of craftsmen who failed to be selected for the plate armor bureau were frightened for so many days, and they could finally come down with peace of mind to enjoy the spring with their families.

Han Gang waved his hand to signal them to disperse, turned around and entered the house with a smile, but saw a person coming in a hurry and whispered a few words in his ear.

The person who came was a descendant of the Han family, and he knew him well, and when he saw Han Gang's face change slightly when he heard this, he immediately asked, "Sheren, what's wrong?" ”

Han Gang's expression returned to calm, and he smiled indifferently, "More than a hundred people from the Bianshui Mill have just entered the city and are going home together. ”

When Zhou Quan heard this, he was immediately furious, his hair moved, and he shouted: "Good dog guts!" ”

"Take a long stick and pluck the nest of the bird in the tree, and bring it down, and the finch will make a few noises. You also have a nest, I messed up your nest, do you want to scream a few times? Han Gang Ha Lu Ha smiled, "The truth in the world is the same, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, there is no exception, if you don't give people a way out, how many people will swallow their anger?" ”

Smashing people's jobs, if they are not appeased properly, there will definitely be chaos, and Han Gang will certainly not be unprepared. The four words of reducing staff and increasing efficiency, Han Gang, of course, know that the Tao is not so simple. During this time, Zeng Xiaokuan has been deliberately reducing the number of times he comes to the weapons prison, in order to prevent confrontation with Han Gang, who is in full swing. Zeng Xiaokuan's decentralization also made Han Gang have to take responsibility alone.

Listening to Han Gang's tone, as if he was understanding the people in the mill, Zhou Quan asked strangely, "Why did the people of Nashe go to grab their territory?" ”

"The tree is so big, there are only a few branches that can make a nest, if you don't grab it, how to make a nest." The smile on Han Gang's face became cold little by little as he spoke, "I am the Judge of the Weapons Prison, of course I have to take care of my own family." ”

Zhou Quan nodded vigorously, thought about it, and asked Han Gang again: "Then if the people are working in the third division, will they still help the ordnance supervisor?" ”

Han Gang laughed twice and did not answer. But he asked rhetorically: "Zhou Quan, what do you say to do now?" ”

Zhou Quan waved the iron hook and shouted viciously, as if he had returned to the time when he asked for his life before the war: "Give up people!" Let the lower officials take people to block the donkeys in those mills, and abolish the leading ones, and see if they dare to make trouble again! Is it true that the men in my ordnance prison are still nursing babies? ”

"You just have to have this heart." Han Gang smiled slightly, if you want to do something, some things are inevitable: "One rice bowl is fought by two families, the people in the mill have already entered the city to make trouble, you just need to restrain people, Han Zhen doesn't dare to look at my jokes, those brothers in your old days didn't eat for nothing." ”