Yanbei finally knew what Tie Wu's problem was. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Before the price of the mercenary was set, the price given by Tiewu's previous recruitment of mercenaries was too low, and he didn't even let enough people know the news, so he naturally couldn't expand enough mercenaries.

In this era, the daily price of helpers was high and low, and the bottom could be as high as five yuan a day, and the higher it was endless, dozens to hundreds of dollars.

This is actually a common price, just like when he was in Wubao outside Fanyang City, Yanbei gave his family's servants who specialized in businessmen a day of seventy yuan. Ordinary tenants also had a daily salary of seven cents.

However, Tiewu did not recruit craftsmen with such a high salary, and he didn't even say that he only asked the craftsman if he was willing to come...... Naturally, the craftsmen did not want to come.

And now, Yanbei has set a new standard for the year. Fifty yuan a day for a craftsman and eighteen yuan a day for an apprentice, this kind of servant, which far exceeded that of any hired craftsman in Youzhou, spread in Liaodong County for a time, and even expanded to the border counties.

Within ten days, there were eighteen craftsmen in Xiangping who defected to Tiewu, and hundreds of apprentices. Craftsmen also need to have technical considerations, but apprentices simply work on their strength, which is not difficult for most people.

Zhang Leigong couldn't close his mouth with joy for a while, Yanbei sprinkled a lot of money to hire manpower, and soaked in Tiewu for more than ten days to eat and sleep with those craftsmen, and discussed with Zhang Leigong Tiewu's next mission and task.

"Half of the iron is used entirely for iron and wrought iron, and this furnace is too small and needs to be expanded. If I figure it out, there will be more apprentices coming to apply, right? Yan Bei said this, leading Zhang Leigong and a few craftsmen to walk inside, "The place where pottery and silk weaving are not used now, but don't dismantle it, put it like this first." These places will still be used in the future. ”

Zhang Leigong had already lost his crutches, although he was walking a little lame, he still had a murderous intent, which was enough to suppress these craftsmen, and after noting Yanbei's request, he smiled and said: "Instead of expanding the molten iron furnace, it is better to build another one around, now you can make twenty or thirty farm tools a day, if you add another molten iron furnace, our craftsmen are all bringing utensils, and this number can be doubled again." ”

"Well, you have the final say on these things, and I will make one request, after the matter of the field pawn is finalized, you must ensure that at least two hundred farm tools are made every day. I said hello to the Gonghe, in the future, the salt and iron officials of Liaodong will be yours, and in a few days the county government will send you ten subordinate officials, now make farm tools first, and wait for the things in Tuntian to be almost done, and in the future, not only will you have to make farm tools but also have weapons and armor...... This matter is very important to Liaodong, don't take it lightly. ”

Zhang Leigong rubbed his hands with a smile on his face that could not be hidden, and asked a little restrainedly: "General, now the production of iron and Wu is not a problem, and there are still a large number of waste weapons that can be smelted, but if there are more craftsmen in the future...... I was worried that there would not be enough copper and iron, so I pointed to the hundreds of tenants who were picking up ore on the thousand mountains, and it would definitely not work at that time. In addition, even some old brothers in the army were also injured, and they couldn't be soldiers and didn't want to be slaves and farm, so if they could not be allowed to come over and forge iron to make efforts, they just needed eighteen dollars a day. ”

"Well, now our iron ore can only transport less than 100 catties a day, right, can we produce 60% iron?" Yan Bei scrubbed his chin, heard that there were wounded soldiers willing to come here, raised his head and asked:

"Do any wounded soldiers want to come, yes, how many are there?"

"One or two hundred, they are all brothers who fought together in the past, and they can't fight again if they are injured, and there is no reliable placement for them in the big camp, so they are shaking every day, and their hearts are panicking."

Hearing Zhang Leigong say this, Yanbei thought that it was indeed the case, they were all old people from Jizhou, and their wounded soldiers couldn't go back, and there was no way to properly settle all the wounded soldiers in Youzhou, so he didn't panic when he was idle, and immediately said: "Yes, if they want to come, you can go and bring them over, if there are people who can strike iron, the young man will come according to the craftsman, and if he can't, he will come according to the apprentice." Recruit Tiewu to the number of 1,200 people first...... I can't recruit less, I can't recruit too many people, and I can't recruit too much, and I don't have so much money for them. ”

"As for the iron ore, you have to solve it yourself, see if there are any craftsmen and apprentices who can prospect and mine, and you organize people to mine. If you need it, go to the county government to find a frustrated teacher, I have given him all three thousand pack horses, and you can find him for hundreds of horses, and set up a cart to transport the things that Tie Wu needs. Not only mining, but also assigning people to cut wood, and in the future, bows and crossbows, and now agricultural tools will be made of wood, and you will do these things yourself. After Tie Wu recruits people, it will cost more than 500 gold a year, and I will give you some more to make up 700, you can see for yourself where it should be spent. ”

Yan Bei never worried about Lei Gong's loyalty, the dozens of wounded scars on his body and the lame leg were proof of Zhang Lei Gong's loyalty to him, so even if he handed over the huge amount of seven hundred gold to him at once, Yan Bei did not have the slightest worry.

"No, I don't need that much, the general will give me 600 gold...... Manpower has already spent so much money, Tie Wu really doesn't need to add any more money to it. Zhang Leigong knows that Yanbei is rich, but it is not such a way to be rich, "There are six hundred gold this year, but can the county government still come up with six hundred gold next year?" Not so much. ”

Yan Bei glanced at Zhang Lei Gong with the same reserved smile as always, patted him on the shoulder and strode forward, and after a few steps, he suddenly turned around and opened his hands and said, "Lei Gong, do you know that this Tiewu is a gold mine in Yan's eyes!" If we can do a good job of all the farm tools this year, after the caravans circulating around the country have set up shelves, we will be able to sell the farm tools we have made to other places, and we can also make iron urns, lamp stands, and even statues and masks for sacrifices, and make things that no one else can do...... Sell it to Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Goguryeo, and then we can get back the money we spent! ”

Not only iron weapons, in Yanbei's vision, if Tie Wu's method of employing thousands of people to start making it work, a steady stream of weapons would pile up in his arsenal and distribute them to those soldiers who were loyal to him. In two years at most, his subordinates will be able to achieve self-sufficiency in military armor, and with the timber in southeast Liaoning and the iron ore in Qianshan, he can make Liaodong the most powerful county in Youzhou.

Iron ore is like a bookless trade in Qianshan, from the manpower to the craftsmen to the caravans, all of them are under his hands, he doesn't have to pay anything except the five hundred gold servant this year, and he can earn back as much as he sells. If 3,000 hectares of land can be reclaimed this year, 6,000 hectares will be reclaimed next year, and even more the year after.

In addition to Tie Wu, once the money sold by the caravan can support the wealth of Liaodong, he can hire silk workers and potters, and then the caravan will carry a greater capacity, and the trading and circulation will be self-contained!

The grain of Tuntian and the money of the caravan, as long as these two things are on the right track, Liaodong will enter an era of virtuous circle, the people will be rich and the soldiers will be strong...... At that time, he can really put the annexation of Goguryeo and Lelang County on the agenda, recover Goryeo County, and even sweep the north outside the fortress and build the border fortress outside the Great Wall!

This magical land in Liaodong has a lot to offer!

It's just that he is still a little worried about the value created by Tie Wu, and now he can't see that the profit and loss is because the farm tools are produced for his own use, and the biggest significance is to reclaim enough land. But in fact, Yanbei doesn't know if this model is absolutely correct.

In this era, there were hired workers to do things, but as far as Yanbei knew, there were very few Wubao who hired so many people in one fell swoop like him. Wang Song, who is as strong as Anci, only uses craftsmen and slaves to do these things, but the helpers under Yanbei are not craftsmen and slaves.

He didn't have the money to buy so many slaves, and for a long time slaves were cheap, and he could buy them for two or three gold with a hammer...... But the long-term cost is to cover the food and lodging of other people. Yanbei can let the craftsman live in Wubao, but at this juncture where even his own soldiers can't keep their own food to eat, how can he manage the craftsman's food?

He calculated that these craftsmen, with the help of five apprentices, would be able to make one farm tool a day, and that the farm tool would make a hundred dollars of profit if it was sold to the market. Even if it can't be sold, it can be rented to the common people in Liaodong, and they can basically be responsible for their own profits and losses.

Under this premise, if you make those things that are of higher value, Tie Wu has a high chance of earning assets that can support Liaodong's financial resources.

It can be said that Yanbei's view of Tie Wu is like an experiment...... If he could, he would continue this norm and expand it further. If he couldn't make a profit for him, he would have to wait for Liaodong to reclaim enough wasteland before disbanding the craftsmen.

At least this situation leaves him with a lot of maneuverability.

Under the guidance of Zhang Leigong, Yan Bei looked at the entire Tiewu, and even smashed the newly made iron ingots twice with a wrought iron hammer, and asked those craftsmen about the skills they had mastered, and he was very satisfied with all this. Some of these craftsmen used to make agricultural tools, some made weapons, and some made iron tools. One of the best craftsmen even mastered the method of making twenty forged ring knives.

Although they are all blacksmiths, in this era when the skills are all taught by teachers and apprentices, everyone has a different skill.

But Yanbei doesn't care about these portal opinions, as long as there is a person under him who can do such things, Yanbei will find a way to let him share it, so that all craftsmen can learn this ability...... It's just that now, Tie Wu hasn't yet reached the time to make weapons in large quantities.

If that time comes, Yanbei will require every weapon forged by Tie Wu to be made with twenty forging techniques.

Just when Yanbei was about to have dinner in Tiewu, a horse suddenly rushed outside and shouted the title of Yanbei's general, and the rider from the county government fell at his feet and said urgently: "General, Fu Taishou invites you to go to the county government...... Dong, Dong Zhuo has entered Beijing! ”