632 Second Arsenal

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"Look at you in a hurry, there will be a lot of battles handed over to your navy to fight in the future, I'm afraid that when the time comes, you will come to shout bitterly and tired."

Li Zixiao looked at Lu Yuan with a smile and said.

"No, no, sir, my subordinates promise that as long as there is a battle, my subordinates will never shout bitterness and tiredness, even if they die in battle."

When Lu Yuan heard Li Zixiao say this, he immediately became excited, patted his chest and reassured.

"Okay, General Lu, don't ask for a lord, if nothing else, in half a year, your navy will have a big battle.

You have to hear clearly, it is a big battle for your navy, not a transport brigade for the army like last year, when you went to fight Tartars outside the gates.

Otherwise, how do you think the lord would come to inspect your recruit training base at this time! ”

Seeing Lu Yuan begging Li Zixiao for battle, Li Yan on the side took the initiative to stand up and say his intention for Li Zixiao this time.

"Really, Master Li, don't be afraid!"

After Lu Yuan heard Li Yan's words, he suddenly became excited, and looked at Li Zixiao.

"Well, Li Yan is right, there will soon be a heavy responsibility handed over to your navy.

Therefore, during this period, you should speed up the training of new recruits, and strive to form the initial combat strength of the newly formed fleet within a month.

It has been three or four years since the establishment of your navy, and your journey is a vast sea, and you are a group of sea sharks, and it is time for you to show your sharp teeth. ”

Li Zixiao said in a deep voice, he is preparing to intervene in the naval war between the Zheng family and the red-haired ghost!

"Yes, the subordinates will definitely let the new fleet form a combat force within a month, and all the officers and men of our navy will listen to the dispatch of the queen lord at any time."

Lu Yuan's face turned red, puffed up his breath, and shouted loudly, and the blood vessels in his neck bulged out.

In fact, Lu Yuan has been waiting for such an opportunity for too long, from the establishment of the White Dragon Army Navy to now, a full three or four years have passed.

During this period, the amount of silver spent on their navy was even more astronomical, and Li Zixiao's huge expenses for the construction of the navy have even caused many admonitions from many generals of the White Dragon Army and Jiangbei officials.

But Li Zixiao still withstood the advice of many generals and officials, and the construction expenditure of the White Dragon Army Navy was not reduced at all, and even increased.

In this regard, Lu Yuan and Hong Sheng also felt deep pressure.

They desperately hope that the navy can, like the White Dragon Army, win a few battles, prove their worth, and share the pressure for Li Zixiao.

After leaving the naval recruit training base in Hongze Lake, Li Zixiao took Li Yan, Quartz and others to a valley in the western suburbs of Shanyang.

In this valley, the second arsenal of the White Dragon Army was built, and it was also the second arsenal that was completed just last year.

This second arsenal in the western suburbs of Shanyang is different from the arsenal of the White Dragon Army outside Xuzhou, and the two sides have different positions.

The arsenal outside Xuzhou is now mainly responsible for Tie Pingliang, which mainly produces firearms, such as various arquebuses, flintlock pistols, iron-clad mines, and various types of artillery.

The arsenal in the west of Shanyang City, which was just built last year, was positioned by Li Zixiao as an arsenal mainly for the production of cold weapons.

For example, all kinds of knives and guns, as well as all kinds of armor, armor, arrows, siege equipment, and so on.

For example, the 500 heavily armored cavalry and hoplites that Li Zixiao made before, the Mingguang armor they wore, and the Song Dynasty infantry armor.

There are also weapons such as Ma Su and Mo Dao, which are all produced in this second arsenal, and the old man Sun Tong is now in charge here.

Today, the old man Sun Tong had received the news in advance and knew that Li Zixiao was coming, so he got up early and gathered more than 3,000 craftsmen and apprentices in the arsenal to make preparations to welcome Li Zixiao.

"I'm waiting to welcome the lord in person!"

When Li Zixiao led the escort battalion to the second arsenal station in the west of Shanyang City, he saw the old man Sun Tong leading more than 3,000 craftsmen and apprentices to welcome him.

"Haha, this old man Sun has made the scene quite small."

Li Zixiao sat in the carriage, heard the tsunami-like shouts outside at this time, opened the curtain next to him slightly, saw the situation outside, and said with a smile.

"Director Sun, he is old and strong, he does everything himself in the arsenal, and the craftsmen and apprentices in the factory respect him very much." Li Yan said beside him.

"Haha, let's go, let's get out of the car and see how many belongings Sun Tong has saved for Benjue in this year."

Li Zixiao felt that the carriage had stopped, so he greeted Li Yan, and then a guard outside took the initiative to lift the curtain and let the two go down.

On this trip, Li Zixiao came to inspect Sun Tong's Second Arsenal, on the one hand, to see the construction of this Second Arsenal in the past year.

On the other hand, it is also here to pull weapons and equipment.

Seeing that spring was about to begin, Li Zicheng had already sent someone to Xuzhou.

They came to buy weapons and armor, but at this time, Li Zixiao had no extra weapons and armor in his hands, so he could only come to the second arsenal to find them.

A year ago, when the Second Arsenal had just been built, Li Zixiao told him when he sent Sun Tong here to be the director of the Arsenal.

After the arsenal starts, he will continue to build weapons and armor day and night, and then put them in the warehouse to be sealed, waiting for him to send someone to call them at any time.

When Li Zixiao came back from overseas, he sent someone to transfer 10,000 armor from the Second Arsenal, prepared to give it to the recruits, and then set off for the battlefield.

"The old minister greets the lord."

When Sun Tong saw Li Zixiao, he was also in tears, kneeling down excitedly and shouting.

"Old man Sun, don't salute, hurry up."

Li Zixiao grabbed Sun Tong, who was about to kneel, helped him up, and said softly with a smile.

The three fathers and sons of the Sun family are already regarded as the old men of the White Dragon Army who defected to Li Zixiao very early, and at this time, not only Sun Tong served as the director of the Second Arsenal.

His two sons are also in important positions in the White Dragon Army, and his eldest son, Sun Dazhuang, is now named General Tianlei by Li Zixiao, in charge of all the artillery of the White Dragon Army.

And his second son, Sun Xiaotian, is now in the first arsenal, serving as the main person in charge of the gunpowder workshop, comparable to a six-grade official, and his development is also good.

Sun Tong likes to show off his two sons to others the most, and he has to have a chance, and every time he talks about this, he will feel that all this is due to Li Zixiao.

If they hadn't chosen to follow Li Zixiao at the beginning, maybe they would have froze to death or starved to death by now.

"Old man Sun, you should already know the intention of Benjue this time, what kind of surprise do you plan to give Benjue?"

At this time, Li Zixiao had already followed Sun Tong and others to the Second Arsenal, and Li Zixiao asked Sun Tong jokingly.

"Sir, the old man knows that when you come, you must be running for those things in the old storehouse.

Sir, please come with the old man. Sun Tong said with a smile.

Immediately, Li Zixiao took Li Yan and Quartz, and followed Sun Tong into the warehouse area of the Second Arsenal, which covers a large area.

At this time, Sun Tong took out the key from his waist, opened the door of a warehouse, and said to Li Zixiao: "Sir, please inside, this is the armory where we store weapons and armor." ”

Click!

As the armory was pushed open by the soldiers, Li Zixiao saw that there were mountains of armor in this warehouse, including leather armor, cotton armor, and iron armor.

Each of them was stacked and neatly stacked on top of each other, and on the wooden frame next to it were placed knives, spears, shields and other weapons.

"Sir, in this storehouse, there are a total of five thousand sets of leather armor, cotton armor, ordinary iron armor, and boots, as well as two thousand long knives and shields, two thousand spears, and one thousand longbows, and fifty thousand arrows.

That is to say, the weapons and armor of such a warehouse can equip five thousand soldiers, and we built ten such warehouses at the beginning.

Unfortunately, it was not enough later, so we built five more, and now there are thirteen warehouses, all of which are filled with such weapons and armor. ”

Sun Tong looked at the armor and weapons in this warehouse, with a proud face, and introduced Li Zixiao, Li Yan and others.

"In other words, the weapons and armor here can equip more than 60,000 horses?" Li Zixiao asked with a smile.

"Yes." Sun Tong had a wrinkled old face with pride.

"Yes, you can accumulate so many armors in so much time, old man Sun, you have worked hard."

To be honest, Li Zixiao was really satisfied with this amount of armor.

You must know that these weapons and armor are only used for sale in the Second Arsenal, and they are not special armor for the soldiers of the White Dragon Army.

The special armor of the White Dragon Army and the second arsenal are all prioritized, and the leather and iron materials used are the best, and after the construction is completed, it will be sent to the army for storage.

That is to say, the more than 60,000 pairs of armor in these thirteen warehouses were all created by Old Man Sun Tong during this year, using their arsenal to work overtime without delaying the creation of the White Dragon Army's own armor.

"Old man Sun Tong, these more than 60,000 soldiers, this lord will send someone to pull them away in a few days. Your Second Arsenal has been working overtime and hard work for the past year, thank you for me, the craftsmen and apprentices in the factory. ”

Li Zixiao said politely.

"Sir, it's too embarrassing for you to say this, besides, there is silver and grain for overtime in the factory.

Those guys are working overtime desperately, wanting to get more money and food, and they don't need to be supervised by old decay. ”

Li Zixiao in the Second Arsenal, like the First Arsenal in Xuzhou, has implemented a five-hour work system, and the factory will pay more money and grain to the craftsmen for the extra hours.

This kind of work intensity is actually very high, but in this era when most people can't eat enough, the craftsmen in these arsenals feel very happy to work overtime.

Because they have the opportunity to trade their hard work for food that can feed their whole family.

They even want to earn more money to make a new dress for their children during the Chinese New Year.

I have to say that since ancient times, the Chinese people have been the most hard-working nation.

It was in this situation that the Second Arsenal saved more than 60,000 pairs of armor for Li Zixiao without delaying the creation of normal armor.

And these armors represent money, because Li Zixiao is going to sell them to Li Zicheng, and a small part is what he is going to give to Sun Chuanting.

If Li Zixiao sells these armors to Li Zicheng, the price will definitely not be low, and he will be able to make a profit of at least seven or eight times more in the end.

Li Zixiao can't eat it too ugly, so he can't help it.

So, at this time, he told Sun Tong: "Go back and inform the craftsmen and apprentices in the factory, that in view of your hard work for more than a year, Benjue has decided to reward you."

After this batch of armor was sold, all the apprentices in the factory were rewarded with three taels of silver each, and the low-level craftsmen were rewarded with ten taels of silver. Intermediate craftsmen were rewarded with fifteen taels of silver, and senior craftsmen were rewarded with thirty taels of silver.

As for the old man Sun Tong, I won't reward you, I heard that your youngest son Xiaotian is going to marry a daughter-in-law, and when the time comes, I will ask Quartz to send you a congratulatory gift on my behalf. ”

"Thank you, sir, there are more than 3,000 craftsmen and apprentices in my factory, thank you for the reward, and thank you for Xiaotian."

As soon as Li Zixiao finished speaking, Old Man Sun Tong thanked him excitedly.

In the Second Arsenal, there were more than 3,000 craftsmen and apprentices at this time, of which less than one-third were craftsmen, and the rest were apprentices.

In other words, there are even fewer high-level craftsmen in the factory, and most of them are apprentices and low-level craftsmen.

Li Zixiao's reward of silver seems to be a lot, but in fact, in the end, it is enough to have at most thirty or forty thousand taels of silver.

Compared with the 60,000 pairs of armor, the price sold to Li Zicheng is not bad for 30,000 or 40,000 taels of silver.

But this reward will be a great incentive for the craftsmen and apprentices in the factory to work harder.

At this time, Li Zixiao suddenly felt that he, like the unconscionable factory owners in later generations, was exploiting the craftsmen and apprentices in the arsenal.

And what made Sun Tong even more excited was Li Zixiao's later sentence.

At this time, there is no expectation of silver and food for Sun Tong, and Sun Tong at this time pays more attention to face.

This time, Sun Xiaotian married a wife, and Sun Tong did not hesitate to take out his savings for many years and did a lot of work, in order to fight for their old Sun family and not let people look down on them.

And if on the day Sun Xiaotian marries his wife, Li Zixiao sends the chief of the guard to send a congratulatory gift, it will be a supreme glory for the Sun family, which is enough to make many people blush.

With Li Zixiao's status at this time, it is definitely impossible to attend Sun Xiaotian's wedding in person, and only generals like Qi Wei and Luo Chao of the White Dragon Army will have such qualifications.

But even if it is, just sending congratulatory gifts is enough to make Sun Xiaotian's wedding attract the attention of countless people.

You must know that according to Sun Xiaotian's official rank at this time, it is impossible for him to alarm Li Zixiao by marrying a wife, let alone getting Li Zixiao's congratulatory gift.

Have you ever seen a seven-grade sesame official in a small county town marry a wife, and the emperor sends a congratulatory gift? It's hard to have a lot of face!

At this time, Li Zixiao's reward made him happy compared to giving Sun Tong ten thousand taels of silver.

After Li Zixiao left the Second Arsenal, he did not return to Xuzhou, but went directly to Haizhou.

Two days later, a team of 3,000 White Dragon soldiers rushed to the Second Arsenal and brought all the more than 60,000 sets of armor in the warehouse to Xuzhou.

(End of chapter)