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In addition to Pang Yukun, Lu Fei and other military generals also quickly got the news.

"Your Highness, as long as the equipment and weapons can keep up, it is not a problem to hold Cangzhou City, but until now, it is just that the equipment in the Qingzhou camp has not yet been landed, you can see if you can urge this Chen Wenlong." Lu Fei squinted at Chen Wenlong, who was not squinting, and his teeth itched with hatred.

Chen Wenlong has a calm personality, and Lu Fei has an impatient personality, the two are naturally not in the right way together, he said: "Captain Lu, it is not easy to produce this plate armor, it is not bad to be able to make a thousand sets of plate armor in a month." ”

"But His Highness clearly said that he could produce a hundred sets a day, and you can't fool me?" Lu Fei asked with a bandage wrapped around his chest, staring at him.

This time it was Xiao Ming's turn to blush, when the hydraulic forging hammer was applied in the steel workshop, he was confident that he could produce a hundred sets of plate armor a day.

Later, he actually slapped him in the face, and it was not that he was wrong in estimating his production capacity.

It's because iron ore can't be supplied at all, and now he understands that it's easy to make iron and steel, but it's not easy to mine.

After the shallow ore was excavated, the pit became deeper and deeper, and then every rainy day, the pit was flooded into a pond by rainwater.

Then the weather clears, and the water in the pit must be drained before mining can continue.

At the same time, the deepening of the pit made it more difficult to transport ore from the pit, and now the supply of iron ore from the three iron mines in the hands of Qian Dafu continues to decrease.

At the same time as iron ore is coal mine, and the same problem is playing.

In the past, Qingzhou did not produce steel in large quantities, and the shortage of briquettes and iron ore did not show signs even in the rainy spring season.

But now, the steel workshop not only produces weapons and armor, bearings for ox power overturned cars, but also produces farming tools for civilian use.

Chen Wenlong glanced at Xiao Ming and said to Lu Fei, "Your Highness is frowning now, it can be seen that I didn't deceive you." ”

"Your Highness, what the hell is going on, if this is the case, after half a year, there will be at most eight or nine thousand people who can be used, these soldiers who have only been trained for half a year are not the opponents of the barbarians who are born to ride and shoot, if there is no advantage of the armor, there will be heavy losses at that time."

Xiao Ming covered his forehead and sat on the chair, "Do you think that this king doesn't want to equip the new army with plate armor?" In fact, this is the case, and this king is also quite helpless. ”

Plate armor can't keep up with production, and now it's going to make artillery, Xiao Ming is really a head two now.

Only then did he understand why it was so laborious for a country to raise a standing army of 100,000 people in ancient times, which was all money for eating and drinking the army, and weapons and equipment such as plate armor still needed to be maintained.

The cavalry is a big money spent, and a cavalry must not only be equipped with four horses, but also have a special auxiliary to serve the cavalry.

The role of this auxiliary was the equivalent of the servant of the Western knights, specializing in cavalry equipment and horses.

And this war horse is not a fuel-efficient lamp, the forage eaten is exquisite, and the forage must be of the highest quality, and a lot of silver is spent.

The workshop area is a big money-maker, and it is also a big money-spent, and the food and clothing of the slaves in the workshop are his, not to mention the rich mines.

In short, he made a lot of money during this time, but he also spent a lot, and most of the silver was put into production, but in agriculture, there was a lot of investment in cattle and farming tools.

Lu Fei was dumbfounded.

Chen Wenlong comforted: "Captain Lu, don't worry, if the materials are sufficient, this is naturally a matter of importance in the army." ”

"That's right, you can train with peace of mind, and the king will find a way to deal with the armor and weapons." Xiao Ming said.

Lu Fei had no choice but to give up.

Let Lu Fei go back first, Xiao Ming said to Chen Wenlong: "Now the supply of minerals in Qingzhou is insufficient, and it seems that it can only be purchased from outside. ”

"Yes, yes, but in this case, Your Highness beware of slander in the court." Chen Wenlong reminded.

Xiao Ming frowned, although he was a vassal king, it didn't mean that he could do whatever he wanted, he still had to be restrained by the imperial court.

This iron ore has always been extremely strictly controlled in the Great Yu Kingdom, and generally speaking, other feudal kings rarely buy iron ore from outside, but only supply it internally.

Because when it comes to buying iron ore in large quantities, this can only tell the question, this vassal king is mass-producing weapons and armor.

This matter is more sensitive to say, now there is no war in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and the ore of a vassal king's own fief is not enough, and he has to buy it from outside, what is his intention?

"This king knows in his heart, this matter is not going to be played in the imperial court, you have to balance production during this time and try to meet the needs of the Qingzhou army." Xiao Ming sighed.

Now that he is fledgling, he can't be willful, otherwise I'm afraid his life will be difficult to protect, and most of his hard work for half a year will be in vain.

"Yes, Your Highness." Chen Wenlong nodded.

Qian Dafu was also in the main hall, he didn't speak, and only after Chen Wenlong left, did he say, "Your Highness, how to solve the water in this mine?" ”

"I will ask the equipment department to prepare a few more sets of ox power dumpers for you, since the mine cannot produce for the time being, you will focus on the matter of prospecting, especially wolframite, followed by tin ore and lead ore." Xiao Ming said.

The reason why Xiao Ming looked for the latter two minerals was to prevent the failure of the production of cast iron cannons, and finally used bronze cannons, after all, cast iron cannons have a high probability of exploding.

And he really can't afford to play with pure copper cannons, this is real money, and now the whole country of Dayu is still using copper coins.

Qian Dafu nodded.

They explained the three of them about dealing with the barbarians, and Xiao Ming wrote about the barbarians in his own handwriting and asked people to send them to the post station to Chang'an.

And he went to the equipment department to find Chen Qi and discuss the matter of artillery casting.

Changan.

At this time, the green willows in the palace are new, the peach blossoms are in full bloom, and the color is full of vitality, and Queen Zhao is strolling in the back garden with a group of concubines.

Concubine Zhen was following Queen Zhao's side, and in the past six months, the concubines in the palace clearly felt that Queen Zhao and Concubine Zhen were getting closer and closer.

Some smart concubines have already seen the clues, and they dare not have any neglect of Concubine Zhen.

A few days ago, King Zhao entered Beijing to face the saint, Xiao Wenxuan personally went out of the city to greet him to show his importance to King Zhao, if it wasn't for King Zhao's help, Xiao Wenxuan would not be able to sit on the throne anyway, and it is not surprising that the daughter of King Zhao became the current Queen of Zhao.

Now, at a time when the crown prince's position is turbulent, it is self-evident that King Zhao has entered Beijing, but it can be seen from the prince's edge in the court these days that the prince is proud.

And this concubine Zhen seems to have been paid more and more attention by the emperor in recent days, but the palace is a well-informed place.

What Xiao Ming, the king of Qi, did to the local wealthy people in Qingzhou has long been rumored in the palace.