"Whatever the method, the production capacity of weapons must keep up." Xia Nan set the tone, "But we can't just seek speed and not quality, our quality supervision system is working well, it must be maintained, serious problems such as weapon explosions must be investigated to the end, and the craftsmen and stewards who are specifically responsible must be held accountable, and the wages will be deducted, and the heavy will be driven out of the factory, and those who are deliberately negligent will be sent to do coolie mining." ”

Sun Yuanhua frowned, you can't have both fish and bear's paws, increasing production capacity and increasing speed is contradictory to ensuring quality, craftsmen are mortals, not immortals, and they can't be fast and good. He muttered, "I understand what the general means. However, in a short period of time, it is difficult to ensure the supply of weapons for tens of thousands of people, and at the same time to ensure that the quality does not travel to the pool. There are so many craftsmen in total......"

Xia Nan waved his hand heroically and replied, "Mr. Sun, don't keep staring at the one-third of an acre of land in Lingao. The territory we actually control now is Liangguang and Shandong, and there are not enough craftsmen, so we will find important people from the government in these places, send all the blacksmiths and craftsmen they can find, and then teach while doing it, and slowly cultivate, and after a few months, we should be almost familiar with it......"

After all, Sun Yuanhua was a technocrat and was not tactful enough, so he hesitated a little when he heard this: "Is it inappropriate to do this?" After all, the general is only the chief soldier of Qiongzhou Town......"

Sima De smiled on the side: "I'm afraid Mr. Sun didn't understand the meaning of the holy decree. At the beginning, under the Chengtian Gate, Shoufu personally passed the decree, 'Grant the super-grade general, rank above the generals, control the soldiers and horses of Shandong, Guangzhou, and three provinces, and assist in the management of government affairs', not only can control the soldiers and horses in these places, but also have the right to assist in the management of government affairs, and how many craftsmen are needed, what is it? Besides, this is a military affair, the Qiong Navy wants to be strong, enter the king of Beijing and Qinwang, and delay the military aircraft, who can afford this responsibility? ”

Sun Yuanhua is not stupid, and he figured it out after turning this corner. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Speaking of which, it does make sense, if I am a magistrate, I don't know how to refuse." Then he arched his hand and said, "In this case, as long as the craftsman can guarantee it, his subordinates will do their best to equip tens of thousands of troops with enough firearms as soon as possible." ”

Xia Nan said to Sima De: "Mr. Sima, if you prepare an official document for me, in my name, you will send a document to Guangzhou Prefecture, Jinan Prefecture and other places, asking them to send craftsmen to Lingao within half a month. As for the yamen of the governor of Guangdong and the yamen of the governor of Denglai, they are all their own people, and the official documents are exempted, so I sent someone over to deliver a message, and said that I would ask them to help me more. ”

Sima De responded, and then asked, "What is the payment?" ”

"Write the money: Pingnanhou, the prince and the young master, the governor of Zuo, and the general Xia."

This payment is exquisite, and there is no mention of the military position of the chief soldier of Qionghai Town, because the limitations are too great, and there is no way to use the military position to dictate to the local government. And the titles of Marquis, the Crown Prince and the Young Master, and the Governor of the Five Armies, although they are all fictitious titles, they have jumped out of the limitations of local military generals, plus the super-grade generals of the Holy Decree, with the strength of the Qiong Navy, it is enough to make the government bow its head.

Sima De pondered for a while, felt that such a payment was the best choice, nodded admiringly, and then returned it, thinking about how to draft this official document.

The debriefing process ends. Xia Nan looked around and said loudly: "Everyone, raising troops for a thousand days and using soldiers for a while, we have worked hard in Lingao for several years, and have accumulated the existing strength, just to one day be able to get out of Qiongzhou Mansion and create a world of our own." If there is chaos today, the court is incompetent, this is a great country, and those who can live in it! Li Zicheng has already arrived in Beizhili, not far from the capital, if the officers and soldiers are incompetent, the capital will not be able to hold for long, and there is not much time left for us - we must follow Li Zicheng's back and back feet to the capital, and take advantage of the chaos to enter, instead of letting him gain a firm foothold in the capital and then go, which will consume our strength in vain, and the gains outweigh the losses. I order: From now on, all resources will be tilted towards the army, regardless of the army and the people, and everything will be suspended to make way for the army to move north. Whether you can win the Central Plains or not, success or failure depends on this! ”

Everyone listened to the blood and was excited, and they waited for so long, isn't it just for this dragon work? Everyone replied in unison: "Follow the general's orders!" ”

After deciding on the policy of going north, Xia Nan assigned specific tasks: "Mr. Sima sent an order for me, so that Wei Lianheng in Tainan and Su Thick Leg in Shandong would bring the new army back to Lingao for reorganization, and at the same time, the Military Aircraft Staff Office began to study the strategy of fighting in the north, and the possibility of Huang Taiji's intervention must also be considered; Mr. Sun urged the arsenal to rush to work, and when the craftsmen were in place, go all out to arm tens of thousands of reserve troops in the shortest possible time - if it was too late, let the main force go first, and the rest of the new army armed one by one, and follow in turn; Old Village Chief Tan, you are responsible for concentrating the grain reserves of the entire Qiongzhou Prefecture to ensure the supply of grain for the army......"

Several of the people who were named responded one after another.

"Fighting a war is burning money, especially for a firearms army like ours, and this big war must be the most expensive ever. There must be no mistakes in terms of money...... "Xia Nan looked at Liu Quan, Dong Mingjue and the others, "As the saying goes, when the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold, and the two of you, one is responsible for providing silver, and the other is responsible for spending silver, coordinate with each other, don't give me a problem." ”

Liu Quan took the lead in making a list: "My subordinates must do their best." Tomorrow, I will send people to Guangdong Qianzhuang and Tainan Tax Customs, plus Bofu Tax Customs, cloth shops, and wineries, to take out all the flowing water and transport it back to Lingao, so as to fully guarantee the expenses of the army. ”

Dong Mingjue also stood up and replied, "Son...... The concubine must also do her best. ”

Xia Nan looked at her: "Your burden is not light. Although we are not short of money now, the army of tens of thousands of people costs 100,000 or 1 million taels, and we must take into account the subsequent conflict with the Tartars, and spend money like running water. You have to keep an eye on me, the money must be spent on the blade, there can be no waste of one or two silver, and no one is allowed to take the opportunity to enrich his own pockets. If there is such a moth, I will naturally punish it severely, but your control from the source is more important, understand? ”

"The concubine understands." Dong Mingjue nodded. Since she was a child, she has been exposed to the environment like Qianzhuang, and she understands the truth that when the water is clear, there are no fish. How many messengers who deal with silver all day long will not be moved at all? Relying on morality and self-discipline to restrain is empty talk, and the two-pronged approach of system and punishment is the king.