"That's right." Dong Ce asked, "How many people are there in the kiln factory now?" ”

"My subordinate is trying to talk about this." Zhang Han said: "These days, every time a group of displaced people come, their subordinates will select people who have worked in the kiln factory to come in, if they really can't find it, they will recruit some strong and healthy people to come to work, and now there are more than 150 people in the kiln factory." ”

Dong Ce nodded, the ratio of this number of people to the output of bricks was still within the range that he could accept.

He motioned for Zhang Han to continue.

Zhang Han said: "The second errand is to be in charge of the Animal Husbandry Department. ”

Speaking of this, his face was a little bitter, and he said with a wry smile: "My lord, what you requested, when you come back, there will be at least 500 large livestock such as pigs and sheep, and more than 1,000 poultry such as chickens, ducks and geese." It's just that everything grows and multiplies, and it has its own laws, and the subordinates are really uncontrollable. It was so that people could go to the surrounding villages and military forts to buy everywhere, and they bought everything they could, and finally made up for this quota. It's just that the money you allocated to us has been almost spent. ”

Dong Ce nodded at him with a smile: "You guy, you are still crying poor with this official." ”

He suddenly changed his words and said, "I'll send the account books to the official later." ”

Zhang Han nodded yes.

Even if Dong Ce trusts Zhang Han again, he will look at this kind of money-related matter. It's not that he can't trust these people under him, but for their good, Dong Ce is staring at them all the time, and they will have much fewer opportunities to be greedy for ink.

Dong Ce glanced at Zhou Zhong and Shi Jin, and said, "The affairs in the army are the top priority, let's talk about it later." ”

He looked at Uncle Zhou: "Uncle Zhou, let's talk about your mess first." ”

"Yes, sir." Zhou Bo nodded very calmly, coughed lightly, and said, "Now there are two hundred and seventy blacksmiths, two hundred carpenters, and eighty-seven masons in this part of the subordinates. The number of craftsmen who made siege equipment on Wang Forty-six's side reached thirty, which is relatively rare, because such craftsmen are really difficult to recruit. ”

Dong Ce nodded with satisfaction: "It's good to be able to do it to this extent." ”

"That's not the point, though." Dong Ce stared at him and said slowly: "What the official originally asked for, the fifty-five pound full-body iron armor, to build five hundred sets. Lu Mi Gong, how about building 200 pieces? ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Zhou Bo's mouth, and he said in a deep voice: "Back to my lord, these newly recruited blacksmiths, except for those who had already built the fire gun, were assigned by their subordinates to the hot weapon group to build the Lu Mi gun, and everyone else was sent by their subordinates to build the iron armor. The number of armor makers has been quite a lot, at the beginning of October it reached 500 sets, those blacksmiths who originally made Cossack cavalry knives and spears, after building enough numbers, their subordinates also let them make armor, and now the cold weapon group is making armor, it is also a coincidence, early this morning, the subordinates just went to ask, and now the whole body of iron armor has reached 583 sets. ”

"Good!" Dong Ce patted the table and said with a smile: "Today is all good news, you are all very angry with this official!" Didn't disappoint the officer. ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Zhou Bo bent down, and continued: "There are also Lu Mi Gong, there are a lot of people in the hot weapon group now, and there are many craftsmen who have played fire guns before, there are a lot of Lu Mi Gong when you leave, and now the number has reached two hundred and sixty-seven." ”

"Good, good, good."

Dong Ce shouted hello three times in a row.

With these solid full-body iron leaf armor, and with these powerful Lu Mi guns, many of his plans can be put on the agenda.

"And."

Zhou Bo continued: "My lord, you ordered the hundred mansions to be built in the city as a reward, and fifty have been built now. ”

"Okay, let's stop there, fifty, it's about the same." Dong Ce said.

He was going to build a hundred, but now he felt that the number was too much, a little too much, but fifty was enough. After all, you have to reach the sixth rank to reward the mansion, and within a year and a half, there will be no more than fifty people who can reach this title.

"Yes, my subordinates are awake." Zhou Bo nodded. When he had said that, he withdrew.

"It's your turn." Dong Ce said to Wang Yu.

"Yes." Wang Yu was obviously much calmer, and there was more condensation between his eyebrows, and at this time, he was already a very mature and experienced official.

"The recruit camp has been built, enough to accommodate five thousand recruits to train at the same time, and there are ...... in it"

Before Wang Yu finished speaking, Dong Ce suddenly interrupted him and said, "Wang Yu, your recruit camp, this official has not been there, but the effect, this official has already seen it." Now these hundreds of recruits from the killer team are all coming out of your recruit camp, right? ”

"Yes." Wang Yu responded.

"It's not bad, it's all good! Come to think of it, you're not bad at this errand. Dong Ce said: "This recruit battalion, don't tell me, I'll go and see it myself." Let's get back to that. ”

"Yes."

Wang Yu didn't say much, and nodded yes. It's just that there is a little more joy in his expression, and Dong Ce went to see it in person, which naturally represents special attention.

He's done here, he's done.

The recruit camp and the affairs in the army, Dong Ce will talk to Shi Jin, Zhou Zhong, and Wang Yu separately.

Ji Changyun didn't come today, he was supposed to come, but now he doesn't have to help with his brother anymore, and he can already take charge of the logistics of the Rock Fort Army on his own. But he went home yesterday and hasn't had time to come back today.

It is estimated that he still doesn't know the news of Dong Ce's return.

"There's another issue that we might as well discuss together."

"At present, the land south of our Panshi Fort, north of the Huanshui River, and west of the Gan River can accommodate more than 30,000 people, and it is almost the end. If there are any more displaced people, we will have no land to divide. Li Guidao: "Your subordinates ask for your instructions, if there are displaced people coming next, where should they be settled?" ”

Dong Ce pondered for a moment and said, "Don't worry about this, these days, the official will walk around and see where it is suitable." ”

"Yes."

Li Gui responded.

Dong Ce suddenly spoke: "There is something I have to tell everyone." ”

All eyes were on him.

Dong Ce said: "For hundreds of years, the imperial power has always been lower than the county, and the imperial court decree has reached the county level. Is there still an official government under the county? Gone! Basically, they are maintained by the gentry, clans, and village elders in the countryside, and there is no government directly in charge. Is that beneficial? Yes! The imperial court should support many fewer officials and officials, so that it can pay a lot less money and save the treasury expenses. But what about the drawbacks? If you want me to say, this is also a huge drawback! One of the most important points is that because there is no government under the county, the mobilization capacity of our Ming Dynasty has greatly declined! ”

"Mobilization capacity?" When everyone heard this word, they were a little confused and didn't understand what it meant.

"I know, you don't understand this word, but it's okay, we'll talk about it later."

Dong Ce continued: "This official is here for example, when the imperial decree reaches the county level, the county will pass it down, let everyone know, how to pass it on?" Is it just to rely on the officials to go down to spread the word, or just to gather the gentry and village elders, tell them, and then tell everyone through them, how troublesome? How slow? ”

"This is just a decree, if there is a war, if there is a conscription, if there is a levy on taxes, what if there is a levy on conscription? That's all you can do! ”

"If you want to do this, if you want to get things done, you have to put pressure on those villagers, or send officials to the countryside to urge, which is not a good way, the speed is slow, the efficiency is low, and the effect is not good. often toss a lot of things, but in the end, they don't get the job done. ”

"I'll give you another most common example, you all used to farm, will you find that many of the ditches and irrigation ditches that were dug back then were slowly silted up?"

"Yes. Yes. ”

Everyone should be, they have personal experience of this.

"Not only do you have this experience, but so do the officials." Dong Ce said: "There is a ditch next to Lingyidu, which was dug during the Hongwu period, and I heard the old people say that it was silted up later. Later, during the Wanli period, it was said that it would be re-excavated, and then the matter was decided for several months, and everyone was noisy and shouting, and no one listened to anyone. In the end, the matter was settled, and then each family paid money, and then everyone was gathered to work, and finally the ditch was dug again, and the whole process took more than three years! Then the irrigation ditch was clogged up again, and it is still silted, and no one cares about it now. ”