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In March, although it was early spring, Jixian County had a cold spring and a heavy snowfall.

In several slum-like slums in the south of Jixian County, beggars or people who wander here have no tiles on their heads, and they are all cold and cold under this. The beggars are all experienced in gathering dry dung heaps together, and people hide in the dung heaps to warm their bodies, so the whole county is full of garbage and dung.

It is not difficult to get warm, but the problem is that in the harsh winter, the people can save clothes but can not shrink their food, and the people in Jixian County are not rich in rations because of the war in winter, not to mention the refugees.

Since Li Chongjiu established himself in Jixian County, more and more refugees from various counties in Hebei Province have gone to Jixian County because of the suffering of thieves.

Nowadays, the refugees in Jixian County have gathered more than 10,000 people, they sleep in the streets at night, and they stare closely at the smoke of the cooking in Zhumen during the day, and they only eat Guanyin soil, tree bark, and grass roots.

When Jun Cheng Wei Zheng heard about this situation, he immediately set up a porridge shop at the four gates of the city, and gave porridge to the refugees from the newly established Yicang. Now outside the four porridge shops, a long queue can be seen every day, waiting for the soup kitchen.

After hearing this, Jun Cheng Wei couldn't help but have a few more gray hairs on his head, and rushed to the porridge shop in the early morning.

Wei Zheng personally took a big spoon and scooped up the soup and water from the bottom of a porridge pot, and several county officials in charge of the porridge shop on the side all looked trembling. Today, they all heard that when Wei Zheng checked that the porridge in each porridge shop was evenly thick, he had found that two people who were greedy for ink had been dragged out and killed with rods.

"Yes!" Wei Zheng said this softly, and the officials wiped the fine sweat from their foreheads, and then continued to give porridge.

Wei Zheng held his hand in front of the porridge shop, looking at the queue like a long queue, and couldn't help but sigh, looking at the countless eyes that wanted to be pierced, and thousands of homeless people were waiting to be fed.

On the side of the county Gongcao, Zhao Heran of the Zhao clan of Zhuo County said: "Wei Juncheng, the world is in chaos right now, only Zhuo County in the north is considered a peaceful place, and now there are hundreds of displaced people who pour into Jixian every day, and the counties outside the city are even less. If this goes on for a long time, even if Gu Gong sets up a righteous warehouse and uses a porridge shop to help, I am afraid he will not be able to fill so many mouths. ”

"That's right," a Zhuo County official, seeing that Wei Zheng was so strict in his investigation, it was almost impossible to use the porridge shop to fish for oil and water, so he simply said, "The establishment of the porridge shop is just a temporary move, and the grain in the Yicang will always be used up for a day, but the number of displaced people is surging every day, so if our Yicang is emptied, in case there is really any natural disaster in Zhuo County, our people in this county will not be able to take care of it." Therefore, I implore the cities of Wei County and Chengzhuo County not to let the exiles into the city again. ”

"Yes, this group of homeless people disturbs the place, just in the past few days, there are more than a dozen homeless people's livelihoods, everyone knows that there are many rich families in Jixian County, if it disturbs Shanggu Gong, it will be our responsibility." The county lieutenant also spoke.

Wei Zheng glanced at these people and said: "If the displaced people are kept out of the city, the number of displaced people who come to Zhuo County will not decrease, isn't this move to cover up your ears and steal the bell, if the first-class people gather in the mountains and wilderness, they will become thieves, you only think about your own convenience, but you don't think about the people?" ”

Hearing Wei Zheng's fierce words, everyone lowered their heads.

At this time, Sima Lu Chengqing of the county said: "It is better to teach people to fish, it is better to teach them to fish, I heard that Shanggu Gong has recently set up a new workshop in Zhuo County, and he wants to recruit thousands of craftsmen, so it is better for me to take a look at the workshop and see if it accepts refugees." In addition, we can also find a way to resettle these people, many fields in Shanggu Yanmen are barren, and Shanggu Gong can make Goguryeo prisoners of war reclaim, let alone reject the displaced people. ”

Wei Zheng nodded when he heard this, showed a little appreciation to Lu Chengqing, and said, "Good!"

Lu Chengqing also smiled slightly.

Li Chongjiu's new workshop in Zhuo County was set up in a remote place in the south of Zhuo County.

Li Zuojiang, who originally smelted iron for him in Shanggu County, is now the chief craftsman of the three armies of Zhuo County, Shanggu County, and Yanmen County, and makes weapons for Li Chongjiu.

Shaofu Jian is subordinate to Taifu Temple, Taifu Temple is equivalent to the Ministry of Industry in later generations, but its status is lower than that of the Ministry of Industry, and Shaofu Jian is specialized in weapon making in Taifu Temple.

Therefore, more than a dozen craftsmen from the Shaofu Prison have served in the Shaofu Prison for many years, understand the most advanced craftsmanship techniques of the Great Sui in this era, and are the elite of the craftsmen of the Sui Dynasty.

Li Chongjiu asked them to be in charge of the great workshop of Zhuo County together with Li Zuojiang, which is now Li Chongjiu's general arsenal, and in the future, tens of thousands of troops and armed equipment will be sent here, and there will be 500 soldiers guarding day and night every day.

Today, Li Chongjiu was invited to the workshop by Li Zuojiang and other teachers because he learned that the craftsman's workshop successfully imitated the Zhuge crossbow of the Three Kingdoms.

In the workshop, the hammer is repeatedly pounding, and the blower is whirring.

In such a noisy environment, Zhou Zuojiang, who was on the side of Li Zuojiang, although he was old, introduced this imitation Zhuge repeater to Li Chongjiu with a loud voice, and his expression was full of meaning: "The range and strength of the crossbow are far better than the bow, but when you go into battle, you still can't replace the bow, because there are nothing more than two, one crossbow shoots one arrow, the bow can shoot three arrows, and the other is that the cavalry is unbearable." ”

"The existing Zhuge crossbow is used, a box of ten arrows, just repeat the string, pull the hanging knife, you can shoot arrows, so not only foot pawns can be used, horse pawns can also be used."

Li Chongjiu listened to Zhou Zuojiang's words and took this Zhuge repeater, only to see that this Zhuge repeater was no different from ordinary crossbow arrows, the difference was only that there was an extra casing in the belly.

Li Chongjiu operated, and every time he shot an arrow, the receiver would pop out a new arrow from below, and then all the operator did was to pull the bowstring again and aim it.

Li Chongjiu immediately gave the crossbow to the general Wei Chi Gong, Wang Mahan, Xu Wu and others to read it together, and all the generals nodded approvingly after seeing it, and it was good to raise the crossbow and try it a few times.

On the side, Ji Chuan also said: "Taishou heard that after Zhuge Kongming made it, Ma Jun of the Later Wei State imitated it as a fifty-arrow crossbow, but it was later lost, and now it can be reproduced, this is God bless our army." ”

I have to say that even if Luo Guanzhong has not written the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Kongming has always been very charming.

Zhou Zuojiang decided to strike while the iron was hot, and said: "I don't know if Shanggu Gong can make this crossbow have a craftsman's workshop, if the labor is enough, we can produce 100 pieces a month." ”

After listening to the words of Zhou Zuojiang and Ji Chuan, Li Chongjiu slowly shook his head and put the crossbow down. Everyone looked at Li Chongjiu's expression as if they were incomprehensible, and Zhou Zuojiang immediately asked, "Is there any deficiency in Shanggu Gong's crossbow?" ”

Li Chongjiu put down the crossbow, took out the crossbow arrow, and said to Zhou Zuojiang: "This crossbow can, but the arrow can't, you see that this arrow is only eight feet, and in order to facilitate loading, go to the arrow feather, so how can it be far!" ”

When everyone listened to Li Chongjiu's words, they all looked at it, and it was true. Zhou Zuojiang immediately said: "If the arrow is too long, the crossbow will be too heavy, and one person will not be able to lift it, so in order to reduce the weight, it is necessary to use short arrows." ”

After listening to Zhou Zuojiang's words, Xu Wu took the crossbow to shoot at the moment, but saw that the crossbow arrow was acceptable within fifty steps, but the accuracy outside fifty steps had decreased.

At that moment, Xu Wu frowned and said, "What's the use of such a crossbow foot soldier." ”

Zhou Zuojiang immediately said: "We can use arrows to make iron arrows, so that once the arrow sinks, it is not easy to deviate." ”

The generals all shook their heads when they heard this, if the arrows were made of iron, then the cost would be high.

Xu Wuyan said: "Even if it is an iron arrow, but this arrow is fifty steps away, and even the leather armor cannot penetrate, let alone the iron armor, it can only be used to deal with the grass cowards, but if you encounter the general grass cowards, the general bow and arrows can be repulsed, why use the repeating crossbow, if you encounter the elite of the enemy army wearing armor, what is the use of the repeating crossbow?" ”

Zhou Zuojiang immediately said: "Even if the foot soldiers are unusable, Ma Jun can also use them." ”

Li Chongjiu shook his head, Li Chongjiu's horse army, most of them are fancai, fancai horses open the bow, like drinking water and eating, what is the use of this repeating crossbow with a range of strength only like an ordinary light bow, not to mention the cost of a repeating crossbow, with arrows far better than ordinary crossbow arrows.

It is no wonder that in history, after the Three Kingdoms, no one equipped the Zhuge crossbow in the later period.

At that moment, Li Chongjiu rejected the Zhuge crossbow equipment and installed it in the army, and Zhou Zuojiang heard that his hard work was in vain, and his discouragement overflowed on his face.

He bit his lip and didn't say anything, and immediately clenched his fists and said to Li Chongjiu: "The villain knows." ”

Li Chongjiu said that although the Zhuge Repeater crossbow is inconvenient to use in actual combat, this person can imitate it, which shows that he is still quite capable. At that moment, Li Chongjiu was relieved and said: "At present, there are only more than 1,000 craftsmen, and I will recruit 3,000 people in the future. ”

At the moment, Li Chongjiu will follow him all the way from Shanggu County, Li Zuojiang is promoted to Zhuojun soldier Cao Shuzuo, and Zhou Zuojiang is promoted to Jixian soldier Cao Shuzuo, both of whom are specifically responsible for ordnance making.

The two of them were able to be crowned, and they all looked incredulous.

Although the merchants are at the bottom, in fact, the status of craftsmen is the lowest in all dynasties.

In the Sui period, the main people who worked in the Shaofu prison workshop were prisoners such as officials, slaves, maids, and prisoners. The others are craftsmen who have been in service for a long time, and there are local craftsmen who have been in the field for a short time. Craftsmen on short-term orders must serve in Beijing or local states and counties in rotation according to the regulations of six times a year, two months each. Artisan labor was much heavier than that of peasants.

Li Chongjiu promoted the two of them to officials, of course, to see the technical competitiveness of the craftsmen under the leadership of the two, improve like merchants, and improve the social status of craftsmen, and by the way, hit the unspoken rule that only scholars can be officials.

Even if they had any objections after learning about this, Li Chongjiu would not take it seriously.

Zhou Zuojiang was even more ashamed when he saw it, originally because Zhuge was rejected by Li Chongjiu, he couldn't help but have a grudge against Li Chongjiu. But seeing that Li Chongjiu promoted him to be an official, and suddenly he was promoted from the lowest craftsman to Cao Shuzuo, a soldier who could only be served by people from prominent families in the county, and he couldn't help but be grateful.

Of course, Li Zuojiang's excitement is no less than that of Zhou Zuojiang. (To be continued.) )