Huichang is located in the three provinces of traffic rush, once the rebellion is quelled, the daily business travel is endless, Qin Mu sent a tax collector to collect the past business tax at the key pass of the entry, although the goods do not need to pay the tax when entering the city, but the soldiers guarding the gate want to inspect the tax bills, so the flow of people at the city gate is relatively slow, it seems a little crowded.

A large horse or two waited to enter the city behind a caravan, which looked very ordinary on the outside, even a little crude, but comfortable on the inside.

Xu Yingjie, the proprietor of Rentong Firm, gently raised the curtain of the car to watch the scene outside, and looked in from the city gate, Huichang City was much more prosperous than the last time he came, especially the faces of the people on the street were filled with that optimistic look, which made it hard to believe that this small county had only been freed from the war disaster two or three months ago.

Xu Yingjie sat opposite Xu Yi, Rentong firm set up a branch in Huichang, this time Xu Yi was specially transferred to take care of the business here.

Li Xiangjun fell into trouble in Nanchang, Qin Mu was angry at the crown, and actually led his troops to the court according to the judge, which shows how important Li Xiangjun is in Qin Mu's heart;

And Xu Yi took care of Li Xiangjun along the way from Jinling to Nanchang, and Xu Yingjie transferred him to Huichang to take care of the business here, just to take advantage of the relationship between Xu Yi and Li Xiangjun to deal with Qin Mu.

"The owner, is this person Qin Mu really worth doing this?"

Xu Yingjie didn't answer and asked, "What do you think of Qin Mu?" ”

Shopkeeper Xu moved his bloated body and replied softly: "Since ancient times, it is difficult for anyone who is addicted to women to achieve great things, Qin Mu did not hesitate to risk the world's disapproval for a Qinglou woman, and led troops to attack the Yamen of the Judge, such a person is probably not worthy of the owner to bet on him." ”

Xu Yingjie shook his head and said: "You only know one thing, you don't know the other, Qin Mu attacked the Yamen of the Judge for a woman, it seems to be reckless, but judging from the results, it must be a move made after careful consideration and judging the situation;

More importantly, although Qin Mu spared no cost for Li Xiangjun, he did not really indulge in beauty, as far as I know, after Qin Mu returned to Huichang, he did not care about spending money with the beauty, but immediately devoted himself to the training of Huichang Thousand Households, and worked with ordinary soldiers every day. ”

"Is that so?" Shopkeeper Xu was greatly surprised, it is said that Qin Mu takes Li Xiangjun so seriously, and after bringing people back, it should be like glue, "From now on, the king will not be early in the dynasty".

"It can't be fake." Xu Yingjie showed a faint smile on his face, "Fang is down today, and the heroes are rising together, but I'm afraid that I will have to go through a battle to see the difference." ”

"Li Zicheng has become a trend, why is the owner not optimistic about him."

"In my opinion, Li Zicheng is too angry, although he said that King Chuang did not pay for food, but he wanted people to take his life. Everywhere he passed, none of the squires and wealthy households were spared, but the rich gentry disdained to be a team with them, as the saying goes, those who win the hearts of the people win the world, Li Zicheng lacks the atmosphere of the co-owner of the world;

More importantly, Li Zicheng has been blind, since ancient times, people who have not seen a disability and can open a foundation and Dingding, because the disabled people must be blessed, and the body hair and skin have not been blessed, so what is the destiny of heaven? ”

Xu Yingjie's statement of destiny seems absurd, but many people believe this, have you ever seen a blind emperor? You can't even save your body's facial features, and you still have the blessing to sit and enjoy the world?

On the other hand, Qin Mu, although he took the land in disguise, he never rushed to exterminate it, which not only won the enthusiastic support of the lower-class people, but also retained the vitality of the gentry and wealthy households, which was not only conducive to the recovery of local people's livelihood, but also easy for the gentry and wealthy households to accept him once he became a trend in the future. Looking at his army again, the order is forbidden, and the casualties are not counted during training, and with a little time, it will become a strong army. ”

Shopkeeper Xu seemed to care more about something else, and he muttered: "Qin Mu can speak with the heavens during the sacrifice, does the owner think it is credible?" There are also rumors that when he opened the salt pond in Zhoutian, he got an ancient divine weapon? ”

"It's true that we dug up the divine soldiers, as for the matter of hearing the words of the sky, it doesn't matter if we believe it or not, the important thing is that the people of Huichang believe it. In this world, the icing on the cake is better than charcoal in the snow, you don't need to think about it, just do what I say. ”

Shopkeeper Xu thinks about it, Qin Mu can quickly quell the rebellion in southern Gansu, which has already reflected his ability, from what he has done, this person is ambitious, both military and civilian, and now it is indeed a wise choice to burn his cold stove.

On the side of the Yamen of the Bingbei Road in the east of the city, there was originally a compound where military equipment was stored, and only a broken wall was left in the Yamen of the Bingbei Road, and this compound was also seriously damaged, and Qin Mu had only recently let people renovate it.

The compound covers an area of nearly 50 acres, and there are large warehouses in it, which are not connected to each other for fire prevention, and there was originally an eight-foot-high fireproof wall, but most of them have collapsed and have not had time to be rebuilt.

There was a chair in the middle of an empty warehouse, on which Qin Mu'an sits, behind him stood Zhu Yijin and Li Shi, opposite Xu Yingjie and Xu Yi, and twenty-six craftsmen.

One of them, an old craftsman named Zou Yan, was gushing about his resume, his voice was quite loud, buzzing in the empty warehouse: "There are dozens of firearms produced by the War Bureau, including three-eyed guns, ten-eyed guns, abduction guns, bird guns, guns, thunderbolts, flying crows, swarms of bees, hundreds of tigers running together, 10,000 enemies, fire dragons out of the water, Fran machine guns, fire guns, Hongyi cannons, tiger squat guns, mines, mines, etc., the villain has been in the War Bureau for 20 years, although he dare not say that he is proficient in all of these firearms, but he knows a little bit about them. ”

Qin Mu nodded and said, "Well, it's good, next." ”

Zou Yan thought that Qin Muwei was asking something, but when he heard that it was indeed the next one, he couldn't help but look a little embarrassed. A middle-aged man about forty years old immediately stood behind him, and bowed to Qin Muyi: "My lord, the villain's name is Hu Si, he was originally a craftsman in Liaoyang Mining and Metallurgy, after Liaoyang was occupied by the Tartars, the villain escaped into the pass alone, and the villain has been in Liaoyang Mine for eight years, and he is most familiar with iron smelting and copper casting."

"Okay, next."

“”

Qin Mu first asked about each person's origin and expertise, and then asked about some professional knowledge.

Overall, he is quite satisfied with the craftsmen Xu Yingjie found.

Huichang now has a weak foundation, and the most basic raw materials such as steel are purchased from outside, so it is impossible to manufacture guns on a large scale.

Qin Mu asked Xu Yingjie to look for craftsmen, mainly to use them for research and development, and he provided some more advanced guns and jishu, so that the craftsmen could digest them first, and then produce them when they ate jishu thoroughly.

As for the existing guns and artillery jishu of the Ming Dynasty, they are not enough to fight against the Manchu iron cavalry in terms of range, rate of fire, mobility, and actual lethality.

Of course, gunpowder, mines, mines, and rockets still have to be produced first, and these things are very useful for ambushes and blocking battles, and Gannan is mountainous, which is very conducive to ambushes.

After spending half an hour and questioning the twenty-six craftsmen one by one, Qin Mu spoke: "Zou Yan, you are temporarily the steward here, this official has a booklet here, you take it and read it first, remember, this booklet is top secret, whoever leaks the contents of it will be killed." ”

After Qin Mu finished speaking, he took out a thin booklet from his cuff, which was only twenty or thirty pages, but there were pictures and truths in it, as well as detailed text explanations, as long as some manufacturing process problems were overcome, the weapons inside could be manufactured.

But the key is in the processing technology, which is also the reason why Qin Mu asked them to study, for example, Qin Mu knows the formula and synthesis method of TNT, but how do you refine the raw materials such as ** is a problem;

Another example is the Type 97 assault rifle, Qin Mu can quickly disassemble and assemble it with his eyes closed, and he is more familiar with each of its components than with a woman's carcass, but if you want to make it, it involves a lot of basic jishu, and it is not something that can be made with pictures and truths.

Xu Yingjie thought for a moment, and took the initiative to speak: "My lord, Xu Yi has been taking care of the business for many years, and has accumulated rich experience in management.

"Xu Dongjia is kind to the official, such a small workshop, let the shopkeeper Xu take care of it, and let's talk about it when it develops in the future."

Xu Yingjie was actually just a test of it, he didn't expect Qin Mu to really hand over this place to Xu Yi to take care of, Qin Mu replied, "I'll talk about it later", which already made Xu Yingjie very satisfied, which shows that Qin Mu didn't mean to reject people thousands of miles away, just because the two sides had not established enough trust, so he refused to let Xu Yi get involved.

He then said with a smile: "My lord, the little one has prepared a few glasses of thin wine in the restaurant in the city to thank the adults for saving the Nanchang branch, and I hope that the adults can appreciate it." ”

"Then the official will bother." Qin Mu still had some things to talk to him about, so he casually agreed, and then he turned back to Zhu Yijin and ordered: "Let Liu Meng immediately transfer a general banner to garrison here, without my order, no one can enter and exit at will." ”

"Yes, sir.".