“…… How many masters in Beijing have income on this river, and how many people in Beijing eat this river, if you really send troops over, once there is chaos, the canal will be cut off, and the income on the transportation will also be broken, and whoever is in charge will be responsible, that is the anger of the public, and no one wants to ......"

At present, the most important thing in the court, whether it is the side of the celebrant and the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, or the side opposite the Duke of Wei, is the dispute over whether the nurse of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is out of the palace, and the second most important thing is that the war between the Liaodong side and the Jianzhou Jurchen, and further down, it is the chaos in Sichuan and Guizhou in the southwest of the Ming Dynasty.

“…… This Daming deserves to be finished...... "Whether you want to or not, apart from this grievance, everyone has nothing else to do, so you can only pinch your nose and admit it."

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The family is majestic, the agricultural reclamation governs the situation of one side, the trade gold and silver sea, the patrol Ding is the place of operation, the internal guard is analogous to the status of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, the gentry and the common people in the sphere of influence of Zhao Ziying, are extremely concerned about these positions, and there are many discussions, compared to these places, the craftsman hall is much unpopular.

What is the place where craftsmen do live and learn crafts, their children have no way out to learn in the past, and there will be crafts in the future, that's all, at the moment, the Zhao Zi camp is so prosperous, so many opportunities, if you want to be motivated, how many places can you go, why bother to go here to bury.

Everyone has a calculation, the craftsman hall must be short of fat, I heard the legend, those big wineries in Xuzhou are included in the craftsman hall, the place where shochu is made is a gold mountain, can there be less chance to make a fortune on the gold mountain? Everyone said in private that Jin Ye's upright and fair temperament is still favorable, and in order to take care of his wife and brother, he set up such a craftsman hall separately, and promoted the inconspicuous Xu Housheng to an equal position with his brothers.

But then again, Jin Ye's wife and brother, how valuable their status is, they should be equal, and some people are unhappy with Wang Zhaojing, saying that Jin Ye is a group of brothers and partners, some are in charge, and some are in charge of one side, but this is the most talented, Wang Sanye, who is both civil and military, but every time he lands, he follows Jin Ye like the staff master all day long, and they all say that Jin Ye doesn't like to read people, which seems to be true.

From an outsider's point of view, only the core level of Zhao Ziying, as well as those who are really close to Zhao Jin, know how much Zhao Jin attaches importance to this craftsman hall.

Zhao Jin's daily activities are very monotonous, get up early to practice martial arts, and then have breakfast, after dinner, the study and Wang Zhaojing converge, check the documents and urgent items sent from all over the place, as well as the news from the Beijing division and everywhere, after dealing with these, he will ride a horse to the various camps, and all the camps that can be reached for half an hour on horseback have to be checked, and he has to personally supervise the training, and occasionally go back to the Xuzhou salt market and the bazaar to see, lunch is eaten outside, and he often eats big pot meals with the family in the camp.

During this period, the newly sent documents and letterheads, the affairs that need to be decided by Zhao Jin, have to chase Zhao Jin over, let Zhao Jin and Wang Zhaojing work on the spot, and so on after returning to the meeting hall from outside, it is often around Hejiazhuang who are qualified to come here People gather together, everyone reports and exchanges, every time at this time, the sky is almost dark, Zhao Jin often has to raid a nearby camp, and finally go home to eat, at the beginning Xu Zhenzhen and Mu Shulan are still waiting for Zhao Jin to come back to eat together, but the days have been long, also instructed the kitchen to heat up for Zhao Jin, or come back to cook fresh.

Zhao Jin was like this when he was in Xuzhou, and he went to Pizhou and Qingjiangpu too, he was very busy, but in this busy schedule, Zhao Jin also tried to find time to go to the factory of the craftsman hall, at first everyone thought that Zhao Jin cared about the armor and armament, and then thought that Zhao Jin was keen on firearms, and then thought that Zhao Jin wanted to take care of his wife and brother, and in the end, everyone finally understood that Zhao Jin took this craftsman very seriously, even equivalent to the family, farming, and trade.

Since Zhao Jin attaches so much importance to it, then everyone also adjusts their attitude and values it together, but secretly they can't understand that iron and firearms are very important to Zhao Ziying, this is needless to say, but why should others pay so much attention.

Zhao Ziying's current firearms workshop can produce 400 firearms per month, the quality of each rod is guaranteed, and it is engraved with the names of craftsmen, supervisors and craftsmen who check the quality of firearms.

When this rule came out, not only Wang Zhaojing and Ruhui, but even Xu Zhenzhen and Xu Housheng were surprised, this rule is really easy to use, but the Xu family has never come up with it, only a general rule, asked how Zhao Jin came to this rule, Zhao Jin pushed it to the second uncle Zhao Zhenxing, saying that the second uncle Zhao Zhenxing was traveling abroad, and he had heard people in Shaanxi tell stories about ancient times, saying that at that time in Daqin, craftsmen used this rule to build weapons, and if something went wrong, the person who was tracked down would be severely punished.

Hearing this, everyone sighed, Zhao Jin looked calm when he said it, but he was thinking in his heart, this rule is the rule of Qin Shi, but now it is really hard to say if anyone knows it......

The firearms workshop can steadily produce hundreds of firearms every month, which ensures the supply of firearms for this expansion and restructuring, otherwise, the shelves are erected, but there is not enough equipment supply, which will greatly delay the formation of combat power and daily training, but the firearms are enough, but there has always been a bottleneck in the supply of gunpowder, and Xuzhou can not provide enough raw materials for gunpowder, plus Xuzhou has to carry out steaming and drying of gunpowder, and this process is consumed, so how to raise has always been the most headache for Yunshanxing.

Everywhere in the Ming Dynasty, this gunpowder is also a monopoly of the government, and the benefits for the officials in charge can be made, but the gap in the official treasury itself is very large, and what can be obtained is also limited, fortunately, Yu Zhiyuan in Songjiang has helped a lot, and Yu Ergongzi has always been willing to do things related to Xuzhou, and directly took out three large sand ships to load the sought-after goods in the West and South Seas, which were used to barter with foreign merchants and sea owners, and exchanged a shipload of goods for a shipload of gunpowder.

Whether it is the sea lord of the Ming Dynasty or the foreigners on the Nanyang colonies, there is a demand for gunpowder, but the demand is very small, and this gunpowder can be imported from India in large quantities, and it can also be manufactured locally in the Ming Dynasty, so it can't be sold at any price, and it can't even be regarded as a kind of goods, and Yu Zhiyuan took out these three ships of goods, whether they go to the Japanese country or the South Seas, as long as they can get to the destination smoothly, they can exchange the silver of the whole ship.

So as soon as Yu Ergongzi opened this condition, countless people came to the door, and his condition, even if he was a second-way dealer, there was a lot of oil and water, and now there are about two to three times a month of gunpowder on the Clam Harbor side, which greatly alleviated the needs of Zhao Ziying, and in such a situation, it is natural to put a brigade on the Clam Bay side to garrison.

As for artillery, Louis now appears more as a master of craftsmanship, and his old servants are often the head of the Xuzhou Martial Arts Hall, and the drunken McCann and the two Franco machine craftsmen kidnapped from the Macau Gun Factory play an increasingly important role.

Brother Bento. Burges and his younger brother Pedro. After Burges was kidnapped to Xuzhou, he was frightened for more than a month, directly thinking of those who were plundered by the Ottoman Turks and North African pirates, if the Europeans were captured by them, there were generally three ends, one was killed, one was ransomed by the family, and the most common one was to be enslaved forever.

Naturally, the two brothers did not expect a ransom to be ransomed, and if they had this condition, they would not have wandered thousands of miles from Europe to Macao to beg for a living, and they did not think about escaping, not to mention that this side was heavily guarded, and they did not know where they had been.

In the concept of the Burges brothers, the Ming Dynasty should be the way of Macau, but the customs and customs seen in front of them are completely different from Macau, when they were in Macau, the two brothers heard that the Ming Dynasty is vast, and a province is as big as the entire country of Spain.

The only thing that is reassuring is that the people who kidnap them are very disciplined, there is no abuse and beating, they are also very polite to women and children, and even give preferential treatment, but the Burges brothers also know one thing, that is, if their side is disobedient, the other party will not hesitate to kill them.

The person who dealt with them was a Frenchman, who was obviously educated, and supposedly could find good jobs in Europe or the colonies, but for some reason, but he was here to serve the lord of the Ming Dynasty, and the two brothers discussed in private, and they both felt that they had come to a place like North Africa or the Ottoman Empire, and the lords here were not "Eastern", and there were Europeans under them.

"Do what you can to improve your artillery and make better artillery, which is good for you and your families, and for your future." Louis knew how to deal with Europeans, and he was very direct.

"Can we and our families be free?"

"When the time comes, if you want to be free, I will give you freedom, but I think that you have come here with the blessing of the Father, and if you do it well, you should get better than freedom."

Louis's ambiguous answer reassured the Burgess brothers somewhat that they needed their craft and that they were reasonable.

Ninety percent of the craftsmen in Zhao Ziying were originally from the Xu family, but they have been constantly collecting the displaced people, and after several major wars, there were large-scale prisoners, and the craftsmen and apprentices with craftsmanship among the displaced people were selected, and gradually accumulated, and there were two-fifths of the number.

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