(Thanks to the dream never been completed, Tzi's two book friends for the reward, and also thanks to Lantian for the monthly pass.) ）

Li Jing turned his head suddenly, stared at the steward fiercely, and said loudly with an excited expression: "What did you say?" You repeat? ”

The steward didn't know which sentence he said wrong just now, his face suddenly turned dead, the two trembled, the sweat on his forehead kept coming out, and his voice trembled, "The little one said it, say it here"

"What you just said is true? Can this underground workshop make horizontal knives, spears, longbows, horn bows, and even crossbow machines? And also make armor, shields? Li Jing grabbed the shoulders of the steward and said excitedly. Li Jing couldn't help but be excited, Shamen Town was seriously short of weapons now, although he had also begun to set up a workshop, but so far, there was only one workshop with a dozen or so blacksmiths, in addition to being able to make a rough spearhead, he couldn't even make a fine horizontal knife. Not to mention bows, arrows, crossbow machines, armor and shields.

The steward quietly wiped a handful of sweat, breathed a sigh of relief, and said with some pride: "This workshop has been built for five years, and at the beginning it could only make horizontal knives and spears, but in recent years, the workshop has recruited many excellent craftsmen from everywhere, and up to now, the entire workshop has 38 excellent craftsmen, 167 craftsmen of all kinds, 183 senior apprentices, and 300 beginner apprentices. ”

Pointing to the busy craftsmen, the steward said proudly: "Now, every eight people in the workshop have five knives in six days, seven people have eight bows in nine days, and three people make one hundred and fifty arrows in two days. ”

Li Jing counted on his fingers, and this speed was already very good, on average. One man can make three bows in a month. Can fight three knives in a month. One person more than 700 arrows a month. It may not seem like much, but it is made by the combination of the craftsman's head and the craftsman, the advanced apprentice, and the introductory apprentice. A horizontal knife workshop standard craftsman team is eight people, including one formal craftsman, two senior apprentices, five introductory apprentices, eight people cooperate, and five knives are made in six days. Thirty qualified horizontal knives are built in a month. The old craftsman is only responsible for guidance and acceptance, and does not directly participate in the creation. According to the steward, there are 10 craftsmen in the horizontal knife workshop alone, and 300 horizontal knives are produced in a month.

The production of a longbow is more troublesome, the complete production cycle of a bow is three years, but most of the time is the early composite process, and the most difficult bow formation process is seven people, nine days and eight bows. The underground workshop has 20 bow-making teams, including 10 teams of longbows and 10 horn bows, each team of seven people can make 27 bows a month, and 20 teams can produce 270 longbows and horn bows each month.

It has 300 horizontal knives made in a month. The ability of two longbows and seventy horn bows each, Li Jing was completely shocked after some calculations. That's a lot of capacity. This is a full-fledged weapons production base.

"What about the others? How much armor and shields and crossbows can be produced in a month? Li Jing now felt like he had fallen into a treasure all of a sudden, and this workshop made him more excited than the eighteen boat fleet outside.

The steward said very familiarly: "The spear workshop can produce a thousand spearheads per month, and the armor workshop can only make iron armor for ordinary sergeants and pin armor made of leather for the time being. There are two main styles of iron armor, the armor and the scale armor, the armor is composed of square iron armor pieces, the armor pieces are thicker and larger than the fish scale armor plates, most of them are slightly convex outward, and the armor pieces are covered with small circular holes. It is made of leather pieces painted on the surface, the body armor is a large rectangular piece, the sleeve armor plate is smaller, and the layer of reverse pressure from the bottom to the top is braided, and there are two kinds of yin line and yang line in the weaving technique. ”

"What is a yin and yang line?"

The steward replied, "The yang thread has been used below the chest and sleeves of the Eastern Zhou Zajia, and is suitable for parts that need to be moved, such as the arms and waist, and is characterized by a long longitudinal rope segment between the nail pieces. The yin line appears with the more delicate production of the chest and back of the armor, which is characterized by only a few extremely short rope segments exposed on the surface of the nail piece, and the upper and lower left and right sides of the nail piece are completely fixed, which is suitable for the chest and back and other parts that do not need to be moved. The first and second lines in our workshop are all stacked with a piece, and the yin and yang lines are intertwined. ”

According to the steward, the armor workshop now mainly produces the armor style, and although another type of iron armor scale armor is also produced, it is only produced in small quantities. Nowadays, the entire armor workshop only produces three types of armor, namely two types of iron armor, armor and scale armor, and pin armor of leather armor. The Armor Workshop has the largest number of people, producing 60 sets of armor per month, 40 sets of scale armor per month, and 100 sets of armor in January.

In addition, it can produce 300 iron scarfs in a month, 100 round cowhide wooden shields for cavalry, 100 square iron-clad shields, 100 infantry regimental cards, 100 lacquered wooden platoons, etc.

"Where's the crossbow?"

"One hundred crossbows a month, and ten crossbows a month. In addition, it can make 3,000 armor arrows, 5,000 raw arrows, 8,000 long stacked arrows, 3,000 crossbow nails, and 1,000 heavy crossbow iron arrows every month. ”

Li Jing smiled, and the laughter was a little irrepressible. The Wang family's underground workshop works in two shifts day and night, and has more than 700 craftsmen of all levels and types. The underground workshop produces 300 horizontal knives, 270 infantry longbows, 270 cavalry horn bows, 100 individual crossbows, and 10 heavy crossbows every month. There were 1,000 spearheads and 20,000 arrows of all kinds. In addition, there are 60 sets of armor, 40 sets of scale armor, and 100 sets of leather armor. There were 300 iron helmets and 400 shields of all kinds.

He calculated, a fine horizontal knife according to the standard of three crosses, a longbow three times, a horn bow five times, a single crossbow five times, Fuyuan crossbow twenty times, a spear head five hundred times, an arrow ten times, a piece of armor eight times, a leather armor five times, a helmet consistently, and a shield two times to calculate, this month's output is more than 6,000 times. This figure is only calculated by him at cost.

What is Wang Jin going to do with such a secret workshop of this scale and making so many weapons on Salmon Island?

"Selling, all the weapons built were basically secretly sold to merchants in Silla, Bohae, and even Khitan and Xi, and some were sold to those Goguryeo nobles in Liaodong. The business lasted for several years, and every three months the weapons were shipped across the sea to be sold and exchanged for rice, horses, cattle, sheep, and so on. ”

"Why did Wang Jin arrange the workshop on Salmon Island, instead of his Dengzhou Water Village, or other places?" Li Jing asked.

"Because this matter is very secret, and no one else can know about it. Otherwise, even with the status of the royal family, if he openly smuggled and traded weapons with Silla and other countries, he would not be able to give an account. Although Shuizhai is under the control of the Wang family, it is easy to be found when people come and go. Salmon Island is different, it is a semi-public smuggling port, and countless forces are entangled in it, and even Da Xie Yan does not dare to meddle here. The Wang family secretly set up a workshop on the island, but no one found out. The fleet returned to the island to unload the cargo, just in time to sneak the weapons away. For several years, no one has ever discovered this secret. ”

"Is this workshop owned by the Wang family or just by Wang Jin? Also How much do these weapons cost? ”

The steward replied: "This workshop is run by Wang Jin alone, but the Wang family also pays for it, and the income of the workshop is half of the Wang family's and Wang Jin's person, but the Wang family does not interfere in specific affairs, and Wang Jin takes care of it." As for the profit on this sale, it is very high. ”

"How many exactly?"

The steward reached out and made a gesture, and it was an open slap. "Five times the cost of profits, shipped four times a year, each time the small ones will follow to the sea. Each payment is 100,000 yuan, no more, no less. ”

"How much? Lakh? Zhang Hong's eyes on the side almost popped out. When was the last delivery, and how much stock is still in the workshop? "He's completely owned the workshop in the town of Salmon.

The steward was a little panicked by Zhang Hong's glare, lowered his head and whispered: "I just traded with the Silla people a few days ago, and I got back 20,000 stone rice and a batch of cloth, all of which are in the warehouse above, and you have already seen it just now." After that, another batch of goods was produced in the workshop, but they were all taken away by Wang Futi, and now the workshop is empty, and there is no inventory at all. ”

Zhang Hong stood there with some heartache and sighed: "Why did so many guys sell it, if you sell it later, you will die." "Although I have just harvested the 20,000 stone of rice that was exchanged, there is no shortage of food for the time being, and the most important thing is weapons.

Li Jing was not much disappointed, for him, he had just harvested more than 20,000 stones of rice, as well as tens of thousands of pieces of cloth and thousands of pieces of silk, which was already an unexpected fortune. Now Zhilu Dao said that those were exchanged for three months of output from the underground workshop, and there are no regrets. In Zhang Hong's eyes, maybe those ready-made weapons and equipment are very precious, but in Li Jing's eyes, the biggest gain of discovering this underground workshop is not the ready-made weapons, but this complete set of equipment workshop, as well as more than 700 craftsmen of various weapons.

As long as there are people, there will be a steady stream of weapons produced in the future.

"What's your name?" Li Jing asked the steward.

"The small Zhang Cheng, the word Mengda, the Qingzhou people." The steward hurriedly replied.

Li Jing reached out and patted Zhang Cheng's shoulder, Zhang Cheng was only in his early forties, with three locks of long beard, and he had the demeanor of a big housekeeper. "You're doing well, and you're going to keep the workshop, but you'll have to move your tools and craftsmen to the castle at once. You plan to continue to be the head steward of the new workshop in the future, would you like to? ”

Zhang Cheng looked at Li Jing with some surprise, falling into Li Jing's hands, he was satisfied if he could live, who would have thought that Li Jing would still let him be the chief steward. I was stunned for a moment, and I forgot to reply.

Li Jing thought he had any concerns, and chuckled: "Don't worry, as long as you work hard after following me, I won't treat you badly." What treatment did you give to the Wang family before, I will double it for you. In addition, my family members, I will find someone to pick you up. You can take care of the workshop for me with peace of mind, and everything will not be unfavorable to you. ”

"Ahh Zhang Cheng finally came back to his senses, and immediately knelt down for Li Jing excitedly, and said loudly: "Yes, the little one is willing, and the little one is completely willing." (To be continued.) )