Daming iron-blooded Chief Assistant

Chapter 13 The Evil Feudal Society

After the two came over, Zhang Zongxian first asked the little grandson, what's his name?How old are you this year? Have you ever read a book?The child timidly replied that his name was Liang Chengyuan. He was nine years old this year and had studied in a private school for a year.

Um!This kid is not bad, he speaks in a reasonable way, not stupid.

Zhang Zongxian asked Liang Chengyuan to kneel in front of him. "From now on, I will be your master. As a teacher, I will teach you more strictly than your father, and I will beat you if you don't obey.

Being a teacher will also teach you a lot of knowledge. You have to study hard. From now on, you will go to the school field every morning to run and train with your brother Liangchen. After running, you will go to the county school to go to school. "After speaking, he looked at Liang Chengyuan.

At this time, Liang Chengyuan's aunt, also the shopkeeper's daughter, said to Liang Chengyuan, "Cheng Yuan still doesn't kowtow to your master." Liang Chengyuan finally understood, and kowtowed three times to Zhang Zongxian.

Zhang Zongxian is very satisfied with Liang Chengyuan's performance.Haha laughed and said, "Get up, Cheng Yuan." After getting up, he even patted his head.Then he asked Ding Bo to take Liang Chengyuan out.

After Ding Bo went out, Zhang Zongxian began to look up and down at Shopkeeper Liang's daughter, with no concealment of desire in his eyes.It was the first time for the little girl to be looked at like this, and she felt aggrieved and frightened.The whole person stood there with his head down, his small body trembling slightly as if he was about to cry.

Zhang Zongxian got up and walked to the little girl, stretched out his arms and hugged her into his arms, and then lifted the little girl's chin. It was the first time that the little girl cried out shyly when being hugged by a man.Zhang Zongxian laughed loudly and said:
"Don't be afraid that you will be mine in the future. Serve me well, master, and your whole family will enjoy happiness. I will not treat you badly, master."

As he spoke, he began to stroke the girl's little hand.While touching, he asked how old he is this year, and what is his name?The little girl trembled and replied:
"The daughter of the people is twenty-eight years old this year, and the name given by her parents is Liang Su'e."

Zhang Zongxian woke up in the morning and looked at Su'e beside him, but couldn't help but want to do something?But he is a good official and must lead by example, and cannot remain silent in this gentle village.

Get up to leave Wenrou Township, Su'e also woke up, Zhang Zongxian felt sorry for her and wanted her to sleep for a while.Su'e was very sensible and insisted on getting up to wait for Zhang Zongxian to wash and dress.Zhang Zongxian told her that the backyard of the county government will be managed by her in the future.

Ding Bo has other arrangements, so he doesn't care about the backyard.

After the morning meeting, the people in the military room brought the ten households of craftsmen to Zhang Zongxian.Zhang Zongxian looked at the ten craftsmen, all of them were lean men who had done physical labor for a long time, and their hands were covered with calluses.

I lamented that the craftsman system of the Ming Dynasty was too inhumane. No matter how good the craftsmen were, they were like slaves. They worked for the government for free, and there was no incentive but punishment.It's crazy that the weapons produced under such a system can be used easily.

Zhang Zongxian first asked these craftsmen to report what kind of weapons they would make.The craftsmen said that they could make all the weapons of the Ming army.Zhang Zongxian asked
"Can bird guns be made?"

One of the oldest artisans said:
"Xianzun, the younger ones will build it."

"That's the Peruvian gunna."

"Xiao Hui Xianzun, you are talking about Lumi guns, I just heard that Lumi guns have never been made."

"Then how much does it cost you to make a bird gun? How long does it take to make it?"

"A bird gun needs at least one tael of silver for materials, and a lot of iron materials are needed, and the price may be more. It takes 30 labors to make a bird gun."

"Will the tiger squat cannon be built?"

"Huiyuan County's Zunhu Squatting Cannon Association will build it. This cannon consumes a lot of wrought iron, and each cannon needs a hundred catties of wrought iron. Qingjian County does not produce iron, so it needs to be purchased from Shanxi, and it needs nine taels of silver for materials."

Zhang Zongxian calculated in his heart, did not say how much the labor cost?Using the original system to manufacture these weapons, although there is no need to pay wages, I still have to worry about corruption by officials, and I can't watch it every day!
It's useless to kill these officials if the unqualified things made by Waiyi hurt the soldiers!Still have to outsource.

To make a plan, first call Ding Bo, and then let Ding Bo be responsible for logistics and procurement, so I can rest assured.After Ding Bo came, Zhang Zongxian began to say to these craftsmen:
"This time you don't need to come to the official craftsman to do it. I will buy the bird gun directly from you. You will prepare all the materials yourself. I will pay one tael for each bird gun. After the acceptance, I will pay two taels of silver. The acceptance is not good. If it is qualified, I will return my deposit of one or two and pay a fine of three or two.

The same is true for the tiger crouching cannon. First, the nine taels are accepted and then the 21 taels. Can you figure this out?It's okay, you craftsmen can discuss it.I want 200 bird guns and 10 tiger crouching guns this time."

It was also the first time for these craftsmen that the government refused to allow them to post money and return the money.Can't believe it's true, they all discussed in whispers around the oldest craftsman.

They have already been cheated miserably by those gangsters. In previous years, they paid money and people.Counting now, each bird gun can earn one tael of silver at least.The tiger crouching cannon can even earn ten taels of silver.With so much iron material used, if you open another furnace to refine it, you can earn a lot more.

Seeing their intense discussion, Zhang Zongxian added fuel to the fire and said: Not only can the price of this bird gun be raised if it can make a Lumi gun, but also the related copper bar medicine pot can be outsourced to them. The price is easy to say, but he requires quality. There must be a guarantee that if there is a problem with the name of the worker, not only a fine but also accountability.

The craftsmen discussed for a long time and felt that it could be done. At least they paid for the materials first, and at most it was just a loss of wages.Finally, the oldest craftsman said to the county magistrate:
"Xie Xianzun is sympathetic to the common people, and waits for me to survive. I will thank Xianzun." After saying that, they all knelt down.

"Get up! It's hard to get the money. First, the quality must be guaranteed, and then the construction period must be guaranteed. I want to get half of the bird guns and tiger crouching guns within a month.

The payment will be completed within two months, and I will give you an order later. I will ask you at the end if you can make Lumi guns. I don’t care about the extra money. What I want is the result. "

After listening to the craftsmen, they looked at each other and finally looked at the oldest craftsman.The old craftsman secretly scolded these teammates as stupid asses, so they couldn't finish making bird guns and then they could make Lumi guns, and they could still make money.

I can only say with a hard scalp:

"Xiaomin once served in the capital, and saw the master craftsman in the capital make it. Go back and think about it, and Xiaomin should be able to make it."

Zhang Zongxian laughed and said:

"As long as I make a Lumi gun, I will give you 5 taels."

"Xiaomin remembers how to make guns, and the drill frame that makes guns has been done."

"Then I don't want to use bird guns, and I will make Lumi guns, but the tail steel knife of this Lumi gun was given to me, and then I made a gun head that can be inserted into the barrel. You first follow the picture I drew for you. Make a few gun heads from the drawing, and bring them to me for a look together with the finished gun."

Then he gave the drawn bayonet style to the old craftsman, and then told the old craftsman about the process of division of labor and cooperative production, and told him that this was the way Qin State made weapons in the pre-Qin period. At the beginning, Qin State used Guanzhong to arm millions of troops. It is this method.

After seeing Zhang Zongxian's drawings and the production process he described, the old craftsman knew that the county magistrate knew it well, and he was not easy to fool or dare to fool.

Then the two parties agreed on the delivery date and acceptance process, and Ding Bo signed a contract with the craftsmen in his own name.After the two parties confirmed their handprints, Zhang Zongxian stamped his private seal on the contract, expressing that he was looking for the money.After signing the contract, Ding Bo gave the craftsmen a deposit of 4490 taels of silver.

Get the weapon deal done.Zhang Zongxian thought that the military uniform and armor could be outsourced.This saves trouble, so Ding Bo immediately asked Ding Bo to find a clothing workshop in the county and place an order for 500 sets of military uniforms according to his drawings.

All the rules were followed by the contract signed with the weapon craftsman. Ding Bo came to the county government to sign the contract and get the deposit after negotiating with them.Soon all the materials needed by the army were outsourced.All the cash in Ding Bo's hand was also spent.

But Zhang Zongxian is not in a hurry, someone will send him money soon.

In the afternoon, the head of the punishment room found Zhang Zongxian.Said that he had scolded Huang Shilang severely, and Huang Shilang said that he wanted to invite the county venerable to make amends to the county venerable tomorrow night at the Zhichun Tower, and he also went to Yan'an Mansion to invite the oiran from the Yingchun Tower, and sang Wu dialects to cheer the county lord.Zhang Zongxian secretly scolded you for corrupting officials like this, no wonder you all want to be officials!But I like it.Let's also listen to the music once.

In the afternoon, I took the little apprentice to the school grounds, first let the little apprentice get to know his elder brother, and also told Liangchen that Cheng Yuan would run with them in the morning to exercise his physical strength, and then go to the county school to study.It also said that the weapons are being produced, and the first batch of weapons will be delivered in a short time.

Then gather the people and start the lecture.Cheng Yuan also followed with a small bench.Zhang Zongxian first asked the soldiers in groups of ten to write on the ground the Arabic numerals 1 to 10 that we talked about yesterday.In the end, only five people wrote it silently, and Zhang Zongxian rewarded the five people and wrote down their names.The next step is to examine several contents of the reform of the Qin State that was mentioned yesterday.This time they were asked to rush to answer the questions. In the end, nine people answered the questions correctly. Zhang Zongxian handed out rewards one by one and wrote down their names.

After the assessment, I will start to talk about today's content. Today I will directly teach them how to write from 1 to 50, and they will also take the test tomorrow.

After teaching mathematics, I will continue to talk about the reform of Qin State, and talk about Qin State's [-]-level military merit title system.In order to reward military merits, Shang Yang stipulated that all members of the army, regardless of their family background, should receive rewards according to the size of their military merits.Even the clan of Qin State is like this.Those who have not made military achievements in the clan are not allowed to be included in the clan's book, and are not allowed to have titles.

Let's put it this way, a small soldier can theoretically become a lieutenant by killing the enemy.Compared with the unbreakable class barriers of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers yearned for it one after another, and those smart people who answered the questions correctly wished they were born in the Qin Dynasty.

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