Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 363 Recruitment Work Starts

After Lu Dongzan's appetite was whetted, Wang Lin did not immediately explain his plan to him, but asked instead, "The Prime Minister believes that countries and tribes like Tuyuhun, Dangxiang, and even Kucha and Khotan should still Does it exist?"

"This······"

"What do you mean? Our goals should be placed on these sites?"

Lu Dongzan hesitated for a moment, then the light in his eyes flashed, and he immediately understood what Wang Lin meant.

"That's right, Li Tang is not a country that is about to perish. We, Tubo, don't have the strength to rule the Central Plains dynasty. The purpose of going to Chang'an this time is mainly to rob their wealth. Before Li Shimin comes back, let's just leave. With great ability, it is impossible to come to our plateau!"

"No."

On this point, Lu Dongzan is absolutely confident. As long as there is no civil strife, Tubo is almost the country with the strongest geographical advantage in the world, and there will be no foreign enemies.

"So, he can only seek revenge from the various ministries of the party and Tuyuhun. At that time, we only need to be the orioles behind them. I believe that no matter who wins or loses in the end, they will not be able to compete with my 20 cavalry from Tubo."

When Wang Lin said this, he stopped talking. He believed in the wisdom of Yilu Dongzan, and he could already think of what to do next.

Indeed, at this moment, Lu Dongzan's mind is full of images of capturing the land of Dangxiang and Tuyuhun, capturing Yumen Pass, and sweeping all the small countries west of Yumen Pass, and even the thousands of miles of land occupied by the Tang Dynasty. Once this goal is completed, Tubo It can be attacked nearby, retreated and defended, becoming the strongest country entrenched in the middle of Ouyang Continent.

"Hahaha, wonderful, really wonderful, this is what you Han people call strategizing! This plan is the best gift you can give to the Tubo people at the Zanpu succession ceremony. In the future, in Tubo, if anyone is right You are disrespectful, I, Lu Dongzan, will be the first to refuse..."

Lu Dongzan's laughter was blown into the night sky by the cold wind, but he didn't know that all these conversations had been recorded by Wang Zhi who was waiting not far from them. When they all fell asleep, there should be a carrier pigeon The news spread to the Central Plains.

If a servant's wisdom reaches a very high level, he will not be unknown for more than ten years. Wang Lin does not understand this truth, or he has never thought about this issue at all, and who would have expected that there will be a servant in this world? A person can be so evil that when he is eight or nine years old, he has his own ideas about this world!
Wang Hao is such a precocious monster-level character. More than ten years ago, he placed two undercover agents beside his own brother and brother who would never suspect him. After Wang Lin was about to kill him, he Only then did I feel that it was necessary to enable such a dark child.

Therefore, Wang Lin was able to embark on the road of Tubo, which was all planned by Wang Hao. Wang Zhi suggested that Wang Lin stay in the Central Plains for contact. Now, all of them are Wang Hao's people. Wang Lin will know what news Lin knows, and at the same time, Wang Hao will know immediately if Wang Lin has any new ideas.

The reason why Wang Lin has so many thoughts at this moment is not that he wants to destroy the Huahua World in the Central Plains, but that he desperately wants to get a kind of revenge. If there is no way to deal with him, that would be even better.

Wang Hao knew his abnormal abusive mentality early on, and he could use this to achieve his own goals.

All plans that have been discovered by others are not considered plans, this is the role of intelligence, but the information from Tubo will not be passed on to Sun Xiangfu.

In the morning, after a good night's sleep, Sun Xiangfu got up, and while eating breakfast, he looked through some information on the consignment of supplies by the ministers of the Ministry of War. The headache was that the records were all written in classical Chinese, and Sun Xiangfu was a little slow to understand. , However, he only needs to know a small amount of key information.

Sun Xiangfu plans to use money to buy food in the market. There is no shortage of bean cakes and soy feed for horses in the Tang Dynasty. Sun Xiangfu only needs to write a letter to the warriors in Yangzhou, and he can help mobilize a lot. Directly from Yangzhou It is more convenient to transport it to Laizhou by water. These are ultimately just a matter of money on paper.

In terms of salt, Sun Xiangfu wanted to talk to Wei Shuxie. If all the refined salt could be supplied to the army, then the condition of soldiers, cattle, horses and livestock would be much better. The combat effectiveness of a large army comes from many of these small improved in the link.

The most troublesome thing for Sun Xiangfu is the problem of ordnance and equipment. The materials for making chariots and arrows are not so easy to find. The official issued an order to recruit.

As for controlled products such as beef tendon and bow strings, in addition to inventorying the stock in the warehouse, we must try our best to collect them from all over the world. These things are produced in small quantities, and even if they have money, they may not be able to get them in large quantities. Under the control of Datang, Shanyang has a lot of reserves in this regard.

After that, it will be to coordinate the work of the general supervisor who specializes in the manufacture of ordnance. The master craftsman who is the general supervisor is now Yan Lide. He has about 3000 skilled craftsmen under him. Many of the ordnance and equipment to be produced are new, such as tanks, and the workers of the craftsmen are basically completely unfamiliar, so it is estimated that there is no hope.

After Sun Xiangfu made up his mind, except for some craftsmen to make traditional equipment such as eight-ox crossbows, long bows and arrows, the rest were assigned to the forging workshop of the smelter to do the preliminary training for new craftsmen.

Once the smelting workshop starts to operate, the manpower needed in the forging workshop will be very large. Only when the production of various weapons and equipment is put on the assembly line, the output will be faster and more. When more craftsmen come out, it is time to sharpen their knives.

Then, Sun Xiangfu also saw some mines that are producing minerals for the imperial court in the materials, as well as private workshops that helped the imperial court smelt minerals in wartime. With a swipe of Sun Xiangfu's pen, they will soon be invited The smelter in Weinan came, and after that, Ma Zhou might find a way to take over and work in the smelter. There was no way, if he wanted to increase the production capacity, he had to have more professional people to join this industry.

The first link of ancient production was the problem of manpower. Sun Xiangfu had to use various means to solve the manpower problem before he could guarantee the whole link behind.

After reading the information for a day, Sun Xiangfu began to post and ask for interviews. Although Li Shimin asked him to take full responsibility for the collection, he did not ask him to go to all walks of life to rob. Where others agree, you have to coordinate with others.

The first person to meet was Wei Shuxie. When this old guy came, he brought the contents of the newspaper that Chang'an just released today!Of course, Ma Zhou released it according to Sun Xiangfu's ideas.

"I knew from the beginning that Zhengming is kind and kind. If there is such a good thing, I made an appointment with the old man immediately. Tell me! How many mines can be sold to our Wei family? Even if the price is high, my Wei family sells the property. The bank mortgages the loan, and it will also get you cash out."

"Wei Gong was joking, I invited you here today, not to talk about the mine, first sit down and have a cup of tea, let's talk slowly." Sun Xiangfu's smiling face immediately made Wei Shu feel at ease. No, it is estimated that after Sun Xiangfu confiscated the royal property, he will come to confiscate the Wei family's property again.

"Well, just as you know, the large coal plant our Wei family invested in Weinan this year cost a lot of money. Although we made some money in salt, we are not rich now!" Wei Shuxie sat on the chair next to Sun Xiangfu. After sitting down, he said a little nervously.

However, no matter how fast he talked about it, it would be too late, Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "Today, I invited Mr. Wei to talk about coal and salt. Your big coal plant in Wei's can produce coking coal this year." ?"

"Produce can be produced, this money..."

"Don't worry, even though the imperial court is recruiting, it won't make the Wei family lose money. Duke Wei can get [-]% of the cost price, but the fee has to be settled later, and the quantity requirement is relatively large."

With coking coal, the production capacity of the smelter can be fully activated. When the imperial treasury does not have 100 million guan, Sun Xiangfu can only borrow as much as possible first, and only go to the bank for loans if he cannot borrow.

When Wei Shuxie heard that there was a [-]% profit, he immediately felt relieved, and said with a dignified look, "My Wei family is also a member of the Tang Dynasty. Naturally, we will not fall behind others when we contribute to the country. If the amount is large, it will be fine." It doesn't matter, anyway, in the early stage, we just paid the wages of some workers in advance, but if we ship in large quantities, we have to build the large coal plant."

"It doesn't matter, now we can let those small coal workshops in Weijiayuan produce some and send them to the smelter for stockpiling. After the construction of the large coal plant is completed, they will be mass-produced. At that time, just count the delivery quantity. "

"Okay, this mine..."

"Can't Mr. Wei see it? The mine is just like the fields in the Northland. It is a relatively long-term investment with slow returns. The Wei family's foundation is not as strong as that of the five surnames and seven families. Concentrate on making coal!"

Hearing this, Wei Shuxie nodded, expressing his understanding. Since the Wei family did not participate in the land industry in the Northland, he would not be so entangled in mineral production, and asked, "What do you have about salt?" plan?"

Sun Xiangfu replied, "I want to adjust refined salt to supply the army, both for humans and livestock. The army has about 28 people, and each person is about half a catty per month. This is the amount of 14 catties per month. The livestock is about 30. The monthly cost is 10,000+ catties, and overall, within a year, there will be a supply of more than 3 stones of refined salt, and if the monthly demand is [-] stones, can Shentuyong produce it?"

"Three thousand shi a month? I'm afraid it's impossible. Now, in addition to the salt used to make salted fish for the bean paste workshop, they can only ship one thousand shi of refined salt to the market every month. They also proposed a few days ago , I stopped making salted fish, and only sold refined salt, which was rejected by the old man. My Wei family is not a person who only cares about profits and ignores the people. However, if you want to supply three thousand stones of refined salt to the army every month, even if you don’t sell it , we also want to more than double the production, but if we expand, we are afraid that the secret recipe of salt production will be leaked out." Wei Shuxie said a little embarrassed.

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu thought for a long time before saying, "Since the imperial court has released the salt control, and everyone knows that the source of refined salt is at sea, then the secrecy is probably only temporary, why not take this opportunity to Expand the entire industry, seize all markets, and earn more money in the form of volume.

How about this!I will send a letter to Yue Guogong later, asking him to help coordinate the manpower, and directly assign five times as many people as Shen Tuyong to develop a few more salt-making islands. However, later on, the imperial court may send special tax officials to the island to collect taxes, just like the bean paste workshop. The accounts and production process of this industry may also be exposed. Your Wei family must be mentally prepared. "

Taking advantage of this opportunity, it is also a good thing to promote low-priced salt to the whole people. As long as the court does not use salt to control taxation, then it is just a common commodity, and if there are too many people making salt, it will not be able to form a monopoly and raise prices. The price, for the country, is good.

Now that the population of Datang is so small, the output is increasing, and the business is becoming more and more prosperous, it is inevitable that refined salt will enter the era of low prices and become a popular daily necessities.It's just that before the strong neighbors around are resolved, it's good to control the exit.

(End of this chapter)