Chapter 153 One Step Away

"Yes!" Mr. Su was unwilling to sell the artillery to the friendly forces around him, and immediately agreed happily.

However, the young chief Huang Laowai of the workshop was a little reluctant. He secretly looked at Mr. Su's face and reminded carefully, "Governor, is that price reduction too large? 30% is only more than 300 kilograms of copper. We have recently built a dock and a water truck, and we have to build plate armor or front breastplates for the soldiers of the army. If the price of artillery is reduced too much at once, it may be impossible to turn around!"

"Then Liu Futong will not reduce the price for now. The priority level is the highest. It is listed with General Manager Li, Zhao Changshi and others. It is better to reduce the price by 30%!" Zhu Bashiyi was very kind and immediately adopted Huang Laowai's suggestion and revised his previous orders.

However, Huang Laowai was still a little reluctant. He looked up at everyone's faces and continued to mumble, "Then, that's a little more than 30%. Zhao Changshi and General Manager Li both have copper ore and iron ore. And what they sell is not cheap!"

"The price of cannons is high, and it is suspected of forcing good people to be thieves!" Chen Ji, who just became the military officer of the Governor's Office because he ranked first in the palace examination and joined the government office, was a little unable to adapt to Huang Laowai's philanthropy. After thinking about it, he gave a reminder.

"Yes! Huang Shaocheng. I saw that the cannon was only 500 kilograms, and the price was above a thousand kilograms of copper ingots. Such a huge bonus was of course inevitable for outsiders to spy on it." Ye Dexin, another scholar who entered the Zhu Bayi's house because of his top exams, also tentatively advised.

The two of them are very traditional scholars, they have no business mind, and they don’t know what strange things are. Seeing that Zhu Bashiyi was so annoyed by all the red scarf spies who came to steal the secret, they came up with an idea to solve this problem from the root once and for all.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately hit by Mr. Su, Huang Laowai, Yu Changlin and others. "What's the high? How can you be considered high if you only sell a thousand kilograms of copper ingots? You two didn't hear what the governor said just now. Shafan, artificial, and fire consumption are not considered money?"

"One thousand kilogram of copper is quite expensive. If you have the ability, they will buy it elsewhere? Do you know how much it costs to sell the cannons to Xu Shouhui in private? One thousand jin will cost enough copper coins. How much does it cost to Xu Shouhui!" (Note 1)

"Why are you looking for a purchase from the Beiyuan region? Fortunately, the ones facing the Yellow River are now, except for Liu Futong, General Manager Li and Changshi Zhao. Otherwise, they would have dared to sell the cannons to the Tartars if they dared to turn around!"

"This, this, younger generation, younger generation is just a new arrival. Some situations are not mastered!" Chen Ji and Ye Dexin were scolded and their faces were flushed, and they quickly bowed their hands to apologize to everyone.

"Don't talk nonsense if you don't know the situation!"

"Scholars should calm down and learn more with the governor, and then show their performance!"

Mr. Su, Huang Laowai and others refused to give in and continued to speak out.

"A gentleman is cautious in his words and is quick in his actions!" As the chief examiner of the palace examination, Chen and Ye's nominal mentors, Lu Luzeng also felt that the two were too impetuous. Not only did they not speak out to protect him, but they also helped others to finish the attack.

Hearing this, Chen Ji and Ye Dexin felt more and more embarrassed. They bowed their hands and their faces were so red that they almost dripped blood.

In the end, Zhu Bashiyi was soft-hearted and couldn't bear to let the newcomer suffer too much. He coughed a few times and interrupted with a smile, "Well, hum! Okay, let's say less. Who hasn't come from the newcomer yet?"

"Yes! Governor!" Huang Laowai and others glared at the two scholars fiercely, and reluctantly put away the firepower.

"The workshop of our Hongshuo Zuojun is different from the workshops of the Mongolian Yuan government in the past!" Based on the idea of ​​focusing on training, Zhu Bashiyi turned his attention to Chen Ji and Ye Dexin, and explained patiently, "Craftsmen are not considered craftsmen, but are the same as ordinary people. The wages are calculated based on their skills. The highest among them is called the master craftsman, and they can get about 30 jin per month. Therefore, the price of things made in the workshop is naturally higher!"

"Thirty taels?" Chen Ji and Ye Dexin were startled and blurted out their questions.

Thirty guan a month! As the trusted staff of the governor, the monthly salary of the two of them is only six guan a month. This is the one that the governor's office has just increased based on the recent prices in Huai'an City. And a craftsman actually got five times the salary of a strategist. This number is really a blow to people.

"So, we have artillery, agitator, plate armor and front chest armor!" As a soul fusionist, Zhu Bashiyi knew that he was in, and scholars looked down on craftsmen at all. He smiled and continued to explain patiently, "So, this governor can control the two big cities of Huai'an and Sizhou with only 15,000 combat soldiers, and have the power to support others. Therefore, our Red Turban Left Army can slowly grow and grow without disturbing the people.

Without these capable craftsmen, no artillery, bullets, and strong armor, we have to recruit soldiers like other red scarves, so that we can not worry about being wiped out by the Mongols or being annexed by our peers. We have to double the number of people to exploit the people. Then, let the people hate us more than the Mongols and the government, and hope that we will be killed one day earlier. Therefore, Zhu thought that the thirty stagnant money was not much. The profit of selling each cannon was not expensive!”

As a quasi-time traveler who integrates the souls of later generations, he may not be higher than Lu Luzeng, Xu Da and others in terms of political literacy and military level. However, when it comes to understanding the germination of industrialization and the industrial era, influenced by the part of the soul belonging to Zhu Dapeng, his knowledge is definitely outweighed the rest of the people for hundreds of years.

When Chen Ji and Ye Dexin heard this, they felt dizzy in front of them, as if someone had knocked on their foreheads hard. However, countless things were squeezed out desperately, refusing to accept this as a blow.

Even Lu Luzeng thought that Zhu Bashiyi's argument was a bit shocking. If the role of craftsmen was so powerful, what else would Huai'an students read in the future? Just send them to the workshop as apprenticeship early. There are three thousand great craftsmen, which is enough to unify the Central Plains. Why do you need Zhang Liang and Chen Ping?

However, if he wanted to say a few words of refutation, he had no way to refute it. After all, the powerful arsenal of the Huai'an Red Turban relies on sharp weapons and strong armor. Otherwise, not to mention that only 15,000 combat soldiers, even 150,000 combat soldiers would be short of defense against various parts of Huaidong.

When Huang Laowai heard this, he shed tears on the spot. After choking for a while, he finally suppressed the excitement in his heart, leaned down and said loudly, "Governor, the Governor knows the kindness of the encounter, Huang, Huang will never repay him. Governor, don't worry, as long as Huang is there, you will never let someone learn the secret method of making artillery. If there is any mistake, Governor, Governor can kill Huang's whole family!"

"Then you're full of words!" Zhu Bashiyi patted his shoulder angrily, and joked with a smile, "If someone makes a ruthless move, buy a few cannons and smash them one by one, it may not be impossible to imitate them. At that time, will you ask me to kill your whole family, or will you run to me and cry and shout that you are wronged?!"

"Master, Governor!" Huang Laowai was frightened and immediately took back his tears. "Master, Governor, Governor is a wise man, and he will definitely not do such a fool!"

"If you are a person, you will be confused, and this governor will not be an exception!" Zhu Bashiyi smiled and shook his head, refusing to accept his flattery. "We built cannons when we first came up with a gun, magnifying them bit by bit. Although we have improved many times now, the basic principles are still the same. So you have to hurry up and build these four pound cannons and take out time to take out. Once others figure it out and start copying, they will not be able to sell at this price now!"

"Haha, hehe!" Huang Laowai opened his mouth and scratched his scalp embarrassedly. He never dared to mention the two words that he refused to lower the price when he was not willing to lower the price.

Mr. Su, who had previously opposed the sale of artillery, immediately blushed. After thinking about it, he looked at himself embarrassedly, "I, I mean not not to sell it, but to distinguish between relatives and distant things. Like General Manager Li and Zhao Changshi, those who don't steal our secret techniques, you might as well sell them to him more. For example, those who are shameless like Bu Wangsan and Meng Haima, don't give him any of them. So they won't sell them and make money with our things!"

"This kind of thing can't be prevented by just guarding!" Knowing that Mr. Su was so handsome, Zhu Bashiyi didn't demand too much from him. He smiled and continued, "Maybe, Beiyuan, has already obtained our artillery. As for the gunpowder formula, it probably won't be kept secret for too long."

"Ah!" Everyone looked at each other, and a chill surged in their hearts. The Mongolian Yuan court obtained the method of making artillery and gunpowder, which was not at the same level as the surrounding friendly forces. Although the Red Turban Army looked good at the moment and had already won most of the Henan Jiangbei provinces. However, the other dozen provinces were still from the Mongolian Yuan. The Mongolian Yuan governments had copper, money and food, and the best craftsmen in the country were concentrated in the capital. It didn't take long, the artillery lined up like dumplings, and was pushed out from the Military Weapon Bureau, placed on the front line, and launched a fight with the Red Turban Army.

"It's a very simple truth! If there are artillery in the Mongolian Yuan, we don't have it, I will make a few shots to imitate them at any cost!" Zhu Bashiyi thought of this a long time ago, so he was not surprised. "We can only try our best to delay the leak, but we can't fundamentally stop it. So there is only one way to deal with it, always one step ahead of them. After they learned to build four-jin cannons, we will build five-jin cannons and six-jin cannons. Their cannons can hit 350 steps, so we will strive to hit 500 steps and 1,000 steps. Let them chase after us slowly, slowly, and follow step by step. As long as we don't stop, we will sooner or later! Let them be fart behind forever!"
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