Dark Fairy

Chapter 291 Start preparing bait again
Industrial parks are no longer working during the day and resting at night like before.It was because of the tense situation that three of the five blast furnaces were running [-] hours a day, and the other two were resting. They continuously refined high-quality iron ingots every day, and then sent them to iron factories not far away for further processing. Refining city finished products.

The same is true in the iron shop, the craftsmen are divided into three shifts, and they are busy every day.

With iron and steel smelting companies on both sides and the continuous delivery of raw ore and furnace carbon from the wharf, all businesses in Yongchuan City have withered, only the industrial park is becoming more and more "vigorous".

This almost pathological phenomenon is becoming more and more common in the Hong Dynasty.

Everything goes to the military, and the needs of the front line come first.Anyone and anything that dares to hinder the front line will be torn to pieces by all forces of the country and the DPRK.

It's not all about family and country, there's also the instinct of not wanting to die and not wanting to lose what's in your hands.

At least until the news of the big defeat in the southern front comes out, Hong Chao will maintain the current attitude of the whole country working hard together.

This kind of attitude of giving everything is right, but in the case of a large amount of resources and lack of effective supervision, there will always be some mistakes, and then those who are interested will take advantage of the loopholes.

late at night.

The sound of metal being smashed could be heard in the iron room of the iron factory, as dense as falling raindrops.There is a clear division of labor.Craftsmen and apprentices complete the ironware in the front, and after each process, the finished product is finally formed, and then handed over to the workers who assemble it for subsequent processing.Including cutting, oiling, wrapping and packaging into boxes.

From the beginning to the end, the people in every ring worked hard. They may earn money for their own families, but in fact they are also contributing their strength to the front line.

When these ordnance come out of the iron shop, they will be transported to different warehouses for storage.Then the people from the Yamen of the Ministry of War will pick up the goods and load them on the ship.

One in and one out are all in accordance with the old ordnance output rules, and they can only be moved after being signed and reviewed by the Yamen, the army, and the city lord's mansion.Although it is troublesome, it ensures that the ordnance does not flow to places other than the army as much as possible.

But now all resources are tilted, ordnance is moved frequently, and when the situation is urgent, the old rules become cumbersome.The pursuit of efficiency and production capacity can only give up some regulatory links.

For example, starting from the blast furnace, adding three or five more carts to a furnace does not have much impact on the furnace. As long as there are skilled masters to check it, there is no possibility of anyone seeing these changes. The result will be that there will be more than a dozen pieces of refined iron when the furnace is turned on.And if the extra refined iron is piled up together, who can notice it if you remember it wrongly?It doesn't matter at all!
Then the extra iron ingots will be sent to the iron factory, and this amount is still kept under the accounts.The craftsmen don't know, they just beat and refine as usual, and when the craftsmen pass by one after another, the final finished product will naturally be a little more.And this little is not in line with the number of iron ingots on the account and the theoretical output of finished products.But this link was also covered up.

It sounds complicated, but in fact, it took advantage of the loophole openly under everyone's noses, and it only needs to get through a few links.

In the last box of soldiers and armors, there was an extra piece that could not be accommodated, and then disappeared during transportation.

Or a large crossbow, which is also not included in the account, and it is also unknown where it flew after coming out of the iron room.No one cares about or even knows that there was such an extra large crossbow.

Once or twice, it seems that the number is not much.But you must know that the blast furnace runs at twelve hours a day, and the craftsmen in the iron room of the iron factory also work in rotation at twelve hours.In just a few days, the number of large crossbows and armors that have accumulated to the number of two hands has been "invisibly" produced and "invisibly" disappeared without knowing it.

Bailang, one of the few people who knew the whereabouts of these "invisible" armors and crossbows, was looking at the large crossbows and armors wrapped in oiled paper hidden in a cloth box in a cloth warehouse at the pier.Bailang smiled happily as he piled up the pieces one by one.

"How much in total?"

Yang Xiu beside him was also happy.After having tasted the power of ordnance before, he was eager to get more of these things.In addition, now that there are white waves in front of him, he is not weak at all now.

"Swords, there are a total of ten large crossbows and six pieces of armor. Tomorrow there will be an army at the pier to pick up the goods and they will load a boat and leave, so tomorrow will be empty for a day, and then the rhythm of shipments will resume.

Zuodao, what do you think of these things? "

Bai Lang smiled and said, "Do you really want to go there?"

"Hey, Zuo Dao Ming Jian, the brothers below are also looking forward to it."

"Things can be given to you, but there must be a limit. You can only use the number of crossbows and armors given to us by the City Lord's Mansion before as an upper limit, and you cannot exceed it.

The rest will be taken to Daomen Village by the next group of brothers who escorted the food. "

Yang Xiu could understand the first half of Bailang's order.But just to be safe and not take unnecessary risks.At the same time, it also appeased the city lord's mansion and let them see that the knife hall did not misuse the ordnance they gave.And although the situation is tense now, there is no possibility of any major changes in the short term for the sword hall, and so many weapons are not needed.

But if the sword hall is not used, it is not necessary to give all the equipment to the brothers who go to Daomen village, right?

"Zu Dao, will this attract the covetous attention of those thieves in Daomen Village?"

"Coveting? Didn't they covet our money and supplies from the beginning before they agreed to let us lease the site in the cottage? What's the point of letting them covet more now?"

"But."

"No, they already covet what we have in our hands. Whether it's money or supplies. Their only goal is to let us save more in the past, and then while strengthening themselves, they will seize the opportunity to steal our things.

However, in addition to the geographical advantages of Daomenzhai itself, they also have other things that can benefit us.Raising the ordnance is just bait.They won't do anything just for this little weapon.But he will take the initiative to contact us, wanting to find out where our weapons come from. "

"What good things can there be in Daomen Village?" Yang Xiu was still puzzled.

Bailang waved his hand and explained: "Do you still remember the news from the brothers that the smell of prepared medicinal materials often appears inexplicably in Daomen Village?"

"I still remember." Yang Xiu nodded, but she didn't understand why Bailang suddenly mentioned this. It seems that it has nothing to do with deliberately putting the ordnance in Daomen Village to show off, right?

"What if I say that those medicinal flavors are not simply concocting medicinal materials, but alchemy?"

Yang Xiu's eyes bulged when he heard the words, and he immediately understood Bailang's plan.

(End of this chapter)