Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 648 Both children and children
Wang Yan left Guangnan for nearly half a year. He was very concerned about how many weapons the Military Weapons Supervisor had built. At this time, accompanied by two brothers Song Yingxing and Song Yingsheng, he was leading a group of officials to inspect the warehouse.

"There are only [-] sets of iron armor, not enough for generals!" Wang Yan touched a set of scale armor, then put it down again, and asked casually, "How many Lumi guns have you made?"

According to his conception of three levels, the Five Loyalist Army, as the highest level, elite soldiers, will not only surpass the local town soldiers in quality of soldiers, but also have the best equipment.

At this time, Wang Yan still wants to build a few leading soldiers in his plan, such as the Wudang Flying Army, the trapped camp, and the kidnappers of the Kingdom of Jin. He is currently conceiving the Iron Man Army, Hengchong Horse Army, and Defeat Gunslingers.

Each of these must be equipped with sophisticated equipment, but the speed at which the weapons workshop builds equipment is too slow, too slow.

Song Yingxing was mainly in charge of manufacturing, and Song Yingsheng was in charge of the warehouse. He took the account book from the clerk behind him, opened it and replied: "Reporting to Your Highness, there are currently [-] rods in the warehouse of Lumi guns, and [-] bird guns. Eight hundred."

This can't even make up for the loss of the army, let alone the army equipped with the new curtain. Wang Yan frowned slightly: "Is it because there is not enough money?"

This time, Song Yingxing replied that he was in charge of casting and supervising the quality, "Reporting to Your Highness, it is not that there is not enough money. Your Highness borrowed millions of silver from various merchants in Guangnan, and most of them are still stored in the accounts of Wude Company. The main reason is that there are not enough craftsmen. It's too small."

The shelves on both sides were filled with pitch-black gun rods. Wang Yan asked as he walked, "Have you thought of any way to expand the scale?"

"The humble staff has thought of two ways. One is to hand over knives, guns, battle coats, etc. to folk workshops, freeing up these craftsmen to concentrate on casting firearms, and the other is to recruit apprentices, but the effect is not very satisfactory."

In the past dynasties of China, except for the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, the people could not help but use swords. Of course, there would be problems with large-scale construction.

The craftsmen in Huguang are short of manpower, and some simple things are also handed over to the folks. Before Guangnan, some things were made by the folks, but it is still a bit inappropriate to directly let the folks do the large-scale swords and armor. .

Wang Yan asked: "Since there are workshops in the folk, it means that there are craftsmen. Why don't you recruit them into the military weapon supervision?"

Song Yingxing explained: "Your Highness, this is because according to the regulations, if you enter the Military Weapons Supervision, you have to be registered as a craftsman. They work for outside workshops, but they don't need to be naturalized. That's why I just said that it is difficult for the Military Weapons Supervision to attract new craftsmen. , and the craftsmen who escaped from the north and south of the Yangtze River can find jobs in the folk, and they are unwilling to return to their hometowns. The court data files have been lost, and they just got rid of their identities. It is not easy for us to arrest them directly. People are craftsmen, so we can only turn a blind eye and let them work for folk workshops."

Wang Yan understood somewhat that scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen should be treated equally, and people should be classified into one category in a general way. If they lose their mobility, they will be like a pool of stagnant water. It is very inappropriate. A hopeless backwater.

At present, the craftsman's membership is considered cheap among the people and the government and the public. However, Guangnan's commerce is developed, and craftsmen can easily find a job to make a living. Why should they join the craftsman's membership?
Wang Yan wants to understand this point, so he can only take advantage of Daming Law's loopholes, and he will write a booklet and discuss it with several elders.

"Weapons and battle coats can be handed over to folk workshops, but they must be supervised, and everyone can't do it, and a threshold needs to be set..." Wang Yan said, his heart suddenly moved, and he pondered for a moment before he said: "This time Do it yourself, don't share it among you for the time being."

The production of this weapon is costly, and private workshops are almost guaranteed to make a profit after receiving the order. This is a good opportunity for government-business collusion. Instead of letting others take it, it is better to hand it over to a businessman he trusts, so that their interest group will be closer.

"Humble job knows!"

Wang Yan waved his hand immediately, "Go to the artillery field to have a look!"

Immediately, the group of people left the warehouse and headed out of the city, but just after leaving the warehouse, the guards of the palace came to report.

When Wang Yan heard the news, he didn't go to the cannon field any more, he hurriedly said a few words to a few people, then got on his horse and galloped towards the palace.

Not long after, he arrived outside the gate of the mansion, some of the guards stepped forward to lead the horse, and some rushed in to report.

A moment later, just as Wang Yan walked into the front yard, He Zhizhi greeted him, "Zhizhi, how is Yanyan doing now?"

"I'm not very clear, my mother told me to wait outside, Husband, please follow me there!"

Hearing this, Wang Yan rushed to the inner house, and heard a shrill cry from inside. He was immediately disturbed, and hurried to go inside, but was stopped by the nanny, "Your Highness, men are not allowed in."

Wang Yan just remembered this, and could only pace back and forth anxiously. At this time, He Zhizhi also came to the inner courtyard. She had no experience in this field. Seeing Wang Yan scratching her ears anxiously, she said, "Husband, let me go in and have a look. Whatever happens, I'll come out anytime."

"Okay, okay." Wang Yan nodded after listening.

He Zhizhi walked in quickly, Wang Yan could only hear the mother-in-law and aunt inside calling for "hot water" and "cotton cloth", and saw the maids running in and out, but he still didn't know what was going on inside.

Suddenly there was a cry of a child crying loudly, and there was a burst of joy inside. Wang Yan was immediately overjoyed when he heard it. However, he was relieved and wanted to go in, when suddenly the shouts from inside came again.

Inside, He Zhizhi just watched the midwife take out a boy with cotton cloth, but the midwife here exclaimed, "There is another one!"

The room suddenly became chaotic again, He Zhizhi heard Xu Yanyan yelling in pain, and couldn't help asking worriedly: "Is there anything wrong?"

The midwife hired by the palace was very experienced, and she calmed down quickly, "Don't worry, my concubine, the fetal position is very upright. There are two babies in this one, and the baby is a bit younger. It just makes the lady suffer a little, but nothing will happen."

At this time, He Zhizhi was nervous, and forgot to tell Wang Yan, leaving him to worry outside. After a while, there was another cry of "Wow! Wow!" from the room, and the sound was very loud. , the women cheered together again.After a while, the midwife said: "One man and one woman, the lady is safe too!"

He Zhizhi was overjoyed when he heard that, and looked at the two villains happily. After a while, he said "Yeah", and ran out of the yard quickly, seeing His Highness Tangtang squatting at the gate of the yard, extremely anxious, and immediately smiled and said: "My lord!" , a boy, a girl, Yanyan is safe too!"

When Wang Yan heard this, he immediately jumped up and hugged He Zhizhi.

He Zhizhi felt flustered for a while, luckily she was in the palace in broad daylight, she shyly pushed Wang Yan away, "Husband, don't go and see."

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