Ming Dynasty fake eunuch

Chapter 111 Competition
Han Ping has always been in charge of Tieling's weapon manufacturing, and Han Ping also knows that Ye Xun attaches great importance to the improvement of weapons, so since he was promoted by Ye Xun, he has been committed to the development of this area. Great progress, but compared with the original, the efficiency and quality have not been improved by a single star.

Han Ping was a little complacent about this, but he never thought that when the foreign devil came, he would say that he had a problem here, wasn't he putting eye drops on himself!

Glancing at Ye Xun, he couldn't help but said, "These are the best craftsmen in Tieling, and can even be said to be the best weapon-making workshop in Liaodong. How can you say that there is something wrong with our iron-making methods?"

Andis shrugged his shoulders habitually, and said directly: "The waste of fuel is serious, and the temperature resistance of the furnace wall is not high. The most direct result is that the smelted iron has too many impurities. Such pig iron is not bad for cold weapons. It is simply impossible to make wrought iron for artillery."

Hearing what Andis said, although Han Ping wanted to refute him, he didn't know where to start. He had been in charge of the weapons workshop for a while, and he knew nothing about iron making, so he felt that what the foreign devil said seemed a little bit Makes sense, but it seems like something is almost there.

At this time, Chen Tienu on the other side suddenly said: "You ghost, don't you look down on the forging technology of our Han people? Have you ever heard of a craft called Baisteelmaking?"

Before Andis could answer, an old blacksmith in the Tielingwei weapons workshop couldn't help but said, "My old man, don't you know how to make steel?"

Ye Xun didn't know anything about what these people said, but he liked this atmosphere very much, because he knew that in terms of science and technology, progress can only be made when there are arguments, and advanced science and technology are developed in this way.

Cheng Yu, who accompanied Ye Xun on the inspection tour, couldn't help but also interjected, saying: "You two old men, as far as I know, the craftsmanship of hundred steelmaking has long been lost in the Central Plains. I heard that only Miaojiang still has this kind of craftsmanship. If you If you can really forge hundreds of refined steels, that’s really God’s help for my Ming army.”

Ye Xun saw Chen Tienu's complacent look, and he knew that the old man probably really knew this kind of craftsmanship, but he cared more about muskets and cannons than cold weapons.

Then he smiled and said: "In this way, you will be divided into two groups. Master Chen is responsible for the forging of Baisteel, and Andis is responsible for improving the tools and methods of ironmaking. No matter who does it first, I will reward you with 3000 taels of silver." "

There must be a brave man under a heavy reward, and the professional skills involved are too profound, and Ye Xun has no time to pursue them in detail, so he simply gave them a technical competition. In fact, Ye Xun still has nothing to say, that is, as long as this He would pay a lot of money for doing both.

After leaving the arsenal, Ye Xun, accompanied by Gao Ying, went to the largest granary in Tieling.

In fact, if Ye Xun hadn't scoured the wealthy households in Tieling back then, Tieling would have had no food to eat. The reason is that there are too many migrants, and this situation is still going on until now.

Gao Ying mentioned this issue more than once in his letter to Ye Xun. It can be said that this issue is imminent and must be resolved immediately.

Now the big households in Tieling have almost run away, almost like going out of the house, and those who can stay have been detained by the Tieling government. There is no way, who will let you live better than ordinary people?If you don't cut your flesh, how can you still cut the common people?
But this is obviously not a long-term matter. It has just passed May, and there are still a few months before the autumn harvest, but Tieling's current grain storage is less than two months old, so if the grain cannot be obtained as soon as possible, there will definitely be a big mess of.

Seeing Ye Xun's face, Xiong Tingbi did allocate a batch of food and salaries, but compared with the increasing population, it seemed a drop in the bucket.

And the imperial court would definitely not care about this situation, at most it would be a dead letter, asking Ye Xun to repatriate the people from all over the country, and then the local government would be responsible.

These people came here for Ye Xun, how could Ye Xun harden his heart and drive them away?No matter how difficult it is, Ye Xun will be responsible to the end.

After hearing Gao Ying's specific figures, Ye Xun frowned deeply. If the common people can't eat enough, who will help you beat Jurchen?But where should this food come from?

Turning his head to look at Cheng Yu, he saw Cheng Yu smiling, knowing that he must have a solution, he couldn't help but laughed and scolded: "You bastard, we are about to get angry, you can still laugh, it's too unfair! "

Cheng Yu hurriedly bowed and saluted, and said with a smile: "Don't be upset, father-in-law, this subordinate made a mistake."

"Subordinates feel that the food problem, we can start from three aspects, first, Jiangnan, second, grassland, third, Jurchen"

Some things are just vague, and after Cheng Yu's reminder, Ye Xun immediately remembered that Xiang Biao and Hu Jiucheng had already taken over the Wang family's business in the capital, and it would not be difficult for them to purchase grain in the south of the Yangtze River.

There is Altan in the grasslands. Although the grasslands are also short of food, they do not lack cattle and sheep, and these meats can also be used as food.

And because of the appearance of Ye Xun, the Mongolian tribes are far less obedient to the Jurchen in history, so no matter whether they take it by force or plunder, these Mongolian tribes can still commit crimes.

The last piece of Jurchen is better explained. Cao Bianjiao has always wanted to expand the sharp knife camp. In order to achieve the purpose of harassment, it can also bring a lot of money to Tieling.

The only thing to worry about is Nurhachi's revenge, but this is something he has to face.

Gao Ying on the side looked at Cheng Yu incredulously, and said in his heart that I can also think of these ideas, but don't you think it's a bit whimsical?

Ye Xun saw Gao Ying's thoughts and said with a smile: "Master Gao, there is no need to worry. No matter in the south of the Yangtze River or on the grasslands, someone will do it for us. Now tell me how much our army has expanded?"

Hearing what Ye Xun said, Gao Ying realized that his father-in-law had already made up his mind.

"According to the quota after the reform of the father-in-law, the original Tieling Guard has been expanded into three battalions, each battalion has 3000 people, with a total of [-] soldiers, and there are more than [-] civilians."

Nine thousand soldiers is reasonable, but there will be more than 2 civilians, which immediately startled Ye Xun.

Because Ye Xun knew that there was a family behind every Minzhuang, and there was no family planning at this time, and some families even had more than a dozen people. Calculated in this way, the population of Tieling is now nearly [-]?

Looking at Ye Xun's astonished expression, Gao Ying obviously guessed what Ye Xun was thinking, but he smiled bitterly and said, "Elder-in-law's guess is right, the current population of Tieling is close to [-], and it is developing at the current speed. Go on, before last autumn, it is not impossible to pass [-]."

Hearing this number, Ye Xun couldn't help laughing.
(End of this chapter)