Iron Dynasty

The strong tea smelled of tea on hand.

The issue of military system is temporarily put aside, Xiao Ming continued: "The Huyantuo tribe on the grassland withdrew, and now it has become the blood wolf tribe, you all know."

"Our scouts on the grassland have brought back news. It was a fluke that we were able to win last time, but this time Youzhou was taken over by Bei Shan, and it's more troublesome now." Niu Ben frowned and said.

Zhan Xingchang said: "Yes, this blood wolf tribe has stepped up its surveillance of Cangzhou. Barbarian scout troops often appear outside the city. Now we can't send craftsmen to build fortresses on the grasslands. After I went to Chang'an, I made an attempt. , The craftsman just transported the materials to the grassland, and the barbarian cavalry arrived afterwards, and we had to withdraw to the city."

"This Bei Shan is really not an easy character to deal with. Now he must be staring at Cangzhou like a wolf staring at its prey. As long as there is any error, they will take advantage of it." Xiao Ming frowned.

After pondering for a while, he continued: "This fortress advancement strategy cannot be stopped. Since it is temporarily unable to advance to the grassland, this Cangzhou Pass must be built into a copper wall and iron wall. After the meeting is over, I will teach you a brand new construction method. "

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhan Xingchang nodded.

At this time, Xiao Ming looked at Chen Qi, "How is the military workshop now?"

Chen Qi said: "His Royal Highness, the equipment of the Department of Equipment has now been moved to the military workshop, and the artillery is now in normal production. This month, the military workshop has provided another 20 artillery to Cangzhou, but the material problem can't keep up. On it."

Chen Wenlong echoed: "His Royal Highness, only with the help of Qian’s quarry, this iron ore can’t keep up. Now the iron ore shipped from Basic Mountain every day is only enough to produce one artillery, and sometimes the materials for one artillery not enough."

This problem is basically unsolvable for Xiao Ming, after all, this mine is not a problem that the more people there are, the more they mine.

Because after the iron ore on the surface is dug out, you can only dig underground continuously. The number of people digging in this narrow space is limited, and people cannot go inside infinitely.

It is precisely because of this that the difficulty of mining has increased, and the number of mining personnel tends to be fixed, but the output of iron ore is basically maintained at a constant amount.

In addition, the iron ore has to be transported after being mined, and there is a long delay on the road. This is really choking on the production of artillery.

"Don't worry about this, materials will be delivered soon," Xiao Ming said.

Chen Qi and Chen Wenlong looked at each other, "Really?"

"This is still false. The emperor wants to purchase artillery from Qingzhou. Eight thousand and two, some silver will be used to offset iron and coal, and there will be other vassals. In this way, it is equivalent to the basic iron and coal of the country. It will be shipped to our Qingzhou." Lu Fei said loudly.

"Procurement? Your Highness, this artillery is the lifeblood of our dealing with the barbarians. If we don't have enough, how can we sell it." Niu Ben suddenly became unhappy.

It is still uncomfortable to take the artillery from his hand and be cut his flesh, after all, these are the armaments of the Qingzhou Army.

"Old General, Chen Wenlong also said just now that we have not enough minerals in Qingzhou. We don't want to solve the material problem. This places great restrictions on the military workshop. It doesn't mean that the emperor's fate is hard to violate. We must also consider the silver. The cost of this artillery is only two to three thousand taels. Now we buy eight thousand taels, which means that for every artillery provided to Chaotang, we in Qingzhou can earn two or three artillery for nothing at the same time. This business is a steady profit." Xiao Ming analyzed.

Niu Ben was taken aback for a moment, and he immediately recalled his thoughts, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, I'm really confused."

Everyone heard the words and laughed kindly.

"But our military workshop is going to be choking, your majesty, you have to transfer some more slaves, otherwise there will be insufficient manpower," Chen Qi said.

"This is no problem, but the artillery we sell this time must be produced separately from the artillery we use. At least we must ensure that the range and power of the artillery sold are not as good as Qingzhou artillery so that if these artillery fall into the hands of foreign enemies in the future, we can also suppress it. "Xiao Ming warned.

Niu Ben and others nodded when they heard this. They were about to talk about this issue, and it seemed that Xiao Ming had considered everything.

After finishing the military issues, Pang Yukun said: "His Royal Highness, there has been a bumper harvest in the six prefectures this year. Many people have sold their food to the government. The backlog of food in the government now amounts to 500,000 shi. Now the warehouses in the six states are not enough. Seeing that the next grain harvest day is approaching, should we continue to purchase grain?"

Five hundred thousand shi of grain is only enough for five hundred thousand people to eat for three months. This grain is more than enough to feed the army, but it is far from enough. According to modern standards, war preparations must be enough for at least three years.

Because once the war comes, production will be destroyed. For example, in the Cangzhou battle, although there were only 50,000 auxiliary soldiers and soldiers,

Mobilized to transport grain and grass, there are two to three million civilians preparing to siege supplies.

These strong labors are recruited, and the fields in the family cannot be properly taken care of. Because of this, the harvest in the autumn will be reduced a lot in a few years.

Because of this, Xiao Ming said that Qingzhou was also badly injured.

"As long as the people sell it, we will accept it. Not to mention everyone, we must at least guarantee the army's three years of grain and grass. As for the granary, now let each state be responsible for the construction. To ensure that the grain will not be damp, and to assign targets to each state, each state must complete the quantity of grain purchases." Xiao Ming said, this food issue cannot be a joke.

This kind of land is to watch the sky and eat. Once it encounters drought ~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ floods, locust plagues, the year's food is likely to be over, so take advantage of the harvest season to purchase a large amount of food to ensure that there will be no natural and man-made disasters. There will be trouble.

Pang Yukun nodded, wrote down Xiao Ming's words, and then said: "Your Royal Highness, there are only two million taels of silver left in the treasury. At this time, do you want to look at the account books."

The saddest thing in the world is that people are living well and the money is gone.

Pang Yukun's words caused Xiao Ming's stomach cramps. Now all the money made by the Chamber of Commerce will be charged into the treasury and allocated by the government, so it can be seen clearly in the accounts.

The money he earned was just to buy cattle for the people. Forging farm tools cost more than one million taels. For the plate armor for the army, each set of at least 20 taels of silver, but the Qingzhou Army’s 400,000 taels were gone. The artillery, ammunition, and shells of the Second Cangzhou War were out of hundreds of thousands of taels.

At the same time, there are also slaves' food and drink expenses, officials' salary, and wood purchased by shipbuilding.

Looking at the dense numbers on it, Xiao Ming's head grew big.

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