Great Song Pirate

Chapter 459
This is only the second time for Yingchun and the others to go out to sea with Xu Yi. The last time was when they moved from Dulong Island to Jilongzhai. Another year passed in a blink of an eye. Yingchun and the others felt that When Xu Yi was not around, it was like years, but after seeing Xu Yi, they felt that time passed too fast. They all knew that Xu Yi would not stay with them for long when he came back this time, and it might be soon It was time to go out again, so each of them cherished the time they spent with Xu Yi, talking about this and that around him.

Naturally, Xu Yi also enjoys such warm moments. His lovely wives are lingering around him, his beloved son clings to his knees, watching his beloved daughter keep teasing with the little monkey, and the family enjoying themselves on the crossbar. When I got up, I really wanted to just stay with my family like this, just stay like this forever, and never have to think about so many things.

But the journey from Danshui Village to Jilong Village is too short. They have not enjoyed such a warm time for a long time, and the fleet has already sailed into the harbor of Jilong Village. The sound of trumpets above, the sound of drums and music, welcomed Xu Yi's return in their way, and the pier was also crowded with people who came to greet him. Before the boat docked, you could see the important people here from a distance. Everything is here.

After Xu Yi set foot on the pier of Jilongzhai, he felt more at home. Jilongzhai should now be the most important base of their Fubo army, and it is also where Xu Yi stands. His home is here , all the most critical foundations are basically here. If his Fubo army is considered a small country, then Jilongzhai is definitely their current capital, and its importance is self-evident.

Xu Yi didn't ask the crowd to have a banquet to wash away the dust, but after landing, he ordered Li Bo to arrange for all the valuables on board to be unloaded and transported to the heavily guarded warehouse in Jilongzhai , and he directly summoned everyone here to discuss matters in the conference hall, and even Yingchun was invited by Xu Yi to sit in the conference hall.

After everyone sat down, Xu Yi gave a brief introduction to everyone about the battle of the Southern Expedition to Annan Champo and other places as usual. Naturally, everyone who received this good news was bursting with joy. Since they became officers of the Fubo Army, Of course, I hope that the Fubo Army will be unmatched, and this time Xu Yi's personal expedition has officially tested the combat power of their Fubo Army, which has added to the confidence of these people in the future of the Fubo Army, and almost everyone's joy is beyond words. .

After Xu Yi made everyone happy for a while, he began to ask about the situation here. Of course, the chief executive Jia Qian was the first to be asked. In the past six months, Jilongzhai basically followed the original plan of the lord, and all affairs went hand in hand. More than 2 immigrants have been reclaimed, and tens of thousands of mu of fertile land have been reclaimed, and the original land that has been reclaimed has had good harvests for several consecutive seasons. According to the previous lord's instructions, Beizhi spent money to buy up all the surplus in the hands of the immigrants. Chicken coops The village is no longer in danger of being short of food, and it has begun to be quite rich, enough to support our army. We have also shipped a batch to Danshui Village to support the continued reception of immigrants, because our various benefits for the people The strategy is effective, and the immigrants who moved here will feel stable and have no desire to change. Please rest assured, my lord!

In addition, this year I once again organized leisure people to harvest a large number of tung seeds, refine a large amount of tung oil and reserve it, which is enough to meet our consumption of tung oil for a long time, and planted a large number of tung trees in Gaogang and other places. In [-], we can have a large number of tung seeds that can be picked.

In addition, in order to improve the lives of people here, we have also developed some animal husbandry, raising a large number of livestock such as pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks. People developed sericulture here, and built a silk reeling factory. Not long ago, we have begun to produce our first batch of raw silk, and we are planning to transport it to Danshui Village to sell to those merchants. In addition, we have built a silk factory. It is located in a sugar factory, and the cane sugar produced here has been transported to Danshui Village and sold to the merchants there, making a lot of profit.

In addition, our place is near the sea, so we have transferred a group of small boats and modified them to form a fleet of fishing boats to fish at sea. The seafood here is also quite considerable. At least there is no problem in supplying this place for consumption. Dried fish and other items are stored, which can not only be sold, but also ensure military supplies.

In addition, we also used some artisans who immigrated to us to build several brick kilns and porcelain kilns to produce some necessities for life. It is already usable, and the tanks of kerosene bombs used in our army are no longer purchased from land, but we have started to use our own fired tanks, saving some costs!

It’s just that we’ve just built it, and many lands can’t collect taxes according to our promises. Otherwise, based on the current situation in our place, the taxes alone can make a lot of profits. From next year, we will start to collect taxes according to the contract. In the future, you can no longer rely on input here!

As for the punishment and prison here, according to the requirements of the lord, the humble staff should try to use less severe punishment, replace it with hard labor, and impose less severe punishment. Not too much! "

After listening to Jia Qian's introduction, Xu Yi felt very relieved. He had already heard what Jia Qian reported when he met Yingchun and the others, and it was basically the same as what Jia Qian said. He changed his mind in time and wrote a letter to him. Otherwise, he would really have missed this talent, and he might still be asked to raise pigs in Dulong Island now!Based on what he has done so far, he has indeed lived up to the trust he has placed in him. Even if this Jia Qian is a prefect, he is probably more than competent. Fortunately, he had no ambitions on land and did not become an official. Otherwise, he would really be lacking. Therefore, after listening to Jia Qian's words, he praised Jia Qian vigorously, which made Jia Qian overjoyed.

In fact, Xu Yi was not very at ease with these captive literati at the beginning. In his impression, once many scholars have power, they will expand their selfish desires and amass money wantonly. Although he used a large number of literati like Jia Qian at the beginning, However, inspection teams were still set up in various places to supervise the officials everywhere, but after returning this time, he learned from Yingchun that Jia Qian seemed to be a very unusual person, this person was more than diligent , he always visits everywhere, understands the people's sentiments, and is very clean and honest. He has never been corrupted. Under his leadership, the batch of civil servants under him are also effective and diligent in doing things. , Compared with the officials of the Great Song Dynasty on land, they are almost as strong as the sky. For this, Xu Yi had to look at Jia Qian a little more.

After Jia Qian gave a brief report on the government affairs of Jilong Village, he stepped back and took his seat. Xu Yi then clicked on Qin Huzi and asked him to report on Tiezuo. Two more smelting furnaces were opened here, and hundreds of people who had previously worked as blacksmiths or wanted to learn blacksmith crafts were selected from immigrants to add to the ironworks, and Mr. Lei taught them their skills personally, and The work has already started, and now the weapons we produce are enough for our army, and I'm not bragging, the quality of our weapons is definitely much higher than the weapons used by the Song army on land, my lord, you can tell me Qin Huzi Don't worry!

There is also the rolling machine created by the lord. After running for a period of time, it has been run-in very smoothly, basically there are no major problems, and the rolled steel plates are getting better and better. Making swords and other items saves a lot of man-hours, which saves us a lot of manpower. It is really easy to use. The strength of the armor we forged with this steel plate is also very good. Compared with our first batch of cloth bag armor The armor plate is much stronger, and the punching machine is also very convenient. In the past, it took us time to build a helmet. Now after using this, it can basically save the old nose. Now we store A large number of cloth bag armor and helmets have been stored in the army, which are ready for use in the army at any time.

In addition to these, we also set up a casting workshop, which specializes in the casting of various utensils, so that the blacksmiths can also specialize in their own specialties, and the division of labor is much clearer. It used to be too high, and we have stockpiled no less than [-] jin of arrowheads alone. Now we have started casting here, and we have already stocked up a considerable amount. Yang from Dulong Island Lao Xi sent a group of people to transport a large amount of gunpowder, set up a field here to fill it, and store it up, which can be delivered to the army at any time. We also cast a considerable amount of shells for storage, far exceeding the The consumption of the lord's expedition this time!
In addition to these things, I think what else has not been said! ……Um!By the way, I have another piece of good news that I forgot to mention. After a period of exploration, our smelting furnace has been able to produce quite good refined iron. Both Mr. Lei and I have tested this newly produced refined iron. , the toughness and hardness of this kind of fine iron are far superior to those of the fine iron we bought from the land before. It is itchy for a humble worker. I tried to cast two Leigong cannons with this fine iron, and handed it over to Ren Bin and the others. Let Leigong Valley be tested, and there is no cracking or explosion. It seems that we can also use these fine irons to cast some Leigong cannons when necessary, which can save a lot of copper. The problem now is that our smelting furnaces The refined iron produced is not very stable at present. The refined iron produced is good and bad. It cannot be guaranteed that the refined iron produced will be the same every time. This matter is a bit of a headache, but I am also ordering the craftsmen to solve this problem. , It is estimated that it will be resolved in a while!At that time, you might as well use this refined iron to cast cannons!
other things!correct!There are also tools and farm implements, etc. Now we have enough capacity to supply them for our own use, so we don’t need to buy them from land, which is too expensive and not worthwhile!That's all, I can't think of anything else I haven't said! "Qin Huzi is still as carefree as he used to be. He talks a little bit here and there, but he still speaks clearly about him. For a rough man like him, he can speak to such a degree. It is also not easy.

After listening to Qin Huzi's words, everyone present couldn't help but smile, and Xu Yi even laughed out loud. This Qin Huzi can be regarded as a treasure he discovered, and he is simply an iron idiot, but he is very fond of what Qin Huzi said later about the refined iron. Pay attention, although what Qin Huzi said was unclear, Xu Yi immediately thought of what the refined iron he was talking about. If he guessed right, the refined iron Qin Huzi mentioned should be steel. He assisted Qin Huzi in the past When building the furnace with Lei Tong and the others, it was a steel-making furnace to make steel, but he didn't learn smelting, and he didn't know how to get suitable steel, so since the steel-making furnace was put into production, there has been no Good steel was smelted, but he got some crude steel that was slightly better than that on land. What Qin Huzi said now must be that he had smelted fine steel with a much better quality than before. Now he has made a fortune again, so he was overjoyed He asked, "Where are the two Leigong cannons made of fine iron you mentioned? How many cannons have been fired? How is the situation?"

After thinking for a while, Qin Huzi spread his hands and replied: "At the beginning, I just tried to get two doors, and then I handed them over to Ren Bin and the others. I only knew that there was no problem after firing a few shots, and I didn't continue to care about it afterwards. It's better to ask Ren Bin about this matter!"

Xu Yi is sweating!Such a big thing, this guy actually left it like this after he got it out, he really should be pulled out and spanked!But he didn't blame him, he also praised him, thanked Lei Tong, let him sit down, and then turned to Ren Bin and asked: "Ren Bin also tell us about your copper work! "

Ren Bin didn't expect to click on him so soon, so he hurriedly stood up and bowed and replied: "Reporting to my lord, I have been busy with a few things after the lord left. Since Commander Peng started mining copper mines in the east , and began to transport copper ore back here in large quantities. For this reason, a group of people was assigned to build a copper furnace with the help of Brother Qin, which was specially used for copper smelting. At present, a large amount of copper has begun to be produced. The copper ore here is of comparable quality. High, the amount of copper produced is very objective. In the past six months, we have smelted no less than 10,000+ catties. The income is very rich, which can basically meet the needs of low-level copper workers, but because we don’t have tin here, we need to continue to purchase on land. Only tin can be used to cast copper cannons.

In addition to the proceeds from our own copper smelting, Commander Kong in Guangzhou also purchased a large amount of copper and tin from Shaozhou many times, so that I can reserve a lot of raw materials. Now we will not stop working because of raw materials. Since then, I have also selected more than a hundred people from among the immigrants to add to the copper work. The scale has at least doubled compared to before, and the number of cannons cast every month is increasing. At present, we have cast another [-] cannons. Yumen Leigong Cannon has been stored in the warehouse, and the Lord can call it at any time.

In addition to these things, the humble job has also trial-produced a variety of Thunder Cannons of different specifications according to what the lord said at the beginning, and a small number of them have been completed now. After the lord comes back, if he approves after inspection, he can start mass production. In order not to delay In time, the iron fan bases of these cannons have been made in advance and are ready to use at any time!

What's more, the two iron Leigong cannons made by Mr. Qin have also been sent to Leigong Valley for pilot testing. They are very solid and durable. At present, more than [-] cannons have been tested on each of them, and they have not yet cracked. In the current situation, it is estimated that there is still a lot of leeway, but this time I am very busy, so I did not continue to let people try it out. Right now, these two iron cannons are stored in the warehouse in Thunder Valley, and they can be called at any time. If you are interested, you can check it out!There are not many other things here in the humble job, that's all! "Compared to Qin Huzi's report, Ren Bin's words are more concise and understandable.

Xu Yi nodded again and again, then let him go back to his seat and turned to Wang Hong who was sitting next to him. When he came back, he knew that Wang Hong had been appointed by Jia Qian as the manager of the Carboniferous Valley, and was in charge of the coal mining there. Asked him: "Sir Wang, tell me about the situation in your place too!"

Wang Hong was very excited. His gratitude to Xu Yi was stronger than that of ordinary people. At the beginning, he led people to make trouble here and blocked Xu Yi's way to file a complaint. Xu Yi not only did not punish him, but instead He treats him differently, to the point where he is now in charge of the entire Charcoal Valley affairs, and has become one of the few important figures in Jilong Village, so he admires Xu Yi very much and has been watching him all the time. Xu Yi, now hearing that Xu Yiyue clicked on him first, is even more excited. He hurriedly stood up and walked a few steps to the center of the hall to report to Xu Yi: "I will report to my lord! I have been greatly loved by my lord and Mr. Jia, let me beat you!" I am grateful for the affairs of the Charcoal Valley. During this period of time, the coal on the ground of the Carboniferous Valley has been excavated, and I led people to start digging the roadway to dig down. The output is enough for our use here, and there is still a considerable amount of wealth. With the consent of Mr. Jia, we have already started to sell the excavated charcoal to the land merchants who came here to buy it, and shipped it to Fujian Road for sale. All the money and goods obtained will be handed over. Please rest assured about the Carbon Coal Valley. Yes! I will definitely do my best to do a good job!"

Xu Yi nodded and praised Wang Hong, and then asked him about the miners: "How many miners do you currently have? Is there anything wrong with safety?"

(No way! I can’t sit still anymore, my back hurts! After eating five renewal tickets and spending 15 yuan on a massage, it’s not worth it! Brothers, please remember to vote for me first tomorrow morning! It’s okay to show off your size! Please, please!)

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