"Lao Zhou, what did you talk about with Lao Ma?"
An hour later, Sun Pingping sent Zhou Shu away from the Shenqi Division. The two of them walked side by side. Sun Pingping bumped Zhou Shu with his shoulder and asked.
"Secret."
Zhou Shudao.
"You are not interesting enough."
Sun Pingping shouted, "I regard you as a brother, and you hide it from me like this?"
"This has nothing to do with whether you regard me as a brother." Zhou Shu said, adding in his heart, I am your uncle and nephew.
What he and Ma Fengzhang talked about was somewhat taboo. If too many people knew about it, it would not be good for anyone.
"This matter has nothing to do with you. Besides, if I tell you, this matter won't be done."
Zhou Shu explained casually.
It was okay if he didn't explain. The more he explained, the more puzzled Sun Pingping became. He looked like he was scratching his head, "How about you tell me secretly and I pretend not to know?"
"Can you keep the secret?"
Zhou Shu asked.
"Yes!"
Sun Ping Ping's chicken pecks at the rice.
"I can do it too!"
Zhou Shu said.
On top of a high-rise building in the Divine Catching Division, Ma Fengzhang put his hands behind his back and looked at the back of Zhou Shu who walked out of the gate of the Divine Catching Division. The corners of his mouth slightly raised and he said to himself, "He is really an interesting young man. If it weren't for him
He has a clean background, and I really doubt that he is a spy sent in by some country."
"What country would be willing to use a soldier-making genius as a spy?"
"Strategic cooperation is interesting..."
……
After returning from the Divine Catcher Division, for several days, Zhou Shu's life became as boring as before when he was a soldier-casting apprentice.
Every day I start making weapons from the moment I wake up in the morning until I go to bed at night, and I never leave the workshop of the Weapon Making Department all day long.
The only change is that he now has one more job, which is to test the effectiveness of Zhang Yibei and others' work.
When he was just an apprentice of weapon casting, Zhou Shu only had to concentrate on forging weapons. After becoming the chief, Zhou Shu gradually gained a better understanding of the operation mode of the weapon casting department workshop.
Not to mention the former No. 36 Workshop of the Weapons Division, it is already on another level.
Taking the last seventy-two workshops alone, there are tens of thousands of weapon-making apprentices in total. Some are responsible for casting weapons, some are responsible for refining ores, and some are responsible for repairing. In short, each has its own division of labor.
Zhou Shu used to think that a weapon-making apprentice could forge one or two weapons a day, but the entire weapons-making department could not supply tens of thousands of weapons a day?
How many troops does Daxia need to have to use these weapons?
Later, when he became the boss, he realized that among the tens of thousands of weapon-making apprentices, only some were actually responsible for casting standard weapons, and standard weapons were not only swords, but also bows and arrows, spears, armors, etc.
The land area of Daxia is several times larger than that of China in the previous life. The number of the national defense army alone is millions. Even if there is no war, the loss of weapons during normal training is not a small amount. Not to mention, there has never been a shortage of wars on the border of Daxia.
Zhou Shu and Ma Fengzhang have reached a strategic cooperation, which gives them more information channels than the general heads of the Weapons Forging Division.
The more he learns, the clearer he becomes about the difference between a weapon-casting master and a weapon-casting apprentice.
If the weapons-casting apprentices are assembly line workers in the arsenal, then the weapons-casting divisions are the scientific and technological talents who research missiles.
There is absolutely no comparison between the two.
Weaponsmiths were never born from weapon-casting apprentices. They have their own inheritance system.
This is one of the reasons why the Weapon Forging Department does not attach much importance to the Weapon Forging Apprentices.
"No wonder the chiefs, Xiao Zongshui, oppressed the apprentices who made weapons so hard that even the department didn't seem to notice."
Thinking of his previous experiences, Zhou Shu felt a burst of curse in his heart.
It’s not that the Great Xia court doesn’t value talents, but that apprentices in military craftsmanship are really not considered talents...
Even someone like Zhou Shu, who has shown his talent for making soldiers, is only of training value to the Great Xia court, and is not very important.
Before he became a weapon maker, no matter how talented he was, he was just an apprentice weapon maker.
Whether you can become a weapon maker or not is something that no one can guarantee.
Even now, there is no shortage of examples of how big is not always better.
Of course, Zhou Shu is not an ordinary weapon-making apprentice. The Tiger Ben Sword, Bailian Huanshou Sword and Saber Saber he developed are of extraordinary significance to the Great Xia National Guard Army.
Otherwise, Yin Wuyou would not directly promote him to be the head of Workshop Zero, and Emperor Yuan Feng and Meng Bai would not pay much attention to him.
This is equivalent to going directly from an assembly line worker to a state cadre, and has also been noticed by the head of state and the head of the Military Commission.
"The journey of a military craftsman is difficult, but the journey of a warrior is not that easy either."
Zhou Shu also got some information about warriors from the divine catcher Sima Fengzhang.
Martial arts in Daxia are strong, and almost everyone practices martial arts, but it would be great to have just one person among hundreds of people who can become a top-grade warrior.
This is equivalent to the fact that there are a lot of people going to school, but not so many people who actually passed the 985 and double first-class exams.
And although becoming a top-grade warrior can directly achieve the status of a master, this status does not come for nothing.
In Daxia, all qualified warriors must either automatically join the demon-slaying and demon-slaying armies, or they must join the Divine Catcher Division, or at least become worshipers of the Divine Catcher Division.
Want to be a free man?
Sorry, all qualified warriors, except for wanted criminals, have been incorporated by the country and must either accept management or be liquidated. There is no third way.
It is impossible to become a domineering rich man in Daxia by relying on force.
Although accepting state recruitment has many benefits, it also has many obligations.
All high-grade warriors in the Demon-Slaying and Demon-Slaying Army have tasks that must be completed.
The same is true for the God Catcher Division.
In short, it means that high-level warriors have a superior status and treatment, but they also have to face dangers that are difficult for ordinary people to encounter.
Unless the value of force has surpassed the existence of the country, there will be no such thing as a high-quality warrior who can despise the imperial court.
After all, so what if it’s a first-level martial arts?
The Emperor of Daxia is a first-class person, and there are also many first-class people in the imperial court. If they dare to rebel, they will still die.
"Fortunately, I was cautious enough before and did not expose my martial arts skills casually. Otherwise, I would have to carry out dangerous missions frequently now."
Zhou Shu also felt a little lucky in his heart. He originally thought that if a genius showed up, Daxia would not be able to focus on cultivating it?
Now it seems that focusing on training may be possible, but the risks are also not small.
Yi Yi disclosed his martial arts cultivation. Even if the court took care of his talent in making weapons, the tasks he should perform were still indispensable.
"It's safer to be a weapon maker and not have to fight and kill."
Zhou Shu is very satisfied with his current choice, "Whenever my cultivation exceeds the first level, I will reveal my cultivation again."
"My Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu has reached the eighth level, and my Heavenly Sword Sword Technique has also been completed. Only this golden bell is the first level."
Zhou Shu considered his current capital. The only function of the first level of the golden bell is to reduce the pain by half when being beaten.
This is completely useless to Zhou Shu.
For him, the only way to reach the twelfth level of the Golden Bell is to achieve the indestructible body of Vajra. He can be punched and kicked by others, slashed with swords, burned and flooded, sleepless and foodless, and even eat poison that penetrates the intestines.
, can be safe and sound, then it will be truly stable.
"I just don't know how much feedback the Zhanma Dao will bring to me when I kill the secret agent this time."
Counting the days, it’s almost the execution time that Mi Ziwen mentioned.
Mi Ziwen promised Zhou Shu that he would let the executioner use a machete to carry out the execution. In this case, he would definitely bring a wave of gains to himself.
I just don’t know to what level this wave can elevate my Golden Bell Shield cultivation level to.
"And what Ma Fengzhang said about the Great Xia military parade——"
Zhou Shu thought of another thing Ma Fengzhang told him.
The Emperor of Daxia has given permission for him to participate in the Daxia military parade, and the news will be announced soon. By then, I am afraid it will cause a lot of trouble for him.
In the history of military parades in the Great Xia Dynasty, no military apprentice has ever participated in a military parade.
It was the kind of peaceful world in the previous life where you were the first to be shot. But when you become famous, you still have to face online violence, let alone here.
"You have to think carefully about this, how can you show strength that will not be underestimated without being too pushy -"
He didn't show much performance before, and he was directly on Da Wei's assassination list. If Da Xia hadn't reacted so well, someone might have come to assassinate him by now.
Zhou Shu now has a very clear understanding of himself. Although he has some strength, he is definitely not at the point where he can do whatever he wants.
There is nothing wrong with being low-key.
"After General Meng's mission is completed, I have to talk to Da Sikong."
Zhou Shu thought in his mind, "Workshop Zero must have its own position. I don't want Workshop Zero to become a sweatshop like Workshop No. 97..."
After getting a lot of news from the Divine Catcher Division, Zhou Shu has now begun to consider more things.
Now, he seeks both stability and development.
In this world where there are many strong people, blindly seeking stability is sometimes not a good choice. You have to do things when you should do things. Only by becoming truly strong can you be truly stable. Otherwise,
Everything is just a tree without roots and water without a source.
The Weaponsmith's Workshop is his foundation, and he wants to do something good on it so that he can gain a more stable foothold.
"If Da Sikong can agree with my idea, that would be great."
Zhou Shu thought to himself, "How can I get her to agree? I don't know if it makes sense to reason with a woman?"
"If the truth doesn't make sense, it's a big deal, I'll use the beauty trick——"
Zhou Shu gritted his teeth and thought, no matter what, he had to make Yin Wuyou agree with his idea, otherwise, all his subsequent plans would be unable to be carried out.
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Today's update is late, so I apologize to everyone. I was too busy at work during the day and didn't have time to type, so the two updates were sent out at the same time. I apologize to everyone.