Want the Fang family to forge armor and riding equipment? Yes!
But there is no reason for only the Fang family to contribute, and the Changsun family, which is the largest in Datang Iron Works, to watch the fun from the sidelines, right?
If I let you bleed, you won't have it easy either!
Changsun Wuji's face darkened, but he had already said something: "Unfortunately, although my Changsun's iron factory is large, the quality of the steel it smelts is not high enough, and it does not have the craftsmanship and strength to forge armor and riding equipment. It is really difficult for it to handle this important task."
Listening to Changsun Wuji's words of shirking responsibility, before Fang Xuanling could speak, Li Ji had already said: "There is no need for Duke Zhao to worry about this. Changsun's family can provide more pig iron and let Huatinghou be responsible for the forging."
Li Ji didn't want Fang Xuanling to mistake him for attacking the Fang family...
With Fang Xuanling's character, he doesn't care much about the money for forging armor and riding equipment. Even if he knows that the Ministry of War and the imperial court can't come up with the money, it's almost like a donation. But only the Fang family is allowed to pay.
With this money, the eldest son's family watched the excitement, and Li Jike offended Fang Xuanling.
Fang Xuanling is a good man, but that doesn't mean that he won't lose his temper.
Don’t worry about scarcity but inequality…
The scale of the Changsun family's iron factory was the largest in the Tang Dynasty, and the Fang family's forging skills were unparalleled in the Tang Dynasty. Each of the two families used their strengths to complement each other, and no one could say that it would not work.
Don't your eldest son's family have the skills to forge armor and riding equipment? It doesn't matter, the Fang family has the skills, just bring out a little more pig iron.
As for the Fang family saying they don’t have that much pig iron? It doesn’t matter. The eldest son’s family has it. You just need to put in more effort...
Fang Xuanling raised her eyelids and said calmly: "That's very good."
My son can make money, and having too much money is not a good thing, so I can accept it as donating some to the court.
But Changsun Wuji's face became increasingly ugly.
Li Ji probably didn't understand the art of iron smelting and forging, and he didn't understand that it was impossible to use pig iron to forge tools for iron cavalry. Pig iron was too brittle to forge armor. Pig iron needed to be smelted again to obtain steel with excellent toughness.
Used to forge armor and weapons.
However, how much steel can be smelted from a certain amount of pig iron, or even whether steel can be smelted, is still unknown. The Changsun family provides pig iron to the Fang family. What if the Fang family takes 100 kilograms of pig iron and smelts 50 kilograms of steel?
But they want to say that only ten kilograms were refined, and one furnace was even wasted. Wouldn't the Changsun family suffer a loss?
Li Ji's proposal must never be agreed to...
Changsun Wuji secretly looked at His Majesty Li Er's face and saw that the emperor was obviously moved. He just didn't force his decision to save his own face, but he was obviously waiting for him to express his agreement.
With no choice but to do so, Changsun Wuji had no choice but to say: "I have received great favor from Your Majesty and I should serve my country loyally. Why should I join forces with the Fang family? How many armors and riding equipment are forged by the Fang family, my eldest grandson's family will definitely have a lot of them."
The words were spoken openly, but there was a physical pain in my heart.
The Fang family's iron smelting technology is much better than that of the Changsun family. The cost of the same clothes, armor and riding equipment is of course much higher than that of the Fang family...
But in this situation, and in front of His Majesty, how can I be cowardly?
You have to hold on even if you fight to the death. It should be noted that because of Chang Sun Chong's incident, the relationship between the Changsun family and His Majesty is somewhat estranged. This gap must not be deepened again, otherwise the Changsun family will be in danger...
His Majesty Li Er was finally delighted and said with a smile: "Both of you are the pillars of the empire and are deeply patriotic. I am deeply moved. Let the matter be settled like this. After Mao Gong returns, he will work out a plan for armor and riding equipment."
The size requirements will be sent to the two iron factories respectively."
"promise!"
Li Ji felt so happy that he quickly agreed.
Fang Jun forged hundreds of armors and riding equipment in just a few days. If he was given half a year, how many would he have to forge? Not to mention the Changsun family who had the same number!
Just thinking about the tens of thousands of armored cavalry under his command that filled the mountains and fields and killed all the barbarians, Li Ji couldn't help but grin...
Ma Zhou sighed secretly in his heart.
Above the court, intrigues are everywhere. Although the exchange between these few words seems to be ordinary, secretly they are not giving in. Even a gentleman like Fang Xuanling is sarcastic and sarcastic, and the officialdom is not good.
mix……
After a clever and secret fight, Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji "both suffered losses", Li Ji won a great victory, and His Majesty Li Er calmed down his "jealousy" towards Fang Jun. Only Ma Zhou was able to take advantage of the situation.
With his current official position as Zhongshusheren, he is not qualified to participate in this kind of arm-wrestling situation.
His Majesty Li Er was in a good mood and asked, "Can Zhang Liang set off south?"
Ma Zhou replied: "We set off early this morning and took a boat to go south by water."
His Majesty Li Er nodded.
He was extremely satisfied with Fang Jun's various methods in Jiangnan. However, Fang Jun's "stick" temper still made him uneasy. The establishment of the Shibo Department was equivalent to competing for interests in the hands of the Jiangnan nobles, who had always controlled Jiangnan.
How could the nobles who regarded them as forbidden men just give up and sit back and watch Fang Jun establish the Municipal Shipping Department?
Overt and covert fighting is naturally inevitable.
Once the Jiangnan nobles did something excessive, there was no guarantee that Fang Jun would not react violently according to his temper.
Zhang Liang is mature and prudent, but it is impossible for him to collude with Fang Jun. The two of them, one enterprising and the other prudent, restrain each other and complement each other.
His Majesty Li Er asked again: "Has the permission for the Royal Navy to set up a special workshop to manufacture thunderbolts been issued? Oh, and there is also the request of the 'Manufacturing Bureau'. The central committee has approved it, so don't delay."
These matters were all handled by Ma Zhou personally: "Back to Your Majesty, the decree granting Huating Hou's request has been issued, and according to His Majesty's wishes, a batch of thunderbolts were allocated from the 'Shenji Camp' to be transported to the south of the Yangtze River, so as not to cause Huating Hou's short-term
There are no thunderbolts inside."
Everyone here has a good background. Even Fang Xuanling, a civil servant, has experienced several wars and has a considerable level of military knowledge. He knows what will happen once the Thunderbolt is used in naval battles.
power.
*****
The artillery in the "Manufacturing Bureau" was rumbling, and the performance of the artillery was being tested while the gunners were being trained. Not only did most of the soldiers and civilians in Huating Town not know what artillery was, they had never even heard of firearms such as Zhentianlei, and were dismissed by the "Manufacturing Bureau"
"The sound of artillery fire made people panic, and they thought it was an "earth dragon turning over"...
The navy's warships were constantly coming in and out all day long, conducting drills all the time.
There are four new warships. The keels of the warships under construction in the dock have been laid and the hulls have begun to take shape, but it will take about a month to complete. There are twenty warships in this batch, and there are thirty cargo ships at the same time.
They are all Fang Jun's "treasure bowl"...
According to Fang Jun's plan, the naval port and navy are entirely within the establishment of the "Royal Navy" and are the private property of His Majesty Li Er. Although the Shipping Department and Manufacturing Bureau are built on the land of Huating Town, they are each equivalent to
Being an yamen of the imperial court meant that Fang Jun contributed his land to the imperial court for free. As for Huating Town, all of it was Fang Jun's private land, including the salt farm and shipyard, which were naturally Fang Jun's private property.
Regardless of the boatmen in the shipyard, most of the craftsmen have a background in the imperial court, but craftsmen are worthless these days, and no one cares whether they stay or go!
In Fang Jun's mind, the status of the shipyard is naturally higher than that of the salt farm. Even if the salt farm sells a huge sum of more than 10 million yuan, it will continue to create wealth in the future...
Not to mention that the shipyard carries Fang Jun’s dream of conquering Deep Blue, but in terms of profit creation alone, it is no less than the salt farm!
The shipyard belongs to Fang Jun, and the navy belongs to His Majesty Li Er. So the navy wants to equip new warships built by the shipyard. Except for the four ships brought by Liang Renfang, which were built by the Laizhou shipyard, they were automatically incorporated into the navy's establishment.
In the future, if you want new sailboats from shipyards, you will naturally have to pay for them! Merchant ships built using the new sailboat concept are suitable for ocean transportation. After being operated by the Municipal Shipping Company, they will inevitably become products that merchants are flocking to!
Shipyards and ironworks, in this era, are equivalent to a country's heavy industry. For Fang Jun, who has lofty ambitions, he must be in his own hands, so that he can advance by leaps and bounds with his insights beyond the times.
There are constraints everywhere.
Moreover, the shipyard has Li Xiaogong's shares. Although the prince has never taken a look at it from beginning to end, as long as he is part of it, His Majesty Li Er will not reach out unscrupulously even if he is jealous...
At this moment, Zhang Liang, the new deputy general manager of Canghai Road, arrived by water.
The imperial warships sailed all the way down the river to Wusongkou. Five large ships rode the wind and waves. On board were all Zhang Liang's generals, with bright helmets and fierce momentum. But when the fleet arrived at the dock of Wusong River, standing on the bow
Tensor's face was filled with gloom and he almost exploded on the spot!
The boats on the Wusong River are like clouds and there are many sails and masts, and the large wharf is bustling with traffic and goods, making it a prosperous scene.
However, no one glanced at him. In the entire Huating Town, no one came to greet him, the deputy general manager of Canghaidao March...