"Li Shangshu, it seems that you pay a lot of attention to the affairs of our Ministry of Industry."
Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere in the room was a bit solemn, Cao Zhi, the minister of industry, interrupted with a smile.
In fact, the Yu Department, or Yu Manufacturing Bureau, is under the Ministry of Industry. This department cooperates with the Warehouse Department under the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Smelting Bureau. They are respectively responsible for the transportation of raw materials, manufacturing, finished product transportation, and mold maintenance of candles.
In fact, this kind of cooperation with a clear division of labor has already spread among the DPRK and China.
This made the eyes of many officials from the DPRK and China brighten up. After all, in the past, there was almost no development of such cross-ministerial cooperation. Most of them were played by each ministry on their own, and at most they asked the sub-departments to cooperate.
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For example, the Yu Department under the Ministry of Industry has personnel dedicated to material transportation, but the number and scale are far less than those of the Warehouse Department under the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Now, under the leadership of Zhao Hongrun, Yubu and Cangbe have gradually deepened their cooperation. In addition to candles, Yubu will also build some civilian utensils such as wooden basins and barrels, and let Cangbe sell them on his behalf. This is better than running a business by himself.
A caravan is cheaper and much more convenient.
Of course, some officials would also raise objections. They believed that this method of cooperation would easily confuse various ministries and make it difficult to coordinate. However, this objection gradually disappeared with the "inaction" of the Yushijian.
Now, following the close cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War seems to also want to join this new operating method, which surprised everyone in the room.
After all, Li Huan, Minister of the Ministry of War, is a famously stubborn old man. It is hard to imagine that this rigid-minded old man can still appreciate the benefits of this new operating method.
"How is it, Your Highness?" Looking at Zhao Hongrun, Li Huan said seriously: "The Smelting Bureau is responsible for improving armaments technology, and our Military Casting Bureau will give back a reward to the Smelting Bureau. The two departments are responsible for the counterfeiting, Smelting Bureau and Yu
Cooperation between the Department and the Warehouse Department... And this cooperation is mainly based on the Smelting and Manufacturing Bureau, how about it?"
It's really...
Zhao Hongrun touched his chin and said nothing for a while.
To be honest, Li Huan's proposal made him very excited. After all, he was not trying to annex the Bingzhu Bureau to fight for power. To put it bluntly, it was just to allow the Bingzhu Bureau to keep up with the Smelting Bureau, or in other words, to follow the Smelting Bureau.
Follow in the footsteps of his Su Wang Hongrun.
But Li Huan's proposal left him with nothing to thorn in his side.
After a while, Zhao Hongrun asked seriously: "Li Shangshu, do you know what this means?"
Li Huan stroked his beard, nodded and said: "This means that our Ministry of War will adopt your department's weights and measures as the only standard and regard your department's formulation as the norm."
After hearing this, Cao Zhi, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and Xu Guan, the left minister of the Ministry of War, looked slightly shocked.
Following the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War will also adopt the new weights and measures of the Metallurgical Bureau?!
But if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with this matter. After all, the utensils made by the Metallurgical Bureau are all made in accordance with Su's new weights and measures. If the Ministry of War intends to adopt the new technology of the Metallurgical Bureau, it will have to abandon the old ones in the ministry.
Weights and measures were replaced by Su's new rules of weights and measures.
This means that we are one step closer to Zhao Hongrun's goal of unifying and standardizing weights and measures across the country.
"I have conditions!"
Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and said.
When it came to this aspect of the conversation this time, there was no need for him to pretend anymore. After all, the suggestions put forward by Li Huan were indeed win-win suggestions.
As long as you don't want to annex Bingzhu Bureau, you can say anything.
"Your Highness Prince Su, please give me a clear explanation." Li Huan arched his hands and said seriously.
"First of all." Zhao Hongrun raised a finger and said in a deep voice: "Our Smelting Bureau is responsible for designing the weapons and equipment of the domestic army."
Huh??
Li Huan glanced at Zhao Hongrun with confusion, feeling a little confused.
After all, once the cooperation between the Ordnance Foundry Bureau and the Smelting Bureau is reached, the Smelting Bureau will naturally be responsible for designing the weapons and equipment of the domestic army. Is this necessary to reiterate?
Looking at Li Huan's puzzled expression, Zhao Hongrun knew that the old man didn't understand. Then he explained: "Li Shangshu probably doesn't understand what I mean... What I mean is that if we, the Smelting Bureau, design a new model
equipment, and hope that this equipment can replace the original equipment, the Bingzhi Bureau and the Ministry of War must not object!"
In fact, Zhao Hongrun has been thinking about this issue for a long time.
In his opinion, the weapons and equipment produced by the Wei State's army were too old and had some unnecessary equipment.
Such as an iron sword.
This is the most common weapon used by the Wei army, but is it suitable for use on the battlefield?
It may be more suitable in the earliest battlefields. However, it will definitely be replaced by a knife that is more conducive to chopping. This is an indisputable fact.
Especially for cavalry, the iron sword is not as useful as the curved scimitar.
Zhao Hongrun knows this very well.
But the difficulty is that it is really difficult for him to make changes to the weapons and equipment that Team Wei has used for decades or even hundreds of years on his own.
Think about it, even if a knife is more suitable for fighting on the battlefield than a sword, how can those soldiers who are accustomed to using iron swords accept an unfamiliar weapon?
Unless forced out,
But if we want to force it out, we must get the support of the Ministry of War, otherwise, even King Su will not be able to do it.
After hearing this, Li Huan showed a troubled expression on his face.
After all, Li Huan also understood that the impact of this problem was very huge.
To put it bluntly, what if the weapons and equipment designed by the Manufacturing Bureau are not suitable for the battlefield? Who will be responsible for this?
Do you want their Ministry of War to take the blame?
To take a step back, in fact, their military department has a lot of scapegoats, and they don't care about this one. But the key point is, what if that new equipment causes the soldiers on the front line to lose the battle? Who will bear the blame?
To put it bluntly, if this puts the entire Wei State into a disadvantageous situation, who will be responsible?
Thinking of this, Li Huan frowned and said, "I'm sorry to say this, but the craftsmen in your department have never set foot on the battlefield. How do they know how to design equipment?"
"Li Shangshu can rest assured on this point, the king will dispatch soldiers from the sixth battalion of the garrison and adopt their suggestions." Zhao Hongrun solved Li Huan's considerations perfectly.
"Listen to the soldiers' suggestions?" Li Huan looked at Zhao Hongrun in surprise. Only then did he realize that what he was considering, His Highness Prince Su in front of him, had probably already been considered.
"Okay!" Li Huan nodded, agreeing to Zhao Hongrun's first request.
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun added: "Secondly, if our Smelting Bureau is short of manpower, allow our Smelting Bureau to borrow craftsmen from the Weapon Casting Bureau."
Li Huan thought for a while and said: "Okay...but I hope it will be when the Bingzhu Bureau is free."
"Of course."
As everyone in the room watched, Zhao Hongrun and Li Huan gradually reached a tacit understanding.
In fact, except for the first one, which Li Huan felt had a "huge impact", Li Huan felt that the rest of the articles were very pertinent. This once again confirmed to him that His Highness, Prince Su, was not trying to plot for his own selfish gain. Seize the troops and create a situation.
But having said that, the last point proposed by Zhao Hongrun made Li Huan feel a little confused.
It turned out that it was Zhao Hongrun who proposed to Li Huan that he wanted the old equipment replaced by the Sixth Battalion of the garrison.
After all, Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo had ordered this batch of old equipment for about 80,000 people as early as May. Now that he had this opportunity, Zhao Hongrun naturally wanted to take this batch of equipment from the Ministry of War.
However, Li Huan was very puzzled by this: "Your Highness wants the old equipment replaced by the Sixth Battalion of the Garrison? What does Your Highness want those old weapons and equipment for?"
Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun opened his eyes and lied: "I want to supply this batch of equipment to the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army."
Li Huan glanced at Zhao Hongrun strangely.
Nowadays, no one in the court knows about the two surrendered troops of the Chu State, the Yanling Army and the Shangshui Army. Except for the Emperor of Wei, only His Highness King Su in front of him can mobilize them. Even their military department cannot mobilize them. Say this It is no exaggeration to say that the two armies are direct descendants of King Su.
But why is it armed with the old equipment of the Sixth Battalion of the garrison even though it is clearly a direct army?
Could it be that... His Highness can't trust the two surrendered armies of Chu? Well, after all, those are Chu people.
Li Huan thought in a self-righteous way.
He didn't know that that batch of equipment was intended by Zhao Hongrun to be shipped to Chu Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo. Now the relationship between Xiong Tuo and him was a bit subtle to be honest. But out of caution, Zhao Hongrun couldn't supply Yangcheng Lord Xiong Tuo with the latest models. weapons and equipment.
After all, Xiong Tuo is a nobleman of the Chu Kingdom with great ambitions, and Zhao Hongrun does not want to raise a tiger to cause trouble.
Li Huan smoothed his beard and frowned and said: "Our Ministry of War originally planned to send this batch of equipment to Anling... Since Your Highness wants it, our Ministry of War can deliver it, but..."
"I understand." As if he had guessed Li Huan's thoughts, Zhao Hongrun nodded and said: "I will purchase this batch of armaments at the depreciated price. My brothers will settle the accounts!"
Brothers...
Including Li Huan, the expressions of everyone in the room suddenly became a little strange, especially Li Jin, the chief minister of the Bingzhu Bureau.
After that, Zhao Hongrun and Li Huan wrote a contract on the terms they had just agreed upon. Although several people in the Ministry of War felt that it was necessary, after all, how could they dare to cheat on His Highness Prince Su?
But Zhao Hongrun still asked them to write it clearly in black and white. After all, this contract was not only used to bind the Ministry of War, but also to give an explanation to Emperor Wei and the Censor.
It has to be said that both parties were very satisfied with this meeting. Li Huan was satisfied that he had kept the Bingzhu Bureau and also received technical support from the Smelting Bureau, although it cost a lot of materials; while Zhao Hongrun was satisfied that, Although he does not really control the Bingzhu Bureau, he can speak at least. Although the Bingzhu Bureau is still under the Ministry of War in name, in fact, the Bingzhu Bureau calls it the military workshop of the Smelting Bureau. Not an exaggeration.
A happy situation for everyone.
This Li Huan... is stubborn but not confused. Well, he should not be underestimated.
After several people from the Ministry of War left, Zhao Hongrun felt a little emotional.
Once upon a time, he felt that Li Huan, the Minister of War, was not worthy of his name, but from this incident, it seemed that the old man could accurately figure out what he wanted, and he was indeed an old and cunning person.
But no matter what, Zhao Hongrun finally achieved his goal and was finally able to change the weapons and equipment of the domestic army.
Compared with this matter, another thing jumped to his mind.
That was the Chenggao Heshou, that is, the contact between the Wei State and the tribes of Yinrong and the negotiation about borrowing the road.
Will it go well?
Lying on the chair with his head in his arms, Zhao Hongrun secretly estimated.