Chapter 13 The evil feudal society

Author: Use your soul to aim

Chapter 13 The evil feudal society

After the two came over, Zhang Zongxian first asked his grandson, what was his name? How old was he and had he studied in school? The child timidly replied that his name was Liang Chengyuan. He was nine years old and had studied in a private school for one year.

Hmm! This kid is not bad, he speaks reasonably well and is not stupid.

Zhang Zongxian asked Liang Chengyuan to kneel down in front of him. "From now on, I will be your master. As a master, I will teach you more strictly than your father. If you don't obey, I will beat you."

My teacher will also teach you a lot of knowledge. You must study hard. From now on, you can go to the school field every morning to run and train with your senior brother Liangchen. After running, you will go to the county school to go to school. In the afternoon, you will study with your teacher." After finishing speaking.

Just looked at Liang Chengyuan.

At this time, Liang Chengyuan's aunt, the daughter of shopkeeper Liang, said to Liang Chengyuan, "Cheng Yuan hasn't kowtowed to your master yet." Liang Chengyuan then understood and kowtowed three times to Zongxian.

Zhang Zongxian was very satisfied with Liang Chengyuan's performance. He laughed and said, "Get up, Cheng Yuan." After getting up, he even touched his head. Then he asked Ding Bo to take Liang Chengyuan out.

After Uncle Ding went out, Zhang Zongxian began to look at Shopkeeper Liang's daughter up and down, with no concealment of the desire in his eyes. It was the first time that the little girl was looked at like this, feeling aggrieved and scared. She stood there with her head lowered, her small body

Trembling slightly as if about to cry.

Zhang Zongxian stood up and walked over to the little girl, stretched out his hand to hug her into his arms, and then lifted up the little girl's chin. The little girl was so shy that she burst into tears when being held by a man for the first time. Zhang Zongxian laughed loudly and said:

"Don't be afraid. You will be mine from now on. Serve me well, master, and your whole family will enjoy happiness. Master, I will not treat you badly."

As he spoke, he began to stroke the girl's little hand. While touching, he asked how old he was and what his name was? The little girl tremblingly replied:

"This girl is 28 years old this year, and her parents gave her the name Liang Su'e."

Zhang Zongxian woke up in the morning and looked at Su'e beside him and couldn't help but want to do something? But he is a good official and must set an example, and cannot remain silent in this gentle countryside.

Did you get up and leave Wenrouxiang? Su'e also woke up. Zhang Zongxian felt sorry for her and wanted her to sleep a little longer. Su'e was very sensible and got up to help Zhang Zongxian wash and dress. Zhang Zongxian told her that from now on, she would manage the backyard of the county government office.

Ding Bo had other plans, so he didn't care about the backyard.

After the morning meeting, the people in the barracks brought the ten craftsmen households to Zhang Zongxian. Zhang Zongxian looked at the ten craftsmen and saw that they were all lean men who had been doing manual labor for a long time. Their hands were calloused.

I lamented that the craftsmanship system in the Ming Dynasty was so inhumane. Even the best craftsmen were like slaves. They worked for the government for free, and there were no incentives, only punishments. It’s a wonder that the weapons produced under such a system were easy to use.

Zhang Zongxian first asked these craftsmen to report what kind of weapons they could make. The craftsmen said that they could make weapons for the Ming army. Zhang Zongxian asked

"Can you make a gun?"

One of the oldest craftsmen said:

"County Zun, the young ones can make it."

"That Peruvian gun."

"I would like to report back to the county magistrate. You are talking about the Rumi gun. We just heard that the Rumi gun has never been made."

"How much does it cost to make a gun? How long does it take to make it?"

"A bird gun requires at least one tael of silver in materials, and a lot of iron materials are needed, so the price may be even more. Making a bird gun requires 30 labors."

"Can the Tiger Crouching Cannon be made?"

"Reporting to the County Zunhu Squatting Cannon Association, this cannon consumes a lot of wrought iron. Each cannon requires a hundred kilograms of wrought iron. Qingjian County does not produce iron and needs to go to Shanxi to purchase it, which requires nine taels of silver in materials."

Zhang Zongxian did some calculations in his mind. None of this said how much the labor costs would be. If you use the original system to make these weapons, even though you don’t have to pay labor, you still have to worry about official corruption, and you can’t watch it every day!

If the stuff Waiyi makes is substandard and hurts the soldiers, it’s useless to kill the officials! We still have to outsource it.

After making a plan, he first called Uncle Ding, and then let him be responsible for the logistics and procurement. He felt relieved. After Uncle Ding arrived, Zhang Zongxian began to say to these craftsmen:

"This time you don't need to come to the official craftsman's office. I will buy the gun directly from you. You will prepare all the materials yourself. I will pay one tael for each bird gun. After passing the inspection, I will pay two taels of silver. If the acceptance is not accepted,

If I pass, my deposit of one tael will be refunded and I will be fined another three taels.

The same goes for the squatting tiger cannon. First, 9 taels will be given if the acceptance is passed, and then 21 taels will be given. Can you figure this out? It's okay, you craftsmen can discuss it. I want 200 bird cannons and 10 squatting tiger cannons this time.

"

This was the first time that these craftsmen encountered the government refusing to allow them to pay for their work and return the money. They couldn't believe this was true, and they all gathered around the oldest craftsman and discussed it in low voices.

They have been deceived by the gang of officials. In the past, they used to give money and people. Now, each bird can earn at least one tael of silver. The tiger squatting cannon can even earn ten taels of silver. Use it.

With so much iron material, if I open a furnace to refine it myself, I can make a lot more money.

Seeing their heated discussion, Zhang Zongxian added fuel to the fire and said: Not only this bird gun, if it can be made into Lumi gun, the price can be raised, and the related copper strips, medicine pots, etc. can be outsourced to them. The price is easy to negotiate, but he requires quality.

There must be guarantees. If there is a problem with the name of the property, not only the fine will be imposed, but also the liability will be held.

The craftsmen discussed for a long time and felt that it could be done. At least they paid for the materials first, and they would only pay for the work. Finally, the eldest craftsman said to the county magistrate:

"Thank you, Lord County, for caring about the common people and giving me a way out. I will thank you, Lord County." After saying this, they all knelt down.

"Get up! It's hard to get this money. First of all, we have to ensure the quality and then the construction period. I want to get half of the blunderbuss and the squatting cannon within a month.

It will be paid in full within two months, and I will give you orders in the future. I will ask you one last question if you can make Lumi gun. I don't care about the extra money, what I want is the results."

After hearing this, the craftsmen looked at each other and finally looked at the oldest craftsman. The old craftsman secretly cursed these teammates as stupid donkeys. He couldn't make money after making bird guns and then talk about how to make Lumi guns.

I can only say bravely:

"I have served in the capital and have seen the great craftsmen in the capital build it. If I go back and think about it carefully, I should be able to build it."

Zhang Zongxian laughed and said:

"As long as you make a Rumi gun, I will give you 5 taels."

"Everyone can remember how to make a blunderbuss, and everyone has done it before."

"Then we don't need blunderbuss and we just make Lumi blunderbuss. But I gave the blunderbuss tail steel knife of Lumi blunderbuss to me, and then made me a gun head that can be inserted into the blunderbuss tube. You first press the drawing I drew for you.

Make a few gun heads based on the picture and bring them to me along with the finished blunderbuss."

Then he gave the drawn bayonet style to the old craftsman, and then told the old craftsman about the division of labor and cooperation in flow production, and told him that this was the method used by the Qin State to make weapons in the pre-Qin period. At the beginning, the Qin State used Guanzhong to arm a million-strong army.

This is the method.

After seeing the pictures drawn by Zhang Zongxian and the production process he described, the old craftsman knew that the county magistrate was very knowledgeable and could not be fooled but he did not dare to fool him.

Then the two parties agreed on the delivery date and acceptance process, and Ding Bo signed a contract with the craftsmen in his own name. After both parties pressed their fingerprints, Zhang Zongxian stamped his private seal on the contract, indicating that he wanted the money.

After signing the contract, Ding Bo gave the craftsmen a deposit of 4,490 taels of silver.

After completing the weapons deal, Zhang Zongxian thought about whether the military uniforms and armor could be outsourced. This would save a lot of trouble, so he immediately asked Ding Bo to find a garment workshop in the county and place an order for 500 sets of military uniforms according to the drawings he gave.

All the rules were followed according to the contract signed with the weapons craftsmen. After Ding Bo negotiated with them, he came to the county government office to sign the contract and get the deposit. Soon all the supplies needed by the army were outsourced. The cash in Ding Bo's hands

All the silver was spent.

But Zhang Zongxian is not in a hurry, someone will send him money soon.

In the afternoon, the head of the execution room found Zhang Zongxian and said that he had scolded Huang Shilang. Huang Shilang expressed that he wanted to entertain the county magistrate at a banquet at Zhichun Tower tomorrow night to apologize to the county magistrate, and also went to Yan'an Mansion to invite the oiran from Yingchun Tower.

Now, we are singing Wu dialect songs to entertain the county officials. Zhang Zongxian secretly scolded you for corrupting officials like this, no wonder you all want to be officials! But I like it. Let’s listen to the music once too.

In the afternoon, I took the young apprentice to the school. First, I let the young apprentice get to know his senior brother. I also told Liangchen that Cheng Yuan would run with them in the morning to exercise his strength, and then go to the county school to study. He also said that the weapons were being made.

It won't be long before the first batch of weapons arrives.

Then they gathered the troops and started teaching. Cheng Yuan also followed with a small bench. Zhang Zongxian first asked the soldiers in groups of ten to write out the Arabic numerals 1 to 10 taught yesterday on the ground. In the end, only five people wrote it silently, and Zhang Zongxian rewarded five

The empress also wrote down their names. Then they were asked to assess several contents of Qin's reforms that were mentioned yesterday. This time, they were asked to answer the questions. In the end, nine people answered the questions correctly, and Zhang Zongxian personally handed out rewards to them one by one.

Note down the name.

After the assessment, we will start talking about today’s content. Today we will directly teach them how to write 1 to 50. They will also take the exam tomorrow.

After teaching mathematics, he went on to talk about the Qin State's reforms and the Qin State's twenty-level military merit title system. In order to reward military merit, Shang Yang stipulated that all people in the army, regardless of their origin, would receive rewards according to the size of their military merit.

This is true even for the clans of the Qin State. Those in the clan who have not made military achievements are not allowed to be included in the clan's books, and they are not allowed to have titles.

Let's put it this way. In theory, a small soldier can become a prince by killing enemies. Compared with the unbreakable class barriers of the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers all felt yearning for it, and the few smart people who answered the questions correctly wished they were born in the Qin Dynasty.

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