Chapter 80 Improving Brick Moulds
"I dare not, I dare not. We will live in peace in the future." The two of them said quickly.
"Now the yamen is checking the tax evasion and tax evasion of wealthy families. Let's start with two people. In the afternoon, we will measure the number of land in your two families." Wei Yue said.
"Ah." These two people were stunned. The wealthy family missed the report and underreported the land. This was a hidden rule. I didn't expect that it would be investigated now.
Before Wei Yue left, Lu Bu made arrangements for a long time.
Treating wealthy families with big sticks and carrots.
When light wins over, they are not afraid. When light strikes, everything will turn back.
These wealthy families control 70% or 80% of the society's wealth, but they still like to falsely report the number of land.
To expand tax sources, we must check the number of land acres.
After we have firmly grasped Xuzhou, we must also check the population. Many families of aristocratic families have hidden the population and concealed all their divisions. All of these have to be rectified. But we cannot be in a hurry and we must boil the frogs in warm water.
Just when everyone was busy, Lu Bu found Mo Jun.
"See General." Mo Jun bowed.
Lu Bu asked: "How is the teaching of the production technology of the wheelbarrow?"
Mo Jun said: "There is no difficulty in making frames. These carpenter shops have their own advantages and their shapes have been greatly changed. As for wooden wheels, there are more, and some even cut off the logs directly into wheels. Now wheelbarrows have been popularized in our Xuzhou. It is simple and labor-saving, which has played a huge role in production and life. The general is really a god. This invention will last for generations."
Mo Jun usually doesn't slap the horse, but now he suddenly slap the horse. Lu Bu is very happy.
"Today I'm asking you to help you and design several wooden models for making bricks and tiles. Now Xuzhou is full of waste, and small bricks and tiles for building houses and large bricks and tiles for city walls are extremely demanding. You can connect with the main thin bricks and tiles of bricks and tiles and improve the existing wooden molds. Then you can make dozens of wheelbarrows that are very suitable for use in bricks and tiles." Lu Bu said.
Mo Jun clasped his fists and said, "Okay, general, don't worry, I will do my best. I have made several sets of brick molds before. As for the wheelbarrow that pushes bricks and tiles, it's a change of the frame, which is not a problem."
After a while, Li Zhuang, the brick supervisor who was in charge of bricks and tiles, arrived.
Li Zhuang was a standard brick craftsman, and he didn't even have a name. Lu Bu gave him a name, called Li Zhuang.
Now Xuzhou Brick and Tile Supervision has six brick and tile yards under its jurisdiction, with a total of more than 1,000 craftsmen. In addition, there are some private brick and tile yards.
"Li Zhubo, this is a famous carpenter in the city, Mo Jun, and a contemporary successor of the Mo family. You should discuss the improvement of brick and tile molds and wheelbarrows. Everything cannot be done in one step, just make progress." Lu Bu said.
Li Zhuang said: "Okay lord. The existing brick molds are firstly because there are few varieties and styles, and the secondly because there are too few pieces to make."
Lu Bu asked Mo Jun again, saying, "Do you have any requirements?"
Mo Jun collects money for work for the government office, and Mo Jun has never mentioned any additional requirements.
"Can the general sell the sharp hand saw?" said Mo Saw.
Lu Bu nodded and said, "Okay, these good tools can only play a huge role in the hands of you, a good carpenter."
Lu Bu arranged for his personal soldiers to take out ten sharp hand saws from his private warehouse and said, "This is for you."
Mo Jun thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, General."
Mo Jun was so happy that he could not express his words. As a fanatical carpenter, his preference for tools was unimaginable to ordinary people.
Mo Jun carefully collected the tools and went to improve the mold with Li Zhuan.
Feng Xiong, the deputy general of Lu Bu next to him, said: "Lord, I feel that we have enough bricks now. Why do you still need to speed up the brick and tile yard?"
"The group of veterans who followed me have been there for five or six years, including those from Bingzhou and Xiliang. They are old and those in their thirties are all in their thirties. It is time to start a family and get married. I will build some villages one after another so that the soldiers can have a family and have children." Lu Bu said.
Huaji was anxious when he heard this and said, "My lord's idea is very good. However, it is very expensive, so it is better to spend the money on recruiting soldiers. Second, once a soldier has a wife, children, he may not have to live in a war."
Lu Bu smiled and said, "You and Feng Xiong have just come to Xuzhou. I will divide the houses and find women for you two. Will you two fight and you will not have to live."
Huaji was startled when he heard this and quickly said, "It's absolutely impossible. The lord is waiting for us to be rich in the sky and earth. We can only repay it with all our lives, so how can we not be able to live?"
"This is wrong. These soldiers followed the general for so many years, and had been born and died, leaving nothing but scars. A hundred years later, there was no one to burn paper at the grave, so they wanted to repay the soldiers, build houses for the soldiers, let them marry and have children, and build new villages, so they would use more bricks." Lu Bu said.
Lu Tong and several personal soldiers who were on duty at the door were excited and burst into tears, and knelt in front of Lu Bu.
"Don't worry, General, we will only work harder after we get married and have children. Not only will we work hard, but our son will also work harder for the general." said the personal soldiers.
Lu Bu shouted: "Everyone has gotten up, there is no sign of this matter yet, so it is strictly forbidden to spread it."
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Feng Xiong said: "It's good, it's too much."
Lu Bu said: "No matter how much money is spent, we have to build it. Only when we treat soldiers as brothers can soldiers regard generals as relatives."
In fact, in Lu Bu's opinion, houses are too cost-effective these days.
The foundation is not expensive, and there are too many wastelands and villages, just arrange a plan.
Burn bricks and tiles by themselves, cut wood up the mountain, sifter the river sand by themselves, and let the soldiers build the house by themselves.
Two places where you need to spend money here are that wooden products such as doors and windows need to be paid to hire a carpenter to make, and the cement needs to be redeemed.
A house, three main houses, and two small courtyards with a room, three guan is enough. Ten thousand soldiers only cost 30,000 guan. It is very cost-effective to use 30,000 guan to conquer the loyalty of 10,000 elite soldiers.
What's more, soldiers will create great value. In addition to training, they will cultivate farms, cut trees, sift sand, and build houses.
After Lu Bu arranged the matter, he went to the training ground for a walk and saw more than 13,000 new recruits sweating hard and training hard. He made good progress. At present, he still developed according to his own intentions.
It's been a long time since I went home, and Lu Bu planned to go back home to take a look.
Just as I was about to leave, the weapons supervisor Li Tiehan came.
"Lord, a weapon has been developed by the newly developed weapon supervisor. Please come and take a look." Li Tiehan was very happy, just like a child who scored 100 points and wanted parents to praise him.
"Oh, what weapon was developed by Tiehan, let's go now." Lu Bu said happily.
The Weapons Supervisor is in the northwest corner of the barracks and arrives soon.
There are two modified wheelbarrows in the yard, combining the bed crossbow and the wheelbarrow. This should be called a crossbow.
Chapter completed!