Making muskets, at first, Li Chen just wanted to give himself a sense of security.
But now that the first musket has been successfully launched, the next step is to create a batch and raise a few sharpshooters. Even if they are of little use on the battlefield, they can be used to protect themselves as magic weapons.
Li Chen, who felt safe again, said with a smile: "No problem, you can send an official letter to the Ministry of Works in the name of the Fifth Army Governor's Office. The Ministry of Works will produce according to the order, but the quantity can't be increased even if you want. Song Yingxing, manufacturing
How long does it take to make such a musket?"
Song Yingxing thought about it for a while and replied: "It will take at least twenty days."
"On the 20th, it's the 20th!"
Su Zhenting gritted his teeth and said, "I want a hundred first."
Su Zhenting's lion opened his mouth, but it made Guan Zhiwei look embarrassed. However, even if he had ten courages, he would not dare to refuse Su Zhenting directly. He could only say aggrievedly and cautiously: "General Su, it takes a lot of time to make this thing."
, the money consumed is extremely exaggerated. In terms of materials alone, the cost of each one is close to fifty taels of silver, not counting the cost of the projectiles. The projectiles are consumables and will be scrapped after one use."
Fifty taels.
Su Zhenting's mouth twitched.
Ordinary people in the Great Qin Empire can live comfortably for a long time with only five taels of silver. This fifty taels of gun is really not something that ordinary people can afford.
But Su Zhenting also understood the reason why he couldn't let go of his children. He gritted his teeth and said: "The Governor's Office of the Fifth Army will provide this money. One hundred taels is equivalent to 5,000 taels. In addition, I will give you another 2,000 taels to purchase projectiles and gunpowder."
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Li Chen glanced at Su Zhenting in surprise, not expecting his future father-in-law to be quite courageous.
Nowadays, the imperial treasury is empty. Even with Li Chen's favor, the funds allocated by the Ministry of Revenue to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army are not much. If these seven thousand taels are spent, I don't know how long Su Zhenting will be frugal.
But now that Su Zhenting had made up his mind, Li Chen didn't stop him.
Anyway, this thing will be popularized sooner or later, so it would be good to let Su Zhenting test the water on a small scale first.
After all, after those sharpshooters have been trained, shouldn’t they be used by themselves?
After thinking about this, Li Chen also liked Song Yingxing.
"I promised before that as long as you complete my requirements, you will be rewarded."
Li Chen said to Song Yingxing: "From today on, you are the head of the Ministry of Industry, with the rank of sixth grade, and all your salary and salary will be paid according to your rank."
Ignoring Song Yingxing's grateful expression of gratitude, Li Chen turned to Guan Zhiwei and said, "You will also draft a memorial later and establish a Workshop Department under the Ministry of Industry. All craftsmen with sufficient ability and contribution will be transferred to the workshop.
Within the department, salaries are distributed according to the specifications of the seventh grade and are compiled by the Ministry of Industry."
"The company's charter does not set a maximum number of staff, but anyone who has made contributions can join, and will be promoted and hired based on merit."
Li Chen's two short sentences involved huge interests.
The Ministry of Industry has added a new department directly under it, and there is no upper limit on the number of employees. It starts from the seventh grade. This can be said to be a blessing.
Li Chen also knew that there would be huge benefits here. He said to Guan Zhiwei, who was surprised, "I'll leave this job to you. If there is a problem in the future, I will also come to you. If I let you know
I will not tolerate your private nepotism, indiscriminate embedding of people, nepotism, and even the issue of buying and selling jobs and taking free money."