After sending Li Song away, Li Chengzhi summoned the two doctors over again.
The advantage of the manor economy is that as long as there are talents closely related to people's livelihood, they are basically available, and nine out of ten of them are members of the clan.
These two doctors are no exception. They both have the same surname: Li. They are not only easy to use but also safe to use.
Therefore, after moving to Kongtong Mountain and anticipating a large-scale war, Li Chengzhi gave these two the task of brewing medicinal wine.
The secret recipe is still added. In addition to garlic, green onions and green onions, there is also a large amount of caramel and several spices that will not affect the efficacy of the medicine.
A big battle is about to begin, and the damage will inevitably increase, so Li Chengzhi has to consider expanding the production capacity and reserves of medicinal wine.
Once mass production occurs, this recipe can no longer be used. Not to mention it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and the extra spices will cost more than buying garlic and wine.
But if they only purchase garlic and spirits, a fool can guess the ingredients of Li Chengzhi’s magic medicine...
So Li Chengzhi decided to make a change: still buy garlic and wine in large quantities, remove the onions and various spices, and increase the amount of aconite, tripterygium, arsenic, and sulfur.
Outsiders just think that these are all the raw materials needed to make wine.
These raw materials are indeed used, but Li Chengzhi uses them separately.
For internal use, only the liquor soaked in garlic is used, and the rest is used to make bandages.
Aconitum and Tripterygium wilfordii both have hemostatic effects, and arsenic and sulfur can remove decay, kill poison, and cure sores.
But how can outsiders tell clearly that the following items are not for eating at all?
Of course, Li Chengzhi would definitely not use the latter two. Not to mention sulfur, arsenic also has other uses.
At least it can be used to poison!
It's a bit clumsy, but when necessary, as long as it's useful, Li Chengzhi will definitely use it...
Li Chengzhi dipped his wooden pen in ink and quickly wrote a note, listed the various raw materials on it, stamped it with his personal seal, and handed it to the doctor: "Go to Captain Hu and ask him to speed up the purchase...
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As he spoke, his eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a little bit of coldness: "You don't need me to explain it specifically, you should know the importance of it, right?"
This is just a list of raw materials, and there is no way to keep it secret. Li Chengzhi just wanted the two doctors to understand how seriously he took this matter.
The two doctors were categorical and replied in unison: "Don't worry, Mr. Lang!"
Li Song did everything he needed to be gentle and warned. He even took him to the ancestral hall and swore a poisonous oath. His family members were also under special care. Li Chengzhi estimated that the possibility of temporary problems was unlikely.
When the raw materials are almost purchased, I and Li Song will be able to free up some time. Then we will see how to assign more manpower to these two and who is suitable.
Or the two of them can do it in person.
As for the future, we can only take precautions...
He waved his hand, dismissed the two doctors, pulled out a piece of paper, and began to plan the organization of the services and the proportions of weapons and armor.
First is the horse.
Li Song and Hu Baozong brought 700 war horses from Gaoping Town, all of which were real Liangzhou horses. They could carry more than 500 kilograms of weight and could still travel three hundred miles a day.
In addition to the original more than a hundred horses and those seized from the city, and some borrowed from the big families in the county, we can make up a thousand war cavalry, which is no problem at all.
This is the reason for Li Chengzhi's bold statement that as long as he is given three thousand soldiers, he will be able to defeat two hundred thousand thieves.
The cavalry is the well-deserved king in the cold weapon era.
Therefore, no matter how many soldiers he can recruit, he will only build a fighting force around these thousand horses, whether it is cavalry or mounted infantry.
Li Chengzhi estimated that if he was more optimistic, if all the tribes, parties, and forts in the county could work closely together, plus the Li family's more than a hundred old soldiers, they would be able to gather 500 heavy cavalry capable of riding horses and firing bows.
Riding two horses is just right.
If the big clans don't cooperate, they can only choose strong soldiers and arm a thousand horse heavy infantry to maximize their mobility.
Li Chengzhi roughly estimated that each heavy infantry consumes at least fifty kilograms of steel... It's not that he can't bear to part with it, but if it is any heavier, he won't be able to fight.
Among them, the armor, greaves, armor skirts, and helmets total about thirty-five kilograms, the spearheads and spears are five kilograms, and the horizontal swords are three kilograms. Each person is equipped with a quarter-square square shield, which is equivalent to fifty kilograms.
Left and right.
The horse is only equipped with face armor, breastplate, and neck armor, which consume about thirty kilograms of steel. The horse's body is entirely made of wooden armor, which can at least protect against ordinary hunting bows and short crossbows.
Based on this calculation, it would take at least 80,000 kilograms of fine steel to arm a thousand heavy steps capable of riding horses.
Even if the 60,000 kilograms of iron material can produce more than 60% of the steel, the gap will still be about 30,000 kilograms. If it is replaced with iron material, it will cost another 50,000 to 60,000 kilograms.
But Li Chengzhi is not very worried.
Today is different from the past. We have a city as our backing, and we no longer have to worry about being cut off by thieves. It is many times stronger than when we were on Kongtong Mountain.
You don’t even have to worry too much about food. The remaining two thousand kilograms of copper can be used first.
In other words, it costs five to six hundred kilograms of colored copper, either to buy it from a large household in the county, or to ask Hu Baozong to send someone to Gaoping Town.
Chaona is closer to Gaoping Town, only about a hundred miles away, so you can go back and forth in two days.
Thinking of this, Li Chengzhi laughed at himself. In future generations, how could this be a multi-million dollar business, yet he looked down upon it?
But think about it again, if all these 80,000 kilograms of steel were beaten into armor, wouldn't it be possible to double it and roll it up?
With the strength and thickness of the high-carbon steel currently produced, at least four thousand sets of armor can be made.
If you exchange it for food, a set will cost at least 300 shi, which equals 1.2 million shi, or 140 million catties...
It will take four hundred years to save up on the three thousand acres of private land owned by the Li family...
After thinking about this, Li Chengzhi's scalp felt a little numb.
Unconsciously, he actually accomplished such a great thing?
How is this different from a miracle?
No wonder Li Song and others fall in love with the person they admire?
No wonder these bastards have such inflated self-confidence that they dare to defy the heavens and the earth...
Li Chengzhi took a deep breath and shook his head vigorously.
It’s already reached this point, what do you still regret?
We can only bite the bullet and go down cautiously...
Just as he was about to continue counting, he heard footsteps outside the door. Li Chengzhi listened and vaguely heard Guo Cunxin and Li Xian talking.
There should be something urgent to see him, otherwise Guo Cunxin would not have just left and come back for no reason.
"Please come in, uncle!" Li Chengzhi shouted, standing up and going out.
When he went out, he saw that besides Guo Cunxin, there were also the two doctors.
The two doctors' faces were gray and their heads were covered in cold sweat. They were obviously frightened.
Looking at Guo Cunxin again, what he held in his hand was the list of ingredients he had just written to the doctor.
Could it be that Guo Cunxin is asking for a prescription?
Shouldn't it?
In the past month, so many strange things have happened to me. As long as Hu Baozong knew about it, I told him all about it.
It seems that my uncle is not an unreasonable person. If he is really curious, he will definitely take a moment to ask himself in private instead of embarrassing the two junior officials...