Chapter 109 Artisans and Supplies in Place

The craftsmen came, but there were only fifty of them, and along with them came a large amount of supplies. The hundreds of households who delivered the goods said proudly: "From now on, your food and salary will be distributed in full, but if something goes wrong, don't say it is our Ministry of War, understand? As for the remaining craftsmen, they will arrive in the afternoon."

Fang Xing looked at the craftsmen in ragged clothes, and said indifferently: "There is food and pay, and your military department doesn't care about the rest!"

Commanding the troops is a matter of the Dudufu of the Five Armies, and has nothing to do with the Ministry of War.

"Hmph! Let's see if you can still be so arrogant in the future!"

After these people left, Fang Xing didn't say much, but let the craftsmen settle down first.

"To keep them fed, they eat whatever the sergeants eat."

The room is very simple, and even smells of wood, and there are bark in some places that have not been cleaned.

But such conditions are already very satisfactory to the craftsmen.

"Not bad! There are still quilts? Thanks to us, we brought those rags."

The satisfied craftsmen now just hope that their wages will not be deducted. As for working, that is their instinct.

The stove was fired, the big table was set, and the tools were ready.

When the craftsmen were called together, they realized that someone had already arrived.

Zhu Fang, as the Fang family's enshrinement, was also pulled here by Fang Xing today.

Fang Xing looked at these craftsmen in good spirits, and said kindly: "This is Zhu Fang, and you will work under his leadership from now on. I make a promise here, as long as you work hard, the food and wages will be enough. Amount issued."

"real?"

The craftsmen below were a little moved. You must know that no matter where they were assigned, it was almost a routine for them to be deducted.

Who made the craftsman's status low! If you don't bully, who do you bully?

Fang Xing didn't explain much, nodded to Zhu Fang, and then went to watch the training of the soldiers.

After Fang woke up and left, Zhu Fang realized that everyone was relieved, so she comforted: "Everyone, please rest assured, what my young master said is a certainty, and he will never go back on his word!"

"Master? Then you are..."

Since we are in the same industry, we have to make a bottom line, so someone boldly asked.

Zhu Fang was recalled by this question, and she said after a long time, "I'm just a blacksmith, just like everyone else. It's just that my young master thinks highly of me. This time, I'm here to tell you about the musket we're going to build."

"Aren't all muskets like that?"

The craftsmen are all forging muskets, and they were a little dissatisfied when they heard it.

They are all masters, do we still need to find someone to teach?

Zhu Fang picked up a thin iron plate and began to introduce the specific requirements for the musket to be built this time.

"The musket I want to build is not a clay model, but an iron tool, which must be forged in two layers."

This is a hard requirement, no need to explain why.

Well, although the barrel of the double-rolled barrel is a bit troublesome, there is no technical difficulty, so everyone is silent.

Then Zhu Fang took out a musket, pointed to the handguard covering the front of the muzzle and said, "Everyone, look at the clip on it."

Everyone came over and took a look, and thought it was very simple.

Zhu Fang smiled, then picked up a triangular-shaped sword blade from the table, and put it on the clip with a few strokes.

"This is the bayonet, for melee combat."

Speaking of which, Zhu Fang also made a thrust.

"Hey! This idea is quite rare!"

Some people touched the clips, thinking that such a simple design can allow musketeers to have fighting weapons, what a genius to the extreme.

An old craftsman watched silently for a long time, and then said: "Someone has thought of this trick decades ago, and made it, but it's useless."

As soon as the bystanders heard this, they immediately asked: "Liu Da,

Are you bragging? "

The craftsman named Liu Da said disdainfully: "When I was an apprentice back then, my master did it and used it on that kind of slender musket. In the end, I was whipped a few times when I reported it. Since then, no one asked me about it." pass."

This kind of thing seems normal to the craftsmen, so everyone started to collect tools.

While handing out tools, Zhu Fang introduced new things.

"This is a ruler, and this is a caliper. Remember, the object must be cooled before measuring!"

After receiving the tools, everyone was amazed. Especially the caliper, really fine.

Zhu Fang warned: "These tools must be kept carefully. Once lost, the whole family will suffer together!"

This made everyone put away their tools immediately.

When everyone arrived at their workbench, they realized that there was a somewhat familiar tool.

"It's a bench vise that you clamp onto when you're building something."

Craftsmen used to have similar tools, but they couldn't compare with this big guy.

Everyone tried to use it, and it turned out that it was really easy to use.

"Let's begin then."

"Clang clang clang!"

"Boom!"

The sound of footsteps that gradually became orderly was mixed with the sound of knocking. Fang Xing said to Lao Qi Xin: "From tomorrow onwards, the old rules, irregular night raids, morning running exercises, at least reach 70% of your level."

Seventh Xin nodded and said, "Don't worry, young master, I'm going to give them a treat tonight."

Fang Xing nodded and slipped away satisfied.

Before he could sit still at home, Jia Quan hurried over.

"Mr. Fang, a letter from His Highness the Grandson."

Fang Xing took the letter, opened it, and sure enough, it started with an apology, saying that because of the rare opportunity, he agreed to the military training without asking Fang Xing's opinion.

But when the topic changed, Zhu Zhanji talked about his misery again, saying that not only Han Wang and Zhao Wang stabbed knives in the back, but also some clans were not stable, such as Zhou Wang and so on.

"King Zhou?"

Fang Xing struggled to recall the information he was looking for with Xue Huamin some time ago.

The king of Zhou and Zhu Di are compatriots from the same mother, but it is said that they also had disagreements earlier, but they were unlucky and were denounced by their sons and demoted to Yunnan.

During the Jianwen period, Emperor Jianwen probably thought of the blood relationship between this guy and Zhu Di, so Emperor Jianwen took him back from Yunnan to Jinling and imprisoned him. It was not until Zhu Di entered Jinling City that his freedom and title were restored.

"Your Majesty wanted to change King Zhou to Luoyang earlier, but King Zhou didn't want to, so he stayed in Bianliang in the end."

Jia Quan explained clearly.

Fang Xing rubbed his forehead, he was sure that in his memory, there would be no trace of King Zhou's rebellion in the future.

Then he is a guy with great ambition and talent!

Jia Quan looked at Fang Xing's face, then took out an envelope and said, "This is something from His Royal Highness, so that you don't have to subsidize it yourself."

Fang Xing took it with a smile and pulled it away, and saw that it was actually a bank certificate from a large commercial firm in Jinling. He's been having a headache these days. Because once he privately subsidizes it, it will be a bit taboo, and he may not be picked on in the future.

"This guy has a bit of conscience!"

Fang Xing looked at the large voucher and said with satisfaction.

With this money, he can use it as a reward.

Buying some meat and adding meals to those outstanding sergeants and craftsmen is also a means of motivation!