The smell of blood that permeated Ao Canghai's body in a hurry from Hangzhou was so strong that people dared not look directly at it. A few days ago, the Jiang family, a long-standing wealthy family in Hangzhou, was uprooted. All the men, from the octogenarian to the one holding him in his arms,

All the urchins were, without exception, taken to the execution ground and executed, and no one was left alive.

Not only the Jiang family, but also the deep-rooted and luxuriant Jiangnan clans all suffered massacres that were rare in thousands of years. There was no other reason than that they participated in the rebellion. With a hammer in their hand, there were nails everywhere. This is how Li Xiao feels now,

When the butcher's knife was swung for the first time, it was extremely difficult to stop. What's more, this time he brought a division to Jiangnan just to kill people.

The imperial court had been patient for a long time and had given many opportunities to the Jiangnan scholar-officials. With the sword in his hand, Yang Sichang was still advising the wealthy people with sincerity. The result was wanton humiliation and ridicule, and ubiquitous violence and

Assassination.

Officials who supported the New Deal were either assassinated or forced to resign. In order to protect their vested interests, the wealthy glared with blood-red eyes and wanted to tear into pieces those who dared to take their taxes.

Yang Sichang was assassinated more than ten times. If the guards had not been alert and there were many troops stationed in Jinling City, they might have killed him long ago.

If you can't bear it anymore, you don't need to bear it anymore. If you don't listen to the advice, then it is the turn of the state's violence machine. Ao Canghai's division is an iron-blooded army rolling in blood and fire. The northeast slaughters the two flags of Zhenglan and Xianglan, and the northwest slaughters Li Zicheng

Yubu. Zhang Xianzhong was also beaten by the First Division when he was wandering around Hubei. Not to mention, the Nanjing Forbidden Army Division was casually slaughtered.

Killing is a common occurrence for them.

In today's Jiangnan, Yang Sichang is the King of Hell, and Ao Canghai is King Guang of Qin. The ten palaces of Hell are all dispatched, causing a bloody storm everywhere in Jiangnan. A rough estimate by subordinate officials shows that more than 10,000 people have been killed.

When he walked to the door of Linhu Hall, he heard Li Xiao's heartbreaking cough. Ao Canghai took a few steps to see how this old man was doing.

"Lanzhou is an important town in the northwest. Why can't they be equipped with some advanced weapons? Why don't you keep your rifles?" Ao Canghai heard Li Xiao's lion-like roar while breathing heavily.

"Return to the commander! It's not that I don't want to, but I really have no choice. Our rifles require high accuracy. Currently, only two arsenals in Jinzhou and Jinan can produce them. The Xi'an arsenal in the northwest is under construction, but even if it is completed,

Without enough skilled workers, it will be difficult to achieve high output even in a short period of time.

Even Jinzhou and Jinan have to take care of the production of artillery and other equipment. You also ordered Jinzhou to produce Maxim heavy machine guns as soon as possible. This time, it will take up a lot of resources.

Last year, a total of 13,690 rifles were produced. This is the limit under the current conditions!

But there are people asking for guns from their subordinates everywhere. The Fourth Division in the northwest is the troops guarding the front line. I don’t dare not to provide them with them. For Master Ao’s First Division, if I don’t provide them with them, I will be killed by Master Ao.

Beat to death.

These two division commanders have a hundred thousand men under their command, and they need more than 80,000 rifles. Their demand alone is the national production in six years. Not to mention the third division and the second division, the ancestor of the third division.

Commander Yuan of the Changhe Second Division sent a letter to his subordinates. If they don't get new equipment by the end of this year, they will be dragged to their subordinates' arsenal to rob them.

Commander! It’s not that I don’t want to equip them with good guns because of my humble position, but I really can’t help it. I beg the commander to remove my subordinate from this job. I really can’t do this job. I would rather be an ordinary mechanic!

"

Walking to the door of Linhu Palace, Ao Canghai heard Zhao Shizhen's complaint. When he heard Zhao Shizhen mentioning himself, Ao Canghai stopped and prepared to listen to the window. This bastard is a master who can't squeeze out anything.

At first, taking advantage of the relatively close location in Liaodong, Ao Canghai blocked the door of the arsenal every day with a whip, and at least he was able to prepare all the weapons for the first division.

He did not expect that Zu Dashou and Yuan Chonghuan had not yet prepared all the guns. Ao Canghai admired himself for his foresight. Looking at the huge dressing mirror at the door, Ao Ye gave him a thumbs up and gave himself a thumbs up.

Liked.

"Well...!" Li Xiao took a deep breath and did not answer Zhao Shizhen's objection.

"Zheng Sen, you are in charge of weapons construction. Please tell me how to improve the efficiency of weapons production." Li Xiao's voice was suppressed, and he was probably holding back a cough.

Zheng Sen lowered his head and said nothing, staring at his toes.

"Commander! It's really not our fault." Ao Canghai recognized Wu Ciyou's voice.

"If he doesn't say it, then you say it. Cough! Cough! Cough!"

"Commander, the current allocation of weapons is in complete chaos. Mr. Ao is in Liaodong, and no one dares to refuse to give him weapons. We dare not give them to him, but he really dares to steal them. And Mr. Man, during the grassland battle last year,

Mr. Man has lost a lot of equipment, and now we have to make up for it. Mr. Zhang, the ministers of the Ministry of Finance, have to give them some credit for these old commanders who have followed you through life and death. Master Ancestor and Master Yuan do not dare to compete with them, let alone us.

These little people."

"Don't talk about this, just talk about how to increase production. The production is enough, why are you still robbing?" Li Xiao rolled his eyes at Zheng Sen.

"Commander, if you want to increase weapons production, the most important thing is to have a large number of skilled workers and qualified raw materials. Our Ming Dynasty lacks high-quality iron ore, so it is naturally difficult to refine high-quality steel. The steel produced in Anshan every year is

There are so many, and even fewer are qualified to produce weapons.

Secondly, there are a large number of skilled workers, and we have been working very hard to train them. But it takes time to train talents, and it is not possible to train usable skilled workers so quickly."

"Nonsense, do you think the English have so many skilled workers? How come they have so many firearms to support the Mongols? The supply line from India to the Ili Valley to the northwest front is always easier than for us."

"Commander! We have inquired about this matter in detail. The English arsenals are all private. They hired thousands of Dutch and Portuguese workers from Europe. These workers were originally masters in making guns. Moreover, they are still in India.

There are high-quality iron ore and copper mines. This is unmatched by our Ming Dynasty!

The largest arsenal in Bombay alone has more than 20,000 workers from various countries. It produces more than 18,000 guns annually, which is higher than the national output of our Ming Dynasty. The most important thing is that the Indian arsenal produces more than 18,000 guns.

The weapons would be sold back to the Arabs and Europe, and the English made a lot of arms money from this.

And our arsenal is entirely an investment by the court, and there is no mention of making money at all. Officials at all levels often rely on personal relationships to stuff people into the arsenal. Some of these people are too frivolous, some are not successful enough and are more likely to fail than others, and some are not worthy of their ethics.

They are unpopular. Because of various connections, they all receive high salaries.

Our efficiency can't be compared with that of the English." Wu Ciyou has been working hard for a few days. If his words are spread today, he will immediately become a public enemy in the officialdom. No wonder even Zheng Sen does not dare to tell the truth.

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"Teacher! The trend of private recruitment has become more and more popular. If you use my people, I will naturally use your people. Some people simply pay to hire people. Most of these people are not qualified, which leads to higher and higher costs in the factory.

, the court needs more and more investment. If things go on like this, not only will the court be overwhelmed, but many important things will also be delayed." Zheng Sen couldn't help but speak.

"Cough cough cough...!" Li Xiao once coughed heartbreakingly.

Li Xiao was helpless in this kind of thing. What he had to face was a huge bureaucratic system, not a single person. Although the court today has hired a large number of new officials, the inertia of the Ming Dynasty's bureaucratic system for more than two hundred years is not the same.

Two people can stop it.

Jiangnan and his party have completely broken up with the intellectuals led by the Donglin Party. In just one month, Li Xiao killed thirteen prefect-level officials alone. Not to mention, he also killed Jiangxi

Governor, an official at the level of governor of Jiangsu. Now Jiangnan literati have been killed in large numbers. Within a month, Yang Sichang's men approved the killing of more than 10,000 people.

"teacher……!"

"I'm fine. A cough won't kill anyone. The military industry is the lifeblood of the country. Tell me how you can increase production. I grant you full authority!"

"If you want to increase military output, you must first have a high-quality source of iron ore. Students' families travel to Southeast Asia all year round. The iron ore in some places in Java is said to be very good. However, Nanyang is too far from Anshan, and the iron ore there has not yet been mined.

Water from afar cannot quench thirst from near.

The students suggested that proper personnel be sent to Java to mine iron ore. The necessary personnel should be recruited from the local area. In this way, costs can be effectively reduced. In the long term, our country can use the iron ore there.

In the near future! We can buy it from North Korea. Although the quality of North Korea's iron ore is not high, it is still better than our Ming Dynasty. The steel made from North Korea's iron ore can effectively solve our current predicament."

"Okay! Contact Ai Husheng, he is an expert in this matter." Ai Husheng is indeed an expert in blackmailing North Koreans. Every year, Ming Dynasty sells a large number of industrial products and luxury goods to North Korea.

In exchange for North Korea's grain, various ores, gold and silver. For more than ten years, North Korea has always ranked first in trade surplus.

"The second is that Wu Ciyou is the director of the Anshan Steel Plant. The teacher sent a battalion of troops to help maintain order in the steel plant."

"It's not appropriate to send troops to garrison. You can order the establishment of the Steel Plant Public Security Bureau. Director, just let Wu Ciyou choose his own people. Wu Ciyou, after you arrive at Anshan Iron and Steel, all those who are unqualified and do nothing will be purged. If anyone dares to cause trouble,

Punish according to law!" The establishment of the Steel Factory Public Security Bureau was a knife for Wu Ciyou. With the handle of the knife in his hand, he was not afraid of anyone being disobedient.

"No! Thank you, Marshal!"

"Go on." Li Xiao pointed at Zheng Sen.

"The students asked themselves to be the director of the Jinzhou Arsenal, and personally eliminated those who were unqualified and increased the output of the Jinzhou Arsenal. However, there is no suitable candidate in Jinan for the time being."

Li Xiao understood that Zheng Sen and Wu Ciyou had Li Xiao's full support. Naturally, they were not afraid of the local bureaucrats. Only people with such backings could hold important positions and dare to carry out reforms without fear of obstruction.

Since such a person was needed, a figure emerged in Li Xiao's mind.

Xiao Zhan! The urban management captain by the Chaobai River.

This time, he did a good job in dealing with the Cao Gang members who went to Hankou and Wuchang. There were more than 8,000 people, and not one of them escaped. When he came back to hand over the order, he actually had a hint of an iron-blooded general.

"Zhao Shizhen, find someone who understands technology. I have someone at Jinan Arsenal, but this person doesn't know much about technology. He needs your people to help him."

"No! I must... must find a suitable person to come out." Zhao Shizhen hurriedly bowed his body.

"Lanzhou City was robbed from top to bottom, and the population was slaughtered and plundered. The corpses were piled like a mountain, and the city walls were also covered with the corpses of our Liao soldiers. What a shame and humiliation!

We Liao Army soldiers worked hard and endured the war, but because of the gap in weapons, we were defeated by the enemy, resulting in the entire army being destroyed. It is not that we do not have cutting-edge weapons, but because we do not have enough production capacity to produce them. Those of you who are engaged in weapons should blame yourself

!

To increase the production of weapons, our soldiers need rifles, grenades, howitzers, and heavy machine guns. Zheng Sen, the issue of weapons is related to the life and death of our Ming Dynasty. It depends on you! Cough cough cough!" Li Xiao coughed violently.

, as if he was about to cough up his lungs. The waiter next to him quickly brought the spittoon, and Li Xiao spit out a mouthful of thick yellow-green phlegm. He lay on the couch panting like a landed fish!

"Teacher...! Please rest assured, teacher, students will produce 20,000 qualified rifles no matter what next year."

"Let's go!" Li Xiao waved his hand weakly.

Ao Canghai, who was listening to the window, saw Shunzi coming out and immediately pulled Shunzi aside.

"What's going on? Lanzhou is lost?"

"Master Ao! Why don't you go in in this cold weather?"

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me how Lanzhou was lost."

"This happened half a month ago. The Mongols teamed up with the Tibetans and raided the city of Lanzhou through the Tibetan area. Originally, our details were heard, but the cavalry delivering the message ran the wrong way and was tricked by a villager in Baiyin.

Got killed.

The farmer was afraid. He had an uncle who could read and write. He understood the words on the document, but instead of reporting it to the official, he ran away with his family.

So much so that when Lanzhou City was attacked, there was no preparation at all. As you know, the weapons of the garrison were incomparable to those of the Mongols. In this way, Lanzhou City was breached. More than 10,000 defenders only ran out.

More than a hundred people.

More than 80,000 people were killed and carried away by the Tibetans and Mongols. I heard that the corpses of the dead were piled as high as the city walls.
Chapter completed!