Chapter 151 Craftsman

(I ran back in the middle of the night last night. I was exhausted. Today, I will make sure to watch two more. Let's catch my breath! I didn't do well this week! There are too few red tickets! Up and up!)

Although he knew that after destroying Lijiazhuang, he would definitely attract retaliation from the government, Xiao Tianjian still decided to stay in Tianlong Village for a period of time.

There are only two reasons why Xiao Tianjian made such a decision. First, after they captured Lijiazhuang, Xing Tianjun seized a lot of materials and recruited a lot of new recruits. At present, most of Xing Tianjun is a new recruit, and the number of soldiers is less than 40%. If they withdraw immediately now, the soldiers will ask. It's not a big deal, but once he is chased and intercepted by officers or township soldiers on the road, he dares to guarantee that as long as there is a slight disadvantage, these new recruits will immediately collapse.

Therefore, he would rather take the risk of leaving more time to let the recruits receive a period of basic training, so that they have a certain sense of combat effectiveness and obedience before leaving. By the way, they also digest the gains of this battle of Lijiazhuang and improve their combat effectiveness by another level.

The second is that they have dozens of injured people, and the injury has not yet recovered. If they go on the road at this time, it will be very inconvenient to take them. If it were someone else, they would not consider the problem of these injured people at all. Just leave them directly, but Xiao Tianjian would never do so. He will never chill his men's hearts. Therefore, he would rather take the risk of leaving more time, or even take out a lot of money to let Jin Fuzi and others go to Fengxiang Mansion to get back a batch of medicinal materials and treat their wounds, rather than easily abandoning them.

When I heard that the palm plate sent people to take risks to collect medicinal herbs for these wounded, the wounded were all grateful to Xiao Tianjian and admired Xiao Tianjian's benevolence and righteousness, which made Xiao Tianjian's intention to die much stronger.

People are such animals. In addition, these soldiers are originally from simple peasants. Although they are timid, they know how to repay their kindness. If you treat him well, they can sell you their lives. This is exactly what Xiao Tianjian wants. What is the most valuable these days? In his eyes, gold and silver are all things outside his body. If you don't spend it, it's just a pile of waste, so he doesn't care about the cost at all when he spends money for his subordinates, and saves it from becoming a burden in the future! In his opinion, the most valuable thing is the loyalty of his subordinates. His greatest capital is the loyalty of these people now. Without these people, then he is nothing.

The news brought back by Mr. Jin was very important to Xiao Tianjian. The bad news was that they had already expected that the government would never give up. Now from the news that Mr. Jin brought back from Fengxiang's house, it was not as expected. The government was really anxious to come to them desperately. It is.

But the good news is that in a short period of time, Fengxiang's government can't send enough troops to encircle and suppress the Xingtian army, and the government's attention is still in the Shangluo area. According to reliable sources, a large number of civilian troops have indeed been besieged in the carriage gorge, which makes the Xingtian army relatively sufficient. It's time to rest.

And according to the shopkeeper Zhang of Jishengtang, even if the government really sends troops to suppress it, it will not have too many troops. It is still organized by soldiers and horses dominated by Xiang Yong. The threat to Xing Tianjun is not big, so Xiao Tianjian knows very well in his heart that their Xing Tianjun is in Yanyang. The short-term rise is largely due to the help of the empty space of local officers and military forces created by large-scale civilian troops like Gao Yingxiang. Xiao Tianjian really wants to thank Gao Yingxiang for their cooperation.

After learning these news that they couldn't grasp before, Xiao Tianjian completely gave up the idea of leaving this place as soon as possible. He also took the time to train the new and veterans. At the same time, he asked Huzi to return to Fengxiang Mansion again and stayed in Jisheng Hall to temporarily inquire about the movements of the officers and soldiers of Fengxiang Mansion. As soon as there is a movement, it immediately returns. The importance of intelligence has now been highlighted. Since there is such a relationship, how can Xiao Tianjian not use it?

The biggest gain from the battle of Lijiazhuang this time may be those gold and silver treasures and grain in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Xiao Tianjian, his biggest gain this time is talent.

After they took down Lijiazhuang, many exiles gathered from all directions to Lijiazhuang. Xiao Tianjian and Yan Chongxi not only recruited hundreds of strong new people, but also recruited dozens of craftsmen, including some craftsmen who fled from the border town to the mainland.

Among other things, blacksmiths alone recruited more than 30 people, which made the number of blacksmiths in the Xingtian Army reach nearly 50, making the original lack of manpower abundant, and they also obtained a lot of copper and iron from Lijiazhuang, which provided them with their own weapons. Human and material security.

Originally, a blacksmith's shop had been built in Tianlongzhai. After Xiao Tianjian returned with his army, the blacksmith's shop was immediately tripled. As soon as dozens of blacksmiths returned to Tianlongzhai, they immediately devoted themselves to the work of building weapons. Because of the limited stove and various tools, these blacksmiths were divided into two. Ban, working day and night to build all kinds of weapons needed by the Xingtian Army, the efficiency suddenly more than doubled.

Originally, it was not easy to build three-edged thorns. After this batch of blacksmiths arrived, the number of them produced every day reached dozens, and because after adding various iron materials, Xiao Tianjian did not dare to forge a large number of knives. Now he has also begun to let the blacksmiths make them, and some broken weapons have also been remade, in order to make Xing Tianjun Before the next war, the quality of the equipment will reach a new level.

After Xiao Tianjian came back, in addition to arranging various other things, he also put a lot of energy into the blacksmith. He personally asked each of the blacksmiths recruited this time, asking what they mainly did before.

Sure enough, among these blacksmiths, he really found a few blacksmiths who fled from the border town to the inland. These blacksmiths are all craftsmen in the border town. These craftsmen are craftsmen for life and will never be free. They serve in the guardhouse and build weapons for the military, but the remuneration that the craftsmen can get is very low. Many people don't have any land to cultivate, and generations can only eat by their skills. Over the years, the government has become more and more corrupt, and even the officers and soldiers can't get food and salaries. Needless to say, they are craftsmen. Many craftsmen can't survive, so they took their families to escape to the mainland to find a way to live, but the mainland is also The people are everywhere, and these people can't live. They can only become one of the people and make a living by begging everywhere.

The craftsmen who are forced to this kind of field can't take care of anything at this time. As long as they care about their mouthwork, they don't hesitate to sell their skills and labor.

When he heard that Xing Tianjun recruited craftsmen, these craftsmen among the exiles did not have to think much at all. They immediately revealed the list of recruitment and went to Xing Tianjun to ask for food.

After Xiao Tianjian came back, he received them in person and told them that working in Xing Tianjun, Xing Tianjun provides them with three meals a day and provides them with their wives and children at the same time. In terms of work, Xing Tianjun will implement a piecework system, according to the number of things each person creates. According to the difficulty of building items, the wages will be settled once a month, but the requirement for them is that everyone should leave their marks on the items for later verification. Once it is found that the device created by someone is a defective product, it will be traced back to the responsibility of the builder. Ren.

After listening to Xiao Tianjian's words, these craftsmen agreed without saying a word. In fact, Xiao Tianjian's practice was not new. In the past, it was also stipulated in the government. Even in the early Qin Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty made such requirements for craftsmen, so the quality of Qin army's weapons far exceeded that of other countries. The quality of the utensils finally made the Qin Dynasty win the world, but after these years in the Ming Dynasty, this system has become a dead letter, because the officials in charge of craftsmanship are often greedy in raw materials, so that the craftsmen can't get enough excellent raw materials, so that they are all fooled, so that the court decided The system has become a piece of paper, and the quality of the armor created is not up to the level at all. This has also become a stubborn disease, and it is difficult to return!

However, Xing Tianjun really wants to implement the system here. Craftsmen are naturally willing to accept this management method, and the salary per piece is very fair. If you work more, you will get less, if you don't do it, you don't have nothing to say. What's more, Xing Tianjun is quite good for them. He manages three meals a day. Not to mention that they were full, the treatment directly followed the food treatment of the soldiers of the Xingtian Army. Even their wives and children followed them to take care of two meals a day, which made them very satisfied. Therefore, as soon as these people arrived at Tianlongzhai, they devoted themselves to work and became enthusiastic.

After asking each craftsman, Xiao Tianjian finally found a craftsman who could build birds. Among the blacksmiths they recruited this time, a total of four people would do this, and one of the blacksmiths named Yang Changshou was highly valued by Xiao Tianjian.

This person is a craftsman who escaped from Jizhen. At that time, the Tatari people entered the bandit, and the officers and soldiers were defeated and fled. These craftsmen were either captured by the Tataritans or fled to the mainland, but because they were cheap and they were not treated anywhere, so that even after they escaped, they were discriminated everywhere. They can't find a stable livelihood at all. In addition, they are detached craftsmen, and the government will not be polite to them. If they are caught, they will often be imprisoned, and even demoted to slaves and sold to some large families as slaves.

So Yang Changshou had to go all the way south. Later, he ran from Shanxi to Shaanxi, but all his family members with him starved to death on the road. He was the only one who struggled to survive. If he hadn't met Xiao Tianjian's recruitment in Lijiazhuang this time, it was estimated that Yang Changshou would not live for a few days. It can be said that Xing Tianjun gave Yang Changshou another chance to live. When Yang Changshou was asked by Xiao Tianjian, he told his background. When Xiao Tianjian asked if he could build a bird, Yang Changshou patted his chest and said, "General, don't worry! When our old Yang family was in Jizhen, they specially built this for the officers and soldiers, not a small boast. At that time, no one dared to say that it was better than me! As long as the general gives enough small iron materials, the small ones can create excellent birds for the general!

Not to mention this, even the small cannon has been cast for the officers and soldiers. This kind of thing is not rare! It's just that it takes a lot of iron to make a bird's gear. A bird's gear needs six catties of fine iron. If you beat ten catties of thick iron repeatedly, you can get one catty of fine iron. A bird's gear needs to use 60 catties of thick iron. If the iron is not enough, even the small one is a fairy can't make a good bird's fine bird! Therefore, the little one should explain this to the general first, so as to avoid trouble in the future! I'm afraid that even a few more heads are not enough for the general to cut!"