Chapter 16 Sword Point to the Central Plains

For the system implemented by Xing Tianjun at present, Xiao Tianjian is not naive enough to want to abolish the private economy. In his opinion, some kind of doctrine does not work. The landlord class and the private economy are indispensable classes of this society. He is not aimed at all landlord classes, as long as these landlords obey. His management pays taxes according to the rules, so they can survive in the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army. He mainly deals with some privileged classes that have become obstacles to social development. As for some small landlords or businessmen, as long as it does not affect the purpose he wants to achieve, he can also get him. Protected.

This point has begun to be reflected in the local area nine years after Chongzhen. Some merchants who had already fled from the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun also began to gradually return to a batch and start their business in the area controlled by Xing Tianjun.

And of course, Xing Tianjun will not be tax-free for these businessmen. For them, Xing Tianjun will tax them according to twenty to one. It seems that it is a little harsher than the tax-free measures for businessmen by the court, but as long as they are well managed, the interests of businessmen will not be affected. On the contrary, because the market is fair, the businessmen are still You can make a big profit.

In this way, it gradually changed the single economic model of Xing Tianjun at the beginning, which made Xing Tianjun's economic activities in the jurisdiction also become active during this year. When merchants enter the jurisdiction of Xing Tianjun to establish workshops, it is necessary to employ people to provide tax sources and enrich local goods for Xing Tianjun. At that time, it also found a way to guide the surplus labor force under the jurisdiction of the Xingtian Army.

Looking at the bustling streets of Yangcheng County, Xiao Tianjian rode on a horse and asked Fu Deming, who followed him, "Mr. Fu has run Yangcheng County well in the past few months. If it goes on like this, it seems that it should be more prosperous than Yangcheng County before!"

Fu Deming said to Xiao Tianjian proudly, "That's right! In the past few months, the restaurants and teahouses in the county have begun to gradually recover. The fastest development is various workshops. Some businessmen have come back and started to build houses in the city. This month alone, we have collected nearly 5,000 taels of tax and silver in the city. Next, such tax money will become more and more. More.

Unfortunately, at present, the contact between the inside and outside of our jurisdiction is not smooth. In addition to taking the waterways on the other side of the ancient town, the government in other places is very strict, which makes many merchants who want to enter, so they can't enter our jurisdiction to do business!

If this is not the case, Yangcheng County will be much more prosperous, but there is nothing we can do. The court can't sit back and ignore us at all! This matter can't be rushed!"

Xiao Tianjian nodded and said, "I'm not too worried about this. Businessmen will always find their own way for profits. As long as we can earn benefits for them, they will not care whether we are anti-thieves or not, and sooner or later they will deal with us.

By the way, let's not talk about this. How is the situation of Yangcheng Railway now?

Fu Deming immediately replied, "Yangcheng Railway has basically been put into production now!" Zhang Chao transferred a group of blacksmiths from the craftsman's camp, plus more than 300 newly recruited blacksmiths, who have already started work. The batch of weapons given to Li Zicheng by the general a few days ago was put here to build, but the fire rope gun also needs to be made of iron from Shuangfengzhai, and the rest can be shipped to them within a month. !"

"So what is Mr. Fu's opinion on my support for Li Zicheng?" Xiao Tianjian turned his head on the horse and looked at Fu Deming and asked him.

"I think the general did the right thing, and it should be so! Now we want iron materials and iron materials, and we need craftsmen to have craftsmen. By making some iron nails and agricultural tools for resale, we will definitely not meet our production capacity! The craftsmen are also very idle. Now that we have such a large amount of business, why don't we do it?

What's more, the biggest advantage of the general's doing this is to let Li Zicheng grow up and contain more of the officers and soldiers in Shaanxi. The provincial officers and soldiers want to come to our trouble if they have nothing to do! This is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. How can you be dissatisfied with a humble position? Fu Deming had a much broader vision than Feng Gouzi, and immediately figured out why Xiao Tianjian treated Li Zicheng like this, so he did not resist Xiao Tianjian's decision.

"Bear by the way, the inferior position has received the general's order to discuss the matter in Lianhuazhai on the tenth day of the first lunar month. I don't know what the general is going to do again this time? Can you reveal some information about the humble position first? Fu Deming suddenly asked Xiao Tianjian.

Xiao Tianjian smiled and said, "I'm here to discuss this matter with Mr. Fu first. Mr. Fu, don't worry. We have time to talk about this. Let's go to Yangcheng Railway first!"

While talking, Xiao Tianjian, Fu Deming and others came to a large iron work that had just been built in Yangcheng County. This iron work was built on the ruins of a rich family in a city, next to the north gate of Yangcheng. It is very convenient to feed or ship. Before entering the iron work, you can see the iron work standing in it. There is an iron furnace under each of the more than a dozen large chimneys, which is specially used to melt the carmine, and there are dozens of small stoves for those blacksmiths.

The scale of iron work is quite large. There are nearly 300 blacksmiths working here. There are small shacks everywhere. There is a constant sound of jingling iron beating, the sound of whistling wind, and the sound of trumpets when the craftsmen lift heavy objects. These sounds are mixed together, one after another, which is very lively.

Xiao Tianjian himself can't believe his eyes. A few months ago, it was still a ruin, but now it is already a series of sheds. Although it looks very simple, the production contained in it is very huge. There is almost a feeling of an industrial zone in later generations, but it lacks some necessary It's just mechanical.

After Xiao Tianjian walked into the iron work, he saw a more lively scene. Hundreds of craftsmen sweated and made all kinds of weapons in various sheds. Rough iron blanks were sent to each shed. After forging by the craftsmen, they were made into various knives and guns, and then uniformly packed and sealed. Deposit in the warehouse.

The whole process has obviously begun to accept the influence of the assembly line operation already implemented by Shuangfengzhai. The craftsmen are divided into the third class in the mountains according to their skill level. According to their different levels, they are arranged to give them a variety of work suitable for them. In this way, although the product quality will come out. In a slightly mediocre situation, it is not easy to produce high-quality products, but the benefits are very obvious. Through such a flowing operation, the overall quality of the product is guaranteed. The shape of the products created is unified, and the quality is not at the bottom. More importantly, it fully exerts the level of each blacksmith. It greatly improves the speed of production.

For example, a knife starts from the cutting. It is first made into a knife billet, then handed over to the next step for fine construction, and finally handed over to the grinding craftsman for unified polishing. The production of a knife is at least three times faster than the previous craftsman who completed the whole process, and the output is also However, it has increased more than three times.

After Xiao Tianjian personally tried the newly created blade, he nodded with satisfaction and said, "The knife produced here is not much worse than that of Shuangfengzhai. It should be able to meet Li Zicheng's requirements!"

Fu Deming also picked up a newly built long gun head and looked at it and smiled, "Ha ha! After Li Zicheng's order, the craftsmen in our shed have started to start, but the quality of the things created here is somewhat different from that of Shuangfengzhai. At least this kind of gun head is not the kind of three-edging thorn specially used by our Xing Tianjun!"

Both of them looked at each other and laughed.

After sitting in Fu Deming's humble temporary civil affairs office, Xiao Tianjian asked Tietou to hang a hand-drawn map brought by his entourage on the wall.

Fu Deming stood in front of the map with a teacup in his hand, waiting for Xiao Tianjian to talk about his thoughts and arrangements.

Xiao Tianjian also straightened out his thoughts in front of the map and said to deal with Deming, "After all our efforts, our autumn harvest is approaching. At least the plight of food in this year of disaster has basically passed!"

In this way, we are now full of soldiers, and it's time to let these idle screaming guys move their muscles and bones! I don't know if Mr. Fu thinks it's okay to use troops?"

Fu Deming nodded with a teacup and said, "It's true. Luo Li's brothers are really anxious these days, hehe! But I don't know where the general is going to use troops this time? Does the general want to fight against Zezhou?

Xiao Tianjian shook his head and said, "Zezhou is already a dead dog. Sooner or later, it will be ours! Nowadays, it is basically our territory outside Zezhou. It's just a lonely city. It's meaningless to beat him. It's just an air consumption of troops! I didn't think so much this time! I want to play Gao Ping!"

After hearing this, Fu Deming immediately laughed, put down the teacup, stroked his palm and smiled, "Okay! It's good to play Gao Ping! After defeating Gao Ping, we grabbed Zezhou's throat. At that time, Zezhou will naturally break by itself! This is really a wonderful move! In this way, we will control the whole southeast of Jin in our hands! However, Gaoping is just a small place. With our military strength, we should be able to take it down without any efforts, and the government has been busy during this period. Even if we win Gaoping, the Shanxi government has nothing to do with us! From the point of view of inferiority, I'm afraid the general's appetite will not be so small this time! Does the general want to fight Lu'an Mansion next?

Xiao Tianjian nodded and smiled, "Ha ha! Mr. Fu is getting to know me better and better! But I'm afraid I can't guess what I think this time!

Playing Gao Ping is just the first step. It's just a practice! I want to make a big move next, but I'm not going to Lu'an Mansion! Instead, you have to lead your troops to this place!" After saying that, he tapped heavily under the map with his fingers.

Fu Deming leaned to the side of the map and followed Xiao Tianjian's hand, but his eyebrows were immediately twisted together and exclaimed, "Henan? Is the general going to lead his troops to Henan?

Xiao Tianjian turned back to the table, sat down slowly, nodded and said, "Yes! I'm going to Henan!"