On the fifth day of September, outside Wangjiazhuang Baihusuo Fort, a huge convoy of dozens of large vehicles was leaving the city from the south gate and heading along the official road. It was accompanied by a sentry officer from the New Army's front camp. Hit the road with the convoy.
Tan Xiaoda and Xu Le were walking side by side. In front of them was a cart carrying a lot of supplies. A large number of craftsmen from the Bingjia Supervision and Manufacturing Office were also leaving the city. They were carrying large and small bags of luggage and gathered on both sides of the official road to wait. .
Tan Xiaoda asked Zhao Hao, the steward of the Gunpowder Factory, to bring a package and gave it to Xu Le, saying: "This time, Your Majesty ordered the Bingjia Supervisory Office to be moved to Aoshan Wei's Qianhu Station in front of Fushan Mountain. You and I will not be able to see each other day and night." See you. We are both craftsmen and have become good friends in the past two years. I feel quite uncomfortable when you leave. This little money is a little thought from Manager Zhao and Manager Cui. Manager Xu took it with him. I’ll come back often in the future, and let’s have a drink and talk!”
Xu Le took over the order and felt very uncomfortable. Liu Yan gave an order, and he and the eight or nine hundred craftsmen and apprentices of the Bingjia Supervision Department got busy, and it took nearly a month to complete the Bingjia Supervision Department. In preparation for the relocation, all equipment, iron materials, materials, and inventory were counted and sealed one by one, and registered in a book to prevent omissions.
Today is the day when the Bingjia Supervision and Construction Office is officially relocated. Wei Han, the newly appointed defense officer of the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village and the new army's former battalion left commander Qian, specially brought a sentry officer to escort him and hired dozens of large vehicles. , and more than a hundred civilians, loaded all the belongings of the Bingjia Supervisory Manufacturing Office into trucks.
I saw Xu Le put away the entanglement, clasped his fists and said: "Master Tan, Manager Cui, and Manager Zhao, our green mountains will never change and our rivers will flow forever. Although I have arrived at Aoshan Guard, I am still a subordinate of Lord Guerrilla. We will have many opportunities to meet each other in the future." See you soon!"
"See you later!"
"See you later!"
Cui Mingyuan, the steward of the firearms workshop, handed a bundle of luggage to Xu Le, and then Tan Xiao and others watched Xu Le get on the carriage.
At the same time, hundreds of craftsmen and apprentices from the Bingjia Supervisory Manufacturing Office also began to board the carriage. Under the arrangement of the New Army officers, more than 20 people rode in a carriage, just to transport the belongings of the Bingjia Supervisory Manufacturing Office. Wei and Han More than thirty carts were hired, and nearly fifty carts were hired by Wei and Han to transport these craftsmen and apprentices.
On the official road, more than 80 large vehicles lined up in a row, which was very spectacular. Under the escort of more than 160 New Army officers and soldiers at the first post, the large group of people embarked on the journey, heading towards the Qianhu Residence in front of Aoshan Weifu Mountain. Go.
Tan Xiaoda, Zhao Hao, Cui Mingyuan, and Wei Han looked at Xu Le and the many craftsmen standing on the carriage, waving goodbye, with great reluctance. It wasn't until the convoy was far away and Xu Le in the car could no longer be seen clearly that the few of them prepared to go back.
"It's time to defend Mr. Wei this time."
Wei Han said with a smile: "I dare not disobey Master Guerrilla's orders. Besides, these are all my duties, so there is no need to be polite, Mr. Tan."
Tan Xiaoda then said to Zhao Hao and Cui Mingyuan: "Now that the original site of the Bingjia Supervision and Manufacturing Office has been vacated, you two will work hard in the past few days. Our Firearms Supervision and Manufacturing Office also needs to be reorganized. After these days of rectification, it will be So that we can resume production as soon as possible.”
Zhao Hao and Cui Mingyuan clasped their fists together and said, "Follow your orders!"
Liu Yan saw that there was no movement from Jimo Camp Commander Zhang Youxun and others, so he felt relieved and made a decision after inspecting the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village.
Liu Yan ordered the construction of a new military industrial base at Qianhu Station in front of Fushan in Aoshanwei, and then moved the entire Bingjia Supervision and Manufacturing Office there. In the future, Wangjiazhuang will be used as a firearms military industrial base, and Qianhusuo City in front of Fushan will be used as a Bingjia military industrial base.
In this way, not only can the output of weapons be at least doubled, but important bases can also be dispersed and deployed, killing two birds with one stone.
Here, Wei Han and Tan Xiaoda and others exchanged a few words of greetings, and then returned directly to the Qianhu Station in front of Xiahe Village. After Tan Xiaoda and others said goodbye to Wei Han, they immediately returned to Wangjiazhuang Fort.
After discussion, the three finally decided that the gunpowder workshop of the Firearms Supervision and Manufacturing Department would remain unchanged, and the entire firearms workshop would be moved to the original location of the Bingjia Supervision and Manufacturing Department.
On that day, Tan Xiaoda organized the manpower to begin the relocation. Even though the firearms workshop was being relocated very close to each other, Tan Xiaoda also hired more than 200 people from Wangjiazhuang for this purpose. It took him two full days of work to complete the entire relocation of the firearms workshop.
Then Tan Xiaoda and others rushed to the bank of the Nanhe River. The Bingjia Supervision and Construction Office also built a dam at the new site of Qianhu Station in front of Fushan, and built a number of 200 hydraulic drilling machines, so this area was originally used by the Bingjia Supervision and Construction Office. The hydraulic drilling machine was not transported away and was left directly to the Firearms Supervision Department. 33
Tan Xiaoda said to Cui Mingyuan: "Including the subsequent hydraulic drilling machines, there are a total of 250. If the production is at full capacity, the monthly output of blunderbuss will reach 14,000, and the artillery can also be cast for 20 Duomen, this output is enough to meet the requirements of Guerrilla Master."
Cui Mingyuan said excitedly: "What Mr. Tan said is true. As long as the Tieyu Mountain Iron Material Yard can provide stable supply, I will have no problem here!"
Zhao Hao on the side said: "We just produce so many firearms and we can't use them all! In just two months, our new army has more weapons and equipment, and there are even more muskets than soldiers!"
Tan Xiaoda waved his hand and said: "Why did the guerrillas spend money and food to move the Bingjia Supervisory Manufacturing Office to Aoshanwei this time? One of the reasons is to increase production. The guerrillas are deep-minded and have lofty ambitions, far better than us. As long as we can guess, we just have to do our part."
Zhao Hao and Cui Mingyuan clasped their fists to accept the order.
A few days later, Xu Le led a large group of troops to arrive at Qianhusuo City in front of Fushan in Aoshan.
Guo Rong, the defense officer and general manager of the Central Battalion, was waiting at the city gate early. He couldn't help but be amazed when he saw the huge convoy coming along the official road.
"Isn't it true that all the households in Wangjiazhuang have been moved here?"
The carriage Xu Le was riding in stopped at the gate of the city. After getting off the car, he came over to salute. Guo Rong had already sent someone to direct the convoy to continue entering the city. He came over and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu, you have been working hard all the way!"
"Haha, I feel happy doing things for Lord Guerrilla, it's not hard."
"I have prepared food and drinks in the Chief Qian's Hall. I will ask the escorting brothers from the front camp to eat and drink in the school grounds later. Chief Xu, follow me to the Chief Qian's Hall to rest."
Xu Le waved his hand and said, "I appreciate Mr. Guo's kindness, but I want to see the new location of the Bingjia Supervisory Manufacturing Office first."
"That's fine!"
Guo Rong said a few words to the subordinates around him, and then said to Xu Le: "The Bingjia Supervisory Building is in the city, let's go there right away."
Qianhusuo City in front of Fushan occupies a large area, but its population is not large. The reason is that the land here is barren. As early as the Wanli period, military households continued to flee. Later, Aoshan Guards simply took the military households in Qianhusuo in front of Fushan. The household register was greatly reduced, and many military households were moved elsewhere.
This resulted in Qianhusuo City in front of Fushan being very empty, with a large number of vacant houses. The new location of the Bingjia Supervision Office was located in the north of the city. After Liu Yan conducted on-site surveys, he designated a large area of houses. It is twice the size of the old Wangjiazhuang site.
Accompanied by Guo Rong, Xu Le looked around and saw that tall courtyard walls surrounded most of the courtyard in the street. Only the main entrance and the east and west side doors were accessible, which was very tight.
In addition, the houses inside have also been planned and composed of independent courtyards so that the various workshops of the Bingjia Supervision Department can be used separately.
"Chief Xu, there is the Beihe River flowing through in the north of the city near Laoshan Mountain. After a month of construction, a dam has been built there, as well as a branch workshop for the Bingjia Supervision Department. The hydraulic drilling machines required by Director Xu are also in place. A total of It’s two hundred.”
Xu Le laughed when he heard this and said: "Okay, great! With these two hundred hydraulic drilling machines, the armor workshop's output will increase significantly. At least five or six thousand pairs of armor can be made in a month. That's great!"
Xu Le then clasped his fists and said, "Master Guo managed to accomplish so many things in about a month. It's really hard work!"
Guo Rong said: "Actually, it's nothing. This time the guerrilla masters have allocated a large amount of money and food. I just spent a lot of money and hired a large number of craftsmen and civilian workers. In fact, it is not stressful for a month."
Xu Le looked at the brand-new location of the Bingjia Supervision and Manufacturing Office, and felt very happy. He immediately said: "If Mr. Guo doesn't mind, I want to start handling the matters of the Bingjia Supervision and Manufacturing Office immediately, and I won't accompany Mr. Guo."
Guo Rong was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "As expected!"
"Really?"
Guo Rong looked at Xu Le, who was a little surprised, and said: "When Mr. Guerrilla inspected the Beihe branch workshop some time ago, he warned me: Master Xu is a great craftsman. After seeing the new site and branch workshop, he will be obsessed with it. Start getting busy. So don’t prepare any banquet to welcome Master Xu, just prepare a quilt for Master Xu.”
Xu Le laughed heartily: "You know me, sir!"
From this day on, Xu Le led a group of craftsmen and apprentices to get busy. All the belongings of the Bingjia Supervisory Manufacturing Office were moved in, and the new buildings of the Bingjia Supervisory Manufacturing Office were also allocated one by one. Armor Square occupied three Weapon Square occupies one-third of the two-thirds of the house, and then the two squares are further subdivided.
When all these matters were finished, it was already four days later. Xu Le immediately ordered the Bingjia Supervision and Manufacturing Office to resume production, and sent people to contact the Tiejushan Iron Material Yard to start transporting various materials to the new site of the Bingjia Supervision and Manufacturing Office. Plant supplies.
Early that morning, in Qianhusuo City in front of Fushan, a man carried a pole with some melons and fruits in the bamboo baskets at both ends. He walked outside the main entrance of the new site of the Bingjia Supervisory Building Office and found a shady place to sit on the ground. , began to hawk along the street.
"Hey! Come and see the fresh pears and sweet and sour apricots!"
After shouting, few pedestrians came over. Although it was early in the morning, the weather was still hot. Even in the shade under the trees, the hot wind was blowing, which was very uncomfortable on the body.
The man was already soaked to the skin, but he still sat under the tree and shouted lazily, his eyes occasionally glancing at the gate of the Bingjia Supervisory Building across the street.
Not long after, more than a dozen carts stopped at the gate of the Bingjia Supervisory Building Office. When the gate opened, the civilian men accompanying the carts loaded the iron materials on the carts under the supervision of several New Army officers. , coal and other materials are transported in.
This scene was all witnessed by the man under the tree. The man casually took a pear out of the basket, made a cut with his fingernails, and put it in again.
It wasn't until evening that the man left with his pole. After spending a whole day on the street in such hot weather, the man's steps were already a little frivolous. It was obvious that the heat was not light, but he still quickened his pace and soon turned into an alley and disappeared.
Some people died, but not completely...
