After Jiang Qiulu made up his mind, he immediately began to implement it.
But this time, Jiang Qiulu did not go to the winery in person.
The second is to ask Li Mingzhi to explain his thoughts.
Because I have more important things to do.
On this day, Jiang Qiulu came to the writing department.
Most of the weapons, armors and other equipment of the soldiers of the entire Daxia Dynasty came from here.
"Your Majesty, Fang Ming, pays homage to His Majesty!"
Fang Ming, the manager of the production department, saw Jiang Qiulu arriving and immediately stepped forward to salute.
"Master Fang, there is no need to be polite."
"Get down quickly."
Jiang Qiulu said, then picked up a forged long sword.
The weight is perfect and it's easy to swing.
It's just that the long sword has just been finalized and has not yet undergone detailed processing such as quenching and sharpening.
"Is Your Majesty going to let the boys build a sidearm?" Fang Ming asked.
"No, no."
"I just wanted to ask, can we make crossbows here?" Jiang Qiulu asked Xiang Fang Ming.
"Crossbow?" Fang Ming thought for a while.
"Your Majesty, I will forgive you, but I have never heard of this kind of weapon."
"I wonder what this crossbow does?"
Jiang Qiulu casually took the pen and paper aside and drew directly.
"Master Fang, look."
"The function of the crossbow is similar to that of our bows and arrows."
"But the crossbow has better accuracy and requires less effort to use than a bow."
"If we make a large ballista, we can put it on the city wall for defense or even attack the city."
boom!
Jiang Qiulu's words were like a bomb exploding in this factory area.
"This crossbow is so powerful?" Fang Ming asked in surprise.
The current method of siege has a high cost of casualties.
With the use of crossbows, the losses during sieges will be greatly reduced.
"We will do our best to fulfill His Majesty's request."
"But..." Fang Ming hesitated, looking troubled.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Qiulu asked.
"But the war broke out some time ago, and our production department has not allocated funds for three consecutive months."
"We can only sell some farm tools to sustain ourselves," Fang Ming said.
Jiang Qiulu frowned, then looked at the surrounding facilities and workers.
Although the facilities are relatively old, the craftsmanship of these guys is very good.
The utensils made are very precise, practical and beautiful.
"Even if war breaks out, the national treasury can still afford the allocations for various ministries, right?"
"Master Fang, just go to the Ministry of Revenue to discuss this matter." Jiang Qiulu said.
But Fang Ming sighed.
"Your Majesty, I'm telling you the truth."
"I personally went to see Jizheng, the transfer minister, about this matter."
"But Mr. Ji said that the war in the north is not over yet and the national treasury is tight."
"There is no extra money at the moment. Let our brothers in the production department wait for a while."
"Who knew this would only last three months?" Fang Ming said.
Jiang Qiulu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Jiang Donglin.
"Master Fang, don't be anxious, I will make the decision for you on this matter."
"The Ministry of Finance does not care about the allocation of funds from the Ministry of Finance. I will take care of it!"
Jiang Qiulu sold refined salt a few days ago and made a profit.
You can use part of it to support the production department.
But Jiang Qiulu noticed something strange about this matter.
Although the war in the north caused losses to the national treasury, it was not to the point where it could not even afford the allocations from various ministries.
Jiang Qiulu confirmed this some time ago.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Fang Ming and the staff from the production department knelt down and kowtowed to express gratitude.
"You don't have to be polite."
"The funding will be available tomorrow at the latest," Jiang Qiulu said.
Everyone was overjoyed and their eyes shone brightly.
Next, Jiang Qiulu discussed with the craftsmen of the production department about making weapons and other matters.
In addition to making crossbows, Jiang Qiulu also told them some modern forging and smelting methods.
Jiang Qiulu believes in the combination of traditional and modern methods.
The production department will definitely create sharper weapons and stronger armor.
After returning to Tai Chi Hall, Jiang Qiulu gave the order directly.
Allocates funds from the treasury to the production department without passing through any department in between.
And asked the commander Di Yunhao to personally supervise the matter.
In the evening, Di Yunhao came to report.
"Your Majesty, the funds for the Ministry have been allocated."
"good!"
"I sent someone to keep an eye on Jizheng, the Minister of Housing and Urban-Rural Affairs, and I found that this person is a little weird," Jiang Qiulu said.
"promise!"
Immediately afterwards, Li Mingzhi also returned to the Tai Chi Hall.
"Your Majesty, you have conveyed your will to the wine shop."
"It is expected that the first batch will be produced in fifteen days." Li Mingzhi said.
Jiang Qiulu nodded.
Now with these two sources of income, the national treasury can be quickly restored.
There will also be more funds to upgrade the weapons and equipment of the Daxia Dynasty soldiers.
Refined salt, brewing technology, weapon forging.
They can be called the Four Heavenly Kings who travel through time and space.
So the last one is farming.
Now that we have the money and the equipment has been upgraded, the next step is to provide logistics.
The source of grain and grass is undoubtedly the harvest from various places.
In the recent war, the Turkic dynasty raided the supply camp of the Daxia army.
Fortunately, Kyoto collected food and grass in time and sent them to the northern front line.
Otherwise, the war may continue and the losses will be even greater.
Suddenly, Jiang Qiulu seemed to remember something.
"Prince Yong has become very honest these days." Jiang Qiulu said with a joking smile.
"Your Majesty, it is indeed so."
"Brothers from the Zhenfu Division also came to report, saying that King Yong has not behaved unusually recently."
"Even Zhongli basically didn't leave Prince Yong's Mansion." Di Yunhao said.
"Humph, he just wants to reap the benefits."
"I don't have time to suppress him now. I have to wait until all plans are stable." Jiang Qiulu snorted coldly and then said.
"By the way, please help me check the recent transfer of funds from the production department."
"I think someone in the household department has withheld the allocation from the work department." Jiang Qiulu recalled this incident and ordered Di Yunhao.
"I will check immediately."
Di Yunhao took the order and left.
"Brother Emperor, if someone withholds this allocation."
"Then...where does the expenditure of these currencies go?" Jiang Donglin asked.
Jiang Qiulu thought for a while.
"I thought of a very scary possibility."
"If there are people from King Yong in the household department, then these silver coins will definitely be in the hands of King Yong."
"Then King Yong can use this money to strengthen and support his army." Jiang Qiulu said.
After hearing this, Jiang Donglin became furious.
"This old bastard moron."
"A wolf's ambition will eat everything in and out."
"Brother Emperor, why don't you just arrest him and interrogate him?" Jiang Donglin said emotionally.
"I also want to arrest him now."
"But we don't know how many secrets he holds."
"So we can only expose his strength little by little, and then take him down in one fell swoop."
