Hearing Yuan Gaofeng's words, Luo Zhixue frowned slightly: "If you calculate this, by July, at least one brigade and one artillery post will still lack equipment?"
Yuan Gaofeng wanted to remind Luo Zhixue that the infantry was not just missing one brigade, but at least one brigade and one battalion!
But seeing Luo Zhixue's frown, he consciously closed his mouth.
But soon he heard Luo Zhixue say: "Since the production capacity of Li Qingdian has reached the limit, what about the ordnance workshop here in Xiangyang?"
"Didn't I say before that we had taken over the government ordnance workshop managed by Xiangyang Prefecture? Will this part of the production capacity fill the vacancy?"
Yuan Gaofeng said: "We have indeed taken over the ordnance workshop in Xiangyang City, but this workshop is still completely in the original hand-made stage, and the output is very small. If we want this workshop to mass-produce our army's ordnance, I am afraid it will take a long time." A lot of manpower and material resources have been invested in reconstruction.”
"The cost of this kind of reconstruction is almost the same as building a new arsenal. Moreover, the workshops in the city are far away from the river, and there is no way to build various hydraulic equipment on site."
Luo Zhixue continued to ask: "Where are the craftsmen?"
Yuan Gaofeng said: "There are some craftsmen. Although some craftsmen were separated due to the war, we found them one by one according to the roster after taking over the workshop. We have gathered about more than a hundred craftsmen so far."
Luo Zhixue said: "Now that we have craftsmen, things are simple. We can directly mobilize various craftsmen such as construction and machinery to build various mechanical equipment, and then recruit various craftsmen from Xiangyang and surrounding areas. We will directly build an arsenal in Xiangyang City. ."
"After the factory is completed, senior craftsmen from the Li Qingdian Arsenal will be transferred south to guide local craftsmen in production."
"In the future, we will use the Xiangyang Arsenal as the main production capacity, so the design capacity of the new arsenal must be appropriately relaxed. However, we should not become fat in one bite. We will do it in batches and carry out the first phase of the project first. Everything is to produce as quickly as possible."
Li Qingdian is still too remote. Although it is much better than the previous Songshan Village, it is still a remote place and the transportation is far from convenient.
At the same time, a large amount of raw materials for the Baoxiang Army's ordnance manufacturing are basically transported from the south. Transporting to Xiangyang City is easier than transporting to Li Qingdian.
As the Baoxiang Army gradually moved south and took control of Xiangyang City, it was appropriate to establish an arsenal in Xiangyang City.
When he said this, Luo Zhixue looked at Yuan Gaofeng: "It is the fifth day of May, and I will give you one month to build the Xiangyang Arsenal. During this period, you need money to give money and people to give to people!"
"But I dare not do anything. June 5th, no, I will give you five more days. The factory must be put into production by June 10th, and the first phase designed production capacity shall not be lower than the current production capacity of Li Qingdian Arsenal. "
"Either way, by July, the 7th and 8th brigades will have to get their equipment and be combat ready."
"can you do it?"
After Yuan Gaofeng heard this, he did not speak immediately. Instead, he took a deep breath and said: "This subordinate will definitely complete the task."
Luo Zhixue had already finished his words and said he wanted money to give money and people to give to others, but Yuan Gaofeng had no other way.
He could only bite the bullet and be sure to complete the task.
But it will be very difficult to actually complete this task, much more difficult than when the Li Qingdian Arsenal was built.
The difficulty lies not in the construction of the factory itself.
If he only builds factories, if he has enough money and food, he can recruit a large number of local craftsmen and young people for construction. If a hundred people are not enough, then he will use a thousand people, and if a thousand people are not enough, then he will use ten thousand people!
As long as there are enough people, he dares to repair all kinds of factories in the arsenal even in a month.
As for mechanical equipment, the problem is actually not that big. The machinery factory under the Industrial Department has a large number of skilled craftsmen, and has accumulated a lot of experience in the previous construction of the arsenal. They can produce various hydraulic and power-storage processing equipment.
There is no technical difficulty in processing ordinary parts of many equipment. Under the guidance of craftsmen, ordinary workers can complete it.
Therefore, the construction of the factory itself is not a big problem.
He is confident that it will be completed within a month.
The real problem lies in subsequent production.
Ordnance production cannot be achieved by having factories and equipment. In particular, the ordnance production of the Baoxiang Army adopts assembly line production with separate processes. The production process is very different from traditional production.
At the same time, the Baoxiang Army has always had relatively high quality requirements for ordnance.
In order to put it into production smoothly, the Industrial Department also needs to train a large number of skilled workers in the early stage. Even the workers on the assembly line must be trained first. Otherwise, if they don't know how to operate various types of mechanical equipment, then what else can they do.
It is even more difficult for technicians to solve.
The operation of various ordnance production lines in the Baoxiang Army is based on a group of mid- to high-level technical backbones.
Some of these technicians are relearned and transformed from old-style craftsmen, and some are trained and promoted from ordinary workers who are savvy and study hard.
But no matter which one, it is actually not easy to cultivate.
If the Xiangyang Arsenal is to be put into production in the future, it is conservatively estimated that there will be at least ten senior craftsmen and more than one hundred intermediate and junior craftsmen.
Well, basically the number of craftsmen in Li Qingdian Arsenal is about the same.
But Yuan Gaofeng can't just transfer all the technical staff from Li Qingdian Arsenal. In this way, Li Qingdian Arsenal will have no choice but to stop work...
There is only one solution for the time being, and that is to increase efforts in training and strive to train more than a hundred craftsmen within a month.
Select people from various traditional craftsmen for study and training, and select people from ordinary workers in the Li Qingdian Arsenal for study and training to serve as junior craftsmen for the future Xiangyang Arsenal.
At the same time, some of the existing junior and intermediate craftsmen in the Li Qingdian Arsenal will be given higher-level training to serve as intermediate and senior craftsmen in the Xiangyang Arsenal in the future.
While Yuan Gaofeng was thinking of various ways, Luo Zhixue had already skipped the topic of army expansion and ordnance, and instead discussed with Guo Quanshu, the director of the Civil Affairs Department nearby. The government has established various administrative agencies.
This matter had been discussed for a long time, and it had nothing to do with the military for the time being, so Luo Zhixue simply asked them to go out first, leaving only Guo Quanshu of the Personnel Affairs Department and a few other internal affairs officials.
Guo Quanshu took out the plan he had prepared long ago: "On the way south, my subordinates had already started to formulate a plan for our army to control the county-level yamen in the territory according to the instructions of the general."
"In order to avoid confusion in jurisdictions, our initial plan is that the jurisdictions at the county and state levels will continue to be the jurisdictions of the Ming Dynasty."
"In Nanyang Prefecture, places that are already under the control of our army, or control some areas, are scheduled to be Nanzhao County, Nanyang County, Zhenping County, Xinye County, Dengzhou, Yuzhou, and Tang County."
"There are five other places including Neixiang, Xichuan, Biyang, Wuyang, and Ye County that have not been involved yet. After our army gradually advances control, we will also follow up and establish county government offices."
"Xiangyang Prefecture has not yet controlled many other areas, so it is expected that only Nanyang County and Fancheng County will be established. After the follow-up army advances to other counties, we will follow up and establish counties."
"Each county and prefecture is divided into towns. The towns were reconstructed from the previous townships. Town governance options are located in some markets and large villages. Taking Nanzhao County as an example, it is expected that there will be twelve towns, each large and small. Each town is divided into villages, such as Liqingdian Town, which has a total of nine villages, large and small."
"This has formed a complete administrative structure at the county, town and village levels, allowing our rural protection army to extend its tentacles to every village and increase its control over various regions."
Guo Quanshu’s plan for the three-level administrative structure of county, town and village is not special. The rural protection army has already done this before, but the territory before was small, only at the village and township levels. The county does not.
Now, the biggest change is actually the establishment of county-level institutions.
Guo Quanshu flipped through the plan and continued: "In terms of the organizational settings of the yamen at all levels, we based on some problems that occurred in the previous township yamen, and also referred to the institutions in our general's mansion, and based on your instructions, the general, we made preliminary plans. We have contacted the agencies affiliated with the yamen at all levels to try it out first, and then we will make adjustments if we later find that the problem is not suitable."
"The current preliminary plan is that each village will have a village chief of the ninth grade and a tax officer of the ninth grade."
"Each town has one person who is the Zhengqipin Zhizhi and one person from Congqipin Xie Town. It has a town affairs department, an agricultural and commercial department, a finance department, an inspection department, and a tax station. The chief of each section is Zhengbapin, and the head of the tax station is Congqipin. Taste."
"Each county will have one official sixth-grade county magistrate, one secondary sixth-grade county magistrate, and one secondary sixth-grade chief registrar. At the county level and above, we will set up the organization according to the existing generals, and temporarily default to the agriculture and forestry department, industry and commerce department, Inspection Section, Finance Section, Personnel Affairs Section, Comprehensive Affairs Section, and Taxation Bureau, the section chiefs are of the seventh rank, and the deputy chiefs are of the seventh rank. The director of the Taxation Bureau is of the sixth rank, and the deputy director is of the seventh rank."
"Each grassroots staff member is awarded a rank ranging from the ninth to the eighth rank based on their position and years of experience."
"In this way, as the general has ordered, in all yamen, except for grooms, cooks, waiters and other hired staff, all other official staff and above will be officials and be promoted as usual, and the old-style division of officials will be completely abolished. ."
"If we set up government offices in the future, we will follow this charter and set up various offices under the government."
"In addition, in accordance with your instructions, General, tax officials, tax stations, and tax bureaus in various places are not under the jurisdiction of administrative offices at all levels, but are directly under the jurisdiction of the Grain Collection Office."
Guo Quanshu just briefly talked about the institutional setup this time. In fact, this time the changes to township institutions, the establishment of county and state institutions, and the laying of the foundation for subsequent government institutions involved many aspects of the East and West. of.
Guo Quanshu only gave a brief summary, but there were several actual documents, totaling at least more than a hundred pages. They were all written in small regular script, and Luo Zhixue felt dizzy just looking at the densely packed characters.
But even though he was dizzy, Luo Zhixue read it in detail. These contents were basically set up by Guo Quanshu according to Luo Zhixue's ideas.
Luo Zhixue's ideas were based on the experience of later generations.
Therefore, an official system was created that seemed a bit nondescript to the contemporary Ming Dynasty and was very different from traditional official positions.
The establishment of an official system below the county level also means that Luo Zhixue has planned to formally establish the system.
Even if Luo Zhixue did not proclaim himself king and emperor and continued to carry the title of general, it is undeniable that a system like the Baoxiang Army has actually been established.
