Lord of the House

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In the afternoon, including Lin Mengde, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng, Li Shutang, Li Shuyi, Sun Fengyi, Zhou Guangnan, Qian Xiaowu, Ge Siyu, Sun Jingtang, Sun Jingxuan, Qin Chengzu, Zhou Pu, Ao Canghai, Zhao Hu, Ge Cunxiong, Zhao Qingshan and others, All gathered in Dongya to discuss matters.

Wang Chengfu respectfully accompanies the last seat, feeling a little excited.

Although some people did not directly serve as the envoys of the Huaidong System, they were all core figures of the Huaidong Army.

This is the first time that Lin Fu has convened everyone to discuss matters since he returned to Chongzhou. Wang Chengfu specially summoned him from Hecheng to participate in the deliberation. Blind people can also guess that he will be the core figure of the Huaidong Army from now on.

The generals of the Huaidong Army's military divisions, as well as the chief officials such as Changshi and Marching Sima have all been decided, and Lin Fupi will be sent to Beijing for approval.

Even though many functions and powers were assigned to the commander-in-chief, which was added by Yue Lengqiu and concurrently led by Liu Tingzhou, subject to great restrictions, the Huaidong Army still had a very deep foundation in Chongzhou. All these must be fully incorporated into the system of Huaidong's envoys, and a complete organizational structure can be established, so as to make the Huaidong army truly powerful.

In addition to Lin Mengde and Qin Chengzu as the chief historians, and Cao Ziang and Fu Qinghe as the marching commanders, the envoys can also set up Dianshuling, Dianwei, Zhidu Shi, Zhidu Deputy Shi, Yingtian officials and chief workers. , Treasurer, Si Mu joined the army and other staff members.

To improve the organizational system of Huaidong's envoys, and to operate it effectively, is the first thing Lin Fu has to do when he returns to Chongzhou.

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After the expansion of the Guard Battalion, it was re-organized into the Infantry Division Zhongjun Army, which was already a unit to be drawn out to fight independently.

The responsibility of the inner government's guards was actually undertaken by the cavalry division cavalry battalion. The Dianwei, who is equivalent to the head of the bodyguard, is naturally held by Zhou Pu.

There is no doubt that Lin Meng was able to serve as the chief steward of the Huaidong Army's money and grain.

There is also a Lijin Bureau, which is responsible for raising military funds for the establishment of cities and workshops in Chongzhou and the commercial goods passing from Chongzhou.

To put it well, it is voluntary donation; to put it badly, it is a forced business tax.

Since there is no official name, the Lijin Bureau is a subordinate agency of the Zhidu envoy. Four people including Li Shutang, Sun Fengyi, Zhou Guangnan, and Sun Shangwang are the deputy envoys of the Zhidu, specializing in the collection of lijin affairs.

Different from the traditional 3/100 draws and 100/100/50/100/100 draws, Lin Fu set the ratio of levy for merchant ships going to sea as high as 100/15 draws.

At present, the objects of lijin collection are mainly grains shipped from Chongzhou to Jiaozhou Bay or directly to Jinhai.

After the implementation of the policy of "Salt and Silver Guaranteeing Grain", the foot money was greatly increased, and the price of grain harvested in Jinhai was raised to one or two or eight dollars per stone of silver.

Lin Bie spent so much effort that he could not help but profit from it.

Under the coordination of the Sun and Zhou families, the merchants and shipowners headed by the Heishuiyang Shipping Society agreed to pay Chongzhou 150 lijin.

In addition, Yuanhai Grain Ship also has to pay 6% of the security deposit. If the grain ship is overturned by the wind and waves, it can get 80% of the cost.

Even after deducting lijin and insurance money, the income from transporting grain from Chongzhou to Jinhai is not much worse than before the implementation of the "Salt and Silver Grain Guarantee" policy, which is naturally acceptable to all merchants.

If Caoliang goes directly to Jinhai from the Heishuiyang route, the lijin collected will go to Chongzhou in full.

If the grains go to the sea, go to Shandong and take the Jiaolai River and cross the Shandong Peninsula to the north, the lijin collected will be divided equally between Chongzhou and Qingzhou, but the Qingzhou side is not allowed to levy any more taxes and lijin from the grain ships departing from Chongzhou.

The significance of "Salt and Silver Guarantee Grain" is that even if Yanjing's control over the counties declines, as long as there is enough salt and silver income to ensure that enough commercial rice grains flow to Chongzhou or Huai'an, enough grains can be shipped to Chongzhou or Huai'an. Yanjing, to maintain the situation of Yanjing and Yanbei line of defense does not collapse.

This is also the key to Lin Fu sneaking to Jinhai in the name of Shou Xiao at the beginning of the year, and Li Zhuo finally supporting Lin Fu.

For the counties, the annual transportation of grain in water is very expensive and inefficient, almost reaching the level of one stone of grain and three times the cost of a foot.

Now the central government requires the counties to convert the grains of grain into tax and silver to go to Beijing. In addition to the normal amount of grain for each stone of grain, an extra amount of three to eight coins is charged for the transport of silver, which greatly reduces the burden on the counties.

The only disadvantage is that a large number of people who rely on inland rivers to transport their food, ranging from the governors and officials, to the river gangs of the various families, to the boatmen and porters, lost their jobs for a while, which became a bad influence that the counties had to digest.

The interruption of inland waterway transportation is an objective fact that cannot be changed. Even some sporadic objections have been completely ignored.

Zhang Xie, Yue Lengqiu and others also had to admit that "salt and silver to protect grain" is a great good governance to keep the current situation from collapsing. In their opinion, the biggest drawback is that the Dongyang family has made huge profits from "salt and silver food protection".

Before, most grain-carrying ships went out to sea from Huaikou. Since the Huaisi War, Huaikou was sealed, and Chongzhou became the main export of grain to the sea.

After the Huaisi War ended, Huaikou was actually controlled by Lin Fu again.

As a result, apart from the grain-producing regions such as East Sichuan, Jinghu, North Zhejiang, and South of the Yangtze River, there are almost no other forces that can profit from the Jinhai grain road.

The Huaidong Army actually became the largest grain merchant in the world.

From the end of April to the beginning of October, affected by the war and the storm season in the East China Sea, the actual grain output from Chongzhou reached 800,000 stone. After deducting the profit share to Qingzhou, Chongzhou actually received more than 120,000 taels of silver directly.

Autumn, winter and spring are the times when the Blackwater Ocean route can play its biggest role.

After more than half a year of development, the ocean shipping capacity of Heishuiyang Shipping Society has reached 150,000 stone. It is expected that before the storm season next year, the transportation of 800,000 stone grains will be completed, and this part of the lijin income, which can exceed 200,000 taels of silver, will all be earned by Chongzhou.

If the situation can be maintained, the total lijin of Chongzhou will be even more impressive; in the next year or two, lijin will become the most important source of income for the Huaidong Army.

Without this confidence, Lin Bie would not dare to grit his teeth to repair the Hanhai Embankment.

The position of the Lijin Bureau in Huaidong is naturally conceivable; Lin Fu has served as Li Shutang, Sun Fengyi, Zhou Guangnan and Sun Shangwang in Jinhai as deputy envoys to be responsible for the specific affairs of the Lijin Bureau in various places.

In addition, Qian Xiaowu served as the deputy envoy of support, responsible for the support of silver money in the internal treasury.

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Hu Zhiyong served as the field envoy, responsible for the Huaidong Army's military and civilian settlements and the settlement of soldiers' households.

Farming is not only the most important source of income for the Huaidong Army at present, but also the foundation of the resettlement of soldiers.

In addition to a large number of farms in Chongzhou along the Yanhe River, the banks of the Xishan River, Xisha Island, and the North Beach of Qingjiang Pubei, the scale of the farms in Hecheng will be gradually expanded. It is also necessary to set up as many inspection divisions as possible, and use the inspection division to organize refugees, and develop wasteland such as river beaches and swamps around the station for planting.

This is also an important measure to expand the influence of Huaidong counties under the existing conditions and the limited civil and financial powers, using the Inspection Division to resettle and plant refugees.

In addition to Hu Zhiyong as the chief officer, Lin Fu also made Li Shuyi and Wang Chengfu the deputy envoys of Yingtian.

At the same time, Li Shuyi also served as the county magistrate of Chongzhou, and handled trivial affairs of Chongzhou County on behalf of Linfu.

Crane City actually met the conditions for setting up a county.

The scale of the new city in Hecheng is several times larger than that of the previous city. There are river ports and sea ports. The land and water routes to Chongzhou are smooth, and the number of people who move there is also increasing day by day, and there is also a large amount of land for the settlement of soldiers and households. refugees.

However, without a proper name, for the time being, we can only act in the name of the Inspection Division.

Crane City and Guanyin Beach (Xisha Island) are the two inspection divisions with the heaviest civil affairs in Huaidong.

Wang Chengfu is very capable of internal affairs, so Lin Fu naturally has to put more burdens on him.

Ge Siyu joined the army as an engineer and was responsible for project supervision.

The industrial and manufacturing system under the Huaidong military system is far from the traditional summary of the function of a worker joining the army. After the expansion, it is a labor camp with a scale of 60,000 people, which is also rare in the world.

In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Emperor Gaozu almost pacified most of the world, and the size of the squadron, whose nature was similar to that of the labor camp, was only 100,000.

In addition to the ship administration envoys, there are also three divisions, the Ordnance Supervisor, the Metallurgical Supervisor and the Baigong Supervisor, who are the same as Cao Canjun.

Sun Jingxuan served as both the ship administrator and the industrial supervisor.

It can be said that half of the foundation of Chongzhou is on the sea, and the ship administration is still very important, so the post of ship administration envoy is specially established.

The most small county in Chongzhou, it is a shortcut to accommodate more small mouths, to open up more financial resources, and to develop large-scale workshops and handicrafts. More importantly, the prosperity of workshops and handicrafts is a key step in promoting the level of productivity.

Lin Fu has always admired craftsmanship in Jiangning and Chongzhou. At this stage, it is also a matter of course to set up a special labor supervisor. It's just that there are so many scholars in the world who study Confucianism and talk about Neo-Confucianism like a crucian carp crossing the river, but there are very few management talents who are proficient in craftsmanship and miscellaneous studies.

The old worker Ge Fu is already old, and Zhao Shuhan still fantasizes about the opportunity to become an official and make a great career, so Lin Fu can only let Sun Jingxuan also serve as a hundred workers.

The production of ordnance is directly related to the level of the Huaidong Army's combat effectiveness. It goes without saying that it is important. However, the production cost, quality and scale of ordnance directly depend on the smelting level of iron and steel (called refined iron in the world), and the iron and steel smelting industry is the basic industry of the industrial society.

Whether it is the ordnance supervisor or the metallurgical supervisor, Hu Zhicheng can only be the first to do it for the time being. Fortunately, there is no shortage of master craftsmen. Hu Zhicheng has experience in workshop management, and he is also competent.

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"The merchants, craftsmen, and horse thieves are only slightly better than me, a pig farmer." Lin Fu held the list of his staff in his hand and raised it with a smile. Provided a lot of laughing materials..."

Everyone laughed.

It's better for generals to say something, not to pay attention to one's background. However, the Huaidong system set up the envoys, such as Zhidu, Yingtian, Chief, Marching Sima, Dianshuling, and Caojunjun, all of which were official civilian titles ranging from the fifth to the seventh rank.

Under the Huaidong military system, apart from Lin Fu, no one was born above Juren, and it was said to be the only one, and it was very different. This excerpt of the list of aides was handed over to Beijing and spread, and it is not difficult to imagine that it will be the talk and laughing stock of those scholars Qingliu again.

Hailing Mansion and Huai'an Mansion have some old scholars and old masters who are idle at home, and they are also willing to use Lin Fu, a new noble in Huaidong, but Lin Fu thinks they are not good.

"Leave him alone," Lin Fu laughed, "I've called Chen Xiyan a pig herd for nearly three years. If I have to care about other people's eyes, I won't be able to take this step. In time, you will definitely make the world look at it with admiration... Today is not the time. It's early," asked Hu Zhicheng sideways, "I heard that a craftsman changed the furnace for melting iron, and the effect was quite good. After discussing for so long, I was still dizzy, let's go over to see the new furnace, relax, you can Then come back to discuss..."

"Then we have to go there by boat," Hu Zhicheng said. "Previously, refined iron was smelted in a single furnace. The pig iron was heated on the coal to become soft, and the refined iron was more doped, which was brittle and easy to break. Later, the smoldering coal was used, which improved the Some, but there is no charcoal to use. This craftsman does not know a single word, but he is very clever. The method he offered was to build another room outside the furnace room to form a double room side by side. The charcoal is used to burn the fire, which is the fire room; the pig iron is smelted in one room, which is the smelting room. When iron is smelted, the flame flow in the fire room is blown into the smelting room to melt the iron. Refined iron. The refining room is separated from the fire room, and you can stir while refining. With the same number of people, the speed of refining iron is doubled... This is a secret method, and it is inconvenient to write it in letters. ."

Lin Bie was slightly taken aback. Charcoal is better than coke (coal), but in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, there is more land for farming. How can there be so many trees that can be cut down to burn charcoal? Using coal is an inevitable choice.

Smoldering coal, also raw coking coal, effectively removes impurities.

The process of smoldering coal was first used to burn porcelain. Ge Fu mentioned this method when he compiled the "Jiangzuojing". In the world of iron making, the biggest problem is to remove impurities. Lin Fu naturally asked the craftsmen below to try to use smoldering coal to make iron, and the effect was indeed much improved, but it was still worse than using charcoal.

Generally speaking, the refined iron used by the Ordnance Department must be smelted with charcoal, which is custom-made; the refined iron smelted with smoldering coal is mostly used to produce farm implements.

Lin Fu didn't know the steel refining method in later generations~www.wuxiamtl.com~ He was also pondering and researching with the craftsmen of the world, but after listening to Hu Zhicheng, he understood the benefits of the double-chamber refining method.

The separation of iron and charcoal can largely prevent impurities in charcoal from penetrating into iron, and the quality of the steel is naturally much better.

The efficiency of key steelmaking can also be doubled. It sounds like just changing the single-chamber to double-chamber, but it is a great improvement.

"This is a great good thing," Lin Fu said with joy, "What's the name of this craftsman, does he have experience in managing people? No, no, no, experience in managing people is second, and it's a big deal to match him with two masters. The same assistant. With this research brain, the metallurgical supervisor can manage it. First, give him the duties of a deputy supervisor - come, come, come, you can come with me to meet this master craftsman in the world..."

Lin Fu specially set up a metallurgical supervisor to specialize in iron smelting, which is of great significance to this steel smelting.

At present, at least it means that the same investment can produce more sophisticated steel armor.

The double-chamber refining method sounds very simple, but it can be said that it is the greatest fruit since Lin Fu praised the art of craftsmanship!

Lin Fu and Zhu Cong left Dongya and walked to Nanya Pier. Lin Fu said to Lin Mengde as he walked: "Huaisi produces coal and iron, and it is very convenient to transport it by water. You can also set up a furnace in Shanyang to make pig iron and smolder coal. Double furnace ironmaking is a secret method and cannot be passed on. The iron and smoldering coal produced by Shanyang will be transported to Chongzhou, and the refined iron should be stored in Guanyin Beach... It will not take long for the Chongzhou iron and soldiers to become famous all over the world!"

"You can also take out fine iron and armor?" Lin Mengde asked.

"Why can't it be sold?" Lin Bie asked with a smile. "Fish, add water next to it, for fishing. The former is eaten, and the latter is the foundation. No matter how sophisticated the armor is, it is a consumable item, and the manufacturing method is not leaked out. Of course, when you sell, you have to pick someone..." My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter