"As for the production of firearms, I will handle this matter."

"Here in Jingkou, the existing raw materials are also carefully utilized, and the mines that can be mined must also step up operations."

"I will also contact the old general Huan Chong in Jingzhou and ask him to finance part of the iron stone, so that the raw materials for making firearms can be solved."

Of course, there are also sulfur and saltpeter. These will be taken into consideration, Wang Mi added in his mind as he spoke. His brain was running rapidly, for fear of missing something.

This is the most critical moment, so don't let anything slip.

"General Huan?"

"Can the Jingzhou Ministry support us?" He Wuji said worriedly.

Most of the people present had contacts with Huan Chong and had seen the old general's behavior, which was quite terrifying!

It's not that he's terrible in a ferocious way, but he's stingy and only knows how to plan for himself. Such a stingy person who only gets in and out, Wang Mi even brazenly said that he wanted to ask the Jingzhou Department for raw materials.

We need iron stone and saltpeter. Is this possible?

According to Huan Chong's personality, Beifu's inversion is pretty much the same. If he still wants to come up with something, it's faster to just dream.

Wang Mi glanced at it and found that He Mai was not the only one who had such doubts. Most of the other brothers also had the same view.

Tsk tsk...

If General Huan knew that his reputation in Jingkou and Beifu was like this, he might immediately jump up and pounce on them.

"You are worrying too much. As long as you go to General Huan about this matter, he will definitely support it!"

What a loud tone!

Although Wang Mi swears by it, He Wuji and others don't believe a word of it. How is this possible?

Just Huan Chong?

A person who absolutely refuses to trade at a loss?

Before, in Xiangyang, everyone still vividly remembers Huan Chong's look of not taking enough advantage!

How do you make everyone believe it?

However, Wang Mi was not just targeting Huan Chong.

General Huan is good, but he is old after all, and it is impossible for him to be transferred back and forth.

Wang Mi was targeting Huan Yi.

A young general who was very strategic and willing to cooperate. Although he was affiliated with Jingzhou, he was born in the Huan family of Qiao County.

However, Wang Mi is a time traveler. He is not one of those trash from the Sima family who is wary and looks at everyone with suspicion.

He doesn't have any prejudice against the Huan family. As long as he can cooperate, he can try his best to cooperate.

After all, it was the Sima family that was at odds with the Huan family, and it was the Sima family that they often rebelled against, not the Langya Wang family.

Putting aside Huan Chong for the moment, Huan Yi is a good candidate for deputy general. Such a talent should never be buried.

I have long asked you to take charge of and promote me and make you available to me.

A person like Huan Yi could shine wherever he was placed. However, over the years, he only got a relatively peaceful and unimportant Jiangzhou. This was entirely due to the personal grudges between the Huan family in Qiao County and the Sima clan.

Caused by.

The old Sima family had an unfair position, so they looked at everyone as if they were on guard against thieves. Although the Huan family did bring relatively great disasters to the Jin Dynasty, that was a thing of the past after all.

For young generals like Huan Yi who don't know how to do their best, it is normal for the Sima family to be like this.

On the contrary, Wang Mi felt no pressure.

He was about to write a letter to Huan Yiye, urging him to get together with him as soon as possible and work together to achieve great things.

Some things have to be concealed even if it takes a lot of effort, but for a person like Huan Yi, you can safely and boldly state your thoughts.

The most important thing is that Huan Yi is a very strict-mouthed person who will never engage in verbal disputes. Even if he does not want to cooperate with Wang Mi, he will never reveal Wang Mi's thoughts to anyone.

What Wang Mi trusted was Huan Yi's character.

Because of his good character, you can confidently tell him about many things, not just this matter, without worrying about leaking the information.

"The matter of raw materials has been settled, but what about the craftsmen?"

"What Jingkou lacks most is actually these people!"

Liu Yu has been silent since they started talking about this topic. He is in a much more comfortable mood now. There is absolutely no possibility that he deliberately doesn't want to talk or is angry.

He was just thinking about something else.

It is said that a good woman cannot make a meal without rice, but the current situation Beifu is facing is exactly the opposite.

There are plenty of raw materials and can be supplied, but where is the skill?

What about those craftsmen who can make weapons?

Without them, it would be useless to pile up all the raw materials!

There is no way to make a firearm!

Although General Liu is brave and invincible and has a shrewd mind, General Liu doesn't know how to make firearms! He can't help at all in this matter and can only worry.

It's a pity that Liu Yu was so anxious that his mouth was blistering, but Wang Shilang still looked calm and calm, not in any hurry at all.

"Jinnu, how could I forget this?"

"I have already thought about the matter of the craftsmen. However, these people are not in Jingkou now. They are in Jiankang. It will take time to transfer them all."

Wang Mi had already arranged for this kind of thing.

We have also found a safe person to entrust it to, and it is none other than everyone's old acquaintance, Pu Chao and Pu Carpenter Zuo.

In general, he is just an old naughty boy who is extremely interested in weapon making and all kinds of things that can be called strange skills.

As soon as he received Wang Mi's order, he acted quickly and started training the apprentices in the workshop.

The workshop recruits many craftsmen from local areas every year, and there are quite a few young people who are willing to be apprentices.

Originally, everyone was recruited because they wanted to learn various crafts, and they were not specifically for a certain profession.

However, this time, Puchao made the decision, and everyone, regardless of you or me, came to learn how to make firearms.

Although Pu Chao was about to be a minister, and the young apprentices did not dare to disobey his orders, but other than that, Pu Chao was not an ordinary person.

He has been working in the workshop for many years, and he knows very well how to mobilize the enthusiasm of the craftsmen.

Definitely needs to be mobilized!

These apprentices often have little knowledge, do not understand any major principles, are too young, and tend to be lazy from time to time.

Even if you send someone to keep an eye on them every day, it may not be useful, let alone letting them do things that you are not interested in at all.

Therefore, Puchao offered high prices from the beginning.

All craftsmen who come to learn how to make firearms, as long as they pass the assessment, can make firearms that meet the standards, and their wages will be doubled.

As soon as this statement came out, countless people immediately responded.

The enthusiasm of the apprentices immediately increased.

Not only the newly recruited apprentices, but also the existing apprentices and ready-made craftsmen in the workshop often put down their original jobs and came to learn firearms making.

If this had happened in the past, it would have caused trouble long ago.

The Jiang Workshop seems to be a cold government office, but it is also a formal institution of the imperial court and is responsible for the supply of various daily necessities to the inner court.

Status is important.

If Pu Chao does this, it means that no one will make the gold and silverware, candles, incense, and the jewelry of the harem women.

Isn't this a big deal?

Can he really do it?

If he really does this, the sisters in the harem and other court ministers will jump up and fight him desperately.

In fact, no one does this.

There is no other reason. Who allows him to have a big backer behind him?

In addition to the pleasure of giving money, the craftsmen's apprentices' curiosity and high interest in firearms are also a major factor in promoting the smooth progress of this enterprise.

Who doesn't like new things?

What's more, these are firearms, and everyone knows that these are the treasures that soldiers use when they go into battle.

Just like in modern times, little boys like machine gun toys. All weapons always have a natural attraction for men.

Making firearms is much more interesting than making jewelry for the ladies in the harem.

With Wang Mi's guarantee, Tan Pingzhi and the others no longer questioned it.

Although many things are still far from being achieved, and it seems that there is no possibility of success at all, but for now, it seems that we can only continue to arrange it this way.

Fortunately, there will still be a long time before these things will be officially put into use, so there is no rush for this moment.

When the brothers gradually left, He Mai stayed behind.
To be continued...