Qin Shaoyou has a pretty good impression of Li Yicheng.

The governors of each town have long been under the control of Zhulou. Almost everything they usually do and eat will be sent to Luoyang.

This strict spy system has long been spread throughout the world, so nothing can escape Qin Shaoyou's eyes.

Among the governors of these towns, some are absurd, some are incompetent, and some are even tyrannical, but there are also a few promising people, Li Yicheng is one of them.

Instead of visiting Li Yicheng in person, Qin Shaoyou is coming to visit more than a dozen governors who have arrived in Luoyang.

These people came first, most of them came to Luoyang to see the direction of the wind. Just like Li Yicheng, they were all a little afraid of Qin Shaoyou's power. Although they were unwilling to accept it, they still obediently accepted.

But if they really want to give in, it may not be necessary. In fact, to put it bluntly, when you come to Luoyang, you will see the direction of the wind. It is really impossible. At worst, you can leave. Qin Shaoyou can't detain himself in Luoyang.

At the moment, people are in panic. Almost everyone is planning a way out for themselves. The governors who have not come for the time being are waiting for the attitudes of the governors who have arrived in Luoyang. However, the governors who have arrived in Luoyang are all looking at what others are thinking. Everyone has their own plans.

Qin Shaoyou naturally understood these people's thoughts very well. So he simply placed them in the Ying Guesthouse. These governors looked at the old ministers from Chang'an who came out here, and seemed to have a good life. When Duke E was in Chang'an, he was a famous playboy. He had no ability except relying on his ancestors' foundation, and he was a standard person who could live a life of death. But now, he seems to be in Luoyang.

Li Yicheng seemed a little relieved. What he was worried about was the problem of the future. If Ningwu Town completely lost its independence, what should the Li family do? What will happen to him in the future? Although Qin Shaoyou may make him the governor for a while, he will definitely be transferred to other official positions in the future. He is afraid that Qin Shaoyou will be guarding against him in the future, and eventually he will be depressed and may even settle the score in the autumn.

However, now it seems that even the scum like Duke of E seems to be highly valued, and the situation is much more optimistic than I imagined.

Li Yicheng greeted Qin Shaoyou. Then he looked at Qin Shaoyou carefully. He knew that Qin Shaoyou would not just come to greet him, and he would definitely have other thoughts. He had to be very careful.

Qin Shaoyou laughed and said, "I came here to see you. When you came to Luoyang, you didn't have a good turn?" Qin Shaoyou frowned: "This is not good. Since you are here, you should walk more. Don't worry, this place is very safe and there will be no mistakes."

Li Yicheng thought about it and found that he had just arrived. Where can I get the time to walk around? Moreover, as Qin Shaoyou said, everyone came here. After all, they were sensitive and worried, so even if they came, they did not dare to walk around at will.

Qin Shaoyou smiled and said, "It's better to hit the day than choose a day. You might as well go for a walk today. I'm fine anyway." After that, he ordered the people around him: "Please go with you, and prepare the car."

Of course, Li Yicheng knew that he could not refuse. He had to respond. Qin Shaoyou waited for a while and all the governors came. There were eleven people. Everyone greeted him. Although they were all smiling, there were some concerns hidden behind the smile.

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Immediately afterwards, everyone moved, more than a dozen cars and hundreds of guards accompanied him, and set off from the Ying Hotel, with a huge show.

Qin Shaoyou sat alone in his carriage, but his expression was pleasant. He just wanted to solve the problem of the governors as soon as possible. This matter could not be delayed. He leaned against the wall of the carriage and took a nap. When he opened his eyes, the carriage stopped. Qin Shaoyou got off the car, and everyone else got off. Li Yicheng looked up and found that he was in the suburbs of Luoyang. The road here was spacious. Along the way, it was not a barren mountain, but a huge shed with endless streams. Some sheds had huge chimneys standing on top of them. From time to time, there were carriages and horses carrying goods.

What did Qin Shaoyou bring him here to do?

Could it be that you want to kill someone to silence you?

Thinking of this, Li Yicheng was a little nervous, but then he smiled. He seemed to be worried. If he really wanted to kill someone to silence him, he would not choose a place with a lot of people. Besides, Qin Shaoyou didn't have to do it himself.

Qin Shaoyou smiled at them, and then entered a huge shed, and everyone had to follow him in one after another.

This shed covers an area of ​​hundreds of acres. The yard outside is filled with countless raw materials that have just been transported, such as coal, iron ore, piled up like mountains. When you enter the shed, the noisy body sound makes you feel uncomfortable. Moreover, there are waves of heat waves in the air, and smoke is everywhere. Countless figures that cannot be seen are busy in the smoke. The red iron water emits dazzling light. On the workbench, the sound of the forging of the jingle hammers stimulates Li Yicheng's eardrums.

This is an iron shop, with hundreds of craftsmen and workers inside. Everyone is busy because the temperature inside is too hot, so everyone seems to have been washed. Most people are naked and wearing only a pair of shorts.

Li Yicheng couldn't stand the heat. After finally waiting for Qin Shaoyou to go out, everyone hurriedly came out of the Tiefang. Qin Shaoyou smiled and said, "Are you a little unaccustomed? Alas... offend, offend, I invite you to come here to see it." After Qin Shaoyou said that, he suddenly looked at Li Yicheng: "Governor Li, I want to ask you, how many kilograms of iron produce in this Tiefang a year?"

Li Yicheng was stunned for a moment. He didn't know about this kind of thing, so he had to shake his head: "I don't know."

Qin Shaoyou smiled with a pursed lips: "This is the third iron workshop under the Shence Mansion. There are 394 craftsmen and 1,700 apprentices. The steel output last year was around 4 million kilograms."

After hearing this number, everyone was shocked. What is the concept of four million pounds? Do they know much about it?

Qin Shaoyou was afraid that they would not know clearly enough. He said, "If twenty kilograms of iron were used to create a weapon, then the steel produced by this iron yard would be enough to make 200,000 weapons."

Two hundred thousand pieces, still one year, this number is finally touching.

Qin Shaoyou said again: "This is just an iron yard. The Shence Mansion has seven iron yards. The annual output is roughly ten times that of this number. Not only that, there are many iron yards of different sizes in the entire Kanto, and the iron production volume is even more amazing. Let's put it this way, if the iron yard in the entire Kanto has made all its efforts to build weapons, a year will be enough to generate 20 million."

Li Yicheng's eyes were straightened. He couldn't tell whether Qin Shaoyou was boasting or not. However, Guandong has always been rich, which is well-known. Even if Qin Shaoyou boasted, it would probably not be too outrageous.

But Qin Shaoyou said: "Of course, the steel produced this year is not entirely used for military equipment. Other engineering construction, water conservancy and agriculture have also had a very high demand for iron tools. Therefore, in recent years, the demand for steel in Kanto has remained extremely high..."

He said this and smiled: "Look at it, there is a workshop dedicated to casting artillery. That workshop casts three thousand cannons every year. Of course, this is Luoyang. Now, a new casting artillery workshop has been established in Weizhou, and it will be built in the future. The output may be several times that of today."

"There is a workshop for hand crossbows. Now the output has reached 70,000 pairs a year. If necessary, the production can continue to be expanded. The output in Weizhou is not small, reaching 100,000 a year. In addition, there are crossbow arrows, so there is no need to mention it. The demand is also huge. Millions of units a year are not enough now."

"There is no need to mention the sword workshop. There are seventeen weapons workshops under the Shence Mansion, including military uniform workshops, boot workshops, and specialized kettles forging..."

Qin Shaoyou knew everything and took everyone to browse a compilation nearby. The numbers he said were more and more terrifying. When it was almost done, Qin Shaoyou sighed and said, "As long as I am willing to start construction with all my strength, we can assemble 200,000 most sophisticated troops in a year. Of course, it is not only the Shence Mansion that makes weapons. Now there are some private workshops in Guandong that can also create weapons. Do you know, how many craftsmen can be raised alone? A total of 130,000 craftsmen and craftsmen rely on weapons to make a living.

It does not include private workshops, coal and iron that provide raw materials for the workshops, and transportation workers. If all of them are added, the number of people will reach 300,000. That's fine. These 300,000 people have received wages, food, clothing, housing and transportation, and I don't know how many merchants they have to support. The goods of these merchants are not out of thin air. Most of them are made from other workshops. In other words, there are quite a lot of civilian workshops that rely on these weapons to support them. The Shence Army and the hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers from the Five Military Camps rely on them to make a living, but they are afraid that there are more than one million people."

"It's not easy to support these people. I have worked hard all these years. Once these people cannot support them, they will create millions of refugees out of thin air. Millions of people have lost their jobs and lost their livelihoods. How can I live this life? Once these people become refugees and lose their needs in the army, they will first hit all walks of life. On that day, I can assure you that more than 30,000 workshops in Kanto will suffer a lot, and the management of more than 100,000 merchants will be difficult. At that time, only more people will lose their livelihoods. When it reaches that point, I will be finished, and the merchants will be finished. The Kanto gentry may not be able to escape. From this Kanto to the most humble foot strength, no one can survive."

The governors looked at Qin Shaoyou strangely. They didn't understand why Qin Shaoyou said this to him.

However... there was still shock. Although they might not understand how serious the matter that Qin Shaoyou was talking about was, what Qin Shaoyou wanted to tell them was that these workshops must be maintained and no matter what, they could not stop work.

Qin Shaoyou smiled slightly: "In recent years, all merchants have been expanding production, and countless workshops have risen. This is Guandong, which is bright and beautiful in the eyes of others, but everyone has a hidden worry. This hidden worry is first of all, in terms of raw materials, such as coal and iron, the demand for coal and iron has become larger and higher, and therefore the price is getting higher and higher. If more coal and iron cannot be found, the cost of manufacturing will only become higher and higher in the future. Secondly, there is demand. The more workshops, the more people who buy goods will remain unchanged. Once saturated, everyone's good days will come to an end. Secondly, it is military purchase. Once the horse is put on the Nanshan Mountain, the official army will not need so much military equipment. What should we do? In a year, will the weapons of 200,000 elite soldiers be produced and all become waste products? But once it is not produced, it means that countless people have no food and clothing. Can you understand what I mean?"

Everyone was confused and still didn't understand.

Qin Shaoyou sighed: "I am like a person who is on fire. Although he is flying higher and higher, the flames under his feet are constantly rising. If the speed of the king's rise is not as fast as the flames, he will be burned to death. The same is true in Guandong now. Everyone here has a whip behind him. I am crazy about making weapons. To make the weapons worth the money, they must be assembled into the army. Therefore, more and more military horses must be expanded. However, if the army does not keep them, it is meaningless to lose money. What is the role of the army? This money of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of guan every year is not to be heard, and it cannot be created for the sake of the sound. Sooner or later, the Shen Ce Mansion will not be able to make ends meet. If the army does not disarmament, it will not be maintained."

Qin Shaoyou's face became solemn: "So, if the Kanto people want to survive, maintain today's prosperity, or to make more people rich, and those who are rich earn more wealth, then there is only one way to go. Today, I have no choice, the craftsmen in the workshop just now have no choice, and everyone here has no choice, and the Kanto people can only fight. Are you reading newspapers? Recently, newspapers and operas are popular here. Neither newspapers nor any operas are being encouraged to fight. This is not the result of my intention, but the intention of everyone in my heart."

"This war may occur in Jiangnan or Jiannan. At that time, the Shence Mansion will assemble more military and horses to create more magical weapons and weapons. Continuously, well-equipped soldiers may kill enemies in Longxi or Lingnan. Of course... it may not be necessary to be here. You and I are both of us, so why do we need to kill each other? If we stand together and unite, then the battlefield will not have to be in the world. The next battlefield will be in the Bohai Kingdom, in Baekje, in Japan, or in the Dashi, in India."
Chapter completed!