Chapter 251 Pain and happiness
For several days in a row, South Blacksmith Camp was extremely busy.
Not only the people from the Foundry Department, but also people from several other blacksmith camps, whether ordinary blacksmiths, master masters, or apprentices, all came here, almost like a pilgrim.
Low-grade Xuanbing, this is a height they can hardly imagine.
The figure sitting alone in the shop was a being they regarded as a god.
In the past, there were still people who felt that those who joined the Southern Blacksmith Camp were not good people and would forget their loyalty for the sake of profit.
No one has this idea now. I just regret that I didn’t sign up in the first place!
What an honor it is to be able to work with Mr. Jiang!
It is a pity that the South Blacksmith Camp currently has no plans to expand for the fourth game, which has caused many people to beat their chests and regret it.
To the extreme, you might as well give up your status as a formal blacksmith and join directly as an apprentice.
Anyway, the regular test next year is not far away. With their ability, they will easily pass the test then.
Not to mention, this method really tempted many people.
It seems worth it to give up two or three months of salary to get the opportunity to join the Southern Blacksmith Camp.
What's more, South Blacksmith Camp now has more per capita salary than other blacksmith camps. If you really come in, it won't take long to get it back.
Then, something happened that made masters like Qi Tiejiang happy and troubled.
In just a few days, the Southern Blacksmith Camp has gained seven to eight hundred apprentices, and each of these apprentices is highly skilled and has the level of a formal blacksmith.
It’s just that he has good skills, but he is also very diligent and can do things more efficiently than ordinary apprentices.
This greatly improved the overall efficiency of the South Blacksmith Camp.
But what troubles Blacksmith Qi is that after two or three months of regular testing, these people will become official blacksmiths, and new iron tools will have to be made for them.
At present, the original blacksmiths in the South Blacksmith Camp are only able to supply about 60% of the iron supplies, and hundreds or even thousands more will have to be delayed.
Such a happy and painful thing made Blacksmith Qi and others unable to sleep well all night.
After this incident, the number of people in the three major blacksmith camps in the east, west, and north was reduced again.
As a result, the masters of several blacksmith camps, not to mention complaining, at least began to feel that life seemed to have lost its meaning.
They always feel that it won't be long before they may have no one available.
Someone simply went to the craftsman Yu Maoming and mentioned that the South Blacksmith Battalion was so popular now that they had robbed everyone of them, leaving only some old and weak soldiers. They might as well merge the four blacksmith camps.
Yu Maoming also had this idea, but Yan Tianrong disagreed.
Although the Secretary knows that Jiang Lin is not his competitor, if the four major blacksmith camps really merge, won't they all fall under Jiang Lin's command?
At that time, what meaning will my existence as a secretary still have?
Merger is okay, at least after he leaves.
By then, let alone the merger of the blacksmith camps, he wouldn't care even if they were all under Jiang Lin's personal jurisdiction.
"I will consider this matter carefully. You can go back now. As for the reduction in the number of people and no one available, that is your own incompetence! You can't even find decent manpower, so you have the nerve to complain to me!"
After being reprimanded by the Chief Secretary, several masters were extremely aggrieved.
Why are they here to complain? They really want the four blacksmith camps to merge!
As for the lack of decent manpower, can you really blame them?
Not to mention being a formal blacksmith, even an apprentice now wants to enter the Southern Blacksmith Camp.
He said that even if he was serving people a shit basin, he would have a better future than at one of these companies.
They were so aggrieved when they heard these words. They originally just wanted to find some comfort, but they didn't expect to be hit even harder.
Jiang Lin didn't care about these people sneaking in through loopholes.
The rules have been set. Even if you work hard to squeeze in now, if you don't work seriously in the future, you will still be kicked out.
In this way, the days passed day by day.
Twenty days later, Jiang Lin got the news that Fang Zhisheng was back.
The Dao Destruction Camp has gained a lot these days. Several mountain gates on Xuanhua Dao have been breached, and there is currently no fixed base.
The few remnants were either chased and fled in all directions, or they left Dagan and sought refuge in other dynasties.
In addition to this reason, it is also because the border troops are about to leave.
After annihilating the Xuanhua Road Mountain Gate and ambushing the coalition forces of Dachen and Daliang, His Majesty ordered, the border troops immediately recovered the lost territory, and took advantage of the situation to destroy Dachen and Daliang, bringing these two dynasties into their territory.
The Nanling Camp, which has been resting for several years, is under this transfer order. Otherwise, Fang Zhisheng may have to stay outside for a while.
Jiang Lin was a little surprised when he heard the news. He thought that the Nanling camp would not set off until next year at the earliest.
He couldn't help but secretly rejoice that he had found a balance between the Ministry of Industry and the border army, and no longer had to worry about accompanying the army.
At the same time, I felt a little worried. After leaving, I didn’t know how many people I would see again in the future.
Liao Mingxu brought Cai Yanting, Song Tianjiu and others here, which was considered a special trip to say goodbye.
"Why was the departure so sudden?" Jiang Lin asked.
"Who knows, maybe His Majesty wants to expand the territory as soon as possible and conquer a big country." Liao Mingxu said with a nonchalant smile: "We are border troops. We can fight whoever Your Majesty says. It doesn't matter." It's easy to talk about. But those weapons..." This is what Liao Mingxu wanted to ask the most when he came this time. The border army has the highest mortality rate, because most of the time they are not fighting border defenses, but invading the enemy's country. Native.
In the battle to destroy the country, the troops of other dynasties will naturally be inspired to fight to the death.
If the weapons of the sergeants under his command could be improved, the casualties might be reduced.
Blacksmith Qi was about to speak, but Jiang Lin waved his hand behind him to stop him.
Then, Jiang Lin held up his hands and said: "The weapons have not been completely built yet. Brother, please wait for me for a while."
Liao Mingxu chuckled and said: "It doesn't matter, even if there are some shortages, it's not a big deal. Even if they are inferior weapons, they are used to them."
Jiang Lin was silent for a moment, and then said: "Don't worry, brother, they are all top-notch."
"Okay, okay, then I'll leave it to my brother." Liao Mingxu laughed and then led the people away.
Blacksmith Qi watched them leave and couldn't help but ask: "Why didn't Mr. Jiang tell the truth to Mr. General? What you built for them was not just a high-quality product!"
During this period of time, all elite blacksmiths only have one thing to do, and that is to use the iron fired by Jiang Lin to make weapons of at least the fourth grade!
In order to complete this matter as quickly as possible, the number of the elite blacksmith team was directly expanded to eighty people, and all the iron tools used had their defects eliminated by Jiang Lin personally and reached the upper third grade.
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With such a sharp weapon, coupled with the extremely high-quality pig iron, it is not difficult for them to reach the fourth level.
Occasionally, he can perform exceptionally well and create one or two high-grade third-grade weapons.
Jiang Lin took a deep breath and said: "The border army is about to depart. A few years of peace may make some people unable to adapt. Give them some buffer time first, and then provide weapons when the departure is over, which can stabilize the morale of the army in one fell swoop. . When military morale is stabilized, they can perform better in battles. ”
After hearing this, Blacksmith Qi couldn't help but nodded and said, "That makes sense."
There was something else he didn't say. Mr. Jiang was so kind to Nanling Camp that he had nothing to say.
Most people only hate the border troops and think they are unreasonable and unreasonable.
Only a talented person like Mr. Jiang can get along with the border troops as if they were brothers.
Jiang Lin turned around, opened the furnace door, filled in dozens of pieces of pig iron, and said in a deep voice: "Master Qi, please let them work harder. The number of weapons must be more, not less!"
Blacksmith Qi heard his determination and knew the importance of this matter, so he nodded quickly: "Don't worry, Mr. Jiang, even if you don't eat, we will definitely make up the number of weapons!"
With Jiang Lin's current fire-burning level, he can burn about fifty yuan of pig iron at a time. Although he cannot meet the needs of eighty elite blacksmiths at once, don't forget that his fire-burning efficiency has increased by 100%.
It takes two furnaces of pig iron to make a single weapon.
After all, it was the elite blacksmiths who couldn't keep up with the speed of his fire.
Fortunately, after these days of hard work, the number of weapons is almost the same. There are still a few days left, which should be enough.
Outside the blacksmith camp, Cai Yanting looked at Liao Mingxu and asked in a low voice: "Didn't you say you wanted to have a drink with Brother Jiang?"
They all know that life or death is uncertain this time when leaving the station. Not to mention the generals, even the generals are at risk of falling in the war.
Daqian even lost five generals in these four hundred years of battle!
Jiang Lin is one of the few people they can take a liking to. Now that he's gone, who knows if they will see each other again.
Liao Mingxu sighed and said: "Can't you see, Brother Jiang is very worried, and he is also worried about us. Even if I ask him to have a drink, I am afraid he will refuse. He just wants to replenish his weapons as soon as possible."
Cai Yanting could see it and said: "That's true. Brother Yi Jiang's temperament may really be like this. He is really good to our border troops."
"It doesn't matter. If all of us can be equipped with high-quality weapons, can we still kill those wolf cubs?" Liao Mingxu said with a smile: "When we have achieved great success, we can come to him for a drink and a meal next time. Yes.”
Everyone was not hypocritical and laughed out loud after hearing this.
"That's right, wait until you kill a few enemies and destroy several dynasties, then come and have a drink!"
"I will have to get Brother Jiang drunk by then. I don't believe I can't get him drunk!"
"That's not necessarily true. Brother Jiang is now a master in the Yuanwu Realm. He is not low-level. You can tie them together and they are no match."
Everyone laughed and chatted, and their figures gradually disappeared.
Four days later, all members of the Nanling camp gathered.
All sergeants are fully armed, wearing helmets and armor, and stand on the drill ground.
The murderous aura, accompanied by the north wind, seemed extremely fierce.
Liao Mingxu looked up at the camp gate, frowned slightly, and asked, "When did Brother Jiang say he would come to deliver weapons?"
"It should be here soon." Cai Yanting asked: "Do you want to send someone to rush?"
"Let the brothers get their original weapons first, and wait a moment." Liao Mingxu said with steady eyes, "I believe Brother Jiang will not break his promise."
"He said he would come today to deliver weapons, so he will definitely come!"
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