This is not Middle-earth in the late 20th century. Labor is not only cheap, but also indefinitely owed wages.

In this era, although human life was not very valuable, labor was still relatively lacking. With human capital, the reason why people can become capital is that only people can create value. [bsp;   In Switzerland, a large number of farmers are tied to the unlucky fields, and these farmers cannot leave the land. Not to mention that they are reluctant to leave the land they have relied on for a lifetime, even if they are willing, Baizhou will not convert these "agricultural population" into "urban population".

After all, grain is too precious. With the current farming technology, even if the Western Qin people are intensively farming, it is far from reaching the level of the yield per mu of hundreds or even thousands of kilograms in later generations, and the average yield per mu is more than 100 kilograms. If some farmers are moved away, it means that this part of the grain shortage needs to be bought with money.

In peacetime, food is still expensive, even at a low price, but once it reaches a war or encounters a natural disaster, a gold coin may not be able to buy ten kilograms of food.

Construction requires even more manpower, which is a long-term job. The young and strong Western Qin Dynasty, including the Western Qin soldiers who were disbanded after this war, have begun to devote themselves to the construction of their homes. In a short period of time, they cannot be drawn unless Bai Zhou is willing to sacrifice the progress of the project.

However, Bai Zhou is now making money, and one of the purposes is to ensure the progress of the project, so it is impossible to put the cart before the horse and delay the construction period for the sake of money.

Soldiers often occupy a big head of the young and strong. However, the current permanent soldiers in the Western Qin Dynasty are only about a thousand people. Other soldiers, including the Swiss militia just recruited, are temporary and will be disbanded immediately after the war.

Speaking of which, in the current European continent, there are very few professional soldiers, and they are all private soldiers of various nobles. The task of professional soldiers is to fight wars and not to do production, and unlike ordinary soldiers recruited temporarily, they cannot be considered soldiers at all.

If the Western Qin Dynasty had more permanent troops in the future, Bai Zhou would definitely have to consider military garrisons - for military troops in war and for the people in peacetime, but now he can't consider this, so he can only wait for the future arrangements.

So, where can we get so many people?

Bai Zhou thought about it and said that although he was short of manpower, half of Switzerland, plus tens of thousands of people in Western Qin, would definitely be able to draw out thousands of "idle men" with thousands of people. These numbers should be enough for Western Qin to create arms and sell arms.

However, the population is the same as the territory, no one will think it is too much.

Bai Zhou hopes to try not to occupy his own population. After all, even if there are a few thousand people, it seems that there are not many, but if there are really a war, it means that the Western Qin Dynasty will have to recruit thousands of young and strong soldiers.

Consider from other places?

This is a good idea, especially in Burgundy.

Where there are war, there are refugees, and where there are refugees, there are the cheapest population.

Although in Burgundy, according to the agreement reached between Bosnacht and Joan of Arc, it is not directly under the jurisdiction of Western Qin. It is thought that Joan of Arc is still fighting with Philip at the moment, and there must be a large number of "innocent" refugees that will cause both sides to be in trouble. Western Qin has made a request now, and it seems that Joan of Arc's opposition will not be so strong.

Bai Zhou patted his forehead and smiled self-deprecatingly. He thought about it for a long time, but when he said that he didn't even know how many people he actually needed.

Not only that, Bai Zhou, a computer-based waste, doesn’t know the specific process of forging weapons, how many iron ore, coal mines, what is the manufacturing cycle, etc., and doesn’t know anything about it.

If you rely on yourself alone, what you can think of is definitely not comprehensive. After all, you are not professional, neither professional ironworking nor professional business.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhou realized that he had never seemed to have paid special attention to the arsenal of the Western Qin people. Where did the weapons of the Western Qin people come out, Bai Zhou was completely completely disgusted.

When I first came to Songbothai, the thousand soldiers were all armed to the teeth, and the weapons that followed did not seem to be said to be remade by the Western Qin tribe themselves.

Bai Zhou is worried now not to wait until he is confident and ready to show his strength. Someone told him that all the craftsmen of Western Qin have died on the way to move west.

Then Baizhou could only consider the production and trade of tea, silk and ceramics from scratch.

At noon, Bai Zhou specially found Wei Fu. Wei Fu had just finished his official duties and was about to continue to go to Twin Cities to inspect the progress of the project there. Unexpectedly, Bai Zhou, who had been lying for a month, came to find him today.

In fact, such a stern old man, Weifu, was a little dissatisfied with Bai Zhou's depressed and slackening work - military affairs were handed over to Mengshan, Winkreid, and government affairs were handed over to himself.

But after all, the reason why the young master was lazy this time was quite reasonable, so during the month when Bai Zhou was lying in bed, Wei Fu rarely talked about anything.

"Young Master, are you in better health?" Wei Fu looked tense, but he was teasing Bai Zhou. After all, he knew that his health was not in good condition.

"Haha, if you lie down, your body will rust." There is no need for so many polite conspiracies between Bai Zhou and Wei Fu. Now Wei Fu is in a hurry and he doesn't have much time, so he goes straight to the topic: "Mr. Wei, where is the weapon workshop in our Western Qin? Who is responsible for?" Bai Zhou said to his lips. Considering that there seems to be no arsenal in this era, he really doesn't know what the title is in this era. However, in the "full war" system, he saw the term weapon workshop, and thought this was a general one.

"Well, weapons workshop, why did the young master suddenly remember to ask this?" Wei Fu looked at Bai Zhou with some confusion. Could it be that the young master wanted to expand his army again? This is not enough. He must interrupt his impulsive thought. He cannot consider expanding his standing troops just because he won two battles. After all, Xi Qin finally got such a chance to breathe in Switzerland. Now expanding the army means carrying another burden to Xi Qin again: "Young Master, I think our current task is to rest and recuperate."

"That's right," Bai Zhou nodded. It was obvious that he hadn't realized that there was a small problem with the communication between the two of them: "I think so too."

"We in Xiqin are very weak in any aspect now. At this time, the first priority to do is rest." Wei Fu twisted his goatee and put on the appearance of the teacher.

"Yes." Bai Zhou nodded again.

"At this time, the expansion of the army is not done by the wise. It is important to know that the soldiers..."

"Stop, stop, Mr. Wei, wrong, wrong."

Bai Zhou understood, it turned out that Weifu thought that the reason he asked about the weapons workshop was because he thought he wanted to expand the army, so he immediately told Weifu what he thought.

As the saying goes, one person has a short plan, two people have a high plan. Bai Zhou originally wanted to tell all the senior executives of the Western Qin Dynasty, so that everyone can make a total plan and how to maximize their interests.

"So that's it." Wei Fu's face was not so tense after all.

Making money is a good thing. Sima Gong said it well. The world is bustling with people for profit, and the world is bustling with people for profit. Moreover, Wei Fu also understood that the silver treasury of the Western Qin Dynasty was indeed drying up during this period. If he didn't think of some solutions, there would be no way.

Wei Fu is not an old scholar and has no stubborn idea of ​​"a gentleman does not speak of profit". On the contrary, he agrees with Bai Zhou's proposal very much.

"However, our Xiqin now has no workshop to specially make weapons and armor."

Wei Fu's words seemed to confirm Bai Zhou's concern just now. Xi Qin now doesn't even have a weapon workshop, so why are you talking about trade?

"But," Wei Fu said today, with a rolling and twists and turns like a roller coaster. However, Bai Zhou was very troubled: "I know where someone can help you."

"What do you mean?"

In fact, it is not scary to have no weapon workshop. What is scary is that Xi Qin has not passed down his superb craftsmanship. If you want to sell it at a good price, you must have something to take to support the table. If it is just a big street product, it is easy to make, but it can be sold at a price.

And what's even more serious is that if the Western Qin Dynasty needs to expand its army in the future, it will require a large number of well-crafted weapons, armor, and baizhou, where can we get it? This kind of thing is even harder to buy.

But, as long as there is a craftsman, everything else is easy to say.

"I know where you need a craftsman, and, I can guarantee that he and his apprentice are the best weapon craftsman in the entire Xiqin." Wei Fu said confidently.

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"Are you sure this is what you call the best weapon craftsman in Xiqin?" Bai Zhou looked at Wei Fu with a serious and skeptical attitude, and the craftsman introduced by Wei Fu - also an old acquaintance, who gave it to Xiqin bee crossbow machine, gunpowder, and Hui Hui cannon.

Of course, Bai Zhou did not suspect that this barefoot old man was a messenger. On the contrary, a craftsman who could figure out so many abilities would be treasures everywhere he put them.

But as the saying goes, the technique of smelting and forging is not something that can be learned by one method or all methods.

Even if you take a step back, this old man is really the best weapon craftsman in Xiqin, but based on his previous style, everything is just taken out one or two samples, it is hard for Bai Zhou to imagine. Should Xiqin sell thousands of different styles of weapons?

Having said that, Bai Zhou just learned that the old man who took out the surprising works repeatedly was Mo Yi. His real name was Mo Yi. I heard that he had some blood relationship with Mo Zhai.

Since that's the case, Bai Zhou knew the origin of this old man. If he saw the old man's outfit - Ma Yi, Barefoot when he first met, and was just a little suspicious, then now hearing Mo Zhai's name can fully demonstrate that this old man is a descendant of the Mo family, and it seems that he is not only inherited from blood, but also inherited from academic and rules.

Speaking of which, Mozi is a scientist, and the Mohist school is also a group of scientists. They have made outstanding contributions in mathematics, physics, medicine, logic, etc., and occupy an important position in the history of ancient Chinese science. It is reasonable that his descendants have extensive knowledge of them.

The Mohist school's mechanism is quite famous, but in novels, games, and movies, Bai Zhou does not expect this inventor to create hundreds of mechanism birds for Xiqin as bombers, or to create a division of wood that allows Bai Zhou to sweep across thousands of troops.

Therefore, Bai Zhou decided to be more practical and deal with the current problem first.

Mo Yi is nearly 60 years old and is an old man who is not good at talking. He can only talk freely in front of works he invented or "copycat". If he really faces a stranger, especially the young master of the Western Qin clan, Mo Yi will deal with it, it will be a bit difficult.

Fortunately, the little apprentice he brought, a middle-aged man who seemed to be in his thirties, could speak very smoothly, "Young master, the villain Tie San, my father is Tie Si."

"Young Master, the master of Iron Sightseeing, is the general manager who was responsible for supervising all our weapons and armor from the previous generation. He died of illness six years ago, and maybe the young master has no impression." Wei Fu whispered in Bai Zhou's ear.

"Oh," Bai Zhou nodded.

Speaking of which, the craft of ironwork must be passed down from generation to generation, which is often said in Middle Earth that it is said that men are not passed down to women, and sons are not passed down to sons-in-law. Sometimes a person's craftsmanship depends not only on the person's understanding and attitude, but also on a good master. Often, his father is his master.

The Western Qin tribe is different from the Middle-earth powers. Those big countries may supervise the management of weapons manufacturing. They are not skilled craftsmen, and they just need to be careful and responsible.

In the Western Qin Dynasty, such an important task of manufacturing weapons, is supervised, but in fact it also requires demonstrations in person. However, the iron craftsman of the entire Western Qin clan is naturally the best in the Western Qin Dynasty. His son is still the best in the Western Qin Dynasty today.

"I don't know what instructions did the young master ask for a young man?" Tie San put his position very low. Although the Confucian "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" style was not popular in Western Qin, Tie San was still cautious, afraid of any transcendence.

"I didn't give me any instructions, I just wanted to talk to you about some things." Bai Zhou smiled, and had no intention of correcting other people's attitudes.

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"Sir, what you said is true?"

Bai Zhou clearly saw that after listening to his own narration, Tie San's eyes began to shine, just as if a hungry wolf saw a little white rabbit.

Bai Zhou didn't know that Tie San was just Mo Yi's apprentice or student on the surface, but in fact, this was not accurate. It was just because Tie Guang was also a member of the Mo family. According to seniority, Tie San was Mo Yi's junior.

Due to the influence of his father, although Tie San is a child of the Mo family, he is not as "learning and talented" as Mo Yi. He only wants to exercise his skills well.

But the problem is that Xi Qin has been unable to provide him with such an opportunity. It can be said that in the past few decades, Tie San has learned a dragon-slaying technique and is useless. At most, it is a weapon that is usually repaired and damaged, which cannot satisfy Tie San's appetite at all.

Now that the young master has such a proposal, he certainly wants to agree with it.

The reason why he did not use his skills in the past was very simple. First, the Western Qin clan had no fixed place and no fixed place to settle down, and second, there was not enough ore, let alone good ore. You must know that the level of craftsmen was like those of the archers in later generations. They had to be piled up with countless ores. Now both problems can be handled. If you have a reward, you must give it your best. The condition is that he would teach a group of apprentices.

Of course, Bai Zhou did not let Tie San pass on the most exquisite technology to others, but just asked him to train some craftsmen who can work seriously. Having said that, even those ordinary steps are not taught by everyone, and not everyone can learn them. As for this issue, it was naturally all handed over to Tie San by Bai Zhou. Bai Zhou was responsible for finding people, and Tie San was responsible for selecting people from the crowd who were suitable for this industry.

"Of course, am I here to coax you to play?" Bai Zhou smiled.

"...Wait, young master." Just as Tie San was about to agree, Mo Yi jumped out again.

Maybe he felt that the time was ripe now, and if he didn't say it, he would be snatched away by others.

Bai Zhou looked at him in confusion, wanting to ask which drama he played?

At this moment, Weifu quietly pulled Lamoyi and said to Bai Zhou: "Oh, that's it. I haven't seen him for a long time. He wants to talk to me more about the past, but he is afraid that you will not agree, so he calls for hospitality in advance. Maybe he will not be able to accompany the young master next."

"It's okay." The fools could see that Mo Yi had something to look for Bai Zhou, but since they didn't want to say more, Bai Zhou wouldn't ask for it for the time being and pretend to be a fool.

"So, Tie San, do you agree?" Bai Zhou asked formally.

"That's sure, just have enough stones to let me practice, and I promise to complete what the young master said." Tie San slapped his chest and slapped.

Bai Zhou looked at the others here. It seemed that these individuals from the Mo family were all workaholics and could not be understood by normal people's ideas. For example, Tie San sold himself completely for some ore.

The full man did not know that the hungry man was hungry. As the young master of the Western Qin Dynasty, Bai Zhou naturally could not experience the pain of a craftsman, especially the pain of a craftsman who had been constantly feeling that he was useless before.

"By the way, you will list the number of people, materials, ores, and estimated outputs you need. I can prepare things for you as soon as possible." Bai Zhou said at the end.

"Uh, young master, I don't know much about words." Speaking of this, Tie San's already red face seemed to be even redder.

"It's okay, Mr. Wei won't leave for the time being, let him help you first." Bai Zhou touched the tip of his nose. Doing this was a small revenge.
Chapter completed!