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Without the support of the salt ding, Sun Zhixie can only rely on Li Chengdong for the time being. After all, Li Chengdong is the garrison of Laizhou and can still gather thousands of people. When necessary, he can launch a larger-scale attack on Fushan Institute. Stabilizing Zhang Zhun and others is what Sun Zhixie needs to do most at the moment. As long as Zhang Zhun and others do not make any more noise, they will have time to accumulate strength, mobilize combat troops from other places, and make a comeback. After suffering such a big loss in Baisha River, Sun Zhixie is certainly unwilling to accept it.

Lin Renjie reposted Sun Zhixiu's words: "Perhaps, there are some misunderstandings between us, and we can deepen our understanding through negotiations."

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "Thank you all for your understanding."

Lin Renjie said: "Yulin, what conditions do you need?"

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "I want someone."

Lin Renjie's eyes lit up and he hurriedly said, "Who is it?"

Zhang Zhun said slowly: "All the craftsmen of Aoshanwei and Xiongya Institute!"

Lin Renjie was puzzled and asked in surprise: "Do you want these craftsmen? What do you want these craftsmen to do?"

Along the way, he was thinking about what conditions Zhang Zhun would propose. In his opinion, Zhang Zhun's conditions were nothing more than three: one was to recruit him and formally appointed him as a thousand households in Fushan District, so as to obtain legal and legitimate wealth; the second was to extort a sum of money, become a local rich man, and then fly away; the third was to extort a sum of materials, strengthen himself, and then continue to cause trouble, poisoning the Aoshanwei and Jimo County areas.

The first one must not be negotiated. For such a big thing, Laizhou Prefecture cannot make decisions at all. If it makes decisions, let the superiors know in the future and they will definitely have to go to the guillotine. The latter two can be negotiated. But if the quantity is too large, they will not agree. Why? Li Qink is not worth the price.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhun actually proposed to ask for people and craftsmen.

The Aoshan Wei governs three thousand households on the left, middle and right, and Xiongya House. Each thousand households have about fifty craftsmen. Together with the hundreds of craftsmen in the Aoshan Wei itself, there are a total of three hundred households. Each craftsmen has several people. The total population of the 300 households is about 1,500. It is said that there are not many more, and it is said that there are not many less.

These craftsmen actually had a hard time living in the ward. Their fields had long been lost. They had no source of income, all of them were like beggars. There were many people who starved to death to death in the middle of winter. Several of them were frozen to death in the winter last year. It can be said that these craftsmen were insignificant in the Aoshan ward, and no one cared about their lives.

In the past, all garrisons needed to hand over their own weapons to the court's Ministry of War, and these craftsmen still had work. In order to hand over, the garrisons had to use these craftsmen and could not be ignored completely. However, because the quality of the weapons produced by the garrisons was too poor, the court did not need the garrisons to hand over weapons since the Tianqi period. All weapons were uniformly produced by the military battle bureau of the inner government and the military weapon bureau of the Ministry of War.

If the garrison is willing, they can make some weapons and use them by themselves. However, the raw materials for the weapons must be paid by the garrison itself. The raw materials are expensive, and the commanders of each garrison are not willing to pay for the weapons themselves, so these craftsmen have become completely decorated. It can be said that among the garrisons, these craftsmen are the least valuable ones. If the military households have a way, they can also be tenants for others. Even if the craftsmen sell themselves, no one wants them.

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "This is my business, no explanation is needed."

Lin Renjie quickly calculated and felt that Zhang Zhun's request was not too much, or even a bit mentally retarded. Three hundred irrelevant craftsmen were not high requirements at all. All operations could be completed within the Aoshan Guard. As long as the commander of the Aoshan Guard Zhao Yinying gave a random order to all the craftsmen under the jurisdiction of Fushan, even if this matter was done, there would be no end to the matter.

The only tricky thing about this matter is that these craftsmen are under the jurisdiction of Zhao Yinying, not directly under Li Chengdong. If Zhang Zhun wants these craftsmen, Li Chengdong must exchange interests with Zhao Yinying. However, after the defeat of Baishahe this time, some conflicts seemed to arise between Sun Zhixie, Li Chengdong and Zhao Yinying. I don’t know if the communication between them is smooth. If Zhao Yinying doesn’t buy it, Li Chengdong will definitely have to pay a certain price.

However, it is unlikely that Zhao Yinying will not buy it. The craftsmen are not worth it anyway, so as long as they take it seriously and discuss the results, there is no big problem. Moreover, among Zhang Zhun's prisoners, there are also some servants of thousands of households under the Aoshan Guard. If Zhao Yinying refuses to let go, Zhang Zhun will probably not release those servants. If the family members of those servants learn about this news and make a fuss, Zhao Yinying will probably agree.

Lin Renjie then said, "Are there any other conditions?"

Zhang Zhun shook his head and repeated, "I want all three hundred craftsmen, I want all of them, not one less."

Lin Renjie looked at Zhang Zhun in confusion again and said cautiously: "I can take your request back and report it to all the adults."

In fact, he had already judged that Li Chengdong would definitely agree. Since Li Chengdong agreed, most of Sun Zhixie would agree. With the pressure from these two people, Zhao Yinying would probably agree as long as he wanted to make a living in Laizhou Prefecture. If Zhang Zhun wanted money, it would be more troublesome. Because all adults value money very much. Three hundred craftsmen and three hundred taels of silver, all adults would choose the latter without hesitation.

To be honest, Commander Wei and all the 1000-members were eager to throw away these craftsmen's baggages. If they threw away these craftsmen, Zhao Yinying could eat more empty spaces, killing two birds with one stone. Lin Renjie even wondered if Zhang Zhun had some problems with his brain. Maybe Erlangzi's problem broke out again, so that he would raise such a stupid question. He decided not to pick out the greasiness in it, so as not to cause trouble.

Zhang Zhun said coldly: "My conditions cannot be changed. I agree to it, and if I don't agree, I don't agree. If I don't reply within half a month, I will kill all of these people."

Lin Renjie made a rare decision and quickly said, "Yu Lin, I will tell you truthfully. Please wait for my good news. Everyone understands and believes that your request will not be rejected."

Zhang Zhun nodded and said coldly: "It's good that everyone understands it, but I'm afraid that some people don't understand."

Lin Renjie hurried back.

After seeing off Lin Renjie, Zhang Zhun came to the craftsman's workshop again.

The Bailian Steel suggested by Li Delu is really not easy to do, and its production efficiency is indeed very low. However, the forged steel is indeed of good quality, which makes people excited. Even if these Bailian Steel Steel are either used to forge barrels or to make daggers, they are extremely sharp. Seeing that the daggers forged by Bailian Steel Steel are so sharp, Zhang Zhun is interested in preparing a dagger for each soldier to use for self-defense. However, now the production of Bailian Steel Steel is seriously insufficient, so he had to give up temporarily.

Hope is still on Li Chengdong.

As long as he agrees to his own conditions and sends all 300 craftsmen over, there will be hundreds of additional craftsmen in Fushan City immediately. At that time, hundreds of craftsmen will be placed in an instant, and the output of 100 steel steel will be several times higher. With enough 100 steel steel and new Hu Ben guns, they can be mass-produced. It is entirely possible to produce dozens of 100 steel steel and a new type of 100 guns every day.

After being greedy for Sichuan, Zhang Zhun thought of casting cannons and asked casually: "Who do you know how to cast cannons?"

All the craftsmen shook their heads together.

Casting cannons is a difficult technical job. How could ordinary craftsmen do it?

Zhou Shiwen said regretfully: "Sir, only craftsmen from the Military Bureau and Military Equipment Bureau know how to cast cannons."

Zhang Zhun said: "Apart from that, no one understands it?"

Zhou Shiwen said affirmatively: "It should be gone."

Luo Dashan thought about it and said with uncertainty: "It's not completely none. Our former governor of Shandong, Sun Yuanhua, is an expert in cannon casting. The cannon casting workshop he opened in Dengzhou, which could cast several red-clothed cannons a year, and the number of fake Flangji cannons was larger. Later, Kong Youde's rebels rebelled and occupied Dengzhou and destroyed the cannon casting workshop. All the red-clothed cannons were also pulled to the Tartars."

Zhang Zhun said thoughtfully: "Where are those craftsmen who cast cannons?"

Luo Dashan said sadly: "In the chaos army, those who were killed and those who were captured should be gone. Those who are alive should be slaves to the Tartars now."

Zhang Zhun couldn't help but feel disappointed.

Zhang Zhun knew Sun Yuanhua. He was Xu Guangqi's disciple, who knew mathematics and cannon casting. Xu Guangqi was the first scientist in the Ming Dynasty. Of course, he would not lose any way. Unfortunately, Xu Guangqi died of illness last year. Sun Yuanhua was arrested and imprisoned in March of the fifth year of Chongzhen due to Kong Youde's rebellion.

Sun Yuanhua's fate involved the struggle between two ministers. One was Zhou Yanru and the other was Wen Tiren. Zhou Yanru wanted to protect Sun Yuanhua, but Wen Tiren wanted to execute Sun Yuanhua. Wen Tiren hoped to pass the Sun Yuanhua case, pull Zhou Yanru off the throne of the chief minister and replace him. In the end, Zhou Yanru was forced to resign and go home, and Wen Tiren successfully became the chief minister. Subsequently, in September of the fifth year of Chongzhen, Sun Yuanhua was ordered to be executed by Emperor Chongzhen.

When it comes to Sun Yuanhua, it is mostly necessary to mention another person, a foreigner, Johnson Chan. Johnson Chan brought a large amount of Western technical information, and had a good relationship with Xu Guangqi, Sun Yuanhua and others. On the eve of Sun Yuanhua's execution, Johnson Chan disguised himself as a charcoal worker and went to prison to confess to Sun Yuanhua. I wonder where Old Tang is now? Alas, I would have just read more information from the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Zhun asked, "Have you heard of the man named Johnson Chan?"

All the craftsmen shook their heads.

Zhang Zhun had no choice but to stop asking.

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