Steel Dynasty - Chapter 267

[Chapter 267 Export Artillery]

Good-natured laughter echoed in the streets of Qingzhou.

Looking at the old man’s surprised look, Xiao Ming said: “Old man, this is of course true. If you don’t believe it, you can go to the government office and ask about it. In the future, as long as you abide by the laws and regulations in Qingzhou and make a living honestly, you can obtain Qingzhou household registration in two years. “

Thank you, Langjun.” The old man looked excited when he heard this. He thought he would definitely die this time, but he didn’t expect to get this opportunity. He couldn’t help but feel grateful for the choice he made.

The newsboy said at this time: “The person in front of you is His Royal Highness King Qi. His words are not wrong.”

“His Royal Highness King Qi?” The old man looked shocked. When he came back to his senses, he saw that the young master had already ridden away.

Standing up slowly, the old man felt excited. He gave the newsboy three pennies and said, “I bought this newspaper.”

“Hey, I don’t need any more money!” the newsboy said, but the old man left without looking back. .

This time he went straight to the government office and asked about the refugees. The official from the government office told him about Qingzhou’s policy on refugees. Moreover, in the government office, he also met many refugees from other places.

These refugees came here for the same purpose as him, to ask how to get resettled.

“Just now Governor Zhan said that you can join the construction camp, transportation camp, or go to the mines. There is a shortage of people in these places now, and if you have special skills, you can obtain Qingzhou household registration in one year.”

Outside the government office, Several refugees were discussing, and the old man also joined in.

“Construction camps, transportation camps, and mines are all coolies, but you can still go to other merchants’ workshops. It’s just a pity that King Qi’s workshop doesn’t seem to accept refugees.” One person said.

“Why?” the old man asked.

“I’m afraid that there are spies among us refugees. King Qi’s workshop is full of secrets in Qingzhou. It is said that all the workers are slaves. Only some insignificant workshops will recruit people, such as this textile workshop. I I will let my wife go when I get back. One tael of silver a month is enough to live in Qingzhou.”

“Yes, yes,” the other refugees agreed.

“But don’t be nervous, everyone. There is a lot of work in Qingzhou. As long as you are willing to endure hardships and have enough food, there is no problem. I went to the dock to carry bags, and I have five hundred coins this month.”

“…”

Refugee, just tell me. In one word, he seemed to be full of longing for life in Qingzhou. The most important thing is that there are no messy exorbitant taxes and tyrants oppressing the people in Qingzhou.

Living here is very free.

The more the old man listened, the happier he felt. With so many benefits in Qingzhou, it was like arriving in a paradise. He bent his waist, took the newspaper and hummed a tune before leaving the city.

Although his stomach was growling with hunger, he just received the refugee card. With this refugee card, he could receive 22 meters per day, which is 62 meters for three people. He had to go back and ask his son and daughter to receive this. Refugee card.

Having said this, the old man left the city with a relaxed expression. There was a temporary hut in the woods outside the city. The hut was very simple, with only four wooden sticks supporting some thatch.

In the thatched house is a blackened and tattered quilt, and a girl is making a fire outside the thatched house.

Seeing the old man coming back, some thin girls asked: “Dad, have you bought the rice back?”

The old man’s face turned red, he hesitated for a moment and did not answer the girl’s question, but asked: “Where is your brother?”

” My brother went to catch fish in the river.” The girl saw that her father’s expression was a little strange, and she couldn’t help but ask, “Dad, has something happened?”

Then she suddenly saw something in the old man’s hand and couldn’t help but ask, ” “Dad, what is that in your hand?”

“Newspaper.” The old man felt a little guilty and regretted that he had spent the remaining three pennies on impulse.

While the two were talking, a young man’s voice suddenly came, “Dad, you’re back. Hey, look, I caught a big fish and cooked a few bowls of porridge. I won’t be hungry today.”

As he said that, the young man Liang Liang showed the grass carp in his hand, which weighed at least three kilograms.

The old man was a little surprised when he saw the fish and said, “Dad didn’t buy rice when he went to the city this time. Instead, he bought a newspaper from Qingzhou and also received a temporary residence permit for refugees.” “

Newspaper, what is this?” The two of them were confused. road.

The old man told what happened in the city, and the young man looked embarrassed when he heard the words, “Really, you met His Highness King Qi, and His Highness King Qi also said that he would forgive our sins and let us settle down in Qingzhou?”

The old man said With a smile on her face, she couldn’t help but nodded, “But His Highness said that your murder has to be verified by the government, and a conclusion can only be made after verification.”

The girl said to her brother at this time: “Brother, they all say that King Qi is benevolent. It seems that we It’s true that we came to Qingzhou this time. Now we can finally enter the city freely and no longer need to worry about being chased.”

The young man nodded heavily, looked excited, then took the newspaper in the old man’s hand and read it, and said: ” Sister, the recruitment of female workers is still true. There is also a position for a textile workshop, but you have to go through a competition and selection process to enter the textile workshop.”

The old man said confidently: “Your sister’s textile and sewing skills are outstanding in the village .

Famous, we are not afraid of competition, let’s go, without further ado, you go and apply for the temporary residence permit for refugees. At the same time, you take your sister to the textile workshop to see if you can go in. If you go in, our family will be in Qingzhou. It’s settled.”

The young man nodded and took the girl to Qingzhou City impatiently.

…

In the military workshop, Xiao Ming was inspecting the artillery to be sent to Chang’an.

During the days he was in Cangzhou, the military workshop had been busy. In addition to producing artillery for the fiefdom, it was also producing artillery for export.

In order to make the military workshop more hidden, Xiao Ming specially set up the military workshop in Tuo Mountain outside Qingzhou City.

There is only one mountain road to enter Tuoshan from Qingzhou City, and Tuoshan is rarely visited on weekdays, so the military workshop is increasingly difficult to spy on.

Because people who enter the mountain are often discovered by the guards protecting the military workshop and are immediately expelled.

“Your Highness, these hundred artillery are here. According to His Highness’s instructions, in order to reduce the range, the barrels of the artillery are shortened. Generally speaking, it would be good if the range can be half of ours.” The

military workshop is located deep in the mountains .

In a valley, there is only one road leading to the outside world. Outside the military workshop is a large yard where artillery can be tested.

Xiao Ming nodded. In addition to shortening the length of the artillery barrel, the gunpowder sent this time was also traditional black powder, not his granular gunpowder.

In this way, this is enough to ensure its advantage in military weapons.

It was quite shocking to see a hundred artillery pieces lined up in the courtyard of the military workshop. He said: “Well, it’s very good. Now pull out one of the artillery pieces and test-fire it, so I can see how it performs?”

(This chapter over)