Empire's Summoning Generals System

Liu De saw that the two were in a stalemate, and knew that with their martial arts skills, they might not be able to tell the winner in fifty rounds. The stalemate has already proved Li Siye's strength, so Liu De directly confronted the two. He stopped and said, "You two, stay here!"

After a while, the stick separated from the knife, and the smoke gradually fell. Dian Wei and Li Siye stood still. Dian Wei threw the big knife aside, clapped his hands, and laughed loudly: "I didn't expect that your martial arts skills can match mine. Comparable, good, good!"

Li Siye clasped his hands and said: "Dian Duwei's martial art is so strong, I have only seen it in my life, if the lord hadn't stopped it, I'm afraid I would have lasted another [-] or [-] rounds..."

"Eh!"

Dian Wei waved his hands and said: "You just took advantage of the weapon, the big sword is made of iron after all, what about your big stick, it's just a piece of wood."

Li Siye looked at the wooden stick in his hand, the top had already been chopped badly, and he might be split into two sections by Dian Wei in a few more rounds.

"When there is a chance, the two of us will have a good fight!" Dian Wei finally said.

Liu De announced to the soldiers: "Appoint Li Siye as the captain, and stay in the Chinese army to listen to him!"

This time, the whole army was convinced, and there were no disobedient ones. Many soldiers even looked at Li Siye with admiration. After all, there were only a few people in Liu De's army who could fight Dian Wei for thirty rounds without losing. That's all.

Li Siye's strength has reached the peak of Liu Dejun's force.

After Liu De inspected the barracks, he went directly to the Manufacturing Department, which was also located outside the city. Apart from a relatively small yamen in Liao City for communication, the most important core was actually outside the city.

As the manufacturing department with the highest technical content, all the equipment in Liu De's army comes from here. In order to prevent enemy assassins from probing the secrets of the manufacturing department, Liu De set up a post at three steps and a sentry at five steps outside the station. An army of 800 people is stationed here, and there are also troops from the Gongwei Division and the Xuanjing Division. It can be said that the manufacturing division has made it like an iron bucket, and even a fly cannot fly out.

And the treatment of the craftsmen inside is very good, which completely solves the worries of the craftsmen. After all, in the past, although they had a craft and didn't worry about food and drink, their social status was still relatively low.

Craftsmen's contributions are equivalent to military merits, and such affirmation is enough to make craftsmen loyal to Liu De.

Craftsmen are also divided into grades. Liu De directly defines craftsmen as grades one to five, with the first grade being apprentices, the second grade being ordinary grades, the third grade being excellent grades, the fourth grade being master grades, and the fifth grade being academician grades.

Craftsmen of each level enjoy different treatment. The offspring of craftsmen above level [-] can even be directly submitted to the academy established by Liu De to study for free. Liu De personally supervises the craftsman level, so of course he is not afraid of shady scenes.

As for the establishment of the college, this is something that will be discussed later.

"See your lord!"

Xu Hai led craftsmen big and small to pay homage to Liu De.

"Get up, get up!"

Liu De told Xu Hai: "You don't need to do this next time, let everyone go about their own affairs! Just leave one or two people to accompany me to go around for a while!"

"Yes!"

Xu Hai nodded and dismissed the rest of the craftsmen, leaving only three of them.

Chapter 394 Anecdotes about the Manufacturing Division

"My lord, these three people are the directors of each department of the Manufacturing Division. They are all third-level craftsmen, the most outstanding craftsmen of the Manufacturing Division. The crossbow was copied by Director Ma..." Xu Hai introduced Liu De one by one.

Liu De also listened patiently. After all, he often went abroad because of successive battles. He didn't know much about the low-level officials. Now that he had time to come over, he had to get to know them better.

Ma Boyang saluted Liu De. Ma Boyang's face was dark, his big hands were quite rough, his body was a little stiff, and his expression was a little nervous. After all, it was the first time he saw Liu De, and he mumbled and didn't know what to say.

Liu De likes such people, who are honest, hardworking, willing to endure hardships, and capable. Liu De grabbed Ma Boyang's hand and asked with interest: "How powerful is the Liannu now?"

Ma Boyang stuttered and said: "Q... I want to tell my lord that the Liannu can only shoot three arrows now, but the villain and his colleagues have done research and reduced the cost and damage rate of the Liannu. Maybe it won't be long. You can equip a batch for the army..."

"Great!"

Liu De patted Ma Boyang on the shoulder vigorously, and said with a smile: "Director Ma has made great achievements in researching ordnance, and a reward of [-] is rewarded as a reward! All other craftsmen will also be rewarded!"

Ma Boyang was very excited, and said excitedly: "Thank you, my lord!"

100 taels of gold, this is a huge amount of wealth, Ma Boyang may not be able to earn so much gold in his life, and Liu De thinks it is worth it. How many soldiers were saved from death.

And soldiers, especially elite soldiers, are the most precious.

So, the reward is worth it!

Liu De held Ma Boyang's hand and said: "Since you are the head of a department, how can you call yourself a villain?"

"Little...no! Thank you, my lord!" Ma Qianqiu bowed to Liu De with slightly red eyes.

There was also a hint of envy in Xu Hai's eyes, and he was also happy for Ma Boyang because he was awarded the award, and then continued to introduce Liu De: "This is Wei Qianqiu, the director of the [Civil Utensils Research and Manufacturing Agency]. A county magistrate with outstanding literary talents, and now the Civil Affairs Department is stepping up to manufacture all the tools for the autumn harvest, and the improvement of the 'plow' used in farming is from Wei Qianqiu."

Wei Qianqiu cupped his hands to Liu De neither humble nor overbearing: "The minister Wei Changqiu sees the lord!"

Liu De was a little curious. He had heard of Wei Changqiu before. After all, he was an inappropriate county master and came to work as a craftsman in the manufacturing department. This surprised people around him who knew about it. It is an official position of eight ranks, and the master register is only nine ranks, but the craftsman is a low-ranking official, and the master register is a serious official, the two are like the sky and the earth, there is a difference between cloud and mud.

So Liu De also asked very curiously: "Why did you give up the position of chief bookkeeper and join the manufacturing department? I am afraid that you are the only scholar in the manufacturing department!"

Wei Qianqiu clasped his hands and said: "I believe that there is no distinction between craftsmen and scholars, but the responsibilities are different. The position of master book may help hundreds of families, but in this manufacturing department, I can help the entire people of Yanzhou. So the minister entered the manufacturing department!"

"The world doesn't understand you, what do you do?"

"I have no shame in my heart!"

"Great!"

Liu De was very satisfied, waved his hand, and rewarded him: "Wei Qianqiu has contributed to Yanzhou, and the reward is one hundred taels..."

Wei Qianqiu cupped his hands in thanks, "Thank you, my lord!"

Xu Hai was introducing the last person to Liu De: "My lord, this is Liao Shou, the director of the [Smelting Department], whose main job is to forge swords, shields, and armor needed by the army. At least half of the entire manufacturing department is employed.”

Liao Shou had a dull expression and was not good at words. Liu De also gave him a reward to encourage him.

Of course, Liu De also rewarded Xu Hai, the director. If Xu Hai hadn't worked so hard, the manufacturing department would not have been able to form such a large scale. Xu Hai contributed the most.

Then Liu De thought for a while and said to Liao Shou: "Can the Metallurgical Engineering Department make a Mo knife now?"

"Modao? I don't know what the lord said about Modao?" Liao Shou heard about forging weapons, a flash of intelligence flashed in his dull eyes, and others came over curiously.

Liu De stretched out his hand and gestured, and said: "The Mo Dao is seven feet long, three feet long for the blade, and four feet for the handle, totaling fifteen catties..."

Liu De felt that he couldn't explain clearly, so he asked for pen and ink, and directly drew the style of Mo Dao. Xu Hai and the others frowned, looking at Liu De's paintings of weapons,

Our soul painter, Liu Van Gogh De, was quite satisfied with his paintings, so he held up the board and explained it to everyone in detail.

Xu Hai and the others frowned, and understood a lot. Liao Shou was dull, but his vision was good, and he said to Liu De: "Master, if you use this thing to form a battle formation, it will have a miraculous effect against the barbarian cavalry!"

"exactly!"

Liao Shou discussed with Xu Hai, Ma Boyang, and Wei Qianqiu, and then said to Liu De: "My lord, if you use the method of refining steel, you can make this thing, but this method takes a long time and consumes a lot... It's okay to cast one or two handles, but if you want to form an army, I'm afraid Yanzhou's financial resources can't afford it at all..."

"Is there no other way?" Liu De was also a little distressed, and asked immediately.

Liao Shou was a little hesitant, and said after a while: "Please give us some more time, my lord, and we will definitely come up with a perfect solution!"