I’m The King

"Good thing, really good thing!" Gao Yuan smiled, and patted the body of the Shenji crossbow vigorously, "Master Zhou, is this thing energy produced?"

After receiving high-level affirmation and praise, Zhou Jingzhi's face suddenly burst into laughter, "The Governor, this is a prototype after repeated improvements, and it is also a finalizing machine. If the Governor is satisfied, the workshop can be put into production immediately."

"It's not that I am dissatisfied, but I want to ask the generals who led the troops whether they are satisfied or not!" Gao Yuan turned around and looked at the group of generals under his command.

Xu Yuan was the first to jump out and patted He Jingzhi's shoulder vigorously, "Master He, our Northern Army wants 1,000 units of this stuff, is it okay?"

Xu Yuan is a military commander, but the principal of He Jingzhi is just an ordinary craftsman. Although he is much stronger than the average scholar, he is comparable to Xu Yuan. When he was beaten by Xu Yuan, his body was immediately short. After a while, before he had time to speak, He Lanxiong laughed out loud.

"Commander Xu really has such a big appetite, Lord He, since this is the case, our Eastern Army also wants 1,000 units."

Ye Zhong said in a leisurely manner: "Two commanders, you seem to have forgotten that the armed forces of the army are uniformly deployed by the Ministry of War, right?

Xu Yuan and He Lanxiong were dumbfounded, but they saw that Ye Zhong had already turned towards Gaoyuan, with a smile on his face: "The governor, the Northern Army and the Eastern Army have been fighting continuously over the past year, and they have suffered losses to varying degrees. The next step is to reorganize and train. For the time being, there will be no wars that require them to go out, but our Southern Army is immediately faced with combat tasks in several directions. This sacred crossbow, let us get a thousand units first! "

Seeing Ye Zhong's appearance, He Lanxiong's mind immediately came up with two words: "Shameless." The four words, "It's shameless!" Unexpectedly, the majestic General Ye Zhongye would behave like this.

Gao Yuan laughed. He didn't answer the words of several commanders, but he said to He Jingzhi: "This magic crossbow, if it is put into mass production, how much can it be made in a month, and how much will it cost?"

The weapons he made by himself can be favored by several important generals, and He Jingzhi's eyes are all smiles." Back to the governor, if the whole workshop is fully put into production, about 50 units can be made every month. , The cost of each unit is four hundred taels of silver."

As soon as He Jingzhi's words fell, there was already a sound of inhaling cold air around him. The whole workshop made every effort. There were only 50 units a month and only 600 units a year, which is not enough for everyone to stuff their teeth. What's more, how can the entire military workshop be invested in this magic crossbow, and it costs more than 400 taels of silver, which is too expensive, and now the entire Zhengdong Mansion is financially tight, and you have to take a large amount of silver. Come to buy this thing, I'm afraid it won't pass through the discussion.

At this point, the few people immediately fell down again.This thing, if it is less equipped, it will not show much power.

"What are you doing so exquisitely for killing things?" Gao Yuan ignored the loss of several generals, stroking the moiré engraved on the body of the crossbow machine, "I am afraid that these lines will need a job? There is also this bracket, The polished light can be seen, this **** machine crossbow, it looks like a beautiful object, Mr. He, you can think about how to shorten the working hours and reduce the cost. It is more than four hundred taels of silver. It is too expensive. Up."

"Yes, the Governor can rest assured, we will definitely work hard. This one is a prototype. Everyone will work harder and strive to be more beautiful."

"There is no need to do these face-saving efforts. All I want is the actual effect." Gao Yuan waved his hand. "However, it is a great achievement to be able to make this magic crossbow. If it can reduce the cost and shorten the working hours, I will give it again. You remember a great achievement, and you will be rewarded in the Chamber of Commerce!"

"It's the duty of a lower official to do things for Zhengdong Mansion!" He Jingzhi's face smiled more, but his mouth was still humble.

"If you have merit, you must be punished if you have it. This is our rule of the East Mansion!" Gao Yuan smiled: "You will make a list of meritorious people and report it first."

"Yes."

"What new stuff do you have here? Take them out and open your eyes to the big guy!" Gao Yuan turned and walked towards the workshop, and said as he walked, "Let's go to the workshop and have a look."

He Jingzhi hurriedly pursued it. "For more than a year, the Crossbow Machine Shop is mainly developing this magic crossbow, and has no energy to do other things, but there are a few descendants on the basis of the magic crossbow. A crossbow machine that shoots thousands of crossbow arrows at once, but up to now, it only has eyebrows. Because of the shortage of funds, it is a few of them who are doing it by themselves, so they are still doing it and stopping."

"Shoot thousands of crossbow arrows at once!" He Jingzhi's words were thrown out, but everyone including Gao Yuan was shocked.

"Yes, Captain, they envisaged that this kind of crossbow machine would be mounted on a carriage and dragged by the carriage."

"Car crossbow!" A light flashed in Gao Yuan's mind, it was a big killer.

"I have a lot of ideas. I will draw these people out and form a research group to let them study this stuff and allocate additional funds." Gao Yuan stopped, "If I can get it out, I will test it myself."

"Yes, the governor!" He Jingzhi nodded repeatedly.

"Don't put pressure on them, work slowly and work hard."

During the conversation, the group of people has already walked into the huge workshop. The workshop production room that is hundreds of meters long is divided into blocks of production areas. Different areas are responsible for different production processes. Shuttle back and forth in different areas, and send the products that have completed the first process to the next process.The entire workshop is busy and orderly.The workers inside, in addition to the strong men, also the elderly and women.

"Why are there old people and women?" Ye Zhong frowned.

"Commander Ye, the elderly and women are engaged in light work that does not require physical strength. These people are also family members of the craftsmen here. Recruiting them to do work can reduce their chances of going out. Taking advantage of those who are interested, in addition, they can also increase their income. This is also approved by the Director of the Supervision Institute." He Jingzhi repeatedly explained.

"Supervisor, this is what you call assembly line operation?" Xu Yuan asked, "Each person is only in charge of one process, so he only needs to specialize in this process, which can speed up production, increase production accuracy, and improve quality. ?"

"That's the truth!" Gao Yuan said with a smile: "Qin people are also very particular about the production of weapons. For example, each of their crossbow arrows must be engraved with the name of the producer. If there is a quality problem, Then you can check the responsibilities of the producer based on the name. In this way, the quality has improved, but the efficiency has fallen. Once the war is fought down for many years, there will inevitably be problems with the supply."

"Then how do we guarantee the quality here?" Xu Yuan looked at He Jingzhi.

"Back to the commander's words, here we have one or two quality inspectors for each process. Not every product is inspected, but a certain number will be checked. Once a problem is found in the spot check, the whole batch will be used. We have to fight back and redo it. What we practice here is piecework wages, so no one dares to be sloppy on quality. If there are more than three problems in a month, it is not just a problem of not getting wages. It's a question of punishment." He Jingzhi replied: "Therefore, the quality of our workshop has never had a problem."

"It sounds like it is much better than the Qin people." He Lanxiong said with a smile.

Gao Yuan smiled without saying a word, "Master He, take us to see the armor making workshop. I heard that what punching machine you have built?"

"Yes, the governor, since we started using plate armor in the Eastern Army, orders from the military have been increasing. However, the production of this type of plate armor seems simple, but it requires a craftsman to knock it out with one hammer and one hammer. A lot of manpower and low efficiency, so several masters in our workshop tried to make this thing. First, the iron plate was punched and thinned, and then cut and polished manually. The speed was improved compared with before. Tens of times. And the old craftsmen who invented this punching machine have also been rewarded by the Zhengshitang, and now they are all officials."

Haven't walked into the workshop of making armor, the loud sound of banging banging has been transmitted to the ears, and several generals know that in the army, plate armor has gradually replaced other things such as light armor and locks. Armor and other armors are equipping the army on a large scale. The armor of ordinary soldiers was very poor or not at all, but now, plate armor has begun to be installed, and the survival rate of soldiers on the battlefield has greatly increased, but they don't know what this thing is. How to get it out. Compared with other armors, the plate armor is simple to wear, and its protective ability is greatly increased. It can not only block arrows, but also has a considerable blocking effect on close slashing. It is deeply loved by frontline soldiers. favorite.

When they walked into the factory building, they saw huge hammer-like objects hanging high and low, some were falling, some were slowly rising, behind those machines, Pulling these huge hammers up turned out to be a strong cow. The strong cow walked slowly around something like a grinding disc. The grinding disc turned and twisted the iron chain. After three laps, the hammer was lifted up and then slammed. It fell heavily and hit the iron plate on the platform below. Repeatedly, on one side of the platform, several workers pulled the iron plate, causing various places to be hammered continuously, making the iron plate thin.

On the other side, it is cut into small pieces of thinned iron plates.Some workers are polishing the edges, while further away, others are punching these thin plates, putting on leather cords, and tying them. After Piso is finished, a piece of plate armor is freshly baked.

"It turned out that it was made like this." Xu Yuan and the others were a bit shocked.

Looking at all this, Gao Yuan nodded slightly. Human wisdom is truly endless. Even such things have been made for them. It seems that I can tell him about the idea of ​​hydraulic presses, although I don't know. How exactly did that thing come out, but as long as you have this idea, these experienced old craftsmen may be able to tinker with it. (To be continued)