Turbulent Times Chapter 1167: A reward from the capital

This master craftsman named Li Mingqing is the chief craftsman who researched and manufactured the hammer. He was originally a master craftsman of the Sui Industry Department. When something was made, Yang Guang ordered it to be beheaded directly. Because Wang Junlin had ordered earlier that he should try to find some top craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry, so Xu Jingzong used some means to replace them with other death row prisoners to save these people. After sending them to Fanyang County, Wang Junlin directly ordered them to allocate land and settle down in the salt field.

Before the salt field and Snake Island that Wang Junlin and Nie Xiaoyu worked on appeared, the skills mastered by these people were the most exquisite in the world. Thanks to En's gratitude, with all my best efforts, I didn't want to research and tinker with the hammer in just half a year.

From a lowly craftsman in the Sui Dynasty to a master craftsman in the salt field, his wealth and status have been greatly improved, and now he has been praised and rewarded by the legendary Qin An Gong. Li Mingqing feels that My group was so lucky.

Wang Junlin was very satisfied with the reaction of Li Mingqing and other master craftsmen, and after getting them up, he said: "With this big guy, it is possible for us to equip soldiers with plate armor made of steel on a large scale. The burden on the soldiers is much lighter, and their protection has been greatly improved. Li Mingqing! You deserve these rewards, and if you have more credit later, I will give you more rewards. Official position."

In the past, because the production of plate armor was too time-consuming and labor-intensive, so far the equipment production base has been building day and night, and the soldiers under Wang Junlin's command are only equipped with a small part of the generals and some soldiers of the special forces. The soldiers still use old-fashioned armor. Although this kind of old-fashioned armor is lighter than the armor of the Sui Dynasty and Goguryeo, it has stronger defense. And it is not difficult to make, but the cost remains high, and the soldiers wear it, weighing tens of kilograms, which also greatly limits the soldiers' combat capabilities.

If the plate armor can be equipped on a large scale, a set of armor can be reduced by almost half, thus saving a lot of physical strength under the same circumstances, and the physical strength saved is reflected on the battlefield, which means more vigorous combat effectiveness and Stamina.

Lian Zhongtao said with a smile: "If the master hadn't sent us the blueprint, pointed out the general research direction, and issued a reward order to all craftsmen, it would have been impossible to make this thing so quickly. My lord I don’t know, this thing was a complete waste of money at the beginning!”

Wang Junlin couldn't help laughing. In any technology development process, it is a waste of money. Some can earn back tens of thousands of times after success, while some research directions end up with nothing, or are developed. It is not uncommon for it to become a pile of expensive waste in the end.

"Qian Zhengkuo, judging by the looks on your faces, it's not just this stuff, is it?" Wang Junlin smiled and said jokingly.

This made everyone laugh, and Lian Zhongtao hurriedly said: "Your Excellency is very aware of the details, and there are indeed some good things."

"Then take it out. It's this time, and you're still hiding it from me?" Wang Junlin said with a smile.

Next, Qian Zhengkuo and Lian Zhongtao took Wang Junlin to see another powerful weapon that Nie Xiaoyu drew, and asked the people below to make the Baifa crossbow.

Lian Zhongtao reported with some emotion: "After my lord sent someone to send the blueprint of the Baifa crossbow from Snake Island, I have been thinking hard for a year and led several master craftsmen to study and ponder. I can't think of it, until the steel was smelted at the beginning of the year, and then the steel wire was drawn out of this steel, and these key issues were made a major breakthrough. Please back off, my lord, and let someone do it for you."

After Wang Junlin retreated to the side, Lian Zhongtao stretched out his hand to open an iron cabinet from the back, and everyone saw rows of neatly wound steel springs in the cabinet, which had been hugged by a craftsman arranged by Lian Zhongtao long ago. Holding iron boxes as long as crossbow arrows, Lian Zhongtao put all of them into the fixed slots in the iron cabinet, then closed the cabinet door, and two apprentices held a zigzag iron rod , Stretching into the iron cabinet from one side, the two joined forces and turned the iron rod vigorously. Wang Junlin watched the operation of Lian Zhongtao and others curiously.

Seeing the two craftsmen pull out the iron rods, Lian Zhongtao walked to the iron cabinet with a face full of pride, and pulled it somewhere. Under the horrified eyes of Zhang Tiangang and Shen Guoer who accompanied Wang Junlin, Continuously shooting crossbow arrows from the front of the iron cabinet, one after another, they were inserted into the wall in front of them, causing dust to fall from the roof. Even Wang Junlin's pupils shrank slightly, and he was amazed in his heart.

After a while, everyone woke up from the state of shock, "Good thing!" Although Wang Junlin knew in advance that there was a Baifa crossbow, the salt field already had the blueprint drawn by Nie Xiaoyu, and sooner or later he could make it. Come out, but still couldn't help saying loudly when I saw it.

As he spoke, he walked to the iron cabinet, sized it up, frowned and said, "It's a good thing, but it's a pity that it's too bulky, and it can only be used for certain positions or defenses at certain times!" Wang Junlin Regretfully, "And this is a money-burning thing. Even Zhongtao, the arrows fired by this thing must be made of pure iron?"

Lian Zhongtao said: "Yes, my lord, the arrow shaft made of wood or bamboo will not work, as it will all be broken when the oar is shaken."

"One shot is a hundred arrows. If there are ten hundred of these things, one shot will be thousands of arrows. How much iron does it cost? How much does it cost?" Wang Junlin shook his head.

Hearing what Wang Junlin said, everyone couldn't help but calm down. The prefect is right, how many arrows can these irons be used to make? It's too expensive to use this thing, and it can only be used defensively.

After what Wang Junlin said, Lian Zhongtao couldn't help but feel a little frustrated, but Wang Junlin looked at the fast crossbow and thought for a while, then said: "However, if this thing can develop a matching chariot, it can easily If you use a horse to march and attack at any time on the battlefield, its role will be immeasurable. In addition, you have to continue to study and find ways to make it lighter. Of course, how to reduce its production cost It is also the focus of your next research."

When Lian Zhongtao and other craftsmen heard this, their spirits immediately revived. Qian Zhengkuo said: "Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely organize skilled craftsmen to develop a matching set for him as soon as possible according to what my lord said. car, reduce its weight and reduce its cost.”

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Wang Junlin originally planned a two-hour salt field inspection itinerary, but it took more than half a day. What made Wang Junlin quite satisfied was the few "new treasures" brought out by Qian Zhengkuo and Lian Zhongtao, And now each

The mature management method and factory production mode of this workshop——Wang Junlin is of course very clear that this is the assembly line operation of later generations, and all of this was established in such a short period of time, of course it was laid by Nie Xiaoyu in the salt field in the early stage The basis and role of established regulations.

Now the craftsmen in each workshop no longer learn the whole set of crafts, but only need to learn one part of the production, and then assemble them in the assembly workshop. In this way, with these parts of the same size, it will be easier to repair the damaged equipment on the battlefield in the future, such as a giant gun and crossbow. Then you can assemble a new giant gun. Crossbow.

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After inspecting shipbuilding workshops and iron and steel workshops, and seeing the construction scenes of the saltworks in full swing, it was already sunset.

Accompanied by Qian Zhengkuo, Xu Xiaohu, Lian Zhongtao and other saltworks officials, Wang Junlin took Zhang Tiangang, Shen Guoer, and Yang Kongchan to the dinner and met with all the officials of the saltworks and all the master craftsmen of the three major workshops Master, the next day, when it was bright, he rushed to the county city. Counting the time, Yang Guang's will had already arrived.

"My lord, I just received the urgent news from Luoyang Babaili that the emperor failed to agree to set up the Far East Marching Mansion in Fanyang County. Personally, but the reward for the adults requires that the adults personally take the Goguryeo captives and Yuan Taizuo to Luoyang, and the final rewards will be given to the adults only after the ceremony of presenting the prisoners." Shen Guoer hurriedly took a secret letter and came in to report to Wang Junlin .

Wang Junlin was a little disappointed, but he smiled with a complicated expression: "I have been reading the information about the Sui dynasty and the public and the people that you have brought over the past few days at sea. Big, it's just a name short, don't the court and His Majesty think they can control Fanyang County?"

Shen Guoer said with some hesitation: "It's just my lord, this time I'm going to Luoyang, in case the emperor wants to kill my lord..."

Wang Junlin smiled and said: "We still have to go to the capital, but we need to make full preparations before we go. The emperor may have dissatisfaction with me, but he won't kill me right now, but not necessarily others. "

Hesitating for a while, Wang Junlin said again: "Go and call your master, Chong Yao, and ask him to take some people to Luoyang in advance. In addition, send a letter to Xu Jingzong and your brother, and ask them to send Yu Wenshu, father and son, and Hong Hong. Nong Yang is staring at him, um... and the queen and prince, these people may regard my going to Luoyang as the last chance to kill me, so they may be desperate."

Shen Guo'er looked serious: "Guo'er understands, do you want to use yourself as a bait to lure Yang Su out and get rid of it?"

Wang Junlin glanced at Shen Guo'er appreciatively, and said with a smile, "That's right, Yang Su, an old fox, is not dead, so he always feels a little uneasy, and Yu Wenshu and his son should die too."

But Wang Junlin knew that the Hongnong Yang family and Yu Wenshu's father and son rebelled successively in history, which greatly accelerated the demise of the Sui Dynasty, and at the same time caused the death of too many people in the Sui Dynasty. It's better to get rid of my own mortal hatred early, but neither Yang Su nor Yu Wenshu is easy to deal with. The manpower, financial resources and military power in his hands, as well as the control over the ruling and opposition parties, are far beyond ordinary people's guesses. outside.