Chen Xu has two tasks, one is to make enamel tea jars, and the other is to make machines for compressing military rations.

At present, with the dough sheeter and the brick and tile machine, there is no difficulty in making the machine for compressing military rations, and the enamel tea jar is also not too difficult, the only thing is that the number is too large, the front line is a full 20,000 Daqin soldiers, even if the materials are sufficient, it is estimated that it will take a month to get it, but it doesn't matter if there is less for the time being, the first one is shared by a soldier, and it is better than nothing.

After coming out of Shangshu Province, Chen Xu took the car and went straight to the experimental factory, first went to the ironmaking workshop to find the victory, and asked him to stop all other unrelated casting work to build the tea jar.

After listening to Chen Xu's instructions, Gong Yisheng thought for a while and said: "Master Hou, the production of the tea jar is too complicated, and the subordinates suggest that it be directly made into a small iron pot. ”

"Then let's do as you say for the time being, but after this batch is completed, we must make teapots." Chen Xu originally thought that this kind of tea pot was hung on the waist for each person, and it was convenient to drink water and eat, but the tea pot production is indeed much more complicated than the iron pot, and it is very troublesome to build, but the iron pot is different.

"By the way, I also designed a military kettle, you can take the time to study it and see if you can make it!" Chen Xu casually drew a graphic of a military kettle in later generations on the small blackboard.

"Master Hou, this kettle has a large mouth and a large abdomen, and it is more difficult to make!" After watching it carefully for a long time, Gong Win said with some apprehension.

"It's okay, I have time to find some coppersmiths and blacksmiths to study, now the front-line soldiers are fighting, drinking water is all used in leather bags, but you also know that leather bags are extremely easy to damage, if you march in the desert, once there is no water, I am afraid it will cause great casualties, the clay pot is even more unreliable, it will break when touched, only steel is the strongest, and even can help block swords, guns, bows and arrows, if you can make it, I will ask Your Majesty for your credit!" Chen Xu patted Gongsheng's shoulder.

"Hou Ye, rest assured, Sheng will definitely find a way to make it as soon as possible!" The public loses and nods quickly.

After coming out of the iron-making workshop, Chen Xu went to the machinery factory non-stop, asked the hemp pole to stop all the dough sheeters and pottery plate terrass machines at hand, and improved the production as soon as possible, and at least ten military food compressors were transported to the three military food production factories in Zhiyang, Liyang and Meiyang.

Coming out of the machinery factory, Chen Xu went to the glass factory again, and asked Tang Ting to also stop all the current glass manufacturing and prepare a large number of enamel materials, there is no stainless steel at the moment, and the iron pot made by the ironmaking workshop is extremely easy to rust, so it is necessary to fire a layer of enamel to prevent rust.

At present, the enamel process of the glass factory has been very mature, it is no longer the original enamel that used to make faucets, but there is a complete set of mature technology, some enamel basins and enamel dishes have become the nouveau riche luxury goods of wealthy families, this thing is much stronger than porcelain, and it will not be broken if it falls, and it is deeply loved by ordinary families, but the price is not cheap.

Everything made by the Academy of Sciences is not cheap, because the Academy of Sciences is a money-burning department, and research on weekdays needs a lot of money support, Chen Xu needs to use these things to collect money, and ordinary people don't need these high-end luxury goods for the time being, stoneware pots and dishes are still the mainstream, and porcelain is still an item enjoyed by the wealthy class, and Chen Xu doesn't want to promote it in large quantities.

In any era, making money from the poor is troublesome.

Luxuries should not be something that the poor enjoy.

Under the strong mobilization capacity of Daqin and the already complete industrial system of the Academy of Sciences, with the continuous issuance of orders from Shangshu Province and Zhongshu Province, just three days later, Meiyang's military ration production workshop successfully produced the first compressed military ration.

This palm-sized brick-shaped food made from fried corn and soybeans and a mixture of dried tea, vegetables, beef and mutton granules, and fat and salt has aroused the interest of many people, and those who have tasted it have unanimously praised it, thinking that the taste is very good, and it is easy to eat.

After getting the compressed military rations like adobe bricks sent, Chen Xu also tasted it, although it was a little astringent, but it did taste much better than the pot helmet, at least I felt that I could swallow it, and after boiling it in an enamel pot, it would become a pot of batter, and the taste was acceptable.

The next day, Chen Xu deliberately brought a few boxes to the court, and gave a piece of tasting to the Manchu Dynasty civil and military people, and even the emperor did not let go, so the situation after the court was that more than 200 important ministers and the first emperor wearing various brocade robes and official uniforms sat on the court and gnawed on compressed biscuits, and many people also shook their heads while gnawing and praised the deliciousness.

Chen Xu sat on the chair with black lines on his head, and he even suspected that these officials who said that it was delicious were because they slept lazily and didn't eat breakfast in the morning.

"Hmm, the compressed military food made by Aiqing is really good, it is easy to eat, and there are meat grains and vegetables ......" The emperor smiled and nodded.

Chen Xu: ......

Even the emperor said that it was delicious, so it was naturally delicious, and Chen Xu couldn't refute it.

Maybe it's because the emperor and these princes and princes eat too well on weekdays.

I don't know if each of them will not want to eat in the future if they will give each of them a bag of raccoon crisp noodles or a bucket of braised beef noodles.

Since the compression of military rations has been approved by the emperor and the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, Chen Xu issued an order from Zhongshu Province after the dispersal of the Dynasty, asking the household department to quickly prepare for the production of various materials for compressing military rations, and soon allocated 30,000 stone corn and beans from Liyang Cang, and began to purchase cattle and sheep for slaughter, and the rest of the tea, vegetables, salt and other materials were also quickly prepared to be transported to the three military food workshops, and tens of thousands of slaves and prisoners began to make compressed biscuits day and night under the supervision of the officials of the household department and the military department.

At present, the daily ration of Daqin's elite horsemen is two catties, and the daily consumption of 20,000 elite horsemen is at least ten tons, if it is to be maintained for three months, then it will take nine hundred tons, if this number is placed in the future generations, at most twenty large trucks or even a few wagons will be done, but in the current Daqin, it is completely an impossible task, if you want to transport all these 900 tons of military food to the military camp on the front line, at least tens of thousands of horses and tens of thousands of people must be used, and at least five months along the way, People eat horses and chew at least 20 times the amount of grain and grass, so if there is no money and no one to fight a war, it is better not to be strong.

History does not know how many powerful countries have been dragged down by war.

At present, although Great Qin is getting richer and richer, it still can't support it for too long in the face of this situation of burning money like an avalanche, so the war to conquer the West must be slow.

And this batch of compressed biscuits is impossible for the front-line soldiers to be rations every day, mainly used to regulate the stomach and intestines for emergency purposes, eat a piece every two or three days, and use the familiar food and taste of the hometown to maintain physical and mental health.

In order to rush to make this batch of compressed military rations, the machinery factory simply did not have time to manufacture a large number of compressors, so the Ministry of Industry asked the craftsmen to rush to make a batch of wooden frames, with the way of rubbing bricks, ten days later, the first batch of a total of 200,000 pieces of compressed military rations were produced, all packed in wooden boxes, ironworks and glass factories thousands of people around the clock to make 2,000 small enamel iron pots are also all made, the white enamel looks fresh and pleasant, the bottom of the pot a red five-pointed star, On the edge are also written the words of the red regular script of the 34th autumn of the Great Qin Wansheng and the First Emperor, and the military rations transported by the household and the military department of 3,000 horses and 3,000 convicts and slaves who can ride horses have also been formed, and in early August, this not very large team set off for the Western Regions under the escort of 500 forbidden troops, and the remaining military rations and enamel tea jars are still continuing to be made and built day and night.

In order to speed up the production of military rations, Chen Xu specially went to the workshop where military rations were processed and inspected.

But when he saw it, he almost vomited out the military rations he had eaten before.

All the fried grain was piled up directly in the mud-covered warehouse, the dirty environment was rampant with rats and insects, and the prisoners and slaves involved in the production of military rations were not only ragged and looked like Hanako, but also never washed their hands after pooping and peeing, and they couldn't bear to look at the scene barefoot and snot and saliva.

I'm afraid that the military rations made in Nima's environment are not for curing diseases, but for dying.

Chen Xu was very glad that the body he stored had super resistance, and he didn't have anything to do after eating a few pieces, and none of the emperors and the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty who had tasted it had a loose stomach, it seems that the human physique of this era is indeed durable, with a steely stomach.

But this situation must not last long, and if a few dead rats are mixed in the military rations, I am afraid that it is not impossible to cause greater diseases and pestilences in the military camp.

A few days later, Chen Xu asked the emperor to set up the first comprehensive military grain processing factory in Daqin, integrate the three military grain workshops in Meiyang, Liyang, and Zhiyang into one food processing factory, build cement workshops, select healthy prisoners and slaves, unify clothing and masks, standardize the production system and strengthen health supervision, completely get rid of the unhygienic and dirty processing methods of the past, and strictly ensure the safety of military food.

Chen Xu's proposal was supported by the emperor, and the Ministry of Industry soon recruited craftsmen to start building a new factory near Liyang, and the frying workshop, baking workshop, grinding workshop, mixing workshop, and production workshop were all built according to the design of the Academy of Sciences.

In order to better support the soldiers in front and equip them with complete food and beverage equipment, Chen Xu separated the enamel processing from the glass factory and set up a separate enamel processing factory, named the Hongxing Enamel Factory, which integrated steel mold making and enamel processing into one, specializing in the production of enamel equipment, and the primary task of the enamel factory was to produce enamel tea jars and develop military kettles for the front-line soldiers.

Fighting a war is actually a struggle for manpower, material resources, and equipment.

Great Qin's industrial base and mobilization capacity are not daring to say that they are second on the earth at the moment.

Although the enamel teapot and the military kettle seem inconspicuous, they are an important guarantee to ensure the safety of the diet, eat nutritious food, drink clean drinking water, in the face of those barbarians who drink blood, the soldiers will inevitably have a strong fighting power and sense of belonging in their hearts, even if they are thousands of miles away from home to fight, they also know that their king and country are still concerned about their lives and safety, which will also produce a kind of pride and gratitude.

Any country that does not pay attention to army building and does not care about the lives of its soldiers has no future and no future.

For Great Qin to be prosperous and strong, the army is the cornerstone and guarantee.

And only when the state invests heavily in the research and development of military supplies, will the industry have enough momentum for development.

After the enamel factory and the food factory were completed, the emperor also went to visit it in person, went back to think about it for a few days and then issued an edict, requiring the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of War to integrate craftsmen and craftsmen to form the first weapons manufacturing factory in Daqin, specifically for the army to create bows and crossbows and weapons, thus, Daqin from the diet to equipment to weapons of the trinity of the national defense industry system was initially completed, officially entered the era of simple integration of industrialization, completely get rid of the previous loose manufacturing and management methods. ()

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