In Xinfeng City, great changes have taken place at this time.

In the east of the city, near the moat, a huge monster is rising from the ground.

If you look at it from the air, you will find that it has completely become an organized and flesh-and-blood factory!

Yes!

Factory!

Although, the technique is crude, and almost all the work needs to be done by hand.

However, it is already a base that meets the definition of a factory.

In each workshop, countless people sweat like rain, making wooden and iron parts one by one, and then inspected by people, loaded and sent to the next workshop to continue the next process.

The division of labor and close cooperation have turned this place into a factory that continuously produces various utensils.

What's more, in the core area, in that huge workshop, thousands of the best craftsmen of this era, using their wisdom, experience and technology, liquefied pig iron, and several equipment improved from the 'Seven Wheel Fan', under the impetus of manpower, blew the wind into the crucible, causing the flame to burn and the smelting temperature to rise.

As a result, the fried steel, which could only be produced by hand on a small scale, can now be made in batches.

ALTHOUGH THIS SCALE IS STILL VERY SMALL, THE FIVE CRUCIBLES CAN ONLY PRODUCE LESS THAN 1,000 JIN (HAN JIN, ABOUT 240-250KG) OF FINE IRON AND STEEL PER DAY.

But it can already supply the demand for the upper curved plow.

Zhang Yue walked in it, and his heart was also full of pride and pride.

Although this workshop garden is now far from taking shape.

Even the Shaofu Workshop, which is the main body, is only one-third completed, which will allow the master craftsmen who are skilled in the 'steel frying method' transferred from the Shaofu Examination Office and the East Park Department to have a place to fry steel.

The so-called steel frying technique should be a new type of manual smelting technique invented by the Han Dynasty.

Later generations have been unearthed, about the reign of Han Taizong made of steel swords, those swords unearthed, although in the ground for more than 2,000 years, but still extremely sharp, a light wave can pierce more than a dozen layers of paper.

And the principle of frying steel, for future generations, is simple enough to be regarded as common sense.

The main method is to liquefy the pig iron at high temperature in the crucible, stir it constantly, and add concentrate powder to oxidize the impurities in the pig iron to obtain steel.

Of course, for the sake of secrecy, these craftsmen mystified the recipe and technique, calling it 'medicine'.

But in front of the traverser, all cover-ups and blinding methods have lost their effect.

Now, all the technical requirements and operating procedures of the steel roasting technique have been put into writing and are posted on the walls of the workshop, so that even apprentices can learn and operate them on the ground.

These procedures, which have been refined and perfected by Zhang Yue, are naturally simpler and clearer than those procedures that craftsmen mystify in order to hide their secrets.

This has also led to a significant increase in the output of steel, wrought iron and refined iron.

Originally, a skilled master could practice a maximum of dozens of catties a day.

Now, it's hundreds of practices.

The only limitation is the lack of crucibles with raw materials.

Crucibles are easy to manage, and there are already more than a dozen brand new smelting crucibles under construction.

It was the problem of pig iron raw materials that gave Zhang Yue a headache.

Xinfeng itself does not have iron ore, and all raw materials need to be transferred from Chang'an.

This leads to significant costs.

Fortunately, the current Shaofuqing is the grandson's legacy, and it is Chengyuan who is in charge of the allocation of resources, so he doesn't have to worry about being choked.

It's just that it's a little uncomfortable after all.

"How many curved plows can be produced every day now? How much is the car? How much is a waterwheel? Zhang Yue asked Ding Zhuan, who accompanied him on the inspection.

In the past few days, Ding Shu has played an irreplaceable role in the workshop park, if it weren't for him in charge, the production order and production speed here would definitely not be so good and so fast.

Countless craftsmen, after hearing that it was Ding Shu who was in charge, were immediately convinced and willing to obey the order.

In the workshop, no matter what problems and difficulties arise, Ding Chu can always think of a way to solve them.

These days, just Zhang Yue knows, Ding Shu has solved dozens of technical problems encountered in production for various workshops.

"Returning to the middle of the court, now in the workshop, you can compose seven ploughs, thirteen cocoons, ......and five waterwheels every day," Ding said with a smile: "In addition, there are ......hundreds of other hoes, sickles, rakes and other tools."

Zhang Yue nodded as he listened, and now in this workshop garden, the number of craftsmen from Shaofu has reached more than three hundred, and they are still increasing.

The craftsmen, apprentices, and slaves sent by other merchants numbered nearly eight or nine hundred.

And the output is only so much, Zhang Yue is a little embarrassed.

Even more embarrassing is the cost.

Now a curved plough is being produced here, and its cost is close to five thousand dollars.

The cost of the car is also approaching 3,000 yuan.

Even more exaggerated is the waterwheel.

Now, the manufacturing cost of a waterwheel with a mill has reached almost 20,000 dollars! If you include the assembly cost, it is at least 23,000 yuan.

Such expensive equipment is simply not affordable for farmers.

But without waterwheels, the problem of water for production of the people, especially in the dry season, cannot be solved.

Therefore, Zhang Yue simply included the construction of the waterwheel in Xinfeng's infrastructure expenditure.

Anyway, for the traverser, it is natural for the state to assume the responsibility for the construction of major public facilities and infrastructure.

Otherwise, why should the people pay your taxes and serve?

And this decision also made him suddenly the 'best county in history' in the eyes of the people of Xinfeng.

However, the production limit of the waterwheel makes the installation very slow.

By now, all townships have begun to replant winter wheat.

But less than ten units have been installed in the county - most of them have been installed by him in the outer township pavilions of Xinfeng.

The purpose is also very simple, for propaganda.

Let other people take a look, especially those in neighboring counties, to look at it and learn hard.

It is better to force the bureaucrats of several neighboring counties to come to Xinfeng to investigate, learn from and study.

Zhang Yue could take advantage of this opportunity to stretch his claws to the periphery.

And the matter of the curved plough and the cocoon is more difficult.

The Quyuan plough, which costs 5,000 yuan, must be sold for at least 10,000 yuan in order to make a profit, and as for the 3,000 yuan car, if it is sold by a merchant, it will be at least 6,000 yuan.

But don't talk about 10,000 or 6,000 dollars.

Most ordinary people may not be able to get their hands on even a thousand dollars.

However, the landlords and powerful nobles in various townships said that this price was very fair.

If they can be supplied first, they can even increase the price.

However, if these zigzag ploughs and chariots were only sold to the landlords and nobles......

Zhang Yue dared to guarantee that in less than three years, the gap between the rich and the poor in Xinfeng would be frighteningly large.

Fortunately, he is a traverser.

Farmers don't have money?

It doesn't matter!

The county government will buy it and rent it to you.

A curved plow will be rented for 100 yuan a day, and a car will be rented for 60 yuan a day.

As a result, even the poorest people can afford to use these expensive new farm tools.

The only problem is that there is too little production and there is no supply.

Now there are only about 20 sets of quyuan plows in Xinfeng County, and there are only 30 cocoon cars.

There was no way, Zhang Yue had to find ways to schedule and distribute, and at the same time, urge the workshop to produce at full capacity.