When the expansion of Wang Gong factory was planned according to the standards of large military factories in later generations, there were three or four miles long in the east-west and north-south directions, covering an area of nearly 6,000 acres, and could accommodate 20,000 or 30,000 people working and living at the same time.

Now Wang Gong's factory is simply overcrowded, and even the person in charge here, Song Yingxing, a Qing official of the Ministry of Industry, can't figure out how many people are in the factory, because he has too many things to manage.

Like the production of 24-type flintlock pistols, Wang Gong's factory expansion is to do this, when the first start of the 1,000 people, machine tools are only twenty or thirty units, a month can also make a thousand flintlock pistols, now it is different, the machine tool alone has expanded to two or three hundred units, specializing in the guns of workers at least tens of thousands, and the most time-consuming barrels are taken out of the outsourcing, if the full start of work, a month to make 50,000 or 60,000 24 flintlock pistols are not a problem.

Of course, they not only make two-four flintlock pistols but also revolvers and revolver rifles, the first-class and second-class legions of the Ming Dynasty are gradually replacing this new type of firearms, plus the emperor is crazy to expand the army at a rate of more than 100,000 or even hundreds of thousands every year, and the scale of tens of thousands of people in the army equipment alone is a bit stretched.

These guns are not only equipped with the Ming army, arms orders also account for a large part, revolvers have always been very popular in the South Seas, has become a necessary equipment for adventurers from all over the world, it is not a problem to sell thousands of them a month, plus the emperor from time to time to receive a large order of 100,000 24 flintlock pistols, Wang Gong's gun manufacturing department can be said to be busy with 12 hours a day.

There is also the production of grenades and mines, not to mention mines, generally not until the time of large-scale battles, there will not be too many reserves, the demand for grenades is terrifying, you must know that the emperor's requirements are that each Ming soldier is equipped with at least two grenades, and more than one million troops are more than three million. This is still normal times, if it is time to throw out tens of thousands of grenades a day is considered to be less, so this grenade is not enough to produce, and thousands of workers are not busy with the wheel wheel rotation for twelve hours a day.

There is also the production of guns and ammunition, since the emperor proposed a base of bullets and shells, the ammunition production department of Wang Gong Factory has also expanded again and again, and now it is not enough to expand to thousands of people, you must know that a base is hundreds of bullets and even shells, think about the number of Ming troops, the demand for bullets and shells is simply terrifying.

There is also the production of naval artillery flint machine, in order to protect the core secrets, now the flint machine can be made by Wang Gong factory, Daming is now producing every year, a hundred super battleships, and the naval guns alone are tens of thousands, and the structure of the flint engine is so complex that it is a bit impossible to arrange thousands of people to produce.

There is also the manufacture of steam trains, which has not stopped since the start of construction, and there are now twenty or thirty trains running back and forth on the Jingdong Line, which is not enough, and the Beijing-Liaoning Railway, and the new railway Kaifeng to the capital of the railway, which is now expanded to thousands of people are too busy.

There is also the production of spinning machines and looms, the business of Daming cloth is becoming more and more popular, Ming merchants sell everywhere in the world, so that this weaving factory has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, the demand for spinning machines and looms is naturally getting bigger and bigger, Song Yingxing's head is bigger, and now it is also arranging thousands of people to produce axles, so much in a month anyway, wait if it's late, and the orders are scheduled to go a year later!

There is also the production of wires, this is a new department that has just been established, and now there are only a few hundred people, and they are all squeezed into Wang Gong's factory, and then according to the emperor's plan, at least dozens or even millions of zhang of wires will be produced, which is definitely not enough, and this place is far from enough.

I really don't know if I don't know it, I was startled when I saw it, when Zhu Cijiong looked at the report summarized by the Ministry of Industry, he felt a little unable to stretch out his hand to the map of Wang Gongchang, where is this pointing, there are people everywhere, equipment everywhere, and they can't be stuffed in.

It's still those people, it's still Zhu Cijiong's private study, the arms order for the European continent has been decided, and they are preparing to discuss the expansion of Wang Gong's factory this time. Zhu Cijiong originally just wanted to expand the Wang Gong factory, but after reading the report of the Ministry of Industry, he changed his mind, so many departments, so many things to do, I am afraid that the expansion will not solve the problem, so I can only split the departments to build a few branches.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong directly clapped the decision: "Now it seems that expansion alone can no longer solve the problem, just split the function and build a few new factories, you all talk about which factories to build." “

Bi Maokang first proposed: "This machinery factory must be built, now just the steam train and spinning machine loom Wang Gong factory can not do, and then there will be wire production equipment, cement production equipment and floor turning dragon, just to make these equipment to occupy all the place of Wang Gong factory is probably not enough." “

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, that's right, this machinery factory must build a new one, these machinery is originally civilian, and Wang Gong's military nature is not in line with it, it must be separated, this matter will be handed over to Wang Zheng to be responsible, he is proficient in machinery manufacturing, what workshop should be built, what equipment should be added, he must know best, let him come up with a draft as soon as possible, and then organize people to discuss." “

Bi Maokang nodded when he heard the words and said, "Weichen obeys the order." “

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand and said to the others, "Do you have any other suggestions?" “

As soon as his words fell, Sun Yuanhua said cautiously: "Weichen thinks that this steel casting is best to be separated, the coal and iron ore used in steelmaking take up a lot of space, and it is very dirty, put it in the Wang Gong factory to make the whole plant look very unclean, it is better to build a special steelmaking plant, you can cast parts can also produce standard steel blocks, and you can also produce steel plates of various thicknesses, and now the demand for these things is getting bigger and bigger, even if the Wang Gong factory is not used up, it can be sold to recover the cost." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he had a feeling that Mauser was suddenly opened, yes, didn't there be a special steelmaking plant in later generations, and steel was also sold everywhere, and it was definitely unrealistic for you to ask ordinary people to make steel, and the imperial court would sell the steel to them for further processing It is not only a huge income, but also conducive to economic development, it is simply a matter of killing two birds with one stone, he couldn't help but praise: "Chuyang is right, this steelmaking plant must be built, and it must be built very large, to meet the needs of Wang Gongchang and the people of Daming at the same time." Do you have any suggestions, don't you have any suggestions, Chu Yang didn't say it very well. “

As soon as he said this, Chen Zilong, who was with him at the end, immediately plucked up the courage to suggest: "Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that this cement factory also needs to be built, and I don't know how much cement I need just to repair the canal." “

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he slapped his forehead, yes, how to forget this, the demand for cement is not ordinary, it is nothing to repair rivers and canals, and a huge amount of cement is needed to build bridges, roads, tunnels, and buildings, and I am afraid that it is not enough to build a cement factory, and the demand for wires is also amazing, and a special factory must be built.

In this way, at least four new factories must be built, and a machinery factory, a steel plant, a cement factory, and a wire factory must be built, and all these messy functions must be stripped out so that the Wang Gong factory can be turned into a pure military factory, so as to meet the needs of army construction and arms trading.