Walking around and watching in Ye's workshop, Min Yue was amazed: "I haven't been here for two years, but I have completely changed." ”

Yip's Workshop occupies an extremely large area, and the surrounding plantation forest isolates the noise of the workshop from the outside and the sight of people from outside peeping at Yip's Workshop. At first glance, the entire workshop looks more like a warehouse area. Two rows of tall and spacious houses occupy most of it, leaving only a relatively empty piece of flat land paved with bluestone slabs in the middle. Walking a little inside, you can see a walkway between each two factories, with a well and several benches, presumably for apprentices and workers to use after work. And such a density of wells also ensures fire safety to the greatest extent in this era of mainly wooden buildings. These factories are already very concerned about fire protection. All the walls of the factory are made of refractory bricks, and wooden beams and columns are wrapped around the walls. And the roof, due to the technical level of this time and space, had to be framed with wood. However, the roof frame used here has the characteristics of solid and stable bucket arches used in traditional palace buildings, but it is relatively lightweight, avoiding the problem of wasting the load-bearing capacity of wooden structures. Above the height of the person, there are rectangular windows on the wall, which ensure light and ventilation. From the princess's eyes, it is not difficult to see that if glass windows are installed on these window openings and the roof is replaced with a steel frame structure, it will look like a modern factory building.

On the side near the current, there is another huge factory building with a sign reading "Hydraulic Workshop" hanging at the door. There is a row of huge waterwheels on the side. Although the Yongming Channel was dug by hand, the water flow was considerable. Pushing some simple hydraulic machinery is not a problem.

At the entrance of other factories, different signs are also hung to indicate the purpose of the factory. It seems that Yip's Workshop has partially realized assembly line production.

"What is the house over there for?" Peng Detian pointed to a much smaller factory building and asked. What stands out about the factory are the two tall chimneys.

"That's the forge room. The tools used in the entire workshop are made there, and they are usually repaired and maintained by the forging and smelting room pipes. The marching chess pieces of the brass chess pieces were also taken out of the mold in the forging room before the apprentices who minor in metalworking were repaired and polished by hand. Ye Tao explained.

"What about the parts when the ordnance was repaired?" Min Yue asked.

"My lord, the ordnance repair is carried out in a special workshop. They are the most reliable manpower in Ye's workshop, after all, Dongping's ordnance has always been wanted by spies from all over the world, and it is not easy for too many people to take over. Because the workshop is only responsible for repairing and not manufacturing, the number of parts repaired is not large, and it is basically enough to set up a small furnace in the ordnance workshop. Ye Tao added, "The repair of ordnance is not always there, the ordnance workshop is usually locked, and the people inside usually work in their respective factories, and they will gather again when they have work." ”

Min Yue nodded and exclaimed, "You actually need such a big place and so many people in a Ye family's workshop, and the business is better than I expected." ”

Ye Tao smiled bitterly: "Where's the good?" How can so many people really use small things like furniture or marching chess? It's not that I've been rushing to the old man's house recently, and I'm making a full set of things from the Ye family, so it's a big amount. I had to recall some of the apprentices who had failed the apprenticeship assessment to make progress. ”

The princess was silent, and walked around with the crowd, but she felt more than what she saw. Yip's Workshop has not yet fully implemented assembly line operation, not because it can't be done, but because Yip's Workshop is originally a place that combines the training of apprentices and the production of various types of equipment. The clothes worn by those apprentices are different from those worn by the apprentices, basically a apprentice with two or three apprentices as a group, pondering the work together, learning as they work. The factory is also divided into relatively independent areas within the factory according to this need, and each team can place tools according to their own habits without interfering with each other. In this way, it is not as mechanical and rigid as today's factories, nor is it as casual as traditional workshops. It seems that it is quite suitable for the characteristics of this era.

Seeing such a large group of people coming in, the workers whispered for a while at first. A middle-aged man greeted him, bowed deeply to Min Yue and Peng Detian, and said, "Lord Min, Lord Peng, I don't know if you are coming, and you will miss the welcome." "This is Ye Tao's senior brother, Ye Laogeng's first apprentice Guan Haitian. Although the teacher-teacher relationship of craftsmen is not as rigid as that of the martial arts sects in the rivers and lakes, they also have their own set of rules. Generally speaking, after completing the master, they will make a living by themselves, and many craftsmen's apprentices will go to open their own shops to make a living if they are not their own children. But several brothers of the Ye family are all employed in the Ye family's workshop, and now Guan Haitian is mainly responsible for the supervision of garden construction.

"Xiao Ye, why don't you say hello when a guest comes today? It's so busy here...... Look at this mess. Guan Haitian looked at the shavings and sawdust all over the ground and felt that it was rude.

Ye Tao pursed his lips and said, "It's all acquaintances, no matter how many there are, you can watch whatever you like." Senior brother, if you have time, why don't you take the two adults to the armory workshop to have a look? ”

Guan Haitian nodded and said, "Okay." I'm waiting for the work in the hands of Xiao Lu and Xiao Han, and it's okay now. Two adults, please come here. ”

The princess didn't want to follow up on the idea of going to see the ordnance, she grabbed Ye Tao and said, "Ye Gongzi, how about leading the water workshop?" ”

The use of hydraulic power to drive power machinery is where the technical level of Yip's workshop is now displayed. Ye Tao agreed knowingly: "Okay, please come here." ”

The hydraulic workshop is divided into two parts: carpentry and potter. The hydraulically driven pottery wheel is certainly eye-catching, but what is even more interesting is the semi-automatic production line.

"Is the cutting control of this thing accurate?" Looking at the whole hydraulic production line, one end of the water and mud poured into the hopper, after several continuous processes, the other end has become an embryo of the flower pot will come out, after a firing process can be finished product, everyone is extremely curious. The princess, on the other hand, asked about the technical issues in a very old-fashioned manner.

"In fact, this is not accurate, the ratio of mud and water still depends on people to adjust, but the flower pots made by this machine are originally used by ordinary people to raise some worthless small flowers and grasses, although the material is not accurate, there will be some quality problems, almost every batch of things are different, but they are enough. Everyone wants to have a low price, and they don't care too much, anyway, this thing is too cheap. Ye Tao said truthfully. This kind of pottery, which is not pressed with a potter's wheel but with a mold, was originally just an experiment in semi-automated production, and it is good to have such a result. There was not a lot of steel, and the machine was made of pure wood, but it broke him.

But a hydraulic lathe not far away is a completely different look. The sawing, milling, grinding and other processes are in order, and the efficiency is quite good. Although it seems that only wood can be processed for the time being, looking at the mature and stable design division of these machine tools, I am afraid that the replacement is also a problem of raw materials.

"What can these guys do now?" The princess asked.

"It's nothing, now I can only cut wood, that is, the tolerance of all the crossbow arrows has been reduced to one-fifth of a millimeter. I really want to make metal machine tools, but the state salt and iron franchise can neither get enough steel, nor allow me to have enough ore to do my own experiments. Ye Tao laughed at himself, "The Ye family took over the work of repairing ordnance, which means that they have the ability to manufacture ordnance, and now they don't dare to smuggle some steel." If any charges of making weapons are found, it is really unaffordable. ”

The princess thought about it carefully before he realized how much a fifth of a millimeter is. But Liu Yong on the side was moved. The tolerance of one-fifth of a millimeter arrow shaft is more than double the accuracy of several ordnance workshops near the capital. And looking at the effortless appearance of these hydraulic lathes to process wood, I am afraid that the production capacity still has great potential. After all, the Ye's workshop is probably at most an arrow shaft that meets the training and combat standby of Yicheng's city defense, plus some processing for the sailor.

"Do experiments? Do you have a way to make steel? The princess smiled and asked, "Otherwise, it will be useless for you to take the ore." You can't make these things out of wrought iron, can you? ”

The princess just followed Ye Tao's words, but Liu Yong was surprised that the princess saw through the principle of these machine tools at a glance.

Ye Tao smiled faintly and said, "It's really not difficult to get basically qualified materials. ”

I saw that the princess nodded and said, "Do you dare to make a military order?" Give you six months, if you can make the same quality steel as the workshops of the Ministry of Works, or a little worse but with a higher yield. As long as you dare, I will send you all the ore from an iron mine in Liyang here. ”

"Dare? Why don't you dare? "Ye Tao naturally understands that the princess is creating opportunities for herself." But what if I refine it? ”

"It's simple, Min Yue must have introduced me, you also know that I'm quite rich, right? How about I take 22 iron mines and 7 coal mines in Liyang and other places as shares, and set up a big workshop with you? The princess smiled and said, "It's not a loss, is it?" ”

This proposal made Ye Tao very tempted. "I'm willing to try." Ye Tao said implicitly.

"Uncle Liu, let's do this after I go back." The princess said to Liu Yong. Liu Yong bowed slightly and said that he knew.

Originally, the princess didn't get up very early in the morning, and she spent a lot of time listening to Ye Tao's story in Xunfeng Pavilion, and after walking around the workshop for a while, it was already noon. As the bell rang for lunch in the workshop, the workers put down their work and rubbed their hands together to eat.

When Liu Yong reminded the princess to eat, Ye Tao hurriedly said, "Miss Xin'er, why don't you come here?" The workshop is so messy, and there's nothing to see. Why don't we go to Linjiang Tower for lunch together? ”

The princess glared at Ye Tao and said, "I haven't seen anything interesting yet." You're going to want to send me away? No way. What do you eat at noon in the cafeteria here? Just get me something light. ”

Ye Tao made a bitter face and said, "I don't know, then come with me." You'll find out when you go and see it. ”

Before he reached the door of the cafeteria, a strange and familiar aroma came. The princess quickened her pace and followed the crowd into the cafeteria.

The building of the cafeteria is the same as those factories, except that at the end is a huge kitchen, and most of the space is filled with tables and chairs. Whether it is an apprentice or a worker, or Ye Tao's brothers who are wearing civilian clothes instead of overalls, they are all honestly lining up with basins and moving forward step by step. Some people walked out of the cafeteria with their plates and returned to the workshop to eat or sit in the aisles between the workshops, but most still chatted and ate lunch in the cafeteria. The workshop and the barracks are the kind of places where the sun is extremely prosperous and the yin is declining, and hundreds of old men sit together to eat very unelegantly, and the sound of snoring in Nasili can destroy people's nerves.

Looking at the contents of a plate carried by a worker, the princess smiled a little as if it were something delicious. And rushed to the dining window, the princess saw a scene that she had not seen for many years: a burly man pressed a wooden pot lid with one hand, and the edge of a huge frying pan with iron tongs in the other hand kept turning, and then he lifted the lid, poured some water, closed it, and then lifted it again, evenly sprinkled a handful of sesame seeds, a handful of chopped green onions, and closed the lid and slowly rotated, when he finally lifted the lid of the pot, he shouted: "Okay! The room was filled with scent.

This is a good thing that the princess has not touched in 14 years - fried steamed buns.

The princess stretched her neck and looked forward to it in anticipation, and an old cook with slightly spotted hair looked at it interestingly, and took out a plate from the cabinet behind her, filled it with raw fried food and handed it to the princess, and said kindly: "Girl, you are hungry, eat first, don't wait with a bunch of old men." ”

What's even more surprising is that the princess actually took the basin with both hands and said with a smile: "Thank you, uncle." She glanced at the group of workers waiting in line next to her with some embarrassment, although she knew that this young lady was noble, but the group of people in the cafeteria had no scruples, and they all echoed and coaxed. And the princess smiled, so she took the basin and found an empty table and sat down, took out the chopsticks from the chopstick bucket on the table, picked up a raw fried and put it to her mouth and bit it gently, until she had sucked all the fragrant and hot soup into her mouth, and then she began to continue to bite and eat in small bites. The movements are elegant and skillful, and at first glance it is the demeanor of a veteran eater.

Liu Yong was not surprised by the princess's occasional childish expression and demeanor, but he couldn't figure out why the princess seemed to know how to eat this fried bun a long time ago. Sisi and Qiao'er were completely stunned, and when the princess finished eating a fried bun, they suddenly snatched the chopsticks from the princess's hand that they didn't know if they were clean enough, and took out the chopsticks, small bowls and delicate food plates from the package they carried, and the princess happily fiddled with them.

She looked at Ye Tao and said very generously: "It looks like you have a good idea to get something to eat, it's really delicious." …… Well, how about starting a store with you to specialize in this? I've got the name in mind, so let's call it Fengyu Shengfang. ”

Ye Tao rolled his eyes: "You should obey your ......." He couldn't help but slander in his heart: I pirated IKEA, that's right, why did you bring the abundance of raw fried?

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…… There are so many words in the third watch, and today is very kind