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After the New Year, the New Year's Day conference set a major development plan for Hexi in the next few years, and listed the recovery of Guanzhong as the top priority.

After all, Hou Qin is one of today's military powers, even if the Heavenly King Yao Xing has been abolished, but there are still Yao Min, Di Bozhi, Yao Shuode, Yin Wei and other civil and military talents.

Its strength is still not to be underestimated, and the capture of Guanzhong should also be considered in the long run.

In order to ensure the realization of the strategic vision, Hexi began to make preparations in all directions.

On the one hand, through various personal connections, a group of Guanlonghao clans were first divided and co-opted to weaken the Later Qin from the inside.

On the other hand, Hexi has comprehensively rectified the military, political, economic, and other circles.

Shortly after the end of the New Year's Day meeting, Wei Shuo took his men and horses to inspect the military production.

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About 20 miles southeast of Guzang, there is a huge military workshop, which rises from the ground by the river.

This place is one of the important military production bases in Hexi, so it is heavily guarded.

The group looked from afar, and there were many fences and sentry posts around the workshop.

Idlers, etc., are not allowed to enter.

Guzang military production base is one of the key construction projects after Weishuo entered Liangzhou.

It consists of a large steel-smelting workshop, as well as several workshops for the production of horizontal knives, armor, and knives.

Gaochang coal and Jiuquan iron ore are all concentrated in the base after long-distance transportation.

After some smelting and forging, it becomes the best material for making weapons and armor.

Although many industries are currently in place, including glaze and roasted tea, Hexi has gradually been liberalized to private capital management.

However, things like military production, steel smelting, and cement firing are still under the strict control of the government.

The chief of the ordnance supervisor accompanied Wei Shuo, pointed to a blast furnace three feet high and introduced: "Dadu Hu, after using hydraulic machinery and new blast furnaces, the production efficiency and steel output have been greatly improved. ”

Following the direction of the other party's finger, Wei Shuo suddenly saw a blast furnace as high as three feet.

In front of the blast furnace there is a concrete iron production site, and the large wooden bellows that used to be pulled by several people have been replaced by hydraulic power.

At the same time, he also discovered that charcoal had long since been used for ironmaking in the base, but instead of coke.

On the one hand, this is related to the prohibition of tree mining in Hexi, and on the other hand, coke is better than charcoal for iron making, and the quality of iron is better.

Fortunately, there are many large-scale high-quality coal mines in Gaochang, which are enough to meet the coke needs.

Although Wei Shuo didn't know much about smelting technology, he also vaguely remembered that wind power and raw materials were the key to restricting the quality of steel in ancient times.

"The reason why there are these technological innovations at present is thanks to the good system that most of them have put in place."

"In order to obtain the medal, those craftsmen studied and explored every day, and devoted themselves to technological innovation."

In this regard, Wei Shuo has long understood that since some craftsmen have been rewarded for innovative technology, the enthusiasm of craftsmen has been greatly improved.

As everyone was talking, there was a sudden fire red in front of them, and it turned out that there was molten iron out again.

I saw dazzling iron flowers splashing everywhere, flowing down the stone trough and into a pond below.

Many craftsmen, apprentices, and hired laborers, braving the scorching heat and risking their lives, held willow sticks in their hands and swung them wildly.

After stir-frying the mature iron, it is either cut into squares in the pond or swung into a circle.

An old craftsman stepped forward to take a look, and immediately smiled: "Hahaha, it's another batch of high-grade iron." ”

According to the regulations, iron materials are divided into upper, middle and lower grades, and only high-quality iron materials will be used in military production.

The performance and credit of the people are closely related to the quality and output of iron.

The higher the rank and the greater the output, the greater the meritorious service and the heavier the reward received.

Therefore, when everyone next to them heard that the high-quality iron material had been burned, they were all excited and congratulated each other.

"It's a pity that there is still a shortage of water power, especially in the dry season, when the water in the river is insufficient, and we have to rely on cattle, horses, livestock or manpower."

Hearing the complaint of the person in charge of the Ordnance Prison, Wei Shuo suddenly flashed a trace of a steam engine in his mind, and then he shook his head again.

At present, the steam engine is still under development, not to mention practical application, and it is still far from the appearance of the laboratory.

Even he himself was not sure if he would ever see a steam engine for practical use in his lifetime.

Fortunately, with the current level of technology, Hexi has surpassed its contemporaries by a lot, and is not in a hurry to use steam engines.

And the development of science and technology is a process of accumulation, which can only be taken step by step, and there is no shortcut.

A mile to the east of the iron-making workshop, there are several military workshops, which are used to make armor, horizontal knives, and Mo knives.

Everyone walked out of the iron workshop to the east, and after not going far, another large-scale workshop came into view.

After entering, Wei Shuo found that there were mostly middle-aged women working inside.

"Because of the amount of sewing and inlay work required in the process of making armor, most men do not have the patience to do this, so they have to hire some women to do it."

Wei Shuo comes from modern times, and he does not exclude women from coming out to do things, and he even encourages them.

He looked at it for a while and asked, "How do they earn?" ”

"The income is not bad, and even some women have a higher income than their husbands at home, and the result is ......"

"What happened?" Wei Shuo asked with a frown.

"Why are you spitting? What does Pontus say to you? If there is any difficulty, I will make the decision for you. ”

"Most of them don't know about it, because women earn more than men, and there are a lot of family disputes."

"Some time ago, there were people who came here to make trouble, and many women had to quit their jobs and go home."

"Humph! There are always some people who don't have the ability, but they like to put the blame on others. ”

Seeing that Daduhu suddenly became angry, everyone held their breath and stared, so frightened that they didn't even dare to come out.

However, Wei Shuo didn't know how to solve this kind of thing.

After all, not to mention that in ancient times when men were superior to women, even in modern times when everyone is equal, wouldn't there still be contradictions because of this?

It seems that the high male and female low is the key to maintaining family harmony, both ancient and modern.

However, we can't let the gaffe get out of control, in case it affects military production, it will not be good.

He thought for a moment and ordered: "If this kind of thing happens again, you can coordinate with the local government and let the township chief and the lieutenant chief come forward to adjust." ”

"Since some people feel that their income is not as high as that of women, let's improve their skills and make more money."

It is not easy to make armor, the Song Dynasty step armor, more than 1,800 armor leaves, as well as perforation, fine grinding and multiple processes.

Even if assembly line operations are introduced, it is still not easy to make a pair of armor.

After passing through the women's work area, everyone finally arrived at the carapace manufacturing area, where the heat was pressing, the fire was splashing, and the sound of tinkling iron was everywhere.

At this time, the craftsmen were all concentrated and busy, and they didn't even notice Wei Shuo and the others who were patrolling.

The craftsmen are divided into groups, each consisting of a different level of artisans.

There are both fledgling apprentices and experienced craftsmen and craftsmen.

There are even master craftsmen in some important processes, who are responsible for creating some key parts.

At the end of the process, there is a special person to check the quality of the product to prevent defective products from being mixed in.

The military production system is strict, and once it is found that the weapons and equipment are not up to standard, the relevant personnel will be investigated, and the craftsmen will bear the brunt.

Because there are uniform standards and sizes, it is easy to detect non-conformants.

Production standardization and standardized weights and measures are the key to ensuring the sophistication of the Hexi Army.

Since Qin Shi Huang unified weights and measures, the weights and measures of all dynasties have been very well managed, and the error is very small.

It is only because of the war in the past 100 years that the local system and laws have been relaxed, so that some lawbreakers have an opportunity to take advantage of it.

In order to gain undue benefits, they arbitrarily modified the instruments of weights and measures, causing considerable confusion.

After Wei Shuo became the ruler of Hexi, he first severely cracked down on those who disrupted the market, and then set the standard of weights and measures to facilitate civilian use and military production.

It is precisely by standardizing weights and measures that military production can achieve the standardization of parts, and then lay the foundation for large-scale production.

At the end of the inspection, Wei Shuo took out a horizontal knife from the warehouse and took it in his hand to look at it carefully.

The horizontal knife, which is a two-handed knife, is an improvement on the basis of the first knife of Hanhuan.

The ring at the end of the handle was removed, and the short handle was replaced with a long handle that could be used with both hands, making it a long straight knife with a narrow blade and a thick ridge.

As the main standard knife of the Hexi Army, the horizontal knife has long been famous all over the world with the outstanding achievements of the Hexi Army!

Even some children of the family did not hesitate to spend a lot of money in order to buy a high-quality horizontal knife made of Uzi steel.