Gong Yi Ke looked back and was shocked, he was still holding a knife in front of the lord, this is a very disrespectful behavior, if it was seen by those guards and soldiers to cause a misunderstanding, it would be bad, and he hurriedly reached out to pat the hand of the public loss class.

"You shaft, what kind of system has you become, don't put it down!"

Zhao Wuxian was very kind: "It's okay, what is the little boy doing?" ”

The public loss class is different from the clever Xiang Lu, it looks a little wooden and rustic, but the hands are extremely delicate, after the things in his hand were offered, Zhao Wuxian realized that this is the mechanism of the wooden crossbow, although it is wooden, but it is almost the same as the appearance of the bronze machine, and the small parts can still move freely.

Wuxian couldn't help but praise: "What a skillful hand, where does this come from?" ”

"It's what the crossbowmen learned to do after watching them train at the Waiguo Range...... said timidly.

Gong Yike was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly pulled his son to bow down and apologize: "This shaft either runs to the stream to watch the mill run in his spare time every day, and he said that it doesn't work a few times, but who expects it to be more and more bold, the crossbow is a doctor's weapon, and the shaft actually runs to peep, which is the villain's sin!" ”

Zhao Wuxian smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay, the son of the public is a worker, if your son is no less talented than you in the future, it is okay to inherit your father's position, now take a look at it, there is no harm in learning something." ”

The Gongyu clan was originally a family of craftsmen who made chariots and chariots, and they made a contribution to transportation in the Battle of the Sun decades ago, so they were promoted by Luhou Zhuo as a scholar, and changed from a craftsman to a small official in charge. After inheriting the family skills, the carpentry talent of the public loss class has some clues since childhood.

But Zhao Wuxian didn't want to help the seedlings grow too early, and let him grow up slowly first.

"When spring begins, I will send the little boy to the mathematics hall in Xiaqiu Yizai to study."

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Dr. Zhao attaches great importance to the slaughter of Xiaqiu Yi, and is also very supportive of the mysterious mathematics hall. If his son can enter the school, he will not only be able to learn seal calligraphy. You can also get a glimpse of the number of Zhou Ji and the art of meridian and latitude, and since then he has become a disciple of the courtiers, how lucky.

However, what Zhao Wuxian thought to himself was that one would use Arabic numerals. Lu Ban, who has the mathematical knowledge of later generations as the foundation, and has been instilled by me with all kinds of later generations' brain holes, what kind of existence will it be? Maybe when he meets Mozi in the future, he won't be defeated......

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Zhao Wuxian came over today, first, to take a look at the public loss class. The second is to discuss with Gongyi Ke the placement of craftsmen and the construction of workshops.

Many craftsmen were managed by the workers, who were tied to Zhao Wuxian's status. For the sake of convenience, Zhao Wuxian didn't want to make any changes to this backward identity relationship for the time being, just treat him well in terms of food and clothing.

After all, if it was the same as the patriotic Puyang, the freedom of the craftsmen was too high, and the two heads were dissatisfied and rebelled in three days, it would also be a matter of annoyance to the ruler.

Under the guidance of Gong Yike, Zhao Wuxian inspected the craftsman workshop that had begun to see scale.

The planning of the craftsman's workshop was built by Ji Qiao and his mathematics students with the help of Gong Yike. According to the differences between different types of work, it is divided into five major areas and dozens of sub-categories.

At present, the weapons of the warriors are mainly obtained directly from the treasury of Zhen and Xiaqiu, but the loss of these bronze weapons is extremely great, and the battle of Zhen, the loss of blades is as much as 20%, and the new casting and repair of weapons means that self-sufficiency must be achieved as soon as possible.

Therefore, what Zhao Wuxian attaches the most importance to is the "work of attacking gold". These include smelters, where copper and tin are mixed and smelted in a certain proportion; Responsible for the production of casting patterns and casting; Tao, who made a bronze sword; arrows who make bones and bronze arrows; Finally, there are five types of work such as Duan's who make agricultural tools such as plows.

This gold-attacking area mainly produces copper and tin products, or weapons, or tools, or agricultural tools. As the saying goes, if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools, which is also the cornerstone of driving the entire craftsman's workshop and even the operation of agriculture.

As for the improvement of smelting technology, Zhao Wuxian did not have any good ideas for a layman in his previous life, and he could only provide some suggestions and references to the craftsmen who did not know right from wrong.

At present, what can be drastically changed is mainly the shape of agricultural tools. When Ji Qiao and others came to the west of Lu State, they also brought the style of farm tools painted on the slips, and they could paint the scoop according to the gourd. After hoes and plows replace the old rakes and plows, the efficiency of agriculture will increase a lot, but the need for metals will also increase exponentially.

Therefore, the goldsmiths also faced a bottleneck, that is, the lack of raw materials and fuel.

Gong Yike said worriedly: "Zhen and Liqiu do not produce copper and tin, and there is not enough firewood for the furnace, and now the goldsmiths can only repair a small number of blades, not enough to cast a large number of new tools......

This is the trouble after coming to the Heji Plain from the Taihang Mountains, compared to the Jin Kingdom, which is rich in natural resources, it is mostly an endless farmland, and there is a lack of non-ferrous metals such as gold and tin under the land.

"As for timber, for the time being, cut it from Qingshan, or cross the border to the Lishan area south of Pushui, in addition, I remember that there are a lot of stones in Yuncheng, and there are also many forests on the edge of Onoze."

As a result, Zhao Wuxian's demand for the treasure land of Yuncheng is even more urgent.

"As for copper and tin, there is no other way at present, but to purchase some from Wu and Chu through the Zigong of Taoyi."

In the Spring and Autumn Period, although the bronze civilization in the north was at its peak, the copper production sites were concentrated in the south, and only a few were produced in Zhongtiao Mountain, Huoshan, Cuihan in the Jin and Qin states, and Xianyu Beiyan. As for Qilu, it has always been very scarce.

At that time, King Zhao of Zhou and King Xuan attacked Jingchu and Huaiyi in the south, and the purpose was also to open up the copper road and plunder this strategic resource to cast weapons and ritual weapons. In the Spring and Autumn Period, "Poems. Lu Song once sang: "Jing was Huaiyi, came to offer Qichen, Xuangui ivory, and bribed Nanjin." The southern gold mentioned here is copper, which is called together with the turtle and elephant tusk, which shows that for the people of the Central Plains, this is an extremely precious item.

The north not only has less copper, especially less tin, and it is still the gold and tin of Wu and Yue as a beautiful material praised by the Central Plains, and the Jin State has a source of copper and tin after forming an alliance with the Wu State, and it is also a necessary condition for maintaining hegemony with the Chu State. Chu had the gold of the Ru Han Dynasty and was very strictly managed, while the copper and tin production areas of the Wu State were concentrated on both sides of the Great River, and the Taoqiu was the center of trade through the trade of the Xudi, the Song State and the northern princes.

Therefore, after Zhao Wuxian obtained Lingyi, he felt more and more that it was necessary for him to spread out the situation in Taoyi in advance, in addition to money and silk, the acquisition of some local rare resources was the top priority! Therefore, he imagined that if he could capture Yuncheng and Onoze, he would be able to connect with Taoyi by water. The efficiency of transportation will be multiplied several times.

He finally said: "In addition to the source of copper and tin, you should also develop more methods of iron smelting and forging, and I have heard that there are many mountains of iron in the country of Lu, which are easier to obtain than copper and tin." It was first used to make farm tools, and then gradually improved the technique. ”

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Next up on the patrol is the "Wood Tapping Worker", which is far away from the open flames. These include craftsmen who are responsible for the surveying and construction of the capital, as well as the ditch and water conservancy facilities and other civil constructions; a bow man who makes a bow body; Lu people who make weapons such as guns, spears, Ge, halberds, and the handles of agricultural tools; wheeled men who made the wheels and covers of horse-drawn carriages; The public opinion who made the carriage wheels and carriages.

The craftsman camp is one of the most valued types of work among the craftsmen, and this artisan area was re-expanded and built by them. In the future, fortify the city and build more ditches. Even the short-distance canals of He, Ji, and Pu, which Zhao Wuxian had faint ideas in his heart, needed their participation.

And the bow people were also inspected by Zhao Wuxian, and his request to them was that they should be proficient in the craft of making crossbows within the next year, and the refining of the bow body could not be pulled down.

"Nowadays, there are more crossbowmen and less archers in the soldiers, and the crossbow machine needs to be improved, and the archers can be selected among the people through the village archery salute."

As for the "Lu people" who make wooden handles of utensils, they also got a big order on this day.

"To make hundreds of wooden handles up to two feet long?" The people secretly said that it was really rare to see such a long wooden handle of a weapon.

"However, they are all used to place spears and a small number of Ge and halberds. By October, I'm going to equip all the spearmen in the army with two feet of chieftains! ”

The wheelers and public opinion people were also put forward new requirements, and Zhao Wuxian asked them to reduce the production of chariots and increase the number of chariots.

Because in the arms planned by Zhao Wuxian's heart, the charioteers are only auxiliary in the auxiliary, and after the spear phalanx, the crossbow three-stage shooting, and the light knight who is like a fluttering wind, the function of the horse chariot has become smaller and smaller.

As for the four-wheeled carriage, it could not be mass-produced until the road network of the two places was built. I can only put it for now, and wait for a year and a half.

Next, Zhao Wuxian went to the tapping workshop again, where there was a strong smell of saltpeter. including the abalone who tanned leather; the letter of the leather armor; There are three types of work for making leather drums.

Gong Yike showed the process of weaving a piece of leather armor to Wuxian: "There is nothing else in Pubei, but there are a lot of oxen, some of which are used to pull plows and ploughs, and some of which are used to make leather armor......"

At present, a jiajia can be worth about 70 stone of corn, which is the ration of a family for half a year, and the production cycle is very long. It takes time and effort, but fortunately, the source of materials is easier to obtain than copper and tin, and this can only be done before a large-scale expansion of troops.

Thanks to the blessing of two great victories and the looting of the treasury, now all the soldiers have armor, and some of them are still two to three layers of heavy armor, and the armor of the conscripts can only be brought by themselves, so the good and the bad are incomplete. The demand for cattle and horses is huge, so the grass beaches on the side of Yuncheng and Onozawa are coveted again.

Finally, there is the work of weaving and coloring, Lu Min this kind of high-end luxury can not be done for the time being, but Pubei mulberry hemp is also very rich, and it can become a weaving center in the future, at least to meet the clothing of local residents and soldiers.

When they inspected here, the majestic flags were being embroidered in the shape of various beasts and birds, and they would distribute them to the various pawns of the warriors to use as military flags!

Finally, there is a place where kilns are being built, which is a site for the "Bo no Gong", that is, the ceramics craftsmen.

Lu Tao is a native of Yuncheng, Lu Guo, he returned to his hometown with a third of the porcelain, not to mention how excited, when he saw people, he muttered that Dr. Zhao was trustworthy, and said that the craftsmen of Lu would return to their hometown within three years, and now they are really cashing. Now he is taking his children around the whole territory of Liangyi, looking for suitable clay.

After the establishment of a porcelain firing center in Xiaqiu, Zhao Wuxian was able to transport his special products to Taoyi, allowing Zigong to expand his business and trade with the princes of the world!

He also set a "three-year plan".

"Economically, within three years, Zhen and Liqiu should be able to plant one corn and one wheat, and harvest twice a year, so that everyone can be fed. At that time, the local specialties were resold to the princes, so that the fish and salt of the Qi country were filled with beans; The livestock of Beiyan and Xianyu enrich the stables; Song Lu's grains and silk hemp nourish the people; The leather equipment soldiers of Jindi; The copper and tin of Wu are fed into the smelting furnace! ”

The weather was getting colder, and in late September, when all the broad-leaved forests were withered and the plants and trees were gradually withering, Feng Rin, who was located in Qufu, Lucheng, also sent a letter to Zhao Wuxian, with a sentence from Yang Hu on it.

"On the first day of the tenth month of winter, I will worship the ancestors of Lu and pray for it!" (To be continued.) )

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