Chapter 37: The First Cave
In fact, in addition to the hot-blooded men who took the initiative to join the army, there are many people who have sent some fruits, vegetables, and livestock to thank Wu Ming for his kindness and love, of course, these things Wu Ming will also be subordinates to a certain extent, otherwise it is not a good thing to be too cold. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
In just three months, in the eight hundred miles east of the river, he almost became the emperor of the soil.
But with the increase in new recruits, there will be a lot of problems. The first is training and development, but these two are the first and the simplest problems. After all, these aspects have the previous complete set of systems, Wu Ming can't make much effort, of course, the new training intensity is the whole army's business, and it can't just be recorded on the head of the recruits.
The next bigger problem is the problem of weapons and armor, these two things have become a problem for the Wei State today, and it is a problem in terms of technology and manpower.
Technically, Wu Ming wanted to directly equip the army with iron weapons, but with the current technical level, iron tools can only be low-grade tempering, and they can be used as general agricultural tools, but if they are used as soldiers, short knives are not bad.
But there is a way that an inch is long and an inch is strong, in this era of Changge, the guy in your hand is short, and naturally it can't be compared with the length of others. So after thinking about it again and again, as early as three months ago, Wu Ming recruited craftsmen throughout the Wei State and made copper weapons in the original treasury.
As for the technical aspects of ironware, Wu Ming planned to study it together with Wang Zhong, the one-armed man at the time, but of course Wu Ming only provided some information, and the hands-on work was still completed by Wang Zhong and other craftsmen who knew iron. The location is located in the Goho Mountain, which I asked about earlier.
Now what makes Wu Ming pay the most attention is this Wufeng Mountain.
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Towards the end of the afternoon, a black spot in the eastern snow came towards the camp very quickly, from far to near, and the black spot gradually turned into a soldier riding a fast horse.
The horses galloped, and in a few moments the man and the horse had already arrived in front of the barracks. Turning over and dismounting, he trotted all the way to Wu Ming's main camp.
At this moment, Wu Ming was still scribbling something on the map, and when he came behind Wu Ming, the soldier bent down and bowed his hand, a neat and standard military salute, "General, there has been new progress in the fortifications of Wufeng Mountain, the first cave has been fully formed, and the general is invited to go and inspect it." ”
Is this the result? From the moment he heard the voice, Wu Ming's hand immediately stopped, just now he was still talking about the fortifications of Wufeng Mountain, and it didn't take long for someone to say that there was a result.
Roughly cleaning up the mess on the table that was made by himself, Wu Ming turned around, directly put on the armor outside, and said eagerly: "Let's go, go with Ben to have a look." ”
One turned around and raised the curtain door of the tent, strode to his war horse, and the moment he turned over and got on the horse, the red big curtain behind him fluttered with the wind, indescribable majesty.
"Drive." Riding his horse and raising his whip, he only heard him roar, and the horses under him were like having a heart and increased their speed to the extreme in the shortest time.
The Hedong military camp is also nearly 500 miles away from Wufeng Mountain, and if there is a high-quality horse, it will definitely be able to reach Wufeng Mountain in less than half a day.
However, the current Wei State is located in the Central Plains, and all the war horses are not as good as the war horses of the Hu people, and the speed is about 800 miles a day, so by the time Wu Ming came to the foot of Wufeng Mountain, the sky was already dark.
The sky is densely covered with stars, the moonlight that is still round barely shines on the world, and under the solemn density of snowflakes, the five peaks of Wufeng Mountain are like a fierce beast huddled here.
At this temperature, at this time, in such a place where no one has set foot in it, if you come alone, you will inevitably feel a sense of panic.
There were soldiers waiting for Wu Ming's arrival at the intersection, because it was in the mountains, and the roads into it had only recently been excavated, so it was not convenient for horses to enter.
Turning over and dismounting, Wu Ming handed the reins to the soldiers beside him, and walked to the quiet path with the light of the torches that came to meet him with the light of the torches.
The five peaks here almost form a circle around the terrain, and after entering from the junction of the two peaks, standing in the middle of the open area and surrounded by towering peaks on all sides, it is a serious problem to find out if you don't have an acquaintance to guide you.
It was in such a mountain that Wu Ming began the construction of his logistics base, and in his words, this place would be called Shangfang in the future.
Of course, Shang Fang's mission is not to directly produce copper weapons, but to secretly develop iron weapons. The reason why it was built in this deep mountain was to hide people's eyes and ears from the other six countries.
From now on, if he is engaged in the casting of iron tools with great fanfare, if it is transmitted to other surrounding vassal states, Wu Ming does not dare to guarantee that these things can be carried out well.
In extraordinary times, the means used are naturally different, and at this time, the Wei State actually has no capital that can be used, but the more this happens, the more Wu Ming has to show his fangs, and at the same time put away the weakness of things like Shang Fang.
Five peaks, Wu Ming's plan is naturally to hollow out these five mountains, and then form a unified production line, just like the industry of later generations, so as to improve production efficiency at the same time, but also to maximize the guarantee of the qualified rate of the weapons manufactured.
The soldier's so-called first cave was nothing more than a small cave dug at the junction of two mountain peaks, in order to place an iron-making furnace here, so that Wang Zhong could start his research as soon as possible, and at the same time, other underground city projects would be further developed.
Walking along the fairly wide cave, the first thing Wu Ming saw was Wang Zhong squatting on the ground and constantly measuring the size and position.
"Subordinate, I've seen the general." Wang Zhong, who heard the voice, thought that he was a soldier who was doing sundries, but when he turned around, he saw Wu Ming, and immediately got up in a hurry and gave his hand.
"Well, no need to be polite, you've worked hard these days." Wu Ming nodded slightly at Wang Zhong and said slowly.
After the words fell, he looked at the relatively smooth stone wall, Wu Ming's mouth instantly cracked a crack, this era can do this step, it is definitely a top project: "Tsk, this hole is really good." ”
While admiring, he kept changing directions to observe, and in the next second, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, and at the moment of his eyebrows, he raised his head, raised his head and pointed to the side of the mountain wall and said: "These things can't be separated from fire, to be hot, ventilation is the primary condition, do you think this chimney is smaller?" ”
"Oh, it's like this," staring at Wu Ming, Wang Zhong showed a loyal smile, "I'm used to it when I was in Linjin Pass, it's already windy in the mountains, so it's okay to count." ”