Zhao Yingying was drinking tea, waiting patiently, and it didn't take long for Duan Xin to come with the roster.

Zhao Yingfu took the list and information and quickly read it. These people are quite satisfied with their situation, and they basically have strong abilities in one aspect.

"Yes, they're quite capable. In this way, Aiqing will go, the captains of each team will call, and the prince will have some arrangements. Duan Xin swooped out again when he heard this.

"Ministers, see His Royal Highness the Prince!" Duan Xin took a few captains to salute Zhao Ying.

"You don't have to be polite, come and see, this prince has a few plans, wait and see, and if you have any questions, put them forward." Zhao Yingli respectively handed over the glass making process, the improved repeater production process, the steel forging related process, and the production process of large weapons such as bed crossbows to the crowd to watch.

The captain of the porcelain group first asked a question: "Your Highness, this glass-making process you showed Wechen has never heard of. However, according to His Highness's description, it seems to be similar to Liuli. But the glass has a color, but the glass that His Highness said is transparent. Wechen needs to ponder with his colleagues. ”

What Aiqing said is very true, in fact, this glass is improved on the existing glass production process. The main improvements are as follows: first, the furnace structure is improved to increase the temperature; the second is to improve the formula of raw materials and increase the method of impurities to make it transparent; The third is to improve the method of glass molding, so that it presents the desired shape and smooth surface. Aiqing took it back and pondered with her colleagues, if there was any problem, even if she came to Prince Ben, she would submit a report to Duan Aiqing if she needed funds. The same goes for the rest of your group, and this prince would like to warn you that these techniques must not be passed on to the outside world, including your family, without the written permission of this prince, otherwise you will be severely punished. ”

In order to keep it more secretive, Zhao Yingfu planned to send the forbidden army to guard the general as a prisoner.

"There is also a confidentiality regulation here, please keep it in mind, otherwise don't blame the prince for being unpredictable. In addition, there will be guards by the forbidden army in the future, so don't panic, this prince is just for your safety and confidentiality. As long as you act in accordance with the rules of confidentiality, there is no problem. Zhao Yingfu took out the confidentiality regulations for everyone to see, and posted them in a conspicuous place in the workshop to remind everyone at all times.

"Next, the focus of the work is on weapons development. The prince decided to mainly improve the god arm crossbow, repeating crossbow, bed crossbow, catapult, etc., and all of you have relevant improvement methods in your hands, and after you go back, you must thoroughly understand the technology and establish a standard template. The size we are using now is too confusing, in order to facilitate the unification of the size in the future, His Royal Highness has standardized the size, which is the new size rule, and everyone should get used to using these in the future. His Royal Highness made a ruler himself, and he has been able to use this size as a standard in the future. Do you remember that? Zhao Benefit habitually borrowed the length unit of the later generations.

"The ministers will remember His Highness's teachings, and they will not dare to forget them." The crowd replied respectfully.

"Duan Aiqing, there is another matter that needs to trouble you." Zhao Yingfu said to Duan Xin: "After they have thoroughly figured out the manufacturing process of these weapons, they will split the entire manufacturing process into several parts and process them separately. It's also about confidentiality and at the same time increasing efficiency. Aiqing, from now on, we will start to gather a large number of carpenters and blacksmiths for training, let them be divided into several groups, teach part of the production process, and finally have a supervisor in charge of assembly. In order to grasp the quality, each part must be numbered, record the situation of the producer, if there is a problem, who is responsible for the problem, and the rewards and punishments are clear. ”

"It's not very difficult to improve these weapons, I believe you won't disappoint Prince Ben!" Zhao Yingfu asked everyone.

"The ministers will study carefully, please rest assured, Your Highness."

In fact, these weapons existed in the Song Dynasty, but because of technological problems, their power was insufficient or complicated to make, and they were not taken seriously. In later generations, there were people who specialized in researching and restoring ancient weapons and gave improvement plans, and Zhao Yingyi plagiarized them.

During the Northern Song Dynasty, the level of iron smelting in the Song Dynasty was relatively high, and it had a great advantage over the barbarians in melee weapons. The main problem was that they could not fight positional battles with others, and the cavalry impact was too strong, and they would collapse as soon as they rushed.

Zhao's idea was to improve the range and penetration of the bow and crossbow by improving the arms. Then according to the principle of dynamics, the shape of the arrow is improved, so that it can be shot out and advance in a spiral, which can further increase the range and strength, and the Warring States Mojia can be said to have used this principle earlier.

For the crossbow, the main direction is adjusted to the multi-burst direction, and the continuous output firepower is increased as much as possible. At the same time, according to the principle of mechanics, a simple aiming device is installed to shorten the training cycle of soldiers. The ancients did not know the principles of mechanics, and they wanted to improve their shooting accuracy by relying on a lot of practice to find a set of shooting methods that suited them. Looking at the ability of those international archery champions in later generations, you can see how difficult it is to train a group of qualified archers, so shortening the soldier training cycle is a matter of great concern to all generals.

The improvements to the large bed crossbow are basically the same, mainly changing the material and structure of the crossbow arm, and setting up a three-bow bed crossbow to increase the power. On the basis of the original bed crossbow, the shape of the crossbow arrow has been adjusted, and the spiral arrow and stable tail have been added, increasing the power and accuracy. The power can be changed for different combat missions, such as using large single arrows for sieges, and multiple thin arrows at a time for large enemies. Sighting devices were also added to improve shooting accuracy.

As a representative of large weapons, the catapult used to be used to throw stones by pulling the arm of the soldier, and the biggest disadvantage of this method is that the combat effectiveness is not durable, and a lot of manpower is consumed, and the soldiers needed to carry the large catapult are hundreds, and the pulling force is unstable, and the shooting accuracy is low. According to the relevant knowledge of later generations, Zhao Huifu adjusted its structure, and at the same time used fixed weights to replace manual pulling to improve shooting accuracy. The catapult was not very useful in field warfare, but Zhao decided to modify it anyway, mainly to prepare for the later application of gunpowder. Due to the restrictions of the iron-smelting industry, it is believed that in the future, artillery will not be able to think about it, but it is still possible to use catapults to deliver explosives.

After a series of improvements, the power and range of all ranged weapons have increased dramatically, almost by half. At the same time, the following auxiliary components are added, which further improves the combat effectiveness.

After Zhao Yingying's explanation, the officials who were the prisoners basically understood the entire production process, and the rest was to find materials and try to do it.

Zhao Ying looked at the remaining officials and said: "Now, the ceramic group and the weapon group have tasks, and the rest of you are not easy, the agency group must vigorously assist the other groups to carry out their work, and at the same time, they can apply for funds to test the projects they are interested in." The next point that Prince Ben wants to talk about is the iron-smelting group, your task is the heaviest and most important. The quality of iron determines and limits the progress of many projects, you must hurry up and ponder the books that the prince has given you, and the prince will always watch you. ”

"Your Highness, rest assured, the ministers will not dare to slack off for a moment." The officials of the iron-smelting group hurriedly responded.

"Alright, all of you go down and prepare, and come up with results as soon as possible. Duan Aiqing, wait a minute, this prince still has some things to explain to you. Zhao Ying stopped Duan Xin, who was about to leave.

"What else does Your Highness command?" Duan Xin turned around and asked.

"When the prince saw your information, he said that he had studied gunpowder, right?" Zhao Yingfu asked.

"Your Highness smiled, when Weichen was young, he didn't do his job, and he did study fireworks." Duan Xin replied slightly embarrassed.

"That's great, don't underestimate gunpowder, it'll be of great use later. The prince hoped that Aiqing would take some people to form a group specializing in gunpowder to further improve the power of gunpowder and increase the methods of use. There is some relevant information here, take it and read it, refer to it. Zhao Yingfu handed Duan Xin a book on how to make gunpowder and how to use it.

"We just need to study these gunpowder as soon as possible, and our top priority is to produce weapons, after all, we can't let the new army train empty-handed." Zhao Fuying thought about it and said.

"Wei Chen just took a look at His Highness's improvement measures for these bows and crossbows, fortunately, the materials of the crossbow arms and bowstrings have not changed much, and there are still a lot of materials that have been processed now, otherwise it will be troublesome, and it will take nearly two years to process these materials!"

"Eh, this prince really hasn't noticed, this time it's a fluke, you can't learn from this prince, you have to be prepared for everything." In order to hide his embarrassment, Zhao Yingfu preached seriously.

"Wechen remember the teachings!"

"In this way, you find a few skilled blacksmiths, carpenters, and people who are proficient in organs, and this prince arranges for them to go to Hougang in the north of the city to set up a weapons workshop, and the people and workers you recruit will be sent to the workshop after training."

"Yes!"

After a while, Duan Xin brought more than 10 people.

Zhao Yingfu was about to lead these people away, only to remember that the prison had not yet arranged a leader. So he said to Duan Xin: "In addition, Prince Ben still has to keep an eye on the construction of the Royal Academy and the new army, and he doesn't have so much energy to manage the general as a prisoner, so I will ask Aiqing here in the future to take care of the general as a prison for Prince Ben, and come directly to Prince Ben if you have any questions." ”

"Your Highness, you have a lot of opportunities, I'll leave it to Weichen here, and I will take care of it for you." Duan Xin arched his hand.

Zhao Ying patted his hand and said, "Aiqing is hard, this prince will not treat you badly." If you have a junior with acceptable qualifications, you can recommend it to Prince Ben, understand? ”

"Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, Weichen is grateful, please rest assured." Duan Xin's body trembled with excitement, after all, the Chinese have the feelings of their wives and sons.

Subsequently, Zhao Yingying took the more than ten people and rushed to the back post in the north of the city non-stop. The reason why this was chosen as a weapons workshop is that it is relatively remote and convenient for confidentiality; The second is that the river is turbulent, and water can be used as a power source, and water is the best to use in ancient times when there were no electric motors.

Zhao Yingyi found the leader of this group of people, his name is easy to remember, his name is Shen Gongbao, and he is proficient in the art of organs. He handed over the drawings he had prepared in advance, such as the layout of the workshop and the structure of the building. And also shamelessly plagiarized part of the hydraulic transmission device of the water transport instrument invented by Su Song, at this time Su Song was still preparing to come out in the mother's womb, this is the sadness of encountering the crosser.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this prince is only responsible for the general direction, and the details are up to you." Zhao Ying commanded. "You first observe the terrain here, and after choosing a suitable place, you will start to build the workshop according to the drawings of the prince, and you will find the people yourself, and the prince will only be responsible for paying for it. In addition, pay attention to the confidentiality of the hydrodynamic mechanism and shall not disclose it. ”

"Ministers remember, Your Highness rest assured." Shen Gongbao took the lead in replying.

"Prince Ben believes that when you build a workshop, the weapons team should also understand the relevant technology. At that time, the weapon will be made into suitable parts, and you will be responsible for the preparation of the formwork for each part, and then you will be able to replace some of the manual labor with hydraulic devices and carry out mass production. This prince calls it assembly line operation, which will greatly improve production efficiency, and you must do it with your heart. If you do well, you will be responsible for this workshop in the future, and if you don't do well, you will think about the consequences. Zhao Yingfu played a little trick of grace and power to everyone.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, don't worry, we will do things well and live up to His Highness's trust." Everyone replied excitedly, everyone is not stupid, such a good opportunity is in front of them, if you don't seize it, how can you be worthy of your parents to give birth to yourself.