I remember that His Majesty the Emperor let himself choose one of the two positions of Ganzhou Craftsman Battalion Supervisor and Qi Yun Supervisor, and the Jinzhou Craftsman Battalion Supervisor in front of him, who led a bunch of craftsmen to greet him and Luo Yutian, made Yan Liqiang couldn't help but look at it a few more times.

The most strange thing is that this person is not wearing any official uniform at all, or even clothes, but only hangs a leather apron around his neck that a blacksmith will wear when he strikes iron.

If such a person is thrown among a pile of blacksmiths, who dares to say that he is the superintendent of the Jinju Craftsman Battalion? In such a dress, even when he runs out on the street, he may think that he is asking for food.

After introducing himself, the Jinzhou Craftsman Battalion Supervisor Ou Tiexin stared at Yan Liqiang, his eyes were shining, and his expression was focused and curious.

The words "Heavenly Craftsman" of the Han Empire are a shock to any craftsman of the Han Empire, and the four words of Heavenly Craftsman represent the supreme authority and status in this circle, and are the pinnacle of craftsmen.

Seeing Yan Liqiang staring at that Ou Tiexin more, Luo Yutian explained with a smile next to him, "Liqiang, don't be surprised, this Tiexin is usually dressed like this, I came here for the day, and the same is true for Qin Cha, but this is not deliberately neglectful!"

Yan Liqiang laughed, "I understand, people who are too focused on their favorite fields generally don't care too much about wearing these details, and they don't care about the opinions of others, I look at Lord Ou today, I know that Lord Ou must have unique attainments in smelting iron and making iron, the so-called industry is diligent is like Lord Ou!"

Hearing Yan Liqiang's words, that Ou Tiexin's gaze moved.

"Hahaha, Liqiang, you really guessed right, Tie Xin's attainments in smelting iron and making iron are really good, these days, there are still some interesting things in this craftsman city, I'll take you to see it!"

"Hahaha, I can't ask for it!"

"Iron Heart, lead the way!"

"Two adults, please come with me!" That Ou Tiexin finally took his gaze back from Yan Liqiang, then turned around and walked to the craftsman city with Yan Liqiang, Luo Yutian and a group of two attendants.

In the Han Empire, the most important reason why the Jinju Craftsman Battalion is second to none is its size!

Like the Huanglong County Craftsman Battalion that Yan Liqiang started before, the craftsman battalion has only a few hundred people, which belongs to the jurisdiction of the Pingxi County Governor's Office, strictly speaking, it is already a county-level craftsman battalion, and the number of people is not small in the same level of the craftsman battalion, and there are many craftsmen and craftsmen in the Han Empire who have more craftsmen than Huanglong County, generally thousands, tens of thousands, even if it is a state-level artisan battalion directly under the Overseer's Office, the number of people is generally a few thousand or tens of thousands, but how many people are there in this Jinzhou artisan battalion? There are more than 300,000 people, and the entire empire cannot find a larger and more powerful artisan battalion than this artisan battalion, and the scale of this artisan battalion is really the first in the world.

In the Jinju Craftsman Battalion, as long as it is something that can be used in the army, from the nails used to nail the horse's shoes, to the soldiers' shoes, belts and armor, from ordinary swords, to heavy equipment used in siege, crossbows and other ballistas, all the Jinju Craftsmen Battalion can be produced, and almost more than 90% of the military supplies of the entire Jinju army come from the Jinju Craftsman Battalion.

What other artisan battalion either carves out a piece of land to make a camp, or it is also in the city, but this artisan battalion in Jinju, because the scale is too large, slowly becomes a city, the craftsmen of the artisan battalion live and work in this city, the whole city is self-contained, called the craftsman city, on weekdays, this craftsman city is just like a military camp, not open to people outside, if it is not led by someone, ordinary people, can not enter this place. This is also the reason why Yan Liqiang saw so many towering chimneys in the city outside the city, because the city itself is a super factory.

As soon as the group entered the city, Yan Liqiang saw a worker-like person driving two oxen and pulling a string of ox carts in front of him.

After walking a few more steps, Yan Liqiang looked at an open leather goods workshop on the side of the road, a modified steam engine was clicking, driving two iron rollers, and then pressing on pieces of freshly processed leather, and there was a craftsman in his thirties with an oily face next to him, shouting, " Try it first, try it first, I don't know how long this machine can last, this speed is too high, you have to slow it down, slow it down, and it's best to set up a handguard where you put it into the leather, so as not to accidentally put your hand in that hand and it will be wasted......"

In such an era, in the Han Empire, suddenly walking into a city with a little industrial atmosphere feels really magical to Yan Liqiang, but this magical feeling is actually very wonderful for Yan Liqiang, because among all people, Yan Liqiang knows best the great power that industry and efficient production can bring.

Walking through the streets of the Craftsman City, there was hardly anyone to see except the various craftsmen working and the occasional patrolling sergeant, and on both sides of the street were either all kinds of workshops or all kinds of warehouses, or the sergeants' camps, between which there were all kinds of ox carts and horse-drawn carts constantly coming and going, transporting all kinds of things.

Just walked in this craftsman camp for a while, Yan Liqiang saw more than one steam engine, from the style of those steam engines, Yan Liqiang could see at a glance that these steam engines were all imitations, and the target of their imitation was the steam engine produced by the manufacturing bureau under his command, and the steam engine produced by the Northwest Manufacturing Bureau had some unique structures, so Yan Liqiang could see it at a glance.

"Master Ou, does this craftsman city also produce water and fire machines?" Yan Liqiang asked.

"Well, the water and fire machine produced here is also an imitation of the water and fire machine produced by the manufacturing bureau under the command of the adult!" That Ou Tiexin admitted frankly, he was not embarrassed at all, and his eyes were still shining, "I wonder if the adult wants to go and see our workshop that produces water and fire machines?"