In order to prevent rebellion, private blacksmiths were not allowed to produce weapons.

Once it is found that he has forged weapons without permission, it is definitely a felony to destroy the family.

Therefore, the weapons in the army can only rely on the iron workshops of the official camp.

In Yingtian City, only the ironmaking workshop of the Ministry of Industry is qualified to make weapons.

These weapons are going to arm the entire defenders of Yingtian City!

From the five military camps of the Gongwei Jingshi to the Jinyi Guard, all their swords will be made by the ironmaking workshop of the Ministry of Industry.

Although this is a non-war period, the amount of weapons worn out in each battalion every month is a considerable figure.

Therefore, the Ministry of Industry now builds 60 swords every month, which is just a bottom line.

If the Ministry of Industry produces fewer swords than this number every month, then the defenders in the Heavenly City will not have enough weapons!

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see where Hu Changan, this kid, is going to conjure up so many knives after cutting the working hours.

However, Hu Changan only smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, you are too worried. Even if you only work for half a day, the sword created by the Ministry of Engineering is only a lot more! ”

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked.

Could it be that Hu Changan has another amazing move!

You know, if you reduce the number of man-hours by half on the premise of ensuring the quantity, it means that the efficiency of the workshop is at least doubled compared to before!

It's doubled!

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't think about it.

If the efficiency of the Ministry of Industry is doubled, then why should the Ming Dynasty worry about the lack of sharpness?

Those light cavalry, I'm afraid they can be directly armed into heavy cavalry.

This will definitely be a huge improvement in the strength of the Ming army!

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang's shameful heart moved.

But Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't believe it.

This iron-making method has not been greatly improved for hundreds of years, why did Hu Changan take off as soon as he came to the Ministry of Industry?

This Hu Chang'an, how can it be so magical?

"Set up the iron-making workshop, I want to see it for myself."

"Yes."

Along the path, Zhu Yuanzhang and his entourage came to the ironmaking workshop of the Ministry of Industry.

In the ironmaking workshop, craftsmen are hard at work.

Everyone was sweating profusely, and they were extremely devoted to their work, and they didn't even notice Zhu Yuanzhang and his party.

The eunuch who followed Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to call out loudly, but was stopped by a look from Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang came to Weifu for a private visit, not to inspect with great fanfare.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know much about iron-making, he also knew that the strange-shaped blast furnace in front of him should be Hu Changan's improved masterpiece.

Zhu Yuanzhang paused.

I don't know what kind of surprise this Hu Changan will bring him.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched the strange blast furnace for a while, and then made a detour to the front, wanting to see the work of the craftsmen.

However, he was completely stunned by this look.

I saw that in the blast furnace, it was like a stream, and the molten iron was flowing out continuously.

And the group of craftsmen were quickly picking up the hot molten iron in a container and putting it aside to make swords.

There are more than a dozen swords being built right now.

At this rate, let alone sixty knives a month, I'm afraid that sixty knives can be built in two and a half days!

Zhu Yuanzhang was completely shocked.

In his vision, Hu Changan can increase the efficiency of ironmaking by two or three times, which is already against the sky.

Who would have thought that Hu Changan would give him a huge surprise in a muffled voice.

This is an increase in efficiency by two or three times, which is clearly an increase in efficiency by dozens of times!

If you do it well, Daming's national strength can be greatly improved, to say the least!

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but freeze in place, breathing rapidly.

Even Zhu Biao was completely stunned.

He believed in Hu Changan, but he never expected Hu Changan to give him such a big surprise.

This efficiency is definitely a cross-era progress!

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao were stunned in place for a long time before they came back to their senses.

When they came back to their senses, they were grateful to Hu Changan.

Hu Chang'an, he is really a national soldier!

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't think of worrying about working hours to Hu Changan.

Hu Changan can improve the iron-making technology like this, so he must be quite accomplished in cultivating talents.

I don't know what Hu Changan said about creating new disciplines, it is really possible!

Zhu Yuanzhang's face flushed with joy: "Hu Aiqing, you are really talented!" Do you want to promote your two new disciplines? ”

"I see that there are still too few people in the Ministry of Works, why don't you teach the craftsmen in the city directly?"

"I have allowed all the craftsmen in the city not to work every afternoon, but to go to your place to attend classes!"

Zhu Yuanzhang is not silent, and he is a big deal as soon as he makes a move.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts, since Hu Changan has proved that his theory is useful, it shows that Hu Changan's words are also correct.

If after learning the theory, everyone can become a generation of grandmasters like Hu Changan, then why not let more people learn it.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, there are still too few people in the Ministry of Industry.

If you want to do something, it's better to do big things.

Wouldn't it be better for all the craftsmen in the city to come and learn?

However, Hu Changan politely rejected Zhu Yuanzhang's proposal: "Your Majesty, there are too many people teaching at one time, and I am afraid that it will affect the effect." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned at first, and then reacted.

Just now he was too excited and lost his temper.

The craftsmen of the whole heavenly city, to say the least, there must be one or two thousand.

These 20,000 people all came to listen to Hu Changan's class, not to mention whether the classroom can sit down or not, I'm afraid that the people in the last row can't see Hu Changan's people, but can only see the back of the head in front of him.

Zhu Yuanzhang also laughed: "I'm sorry, Hu Aiqing, I was too excited just now, I made a mistake, I made a mistake." ”

However, Hu Changan affirmed part of Zhu Yuanzhang's idea: "Your Majesty, what you said should let more people learn, I think it's good." ”

"After all, one person's power is limited, and he may not be able to come up with the right way to improve."

"But as the saying goes, three stinkers are the best of the best."

"If one person can't think of it, then one out of a hundred people can think of it."

"As long as this person's idea is promoted, won't it improve everyone's overall efficiency?"

"I think that if this is not the case, Your Majesty, you can set up a special academy, not to teach the Four Books and Five Classics, but to recruit craftsmen from all over the world to spread my new discipline."

"In this way, the labor efficiency of all walks of life in my Ming Dynasty can definitely be improved a lot!"

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang also agreed with Hu Changan's idea: "Pass it on, let the Ministry of Rites run a school, and specialize in teaching Hu Changan's new disciplines!" ”

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to see the efficiency of all the craftsmen in Daming to a higher level in his lifetime!