Because of the in-depth application of gears and roller skating, Daqin's current military ordnance technology is innovating rapidly.

But if you want to install it, it will take a long time.

Leave the Super Workshop.

Yingcheng passed through the west gate and came to the location of the National Academy.

The Chinese Academy of Studies is still in full swing under construction.

Densely packed with four or five hundred thousand people.

Although conscription was abolished.

But.

Slavery arose.

450,000 convicts were obediently built in the national academy.

Yingcheng did not have an in-depth understanding of the construction of the various palaces of the National Academy, but it was because the amount of work of the National Academy was too huge.

If you want to understand the construction of the entire Chinese Academy, you need to check for three days and three nights.

As long as it's not a big deal.

Everything else can be ignored.

Even so.

Yingcheng also inspected the National Academy for a day.

Leave the National Academy.

Yingcheng went to the southeast side of Xianyang Lake, near a foothill near Weishui.

There are twelve large military workshops in Daqin, all of which are in Guanzhong.

These twelve military workshops are responsible for the supply of weapons for millions of troops in Great Qin.

Its status is even far greater than that of the granary in Guanzhong.

Thousands of weapons are transported from military workshops every day.

The full name of the military workshop is the Ordnance Smelting Department of the Qin State, which is directly under the Taiwei Mansion, and no official within the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries has the right to inquire about the affairs of the Ordnance Smelting Division.

Even if Li Si and Feng Quji, if they want to enter the Ordnance Smelting Division, they also need to be approved by the First Emperor.

Not close yet.

Far away.

Yingcheng saw an extremely strange scene.

The first emperor unified the car on the same track!

In fact, it is unifying the standard of components in the vehicle manufacturing industry.

The size of wheels, rails, distances, frames, and axles is strictly specified in the same track.

Do it with this.

Modular production of vehicle parts, assembly of vehicles.

Arguably.

In Daqin, the wheels bought by any car and horse dealer can be installed on any vehicle.

If the vehicle breaks down, you can get into any car shop and make repairs.

The wagon wheels were broken.

Go to any car and horse dealer to buy a car wheel, and you can directly replace and install it after buying it, without looking for other car dealers who specialize in selling this kind of car wheel.

That's the point of the car on the same track.

In Daqin.

If the purchased wheels cannot be installed, they will be held accountable.

Yingcheng didn't think there was anything wrong with this.

Opposite.

The meaning of unification lies in these small details.

Until now, he still remembers that in his last life, in order to change the battery of a mobile phone, the mobile phone of the same brand, because of the different models, the batteries were all installed, and the machine was turned on, but it could not be charged.

Thanks to the developed transportation, I waited for two days to transfer the goods.

If it is not developed, it is estimated that it will not be able to get it in ten days and half a month.

Unification is for convenience.

It's just that.

Right now.

He saw a very strange situation.

Because of the emergence of coal, the first place to be applied is the smelting of military ordnance.

One percent of the coal mined in Pinyang entered the Seventh Ordnance Smelting Division.

Among them.

Pulling coal has become a top priority.

It's just that.

This coal cart looks a lot stranger.

Ordinary agricultural vehicles

The distance between the cars is six feet two.

The tracks are nine minutes wide.

The radius of the wheels is twelve inches.

The car is six feet four long and has a radius of six minutes.

The frame is divided into six, the wheel, the plate, the slider, the big brace, and the frame.

These can be assembled by means of mortise and tenon structures.

When I went north to pull coal for the first time, I used this kind of vehicle, and it was also the vehicle that pulled the most goods.

But now.

I don't know how.

A monster-like coal cart came into view.

Pulling nearly a ton of coal, he walked slowly on the road.

It can be called the ceiling of modified cars.

All six sections of the frame have been doubled in size.

Two horses were used.

Walk on the road.

It was three times wider than his bronze chariot, and comparable in height to his carriage.

But!

The distance, the rails, the wheels, etc., have not changed.

From his point of view, the danger was incomparable, and the whole truck was crumbling, and if it was a slight slope, it was not negotiable to make a plan to overturn.

It's equivalent to saying.

This carriage has a widened frame and increased capacity, but the chassis is too narrow and can easily roll over.

"It's going to be over the slope, crush!"

Yingcheng stopped to watch, and heard a coachman shouting.

Follow.

Yingcheng saw a strong and black man accompanying him, kicking on the side of the coal cart, and the whole person was attached to it.

Heavy edge pressing to prevent rollover!

"How did Shaofu do it, this can get on the road?"

Seeing this scene, Yingcheng frowned.

There is almost a thirty-degree slope ahead.

If according to the standard truck, the frame covers the wheels on both sides at most, and the center of gravity of the truck is in the middle, it is impossible to roll over.

But.

This modified car, in order to pull more coal, is to widen the sides and rear of the frame, and use the frame to raise the height, which leads to the fact that once the slope is passed, the center of gravity of the body will move downward.

And to avoid rolling over, to add weight on the side, the person stands on it.

This seems dangerous.

Once it rolls over, both the driver and the person who presses the car will have to get into trouble.

This modified car.

It is within the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.

How can such a vehicle be allowed to pull coal on the road!

Just as Yingcheng was frowning, he saw that the wheels on the side of the coal car on the slope had left the ground, and it looked like it was about to overturn.

'Oh, it's okay, keep going!' The man attached to the coal cart roared, grabbed the rope with both hands, and pressed the wheel back to the ground.

That's a danger that is visible to the naked eye.

The right wheel is like a swing, and it is pressed off the ground again, and it repeatedly jumps sideways on the edge of the rollover.

Finally.

In the midst of repeated dangers, the slope slowed down, and the coercion was safely passed.

Until this time.

The man jumped down, wiped his sweat with his black hands, and said, "Dad! ”

I couldn't see the front, but there was an old man's voice in front of me, saying, "Get in the car, it's almost there." ”

"Pull a cart today, pull a cart tomorrow, and marry your daughter-in-law next year."

"The lord of the earth, the god of heaven, take care of our miserable children, peace and security, the last thing, the last thing!"

Yingcheng listened to the old man singing folk songs from afar, and gradually drifted away.

In the end, he sighed lightly and said:

"Send an order to Shaofu, on the coal transportation route, all such slopes will be repaired to the level!"

This scene made him think too much.

Or rather.

This is the status quo of Daqin, and it is also the status quo of the people.

This situation has not changed for thousands of years.

He just lived too comfortably and forgot what poverty was like.

No further delays.

Yingcheng overtook the coal cart in front of him and rushed all the way towards the Ordnance Smelting Division.

Not far off, indeed.

Far away.

I saw a heavily guarded courtyard wall.

There are patrol guards patrolling the courtyard.

There is a strong bow and crossbow on the courtyard wall, ready to deal with external attacks.

From the outside.

Smoke billowed out of the clouds.

The sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide here have been seriously exceeded.

Wait until Yingcheng comes closer.

The door of the Seventh Ordnance Smelting Workshop had already run out quickly, and several people came to greet him.

"The chief eunuch of the seventh ordnance smelting workshop ordered the public to pay a visit to the prison country."

"The last general of the king will come to see the prison kingdom."

"Li Cong, the head of the Seventh Ordnance Smelting Workshop, visited the prison country."

The chief superintendent is responsible for the supervision of weapons manufacturing.

General Zhonglang, in charge of guarding.

The chief is responsible for all other things except the supervision of weapons.

These three people are responsible for all the big and small things in this ordnance smelting workshop, Yingcheng raised his hand and said, "No need to be polite!" ”

said.

Yingcheng went inside.

No one of them stopped.

The chief eunuch Ling Gongcong quickly stepped forward and asked, "I don't know what the prison country has ordered when he came this time." ”

Don't say Yingcheng.

Even the First Emperor has not come to the smelting workshop more than three times in the past few decades.

Now that this Yingcheng suddenly came to the smelting workshop, they couldn't help but be nervous.

"There are a few things!" Faced with such a straightforward question, Yingcheng did not get angry, but continued:

"The first thing, in the super workshop, there is an ordnance research institute, and the person in charge is a public enemy, but do you know?"

Hearing this, he was taken aback, and hurriedly explained: "Qi Yu Jian Guo, this person is my brother, but he was sent to Afang Palace with his toes for leaking military aircraft. ”

"The public loser will also be removed from the public loser, and this person has nothing to do with my public loser."

When Yingcheng came, he naturally knew about this relationship, and said: "This matter has long been a matter of Chen Zhi's rotten valley, and now I have entrusted me with a heavy responsibility." ”

"This!" Gong Yi was shocked and hesitated, and replied: "Qi Qi Jian Guo, the public lost revenge back then and made a big mistake, but fortunately, His Majesty did not blame it, so he did not implicate the public loser, and the public loser was already a dead person for the public loser. ”

"No matter how the public loses the revenge, it has nothing to do with my public loser!"

Gong's words made Yingcheng frown.

As far as he said, there is no lack of plans to bring the revenge of the public loser back to the public loser.

But it seems.

Even the younger brother of the public loser does not welcome the public loser to return to the public loser.

This made him want to make peace and had nowhere to start.

"How many years have you not seen your father-in-law?" Yingcheng asked.

"Thirteen years!" Gong Yu paused and replied.

"That's it!" Yingcheng thought for a moment and said, "This time, I need to send twelve ordnance builders from the ordnance workshop to the super workshop for appointment. ”

Gong Yicong frowned and asked, "I don't know what the use of the prison country wants this craftsman?" ”

Yingcheng said: "Ordnance research, the super workshop has made a slight breakthrough in ordnance. ”

Gong Yi nodded and said, "Xia Guan understands, this is ready!" ”

Yingcheng nodded, he could directly transfer people from the ordnance workshop to the ordnance research institute, and this time he came over to solve the matter easily, paused, and continued: "In addition, count all the weapons in the ordnance smelting workshop, and they will be sent to Longxi in the near future." ”

"In the future, the Seventh Ordnance Smelting Workshop will mainly provide ordnance to the Westward Dart Shop."

"Mainly build light clothing, armor, swords, bows and arrows!"

Gong Yu nodded and replied: "There is no problem with this, it's just that there are specific requirements for how many weapons need to be provided every month, and these weapons can have specific requirements." ”

Yingcheng paused and said, "The number of three thousand must have a special mark for identification." ”

Gong Yi nodded and replied: "There is no problem with the quantity, but this logo, how to make the logo?" ”

Yingcheng thought for a while and said: "According to the chronological order, it will be transported once a month, and the Taiwei Mansion will make its own arrangements for transportation." ”

The public loser immediately said: "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

said.

Yingcheng has entered the workshop.

Although this is only a workshop, its scale is comparable to that of a larger township.

It's full of artisans.

The entire smelting workshop is divided into a smelting site and a crafting site.

It can be said that it is the earliest assembly line.

This method was still thought up by Lü Buwei.

The molten copper obtained from smelting is poured into a mold, and then calcined and hammered to open the front, and the building is completed.

All the weapons created will be stored in the armory, and after checking that there is no problem, the Taiwei Mansion will take them away.

"The removal of impurities from smelting ore is not done here, usually smelting ore is completed by Shuzhong Zhuo's family, and most of the copper and iron blocks transported into the smelting workshop will directly melt copper and iron in the workshop."

"In this way, the creation of weapons will naturally speed up a lot."

Yingcheng nodded and checked the manifest again.

Indeed, all the copper and iron pieces come from Zhuo's.

And all the orders belong to the Taiwei Mansion.

The process is simple.

Raw materials were imported from Zhuo's family, and the Taiwei Mansion ordered weapons to be raised.

Meantime.

The Taiwei Mansion will also regularly send discarded weapons, which will be repaired or melted down by the smelting workshop to be rebuilt.

The Seventh Ordnance Smelting Workshop was mainly responsible for crafting bronze swords and arrowheads, and a small number involved bows and arrows.

Heavy crossbows and ballista carts are not in the scope of crafting.

"This is the roster of the smelting workshops, and there are 12,400 craftsmen and guards of all sizes."

"At the beginning of each month, the Zhisu Neishi Mansion will send grain, twice a month to deliver vegetables and three times to deliver meat."

"All those on the roster can return home once every three years, but they cannot divulge any information about the smelting workshop, and all personnel are recorded in and out."

"The craftsman's money will be settled once a year, and this matter used to be the responsibility of the Fengchang government, thirty percent to the craftsman, and seventy percent to the craftsman's home."

"Because of the emergence of coal, transporting coal is indeed a problem, and after weighing left and right, I found a trustworthy Qin person to transport coal."

Listening to the introduction of the director Li Cong, Yingcheng and the two sides quickly understood the operation mode of the ordnance smelting station.

Semi-closed management, mostly confidential, except for craftsmen, guards, here is basically isolated from the outside world.

"What the hell is going on with the public loser and the public loser?"

Gong Lose is never there, Yingcheng couldn't help but ask.

"This, the lower officials dare not say much." Li Cong paused, not wanting to make a fuss.

"But it doesn't hurt to say it, no one else will know." Yingcheng Road.

Li Cong paused and whispered: "The lower officials also know very little, but I heard that when the public lost the revenge drunk and leaked the secret, it was the public loser who took the initiative to report and escort the public defeat to His Majesty. ”

"If the public confesses to defeat, he was sent to Afang Palace."

"I see!" Yingcheng suddenly realized, didn't ask any further, and continued to ask: "It seems that in the entire smelting workshop, the people who are the losers account for the majority." ”

Li never nodded and said, "Basically all the clansmen are craftsmen, and they have always been responsible for the construction of ordnance. ”

"And nothing happened in the smelting workshop, Your Majesty handed over the armament to the public loser to be responsible."

"However, it's not all public losers, the imperial court will regularly send craftsmen from other workshops to come, basically, the craftsmen in the ordnance smelting workshop are the top craftsmen in my Qin country."

Ying Cheng listened and looked at it, and asked again with a frown: "The casualties are so large, an average of ten people are lost in a month?" ”

Li Cong nodded and said: "This can't be helped, there are explosions, sputtering, burns, all kinds of accidents, smelting and building, it is also extremely dangerous, especially sometimes the Taiwei Mansion urgently orders to build weapons, it is even more inevitable." ”