The first and most critical step is to refine ore from a low-furnace furnace and iron from coke in a blast furnace.

Once this step is perfected, the next thing will be much easier.

Because the new material invented by Yang Ming is easy to shape, resistant to high temperature, and as hard as iron, it is also the first choice for making mold tables.

The weapons of the Great Sui are not only a horizontal knife, but also a Mo knife, and those who assemble these two weapons are the guards and the elite.

Ordinary soldiers, mainly guns.

Take the Right Martial Guard, which Su Wei is taking over now, for example, because Yang Ming once served as the General of the Right Martial Guard for a short time, he is very clear about the ordnance reserves of the Wei Mansion.

The entire right guard is equipped with 13,500 guns, 3,000 cowhide shields, 4,500 crossbows, 12,500 bows, 300,000 arrows of various kinds, 5,000 horizontal knives, 2,500 Mo knives, 2,500 rods, 500 crested axes, and 200 golden gourd hammers.

Judging from this, you can see what the main battle weapon of the Great Sui army is.

It's a gun, no matter how you ride on foot, the main battle weapon is a gun.

Therefore, the first step for Yang Ming to transform is the gun of the Great Sui.

Guns, guns, lances, and spears, in the Great Sui, belong to a variety of names for a weapon, and they are all classified in the gun.

Above the eight zhang is the lance, and below the eight zhang is the spear, these two are the main combat weapons of the cavalry.

The second zhang is a gun, which is the main combat weapon of the infantry.

These three weapons, the difference between their quality is mainly in the barrel of the gun, and whether the head of the gun is filled with steel, but at present, the steel-filled weapons are basically popularized in the army, as for the barrel of the gun, the best barrel is Zhemu, which cannot be popularized, this thing is an expensive batch.

So what is the most common tree species in Hedong? Pine, cypress, acacia and willow, so Yang Ming planned to cut down a large number of these four types of trees to make gun barrels.

The durability and toughness of the gun barrel depends on two things, fish maw gum and tung oil, which can strengthen the toughness of the gun barrel and prevent it from oxidizing and cracking.

These two things are also ridiculously expensive.

However, there are alternatives, fish maw gum can be replaced with gelatin boiled from donkey skin, horse skin, cowhide, and pig skin, while tung oil can be replaced by wood wax oil made by the fusion of flaxseed oil, pine oil, and tallow wax.

Therefore, the refinery also needs to set up an oil boiling room and a glue taking room.

At present, the mold table of various ordnance has been built, the most complex of which is the armor, the armor is the breastplate, the back armor through various connectors connected to the formation, the process is very complicated.

At present, the shipment of refined molten iron is huge, and a huge number of accessories can be provided, so what is in short supply at the moment is actually the craftsmen who make nails.

There are no craftsmen, so they can only be trained, so the refinery also needs to build two new workshops to train new craftsmen.

Yang Ming has feelings for Hedong, and avoids the leakage of craftsmanship, so apprentices can only come from the Hedong area.

Your household registration is in Hedong, you can't run around, and those who can run around are not ordinary people.

Knowing that the prince's refining field was going to recruit workers, the major families sent people to Wenxi one after another, hoping to arrange the children of the family to come in.

That's what the concubine does, you can't inherit the family business, so learn more skills and make money for the family.

Like these people, Yang Ming really has to use it, after all, they can read and write, and their understanding of the world far exceeds that of ordinary people, but they can't use it to the fullest.

Therefore, the first batch of new apprentices was 2,000 people, half of whom came from the family and half from the commoners, and among the commoners, priority was given to those who had relatives who had died in battle, relatives who were seriously ill, and only children.

In just ten days, new apprentices from ten counties of Hedong County have entered Tangying Township, and the officials of Taifu Temple are responsible for training, after all, the current Hedong Refining Farm is already the largest refining field institution under Taifu Temple.

The road leading from Tangying Township to Wenxi County is also being widened, and with the influx of a large number of people, the original road is already congested.

With Taifu Siqing Yuanshou, the front and rear feet arrived in Wenxi County, as well as the convoy of the Dugu family.

As soon as Dugu Xin arrived in Wenxi, he found his cousin Dugu Huaien and asked the other party to leak a word to the prince first, but Dugu Huaien was very impatient and said:

"The prince has a lot of opportunities, how can he have this kung fu now?"

Dugu Xin was suddenly unhappy, is it my cousin, don't you help at all?

In fact, he could go directly to Yang Ming, but he was embarrassed, because he knew that the prince had been too busy recently, and he was busy with important state affairs, so he didn't dare to disturb others with the love of his children.

"Hehe, the shelf is so big, you know, your surname is Dugu, and those who don't know still think your surname is Yang?" Dugu Xin sneered.

Dugu Huaien was now holding the booklet that recorded the prince's words and deeds, studying it carefully, and was furious when he heard it:

"Your grandfather, you don't do business all day long, the prince is exhausted, worrying about work, and the official duties are so heavy, isn't it a shame for you to come to stir up trouble at this time?"

Dugu Xin didn't take his uncle seriously, after all, they were about the same age, and he retorted angrily when he heard this:

"I often hear that my uncle is stupid and stupid, and it is so."

Dugu Huaien was stunned for a moment, and said angrily: "It's not big, it's not small, get out." ”

"I won't get out," Dugu Xin said: "If you don't tell the prince about Feng'er's coming here, I won't leave, see what you can do to me, you dare to touch me today, the elders of the clan have their own opinions." ”

"You," Dugu Huaien slammed the pamphlet on the table, then regretted it again, carefully put it into his arms, and said, "If you don't go, I'll go." ”

After that, Dugu Huaien left in a huff.

Yang Ming is now in the refining field, observing the construction of the mold table of various weapons, and he will show Yun Dingxing the nine-color diagram of the gun in the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts" in the later generations.

After careful discussion and pondering with a group of craftsmen, Yun Dingxing drew a more delicate nine-gun diagram.

Seeing this picture, Yang Ming was a little embarrassed, what is his painting called, look at what others painted.

In other words, if you are engaged in technology, you must be proficient in drawing.

There are nine types of spear construction, each with its own purpose, these nine types of guns are single hook gun, double hook gun, ring gun, plain wood gun, crow gun, cone gun, shuttle gun, mallet gun, pen gun.

In fact, it can be roughly divided into three types of tips: sword-shaped, conical, and fusiform.

The sword-shaped spear head resembles a sword, which is long, narrow, and thin, which is the most common type.

The conical gun head, in the shape of a quadrangular shape, is almost like an armor-piercing hammer, and it is somewhat reluctant to call it a gun.

The fusiform tip is a dart-shaped tip, which is suitable for throwing, injuring and stabbing.

Among them, the single-hook gun and the double-hook gun have changed the basic actions of blocking, holding and piercing the gun in the past, and there are more slashing and hooking, which requires more use by the gunner.

Yang Ming is still very satisfied with the horizontal knife shape of the Great Sui, and feels that there is no need to change it, mainly because this thing is mostly used in close quarters, and it is difficult to exert its power on the battlefield, and it is mostly a saber.

So what should a knife be in the army? It is the obstacle knife and the Mo knife, which must be mass-produced.

If it is equipped with a 20,000-strong Mo Sword Team and a Barrier Sword Team, and it is also refined armor, can Goguryeo withstand it?

Yang Ming was in a high shed on the refining ground and said to everyone:

"The number of blast furnaces should be about thirty, Your Majesty has decreed that the material resources of Guanzhong Shanxi are all for my use, so the guarantee of materials is already safe, but I think that ten of them are temporarily used to build tools, and in the future, at least twenty, should be applied to this, improve the people's strength, and it is the law to consolidate the foundation."

Yun Dingxing nodded and said: "What the prince said is extreme, not to mention anything else, the iron pickaxe made of refined steel is first convenient for stone drilling and mining, and its role is extraordinary. ”

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Is there a way to make a shield out of refined steel?" ”

Yun Dingxing smiled happily: "I have been exploring, the shield is a thing, the first weight is tough, the second weight is lightweight, not to mention the toughness, refined steel can be described as indestructible, as for lightness, more than twenty catties is the burden of the soldiers, the ministers are discussing, with refined iron as the bone, wrapped in cowhide, and the weight can be reduced by less than twenty catties, it can be mass-produced, so that it is not afraid of the armor-breaking axe and hammer cone." ”

"Very good," Yang Ming nodded, and suddenly frowned and looked into the distance, only to see Dugu Huaien walking towards him in a hurry, his expression was angry, and he should still be angry.

Before Dugu Huaien approached, Yang Ming said, "Put away your stinky face for me." ”

Dugu Huaien was stunned when he heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched, revealing a very reluctant smile that was more ugly than crying.

It's kind of funny.

Yang Ming waved his hand, signaling Yun Dingxing and the others to get busy, and then walked forward and said:

"What's going on?"

Dugu Huaien put away his smirk and leaned closer and said, "My cousin's son is here, and he brought his daughter." ”

Yang Ming was stunned for a moment and stopped: "Feng'er? ”

"Well," Dugu Huaien said: "By the way, he was kidnapped, although Dugu Xin's kid is thick-skinned, he is not embarrassed to disturb you this time, so I expect me to probe him first." ”

"Where's the person?" Yang Ming asked.

Dugu Huaien pouted and said: "In my camp, I have seen people, and now they are still tied, such a ruthless father is on the stall, Feng'er is also unlucky enough, his hands and feet are worn out, pitiful." ”

Dugu Huaien is not happy to see Dugu and their family, but he only has a good impression of Dugu Feng'er, why? Because the two of them have one thing in common, they were both raised by Dugu Jialuo.

Although Dugu Huaien rejected Dugu Salary, he still helped, and he still helped to say good things, although he satirized Dugu Salary with thick skin and Dugu Gang with a ruthless heart, but it was harmless.

It's all my own people, doesn't that Wang Ba boy still say I'm stupid and stupid? I get angry when I think about it.

So Dugu Huaien said again: "Dugu Xian, this kid, should be punished appropriately." ”

Yang Ming smiled, walked in the direction of Dugu Huaien's camp, and said:

"You are his elder, you can punish yourself."

"This kid doesn't take me seriously," Dugu Huaien complained:

"When you first met me, you called me uncle, but after I refused, you called me by my name? I'm small-boned, but I'm high-minded, so what did my cousin teach? I don't know what the etiquette is. ”

Your family is like that, this one doesn't accept that, that one looks down on this, hasn't your family always looked down on other people's bosses?

Dugu Su has endured you for so long, enough is enough.

Yang Ming raised his hand to interrupt him and continued to nag: "I'll see you by myself, what should you do." ”

"I'm fine right now, I'll go with you," Dugu Huaien didn't have any eyesight.

When I see my woman, what are you doing with it?

Yang Ming said helplessly: "Get out of the way, don't be an eyesore in front of me." ”

Dugu Huaien muttered and complained again, patted his ass and left.

(End of chapter)