Looking at the beads of sweat on the craftsman's face, Zhuge Liang asked people to hand over the towel, and waited for the latter to ease down for a while before asking.

"What is the significant progress of the project?"

The craftsman slowed down and said hurriedly: "It's the alloy, it's the alloy that has made new progress!" ”

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang was also unable to calm down, and said with an excited expression: "Quick, take me to see!" ”

The craftsman nodded and led the way.

The crowd bypassed the artillery factory and hurried to the alloy factory.

Without waiting for Zhuge Liang to walk into it, he saw a group of people gathered together, which was extremely lively.

The craftsman shouted loudly that the military advisor was coming.

When they heard this, they got out of the way.

Zhuge Liang and his entourage walked unimpeded to the workbench.

A craftsman then picked up an alloy on the table and handed it to Zhuge Liang.

"Master Strategist, this is the latest alloy smelted, which is high enough to withstand high temperatures and hard enough!"

"There are quite few impurities in it, enough to use!"

Zhuge Liang did what everyone said and experimented.

It was found that the quality of this alloy did meet the requirements of the documents given by Su Mo.

He immediately ordered someone to pack up the alloy and hurried to the general's mansion.

At this time, Su Mo was studying calligraphy in the study, and suddenly heard someone shouting urgently.

After a little attention, the person who shouted turned out to be the military advisor who has always been extremely calm, Zhuge Liang.

In his impression, Zhuge Liang has always been extremely calm.

Even if Mount Tai collapses in the face, the color will not change.

Now such an anxious posture is really rare, and under doubt, he immediately ordered someone to welcome Zhuge Liang into the study.

The latter rushed in quickly under the guidance of the butler, ignoring the wind and snow on his body, and took out a piece of alloy with an excited expression.

"Shogun, please see"

"This is the alloy you let us smelt!"

Seeing the alloy in front of him, Su Mo was also quite surprised.

He originally thought that it would take at least three months for the factory to be studied.

After all, the various technologies and concepts involved in this alloy smelting are quite complex.

It will also take time for the frontier artisans to come to terms with these new terms and settings.

No matter how bad it is, even learning needs a period of relaxation, and it can't be so fast.

Confused, he picked up the alloy from the table and probed it with internal force.

After repeated tests, he couldn't help but be happy.

At least the hardness and durability have been tested and should be ready for use.

As for the subsequent impurity removal, just take your time.

He looked at Zhuge Liang with the alloy.

"Who made this?"

Zhuge Liang paused and said. ，

"It was smelted by a craftsman named Lin Shan!"

Su Mo nodded, and said indifferently: "Lin Shan's treatment is directly raised to the highest level, one thousand taels of silver per month, and let him choose a courtyard with eight entrances and eight exits, and all the money for decoration will be allocated by the General's Mansion!" ”

"By the way, there are also various benefits in place, and you are responsible for coordinating it in the next few days!"

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang paused slightly, and then asked, "Isn't such a rich reward too much?" There is a reward of 80,000 taels for smelting alloy, plus 1,000 taels per month, if he is an incompetent person, isn't it! ”

Zhuge Liang's worries are not entirely unreasonable.

He had no objection to the reward of 80,000 taels of silver to those who smelted alloys.

Only when the craftsmen are rewarded will they be motivated, and the process of research will be accelerated.

However, increasing the monthly silver tael treatment means that his status is quite high.

Now the person in charge of the factory only has five hundred taels of silver a month.

Now that it has doubled all at once, it is inevitable that other people will be unbalanced in their hearts, and it will be extremely troublesome when problems arise.

Listening to his question, Su Mo smiled indifferently: "Master Strategist doesn't know that this alloy smelting is a earth-shaking change for the development of the border!" ”

"Don't say 1,000 taels a month, even if it's 10,000 taels, it's not a loss at all!"

"Wait until you'll see how useful this alloy is!"

After speaking, he took out a document and handed it to Zhuge Liang, who took it in confusion, and then finished reading the contents.

Zhuge Liang took the paperwork and asked with a shocked face

"The red-coated cannon is also 80,000 taels? It will rise to 1,000 taels every month! ”

"And those rice seeds and various technologies, where there is a breakthrough development, the treatment has doubled year after year? Is there a cap? ”

Su Mo nodded and did not refute.

"If he can research various techniques one after another, let alone double, it is worth giving him 100,000 taels or 200,000 taels a month!"

"As long as he has the ability to take it, the border army will give it!"

Zhuge Liang looked at the document named "Top Talent Cultivation Plan" in his hand, and his heart was shocked.

He never expected that the general's attention to the development of science and technology would reach this point.

You must know that even within the Great Zhou Dynasty, a six-part Shangshu is only six hundred taels of silver a year.

In the border army, they only need to develop one technology, and they can directly surpass the six dignified Shangshu Yulu, and the treatment can be imagined.

In addition to Zhuge Liang's shock, Su Mo said the follow-up development plan.

"This first batch of alloys should be used in the replacement of army equipment!"

"The equipment of the border army must far surpass that of other dynasties!"

Zhuge Liang agreed with this suggestion.

The army is the root of everything.

All development and progress are based on the premise that others dare not provoke you.

If you want to ensure this, only a strong army is the most important link.

The two made a series of arrangements for the army's redress, and factories were opened in various places, running repeatedly.

Soon, the news that Su Mo planned to change the clothes of the border army spread to the major military camps of the border army.

A group of officers and soldiers also speculated about what the so-called new weapons were.

Tie Niu Cheng Meng and others all belonged to the vanguard army, so they were naturally the first batch of people to replace their equipment.

In the barracks, Zao Wou-Ki and others rushed to see what kind of treasure it was.

But when the generals of the border army arrived, they were surprised to find that there was nothing.

After some inquiry, they learned that it had not been distributed, and then everyone was even more puzzled.

What equipment was not even given to the vanguard army, could it be the fire gun that was tried before?

As soon as Zao Wou-Ki finished speaking, he was refuted by Kong An.

"Impossible, the fire gun can't be fired in a row and will never be distributed, this is what the general has done!"

"Now that there is no news of the firecracker, it will definitely not be the so-called firecracker!"

On the side, Cheng Meng said suspiciously.

"Could it be a red-coat cannon, I heard that the general made a drawing before, and I have been studying it for the factory!"

Zao Wou-Ki shook his head.

"It's not a red-coat cannon, the development of a red-coat cannon requires a lot of high-strength materials, and the border army doesn't have it now!"

Not a firebolt, not a redcoat cannon.

For a while, everyone really couldn't think of any new equipment.

Outside the military tent, Tie Niu listened to the bustle inside, lifted the curtain and walked in.

Looking at Cheng Meng's figure not far away, Tie Niu smiled innocently.

"Hey, hey, Cheng Mengling is also here, let's go, let's go fight!"

Looking at his figure, Cheng Meng suddenly spoke.

"If you can go to the general and ask what kind of equipment it is, I'll fight you!"

"How?"

Iron Bull Lian shook his head like a rattle.

"I'm not going!"

"What kind of new equipment, it can withstand my three punches!"

As he spoke, he clenched his punching bag and shook it twice.

There was also a sonic boom in the air.

Seeing that there was no hope, everyone lowered their heads in frustration, and they were curious about one thing at this time.