The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 463 Systematic and Standardized Artisan Workshop
"The last point, in the Taihang Workshop, a secret laboratory will also be established."

Xu An raised his hand and pointed to Tian Zhong who was beside him.

"I plan to hand over the laboratory to Tian Zhong to be in charge."

Tian Zhong was stunned, he didn't expect Xu An to mention his name at this time, he didn't react until Zhao Ji pushed him.

"There may be changes in Youzhou. The Xiongnu will be expelled, Wuhuan will be attached, and the affairs of the Department of Foreign Affairs will come to an end for the time being. You are quick-witted, and you are still a student who has studied in the Taoist hall. I can rest assured that you are in charge."

This time, Tian Zhong was sent to escort the craftsman to the Taihang workshop, which was actually Xu An's intention.

The Department of Foreign Affairs is responsible for all matters related to diplomacy, but now the Yellow Turban Army has no diplomatic needs at all.

Now only Liangzhou still has some connections, but in Liangzhou, basically only Pang Bo is recognized, and the other envoys of the Yellow Turban Army do not agree with them at all.

Only Pang Bo can make those arrogant soldiers and Qiang commanders in Liangzhou put down their airs and sit down and have a good discussion.

Compared with Liangzhou, Shanggu Wuhuan was too honest, which completely exceeded Xu An's expectations. He originally thought that Liu Shi's prestige was not enough, not enough to overwhelm Nanlou.

But the situation is several times better than expected. Ever since Xu An agreed to the marriage, Nanlou seems to have completely relaxed, and Juyang, the county governor of Shanggu County, is a bit reluctant to leave.

Many things on the grassland were managed by Liu Shi, and Nanlou only returned to the original royal court once a month.

With the expansion of Mintun in Youzhou, more and more Wuhuan people gave up nomadic pastoralism and joined the sequence of farming.

Because Xu An's attitude towards Shanggu Wuhuan and the conditions he gave were much better than the original Hanting county guard.

Originally, the county guards of the Han court were very arrogant, and treated them, Wuhuan people, with a rather contemptuous attitude, like domestic slaves, coming and going when they are called.

Even the promised food and salaries were in arrears, and Han Ting's promise became less and less important in their hearts. This is one of the reasons why Qiu Liju, Zhang Ju, and Zhang Chun hit it off.

But Xu An gave them basic respect. The Yellow Turban Army always delivered the things they promised immediately, and never regretted their promises.

The first time Shanggu Wuhuan sent troops to assist the Yellow Turban Army to attack the two counties of Youzhou. Xu An promised that they would be like the Han people in the Han area, join the sequence of Mintun, live in the Han area, and work in the Han area. Entering the south of the Great Wall to spend the winter is also completely done.

This time, troops were sent to assist the Yellow Turban Army to attack Youzhou, and to meet the Yellow Turban Army of the four states. The food and wages agreed upon were transported to the royal court of Shanggu Wuhuan within half a month after they dispatched the army.

The officials of the Yellow Turban Army did not favor one another, and treated them equally. Whether it was a Han Chinese or a Wuhuan who broke the law, they were all dealt with in accordance with the regulations.

According to the agreement between Xu An and Nanlou, the residence of Wuhuan in Shanggu, north of the Great Wall, is in accordance with the laws of the Wuhuan people.

But the south of the Great Wall is Han land, so the laws of the Han people must be followed.

And after learning the news of the marriage, all the Wuhuan people in Shanggu Wuhuan were overjoyed.

Even though she was not the official wife or the wife, the people of Wuhuan were still cheering. From their point of view, Xu An agreed to the marriage and was willing to accept them.

However, since Xu An returned to Bingzhou with his troops, three or four letters from Nanlou's urging had already been delivered.

Xu An was asked to set a date in the document, and then Nanlou personally led the guards to escort his daughter to Jinyang.

The corners of Xu An's mouth turned up slightly. Although he only saw it in surprise, the girl in fur and with a dagger on her waist, with a heroic face, appeared in his mind from time to time.

There are too many things and responsibilities on Xu An's shoulders, and he is a little out of breath.

He still remembered that when he first came to this troubled world, he didn't even know what time it was.

It wasn't until after he was promoted to the team leader that he counted the days that he realized that when he first came to this world, it was the fourth month of the seventh year of Guanghe, the second month of the Yellow Turban Uprising.

He is used to seeing life and death, fighting, and suffering, but it is hard to see a smile.

Xu An withdrew his distracted thoughts and looked serious. Seeing Tian Zhong's astonished expression, he smiled and said, "I know the words I said are a little strange to you. Let me explain them to you in detail."

"Tian Zhong, you are Fu Zhu, but you have also been on the battlefield and used weapons, right?"

"Some weapons are tough, and some weapons are sharp, but they are easy to break. They are all of the same specification, but the quality is uneven. Haven't you thought about why?"

Tian Zhong nodded. For a long time, they all used the standard weapons seized from the arsenal.

He once almost died on the battlefield because of the inferior quality of the weapon.

Tian Zhong remembered that time very clearly, when the Huan Shou Dao in his hand collided with someone else's blade, it was broken into two pieces on the spot, and in the end it was Zhao Ji who desperately rescued him back into the formation, thus escaping his life.

"Most of the craftsmen nowadays rely on their own experience to forge weapons and equipment. The quality of each batch of forged weapons and weapons cannot be uniform, and there will be more or less gaps. Some good skills are being taught. At that time, most of them were jerky and difficult to understand, and some of them could only be understood but not expressed in words, so we need to build laboratories.”

"Establish a laboratory, go through a lot of experiments, that is, repeat the casting process many times, and record various data, that is, record the number of forgings, the size of the flame, the time used, all these numbers, and finally select For the best results, roll it out."

Tian Zhong seemed to understand, but Yan Lun's eyes were bright.

He understands equipment and casting, so he naturally knows the advantages of the method Xu An mentioned.

Now many blacksmiths in Taihang Workshop have their own casting methods, which are more or less different, and most of them are unwilling to pass it on to outsiders, so in fact the weapons produced are very different, and there are even many substandard products.

"There is one last thing."

Xu An turned to look at Yan Lun who was beside him.

"You need to be responsible for this matter."

Yan Lun's face was solemn, and he cupped his hands without hesitation and said, "But according to the instructions of the great virtuous teacher."

The moment Yan Zhong made the choice to join Taipingdao and serve under Xu An's curtain, the Yan family was completely tied to the chariot of Taipingdao and stood by Xu An's side.

Although in Liangzhou, the Yan family still has a few collateral branches, but if the Taiping Dao fails, then the accumulation of the Yan family over the past century will be wiped out, leaving only a little blood inheritance.

The Yan family placed most of their bets on Xu An and Taipingdao.

"In the workshop, another building will be built on the periphery of the inner city. This building will be built according to the specifications of the middle schools in Jinyang and other cities."

Xu An slowly stood up and spoke.

"A school should be established in all the workshops. All the craftsmen's children will go to the workshop to attend classes in the spare time of the helpers. It is tentatively scheduled to study in the workshop for ten days in January."

"Craftsman School, Taipingdao assigns Fu Zhu to teach literacy and debate, and then recruits craftsmen in the workshop to teach craftsman skills."

Xu An cast his eyes out of the window, looking at the hot scene outside the window.

The Taihang Workshop is currently the largest workshop of the Yellow Turban Army. In other places, the Yellow Turban Army has also opened many workshops, but there are not many craftsmen.

This time, there were not many craftsmen among the people in the four states, and most of the craftsmen who mastered a certain skill were recruited and controlled by the government.

However, the military equipment needed by the Yellow Turban Army is increasing day by day. The current workshop can only maintain the current situation. If the Yellow Turban Army expands its army, it will be unable to support it at all.

But military expansion is absolutely imperative in the future.

When all the heroes rise together and the world competes for the throne, there will be the most frequent wars. At that time, it will not be a situation where the Yellow Turban Army can't fight if they want to.

Under the impetus of the idea of ​​great unification, the ancient China will never be divided like the West.

There will only be one side who wins, and the rest will become stepping stones.

Now the Yellow Turban Army has [-] to [-] reserve troops, but the standing army has less than [-].

Xu An could defeat Zhu Jun with [-] to [-] people, and he could also defeat Lu Zhi with an allied army of [-] to [-] or [-] to [-].

But he had no choice, nor any possibility, just relying on [-] to [-] people to sweep the world and sweep across China.

When Bingzhou set the tripod, Xu An stood on the high platform and spoke clearly.

Before victory is achieved, someone must die.

Bloody China, don't stop, it's not a slogan.

But if you want to win, you really need the blood of the victims to infect the whole of China.

The old rulers will never sit still, nor will they be merciless. They will use the most drastic means to suppress rioters, rebels, and uprisings.

The Han court, aristocratic families, and tyrannical powers are all obstacles that stand in the way of the Yellow Turban Army.

Xu An needs to arm more people. Arming a hundred or a thousand is just a drop in the bucket. What he needs to arm are tens of thousands of soldiers, thousands of soldiers.

Therefore, the establishment of a craftsman workshop is imperative.

Once the craftsman workshop is established, as long as the Yellow Turban Army survives the most difficult period, the workshop will continuously send craftsmen to the Yellow Turban Army.

And those craftsmen will join the workshop when they have completed their studies, casting weapons, armors, and everything they need for the Yellow Turban Army.

The existence of laboratories and workshops will slowly turn traditional skills such as casting, ironmaking, textiles, and woodworking into a discipline, a discipline with theories, specific data, and teaching materials.

And when casting, ironmaking, textile, woodworking and other skills become a discipline, it will further promote the systematization and standardization of Yellow Turban Army craftsmen and workshops.

The implementation of systematization and standardization and the establishment of disciplines will also promote the development of technology in a certain aspect.

Just relying on experience, relying on personal wisdom, pinning on a flash of inspiration, pinning on the probability of accidental occurrence, the development of science and technology will inevitably be slow, or even stagnant.

"In the north of Jinyang City, a new school will also be established, which is currently named 'Taiping Road Craftsman School'. The school in each workshop can recommend outstanding students to go to further studies. Anyone who starts from 'Taiping Road The craftsmen who graduated from the craftsman school will be awarded the certificate of intermediate craftsman upon graduation, and directly awarded the salary of the fourth-level craftsman."

Xu An opened the wooden door of the house, and the experience hall was quiet, all the eagle wolf guards bowed their heads in salute.

"The Taihang workshop will be handed over to the three of you. I will send someone to escort the rest of the craftsmen to the new workshop in late January next year. I hope you can arrange all the affairs well then."

After Xu An finished speaking, he led Xu Huang, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others out of the house.

"Congratulations to the great virtuous teacher."

Zhao Ji, Tian Zhong, and Yan Lun hurriedly got up and bowed to salute, all the Tiqi of the Eagle Wolf Guards all made their voices together.

Xu An didn't stop all the way, and walked out of Yinglangwei's office directly.

Seeing Xu An's eyes looking elsewhere, Xu Huang asked, "Would you like to take a look at the government office of Taihang Workshop?"

After hesitating for a while, Xu An still said, "Forget it, time waits for no one."

Xu An stepped on the horse, the Yellow Turban Army still had a long way to go, and everything basically started from scratch.

"We are in Jinyang, and there are still many things to do."

Xu An turned his head and looked to the west, which was the direction of Taiyuan County, where Jinyang City was located, and also the most core area of ​​Taiping Road.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was ruled by powerful families, not by ordinary people.

The Yellow Turban Army and the aristocratic family stand on the opposite side, and in this era, those who can read, read, and learn knowledge are precisely the aristocratic aristocrats.

If it was during the Song and Ming Dynasties, "It is to rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, not with the common people."

At that time, there may still be frustrated scholars, children who have repeatedly failed, or at least those who can read and write.

But in the Eastern Han Dynasty, at this time, it was really difficult for ordinary common people to read big characters.

Although the Battle of Jizhou was won, Xu An also discovered many shortcomings of the Yellow Turban Army.

He must take advantage of this rare and stable time to correct his mistakes as much as possible, and understand the ills that exist within the Yellow Turban Army.

The establishment of artisan workshops and laboratories, as well as systematization, standardization, and the implementation of the four-wheeled carriage and saddle-style mounting method are logistical innovations.

And now he is going to Jinyang for military and civil reforms.

The Yellow Turban Army was advancing. During the war with the Han Empire, Xu An was not blinded by the momentary victory. Instead, he saw his own shortcomings through combat.

It can't just rely on practice, only rely on blood and sacrifice to train soldiers and officers, that kind of sacrifice is too great.

And not every army is lucky enough to get just the right amount of exercise.

History has proved that if an army has good training and qualified officers, its combat power can reach a high level, even if they have not experienced the baptism of bloody wars.

Because they will quickly adapt to the battlefield under the correct leadership of the officer by relying on the skills they practiced during the training in the first battle.

The Mongolian school trains people who can read and write, while the county school and the national school train officials in civil affairs.

And the Daotang cultivates the talismans who are proficient in the scriptures of the Taiping Dao and master various miscellaneous studies.

The newly established workshops and schools train craftsmen, craftsmen who forge weapons and make equipment.

Schools for civil affairs, workers and workers all exist, but the most important school for the current Yellow Turban Army has not yet been established.

Xu An is now rushing to Jinyang. The first thing he has to do is to supervise the first military academy of the Yellow Turban Army.

(End of this chapter)