The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 168 There is Sapphire who is shocked (seeking a monthly ticket)

Zhu Ying's words made Lan Yu a little puzzled, but now that she heard that it would only take a few months to get such a sharp weapon, Lan Yu immediately felt at ease.

Now go directly to the Bingzhan Bureau, Zhu Ying's purpose is to solve the problem of production.

It involves a very important influence, which is the lathe that Zhu Ying has always been thinking about.

Lathes are no strangers to Zhu Ying. All kinds of lathes are very frequent in later generations and have many uses.

If you want matchlock guns and fireballs to be manufactured in batches and maintain quality, lathes are unavoidable.

In fact, recently, Zhu Ying ordered Jin Yiwei to bring various books related to craftsmen, in order to find the direction of lathe making.

To be honest, although Zhu Ying knows about lathes, it is really capable to get started, or guide others to make a lathe.

He is not an all-round genius. If he had screwed screws in an electronics factory in his previous life, he might be able to get a little familiar with him, but unfortunately he didn't.

I read a lot of documents related to craftsmen, but I couldn't find any clues.

We must know that lathes appeared as early as the Tang Dynasty, so how could there be no relevant records.

Later, Zhu Ying realized that she was looking in the wrong direction when she saw someone doing carpentry in the house.

This is because he was fascinated by his previous life. In his previous life, lathe processing, especially the production of various materials, was mostly done in the mechanical industry.

So subconsciously, Zhu Ying went in the direction of the craftsman.

However, in fact, all inventions and creations from ancient times to the present, especially those involving small structures, are mainly carpenters.

In fact, the master carpenters of later generations would use wooden boards to build temporary lathes during construction to cut the boards and check the size standards.

When Zhu Ying turned her attention to carpentry, she discovered that the original lathes have been frequently used in Daming today.

Looking through the documents related to the military battle situation gave Zhu Ying enough surprises.

The most used one in the military battle bureau is the power-storage lathe, which already has the model of the lathe of later generations.

The precision of the workpiece processed by it has reached between two and five wires of the precision of later generations, and the precision and surface finish have also reached a very high level.

At present, in Bingzhan Bureau, it is mainly used for the mass production of arrow shafts and gun shafts, and the previous grinding is replaced by turning technology.

Zhu Ying was a little strange at first.

Obviously, there are lathes and other crafts in the military battle bureau. Isn't it easy to modify them for the production of gun barrels or other parts.

It wasn't until that time that Zhu Ying casually asked Guo Zhong, the eunuch of Bingbi, what he meant by the so-called personal opinion and self-preservation.

The difference in social environment makes carpenters and blacksmiths, although they are collectively referred to as craftsmen, they do not communicate with each other.

That is to say, the master carpenter in the gunpowder department is not just a star and a half behind in the military battle bureau.

Even in the carpenter's circle, to help the blacksmith to do things, that is called no face.

Masters with a little bit of fame would not be willing to go to the gunpowder department. In their view, there is a handyman's job there.

Originally, Zhu Ying had planned to go to the Military Bureau to have a look, but she was too busy these days.

Today happened to be a matchlock gun, and this matter was resolved in one go.

The Bingzhan Bureau is one of the Eight Bureaus of the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the most important department. In it, there are eunuchs with palm prints, a member of the admiral's eunuch who supervises the arsenal, management, bookkeeping, director, supervisor, etc.

The military battle is not in the palace, but in the inner city to the right of the dynasty.

This fast area is also where other departments such as Banking Bureau, Wine Vinegar Noodle Bureau, and Siyuan Bureau are located, and ordinary people cannot go here.

In Jin Yiwei's opening, accompanied by Liang Guogong Lan Yu, although Zhu Ying does not have a specific identity yet, the journey is unimpeded.

When Zhu Ying arrived at the gate of the Bingzhan Bureau, the eunuch with the handprint of the Bingzhan Bureau was already waiting at the door.

"I pay my respects to His Highness, the eldest grandson. I don't know that His Highness is here in person, and I have never greeted him from afar. Please forgive me."

As a royal servant, the eunuch of the Bingzhan Bureau kneeled and kowtowed.

"Not guilty, I get up."

Zhu Ying said casually, she has become completely used to this routine.

For the group of eunuchs, although Zhu Yuanzhang ordered them not to interfere in politics, they are still used as cronies.

24 In the yamen, those who can serve as eunuchs are basically eunuchs.

Those working in these yamen are naturally not all eunuchs. For example, in the Gunpowder Department and the Military Bureau, except for the leading eunuchs and stewards, everyone else is normal.

Eunuch is an official title, and there are corresponding young supervisors and middle supervisors.

An eunuch who can serve as a eunuch is regarded as the leader of the eunuch.

It is precisely because he is the eunuch of the Bingzhan Bureau that he knows of Zhu Ying's existence. Ordinary officials don't have so many information channels.

"I don't know if His Highness the eldest grandson is coming, but what instructions do you have?"

The eunuch in charge of the Bing Zhan Bureau bowed and followed Zhu Ying, asking softly and cautiously.

"Take me to the place where arrow shafts and gun shafts are made." Zhu Ying said directly.

"Follow the order." Hearing this, the palm print eunuch bowed and walked to Zhu Ying's side in small steps, leading him the way.

After seven turns and eight turns, he soon came to the area where the arrow shafts were produced.

Sure enough, as Zhu Ying expected, there are a large number of power-storage lathes here, hundreds of carpenters are skilled in the operation, sawdust is flying all over the sky, and a large number of semi-finished products are produced.

The so-called power-storing lathe is that the main shaft drives the rotation by pedaling the pedals, so that the wood fixed on the chuck rotates.

There is an axle belt under the lathe, and there is a knife edge in front for turning.

A power-storage lathe is usually used by two people. The master holds a tool on top to cut and is responsible for the production, and the apprentice constantly pulls the rope to turn the wood to provide power.

"Your Highness is here, please hurry up and pay your respects." The eunuch of the Bing Zhan Bureau shouted loudly, and the craftsmen who had seen Zhu Ying and others coming, immediately knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted in unison: "See you, Your Highness. "

"Get up, I'm just looking around, you all go back to your position and continue to make."

Hearing His Highness's order, the artisans quickly started to continue.

"Arranging 30 masters who are best at lathes to be transferred to the gunpowder department will be of great use to me."

Zhu Ying looked at it carefully for a while, and then gave orders.

Although the eunuch of the Bingzhan Bureau didn't know what His Royal Highness Changsun was doing, as a royal servant, he naturally had no reason to refuse, and replied: "Follow the order."

He has no extra ideas, let alone 30 people, even if there are 300 people, he has to find a way to get them together to fulfill His Royal Highness's orders.

Now in the Daming Palace, there are a few decent eunuchs, who would not know the existence of His Royal Highness Changsun.

It is not difficult to imagine that His Highness the eldest grandson standing in front of him is basically the future Emperor of Ming Dynasty.

Of course, regarding the transfer of the craftsmen, we still have to report it to His Majesty before we can make a conclusion, but we can make preparations now.

Now that the military battle bureau has come, after Zhu Ying finished giving orders, she looked around.

However, at present, Zhu Ying didn't have much interest in cold weapons. With arquebus guns and other artifacts of war, no matter how good cold weapons were, there was no temptation at all.

Lan Yu followed all the time, but she was at a loss until the war broke out.

In his opinion, after Zhu Ying came to the war, he just arranged for a group of carpenters to go to the Gunpowder Department, and there was nothing else to do.

Can those carpenters increase the output of matchlock guns?
Sapphire felt a little disbelieving in her heart.

Zhu Ying was not surprised to see Lan Yu's expression. Inventions and leading troops to fight are two different things, and it's normal for Lan Yu not to understand.

However, the keen Zhu Ying discovered that there was a look of understanding in Ye Yueqing's eyes.

For this reason, he couldn't help but asked with a smile: "What did you see?"

When Ye Yueqing heard the words, his thoughtful expression flashed, and then he replied: "Does the master want to build an iron lathe like this carpenter's lathe, so as to speed up the production of fireballs and matchlock guns?"

Zhu Ying's eyes lit up, she didn't expect Ye Yueqing to be so smart, so she guessed it.

You must know that due to the limitation of eyesight, ordinary people can't even understand the structure of it, but Ye Yueqing can guess it, which shows that he has already thought about the industry to a certain extent.

And it was in this short period of two hours that I saw the matchlock gun for the first time, and then went to the power-storage lathe here in the Bingzhan Bureau, and guessed the connection between the two.

In fact, this is also something that Zhu Ying forgot.

Among the forces under Zhu Ying's command, although it is not a promotion system such as being eliminated from the bottom, one can imagine the difficulty of reaching Ye Yueqing's level, especially for women.

Instead of Princess Goryeo, under the condition of guaranteeing her loyalty, she has to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, Goryeo language, and even the etiquette of the Goryeo royal family and the Ming royal family.

The difficulty of this can be imagined, it can almost be regarded as one in a thousand.

Although Zhu Ying didn't talk to her in her heart, she had already started to pay attention to Ye Yueqing.

Not to mention other aspects, in Zhu Ying's heart, maybe Ye Yueqing has an extraordinary sense of industrial mechanization.

In fact, even Zhu Ying herself, relying on the knowledge of her previous life in this aspect, really wants to make the whole machine tool by herself, which is tantamount to fantasy.

What he can do is to guide, better guide the current productivity of Daming in the right direction.

In fact, as far as the current Ming Dynasty is concerned, it is ahead of the world in many core technologies.

For example, prior to this, the composite barrel technology involved in matchlock guns.

It is also because of the existence of this technology that the barrel that can make the matchlock gun stable enough can be successfully manufactured.

This technology is currently used on artillery, but guns are not separated, it is nothing more than a matter of size.

Composite gun barrel technology is also called "iron core copper body" nowadays. The cannon originally cast in pure copper was changed by craftsmen to use wrought iron to make the inner layer, and then the mold was made by the lost wax method, and the copper wall was poured on the outside.

Such an exclusive technology not only lowers the cost of casting guns, but also makes the weapons stronger and more durable.

After receiving Zhu Ying's request, the Gunpowder Department used this technology.

Now there is no ability to make things like seamless steel pipes. If you want the barrel of the matchlock gun to withstand enough impact without being damaged by the blast chamber, you can only improve the technology.

That's why the current matchlock gun is much larger than Zhu Ying's previous matchlock gun, especially the barrel, which is actually made of two layers of refined iron.

Daming currently has similar core technologies, not only these, but also waterwheel technology.

After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in the face of constant wars at the border and the dilapidated mess of the internal economy, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was red-eyed, took great care of agricultural construction with his own hands.

In the 25 years since Hongwu, more than 5 water conservancy sites have been repaired in Danhetang, and millions of farmers have migrated.

In this fiery construction, a low-key agricultural technology, the waterwheel is the key.

As the "artifact" of irrigation in ancient agricultural production, the ancient waterwheel technology has been "high-tech" in the world in all dynasties.

In the Song and Yuan Dynasties before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, new tricks such as "wind-powered waterwheels" and "animal-powered waterwheels" emerged earlier.

However, in the chaotic years at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, most of these "new tricks" were limited to individual regions, and their production contribution was very limited.

After Zhu Yuanzhang focused on agriculture in the early Ming Dynasty, officials from all over the country took the agricultural books and drawings and taught the farmers how to build waterwheels.

This kind of waterwheel, which was originally a "local characteristic", soon ran rumble across the country. Now, it has boosted the once impoverished Ming Dynasty, and the agricultural output value has soared.

There is also silk that is sold all over the world, and the jacquard machine technology is the pinnacle of silk textile technology.

At present, Daming has not opened the sea yet. In the mid-to-late period of Daming, silk fabrics made with this jacquard machine technology have allowed silver from countless overseas countries to pour into Daming crazily.

After coming out of the military battle bureau, it was almost dusk, and Zhu Ying didn't notice it at this time.

Sapphire, who was behind him, looked at him in a completely different way, even with a little reverence in it.

After seeing the matchlock gun in the gunpowder department in the morning and personally testing the power of the matchlock gun, Sapphire's mentality has already begun to change.

Fighting wars is not just soldiers, but more logistics, equipment, and military strength.

Sapphire, who has experienced many years of war, is naturally aware of these.

Although I haven't seen Zhu Ying's ability to command and train troops, from today's point of view, His Royal Highness Changsun is far more familiar with military affairs, especially combat preparations, than he is.

Among them, what Lan Yu saw most deeply was His Royal Highness Changsun's ambition.
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ps: The second update is in place, I am a little sleepy, so I can get a monthly pass to refresh myself.

(End of this chapter)