Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 618 Ming Yi Workshop
Chenggu County.

Suburbs.

In a basin surrounded by mountains, it looks like a small town, with various types of buildings rising from the ground, and streets criss-crossing. echoes in the valley.

At the entrance of the valley, there are soldiers guarding them. These soldiers stand guard, their waists are straight, they are meticulous, and they are full of murderous aura. At a glance, they are the elite among the elite, not the lazy ordinary soldiers.

In front of the valley, on the boulder, there is a plaque carved.

The first workshop of military weapons in the Minghou Mansion.

In Hanzhong, many people call it Mingyi Workshop.

This is a military workshop that Mujing spent a lot of money last year, even disregarding his own reputation, suppressing many merchants, iron merchants, miners, etc. in Hanzhong, and setting up a military workshop.

This workshop is definitely the largest workshop in Hanzhong today, and it is a workshop specially established by Mujing to manufacture the weapons and armor of Mujun.

Because the establishment time is short, there are not many weapons produced.

At present, it is not yet possible to undertake the creation of the weapons of the Shepherd Army.

The weapons used by the herding army today are mixed, good and bad, long spears, knives, crossbows, arrows, and large crossbow beds. Most of them are weapons distributed by the imperial arsenal. They were killed from Hanzhong. After nearly two years of fighting, they are basically dilapidated. Unbearable.

If you count it, Mu Jun has actually reached a time when he can change his weapons.

Today's Mujun, the elite soldiers who have been disarmed, have undergone systematic training. Most of the soldiers are veterans who have seen blood on the battlefield, and they have also begun to become proficient in the training of the battle formation.

The difference is actually the weapon in hand.

Once the weapons can be replaced, the combat effectiveness of the Mujun will rise to a new level.

But today's Mu Jing has no ability to change the weapons of Mu Jun.

The Mu Army has a total of four armies and an independent mountain battalion, tens of thousands of men. If you want to completely replace a batch of weapons and armor, it will be an astronomical figure. At least the current Minghou Mansion cannot afford it.

But Mu Jing would not turn a blind eye to this matter.

Weapons are the foundation of Erlang's life. If possible, he would like to change weapons at any cost. However, the current situation has made people, and now he doesn't have the courage for the time being, but he has to move.

That's why he overcame all difficulties and established Ming Yi Workshop.

At this moment, it was the middle of the first lunar month, and the new year hadn't been long, but in the Mingyi workshop, there was a lot of people's voices, and the sound of blacksmithing was endless. They didn't even rest during the Chinese New Year in order to rush to make a batch of weapons.

Mujing left Nanzheng for the first time this year and came to Mingyi Workshop.

"This Fushou knife looks good?" In Mingyi Workshop, Mu Jing inspected several places, picked up a Fushou knife in the warehouse, and weighed it with his fingers. It was indeed sharp, but he didn't know if it was tough enough.

"Reporting to my lord, this batch of swords was completed by my father leading hundreds of apprentices, and it took more than a month. There are a total of [-] swords. They are not considered as refined hundred-refined swords, but at least they have more than fifty refinements. Break the five armors!"

It was Chu Zheng, the supervisor of Mingyi Workshop, who answered Mu Jing.

Chu Zheng is only in his early 30s. He is fair and clean. He wears a Lun scarf and a Confucian gown. He studied Confucian knowledge, but he has been a Mohist for generations. He is a scholar himself, but his family is well-known in Hanzhong. forging family.

His father, Chu Liang, was the number one blacksmith in Hanzhong.

In order to establish the Mingyi workshop, Mujing almost wiped out all the blacksmiths in Hanzhong. How could he let the Chu family go, but a workshop cannot be managed well by the best craftsman. Chu Liang is good at building, but not good at Management, but if other people are allowed to check and balance Chu Liang, I am afraid it will be difficult to use the ability of the first blacksmith. Finally, Mu Jing had an idea and got along with him. He recruited Chu Liang's son Chu Zheng as the supervisor of Mingyi Workshop. As a scholar with political skills, it is a matter of course to seek out an official career. The Chu family is naturally happy to see this scene, and they have a relationship. Instead, Chu Liang is more focused on building weapons and equipment for Mingyi Workshop.

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Mu Jing's eyes lighted up slightly, and he held the handle of the shoudao. This kind of sword is the most commonly used weapon in this era, and it is also the most commonly used weapon on the battlefield. Of course, all the princes are making this kind of sword, but It is difficult to guarantee the quality. A hundred-refined weapon is the weapon standard of this era. With fifty refinements, it is already very good. It can break five layers of armor, which is equivalent to cutting five layers of grass armor.

"Let me try it!" Mu Jing said.

A soldier of the Divine Guard next to him quickly sent a five-layer grass armor. The grass armor is the most common armor and the most useless armor, but the five-layer armor is comparable to the defense of leather armor.

Click!

Mu Jing slashed down with a knife, and the five-fold grass armor split open on both sides.

"it is good!"

Holding the handle of the knife, Mu Jing smiled brightly: "This knife is very good, but the output is a little less, [-] pieces, not enough weapons for a battalion."

"My lord, in order to build this batch of war knives, my father and hundreds of craftsmen have been busy for more than a month, and they didn't even take a break at the end of the year. This is also the largest batch of weapons that our Mingyi Workshop has built. Now the output of Ming Yi Workshop is probably only like this, give me some time, and I promise to make Ming Yi Workshop's output even higher!"

Chu Zheng cupped his hands and said.

"I believe in you!" Mu Jing patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I'm not criticizing you either. It's not that I don't know that it's the most difficult time to start from nothing, but I'm too anxious!"

The Mu army is about to face an endless war, and weapons are the guarantee.

That's why he seemed a little irritable.

"My lord, I know that the soldiers continue to use weapons now, but the scale of Mingyi Workshop is limited, I'm afraid..."

"Let's do this!" Mu Jing gritted his teeth and said, "Within this year, I will invest another 1000 million yuan, but Chu Zheng, I believe in you, so I will invest in you. I will give you the lifeline of Mu Jun. You have to Give me a guarantee, before next year, the size of Ming Yi Workshop will at least triple!"

Ten thousand coins are one gold.

Ten million yuan is equal to one thousand gold.

In today's Minghou Mansion, it is a huge sum of money. It is very difficult for the poorly searched Minghou Mansion to undertake such a large amount of investment. If Hu Zhao knows that Mu Jing dares to make such a promise, it is estimated that Immediately pick the pole and quit.

"Thanks to the trust of the lord, Zheng should bow carefully to the lord, and die!"

Chu Zheng's eyes flickered with a touch of moistness: "Zheng should issue a military order!"

"It's good to have this determination!"

Mu Jing showed a smile, and he waved his hand to attract Yi Ji who was beside him.

Yiji and Huo Yu are now the second generals of Hengha next to Mujing. Their positions are not high, but Mujing's government orders come from them, so they are definitely confidantes.

Huo Yu wants to sit firmly in Zhaoming Hall.

Yi Ji came out following Mu Jing.

Yiji came over and stood by with his arms folded: "My lord!"

"Immediately send the eight hundred swords to the Jingping First Army!" Mu Jing said, "It's better to have less, it's better than nothing!"

"My lord, there are still a hundred war bows in the warehouse!"

Chu Zheng didn't know that Jingping's first army was about to go on an expedition, but Mujing was so anxious that he guessed a thing or two, so he took out the bottom of the box: "It was just finished yesterday, all of which were stone bows, and they were all father's According to the iron tire bow made by the imperial court back then, the range of the full string is eighty steps!"

"it is good!"

Mu Jing laughed loudly: "You kid knows how to hide!"

After the [-] war knives and [-] war bows were transported away, Mu Jing was still inspecting the Ming Yi workshop. The establishment of this workshop was based on Mu Jing's concept and assembly line operation. efficiency.

Of course, the limitations of the times cannot be changed overnight. Even with assembly line operations, the output of workshops is limited.

Mu Jing walked into a workshop. A man in penny clothes and a dozen or so apprentices were calibrating a crossbow. They were so focused that they didn't seem to see anyone coming in.

Chu Zheng was about to go up to greet him.

Mujing suppressed his hand to keep him silent.

I went up by myself.

He listened attentively, and immediately heard clearly that the group of blacksmiths were arguing over technical issues.

"I think we can find a way on the bowstring!"

"Impossible, if the bowstring is tighter, it will definitely collapse!"

"Then string both ends, I don't believe I can't shoot the fifth arrow!"

"But the two ends are stringed, the bow's endurance will definitely not be able to bear it, and it will break!"

"..."

There was a quarrel over technical issues, which was even more violent than those in Zhaoming Hall.

During the quarrel, someone finally found Mu Jing.

The clothed man casually glanced over, turned his face slightly, quickly stood up, saluted Mu Jing respectfully and quickly saluted: "Chu Liang pays homage to the lord!"

"My lord?"

Everyone suddenly came to their senses and stepped forward to salute.

They are just blacksmiths. In this era, they belong to the low-level common people, and the able master Mu Jing is highly valued. In the workshop, whether it is the treatment or respect issues, they have been perfectly resolved, so from the bottom of my heart, for this master, or Very respectful.

"Master Chu, you don't need to be polite, and neither do you!"

Mu Jing quickly waved his hand, looked at the crossbow in the man's hand, and asked, "What you are discussing is the five-bead crossbow!"

"Exactly!"

The man in civilian clothes is the chief blacksmith of Mingyi Workshop, Chu Liang. He has a square face and a pair of eyes looking at the weapon in his hand, which is a fascinated gaze.

Mujing has seen this kind of gaze a lot, and it is seen from the eyes of scientists of later generations. For their own research, they are focused and act like no one else.

But looking at the bitterness on the clothed man's face, Mu Jing knew that there might be a problem with this thing.

The Five-July Crossbow is the first self-developed weapon since the establishment of the Mingyi Workshop. It is a modification of the former triple crossbow of the imperial court. It has gone a step further and can be equipped with five arrows at one time and fired continuously.

"Isn't it very successful?"

Mu Jing asked softly.

"Hey!"

Chu Liang waved his hand to let the blacksmiths leave, then sighed, and finally said: "It was very successful at the beginning, but it was only half the success. Five arrows, with a range of up to twenty steps, and the follow-up is weak!"

"Can you continue to improve?"

Mu Jing asked.

The crossbow arrow is a big killer on the battlefield. If the five-bead crossbow can be successfully improved, it will definitely increase Mujing's combat effectiveness a lot.

"Disaster!"

Chu Liang thought for a while, and said: "Although my lord has improved our Chu family's craftsmanship and brought our forging skills to a higher level, the current craftsmanship and the iron pieces produced still can't meet the requirements. Is there a way to refine these iron bows more?"

At the beginning, he agreed to become a blacksmith in Mingyi Workshop and serve Mujing for two reasons. First, Mujing promoted his son. He knew that his son was not very interested in the family's crafts, but was more likely to leave. Official career, now Chu Zheng is the supervisor of Mingyi Workshop, with a rank of six hundred shi, a well-known official, and can inherit the family's craftsmanship. This is the kindness to his Chu family. The second reason is that it was given by Mu Jing He was shocked by the secret technique of Mohism, so he agreed.

"Ask me, I don't know how to do this!" Hearing this, Mu Jing scratched his head, feeling bitter in his heart.

He is not a blacksmith.

He doesn't know how to forge either. He just relies on the common sense of later generations to start their thinking. This is the so-called improved technology, such as the method of frying steel and pouring steel.

In the end, they figured it out on their own.

But people are always smart, as long as they open a door, they can go out and create an infinite world. Whether it is Xu Lin back then or Chu Liang today, they all have deep feelings for forging. Inspire them and go your own way.

"Master Chu, has he heard of the Xu family?"

Mu Jing suddenly asked.

"The Xu family in Nanyang?" Hearing this, Chu Liang's pupils changed color slightly: "I once asked someone to buy a knife made by Xu's workshop, and their knives, fortunately, we have too many knives. The swords that come out are not as good as them!"

"If you invite some blacksmiths from Xu's Workshop, can you overcome this problem under your joint communication?"

Mu Jing didn't know what problem he was stuck with, but he couldn't solve the technical problem by himself, so he could only ask for foreign help.

"You can try it!"

Chu Liang's eyes brightened, but he was a little worried, and said, "But how could they communicate with us the secret method of the Mohists inherited from the Xu family's era?"

"Leave it to me!"

Mu Jing said: "I will find a way to invite a group of craftsmen from the Xu family!"

He didn't really want the Xu family to get involved. After all, Mingyi Workshop is too important to him. It's not that he doesn't trust Xu Lin. When Xu Lin dared to go to Nanxiang to meet him, Mu Jing had already treated her. Trusted.

But public is public, private is private.

Mingyi Workshop, he will never allow any forces to intervene. This is not only the place where he provides weapons, but also the base he plans to use to develop weapons. For this reason, he once dispatched a group of The elite, a total of three hundred soldiers, were reorganized into the guard battalion of Ming Yi Workshop to guard this place.

But now, Mu Jing had to admit that the development of the Xu family in the past few years had already surpassed the forging skills of many people, and the development of Ming Yi Workshop would not be possible without the support of the Xu family.

Although the problem of the five-bead crossbow has not been resolved, Chu Liang is still very happy, and personally took Mu Jing to inspect the rest of the workshops. Otherwise, with his temper, he didn’t want to waste time on things other than crafting .

"My lord, this workshop is used to make gun heads. Currently, the gun heads used by lieutenant officers and soldiers are like this. The short ones can be increased by about three inches. Of course, the requirements for more gun barrels will be much higher! "

"What you want is the best!"

Mujing held the gun head, and suddenly it looked like nothing out of the ordinary, but when he looked carefully, he saw that the length was indeed a bit longer, and the construction on the gun point seemed to have been refined a lot, making it extremely sharp.

After passing through this workshop, they entered another workshop, which occupies a relatively large area. It is located in the northwest of the basin, near a small mountain spring.

"Is this a trebuchet?"

Mujing looked at the huge monster being assembled, his eyes brightened slightly.

"Exactly!"

Chu Liang introduced: "This is what I tried to build according to the notes left by my ancestors. In the past, there was no such condition, but now, both the toughness and the firmness of the bottom have been greatly improved, so I want to try. If it succeeds, this trebuchet can throw a hundred catties of stone bullets!"

(End of this chapter)