Dragon map of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 872 Improving the Treatment of Craftsmen

"What is this?" Mu Jing walked to the workshop inside, and saw a small and exquisite crossbow, which was a little strange, and he had never seen it before.

"This is the light hand crossbow my father is working on!"

Chu Zheng said: "My father has been studying this hand crossbow for a long time. It has been improved from the ten-stone light crossbow we are currently using, but it has not been successful. It is characterized by its small size, short crossbow arrows, easy to carry, and is used for self-defense. But the range is not long, the penetrating power is not enough, it only has a range of one hundred steps!"

Crossbow is an enhanced version of the bow, mainly because it is easy to control, has a long range and strong penetrating power.

Large bed crossbows can even penetrate the adobe walls of some ordinary county towns.

But the small hand crossbow is the most difficult to make, because the structure of the crossbow is complicated, there are many parts, and it is very troublesome to assemble. Even a small crossbow has two arms when it is opened, so it can be lethal.

The crossbow with the smallest penetration is the ten stone crossbow, which is the light crossbow currently deployed in the army.

Chu Liang, the chief craftsman of Mingyi Workshop, wanted to transform this small body-guard crossbow that could be easily carried by one person on the basis of the ten-stone crossbow. This was a tedious research.

"Where's Master Chu?"

Mu Jing took this light hand crossbow model that had been assembled but still had many shortcomings, and asked softly without hesitation.

"Today at the shipbuilding workshop, the first fighting ship was launched. The supervisor of the shipbuilding workshop is a little uncertain about the weapons equipped on it, so I ask my father to discuss it!"

Chu Zheng said.

"Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Workshop built the first fighting ship?" Mu Jing's eyes lit up: "Double-toothed fighting ship?"

After the Battle of Jingzhou, Mu Jing invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the construction of warships. Of course, there is still not enough technology to manufacture building ships, but it is indeed capable of upgrading some of today's battleships.

Gongcao, Bingcao, Hongdu Institute of Science and Technology, and the Military Industry Department jointly sent craftsmen to study the captured building ship, which extended a lot of craftsmanship.

As a result, a warship called the Shuangya Fighter was developed.

"Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Workshop was originally transformed from Berkshire Shipbuilding Workshop. The shipbuilding craftsmen we provided have been put into research and development since last year. They are double-sided boats manufactured by absorbing the craftsmanship of our only boat. The Ya Dou Ship is a new type of fighting ship. Although it is not a building ship, it has the size of a building ship. It has two layers of upper and lower floors. The boat is gone!"

Qi Ye, the head of the Military Industry Department, replied: "Today the first Shuangya Fighter is launched!"

"That's great, I have to go and see!"

Mu Jing nodded and wanted to take a look, but he opened his pocket watch to check the time, sighed again, and said in a low voice: "Forget it, I don't have so much time to go to the shipbuilding workshop today." , it’s already dark when we arrive, so we’ll have a look next time!”

On his side, the princes are busy with everything, and they don't have so much time to spend here.

The Military Industry Department is here, and the Jiangzhou Armament Workshop is also here, but the Jiangzhou Shipbuilding Workshop is in another corner. It doesn't take long to walk there, but it keeps going. It will take at least an hour.

His task today is to understand the development stage of new weapons, so he will continue to inspect the workshops in the Jiangzhou Weapons Workshop.

"This kind of well fence is a bit strange, the water chestnut on it?" Mu Jing stared at a well fence cart that was being assembled by five or six craftsmen in front of him. The well fence cart is a must for siege equipment. There are two floors, which can carry more than ten soldiers to fight in the city.

But this Jinglan car has three floors, and the top is still a square platform, but Mujing is surprised by the scary water chestnuts around it.

"My lord, this kind of well fence car is much more complicated than the ordinary well fence car, and it is also one level higher. It is mainly used to deal with large-scale city battles. These parts can be dismantled and transported, which is much more convenient for transportation. Then, when it comes to the battlefield, It has been reassembled, and it can carry a hundred people to fight. It is the largest Jinglan vehicle that we have developed so far!" Chu Zheng explained: "The water chestnut on the top is a kind of collision angle. This kind of collision angle is used on the battlefield. , for self-protection. After all, the Jinglan chariot is easily attacked by the enemy on the battlefield, especially the city defenders. Angle, when it is critical, it can be used as a crash car!"

"Li Gong, you guys are very considerate!"

Mujing stepped forward to touch it, and said with a smile.

"This is what Mr. Chu meant!"

Li Heng is a middle-aged man who was born as a craftsman with ancestral craftsmanship. Later, he was recruited by Chu Liang into Mingyi Workshop. Now he is one of the best craftsmen around Chu Liang. He has participated in many projects and is a craftsman with talent and ideas.

He said modestly: "My lord, in fact, Mr. Chu and I just came up with ideas for this improved well rail car. It was the craftsmen below who really made them. They worked very hard to create the current sample well. Lane car!"

When Mu Jing heard the words, he glanced over and looked at these sweaty craftsmen, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

A million soldiers is not as good as three thousand craftsmen.

He suddenly felt a little guilty. Knowing how important these craftsmen were, he still neglected them a little. It was really unreasonable. At this time, if someone poached them, it would be easy for these talents to be lost.

After Mu Jing pondered for a while, he turned to Qi Ye: "Yun Xiao, how many craftsmen do we have now?"

"The Military Industry Division has eight hundred!"

Qi Ye replied: "As for the other departments, I don't know very well, but our military industry department does not have the most craftsmen, the most must be Gongcao, under the name of Gongcao, there are a lot of craftsmen of all kinds. Most of the craftsmen are skilled in ironware!"

Mu Jing said in a deep voice: "In the past, I have neglected them a little. If a craftsman wants to do a good job, he must first sharpen his tools. These craftsmen are great talents, and they are very important. If they don't go to the battlefield, they will naturally have no chance to make contributions. But they built weapons and improved equipment for us in the rear, all of which are great achievements, and they must be rewarded. In this way, if you get a record of the craftsmen's credit, you must remember every credit of them clearly, and you will be rewarded according to your merits in the future , must be rewarded!"

"promise!"

"Also, although craftsmen are not comparable to scholars today, they will definitely not be inferior to scholars in the future. We cannot be self-motivated. From now on, craftsmen are assigned grades based on ability and technology. The higher the grade, the better the salary. Well, I will never treat any capable craftsman under my command!"

Mu Jing said triumphantly to the craftsmen of the Jiangzhou Armament Workshop.

"Thank you my lord!"

"The Lord is righteous!"

A group of craftsmen were moved to the ground.

Agricultural business.

This has been a class relationship that has been passed down for thousands of years and has been deeply rooted. Now, Mu Jing compares the status of these craftsmen with scholars, which is very important, extremely important.

Scholars die for their confidants. They are not scholars, they are workers, but they have the same principle. If someone can understand them, they are willing to give everything in return.

They are just so simple.

Looking at them, Mujing felt a sense in his heart. He was not a whim. A person whose soul came from the 21st century never obeyed the status of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and he was willing to praise merchants and develop craftsmen so that they would have a higher status. At low temperatures, they can exert greater force.

(End of this chapter)