Daming Military Empire

Chapter 32 Bad news

At this time of day, the huge construction site of Wang Gong Factory was still bathed in the morning sun. The officials of the Department of Cleaning and Cleaning of the Ministry of Industry had already arranged for craftsmen to clean up the factory area, and the doctor Song Yingxing was running around everywhere. , full of excitement, sweating profusely.Today is a good day for the emperor to inspect the military factory. As the person in charge here, Song Yingxing is naturally very honored. He is afraid that something is wrong, so he is checking around.

Before the emperor arrived, Bi Maokang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Zheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry, and Sun Yuanhua, the right servant of the Ministry of War, had already rushed over. As soon as he saw Song Yingxing from a distance, Bi Maokang asked loudly: "Chang Geng, are you ready?" The emperor has already set off right now, and will arrive in less than half an hour."

Song Yingxing turned his head when he heard the sound, wiped the sweat off his face, and replied out of breath, "Master Bi, I woke them up as soon as the sun was shining and got ready, but I don't know if these little bastards are lazy or not. Am I checking right now, or you, Mr. Wang and Mr. Sun help me look around to see if there are any mistakes."

Bi Maokang and the others agreed repeatedly, and then dispersed to check around.

At this time, the newly built bluestone road has been wiped spotless, and various building materials have been piled up neatly. The small road from the main road to the machining workshop has been paved with a red carpet. Under the supervision, they went back to their respective construction sites to work, and the whole factory area looked neat and orderly.

The four of them checked for a while and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so they went to the door and waited for the emperor to drive.

At a quarter of an hour, a large number of Jinyiwei began to gather outside the factory area, and then entered the factory area in a neat queue led by their respective thousands of households, and lined up along the main roads in the factory area. In less than a quarter of an hour, both sides of the nine main roads were full. Jin Yiwei.

At this time, the emperor's royal driver was already approaching the gate of the factory, and Jin Yiwei, who was leading the way, began to enter the factory area. They didn't stop, and ran directly along the avenue to the machining workshop, and soon the surrounding area of ​​the machining workshop was completely blocked.

Ever since Zhu Cijiong entered the factory area, he felt as if he had passed away. The scale and the road are very similar to the military factory he worked in his previous life. Only the factory building is an ancient building with wood and stone structure. It's almost the same as the previous life!
When he planned it at the beginning, he only subconsciously borrowed from the layout of later generations. He didn't expect that the building would be so similar. Seeing the familiar scene, he couldn't help feeling:
People in modern times think that being an emperor is good, and being an emperor is fun. I don’t know how many people dream of one day traveling through time and becoming an emperor directly, but they don’t know the hardships of being an emperor.

When you are an emperor, you have no freedom, no privacy, no space for activities, endless government affairs, you have to manage countless officials, and you must always be on guard against rebellious officials and thieves. You are like a puppet being pulled around the palace all day long. Go, like a prisoner, even more tired than a prisoner!
Alas, everyone says the emperor is good, but the emperor is not troubled.Zhu Cijiong even misses the carefree life of an engineer in his previous life.

In a burst of inexplicable emotion, he was surrounded by a group of officials and entered the machining workshop. This is a large factory building of nearly [-] square meters. The ground paved with bluestone slabs is neat and generous, and the thick columns are arranged neatly, thick and orderly. .Two brand-new machine tools are placed not far from the door. At this time, the steam is ready, the parts are clamped, and they are waiting for Zhu Cijiong to turn on the button.

The first batch of copper cylinders and copper air pipes to be produced are prepared for subsequent machine tools. The copper cylinders and copper air pipes waiting to be processed are all sand-cast and cylindrical.The copper air pipe needs to be drilled in the middle first, and then the two ends are threaded; the inner and outer walls of the copper cylinder need to be smoothed.

Zhu Cijiong first walked to the front of the drilling machine, and he quickly found the position of the gas valve switch. At this time, Song Yingxing stood respectfully in front of the drilling machine and waited for him to turn it on.

He took a deep breath to dispel the nostalgia for his previous life in his mind, then resolutely pressed the gas valve switch, there was a soft "buzzing buzzing", the drill bit turned quickly, and Song Yingxing turned the small drill skillfully. With the handle of the gear, the drill slowly drills into the copper rod.

This time, I used a new high-carbon steel drill bit, which is much harder than before, so there was no need to change the drill bit midway, and it was drilled through in one go. It took less than a quarter of an hour before and after.

Sun Chengzong and the others next to him saw the power of the machine for the first time, and they were all stunned.

They didn't expect that it usually took three people to cooperate, and it took a lot of effort to drill through the copper rod that would take a day to drill through. It took less than a quarter of an hour to drill through this weird machine, and Song Yingxing who was operating on the side It doesn't take much effort at all, just turn the handle of the gear easily!

After drilling through a copper rod, Song Yingxing skillfully closed the air valve, clamped the drilled copper rod to the work frame on one side, and then picked up an unprocessed copper rod from the ground, and put it on the drilling machine to continue Continue processing.But Zhu Cijiong went to the lathe, ready to see the effect of the new lathe.

This time the lathe was operated by Wang Zheng, the left servant of the Ministry of Industry. Seeing Zhu Cijiong standing next to the air valve switch and looking at him, he nodded respectfully.

The cylindrical copper cylinder blank began to spin rapidly. The most amazing thing was that it automatically leaned against the fixed tool on the opposite side. Copper wires splashed one by one, and the surface of the copper cylinder gradually became smooth. Sun Chengzong and others next to him all The boss who looked at the mouth opened wide.

This machine is also amazing, it does not need human hands at all, and it can automatically process parts!

Of course, this is because they don’t know the difference between fully automatic and semi-automatic. In fact, this lathe processing still requires people to clamp parts and adjust the position of the tool, and it cannot be fully automatic.

After the outer wall was turned, Wang Zheng closed the air valve and began to skillfully adjust the position of the cutter.After the adjustment, he manually turned the gear first, and put the tool against the cylinder blank for a test, then turned on the automatic knife feeding cylinder, and the inner wall of the cylinder began to become smooth again.

Just as a group of people were staring intently at the two magical machines for processing parts, Zhu Cijiong suddenly remembered a long-lost voice:

"Ding Dong, congratulations on completing the third survival mission, the rewards will be distributed below, the blueprint of a simple flintlock gun."

Zhu Cijiong felt a little dizzy again, and there was an extra set of drawings in his mind, which was the exploded diagram of a simple flintlock gun.

Before he could take a closer look, the beautiful voice of the system continued:
"Ding Dong, please pay attention, new task reminder.

Your fourth survival mission: survive in this world for a year.

Mission Reward: Flintlock Grenade Blueprint. "

Zhu Cijiong was a little confused. He thought that the gun was followed by a cannon, but he didn't expect it to be a grenade.

The beauty of the system did not give him time to think, and continued: "Friendly reminder: The Ming Dynasty is about to enter a period of rapid decline, please be mentally prepared, Sao Nian, come on! The reminder is over, I wish you a happy game."

Well, the beauty of the system made a rare joke about him, but the content of the reminder was not funny at all. For Zhu Cijiong, this was simply bad news.

What does it mean that the Ming Dynasty is about to enter a period of rapid decline?Isn't the decline fast enough in the hands of the two prodigal emperors, Wanli and Tianqi?

(End of this chapter)