I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 294 An epoch-making invention, the simple lathe!
"The iron smelting workshop is related to the production of fine steel, and the fine steel is related to the smooth birth of ships and steam engines. If I can't take a look at this matter, I will always be worried."

Wang Fu also knew that what Li Tian had already decided could rarely be changed.

Although I was apprehensive and worried, in the end I just waited for Li Tian to decide.

"Since His Majesty has made a decision, this old servant will arrange manpower to ensure that what happened last time will not happen again."

After saying this, he hesitated for a while, and then said,

"Your Majesty, the East Factory has a lot of work to do recently, and may not be able to allocate enough manpower. When you see it, please ask Hanwang to arrange some Jinyiwei."

Hearing what he said was so serious, Li Tian was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that after he seemed to come to Daming, he hadn't really stepped out of the capital yet.

In the capital, there are [-]% soldiers and horses, the emperor's army, the four guards of Longxiang, Dongchang and Jinyiwei, even if something happens.

Someone will come to help soon, but if something happens outside the city, the rescue will not be so timely.

The assassination scene some time ago seemed to be still in front of my eyes.

Although he was not afraid of being assassinated, after what happened last time, whether it was Wang Fu and the others or the ministers of the court and the central government, they were so frightened that they wet several pants.

If he left the city rashly, he would probably attract the attention of many people.

If it is not done well, it is possible that someone will stop the death row.

In this way, it will be very troublesome. If you bring fewer people, you cannot guarantee safety. If you bring more people, it will inevitably attract more people's attention, which is very troublesome.

But if he didn't take a look at the new workshop, he was always worried.

In the end he decided to travel light.

"Forget it, there is no need to make such a big show, I just take a look and explain some things, what big things can happen."

Although Li Tian said so, how could Wang Fu treat this kind of thing like a joke.

Superficially agreed, "Your Majesty, this old servant obeys!"

In fact, I have already started to think in my heart, how many people should be arranged to pretend to be ordinary people in order to ensure sufficient safety.

The departure of the city is scheduled for the afternoon, and there is still a lot of time.

Li Tianyou continued to read the two brochures sent by Tiangongfang.

The first one is about matters related to the improvement of the matchlock gun and the production of the construction workshop jointly sent by Zhou Zhen and Liu Baohe.

In fact, Li Tian's design of the matchlock gun is directly based on the type that has been tested in later generations, and there is not much room for modification.

After half a month of research, at best, they are studying how to make this kind of matchlock gun mass-produced.

Liu Baohe was mentored by Li Tian before, and he knew the way of dividing work on the assembly line.

And he made ten matchlock guns in this way by the person who personally commanded the military battle bureau, which can be regarded as having sufficient experience.

After half a month of discussions with experienced craftsmen, I finally concluded a set of overall processes that can greatly reduce production costs and increase production speed.

It was impossible for them to complete this matter so quickly.

But some time ago, Li Tian gave Zhou Zhen a drawing of a hydraulic forging hammer.

This gave Liu Baohe great inspiration.

On a whim, he came up with the method of using a forging hammer to combine special models to forge the gun barrel and other parts.

If this idea can be formed, many parts that are not complicated can be manufactured in batches with molds, which can greatly reduce costs and improve efficiency.

They joined hands to write this booklet, which not only contained their ideas and requests, but also included a new type of forging hammer that was magically modified by the two of them.

Li Tian carefully looked at this place with a huge forging hammer above it, and a platform below it. There are many strange things on the platform such as pliers, rubbing tables, planing and milling, drilling and other small tools.

After watching for a long time, he couldn't help laughing.

"This Liu Baohe is really talented. Isn't this just a simple lathe!"

The car and boat that has been magically modified by the two not only has a forging hammer, but also innovatively combines water drive and wind drive.

And there is something like a pedal wheel on the side.

Li Tian was more and more surprised as he watched.

"Good guy, not only have I changed my original water-driven forging hammer into a variety of power drives, but also innovatively added an original thing like a pedal wheel."

"These two guys really deserve to be the talents who were picked up by myself. Since only a simple forging hammer has opened up such a big brain hole."

Even Li Tian hadn't thought of the pedal wheel.

Its structure is actually very simple, just like the old-fashioned pedal sewing machines of later generations.

Through continuous stepping, the driving wheel is continuously rotated.

The rotating wheel, through a transmission chain made of cowhide, drives a small forging hammer to continuously hammer up and down.

Although this small hammer is not as powerful as the big forging hammer, it is still enough to forge some small parts.

This is just one of the small functions of the wheel.

A pliers mouth driven by a rotary wheel can rotate continuously after clamping something.

At this time, if you put a grinding thing next to it, it becomes a grinding machine.

If you put a carving knife next to it, it becomes a planer.

This little thing is simply multi-purpose ah.

"Reward, Wang Fu, pass on the decree to me, whether it's the craftsmen who participated in the improvement of this thing, or those who have put forward valuable opinions.

A hundred taels of silver will be rewarded for everyone, Liu Baohe and Zhou Zhen's salaries will be increased by one level, and 1000 taels of silver will be rewarded as encouragement. "

Wang Fu was stunned when he heard this.

Usually, Li Tian's rewards are at most ten taels or eight taels, but this time the lowest is 100 taels, and the highest is 1000 taels.

This is a great reward.

He couldn't help stretching his neck out of curiosity, wanting to see what they had come up with that made Li Tian so excited, and was willing to give out such a heavy reward.

But that little brain of his wasn't made to study such things at all, and he couldn't see anything after looking at it for a long time.

"This old slave will order someone to draw up a decree!"

Li Tian couldn't put it down holding a few drawings in the loading memorial.

After thinking about it, I feel that rewards are not enough.

Pick up a pen and paper and start writing and drawing.

He wrote down some improvement methods and suggestions he could think of, and encouraged the two of them a lot. It took three full pages to finish.

After writing so many words in one breath, Li Tian also felt a little tired.

Still he couldn't be happier.

"When passing the decree, give this thing to them too! Tell them that I am very satisfied with their improvement.

I also agreed to the construction of the workshop they requested. If you lack money, let Zhou Zhen go directly to Director Huang's Household Reform Bureau to ask for it. "

(End of this chapter)