The general was not only a benefactor to him, but also a comrade who fought bloody battles. Zhao Wei did not need to think about choosing between a court who only knew oppression and his own comrades.
Zhao Kuo was very satisfied with Zhao Wei's lack of hesitation and immediately continued to tell him: "It costs a lot to make iron and build troops. Especially grain and fodder. If there is any shortage, you can exchange it with General Xu Li from Hanoi. I will also It will help you greatly."
"Yes!" Zhao Wei agreed again.
"In addition, regarding building troops." Zhao Kuo continued: "The feathered arrows of the Qin army are straighter, sharper, farther and more accurate than those of our army. And their arrowheads, arrow shafts, and arrows Each feather has its own name. It should be made by different people. If you think about it carefully, it may be for the benefit of division of labor and joint production, and we can also learn from it."
As a 21st century Zhao Kuo, he knows very well what standardized operations are. Its efficiency has improved by no means, and Qin's military production may be the earliest standardized assembly line. If you don’t learn, you will be sorry for your identity.
"For example, in the production of arrow shafts, wood selection, wood splitting, shaping, straightening, etc., the steps can be separated one by one. Each step can be completed by different people depending on its complexity. In this way, only one person can do it. One thing is accumulated over time, practice makes perfect, and speed comes naturally." Zhao Kuo continued to explain the so-called "division of labor and coordination."
"The next most important step is to engrave numbers on the arrow shafts made in different shifts. If there is a problem, the source can be traced and the responsibility can be traced. This makes the craftsmen dare not take it lightly." Zhao Kuo continued to add.
"General, that's a good plan." Zhao Wei thought about it and realized the benefits.
"This is the law of the Qin people." Zhao Kuo also showed a rare humility.
Immediately, Zhao Kuo continued to give instructions to Zhao Wei. After all, it is easy to defend against foreign enemies, but it is difficult to defend against internal strife, especially when Zhao Wei has almost no foundation and Zhao Kuo is far away in Handan.
...
After some explanation, the moon has set in the west.
After eating the game brought by his guards, Zhao Kuo, who had been running around all day, fell into a deep sleep.
In the dream, the sun was shining brightly, and Zhao Kuo was riding a tall horse, with the newly baked Bailian long sword in his hand and three thousand finely armored cavalry behind him, glowing dazzlingly in the sun.
With a pointed sword, three thousand cavalry followed Zhao Kuo's footsteps, like the raging river, rushing towards the darkness ahead...
When I woke up in the morning, all the fatigue was gone. However, Zhao Kuo did not rush back to the camp. Instead, he taught the soldiers Zhao Weihe brought with him in the valley to build blast furnaces, make corresponding blowers, and at the same time coke the coal mines.
Zhao Kuo can only trust these people with these high-tech technologies. Even if the construction is slower, Zhao Kuo will never allow these technologies to be leaked.
Mix mud together, build together, and build the first blast furnace together.
To be honest, although I came from an engineering background and have some basic theories, it is not that simple to actually set up a blast furnace.
On the contrary, the blower was the fastest to complete. Even the coking of the coal mine, a process that Zhao Kuo thought he would have to try many times, was actually completed before the blast furnace was started.
Fortunately, Zhao Kuo didn't plan to build a blast furnace that high. Finally, after several collapses, a blast furnace that was less than two people tall and the size of a person's surroundings was finally erected - it's better to say it's a blast furnace. It is an ordinary shaft furnace.
Of course, such a shaft furnace is enough for iron making. A shaft furnace of this size is obviously only used to verify Zhao Kuo's method. One furnace of steel, let alone mass production, is probably only enough to make a dagger.
But this could no longer stop everyone's excitement. Soon, a carefully selected piece of iron ore was sent into the blast furnace.
The coking coal underneath was already burning, and Zhao Wei, shirtless, was fanning the blower to increase the air intake of the blast furnace and make the coking coal burn more fully.
Without a thermometer and no observation window, Zhao Kuo could only feel the burning of coking coal and the smelting of iron ore by touching the thick furnace wall.
Although the furnace wall is thick, it is still very hot.
This furnace wall
But the temperature is much higher than that of boiling water. In his previous life, even boiling water was too hot for Zhao Kuo, but now he touches it without hesitation with his hand wrapped only twice in a towel. I can only say that this damn society is really It means not treating people as human beings.
Just once, my hand is almost useless.
Fortunately, the leader who was looking for coal mines was a blacksmith, and he quickly helped Zhao Kuo come up with a way: drip water on the furnace wall, and judge the temperature based on the rate at which the water evaporates.
Obviously this is much more scientific than Zhao Kuo's silly touch with his hands. Zhao Kuo once again saw the so-called wisdom of the ancients. Looking at his burned hands, Zhao Kuo really wanted to scold himself - pig brain!
However, even if there is a way to test the temperature, no one knows which temperature is the most suitable. Failure, then, is almost expected.
Fortunately, this problem is not difficult at all. If it's not cooked through, then cook it for a little longer; if it's too cooked, cook it for a little while; it's nothing more than a process of adding water if there are too many noodles, and adding noodles if there's too much water.
With the soldiers working day and night, and with the assistance of the soldiers who were blacksmiths, Zhao Kuo finally got the molten state he wanted after the fourth try.
Immediately, the mold was cast and demoulded in one go. Without waiting for anyone to observe carefully, the bright yellow iron ingot was placed on the iron felt by the leader, and the big hammer and small hammer fell in sequence.
The clanking sound continued all night long.
With a "Zila" sound, a dagger was finally freshly produced.
Zhao Kuo, who had been awake all night, his eyes were already red, and all the soldiers around him were staring at the weapon that everyone had worked together to create. It's a pity that the dark dagger body can't see any difference at all.
Then he saw the blacksmith's soldier, holding the dagger in both hands and polishing it on the whetstone.
"Hey..." A clear voice instantly resounded through the valley, like the clear dragon's roar from the sky. Even people who don’t know much about swords know that they have made a good sword!
Without the slightest hesitation, Zhao Wei, who could no longer hold himself back, nodded slightly, and then waved the sword in his hand. There was only a "dang" sound, and the two swords collided with each other, making a crisp sound.
Looking at the two swords again, a huge gap has been formed on the long sword, but there is no trace on the short dagger.
"Good sword." Zhao Wei said in surprise, and then decisively threw away the long sword in his hand. At the same time, he snatched the dagger from the hand of the soldier and gently rubbed the smooth sword body with one big hand. Obviously that long sword followed Zhao Wei all the way to kill the future.
Use it like a treasure, and its temperament is like a pair of shoes.
Hey, man...
