The originally somewhat depressed city streets were full of people coming and going. Most of the dilapidated wooden houses on the streets were now replaced by stone houses. In these stone houses that can be seen everywhere, the clanking of iron can be heard everywhere.
Crash sound.
Tieshan City has become a huge workshop, and everyone in this city is a person who works hard in the workshop. They each take charge of their own responsibilities, go around the city, and then produce the results they produced.
, truckloads of them were transported outside the city, to where these armors, arrowheads, and artillery carts should go.
The craftsmanship of making three-pound cannons is now very proficient. The four workshops in the city are in operation almost every day. Several craftsmen who followed Tang Ruowang to learn how to cast cannons have now been promoted to master craftsmen, each leading a workshop and working with ease.
With.
How to improve, how to innovate, how to develop new cannons may be a very difficult time for these craftsmen, but how to keep improving what they have learned and do it better will make Master Tang unable to do it.
It can be picky, but for this craftsman, this is something they can do and are confident to do.
There was just one thing that made these great craftsmen very helpless. The more cannons produced in his workshop, the more they felt that they could no longer meet the requirements of the front line. However, the manpower and materials in the city became increasingly difficult.
Now the city urgently needs to add some new blood, whether they are craftsmen or apprentices, as long as they can do things, the more the better.
It is a pity that due to the importance of Tieshan City, the original indigenous residents of the city were basically unable to enter the workshops and could only be responsible for some auxiliary menial work. Anything involving any technical content, the Ming people were
North Koreans will never be allowed to come near.
Especially places like firearms workshops and gunpowder workshops, where even the people who carry and light the fires are Ming people. Koreans are absolutely not allowed to enter.
The entire Tieshan City is under the strict control of the Fourth Navy Regiment. People from outside can't come in, and people inside can't get out. But today, Tieshan City has welcomed a group of outsiders who don't like this or that.
This group of outsiders are gesticulating in Tieshan City, but no matter who they are, facing the glare of this group of people, they dare not even say a word of rebuttal except for carefully keeping their smiles on their faces.
Even Tang Ruowang is like this.
"Whose genius's idea was it to place the warehouse less than a hundred steps away from the manufacturing workshop? This is because he is afraid that not enough people will die if the gunpowder explodes. Is this guy from Wang Gong's factory?"
"It's not very convenient any further away. Besides, there are a few rows of houses where craftsmen live in the middle as a barrier..."
"It's because these houses are inhabited by people. If the things are gone, they can be rebuilt. But if the people are gone, where can we find them?"
Zhao Yuan walked, cursing all the way, until he reached the meeting hall of the city lord's mansion in Tieshan City, still looking like he was still angry: "Mei Guoji, your master just gave me such a mess to clean up."
Well, if I had known this, I shouldn't have taken this job. This shabby place is far worse than Yan'an Prefecture, not to mention the capital..."
"Master Zhao, Master Zhao, after all, we have a lot of our own places, so we have to make do with it!" Mei Xiaofei explained with a smile: "The commander-in-chief knows that we people don't have any rules when it comes to doing things.
Didn’t I specially invite you to take charge of the overall situation? The commander-in-chief has given orders that as soon as Mr. Zhao arrives, everything in Tieshan City will be decided by Mr. Zhao. If anyone is not convinced, I will personally send him to ask my commander-in-chief!"
"snort……"
Zhao Yuan's face looked better now. At least, according to Mei Xiaofei, Jiang Wan gave him enough face as a mere chief of Zhao Yuan.
He turned his attention to Tang Ruowang, who had been accompanying him but said nothing: "Are you the monk Fo Langji who knows how to make cannons? The city is now laid out like this. I'm afraid it was all your idea!"
"I'm really ashamed. These things are what I'm good at, but now that Mr. Zhao comes to stay, I feel at ease. I will listen to Mr. Zhao on how to change this city and how to arrange personnel!"
Tang Ruowang's obedience made Zhao Yuan quite satisfied.
"How to change it? We are fighting with the Tartars. Every day the army needs guns and cannons. The city's production must not stop!" He sighed: "We can only take one step at a time. I don't know how to build cannons."
Too familiar, you are still in charge, and the matters of gunpowder and gunpowder are left to me and the people I bring!"
"Let's listen to Mr. Zhao's arrangements together!"
"As for other ordnance, if it's not firearms, don't bother us!" He said to Mei Xiaofei: "We will select the original craftsmen in the city, and you can make arrangements for the rest by yourself!
"
"yes!"
"Now take me to see other places. Fire gun making and cannon workshops must not be placed together. They should be as far away as possible!" Zhao Yuan stood up: "The place chosen for me requires more than just materials.
It’s easy to get in and out, and there’s also a place for testing…”
"Mr. Zhao, why don't you take a break first and have a meal before we talk!" Mei Xiaofei advised: "You have worked hard all the way. The North Korean officials in the city and I have prepared a banquet for you to wash away the dust. They also want to
Meet the angel of our Ministry of Industry!"
"I don't have time to deal with them!" Zhao Yuan snorted: "Send someone to deal with them. I came all the way to this shabby place not to eat their meager food. What good food can I get here?
Yes, forget it!”
"Come, Master Tang, let them do all the messy things. Come with me and tell me how you made the arrangements at the beginning. Tieshan can make as many things as the frontline soldiers and horses want now.
Also, it is said that this place is rich in good iron. How do you smelt this iron? Tell me in detail!"
"As Mr. Zhao wishes..." Tang Ruowang laughed. The other party's behavior suited his taste. He looked like a technical officer of the Ming Dynasty, and he knew from Mei Xiaofei that the soldiers and horses in Dongjiang Town now use
Fireguns and gunpowder were improved by the official in front of me.
He is also very willing to communicate with the other party. No, it should be said that he is very willing to become friends with the other party, and he believes that with his talents and learning, the other party will not refuse to have a friend like him.
"The first step in casting a cannon is, of course, to have enough fine iron. When smelting this fine iron, I have some little experience, which makes the fine iron I smelt have very few bubbles and other things.
, a small amount of fine iron can be forged to remove these bubbles and impurities, but when it comes to casting cannon barrels, this method is not enough. This was the problem at that time, which made me struggle for a long time, and I also lost several thousand kilograms of good iron...
"
"Well, this is indeed a very troublesome time. Refined iron cannot be made easily. How to grasp the right balance to make it tough but not brittle is a big knowledge. By the way, during your experiment
Are there any records? I want to see the experimental records at that time..."
"Of course there is this..."
The two craftsmen from the East and the West immediately found a common language. Seeing the two of them leaving in full swing, Mei Xiaofei shook his head happily and turned to deal with Shen Juncen and the others.
Director Zhao was transferred to Tieshan by the Marshal. The Marshal planned to have a good fight with the Tartars here. He really envied those guys who were fighting. He stayed here every day and almost got moldy.
He muttered in his heart, but his steps became brisk, and soon, he disappeared at the end of the hall along with the two people in front of him.