Chapter One Thousand Two Hundred and Eighty-Three: A military industrial system that transcends the times
"Director, this is a cloth-covered long iron armor, weighing forty-two kilograms, with hundreds of armor pieces! It covers the chest, abdomen, waist, ribs, and shoulder blades, and there is a leather skirt to cover the thighs... This is a cloth-covered half-length iron armor, weighing two pounds.
Eighteen pounds, mainly to protect the chest, abdomen, back and waist... This is a forged iron helmet. Although the process is complicated, it is lighter and stronger than a copper helmet. You can also add a piece of iron cloth for the neck..."
"Charape, after replacing the copper sheets in the cloth armor with iron sheets, what will be the difference in the production process? Will the working hours increase? Compared with the cloth-covered copper armor, how much will the protection of the cloth-covered iron armor be improved?"
"Director, this is a long story... Well, a team has just completed a pair of long armors. Why don't we go and take a look at the acceptance inspection of this armor!..."
Passing through the layers of guarding warriors and arriving at the deepest part of the craftsmen's camp, you can see the core department of the Kingdom's Military Industry Department, the Armor Forging Bureau, led by Deputy Director Chalape.
Armor casting is a complicated job. Whether it is traditional cloth-covered bronze armor or the new cloth-covered iron armor, it requires sewing battle clothes, making armor pieces, nailing jumpsuits, and finally being adjusted and shaped by skilled craftsmen.
This is not something that a single craftsman can accomplish in a short period of time, and the model in the craftsman camp is to work in groups, just like the cooperation of a samurai squad in the army. In fact, the position in the army corresponding to the senior craftsman is the senior who usually serves as the captain of the samurai squad.
warrior.
"Ding Dong, Ding Dong!"
Looking around, hundreds of craftsmen and apprentices are being divided into craftsman teams with senior craftsmen as captains. In the team, each craftsman is responsible for different production links, and is finally gathered at the senior craftsman. And when a
The cloth face armor is formed. After the senior craftsman checks that it is correct, he must engrave a mark that represents his identity. This not only represents the product of his team, he can use it to obtain material rewards from the Military Industry Department, but also provides a basis for accountability for problems.
Therefore, each craftsman captain has become the manager of military production, the beneficiary, and the final responsible person. They inspect the armor very carefully, just like a senior craftsman captain who has just completed the work. His expression is serious, and he
The armor was hung on a wooden frame, and the bronze spear was stabbed at different locations on the armor to check the armor's defense.
"Blessed by the Lord God! The chest and abdomen are qualified... the waist and ribs are qualified... the shoulders... are all qualified!"
After some inspections, the captain of the craftsman sighed and looked carefully at the deputy director and director standing next to him. The kingdom is based on the army and fights non-stop every year. These armors will not be stored in the warehouse at all, but
It will be quickly sent to various states and handed over to the warriors to equip and fight. And the military law of the kingdom is extremely strict. Once the quality is low and something goes wrong, the responsibility will be traced. Finally, the craftsman captain will be traced, but he will be severely punished or even executed!
Not to mention, at this moment, two adults from Shenqi Institute are watching from the side...
"Chalape, after replacing this copper piece with an iron piece, it seems to be more resistant to being stabbed?..."
"Yes, Director! The iron materials from the south are transported to the craftsmen's camp. After they are forged into iron armor pieces, they can continue to be forged! Unlike cast bronze armor pieces, iron armor pieces will become stronger and tougher after repeated forging.
The protective ability will become stronger and stronger. Not only is it stronger than bronze armor, it is also lighter than bronze. The greater advantage is that this kind of forged iron armor is easier to repair. As long as there are craftsman apprentices accompanying the army, they can be dismantled on the spot.
Remove the damaged armor pieces and repair them by heating and forging..."
"In fact, under the guidance of His Majesty and you, these new cloth-covered iron armors, once they reach a large scale and are equipped on the elite kingdom warriors, are almost invincible! Even the bronze spears of the Alliance can hit at least ten
It takes several times to break the armor..."
"Of course, this kind of cloth-covered iron armor is just like cloth-covered bronze armor. It is difficult for strong warriors to withstand blunt blows with heavy stone hammers... But there are very few warriors who can wield heavy weapons in combat..."
"Very good! Forged iron sheets have stronger protection... It seems that the Armor Forging Bureau will recruit a group of craftsman apprentices to be responsible for the forging of iron armor sheets..."
Talea, the director of the Divine Enlightenment, was wearing a sacrificial robe and standing upright in the center of the crowd. She was wearing a golden mask with a pattern of hummingbirds engraved on it, revealing only a pair of cold and stern eyes. And when she looked around the crowd with her sharp eyes
, the technocrats present lowered their heads and listened respectfully to the director's orders.
"Blessed by the Lord God! A new type of iron-smelting shaft furnace was used in Black Rock Mountain, and the output of iron materials tripled. It has exceeded the output of copper materials in the kingdom and continues to grow. Several remote mines have also been discovered in the Colima Mountains.
Regarding the iron ore, Chief Colima has already cooperated with us, recruiting tribesmen to mine iron ore during slack periods. As for our Divine Inspiration Institute, which is responsible for the smelting, we only need to give him 40% of the output, or convert it into kingdom goods.
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"The source of iron ore is sufficient, and the human and material costs of producing iron are much smaller than that of bronze... Therefore, as stated in His Majesty's Divine Revelation Book, it is the general trend of the kingdom to replace bronze with iron! And the focus of the Military Industry Department is, in addition to
In addition to bronze cannons, we should focus on iron weapons and armor..."
"Raw materials are sufficient, and the Armor Casting Bureau needs to further expand its manpower! Within half a year, the armor production will be increased by half, and the proportion of cloth-covered iron armor will be increased to 30%! For every piece of armor produced, the craftsman team will be rewarded with a piece of cloth or two bags of cocoa.
As long as the acceptance is passed, the more produced, the greater the reward, there is no upper limit!"
"The entire kingdom in the lake and the various legions that are expanding in all directions are in urgent need of more and better equipment to suppress the Tekos, Mayans, and Mixtecs... And the Otomi allies in the north and the alliance in the east,
The Mexican legions on the southern front also need our military supplies and are willing to pay high prices for them!…"
Talea announced the reward policy of the craftsman camp, causing the craftsmen and apprentices of all levels present to let out low cheers, praising the Lord God, His Majesty and the director. Producing a pair of armor will reward a piece of cloth, such a generous reward
Their treatment is almost the same as that of frontline warriors!
In fact, relying on the unique promotion system of the craftsman aristocracy, a large number of professional technocrats have gone to all aspects of the Shenqi Institute craftsman camp, maintaining the efficient operation of the military industry system. Under the military system of conquest, a steady stream of countries
Orders have also been pouring into the craftsman camp, allowing all craftsmen to free up production.
Gathering craftsmen on a large scale and cooperating according to the division of labor in small teams, large-scale division of labor produces military supplies. It provides a promotion channel for craftsmen, allowing craftsmen to be promoted to nobles and serve as technocrats in the management department... Under this almost unreplicable divine system, the kingdom
The craftsman camp has become a workshop of the classical military system in a true sense!
The kingdom's large production scale and strict system are like the generals of the Qin State. The emphasis on technological progress and the emphasis on technocrats are like a special military-industrial university. Only under such a system,
With a way to rise, craftsmen are willing to really delve into progress and pass on real technology. The more they produce, the more beneficial it is to all parties, and only then can technology truly spread from a few master craftsmen downwards.
They are not called masters and apprentices, but actually slaves!
