The boss is going against the sky

Chapter 436 Pill City!

With the rapid increase of Xuanmen disciples, the demand for pills in the sect naturally also increased rapidly. In addition, the pills produced by Xuanmen have been crowding out the pill market of other forces in the 23 states of the Wumeng in recent years. The demand for middle and low-level pills is even greater.

Such a huge elixir, close to Mu Que on Danding Peak, his true disciples and some inner court disciples, even if they work around the clock and are exhausted, it is difficult to practice it.

Therefore, two years ago, Shen Qi reminded Mu Que to study how to refine middle and low-level pills in large quantities, and how to reduce the difficulty of refining medicines.For example, putting the method of assembly line operation into refining medicine, or introducing the concept of standardization into refining medicine.

A group of master craftsmen with excellent craftsmanship, even craftsmen with unique skills, are assisting Mu Que in this matter.So, not long after, Xuanmen had a construction plan for Dancheng, and quickly started the construction of the first phase of the project.A few days ago, the third phase of the project was also completed, and the overall construction of Dan City was considered to have come to an end.

Because it was built and used at the same time, more than a year ago, Pill City began to reflect its value and charm, and became an important place for the Taoist forces.

Today, Shen Qi and Ji Changsheng are going to inspect the effect of the third phase of the Dancheng project and how much the overall efficiency has been improved.This is not only an inspection, but also an emphasis on Dancheng.

Mu Que's true biography and several inner court disciples rode the tiger-pattern carving, while Shen Qi and Ji Changsheng flew across the sky. Therefore, even though Dan City is actually nearly a hundred miles away from the Nine Peaks Ruins, it only takes a while for the few of them to get there. arrive.

"Master, please look, this is District A of Dan City. All the medicinal materials needed by Dan City are sent here, and then inspected and sorted. Because we have a huge demand for medicinal materials, and the purchase price is a little higher than that of our peers. So now not only under the rule of Xuanmen, Qingyangzong, Ziwei Pavilion, and Jiangdongmeng, but also under the rule of Yunmeng Palace, Lingyin Sect, and Wanjianmen farther away, there are also many medicinal material merchants who cooperate with us to import medicinal materials from all over the world. A lot of traffic came in."

The one who explained these things to Shen Qi and Ji Changsheng was Zhai Qing, one of Mu Que's true disciples.Although his talent for refining medicine is not top-notch among Mu Que's true biography, he has participated the most in the construction and development of Dan City, and he can be regarded as one of the top management of Dan City.

When Shen Qi went down, he saw that Area A was in the southeast corner of Dan City, and there was a rather large square outside the city gate facing it. It actually served as a parking lot, and hundreds of four-wheeled freight carriages were parked on it. .Countless laborers unloaded bags of medicinal herbs from the carriage, carried them on their shoulders and hands, and sent them into the first area at a brisk pace.

After entering District A, the medicinal materials of a medicinal material dealer were put in one place, and the medicinal material quality inspectors in Dancheng inspected them, and after confirming that they were qualified, they stamped the receipts of the medicinal material dealers who had already been waiting there.Medicinal material merchants can rely on the documents to receive money other than the deposit from the financial staff of Dancheng.

As for Lifu's salary, it will be deducted from the medicinal materials merchant's remuneration in advance, and then paid to Lifu by the relevant staff of Dancheng.In this way, Lifu, who takes this as his job, is under the management of Dancheng, which prevents Lifu from working freely at the beginning to forming cliques and other unhealthy phenomena.

With the experience of his previous life, Shen Qi naturally looked down on the relatively primitive modes of transportation such as four-wheeled carriages and Lifu, and he also reminded the Tiangong Institute to study in this area.

But few people can understand why Shen Qi did this, because in the world of martial arts, especially in the spiritual tide period, both horses and humans are much stronger than the horses and humans in Shen Qi's previous life, so they can be regarded as tools. Almost, the transportation efficiency is not very low.

It's like an ordinary Lifu, carrying thousands of catties of cargo, walking like flying, this is definitely a strange person in Shen Qi's previous life.But in the world of martial arts, as long as you have practiced martial arts for a few years, or you are naturally stronger, you can do it.

From such things, Shen Qi got an inspiration—in this world, the progress of craftsmanship, or the progress of science and technology can indeed bring about an increase in productivity and change the world.However, there is still a long way to go before it can be compared with martial arts.

Shen Qi felt that if the two could be integrated and promoted each other, perhaps in a certain period of time in the future, both would have explosive development.

In the future, when Xuanmen unifies Yuanwu Star, if they want to go out and gain a foothold in the wider Nine Ring Star Field, it is not enough to rely on the golden finger of the system, and they must also have unique advantages.

This can be said to be Shen Qi's thinking about the future path of Taoism, which is still very shallow and immature...
In Area A, after the medicinal materials pass the quality inspection, they will be sent for quantitative sorting according to various standards, so as to facilitate the use of other staff later.

For example, some elixirs of a kind of medicinal material only need one or two when it is used, and it is ground into powder, while another kind of medicinal material needs at least one catty at a time, and as long as it is boiled out of clear soup, no medicine is needed. scum.In this way, the same medicinal material needs to be treated differently during the initial sorting process.

The sorting staff is also recruited from the common people in Dancheng, because the salary is stable and relatively high at present, so the common people who get this job are very serious and responsible.

"This is District B, which is the primary processing area for medicinal materials. It is necessary to conduct preliminary processing of various medicinal materials according to the refining plan issued by the above. This job not only requires certain skills, but also requires sufficient knowledge of medicinal materials. , so most of the people who can work here are the alchemy apprentices trained by our alchemy city."

Following Zhai Qing's introduction, Shen Qi and Ji Changsheng walked into District B adjacent to District A.

Looking at the past, most of the people working here are young people, even teenagers, who are using tools improved by some craftsmen, or simply newly researched tools, to carry out various primary processing of medicinal materials.

For example, to grind medicinal materials into powder. In the past, most of the medicinal materials were bought in medical centers and pharmacies. Some apprentices used small hands to grind a little bit, or simply pounded them slowly. If you need a little, you can make a little.In the past, Mu Que mainly did this kind of work in the pharmacy.

In the second area of ​​Dancheng, there are also medicinal mills, but they are pulled by donkeys, and at least tens of catties of medicinal materials are crushed at a time.There is also that kind of giant grinder, pulled by a reckless ox stimulated to a certain extent by the aura, which can crush hundreds or thousands of catties of a certain kind of hard medicinal material at a time!
Another example is that medicinal materials need to be cut into pieces. In the past, apprentices naturally cut them slowly by hand.Now it is using a simple rolling mill developed by Tiangong Institute, which is driven by manpower or water power, and can quickly slice medicinal materials in batches.

Therefore, Shen Qi seems to have seen the prototype of the factory here.Of course, the actual level is similar to that of some large workshops that used simple machines in ancient times hundreds of years ago in his previous life.

After inspecting District B, Zhai Qing brought Shen Qi and Ji Changsheng into District C.

"District C is mainly for finishing processing of medicinal materials. Because the finishing process of many medicinal materials is very troublesome, it is still difficult to achieve the scale and assembly line as the head said. Those who can work here are at least senior refiners. A pharmacist, or even a pharmacist." Zhai Qing said with some embarrassment as he walked in Area C.

As one of the top managers of Dancheng, he has put in a lot of hard work in the past two years for Dancheng to emerge from scratch. Of course, he knows what Shen Qi's vision and expectations for Dancheng are.

However, some things were indeed difficult to meet expectations in a short period of time. Now that Shen Qi came to inspect, he felt a little helpless and apprehensive.

Shen Qi taught Mu Que many alchemy formulas and pharmacies, Shen Qi is of course not a novice in pill refining.He knew what Zhai Qing said. The finishing processing of medicinal materials is not as delicate and troublesome as the primary processing. With the undeveloped medicinal processing technology in Dancheng, it is really difficult to scale it up.

For example, to boil medicinal soup, a certain kind of elixir must boil the medicinal soup of a certain medicinal material to a certain consistency. How much water is added in this process, and how to control the heat, and even a standard has not been developed, and it can only be determined by the alchemist Take control with experience.

After walking around in District C, Shen Qi didn't say anything, but said, "Go, go to District D to have a look."

[Second update. 】

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