Neon Clothes and Iron Clothes

Chapter 89
"It's for the main force!" Wang Wenzuo slandered, but his face was extremely serious: "Then when will the troops be dispatched?"

"Probably another month!" Liu Renyuan looked at the sky outside the window: "The spring grass is growing!"

Wang Wenzuo nodded. Although Liu Renyuan didn't finish his sentence, he already understood: the horses of the Tang army who had just survived the winter on hay were emaciated and unbearable. For the Tang army with thousands of horses, it is undoubtedly a big disadvantage. Although a month's delay is not enough to restore these horses to their best condition, they will definitely be much stronger than they are now.

"Guardian, I have a request!"

"A request?" Liu Renyuan glanced at Wang Wenzuo. This young man can always surprise him: "Speak, what request?"

"If possible, I hope that I can also participate in this expedition and fight side by side with the Pao Ze!"

"Are you going too?"

"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo's expression was as usual: "I know what the duty of soldiers to join the army is, but I still hope to be with the robes when life and death are at stake!"

"Okay, okay!" Wang Wenzuo's words moved Liu Renyuan quite a bit. As a soldier who joined the army, Wang Wenzuo could justifiably stay in the safe city of Sibi without participating in this rather dangerous expedition: "I really didn't I misunderstood you, although you were born in Guandong, you were born with the courage of a man in Guanlong. I promise you, I will also serve as your former battalion officer!"

"Thank you, Duhu!"

There is still a long way from the residence, Wang Wenzuo is on horseback, and Sancho is holding the rein.He has walked this road many times, but never has it been as difficult as today.

Although I have never seen it with my own eyes, I have heard about these two famous fortified cities from soldiers and prisoners.

Different from the mountain fences captured by Wang Wenzuo before, these two cities are mountain cities built by the Baekje people for nearly a hundred years-composed of several stone fortresses on the hillside and on the top of the mountain, leading to these stone fortresses. There are only winding and steep mountain paths, and the defenders can condescend to throw stones and arrows at the enemies on the road, but it is difficult for the attacking side's siege equipment to pass the path, and the closer to the top of the mountain, the harder it is.

In the era of cold weapons, if you want to capture a mountain city of this size, you must either besiege it for a long time until its food is exhausted, or attack it regardless of sacrifice, and the Tang army is short of time and lives.

"Go ahead to dangers!"

"What?" Sancho turned his head: "What mountain and tiger? What are you talking about?"

"Nothing!" Wang Wenzuo glanced at Sancho, who was still ignorant: "Maybe this time, we are in big trouble!"

The molten metal flowed into the clay mold, making a stinging sound. Liu Chongguang stared at the craftsmen's operation for a moment. This is the most critical time in casting, and it is also the most dangerous time. As long as the temperature and process are slightly wrong , the metal solution in the mud form will explode, not only the hard work in front will be abandoned, but also the craftsmen who are splashed will be killed or injured.

Perhaps the gods and Buddhas heard Liu Chongguang's prayer, and there was nothing wrong today. When the copper liquid gradually solidified and cooled, showing the unique golden color of bronze before oxidation, Liu Chongguang secretly breathed out a long breath, and signaled the craftsmen to take the copper. The clay outside the piece was smashed, and then transported to the next workshop for polishing-this is also a new term he learned from Wang Wenzuo, that is, according to the process, it is divided into several steps, and each process is arranged in a special room.

Liu Chongguang admits that this approach does improve the craftsmanship of the craftsmen quickly, because they only need to do one thing repeatedly every day, but he also thinks that these people are not worthy of being called masters at all-in his opinion, only mastering all Craftsmanship is a master, worthy of the honorable title of master.

"Master Liu, today we overfulfilled again!"

"Well, by how much?" Liu Zhongguang nodded.

"Twenty percent!"

"I've checked everything, are they all qualified?"

"The quality inspector has already checked it, look!" The little boss carefully presented a scrap of straw, and saw a red mark on it. Liu Zhongguang recognized it as the mark of the quality inspector, nodded, In a short while, he took off a copper seal, and printed it on the straw paper: "Take it!"

"Thank you, Master Liu!" The little boss hurriedly took the straw paper and ran away excitedly.Liu Chongguang looked at the back, couldn't help but shook his head with a wry smile.He did know why this little boss was so excited. According to the regulations—this is another new term invented by Wang Wenzuo: Every worker has a daily quota. If the quota is not fulfilled, the worker must work overtime without pay until the quota is fulfilled.

This is not surprising to Liu Chongguang-in the past, if you can't finish the work within the specified time, you have to work overtime, be starved, or even beheaded; if you exceed the quota, you will be rewarded according to the excess amount. Yes, in addition to saving raw materials, improving technology, improving processes, reducing waste, etc., as long as it is beneficial to production, various rewards will be given. This is something Liu Chongguang has never heard of.

In the past, there were rewards for doing a good job, but it all depends on the mood of the boss. It is not written on the wall like this. The rewards for more work are clearly written, and they are carried out meticulously. This is Liu Shigemitsu had never heard of it.

The effect of doing this is also immediate. Almost all the craftsmen in the workshop are Baekje people, and some small workers are even captured soldiers. Naturally, these subjugated people do not have a good impression of the invading Tang people, but as time goes by, the output Both quality and quality are constantly improving, and soon exceed the original level.Liu Chongguang was surprised to find that some guys who always tried to be lazy also began to think about improving their skills, which was something that had never happened before.

"He is really a guy who knows how to catch people's hearts!" Liu Chongguang sighed, and was about to go to the workshop to inspect the workshop again to see if there was anything left behind by those who had left work, when he heard someone shouting outside the door. : "Master Liu!"

"Oh, Zen Master Huicong!" Liu Chongguang pulled away the chair and invited the other party to sit down: "Why do you have time to come, please sit down quickly, I will pour water for you!"

"Don't bother!" Huicong's face was a bit ugly, he waved his hand to stop Liu Chongguang's hospitality: "Master Liu, I'll leave right away!"

"Oh, oh!" Liu Chongguang looked at Huicong in confusion. During this period of time, he was running between the workshop in the city and the boatyard outside the city. The person who met each other was in a hurry, as if he was busy with something, and he didn't dare to ask more questions, but he didn't expect to come here uninvited today.

"Did you know? The Tang people are going to fight again!" Huicong said in a low voice after seeing that there was no one outside the door.

"War?" Liu Chongguang was stunned: "How did you know, Master Zen?"

(End of this chapter)