In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 213 Industrial Layout
More than a dozen tribes in the Wuyuan area were willing to join the Hua Kingdom and relocate. More than a dozen leaders were also granted the title of viscount. The knights in the tribe suddenly stopped.

After the news spread to the tribes in Baotou and Qiantao, it immediately aroused the vigilance of the leaders of each tribe.

Hong Chengchou, the newly appointed governor of Xuanda, also completed the military affairs of the two places and began to focus all his energy on the Hetao grassland in the north.

Unlike Lu Xiangsheng who chose to cooperate with Lin Jiajun, Hong Chengchou chose to block the border wall, and then prepared to use mutual trade as a temptation to win over the Mongolian tribes in Hetao.

But Lin Rui put all his energy into the construction of farming and chariot firearms.

Because to conquer the Tumut ministries, Namu Zhong is enough, and Zhang Han is presiding over the construction of the capital palace. Each ministries perform their respective duties and are on the right track.

Although the country of Hua is small, it has all the internal organs. Because it eats from a big pot, lives in a big shop, and various systems are gradually improved, the efficiency of work is surprisingly high.

After more than a month of construction, the expanded city walls of the east, west, and south cities have been fully constructed.

At this moment, more than 10,000 ordinary women and traitor soldiers, led by masons and a few carpenters, have begun to build buildings in various urban areas.

Since Lin Rui required that all buildings in the city must be built with bricks and covered with tiles, almost half of the manpower was digging mud to make bricks and tiles, transporting coal to burn the kiln.

Fortunately, the kiln for firing bricks and tiles is by the river in the south of the city. It is easy to get water, and the required clay is even more convenient. We can dig directly on the bank, close the water, and drive the horses over to trample the soil. After it is made into mud, you can use the mold to make bricks and mud.

Although the coal mines and lime mines discovered were more than 100 miles away in the Yin Mountains, China now had many war horses and carriages, so thousands of carts of coal and limestone were transported to the earthen kilns on the shore almost every day.

Those women and prisoners who could not carry it with their hands or lift it with their shoulders were responsible for food and other sundries under the command of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The standing army does not need to work. In addition to eating, drinking, training, and studying all day long, the life is narrow but not easy.

Except for a small number of carpenters and blacksmiths who participated in the construction of the city, others did not participate in the repair of the city.

After all, most of the construction materials in Guihua City are earth, stone and bricks, with wood and iron only accounting for a very small part.

Most of the blacksmiths, carpenters and firearms craftsmen were arranged by the Ministry of Works in temporary workshops in the wild.

The Ministry of Industry has only established six workshops for the time being, one of which is a wood workshop, responsible for building chariots and various agricultural tools.

One is the firearms workshop, which is responsible for making firearms, casting artillery, and dispensing gunpowder.

One is the weapons room, which specializes in making all kinds of cold weapons, and the other is the iron workshop, which specializes in making all kinds of iron tools other than weapons.

In addition, there are the clothing workshop and the armor workshop. Most of these two workshops are women. The former is responsible for making various clothing, shoes, socks, bedding, etc., while the latter is responsible for making various armors, including iron armor, leather armor and cotton armor.

Such a subdivision made the originally chaotic production scene more orderly and much more efficient.

The six workshops add up to more than 3 craftsmen, and these craftsmen are also of the highest grade. The most ordinary women start at the [-]th grade, and those with a little skill are all at the [-]th grade, and the master craftsmen with superb skills are even more advanced. It's the sixth or seventh grade, or even the fifth grade.

Among them, there were more than a dozen master craftsmen who made firearms and more than 20 blacksmiths with superb skills, and they were awarded the fifth-rank official status, which was only one level lower than the fourth-rank minister.

The craftsmen's treatment among the six workshops is also the best. Almost all of them have three meals a day, and they have meat every meal. This makes ordinary women and traitor soldiers envious.

At this moment, in the carpentry workshop, with the arrival of Lin Rui, the hundreds of carpenters and blacksmiths responsible for developing the new tank immediately stopped their work.

It is said that it is a carpentry workshop, but in fact it is just a large open space outside the wilderness with a tent, and work is done in the open air.

"Have the spring and bearing structures I told you been made?"

"Go back to your Majesty, the work was done, but it cracked after a short time, and it is completely unusable. At least it cannot be mounted on a chariot. Even an ordinary carriage is probably too old. The spring is barely usable, but It is too troublesome and time-consuming to hammer out a straight, round and slender iron rod.”

The old carpenter in charge of building the chariot picked up a bowl-sized bearing and handed it to Lin Rui.Lin Rui took it and looked at it carefully, then turned it a few times and found that it was almost exactly the same as the bearing in his previous life.

Of course, except for the iron beads inside, the other parts are made of wood.

In fact, there are only a few accessories for the bearing, two grooved rings, one large and one small, plus seven or eight balls, and two cards to fix the distance between the balls.

Although simple, the role of bearings is huge. They can greatly reduce the friction when objects rotate in contact, and they are also very versatile.

"Well, it looks pretty good. Find an ordinary carriage and try it out. I'll see how it goes!"

Lin Rui turned a few more times. The flexibility was naturally not as good as that of metal bearings, but it was definitely much faster than the speed of pure wood when it came into contact with wood. So he handed it to him and gave instructions, wanting to see the effect first. .

"It's the king."

Although they had already tried it, the king actually wanted to see it and would definitely try it again. The carpenters immediately went to work.

The old man in charge of management took out another spring from the side and handed it to Lin Rui for review.

This time Lin Rui took it, and his eyes lit up, because this time the spring was not only made of all metal, but also looked very regular. The iron bars as thick as chopsticks were also very round, and there were no pits left by the hammer. The phenomenon of unevenness.

The size of the spring was five inches long, and it was a loop the size of a child's arm. Lin Rui pressed it hard in the middle, but it couldn't be pressed at all. He had to have two big men press the board in the middle at the same time.

"Well, yes, this spring can do it. It is elastic enough. Can it be guaranteed not to break within a year after being installed on the carriage?"

Lin Rui stroked the spring in his hand and said expectantly.

Let alone one year, as long as it can be used for half a year, the shock absorption effect of both carriages and chariots will be greatly improved in the future.

"Back to your Majesty, this... I haven't tried it, and I can't guarantee it!" The old man had a grimace on his face, and he obviously didn't know what he was doing.

"That's right. How long does it take a blacksmith to make such a spring?"

Lin Rui asked again, if the output is good, it is not unacceptable to have poor quality. At worst, it will just need to be replaced frequently.

"It will take at least half a month to get back to the king, and he must be a skilled blacksmith." The old man replied carefully this time.

"Does it take so long? This thing is just an iron rod. It is hammered straight and round, and then it is rolled up with a winch. How do you make it?"

Lin Rui looked at the spring in his hand and said with some doubts, it takes only half a month to make a spring, and he has to be a master. It doesn't take that long to make a fire gun!
"Your Majesty, I am wronged. This iron rod seems simple, but even a skilled old blacksmith cannot control the force when beating it to make it so smooth.

Therefore, you have to use a small hammer to repeatedly beat it little by little, gradually hammering it into a round shape, and then polish it repeatedly to achieve such a round and even shape. During this period, you have to rely solely on your eyes and hands to touch it, and it will not be fast at all. , after final shaping and heating, a winch can be used to slowly twist it into a circle..."

The old man mistakenly thought that Lin Rui thought they were being lazy, so he quickly explained in a hurry.

Several old blacksmiths on the side also hurriedly nodded and shouted that they were wronged. This Lao Shizi spring is simply harder to make than a peerless sword. It is a little uneven and different in size. It is easy to break when pulled repeatedly, so it is simply a large one. The key to embroidery needles is not to punch them, but to sharpen them.

"What? You actually ground it, not punched it?" Lin Rui was also shocked. He was still admiring the exquisite skills of these craftsmen. With a hammer, he was able to knock out something made by a machine. The texture, who would have thought that they were grinding it out bit by bit, it would be amazing if it could be done quickly.

"Your Majesty, although the iron rod of this spring is not as round and uniform as the embroidery needle, it is not much different. Naturally, it needs to be polished slowly to take shape!"

A blacksmith hurriedly explained, and the others also rolled their eyes inwardly. If an iron rod as big as an embroidery needle is not polished and just hit with a hammer, even the gods may not be able to knock it out. You dare to think so.

Lin Rui was also disappointed when he heard this, because although the spring polished in this way was usable, it was not cost-effective and could not be mass-produced at all.

(End of this chapter)