Chinese martial arts! Grandmaster

Chapter 142 Super Arsenal

According to Chen Jie's plan, he wants to build a "super arsenal" belonging to Ximen Tang!
The steel mill is the core of the 'super arsenal'.

More than one hundred workers from the Hebei Steel Plant, which was part of the "Westernization Movement" under the Grand Council, were mobilized to Ximentang.

have to say,

The Military Affairs Council of the Daqian Dynasty was very supportive of Ximen Tang's "righteous group".

of course,

It all has to do with silver dollars.

As long as the "silver dollar" is in place, there is nothing that cannot be done.

These workers from the Hebei steel mill, numbering more than a thousand people and their families, were settled by Chen Jie near Ximen Street in Xicheng District.

Every backbone worker in the steel plant and their families have a livelihood and can find work in Ximentang.

I'm afraid no one except Ximen Tang can afford such treatment.

There is chaos and war right now, and people are in panic. Having a place to live and food to eat is the happiest moment in the life of the workers in the steel mill.

Therefore,
Naturally, they were all very happy to come to the Ximentang steel plant.

You know, at the Hebei Steel Plant, except for those experienced masters, other workers in the steel plant could not even get their wages.

The Ministry of War is short of money and has not been able to pay workers for several months.

Just like Zeng Xuanhuai who took refuge in Ximen Tang, he had so many people in his family that he could hardly make ends meet.

They could only get a small amount of money to survive.

Once wages can’t be paid, survival becomes difficult and the whole family will go hungry, which is truly torment.

but,

When they arrived at the Ximentang Steel Plant, their worries were quickly resolved and their families were properly arranged.

At the same time, you can get generous compensation every month.

All of this is simply unbelievable for the steel mill workers if they have not experienced it themselves.

The workers in these steel mills were all victims of the "Westernization Movement" of the Daqian Dynasty.

In fact, they don’t have any lofty ideals. They are content as long as they can make money and provide food for their families.

Ximen Tang helped them solve all of this, so they were naturally grateful.

After they moved into the rows of brand new dormitories at the Ximentang Yituan Steel Plant and ate the big white steamed buns in the cafeteria, they all thought they were dreaming.

For Chen Jie, spending just a few dollars to set up a steel mill saved him a lot of worries.

Since the Daqian Dynasty's treasury was empty, there was a shortage of silver coins.

It only takes a few silver coins to hire a group of skilled workers who are in short supply at the steel mill, and the cost-effectiveness is really high.

Xu Shichang of the Grand Council was very clear about the significance of the steel plant workers, and he also supported Chen Jie very much from the bottom of his heart.

He knew that Chen Jie had returned from overseas and possessed the most advanced technology overseas.

Therefore,
When Chen Jie asked him to transfer workers from the Hebei Steel Plant, the Military Affairs Office only selected skilled workers.

These workers are all literate and have been influenced by the "Westernization Movement".

The master who was in charge of managing the workers in the steel plant was directly appointed by Chen Jie as the director of the steel plant and received a salary of two silver dollars per month.

Not only that, they have food and accommodation provided, and can also receive 100 kilograms of food from the steel plant every month to send home.

Such treatment made the steel plant master named Huang Tianyou cry with gratitude!
A monthly salary of two silver dollars was something he could not earn in half a year.

For the Daqian Dynasty, workers were at the bottom of the society and were lucky enough to have enough food to eat. Their wages were very low.

What's more, they can receive 100 kilograms of food from the steel plant every month.

What is the environment now?
To put it simply, as long as there is food, Huang Tianyou is willing to work with the workers even if there is no wages.

The installation of the steel plant's production line equipment went smoothly. Before this, Chen Jie had already built it according to the steel plant's drawings.

This is not a large steel plant, but rather a "refining" processing plant.

With the iron hoist for lifting, installation is not difficult.

That night, the steel plant director Huang Tianyou came into a room with a group of key steelmaking technicians.

This is the conference hall of the steel plant, and Chen Jie called everyone to a meeting.

In order to classify the technical workers in the steel plant, Chen Jie carried out management and improvement of their enterprising spirit and sense of responsibility.

He specifically divided the technical workers into five levels: special level, level one, level two, level three, and apprentice.

The treatment for each level is different. If you want to get better treatment, you must improve your skills.

At present, there are no special-grade technical workers in the entire steel plant. The steel plant's director, Huang Tianyou, is currently a first-grade technical worker with the highest salary and benefits.

have to say,

Huang Tianyou is indeed very efficient and has good skills, and can implement Chen Jie's plan very well.

Once the steel plant's equipment was in place, it was basically installed in just a few hours.

Chen Jie was very satisfied with the efficiency of the entire steel plant.

Huang Tianyou is surrounded by a group of skilled steel-making technicians. He believes that it won't be long before they can mass-produce qualified steel.

at this time,

Huang Tianyou felt a little uneasy when he arrived at the conference hall.

The steel mill has been built and the equipment is in place.

but,

He took a look at all the steelmaking equipment in the afternoon and found that there were many differences from the steelmaking he was familiar with.

In other words, he felt that his skills were not up to par.

He did not understand steelmaking cold forging technology, which was a gap in his skills.

Chen Jie called everyone to a meeting in the evening. Huang Tianyou was worried that his skills were not good enough to meet the adults' requirements.

"Meet the adults!"

When Huang Tianyou saw Chen Jie, he knelt down and kowtowed.

Chen Jie smiled, held him up, and said with a smile:
"No need to bow, I'm not an adult, just call me Master!"

"From now on, you are an important member of our Ximen Hall. You don't have to kneel when you meet other officials of the court!"

"Although the Ximentang Righteous Group does not hold an official position in the imperial court, it is a militia group recognized by the imperial court. Working in my steel factory is equivalent to being a ninth-rank official in the imperial court!"

Chen Jie's tone was very calm, as if it was a matter of course.

ah--?
Ninth rank! ?

Huang Tianyou and several key technicians around him were stunned.

"Master, we are just workers in the steel factory. How dare we——!"

He was just an ordinary worker, or in the parlance of the Daqian Dynasty, a blacksmith and a commoner.

How could a commoner not kneel when meeting an official appointed by the imperial court?
"I'm not kidding you! Working at the steel mill in Ximen Hall is like having a reputation."

Chen Jie said to everyone around him:

"I don't care about other places, but in my Ximen Tang's steel mill, within my Ximen Tang's territory, you have such a status!"

Huang Tianyou nodded and looked at the other steel plant workers around him.

Naturally, it is impossible for their deeply rooted ideas from childhood to change just because of a few words from Chen Jie.

However, the wages and benefits offered by Ximen Tang are real.

No matter what the status is, as long as the family can have enough food, they will do anything.

Chen Jie looked at the expressions of Huang Tianyou and others and quickly came to his senses.

I am just motivating everyone to work hard. There is no need to change everyone's mindset.

In this era, the working class was very low.

Changing the existing class structure is not something that can be done overnight.

The key point is that Chen Jie had no intention of changing all this.

Next,
Chen Jie continued, "The refined steel mill has been built. In the next period of time, everyone should learn how to perform 'steel cold forging'!"

"This is the most advanced steelmaking technology currently available. We need to make seamless steel pipes and the most advanced steel materials!"

As he spoke, Chen Jie turned on the projector used for training.

He had someone pull the generator to the steel plant.

The power of the gasoline generator is too small to be used for production and can only be used for internal lighting and training.

Everyone around looked at the projector in surprise.

This thing is so advanced, no one has ever seen it before, and everyone looks surprised.

But then, everyone felt sweat on their foreheads when they heard the sound coming from the speakers next to the projector.

They have never heard of a lot of knowledge about steelmaking.

One thing to be thankful for is that they are all literate and the projector uses a looping function.

According to Chen Jie's arrangement, all workers in the steel plant need to learn new steelmaking knowledge and the operating instructions of steelmaking equipment for two hours every day.

Even if you can't remember, you can take notes yourself.

The most important thing is that Chen Jie specially stipulated an internal assessment mechanism, which must ensure that qualified steel is produced in the shortest possible time -!
Survival of the fittest. If you want to work in a steel mill, you must constantly improve yourself.

After arranging all matters at the steel plant, Chen Jie became a hands-off boss.

Improving the industrial base requires accumulation.

Without accumulation, if we want to achieve success overnight, we can only move equipment over from there so that everyone can learn as quickly as possible.

As for how long it will take to produce qualified steel, it depends on the workers in these steel mills.

The training materials that Chen Jie got were all downloaded from the databases of various steel mills.

He himself didn't really understand this kind of professional knowledge, so he could only let them learn the material on their own.

When leaving the steel plant, Chen Jie began to think about copper smelting equipment.

Since the "copper" of the Daqian Dynasty is currently the main currency in circulation on the market.
Copper is strictly controlled. If you want to smelt copper, you must obtain approval from the Daqian Dynasty.

The key point is that copper is needed for artillery shells, bullets, etc.

Chen Jie was thinking about whether he should look for Xu Shichang to see if he could get approval for copper smelting!
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Early the next morning.

As the sky in the east began to brighten, loud whistles were heard throughout the Ximentang camp.

The brothers of Simon Hall all got up from their beds and came to the training ground following the sound of the whistle.

They wore the uniform of Ximen Hall and began a new day of training according to Yan Kuangtu's training requirements.

After Chen Jie got up from his residence in the Ximentang camp, he looked at the well-trained "righteous group" and couldn't help but nodded.

this moment,
He was somewhat impressed by Yan Kuangtu's ability to lead troops.

In just a few days, this once powerful general had trained Ximen Tang's team into an orderly manner.

It seems,
It has a bit of the flavor of elite soldiers and brave generals.

An iron-blooded aura permeated the entire Ximen Hall training ground.

Just when Chen Jie finished his morning exercise and was about to go check out the situation of Ximen Hall's intelligence agency "Hidden Shadow".

He soon received a notice that Linghu Qiannian wanted to see him.

Chen Jie was a little surprised. Linghu Qiannian was a master of the palace and had been stationed in Ximen Street all this time.

What does he want to do when he wants to see me?

The first person Chen Jie thought of was Xu Shichang and Wang Liankui from the Grand Council of the Ministry of War.

Was it because the court was unhappy with him for not allowing Wang Liankui to work in Ximen Hall?

Otherwise, what does Linghu Qiannian want to see me about at this time?

But it doesn’t matter. I have been worrying about making a breakthrough in my martial arts realm recently.

Meet this master from the imperial court and see if there is a shortcut to make a breakthrough in your martial arts to the level of 'Bronze Skin and Bright Strength'?

Chen Jie didn't hesitate and went straight to Ximen Street.

The Forbidden City of the Daqian Dynasty was a very mysterious place.

The Imperial Armory is also the place where the Daqian Dynasty has stood for a thousand years.

All the martial arts in the world originated from Shaolin, and Shaolin martial arts belong to the Imperial Palace!
That's right,

It is said that Shaolin martial arts were incorporated into the inner palace of the Daqian Dynasty, and then spread out from the inner palace.

Thousands of years ago, the story of the thirteen Shaolin monks saving the King of Tang became famous throughout the world.

After Emperor Taizong of Tang ascended the throne, he lavishly rewarded the martial monks of Shaolin Temple. Tanzong, the leader of the Thirteen Stick Monks, was even named a general.

Therefore,
People who learn martial arts all over the world call the Imperial Armory of the Daqian Dynasty a holy place of martial arts!

Ever since Ximen Tang became the leader of the "righteous group" in Xicheng District of the capital, Linghu Qiannian has been stationed in Xicheng District.

The place where he lived was right on Ximen Street, close to the gate and city wall.

This place is not far from the square on Ximen Street.

Anyone who enters the city wall gate of the West District of the capital will be on alert as long as the aura they emit reaches the level of "Yisuihuajin".

Therefore,
Ever since he was stationed in Xicheng District, even if the Taiping wanted to avenge the Axe Gang, it did not dare to set foot in the territory of Xicheng District.

The imperial court let Linghu Qiannian guard Xicheng District, which was actually sending a signal to the outside world.

Ximen Tang has the support of the imperial court, so other forces in the martial arts world should not even think of acting recklessly in Xicheng District of the capital.

There is an artificial lake near the city wall of Xicheng District.

In fact, it is an artificial river surrounding the city wall. From a distance, it looks like a green lake.

It covers a large area, and a path leads directly to a small island in the middle of the artificial lake.

A seven-story tower is the place where Linghu has guarded for thousands of years.

If you take a bird's eye view of the entire Xicheng District from a high altitude, you can see this tall tower standing near the city wall like a sharp sword.

Chen Jie came to the bottom of the tower and looked up at it.

There were some guards from the Imperial Military Department around him, which showed that Linghu Qiannian was not guarding here alone.

at this time,

At the top of the tower, an old man sensed Chen Jie's arrival and opened his eyes slightly.

A smile appeared on his face, and then he looked up in the direction of the palace.

Chen Jie entered the tower and looked up.

I saw a stone staircase at the bottom of the tower, which rose in a spiral to the top.

Chen Jie thought about it and walked towards the stone steps.

He just reached the entrance of the stone steps and was about to climb up.

Unexpectedly, a young man wearing the uniform of the Daqian Dynasty Guards stopped Chen Jie.

He looked at Chen Jie calmly and asked in a deep voice:
"Hello, this is the important place of the Ministry of War of the Imperial Court, no outsiders are allowed to enter!"

Chen Jie frowned and said:
"Who are you? Why are you stopping me?"

"What is Linghu Qiannian doing? Isn't he looking for me?"

The young man who stopped Chen Jie opened his eyes and said, "Are you Chen Jie, the head of Ximen Hall? It was you who killed the two leaders of the Axe Gang in the Hero Arena?"

Chen Jie looked the young man up and down and felt that the other party's martial arts level was very high.

Judging from his aura, he is stronger than Yan Kuangtu.

Chen Jie leaned back with one hand, holding the gun at his waist, and said calmly:

"I'm busy and don't have time to talk to you. Let me go up. Is Linghu Qiannian up there?"

The young man nodded, made way for the stone steps, and said:
"My master is waiting for Master Chen's arrival at the top of the seventh floor of the tower—!"

"Thank you!" Chen Jie replied casually and turned to climb up the stone steps.

Every time you climb a level, you can see a huge and empty space.

However, they are all wooden attics built with wooden boards and do not look very sturdy.

The higher you go, the smaller the space seems.

I didn't meet anyone else on the way up and it was very quiet around me.

When Chen Jie walked up the spiral stone steps to the top of the seventh floor of the tower, he saw only a space of more than 30 square meters.

Woohoo——!
The strong wind blew in through the windows at the top of the tower, and it was very harsh to the ears.

Linghu Qiannian was seen standing in front of the window on the top of the seventh floor tower, with his hands behind his back, looking up into the distance.

Chen Jie came to the top of the tower and stepped in.

He glanced around and soon saw Linghu Qiannian standing at the window with his hands behind his back.

at this time,

Linghu Qiannian exudes an extremely sharp aura, like a sword drawn from its sheath, giving people an infinite sense of oppression.

Chen Jie couldn't help but take a deep breath.

This was not the first time he met Linghu Qiannian, but he had met him many times.

In the 'Heroes Arena', when competing with the Axe Gang for the leader of the righteous group, fortunately Linghu Qiannian intimidated the people around him, making Wu Jiangbei, the worshipper of the Taiping, cautious and dare not act rashly.

Meeting Linghu Qiannian alone at this time, the feeling was completely different.

Linghu Qiannian saw Chen Jie coming and turned to look at him.

There was a hint of a smile on his face, but no murderous intent emanated from him.

hiss--!
Chen Jie's right hand, which had been leaning against his back, suddenly felt sweat in the palm.

It seemed that all his actions were exposed in front of Linghu Qiannian.

At this moment, Chen Jie had a premonition that even if he faced Linghu Qiannian with a gun, he would hardly have the chance to shoot.

The other party can take your life the moment you aim your gun.

Although Linghu Qiannian's eyes were gentle and contained no murderous intent.

but,

The aura of the powerful 'Yisui Huajin' master and the state of mind refining in the late stage of 'Inner Vision' were like sharp arrows piercing the sky, making Chen Jie feel a chill down his spine.

The master of the Imperial Palace is indeed extraordinary!
Chen Jie thought to himself and sighed inwardly.

Before this, when he came into contact with Linghu Qiannian, the other party restrained his breath.

Therefore, Chen Jie was not deeply touched.

But now, Linghu Qiannian did not deliberately restrain his aura, and his whole body was exposed, giving people an infinite sense of oppression.

Awe-inspiring without being angry, majestic and powerful!
Chen Jie couldn't help but look Linghu Qiannian up and down, his eyes flickering.

At this moment, he was full of yearning for the imperial arsenal of the Daqian Dynasty.

"Master Linghu, why did you ask me to come here?"

Chen Jie remembered something, his expression froze, and he asked calmly.

Next,
He cupped his hands and bowed to Linghu Qiannian.

This is the respect from the younger generation to the older generation, and a courtesy of respect for the former.

Although Chen Jie's martial arts level is only at the initial stage of 'Pulse Cleansing', he is also a serious disciple of Chuojiao Sect, so naturally he cannot lose the etiquette of a martial artist.

Linghu Qiannian nodded at Chen Jie, with the smile on his face never fading.

At this moment, Chen Jie's hair stood on end, his muscles were tense, and he was obviously very nervous.

but,

Although the skin was taut, it did not allow the energy to flow.

From Chen Jie's current martial arts level, Linghu Qiannian could naturally see that Chen Jie still had some distance to go before he could comprehend the power of Ming Jin.

(End of this chapter)