Chapter three hundred and eighty fourth craftsman for new goods
Xun You and Tian Feng clasped their fists and left the Prefectural Mufu. They were going to collect all the matters regarding the troops, horses, food, grass and baggage for the trip. Yuan Shu was left looking at the map in a daze.
"Dianwei."
"exist."
Dian Wei's tall figure appeared in front of Yuan Shu.
"Come with me to the craftsman camp."
"promise."
Yuan Shu took Dian Wei, escorted by fifty guards, toward the general's camp.
"Lord."
"Lord."
"Lord."
When a group of craftsmen saw Yuan Shu coming, they all greeted him.
"Master Zhou, are there any new works in the craftsmanship camp recently?"
There was actually a reason why Yuan Shu came to Jiangzuo Camp. Since he was going to Bingzhou this time, he had to be fully prepared, so he planned to come to Jiangzuo Camp to see if there were any new gadgets that he could use.
"Lord, there are really new products in the craftsmanship camp recently."
Zhou Dajiang looked at Yuan Shu and couldn't help but smile. The status of craftsmen in Xindu is very high, and those from poor families will also become the target of the craftsmanship camp. This allows the scale of the craftsmanship camp to continue to expand while maintaining a high level.
of vitality.
The young craftsmen are full of enthusiasm and all kinds of whimsical ideas, and they often come up with some gadgets, but the work efficiency of the general camp is very high, and they continuously provide Yuan Shujun with various sophisticated ordnance.
"Haha, take me to see it."
"promise."
Under the leadership of Master Zhou, Yuan Shu and his party passed through the craftsman camp and arrived at the experimental weapons shooting range.
The shooting range of the craftsman camp is very large. If we talk about it today, it is about the size of a football field.
"Pull up the bed crossbow."
Master Zhou gave the order and saw several craftsmen pulling a cart-like object appearing in front of Yuan Shu.
"Bed crossbow?"
Looking at the thing covered with cloth, Yuan Shu became very interested.
"Wow."
The veil was removed, and it was revealed that it was a city defense crossbow used to defend the city, but it was different from ordinary city defense crossbows. Ordinary city defense crossbows were different.
An ordinary city-defending crossbow is just an enlarged bow with a winch behind it, so it is usually relatively large and very difficult to move. It is basically placed on the top of the city for the purpose of defending the city.
The crossbow in front of me is a little different. First of all, it has four more wheels, which shows that it can move according to the situation. Secondly, the winch of this crossbow uses many gears. Through the action of the gears, the winch can be pulled with less force.
It is an innovation. In the end, this crossbow contained not one arrow but ten arrows, which also shows that it has the ability to shoot in groups.
"My lord, this is a movable bed crossbow designed by a young man named Zheng Hun. Its most outstanding feature is that he learned the gear operating principle of the nightmare trebuchet. It not only winds faster, requires less force, but also exerts more force.
It’s big, and the most important thing is that it can shoot ten arrows with one bow.”
Master Zhou looked at the bed crossbow in front of him, his eyes filled with light.
"Not bad, let's try it."
After hearing Master Zhou's explanation, Yuan Shu couldn't wait to watch the performance.
"Let me try it, my lord."
After speaking, Master Zhou led Yuan Shu to the crossbow on the bed. After explaining it, he let Yuan Shu operate it by himself.
"Whoosh."
Yuan Shu pulled the huge crossbow machine with his hand, the huge crossbow bow shook, and ten crossbow arrows shot out instantly.
"Bang bang bang,"
A series of ramming sounds reminded me that the crossbow arrows fired by the bed crossbow without exception all shot through the wooden wall in front, leaving only holes in the wall.
You must know that the distance between his current position and the wooden wall is at least 300 steps. It is really refreshing to have such a powerful force even at a distance of 300 steps.
"Master Zhou, what is the furthest range of this crossbow?"
Looking at the bed crossbow in front of him, Yuan Shu's eyes flashed with light.
"Lord, this crossbow can reach a maximum range of six hundred steps, but if the range exceeds four hundred steps, it will be inaccurate and lose power."
Master Zhou introduced the parameters of this bed crossbow to Yuan Shu.
"I want you to produce these crossbows as quickly as possible. Make as many as you can and supply them as needed."
Think about it, if you have thousands, if not hundreds, of these city-defending crossbows in front of your formation, it will definitely be a nightmare for the enemy.
"My Lord, this crossbow seems simple, but it is not easy to make. Many of its accessories cannot be produced on the assembly line. Only a few craftsmen can make it by hand. Moreover, the crossbow machine and gears require the best steel.
Steelmaking, so even if the production is at full capacity, the steelmaking cannot keep up, and a maximum of fifteen aircraft can be produced every month."
Zhou Dajiang reported the bad news to Yuan Shu with some embarrassment.
"Fifteen is too few. Thirty will be produced in one month."
Yuan Shu immediately asked Master Zhou to double the output.
"My lord, if there are thirty battles in one month, it will be enough to make a hundred steels."
Master Zhou had a look of embarrassment on his face. To be honest, it wasn't that he didn't want to make the car faster, but that he really couldn't increase the speed.
"Master Zhou, you said that the limiting factor in production is not the craftsmen but the lack of steel?"
After hearing what Master Zhou said, Yuan Shu couldn't help but frown, because only now did he know that he had overlooked a method that could quickly improve the strength of his army, which was to improve iron smelting technology and increase steel production.
"That's right. Due to the complicated craftsmanship of this crossbow, key parts can only be made of high-quality hundred-refined steel. Unless you can produce a lot of steel, you won't be able to do it even if you kill me."
Master Zhou shook his head.
"If I can increase steel production, can you make me fifty frames a month?"
The corners of Yuan Shu's mouth couldn't help but twist, because he already had an idea in his mind.
"If there is no limit to the steel, it would be difficult to build fifty, but it can still be made in a hurry."
Seeing Yuan Shu's crooked lips, Master Zhou couldn't help but nodded. Fifty planes can still be made with overtime work, and as time goes by, the apprentices next to him will also join in. At that time, we can only do better and better.
many.
"Okay, I know there is a place for making iron in the Craftsman Camp. Let's go and have a look."
"promise."
Under the leadership of Master Zhou, Yuan Shu and Dian Wei went directly to the iron-making place.
I saw a dozen semi-buried smelting furnaces built side by side, with hundreds of large wok-like containers next to them. Next to them, there were craftsmen who were constantly introducing semi-liquid pig iron into the containers, and then stirring them repeatedly with tools.
, at the same time, rely on a blower to sprinkle in the concentrate powder, and when mature, take out the iron billet and rely on the blacksmith to forge it into steel.
"Master Zhou, please gather all the iron-making masters together, and I will tell you about my method of making steel."
This was the common method of frying steel in the Han Dynasty. Although Yuan Shu thought it was very backward, it was indeed greatly improved compared to the previous methods.
"promise."
Master Zhou nodded, then clapped his hands and gathered all the craftsmen together.
