By mid-April, the work shed in the Smelting Bureau had been dismantled, and all the furnaces, anvils and other blacksmithing equipment in the work shed had also been removed.
At this time, Xu Jiong, the construction director in charge of the new work shed project of the Metallurgical and Manufacturing Bureau, also personally sent the revised design drawings of the work shed to Zhao Hongrun.
To be honest, this is the first time that Zhao Hongrun has dealt with Xu Jiong, the director of the construction department.
The Construction Department, also known as the Camp Maintenance Department or the Battalion Department, is the department responsible for civil engineering under the Ministry of Industry. It covers everything from repairing city walls and building cities to repairing the palaces and government buildings in Daliang City.
Responsible.
Even if Zhao Hongrun wants to renovate various official channels in the country in the future, he will have to go through the Construction Department.
Regardless of the fact that the Construction Department's official office in Daliang City does not have many more officials and craftsmen than the Metallurgical Bureau, in fact, each department of the Ministry of Works has several times more personnel than the other five departments.
Many people are not in Daliang, but are responsible for construction matters locally.
Regrettably, although the personnel of the Ministry of Industry are at the top of the six ministries, their status is always at the bottom. Even if Zhao Hongrun now takes charge of the Metallurgical Bureau and has improved the status of the Ministry of Industry in disguise, it cannot completely make the other five ministries of the imperial court completely
Change the prejudice against officials in the Ministry of Industry.
"I really feel sorry for having Xu Silang personally design the drawings for our Smelting Bureau's workshop."
"Whatever His Highness Prince Su said, this is a major matter for the Metallurgical Bureau. Our Ministry of Industry will still rely on the standards of the Metallurgical Bureau in the future."
As the saying goes, they are all members of the same family, so both Zhao Hongrun and Xu Jiong, the director of the construction department, are extremely polite to each other.
In fact, the officials of the Ministry of Industry are also the most united among the six ministries. The reason for this is not difficult to guess.
Zhao Hongrun took the drawings and looked at them carefully. It must be said that Xu Jiong was indeed specialized in building houses. Not even Zhao Hongrun could find any fault with the drawings he drew by himself. What was even more valuable was that Xu Jiong
On the drawings of the design workshop, the new rules of the Su family formulated by Zhao Hongrun two days ago were adopted, which raised Zhao Hongrun's impression of Xu Jiong and even the construction department by several levels.
"I am very satisfied, let's construct according to this drawing." Handing the drawing back to Xu Jiong, Zhao Hongrun thought for a while and asked: "Xu Silang, does the battalion headquarters have any projects in hand recently?"
I saw Xu Jiong carefully folding the drawings and asked in confusion: "What are your orders from His Highness King Su?"
"I am just asking casually."
"Oh." Xu Jiong thought for a while and said: "Currently, our battalion headquarters only has two projects in hand. One of them, Nanyan's garrison general Wei Mu, asked our battalion headquarters to be in Nanyan, Hedong, and Shangdang.
Repair several official roads to facilitate the dispatch of troops from Nanyan to reinforce the Shangdang."
"Shangdang?" Zhao Hongrun was stunned when he heard this, and asked curiously: "Is there any movement in South Korea to the north?"
Xu Jiong smoothed his beard and lowered his voice and said: "According to rumors, during His Royal Highness King Su's attack on Chu, there may be signs of Korean troops leaving Tianmen and Mengmen. Fortunately, Nanyan General Wei Mu and His Highness King Yan
They mobilized their troops in time and stationed themselves at Zhiguan. In Shanyang and Shanyang, the Koreans did not act rashly... It is said that if His Highness King Su had not forced Chu to make peace in time, there would have almost been a fight in Shanyang."
Having said this, Xu Jiong sighed slightly.
In fact, when the Wei people mentioned the two passes of Tianmen and Mengmen, I am afraid they would not have a good mood, because these two passes were once built by the Wei people to block the Korean army.
The country’s northern barrier.
Who would have thought that after the defeat of Shangdang in the First World War, the Wei people lost these two great passes. Now these two great passes have become the bridgehead for South Korea to covet the Wei Dynasty. It will not be so easy to get them back.
In desperation, the Wei people had no choice but to build another grand pass on the south side of Tianmen, which was Zhi Pass.
However, the completion of Zhiguan, although it blocked the Korean army at Tianmen, made Shanyang City a target of public criticism. Now, Zhao Hongrun's fourth brother, Yan Wang Hongjiang, is leading his army to station in Shanyang, fighting against the Korean army at Mengmen Pass.
The army faced off.
Zhiguan and Shanyang, these two places have now become strategic places for the Wei people to retain the little territory of Shangdang. Once these two places are lost, it means that the Wei people will have to withdraw from Shangdang, or even,
Even large areas of territory east of Hedong will be captured by the Koreans.
Zhao Hongjiang actually led his troops to garrison the front lines in person?
Zhao Hongrun was really surprised.
To be honest, his impression of this fourth brother was not good, because in his opinion, Zhao Hongjiang was an arrogant and reckless guy, not a fellow traveler at all, but it was undeniable that Zhao Hongrun treated this fourth brother like the sixth brother
Zhao Hongzhao's sacrifice was quite touching.
However, Zhao Hongrun originally thought that Zhao Hongjiang was in Nanyan, but he did not expect that this fourth brother was actually on the front line of Shanyang, which was the most threatening.
You know, if the Koreans really use troops against the Wei Dynasty, then the first city they attack will most likely be Shanyang!
The gap between the Korean people's armaments and that of the Wei Dynasty is not that big...
Zhao Hongrun seemed to feel some kind of pressure. After all, South Korea claimed to have 100,000 cavalry. Although the national population was far less large than that of Chu, the combat effectiveness of its army was far from comparable to that of Yangcheng Jun Xiong Tuo's peasant soldiers.
The elite cavalry who once defeated the chariot troops of the Wei Dynasty!
"Is there another project?" Zhao Hongrun asked.
"The other thing is the Water Department that assists our Ministry of Works." Xu Jiong, Secretary of the Construction Department, said with a smile: "Your Highness also knows that the Water Department is rectifying and sorting out the waterways of Sanchuan County. Ha, this is a long-term project.
A ten-year project, our Ministry of Industry may not even have time to breathe in the next ten years."
Zhao Hongrun nodded when he heard this. As he said in the past, officials from the Ministry of Industry enjoyed the lowest salary among the six ministries of the imperial court, but they did the most painful and tiring work in the country. What is commendable is that although these officials from the Ministry of Industry
There are complaints, but they have always been conscientious in fulfilling their responsibilities and obligations.
"Anyway, thank you, Xu Silang."
"How dare you? How dare you."
After some courtesy, Zhao Hongrun personally sent Xu Jiong outside the house.
After seeing Xu Jiong off, he returned to his seat and sat down, sorting out all the thoughts in his mind.
Although Zhao Hongrun is very aware of the importance of the Ministry of Works and hopes to help the Ministry of Works, unfortunately, he alone is not enough to improve the status of the Ministry of Works among the six ministries of the imperial court, unless his father, Emperor Wei, speaks,
Increase the power of the Ministry of Industry.
Unfortunately, Emperor Wei would not be able to do what Zhao Hongrun wanted. At most, he would only say: "If you have the ability, you can find a way to improve the status of the Ministry of Industry."
Yes, whether it was Zhao Hongrun or the other sons, Emperor Wei would never take the initiative to help them. Perhaps in Emperor Wei's view, this was an opportunity for his sons to hone themselves, so how could he easily interfere.
Forget it, let’s take care of one-third of an acre of land first.
Sighing slightly, Zhao Hongrun continued to think about how to reform the Smelting Bureau.
It is undeniable that although the Smelting Bureau has always been at the bottom of the six departments and twenty-four departments of the imperial court, its technical strength can only be matched by a few departments throughout the imperial court.
For example, in terms of iron smelting, only the Ordnance and Casting Bureau of the Ministry of War can keep pace with the Smelting Bureau; and in the construction of large-scale equipment, only the Yubu of the Ministry of Industry can rival the Smelting Bureau; as for construction, the Smelting Bureau
It also possesses technology that is not inferior to that of the battalion headquarters of the Ministry of Industry.
All in all, the Metallurgical Manufacturing Bureau is a department with very comprehensive technical control. The only factors limiting this department are funds and remuneration.
As far as Zhao Hongrun knows, among the 24 departments of the Six Ministries and Central Committee of the DPRK, many departments have regarded the Smelting Bureau as the forefront of technology in the past. However, some of them are shameless guys who, while absorbing the technology of the Smelting Bureau,
Disdain for the Metallurgical Bureau, over time, reduced the Metallurgical Bureau to a typical example of working for others, and all the good things were learned by the brother departments, which greatly reduced the enthusiasm of the craftsmen in the Metallurgical Bureau.
To improve the status of the Smelting Bureau, it seems that the technology must be blocked. However, this approach treats the symptoms rather than the root cause. The best way is to continue to improve the technology to a point where it is difficult for other ministries and departments to imitate...
Zhao Hongrun gradually had an idea.
Do you want to come up with some black technology...
Zhao Hongrun gently scratched his chin with his fingers, thinking deeply.
The black technology in his mind certainly does not refer to technology in some science fiction novels that cannot be proven to be developed, but only technology that surpasses contemporary technology.
For example, steam engine.
I remember that as early as when he fought with the army of Xiong Tuo, Lord of Yangcheng, Zhao Hongrun transformed the two hundred chariots into like ferocious battlefield beasts. Their solid defense became a nightmare for countless Chu soldiers.
But the price of increased defense is a significant reduction in mobility. Even if eight horses are used to pull those chariots with the help of rope hooks, their speed will not be any faster than that of lightly armored infantry running.
And if the defense is increased, or the number of crossbowmen on the tank is increased, this will completely limit the mobility of the tank. Simply put, if it is modified as Zhao Hongrun hopes most, the horsepower alone will not be enough to drag those battle tanks.
Car's.
At this time, a power system exceeding horsepower is needed to carry these chariots, such as a steam engine.
Unfortunately, although Zhao Hongrun can draw the simplest steam engine, Da Wei currently does not have the strength to manufacture some necessary parts in the steam engine system.
Therefore, even though he felt regretful, Zhao Hongrun could only suppress this tempting idea in his heart for the time being, because he knew very well that the technology of the Manufacturing Bureau was still far from the level of creating such contemporary black technology.
The Smelting Bureau can't even make steel rods, screws, nuts, gears, springs, wires and other parts, let alone other parts?
If it is forcibly built, it will at best undermine the success of the project and work in vain, but in the end there will be no harvest at all.
Come on, tell those people to continue blacksmithing...
Zhao Hongrun gave up the so-called black technology with some frustration and prepared to start from the basics honestly.
However, when he turned his attention to carpentry, something suddenly moved in his heart.
Carpentry? Machinery skills... Machinery skills of the State of Lu!! (To be continued.)