Chapter 939: The Transformation of Magical Instruments
After the Tiangongmen monks entered the Nanzhou Factory, they were very uncomfortable because the Nanzhou Factory and Tiangongmen had two completely different concepts.
Among the large factories in Nanzhou, standardization is a top priority, or the soul of the large factories. Take the magic weapon as an example, a piece of dark iron one foot square, how long it needs to be burned in the fire and how many times it is beaten to make it.
There are standards for the length, width, and weight of Chengfa swords.
With standardization, these processes can be decomposed, eventually forming assembly lines, large-scale manufacturing, and production efficiency soaring.
But for the Tiangongmen monks, this is not the case at all. They want to keep improving. With the same level of weapon refiners, the Tiangongmen monks can spend more time and energy to create better products than those produced by big factories.
Flying sword.
Moreover, they are very uncomfortable with the boring work in large factories. What they want is unconventional refining methods, such as a flying sword. They always want to mix some special spiritual objects to create more effects.
For example, when the Xuan Qi is activated, what comes out is not sword energy, but a fire dragon.
In addition, they also have a characteristic that they don’t want to repeat one style of flying sword. After they build one, they want to build another one. They are asked to build the same flying sword day and night. It is simply asking them to
The same fate.
Therefore, in the first half month, the ideological dispute between Tiangongmen and Wuguo Factory was extremely fierce, and many quarrels broke out. Finally, Lian Qiao secretly reported it to Lin Xiao. Lin Xiao waved his hand and said that before the Nanzhou Factory,
A special department was set up in the Central Military Commission, named the Weapons Research and Development Center. All Tiangongmen who were unwilling to work in large factories were put into this department, and Ye Jiuji was very willing to accept it.
The weapons research and development center has the best resources. When new materials arrive from the big factories, they can get them first, and there is no limit to the quantity. However, their tasks are also very heavy. Lin Xiao told Ye Jiuji bluntly that the big factories and even Nanzhou
I can treat you as an uncle, but the uncle must also have the skills of an uncle, otherwise he will get out sooner or later.
The task Lin Xiao gave them was to improve the existing magical weapons in the world of immortality, such as the Xuanjing Cannon, and how to improve them to be more powerful, lighter, faster to launch, etc.
In addition, there is the development of group attack weapons, and the Xuanjing Cannon is one of them. However, the group attack method of the Xuanjing Cannon is not very good. Lin Xiao needs a weapon with a larger strike area.
The Tiangongmen monks also lived up to Lin Xiao's expectations. In just a few months, they improved the large crossbow arrows, increasing the number of single-shot large crossbow arrows to 300 shots per shot, which was astonishingly efficient.
"This large crossbow has been modified well and its power is not bad. Have you measured the cost?"
"Um, this hasn't happened yet. Do we need to evaluate it immediately?"
"good"
"Well, this frame is made of fifth-level Shenli wood, which contains about 10,000 black crystals. The arrow nest is made of third-level black iron. A pair of arrow nests probably has 6,000 black crystals. The other is the connecting formation. Three
A conversion formation, the material is about four thousand mysterious crystals, the cost of the formation master's inscription is unknown, there are 300 crossbow arrows, the arrow shaft is ordinary second-level spiritual wood, five mysterious crystals each, the arrow is made of third-level fine steel
, one fifteen Xuan Crystal, not counting other expenses, the material cost is probably less than 30,000 Xuan Crystals."
"The cost of mass production in a large factory will be much lower. Build a hundred of them first, and equip them with 300,000 crossbow arrows. Then go to the battlefield for actual combat. If the effect is good, then increase production. You must teach the manufacturing technology to the factory.
, no problem”
"This is no problem, but if we find it useful in the future, we have to build it ourselves."
"This is no problem, the property rights are still yours."
"property?"
"Let's not talk about it anymore. Does this large crossbow have a name?"
"Not yet, how about getting one, Leader Lin?"
"How about calling it a swarm of bees?"
"Um, okay, this is a good name."
Ye Jiuji was stunned for a moment, complaining in his mind what the hell this was, a swarm of bees, it was too ugly, but he had to continue to say yes.
"Besides this swarm of bees, what progress have you made?"
"There has been a lot of progress, but the final product has not been finalized yet. Does Leader Lin need to visit?"
"Can"
"Please, Leader Lin"
Ye Jiuji then took Lin Xiao to the weapons research and development center. There were about 300 Tiangongmen monks here, and the big factory assigned them 500 auxiliary personnel.
The R&D center is an entire building, including warehouses, dormitories, testing grounds, libraries, refining rooms, etc. It occupies an extremely large area.
"Leader Lin, this is the Xuanjing Cannon Transformation Center. According to your previous ideas, we will improve it. How to find cheap materials to build it, how to reduce the weight, how to increase the power and range, etc., there are many requirements."
"How far has it progressed?"
"The power and range have been solved. How to reduce the weight has to do with materials. The most abundant mineral in the world of immortality is black iron. We are debugging black iron."
"Okay, continue researching"
"Leader Lin, this is research. The inspiration for refining comes from the Xuan Crystal Cannon. Use the power formation method of the Xuan Crystal Cannon to create a formation disk separately, absorb the Xuan Qi, and then use your spiritual consciousness to connect the formation patterns in the formation disk, allowing it to
It exploded, but we found that the array disk was too big, too expensive, too powerful, and it is being renovated."
"Then have you ever thought about using the explosion beads to connect them with the array disk, and then use the soul to activate them?"
"I've thought about it, the cost is too high, and the explosive beads can be thrown directly, so doing so is unnecessary."
"What about the spiritual talismans? A large number of spiritual talismans are superimposed and explode together with great power."
"I've tried it, but haven't succeeded yet. The difficulty is how to control all the talismans to explode together. Only when they explode at the same time can the power be superimposed. If the time difference is too long, the power will be reduced sharply.
This kind of artifact requires that it can be controlled by low-level monks. If a high-level monk turns the mysterious energy into silk and activates hundreds or thousands of spiritual talismans at one time, it will be meaningless."
"Yes, your idea is correct. You can go ahead and experiment. If your resources are blocked by a big factory, you can tell me directly and I will give it to you."
"Thank you, Leader Lin. I feel relieved with your words. In the past few months, we have indeed spent a lot of resources, and the big factories are already very dissatisfied."
Ye Jiuji was overjoyed and said quickly that in a few months, they had spent at least tens of millions of Xuanjing resources, but there was no result. The big factory was extremely unhappy.
That's why Ye Jiuji gathered his troops to immediately overcome a swarm of problems, presented the results, and asked Lin Xiao to inspect them, just to silence the big factory.
"It's okay, I support you. I'm definitely not as good as you in the research and development of these weapons, but I can provide you with an idea."
"Leader Lin, please speak."
"The voice of the bottom, any magic weapon is used by people, and the most used are these low-level monks. They have the most say whether a magic weapon is easy to use, and what problems may arise when using a magic weapon?
They are also the ones with the most say.
By the same token, on the battlefield, no matter what kind of difficulties they encounter, what methods the enemy has, and what method they most want to use to solve it, they have the most say.
What I need is a weapon that can quickly deal with a large number of enemies, rather than a refined weapon. Taking a swarm of bees as an example, the cost of 30,000 for a monk's magical weapon is not as good as the price of a fourth-level high-grade magical weapon. But
A fourth-level high-grade magic weapon can only increase the combat effectiveness of Daogang monks by 10 to 20%, but for low-level monks, it can kill dozens or even hundreds of monsters at once, or it can save the lives of several monks.
So you can talk to the monks at the bottom, or directly ask the monks at the bottom to write to you and ask them to give you some opinions. Maybe a letter of tens of thousands of words, only one or two sentences will be helpful to you, but it is enough, isn't it?
"
"This is a good suggestion, Leader Lin. This is something we have never thought of before. Our inspiration for refining all comes from ourselves. Whatever we think of, we can refine it. But no matter how talented we are, we can't compare to an army of tens of millions."
"wisdom"
"Come from the masses, go to the masses, this is the supreme magic weapon"
"I've learned a lesson, Alliance Leader Lin"
"Okay, I'm very pressed for time, so I won't read anymore. Let's go to the big factory. I will personally communicate with the big factory for you and bring a swarm of them with me so that they will have nothing to say."
"Yes, Leader Lin"
Ye Jiuji nodded, and then Lin Xiao and Ye Jiuji took a swarm of bees to meet with Xie Yunfei and other senior officials of the large factory, and once again demonstrated the power of a swarm of bees on the spot.
For Xie Yunfei and others, the surprise given to them by the swarm of bees was a big one. They were people who had led soldiers and knew the price that low-level monks had to pay to kill a monster. Lin Xiao was training the new army.
Begin to strengthen the role of weapons and equipment, and quickly reduce the casualty rate of the new army. This trend is already very popular, and a swarm of bees can definitely play a strengthening role.
Of course, the price for the prevalence of this trend is the massive consumption of resources. In the past, the resources that could equip 100,000 people were now only 20,000 to 30,000 at most, like a swarm of bees. After a battle, it is not a problem to shoot hundreds of thousands of crossbow arrows.
The cost is not low.
However, no one questions the correctness of this idea. Nowadays, so many human monks have been killed in battle. Lin Xiao is constantly streamlining the army. Instead of working on equipment, he can only work hard on cultivation. But the cost of improving cultivation is much greater than the cost of these equipments.
, and it takes a long time.
With Lin Xiao's endorsement, the big factory would naturally not embarrass Ye Jiuji and the others. When Lin Xiao saw that the matter was resolved, he left Qi and returned to Qin to take charge.
Lin Xiao believes in Ye Jiuji's ability. War is the best catalyst. If every war cannot bring about reforms in weapons and equipment, then this kind of war will be a failure. In previous wars, this effect was very small, but
Under Lin Xiao's command, this trend will inevitably be reversed.
Because the use of tools is the greatest advantage of the human race. If we do not develop these and rely on our cultivation to fight monsters one by one, it is a very stupid choice. Unless there is no other means, Lin Xiao will never do this.