Bai Tu recruited more than 30 craftsmen within the three counties and brought more than 60 apprentices. Together with Cheng Ji's 2,000 "laborers" composed of manpower, he began to build the city's defense equipment.
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Laborers only require 10 manpower to be synthesized. They have no combat effectiveness and can only be used to complete corvee work.
Moreover, when producing detailed instruments, real craftsmen are required to supervise and guide them, that is, they can only serve as "laborers", otherwise the efficiency will be extremely low.
The other manpower was sent by Baitu to cut wood and collect materials...
In order to express his attention, Bai Tu specially hosted a banquet for the craftsmen who were recruited and personally promised the rewards.
Bai Tu first selected several types of defensive equipment that had no technical difficulties, and then "printed" the theoretical blueprints directly at Cheng Ji.
Then, together with several craftsmen who live in Qu'a City, we formally produced the prototype first, and then everyone discussed it together and finally determined the detailed drawings.
After that, the most important thing is to uniformly produce all parts and template samples for each production stage, hand them over to each workshop, allocate workers according to demand, and carry out production and manufacturing separately to ensure uniform size.
It is the so-called "assembly line production", the first step in the emergence of manufacturing industry!
This is not only conducive to confidentiality, but also ensures that no matter which component of the equipment is damaged, a replacement can be quickly found. Multiple damaged equipment can be assembled into several intact equipment, which is also convenient for soldiers to use and train.
Just like the screws and nuts of later generations, those common models can be used universally produced all over the world.
Standardized production is not Baitu's original invention. The Qin State already had this awareness during the Warring States Period. Although there was no real assembly line, it stipulated the specifications of each part of the Qin Nu so that the Qin Nu accessories could be interchanged.
Only after the world was at peace, the government no longer had the need for large-scale production, the Han army did not rely on crossbows, and this standard was not promoted to civilian use, so it gradually disappeared.
Now Baitu just brought it up again and pushed it directly to the level of pipeline separation.
Of course, the city defense equipment currently produced by Baitu is actually very simple, and there are no high requirements for confidentiality. As long as the main design craftsmen are from Qu'a.
The reason for assembly line production is mainly for efficiency and portability!
Two months have passed in the blink of an eye, winter has turned to spring, and the weather is getting warmer.
The people in the city are already busy with "Zhengdan" - the Spring Festival in later generations.
In the Shang and Zhou dynasties, December and November were the beginning of the year respectively, while in the Qin Dynasty, October was the beginning of the year. This was in accordance with the rules set by the Theory of Five Virtues.
In the chronological records of this period, October of a certain year was three months before January of the same year...
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, it regarded itself as Shui De, which meant denying the legal rationality of the Qin Dynasty, labeling it as a turmoil, and treating the Han Dynasty as the only Zhengshuo after the Zhou Dynasty.
However, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they changed their recognition to Tu De and admitted that the Qin Dynasty was the Water De. The Qin Dynasty was the Zhou Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was the Qin Dynasty, and the "Zhengdan" at the beginning of the year finally returned to the first month. Later, Wang Mang referred to the Han Dynasty as the Fire Virtue.
, the New Dynasty was Tu De, and later the Eastern Han Dynasty also regarded itself as Fire De. However, they did not change the year, Zhengdan was still in the first month.
Although it is not the most lively festival, and there are no firecrackers or even the habit of burning bamboo to make some noise, the city is already very lively.
As an area less affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, ordinary farmers can still kill pigs and serve meat during the New Year, and there are more and more bacon hawkers in the city.
In the Han Dynasty, people began to restrict the slaughter of farm cattle, but only calves. Those who reached a certain age could be slaughtered. In addition, there was a saying about vegetable cattle in the Han Dynasty.
The most common meat eaten by the common people is pork, with very little chicken. Only people with a certain family background want to enjoy beef and mutton, especially mutton... which is a symbol of status.
"Hey." Bai Tu looked at the overly fishy pork on the street and sighed with emotion.
"What are you sighing about again?"
The guards around Bai Tu actually continued to answer the call.
"It's a pity that I have nowhere to put my talents to use!" Bai Tu said with emotion.
"Hey, what skills do you have that you haven't used yet?" This guard didn't follow the rules.
I originally thought that Bai Tu was going to say something compassionate and beneficial to the common people, but unexpectedly he just pointed to the pork shop and said: "As long as I use three points of my skills, I can make the world's pork no longer smell fishy! Even... I can even know how to mother."
Postpartum care for pigs!”
"Pfft! You are... so capable!" Bai Tu said so righteously that the guard laughed unconsciously.
From this smile, we could see some clues, it turned out to be a grandma dressed in men's clothing - it was Lu Lingqi who should be in Xiaopei!
During this period, Taishi Ci has been recruiting Su Guards for Bai Tu. Usually Su Guards are real soldiers like personal soldiers, so they are more flexible.
Because of considerations of elite strength and loyalty, most of the people Taishi Ci selected were sons of good families whose family fortunes had declined.
As a result...a month ago, Lu Lingqi was discovered who had applied for the job!
At first, Tai Shici saw Lu Lingqi's strength and thought he was an assassin. However, after testing him, he started fighting and wanted to capture her. Fortunately, Bai Tu was not far away. After being alerted, he rushed over and recognized Lu Lingqi.
Taishi Ci was stopped.
When Lu Bu and Bai Tu came to Qu'a together, they left their wife and daughter in Xiaopei - Xiaopei was obviously safer than Qu'a.
Unexpectedly, Lu Lingqi actually ran out secretly and came to Qu'a alone...
Bai Tu's first reaction was to send her to her adoptive father, but he couldn't bear Lu Lingqi's request.
"We have an affair, can you bear to see me get beaten?" Lu Lingqi said at that time.
"But your aunt, Wenyuan and the others will definitely send someone to inform the adoptive father..." Bai Tu said.
"He will be angry then, but if I don't show up, he will get anxious. When he gets anxious to a certain extent, he won't blame me if I show up again!" Lu Lingqi said insightfully.
Bai Tu:……
"And what if I tell him now? Can I risk sending me back again?" Lu Lingqi added.
In the end, Bai Tu agreed and temporarily helped Lu Lingqi conceal her whereabouts. At the same time, he also asked Tai Shici not to mention it to others.
Lu Lingqi, on the other hand, works as a guard and has been living in Bai Tu's mansion recently - the most dangerous place is the safest place. Lu Lingqi felt that Lu Bu would never have thought that his missing daughter was in Quacheng!
At this time, Bai Tu was wearing casual clothes and was walking around the city to observe the sentiments of the people. Lu Lingqi was also accompanying him, while Tai Shici was very discerning and hung behind to protect him.
"Tomorrow is the New Year's Day. After attending the ceremony, I will go to the military camp to celebrate the New Year with my adoptive father and the soldiers. You can rest in the mansion then, or you can go out and play as you wish, but don't go out of the city." Bai Tu warned.
"Well, please help me observe how anxious my father is!" Lu Lingqi said.