And maybe everything can start from this little glass.
"Ask Wu Ping to go to the Imperial Study Room," Li Xingchen stood up suddenly, "I will be there soon."
To be honest, Wu Ping was a little nervous.
This was the first time he met Li Xingchen alone, the young monarch who single-handedly defeated the Northern Zhou Dynasty and divided the Southern Chen Dynasty.
But this does not mean that Wu Ping is afraid of Li Xingchen. On the contrary, for the Bashu people headed by Wu Ping, especially the Bashu craftsmen, the one they want to thank most is Li Xingchen.
Scholars, farmers, merchants, and craftsmen are the third class of society, which means that while they have their own jobs since birth, they have to face a very embarrassing problem, that is, their social status is very low. This is
This means that when war breaks out and people are displaced, they will receive less respect and care.
Wu Ping is a good craftsman, but in troubled times, everyone has a problem with food. Who would think about where craftsmen are needed, and building a house can be solved by himself. So before Li Xingchen entered Shu, Wu Ping actually lived
He was very poor. His master made and repaired large crossbow equipment for the government, but when he came to Wu Ping, he could only work as a carpenter.
Fortunately, Li Xingchen changed all this. Wu Ping still can't imagine how he felt when he heard that this new ruler needed a lot of craftsmen.
It's a bit embarrassing to say that at the time, he thought Li Xingchen was going to build a palace for himself - this was very common for kings in troubled times. After all, no one knew how many days they would be on the throne, so it was better to enjoy themselves in time.
Chen Shubao and Yu Wenyun are both experienced in this.
But Wu Ping found that he was wrong.
Li Xingchen was the one who really wanted to build a powerful Bashu. Instead of repairing the palace, he first gathered people to build workshops.
Watching the huge workshops rising from the ground, watching the working men coming and going, and watching the majesty of the assembly line production, Wu Ping really regretted why he was born ten years earlier. Otherwise, when he was in his prime, he might have devoted more energy.
to this vigorous construction.
But even so, Wu Ping is the biggest contributor to the Chengdu workshop.
Ouyang Mo needs to coordinate the industrial construction of the entire Bashu, and he is already old. Therefore, in fact, the Chengdu Workshop, the largest workshop under Li Xinchen except the Nanfang County Shipyard-the shipyard is mainly due to its large size-almost as big as Wu
It was built under the leadership of one person.
Wu Ping was mesmerized when he thought of the majestic workshops built against the mountains, the hundreds of sweating craftsmen, and the breathtaking huge assembly line production.
This is his hard work.
This is why Wu Ping was somewhat uneasy when he saw Li Xingchen. The Chengdu workshop's first priority now is to produce Pili cars, but at this time Wu Ping and the others have allocated a small number of manpower to test new materials, even if they accidentally hit it.
The thing he made is indeed very beautiful, but in fact, Wu Ping has no idea whether it will be appreciated in front of His Highness, who is always pragmatic. If His Highness is angry because of this and feels that they are not doing their job properly, then the Chengdu workers will definitely suffer in the end.
Square.
However, Li Xingchen was beyond Wu Ping's expectation and asked with great interest: "How long does it take to bake the same thing?"
"Your Majesty, this is actually an unintentional move by everyone. If we want to find out the way, I think it will take at least three to five days." Wu Ping said hurriedly. He was not sure that they all adopted it at that time.
No matter what method, I have to try it bit by bit when I go back. If I'm very unlucky, I'm afraid I won't be able to figure it out in ten days and a half. But here, Wu Ping certainly doesn't dare to tell Li Xingchen directly, otherwise wouldn't it look like
He is really incompetent.
Glancing at Wu Ping, who was a little confused, Li Xingchen could roughly guess what was going on, and couldn't help but laugh: "Well, I will give you a month, not only to bake the same thing, but also to ensure that the inside
Is it possible for you to achieve this with as few bubbles and impurities as possible?"
One month was certainly enough time. Wu Ping breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know if his thoughts had been seen through by Li Xingchen, and he didn't dare to neglect: "Yes!"
Li Xingchen nodded. Glass is a good thing. If it can be released at this time, it will not only mean that people have another material to choose from when building houses, but also magnifying glasses, glasses and even telescopes.
They can all come out first. You must know that clairvoyance and glasses have already appeared in the Ming Dynasty, but these things are usually made of precious crystals or tortoise shells, which are definitely not affordable for ordinary people.
Glass is different. It has similar functions to crystal and tortoise shell, but the cost is far lower than the latter two. The large-scale firing in later generations told Li Xingchen that as long as he can master the key, glass products can be made.
Entering thousands of households.
Not to mention clairvoyance, which is the important role of telescopes in the military.
Li Xingchen's attention made Wu Ping feel that his experience was not in vain, and he made up his mind to gather a few key people to attack the difficult situation when he returned.
Thinking of something, Li Xingchen then asked: "Since it happens to be a coincidence, let me tell you how the output of Pili cars in the workshop is now, and how much can be replenished for Baidi City?"
The Thunderbolt Chariot is a large trebuchet jointly built by Li Xingchen and Ouyang Mo. It is based on the large trebuchet invented by Liu Ye during the Three Kingdoms period. It had shown its grace in the previous Battle of Xiangfan and was also the largest trebuchet of this era.
For the Shu Han army destined to conquer the world in the future, the Thunderbolt Chariot is of course indispensable. However, such huge equipment cannot be produced everywhere. The original Nanfang County workshops have been turned to shipbuilding, while Hanzhong and Xiangyang
The workshop is still under construction, so the Chengdu workshop is currently the only place under Li Xinchen that can produce Pili cars.
Of course Wu Ping was familiar with these data, and immediately replied hastily: "Your Highness, we can now produce about 20 units per month, of which four to five units are supplied to the Xiangyang front line, two to three units are supplied to Hanzhong, and one to two units are supplied to Hanzhong.
Taiwan supplies the northwest, so there are only about ten units left each month that can be transported to Baidi City."
Li Xingchen frowned. To be honest, the number is still a bit small. After all, in Li Xingchen's vision, hundreds of Thunderbolt cars erupting at the same time can definitely have a devastating momentum. However, Li Xingchen also knows that the city wall in this era does not exist.
These ordinary rammed-earth city walls covered with bricks are actually very difficult to withstand the concentrated attack of seven or eight Thunderbolt Chariots.
What's more important is that now the products of the Chengdu workshop cannot only be supplied to Baidi City. Not only there is still a certain gap on the Xiangyang front line, Hanzhong and the northwest also need the help of Pili Che. (To be continued)