At that time, Xuan Xiu's research on mechanism puppetry had been limited to fixed thinking. The range of improvements that could be made in a certain direction was naturally getting narrower and narrower. However, he integrated the thinking of the two worlds. Inertia brings directional changes, so the space for change it brings is far beyond the imagination of people in the world.
Previously, in order to avoid the wrath of Dong Shou, the Marquis of Qin Mu, around Yuan Chun in the 75th year of Emperor Yitian, Chen Hai lived a boring two-point-one-line life between Suwei Army East Camp and Mojiasi, and moved the iron bridge to All the armor shops in the lane were temporarily closed. At the same time, he also asked Shen Kun, Ge Tong, Zhou Jingyuan, Ding Shuang and others to stay in Juquan Ridge to practice and build the foundation of Juquan Ridge, and not to come to the capital easily.
War breaks out frequently, and the consumption of mechanical wooden cattle has increased several times compared with before. The craftsmen and craftsmen of the dozen or so foundries that have been in regular contact with each other in the past have been squeezed to the extreme, so that the quality of the mechanical wooden cattle delivered in recent months has been reduced. The difference is uneven, and the loss ratio has also risen sharply.
"How can it be changed like this?" Xue Cun is one of the only two Mingqiao realm young craftsmen in Mojia Division. He unfolded the drawing and saw at a glance that compared to the conventional mechanism wooden cow, the mechanism produced by Juquanling There are many parts changes in the connection of the beast's forelimbs. It is shocking and inexplicable that these changes in Juquanling will reduce the performance of the machine beast's forelimbs.
Even the lowest-level machine beast is expensive to build and requires a lot of wear and tear to use. The cost of a junior machine beast is comparable to that of a high-quality green cunning horse, but the green cunning horse is extremely difficult to reproduce even if it is artificially tamed. It takes several years or even ten years to tame it, and in the foundry controlled by the clan, it is much easier to create a primary machine beast.
Now that Chen Hai has come to visit, on the appointed day, Chen Xuanzhen invites Tu Zhongzheng, the commander of the Xiyuan Army's baggage and food pay department, and the commander of the scattered cavalry, to make a special trip to the testing ground of Mojia Division to see Juquan What are the advantages of the several mechanical wooden cows sent by Ling.
Therefore, in a short period of time, the military can only use a large number of machine-made wooden oxen to supplement the serious shortage of transportation capacity.
And this is by no means a small sum.
Even if the armor shop in Iron Bridge Lane reopens for business, and the war is in chaos at this time, the most sophisticated gold-hardened armor among all iron armors will not have to be sold, but the largest purchaser of primary mechanism beasts is still the Jingying Army.
At the same time, Juquan Ridge also needs to enter into mass manufacturing of mechanism puppets, so that the management and manufacturing level of the foundry can be slowly raised to a higher level, and more complex and powerful divine machine chariots can be mass-produced.
He thought that the internal improvements to the primary mechanism beasts had been quite conservative, but he didn't expect that it would still cause so much disturbance. It's not surprising if he thinks about it carefully.
Chen Xuanzhen did not refuse, and informed Mojiasi to prepare some tests for the several machine beasts sent from Juquan Ridge.
Although Juquanling continued to undertake the armor and equipment repair work of Tongbei Okura at this time, as the main force of the Xiyuan Army was transferred to Qintong Mountain, Tongbei Okura's status was quickly marginalized. Juquanling was able to take over Tongbei Okura's The business volume undertaken by the warehouse also dropped sharply, shrinking to less than one-tenth of its previous peak by the end of the year.
The craftsmen of Juquan Ridge can be regarded as geniuses if they can make slight improvements to the interior of the primary mechanism beasts, but major improvements are absolutely impossible in their opinion.
Chen Xuanzhen is proficient in weapon refining and is one of the few masters of weapon refining in Yanzhou. He is also deeply involved in the art of machine puppets. When he walked to the testing site and took a look, his expression changed slightly and he looked at Chen Hai: "Juquan Ridge, right?" Has the internal structure of the machine beast been significantly improved?"
In the four-year struggle for imperial power between the emperor and the prince, Chen Xuanzhen stood firmly on the side of the emperor and helped King Ying Shu and Wen Boyuan with advice behind the scenes. However, he fundamentally maintained the stability of the Yan Dynasty. At this time, I didn't want the Huben Army to suffer a major defeat due to the chaos caused by the logistics supply, and I had already thought about replacing the two foundries that were causing trouble.
If the war continues to escalate, the number of soldiers and horses gathering in the area west of Gyeonggi Province continues to expand, and the refugee army realizes the importance of outflanking and harassing Huben's military supply routes, then the number of new government oxen that need to be replenished every year will continue to increase significantly.
The internal structure must be drastically changed, otherwise the machine will only get worse and worse. This is not an improvement, but a mess.
Although Chen Hai is working hard to build a more complete production system in Juquan Ridge, and strives to be self-sufficient in some basic resources and materials, top-level weapon refining resources, such as mysterious marrow fetal iron, red marrow copper and other natural and earthly treasures, , as well as the large number of elixirs that many people practice and tens of thousands of hungry prisoners need to improve their bodies and strengthen their muscles and bones, all need to be imported from outside.
When Zhao Sihan and the other five young craftsmen first saw that the machine beasts that Ding Shuang, Ge Tong and others moved out of the closed carriage were one-third smaller than the normal ones, they thought that Juquanling was just for the machine beasts. After being reduced to the same proportion, they did not expect that the internal structure would be greatly improved. At this time, they were all shocked. They did not care about being rude and hurriedly unfolded the reported drawings sent from Juquanling to see how much the internal structure had been changed. .
Although Mojia Division is responsible for the bidding and technical supervision of machine puppets, the foundries that previously supplied various machine puppets to the Beijing Camp Army had clan clans behind them, and now a new family suddenly wants to come in. Si Cheng Zhao Sihan of the Mojia Division did not dare to make any decisions, so Chen Hai could only go directly to Chen Xuanzhen, who was in charge of general supervision.
Although the mechanical beasts are expensive to build and consume a lot of losses, in the mountainous Heyang County, Yanmen County, and Jiyang County, ordinary mules, horses, and camel beasts are far inferior to the mechanical wooden beasts when climbing over rugged mountains and ridges.
Ji Yuanren, another Mingqiao Realm young craftsman, also came over with a solemn expression. He even did not hesitate to destroy his true essence, turning it into flames to melt the sand and make the terrain of the test site more rugged and realistic so that he could be more capable. Accurately test the performance of the machine beast.
The Xiyuan Army did not leave Wusheng Pass, and the situation was better. Although Bo Xunkuang, the commander of Prince Yan Dan's command in charge of food and supplies, did not dare to run back to Yanjing City, the impeachment memorial came like a snowflake. Accused the general prisoner of deliberately holding back the Hu Ben army.
At this time, Juquanling also successfully trial-produced a mechanical chariot that could be used in actual combat. However, Chen Hai would not be in a hurry to take it. However, the several mechanical wooden cows he took out also had significant structural changes based on the original ones. Improvement.
"..." Chen Hai smiled slightly, and just extended his hand to ask the young craftsman Xue Cun to test the performance of the machine beast himself.
Chen Hai was in Mojia Division and knew the needs of the military clearly.
But those five young craftsmen from poor families were willing to come out to help. In addition to wanting to see what was so special about Juquan Ridge, Chen Xuanzhen also took good care of the disciples from Han clan in the academy. The five of them all consulted with Chen Xuanzhen on the art of puppetry in their early years.
On the Mojiasi side, in addition to Sicheng Zhao Sihan, the great master craftsmen and young master craftsmen who came from clan clans all had their opinions on Chen Xuanzhen and Chen Hai.
After Qin Muhou Dong Shou led Hexi soldiers and horses to march eastward, Dong Pan was once again responsible for the people and affairs of Hexi in the capital, and the atmosphere full of gunpowder became slightly more relaxed.
As for the larger-scale procurement of armor and war equipment for the Jingying Army, the authority has been separated from the Taiwei Mansion and transferred to the General Administration Office of the General Supervisor and the Xiyuan Army, the Suwei Army, the Huben Army and the Jingzhao Mansion Guards. execute together.
As long as the war does not stop, the Suwei Army, Huben Army, and Xiyuan Army will need to replenish at least tens of thousands of machine-made wooden oxen every year to barely meet the supply of food and supplies for the five to six million elite soldiers and horses.
Since the 70th year of Emperor Yi Tian's reign, wars have broken out frequently in the counties around Gyeonggi. Not only have a large number of cattle, horses, mules and donkeys among the people been plundered and slaughtered, but government-run pastures have also suffered heavy blows. At this time, the only priority is to ensure that the military cavalry camps have adequate supplies. With sufficient mounts, there is still an extreme shortage of livestock power to resume farming, let alone the transportation of goods.
It was also in mid-March that Ding Shuang, Ge Tong, Shen Xiu and others led more than 30 guardsmen from Juquan Ridge, thousands of miles away, and rushed to Yanjing to join Chen Hai.
This requires Juquan Ridge to be able to transport sophisticated armor and equipment to the outside on a large scale at the same time in order to maintain a balance of entry and exit.
It can even be said that the more junior a machine beast is, the less room there is for internal improvement.
The low-level mechanism beasts are expensive to make, but they cannot be used to charge into battles on the battlefield. Their main purpose is to transport bulk supplies.
Zhao Sihan and many other master craftsmen have spent half their lives practicing in the art of machine puppetry, so they can serve in the Mojia Division. They all know that there are only a few types of primary mechanism beasts used for material transportation, and the internal structure of these primary mechanism beasts with the wind formation box as the core, after thousands of years of evolution and development, can be said to have room for improvement. Very little.
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Ding Shuang and Ge Tong not only brought the Xuanlang war chariot, six-edged hook and sickle spear, Xuantai bow, and armor-piercing arrows that Chen Hai left in Juquanling to Yanjing, they also brought with them the new prototype from Juquanling. Several elementary mechanism beasts and a new batch of tempered gold-level armor.
In fact, the dozens of foundries that previously supplied Mojiasi with various mechanical beasts were closely related to the sects where these great craftsmen and young craftsmen belonged. At this time, they speculated that Chen Xuanzhen might be the one to build Juquan Ridge. They opened the net to take food from their clan's mouths, and they were unable to change this, so they were even less willing to come over and join in the fun.
Although this kind of elementary mechanism puppet beast is very inconspicuous, the absolute number determines the absolute profit. As long as Juquan Ridge can get a share of the pie from here, plus the resources that Juquan Ridge itself can generate, it can feed Only 50,000 to 60,000 talents will not become a problem, and we can continue to develop and expand.
According to the rules, if Juquanling wants to supply the machine beasts to the Beijing Camp Army through Mojia Division, it can submit the drawings. Mojia Division will review the drawings and there is no problem, and then compare the drawings with the actual objects. Passed the technical review - Juquanling doesn't have to worry about leaks, because the secrets will definitely be leaked. This is also the price for selling the machine beasts in batches to the Beijing Camp Army.