In exchange, Juquanling must supply a certain amount of quenching materials to the foundry under Shichengling Taoist Temple at a low price every month; at the same time, the foundry of Juquanling also officially recruits Sun Buhui from the Taiwei Sect. headed by dozens of craftsmen.
Even if the British King Yingshu would not break up with Hexi and other forces, he would obviously not let Hexi completely control Juquan Ridge. After all, no one knew how much quenched iron could be produced from the ore at the bottom of Juquan Lake.
Thinking that the inner court would soon be completely penetrated by the Zhu family's eyeliners, Zhou Jingyuan was often awakened from his dreams at night, but Chen Hai insisted on this, so he could only accept it hard.
Regardless of whether he continues to be loyal to the Dong family and the Taiwei Sect in his heart, this is the bargaining chip that Chen Hai must give up.
If he disagrees with Taiweizong's direct extension of his tentacles into the core of Juquan Ridge, and without the restraint of Hexi Dong family and other forces, Chen Hai will really have no excuse to stop King Yingshu from sending troops to control Juquan Lake.
At this time, various forces figured out that there was astonishing wealth hidden at the bottom of Juquan Lake, but it was already too late to take it all for themselves.
In addition to Zhou Jun, Sun Qian, and Chen Zhang who continued to stay with Chen Lie and followed the Hexi soldiers and horses into Heyang and Lichuan for combat operations, Su Yuan, Zhao Shan, Qian Wenyi, and others also led the three hundred followers of the Tinghou Mansion. Hu temporarily lives in Juquanling.
Rather than march north to Heyang and have a hasty decisive battle with the Black Yan Army, it would be better to occupy the river between Mengjin Ferry and Wuliang Mountain and slowly operate it.
Hexi and Qintong Mountain are separated by Tianshui County. Juquan Ridge is nominally affiliated with Zhaoyang Tinghou Mansion and Hexi. However, separated by Tianshui County and the rolling ridges at the western foot of Qintong Mountain, Dong's family is beyond reach. It is impossible to directly control Juquan Ridge.
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As for the cutting and processing tools of many core components, their blades are made of top-grade weapon refining materials and refined into mysterious talismans and seals. It can be said that they are not weak yellow-level mid-to-high-grade mysterious weapons.
After the rejection of marriage, in order to prevent the possible revenge of Dong Shou, the Marquis of Qin Mu, Zhaoyang Tinghou Mansion has successively moved most of the craftsmen from Yaoshiyuanzhai to Juquanling for half a year, and at the same time, they have also moved the craftsmen who practiced in Huanglongyuan Taoist Temple About half of the young disciples in the disciple camp moved to the Shicheng Ridge Taoist Academy next to Juquan Ridge to practice.
Except for the Ning clan, which had already suffered a huge setback, without the support of the other seven clans in the capital, the two hundred thousand elite Tiger and Guard troops could not retreat into the capital. They had no place to establish a foothold outside, and they would not be able to sustain themselves for long if they were left alone.
In addition to increasing the number of disciples in Shichengling Taoist Academy and adding a foundry, an additional 500 Yamen troops were deployed to strengthen the defense in Shichengling, forming a horns with Juquanling.
These craftsmen who left without saying goodbye were guessed to be the spies of the Red Eyebrow Sect. This time they should return to Yunmengze with Ning Chan'er to help cast the machine-operated crossbows.
After the rapid expansion of the Xiyuan Army and the Suwei Army, the number of soldiers has stabilized at 200,000 and 60,000.
When winter came in the seventy-fifth year of Emperor Yitian, seven powerful vassals from border counties, including the Miao clan in the north, the Zhao clan, the Gu clan in the south, and the Shu clan in the southwest, all received permission from Tianshu Yuan to open roads near Juquan Ridge. hospital.
Some forces even sent Mingqiao Realm weapon refiners to Juquan Ridge without any disguise, and opened foundries near Juquan Ridge and dispatched more craftsmen and craftsmen.
At this time, it is not difficult for various forces to guess that Juquan Ridge digs ore from the bottom of Juquan Lake and directly smelts quenched iron materials.
Juquanling does not have the qualifications to recruit disciples, and it cannot directly impose physical restrictions on the recruited craftsmen and craftsmen, and it cannot prevent the flow of craftsmen and craftsmen between different foundries.
Perhaps the sects and clans were too eager. Juquan Ridge wanted to relax the restrictions on the inner field and select 300 craftsmen from the outer field, but nearly twice as many people rushed to sign up. Moreover, these five or six hundred people all have a strong foundation in cultivation, and they all have certain attainments in machine puppets and armor casting. The blind people also know that most of them are the informants of various companies.
There is a threat from the Black Yan Army on the northeast side, and Prince Yingdan's troops are strong and might return to the capital at any time. Although Yanran Palace and the eight tribes in Jingjun are not able to deal with each other, the contradiction will not be revealed for the time being.
He presided over the internal affairs of Zhaoyang Tinghou Mansion, and he was in charge of the foundry of Yaoshi Yuanzhai. Most of the armor foundries in Yaoshiyuanzhai have been moved to Juquan Ridge. It is appropriate for Su Yuan to take charge of the affairs of the foundry at this time.
As the most important casting material for top-level ordinary iron armor and yellow-level mysterious weapons, Juquan Ridge's annual output of six to seven million kilograms of quenched iron is enough to change the world's structure; what's more, everyone knows in their hearts that the quenching of Juquan Ridge There is still room for significant improvement in the output of gold and iron materials.
The purpose of many forces working so hard is to covet the huge and cheap supply of quenched iron materials from Juquan Ridge.
Assembly line operation is a production method that has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts on earth, but it is an unimaginable innovation in Yanjing.
In a traditional foundry, a senior craftsman leads a group of craftsmen and craftsmen who are responsible for all manufacturing processes of the machine puppet beasts.
The only thing that could give Zhou Jingyuan some comfort was that the Juquanling Foundry was still very different from the traditional foundry.
Chen Hai believed that Prince Yingdan and others knew very well that even if they defeated the Black Yan Army as quickly as possible and regained Heyang, Yanmen and other counties, Emperor Yitian and King Yingshu would not allow them to lead 200,000 people. The Huben army then entered Gyeonggi through Qinglong Valley.
Although the Mojia Workshop is still under the direct command of Chen Hai, it actually represents the presence of the eight tribes of Yanjing and Jingjun in Juquan Ridge - the Xiyuan Army's garrison in Tongbei Prefecture has been withdrawn before, and at this time, additional buildings were built. In the name of Tongbei Okura, five thousand elites were mobilized and stationed.
Qintong Mountain is the jurisdiction of the Xiyuan Army. At this time, there are still 40,000 elite Xiyuan Army stationed in Qintongguan, Nanzhangfu and Tongbeifu.
Chen Xuanzhen wrote a letter suggesting that Ji Yuanren and Xue Cun lead the Mojia Workshop to move west to Tongbei Prefecture. They also chose a site directly to the east of Juquan Ridge before winter.
Chen Hai implemented assembly line operations, firstly to reduce the number of senior craftsmen, and more importantly, to greatly improve efficiency.
In fact, a huge amount of resources unimaginable to others have been invested in the foundry in the back hill of Juquan Ridge.
In addition to quenching gold arrows and quenching halberds and spears, the Black Yan Army also purchased and sold large quantities of quenched gold armor pieces from Juquan, and even directly took away the quenched gold iron ingots and transported them to the Black Yan Army's establishment in Jiyang. The foundry forges armor by itself.
In addition to Shichengling Taoist Temple and Mojia Workshop representing the eight ethnic groups in Hexi and Jingjun, when winter entered the seventy-fifth year of Emperor Yitian, the craftsmen and craftsmen recruited by Juquanling from outside Tongbei Prefecture had already More than two thousand people.
The Black Yan Army still regularly sends people to Juquan Ridge to purchase armor and weapons.
Every day, new craftsmen and craftsmen come to join them, and it is normal for some to leave. Chen Hai wants Zhou Jingyuan and the others to turn a blind eye.
Ning Chan'er recovered from her injuries for two days and then left quietly without saying a word of greeting. Twelve craftsmen left with Ning Chan'er.
After Mojia Workshop got on the right track, with two Mingqiao Realm young master craftsmen in charge, Chen Hai had more time to stay in Juquan Ridge to ensure that all aspects of the infield work could quickly get on track; and in San After more than a hundred familiar craftsmen were selected and used in the field, the trial production process of the mechanical repeating crossbow and soldier-level puppet arm armor was greatly accelerated.
The two smelting furnaces for smelting quenched iron materials, in addition to using the top flame gathering talisman array, the two small furnaces alone used six to seven thousand kilograms of Xuantao fine iron for reinforcement, otherwise the quenched iron materials would be The output is difficult to reach more than 10,000 kilograms.
Juquanling, on the other hand, splits the manufacturing of the machine puppet beast into eighteen processes, and each group of craftsmen and craftsmen is only responsible for one of the processes. In Zhou Jingyuan's view, this can control the leakage of secrets as much as possible. After all, the casting of the most core components can still be controlled by his own people for the time being.
In any case, Juquan Lake is now controlled by Juquan Ridge, but it does not belong to Juquan Ridge.
Dong's arrangement was also to prevent those forces with evil intentions from monopolizing the treasures at the bottom of Juquan Lake and kicking Hexi aside.
In the following months, the war between the Great Yan Empire and the Black Yan Army in Lichuan, Heyang and other places has been in a state of stalemate, with little progress.
Especially in the inner field, there are only about a hundred skilled craftsmen and craftsmen, who are responsible for the casting of mechanical crossbows, mechanical chariots, soldier-level puppet gauntlets and other war equipment, as well as the smelting of quenched iron materials.
It seems that Juquanling will leak a lot of secrets as a result, but it will also be able to obtain a large number of skilled craftsmen and craftsmen. Even if we don't consider that the Rakshasa Demon will invade Yanzhou at any time, there are pros and cons.
By this time, not only the Black Yan Army but also other forces had almost figured out that, in addition to military training records and the so-called inheritance behind the puppetry technique, the core advantage of Juquan Ridge that is truly coveted by heaven and man is the sufficient supply of tempered iron materials. .
Even so, there are still seriously not enough people in Juquan Ridge.
With the support of the eldest son Cai Chou, the Hexi Protectorate transferred Zhao Ruhui, Xie Kun and others who were close to Zhaoyang Tinghou to serve in Shichengling Taoist Temple.
Now that so many resources have been invested, the production system of the infield has gradually been improved, but to truly unleash the casting potential of the infield, it still depends on people.
This is almost the limit of what the counties can supply to the capital at this time. After all, maintaining combat readiness on the front lines of Mengjindu and Wuliang Mountain consumes extremely huge resources.
In the winter of the seventy-fifth year of Emperor Yi Tian, the daily output of gold-hardened iron materials in Juquanling had exceeded 20,000 kilograms; while the Dong family controlled the three counties in Hexi, the total output of gold-hardened iron materials in a year was only One million catties is only equivalent to one and a half months of Juquan Ridge's output.
If we only transfer three or five Mingqiao Realm experts to lead three to five hundred elite combat forces, we can ensure that our supply of tempered iron materials is more than doubled, and we can also obtain enough sophisticated armor and war equipment from Juquan Ridge. , this deal, for those powerful vassal overlords who rule thousands of miles or even thousands of miles of territory, how can they not get involved
Su Yuan successfully opened up the Ancestral Aperture Consciousness Sea, and Juquan Ridge finally had two Ming Aperture Realm powerhouses, Su Yuan and Wu Meng, to support the scene. Su Yuan himself was also a craftsman and had expertise in weapon refining.