The Beiyang Ordnance Bureau seems to be forever carrying the roar of the machine.

Ye Mengxiong changed into his overalls and followed the director of the Ordnance Bureau to inspect the iron horse factory under construction.

Workwear is not the worker's clothing, but the official uniform specially approved by the Beiyang important ministers to the imperial court, any official entering the Beiyang Ordnance Bureau, all need to change into workwear, the color of the workwear, the fabric, the dark pattern are the same as the imperial court etiquette, the difference is that there is no robe.

In terms of shape, the official uniform and overalls can basically be regarded as Beiyang military uniforms with different fabrics, but there are complements on the front and back, and the short hem with wide sleeves and waist can try to avoid the embarrassment and danger of the robe being swept up by the machine.

This is not without precedent, Ye Mengxiong asked the imperial court to prepare uniforms for officials precisely because last year, the big sleeve of an officer in Baoding Mansion was caught by a round setback driven by a steam engine, tearing the official robe is extremely embarrassing, not to mention, but also let people see the danger.

"Make iron horses and sell them to workers?"

It was Guan Zun'er who spoke, he was now the director of the Beiyang Weapons Bureau, and he was just transferred from the Nanyang Guards Weapons Bureau last year, and Guan Zunban, the former director of the Beiyang Weapons Bureau, was transferred to the Nanyang Guards Weapons Bureau by Ye Mengxiong.

The latest technology in this era is in the North and South Two Oceans Ordnance Bureau, the two Ordnance Bureaus focus on different directions, Nanyang mainly builds guns, and Beiyang's strengths are in mechanical applications.

The rotation of the directors of the Eryang Ordnance Bureau can not only confirm each other's strengths and learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses in technology, but also allow the Xuanfu Ordnance Bureau, Zunhua Iron Works, Beiyang Industrial Zone and Foshan Tiehu to integrate in one handicraft area with complementary industrial capabilities.

Every factory building of the Ordnance Bureau was shrouded in a loud roar, and people seemed to have to put their ears close to their ears when they spoke.

The newly built factory building is better, because the bicycle factory called the 'Iron Stable' has not yet been completely repaired, and in the far corner there are all kinds of large mechanical parts, which is a Wanli 6th year Huode Xingjun type A steam engine being installed.

The iron stables needed to be fitted not only with such a steam engine, but also with supporting parts, a huge flywheel weighing 3,000 pounds and a terrifying cast iron piston cylinder embedded in the wall. Workers in dark artisan uniforms are following the map, using green bricks to place one mark after another around the factory.

"What are they doing?"

Ye Mengxiong has not entered the Ordnance Bureau, but he has more time to be busy with military training and military affairs, and the Ordnance Bureau has the director of the Ministry of Engineering to inspect and manage it every month.

Guan Zun'er looked at those marks and huge steam engines, his eyes showed a faint fanaticism, and he pointed upwards and said: "The heavenly axis, the sixth year of Wanli type A can send the power of six ponds, and the power of Qianjun cannot be used alone, so use the heavenly axis and gears to send the force to the beam and then put it down, and use different forces to send it into the drilling machine, file, and transmission belt." ”

"The beams of the house can't support the axes, so they have to be held up by brick walls...... You may not be interested. ”

Guan Zun'er couldn't stop when he saw Huo Dexingjun's mouth, and talked to himself for a long time, and when he turned around and noticed Ye Mengxiong's expression, he stopped talking, but his face still couldn't stop being happy, and he clenched his fists and said: "There is also a Wanli Sixth Year A in Beiyang No. 2 Textile Factory, twelve workers can make it work, not a skilled craftsman, just learn for two or three days, three boiler workers pour charcoal, six oil drippers add oil to the machine, three workers deflate, only twelve people!" ”

"With one hundred and twenty weaver girl type A looms on the heavenly axis, there are only thirty weavers in the whole factory, and there is no need for skilled workers, Huo De Xingjun and Weaver Girl do all the work, and the workers only need to wire and take the cloth when the machine stops. They eat only charcoal, never sleep, and between day and night, they are worth twenty weavers. ”

"A textile factory, a Huode Xingjun and one hundred and twenty Weaver Girls, employing more than 40 people, the output is equivalent to a large household with 2,000 looms in the south of the Yangtze River, the cost is less than them, the output is higher than theirs, and the output of cloth is also better, and the Weaver Girl never makes mistakes."

"You see that big crankshaft, Huo De Xingjun boiled the water, it turned up, I walked over and was hit by it, and I died." Guan Zun'er greatly admired the sense of power brought by the machine, and raised his fist and said to Ye Mengxiong Zhengse: "When the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are all this kind of machine, the countries of the world, whoever stands in the way, we just need to boil some water and touch him to die." ”

In his eyes, there is no more capable person in this world who can stop the power of Huo De Xingjun, as long as the water is boiled, all problems will be solved.

Weaving, building, shelling, grinding, drilling, sawing, polishing, ...... Everything in this world that needs to be moved will be crushed to pieces.

Ye Mengxiong was not as fanatical as Guan Zun'er, he was very calm, and asked repeatedly: "A textile factory with 2,000 looms only needs forty-two people?" ”

"Yes, forty-two, and even less." Guan Zun'er raised his hand and said excitedly: "After the trial, I have reported to the Steam Bureau, and the work of deflating the gas should be completed by Huo De Xingjun himself, for example, there is a thing that is lifted up when the gas in the boiler is pressed to a certain extent, and then some gas can be released and then its weight will be pressed back again; There is also an oil drip worker, a funnel or something, slowly dripping oil by himself, and then leaving the oil in a small pot along the machine, as long as he repeats it a day, these are all things that Huo De Xingjun can do by himself. ”

"By then, it will only take thirty-two people to complete."

Unexpectedly, Ye Mengxiong was not very happy, and asked eagerly: "How many such textile factories are there in Beiyang, and how many are there in Nanyang?" ”

"Beiyang has textile factories from the first to the sixth; There are 12 factories in Nanyang, all of which are under the rule of the Guangdong Dusi; There are four in Fujian, four in Songjiang in Nanzhili, and one in Shandong. Guan Zun'er saw Ye Mengxiong's brows furrowed deeply, closed his eyes sadly, and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong, Ye Shuai?" ”

"Fifty-four thousand...... These textile factories with Huo De Xingjun have only 1,134 people, replacing 54,000 of the most skilled weavers, so how do you let those skilled weavers make a living? ”

"This is just the weavers, they have done everything, Chen Shuai said that Beiyang is for the well-being of the people of the world, but what is it now?" Ye Mengxiong said slowly: "More cloth has flowed into the market, and the price of cloth has fallen by ......."

"The price of cloth has really fallen." Guan Zun'er was a little rude about Ye Mengxiong's words, but he had a smile on his face: "But the imperial court has been controlling, as long as there is a market for overseas trade, the price of cloth will not fall sharply; The 54,000 weavers are still weaving, the machine is incomparable, but after all, it is stupid, the weavers of the Ming Dynasty are not only able to weave white cotton cloth, they can spin thread, can jacquard, can dye, jacquard machine is not Huo De Xingjun can understand. ”

"It can't rob the people's work, if it can really rob it, Ye Shuai is not the first court official Guan has seen who is distressed about this, Chen Shuai has already predicted this."

"Guan's clan is deeply valued by Chen Shuai, and he is among the craftsmen, and he remembers every word in his heart and does not dare to violate it slightly, only this once." Guan Zun'er paused, and said: "The official and civilian craftsmen union of the national dynasty proved to him that Chen Shuai was wrong, and merchants and machines would never be able to lead beasts and cannibals in the land of the Ming Dynasty. ”