Yuqing continued: "In this case, it is best to start building the base now, customizing tools, military uniforms and weapons, the ground troops need to be retrained and run-in, the maintenance personnel need to learn technology, and the rest is the production of airships and fog balloons, I don't know how long it will take." ”

Yuan Fang beckoned Yan Xiong and said a few more words to Damei, and after a while, the chief tailor and carpenter of the military factory and chamber of commerce were brought in by the guards.

After seeing the ceremony, Yuan Fang asked straight to the point: "You should have seen the airship and the fog balloon carefully just now, right?" The crowd nodded.

Yuan Fang continued: "How long do you think it will take to make an airbag for a fog balloon, an airbag for an airship, and a cabin? ”

Several craftsmen looked at each other and pondered for a moment, and one of the middle-aged women said, "Back to Lord Yuan, with the current ability of the Chamber of Commerce, if the materials are sufficient, it will take about five to eight days to sew the airbag of the fog balloon, and ten to fifteen days for the airship." "This woman is a little conservative, but probably not too different.

Yuan Fang frowned and said, "Can't you hurry up any longer?" ”

The woman said cautiously: "We consulted the craftsmen here just now, they use the chain cross stitching method with excellent airtightness to sew the airbags, and the material is hard cowhide, and the difficulty of sewing is not small, this is different from making leather armor, the requirements are very harsh, and our manpower is not enough, so this is probably the progress." Da Mei looked at the chief tailor of the Chamber of Commerce, this person spoke neither humble nor arrogant, cautious and honest, not eager for quick success, let alone exaggerated, and couldn't help but nod his head in appreciation.

Yuan Fang looked at the other woman among the four again: "This eldest sister should be a tailor in a military factory, right?" ”

The woman bowed shyly and said embarrassedly: "Lord Yuan, the little woman is a carpenter in a military factory, and this is a tailor." As he spoke, he pointed to the bearded man beside him.

Yuan Fang was dumbfounded, scratched his head in embarrassment and asked the bearded man: "How long does it take to do this with the manpower of the military factory?" The bearded man didn't answer immediately, but looked at his immediate boss, Yan Xiong.

Yan Xiong glared: "What do people ask you about, what do you think I do?" ”

The bearded man said aggrievedly: "Factory director, I just want to ask if this matter is a small-scale closed production or can everyone be called to participate?" Yan Xiong was stunned for a moment and looked at Yuan Fang.

Yuan Fang rolled his eyes and said, "Uncle Yan, what do people ask you about, what do you think I'm doing?" Da Mei and Xiao Mei couldn't help but laugh when they saw Yuan Fang's scoundrel appearance, as if they had returned to the carefree days of Phantom Feather City.

Yan Xiong gritted his teeth and said, "You kid don't talk nonsense, you say, what should I do about this?" Yuan Fang scratched his head and looked at Yang Xing.

Yang Xing was about to learn from him, and just as he wanted to tease Yuan Fang, Yuan Fang took the first step and said, "Forget it, I still won't ask you." ”

Yang Xing was stunned: "Don't, boss, you have to ask me, I've been preparing for a long time." ”

Yuan Fang glanced at Yang Xing, and said with a lack of interest: "That's okay, please give instructions from Your Majesty." ”

Yang Xingzhi was proud, sat upright, and pretended to cough lightly and said, "Uh, uh, what are you talking about?" Doesn't it seem to be the same as what they just said? ”

Yuan Fang was completely speechless, and said directly to the bearded man: "No need to keep it secret, how long will it take to gather all the tailors to rush to make it?" ”

The bearded man thought for a while and said: "You need to leave some people to turnover, complete the previous military uniform order, about 700 people, and divide the airbag into several parts. ”

Yuan Fang raised his eyebrows: "You're not bragging, are you?" That's a big difference between the two of you. ”

The tailor of the Chamber of Commerce bowed down and said: "Lord Huiyuan, the tailors of the military factory are exquisite, and there are less than ten tailors in our Chamber of Commerce, and they rarely come into contact with leather armor work, so they don't have much experience in sewing animal skins, so they have what they just said." ”

Yuan Fang nodded and asked Damei: "Why is the Chamber of Commerce just these few tailors?" ”

Da Mei said of course: "Yes, there are only eight people, and they are all elites in this trip, and their skills are exquisite." ”

Speaking of this, Da Mei reacted: "Brother, if you simply catch up with the schedule, there are also a lot of ready-to-wear stores under the Chamber of Commerce, and I can temporarily transfer some over, but I don't know the details of these people." ”

Yuan Fang frowned and pondered for a moment and asked, "Then can the eight tailors you said be trusted?" ”

Da Mei nodded very affirmatively and said, "Well, I can absolutely trust it, I can guarantee that." When the tailor of the Chamber of Commerce heard this, his eyes were full of emotion.

Yuan Fang took a deep breath and then asked the two carpenters, "How long does it take you to make the hanging basket and cabin?" ”

The carpenter of the Chamber of Commerce preemptively said: "The Chamber of Commerce has twelve carpenters, if the materials are sufficient, the cabin of the airship will take about a day, and if it needs to be refined and polished, it will take another day." The hanging basket seems to be made of metal frame and rattan, which is not what we are good at, if you find a craftsman who specializes in weaving, the efficiency of the effect should be better. ”

The female carpenter of the military factory continued: "There are three hundred and sixty-seven carpenters in the military factory, and the number and time required are about the same. ”

Yuan Fang calculated in his heart that the production capacity of the military factory could produce fifty airship airbags or two hundred and fifty fog balloon airbags every ten days, and if the materials were sufficient, the required number of airbags could be completed in about a month.

After thinking about it for a while, Yuan Fang decided to hand over the batch production of fog balloons and airships to the military factory to complete alone, while the other core, propellers, power furnaces, special ropes, pulleys, etc., were handed over to the Plum Blossom Chamber of Commerce to complete, and the tailors and carpenters of the Chamber of Commerce were temporarily left in the base by Yuan Fang to assist the craftsmen of the base to continue to develop larger cargo airships and faster small fog balloons.

Yang Xing made a decision, the matter was settled, and the tailors and carpenters of the chamber of commerce and the military factory saluted and left, and went to various workshops to visit and study under the leadership of Wang Jinbao.

Yuan Fang's body temperature has recovered a lot, and he no longer feels cold, he stood up and moved his body, and said a little impatiently: "Now there is only a matter of materials, Basha wood is only produced in Beizhou, and the quantity is not very large, we have a great demand, we can't blindly cut down, we have to have overall planning, and we must re-sow at the same time as felling to form an effective cycle." However, the cowhide is a bit difficult to do, and the cowhide for sewing the airbag needs the softest and most elastic part of the cow's belly. ”