"The workshop where we are now is the eighth workshop specializing in the production of agricultural tools.

Everyone follow me, don't walk around!"

Because the noise in the workshop was too loud, Mr. Wu could only shout at the top of his voice.

"The iron materials in the workshop are purchased from steel plants, and the iron materials purchased are these iron ingots.

These stoves are burning coal, and there are bellows underneath. The bellows are organically connected to the water truck on the outside, so the firepower is very strong!

After the iron material is softened here, it will be preliminarily forged under the hydraulic hammer there."

Zhuge Liang listened to Wu Gong's words and observed carefully.

The iron ingots are of uniform specifications and are square, with four big words "Red Star Steel" written on it.

The so-called stove is more like an octagonal pagoda, with a window on each side, a hole for adding coal underneath, and a bellows that are constantly swelling.

The worker used pliers to pinch the iron material into the furnace for calcination. He put it into a window, then took out the red iron material from another window and put it under a hydraulic hammer against the wall for forging.

From Zhuge Liang's perspective, I can only see that the hammer mounted on the wall continues to hit down with a breath, and the iron material gradually deforms under the hammer's hit.

Blacksmith is an extremely hard profession, which constantly requires endurance of high temperatures and requires a lot of money.

But now the worker seemed very relaxed. He just needed to look at the iron material, then kept moving the pliers, and wait until the hit was almost done, soaked in the pool next to it, then continued to put it in the stove to calcinate, and then picked up a piece of iron material for forging.

When they feel that the forging is almost done, they will throw the finished product into a wooden box next to it. Because it is all iron tools, they will not be afraid of breaking it if they throw it away.

The stove is shared by four people because it is stuffy and requires a fire-proof leather bib. The four of them are sweating and go to the side to get water from time to time.

Huang Yueying walked over and asked for a glass of water. She frowned and said, "Why is it a bit salty?"

"They sweat like this and the lack of salt is very serious, so they have to drink light salt water.

The weather is not hot enough now. When it gets hotter, ice mung bean soup will be served here. If you work overtime, sugar will be added to the mung bean soup!"

Wu Gong said showing off, and the people who came to visit couldn't help but take a breath.

"It's worthy of being an official workshop, it's just as elegant as it's not expensive. You can drink it whatever you want!"

"The last time I ate candy, I was rewarded for a large family a few years ago. I didn't expect there was still sugar water here!"

"I don't think the work here is very tiring, it's just a little hot."

"What are you afraid of when you are hot? You won't die of heat. Just for the sake of the candy water, I think it's worth the workmanship here!"

"That's right, and this is the official one. You can have food when you enter here. This is a strong rice bowl!!"

Even in the 1960s and 1970s, a bag of white sugar was still a gift that could be given when visiting relatives and friends, not to mention in this era, most people could not taste the sweetness throughout the year.

In later generations, sugar was mainly sugar sugar and beet sugar, but beet was native to Europe. As for sugarcane, it was introduced to China as early as the Zhou Dynasty. However, because it was originally in India and the characteristics of sugarcane were mainly planted in Jiaozhou, Yizhou, and Yangzhou, but not in the north.

The sugar in the north is mainly malt sugar, that is, malt sugar. This kind of thing requires a lot of food to consume. Just like wine, it is a luxury. Ordinary people don’t eat too much food, and they will not be willing to eat sugar on an important festival.

"This hydraulic hammer is really a masterpiece. With this method of forging, the output will be several times greater than that of manpower." Pang Tong said with praise.

"Not only that, their craftsmen may also be very quick."

What Zhuge Liang values ​​more is the reduction of the requirements for people in this way of building.

Craftsman training is calculated on an annual basis, but now it seems that these craftsmen in Hebei may only need a few days of training to be put into production.

"Okay, let's keep walking with me!

Just forging here, all you have to do is to make a rough embryo.

The second half is polished, and it will be considered a real finished product after the polishing is finished."

Zhuge Liang and others walked forward for a long time with several workers carrying rough embryos and found that the stove was missing. One by one, there was a small round stone mill standing up on the table, with a belt attached to the bottom of the table, and a pedal below. The worker stepped on the pedal, and the stone mill began to turn. Then the worker took the rough embryos and grinded it close to the stone mill. With the harsh sound, the originally rough blade gradually became sharp.

"What a clever way!"

Huang Yueying couldn't help but praise.

This method is actually very simple, but it is like a piece of window paper, you can't imagine it or you can't imagine it.

After the polishing is finished, the hoe blade of a hoe will be crafted.

"Some of the finished products that have been polished here will be equipped with wooden handles, but more of them are just betrayal. After all, wooden handles can be made anywhere." Wu Gong explained and said, "Okay, let's continue to move forward."

This equipment factory is very big, and it is not just about agricultural tools. For what purpose, Wu Gong took them to visit the workshop where the ordnance was built.

However, this armour is just an ordinary horizontal knife. Except for the different requirements of iron and forging, the whole process is actually similar.

"In this way, as long as they want, the workshops that built farm tools in front can be converted into workshops that built ordnance at any time."

After hearing Lu Yi's words, Zhuge Liang and others nodded.

If we really make every effort to build armaments, how many troops can Hebei arm in a year?

Hundred thousand? Two hundred thousand? Or more?

"Okay, the equipment factory has been almost done, and you have a rough understanding of the work situation.

Just as I just said, when you work here, you don’t have to work, you get more, and the most important thing is that you eat well!

Now I send out my meal tickets and I will take you to their workers’ meals later.”

As he said that, Mr. Wu took out a stack of paper notes from his arms and started distributing them.

Zhuge Liang took it and saw that the words "Pingyuan Equipment Factory Dining Roll" were written on it. It was obviously not handwritten but printed, and it was stamped with steel seals, which were difficult for ordinary people to imitate.

"I will tell you the rules first. One person can take one big meat, one small meat, two vegetables, and a bowl of soup. If the staple food is not enough, you can add it.

But what I want to tell you is that waste here is strictly prohibited. Anyone who finds that they have not finished eating or take it away without eating will be fined for the first time, and the second time they find that they will be kicked out of the workshop and there will be no one else asking him to do the work in the entire plain!

Don’t do stupid things, just follow me if you understand!"
Chapter completed!