Chen Xu had two tasks, one was to make an enamel tea jar, and the other was to make a machine for compressing military rations.

With the dough press and brick and tile machine, there is no difficulty in making a machine for compressing military rations, and there is no difficulty in enamel tea tanks. The only thing is that the number is too large. There is a total of 20,000 Daqin soldiers on the front line. Even if the materials are sufficient, it will probably take a month to complete it. However, it doesn’t matter if it is a little short for the time being. One of them will be better than the ones that don’t have.

After leaving the Shangshu Province, Chen Xu took a bus to the experimental factory and first went to the iron smelting workshop to find Gongshusheng, asking him to stop all other unrelated casting work and make all his efforts to build a tea tank.

After listening to Chen Xu's instructions, Gongshusheng thought for a while and said, "Mr. Marquis, the production of tea jars is too complicated. My subordinates suggest that they directly make a small iron pot. Now the workshop already has small stamping equipment, which can directly press the softened iron plate into a pot shape. Isn't it more convenient for five people to use one!"

"Then let's do what you said for the time being, but after this batch is completed, you must make a tea pot." Chen Xu originally thought that each tea pot was hung on his waist, which was convenient for drinking water and eating, but the making of a tea pot is indeed much more complicated than an iron pot, and it is very troublesome to build. The iron pot is different. Use a hammer weighing hundreds of pounds to drive the stamping equipment, and one can be made with a clang, and then a wooden handle is installed.

"By the way, I have also designed a military kettle. You can take the time to study it and see if it can be made!" Chen Xu casually drew a figure of a later military kettle on the small blackboard.

"Mr. Marquis, this kettle has a small mouth and a large belly, so it is difficult to make!" Gong Shusheng said nervously after looking carefully for a long time.

"It's okay, if you have time, find some copper smiths and blacksmiths to study. Nowadays, front-line soldiers use leather bags to drink water, but you also know that leather bags are extremely easy to be damaged. If you march in the desert, once there is no water, it will cause great casualties. The pottery pot is even more unreliable and will break when touched. Only steel is the strongest, and it can even help block swords, guns, bows and arrows. If you can make it, I will ask Your Majesty for you!" Chen Xu patted Gongshusheng's shoulder.

"Don't worry, Master Marquis, Sheng will definitely find a way to make it successfully as soon as possible!" Gongshu Sheng nodded quickly.

After leaving the iron smelting workshop, Chen Xu went to the machinery factory without stopping, and asked the maroon to stop all the noodles presses and pottery tiles at hand, and improve the production as soon as possible at least ten military ration compressors were transported to three military ration production factories in Zhiyang, Liyang and Meiyang.

After leaving the machinery factory, Chen Xu went to the glass factory again, asking Tang Ting to stop all the current glass manufacturing and prepare a large amount of enamel materials. There is no stainless steel at present. The iron pot made in the ironmaking workshop is extremely prone to rust, so a layer of enamel is needed to fire to prevent rust.

The enamel process of the glass factory is now very mature. It is no longer the original enamel that used to make faucets, but has a complete set of mature craftsmanship. Some of the enamel basins and enamel dishes currently made have become upstart luxury goods for wealthy families. This thing is much stronger than porcelain and will not break even if it falls. It is very popular among the people's families, but the price is not cheap.

Everything produced by the Academy of Sciences is not cheap, because the Academy of Sciences is a money-burning department. Daily research requires a lot of money to support. Chen Xu needs to use these things to make money. Ordinary people do not need these high-end luxury goods for the time being. Basins, bowls and dishes of stoneware are still mainstream, and porcelain is still something that the wealthy class enjoys. Chen Xu did not want to promote it in large quantities.

In any era, it is troublesome to make money from the poor.

Luxury goods should not be something that the poor enjoy.

Under the strong mobilization ability of the Qin Dynasty and the complete industrial system of the Academy of Sciences, with the orders of the Shangshu and the Secretariat of the Secretariat, in just three days, the first piece of compressed military ration production workshop in Meiyang successfully produced the first piece of compressed military ration.

This palm-sized brick-shaped food made of fried corn, soybeans, dried tea, vegetables, beef and mutton granules and fat and salt has attracted many people's interest. People who have tasted it unanimously praised it, thinking that the taste is very good and easy to eat, so they can just eat it directly, but it is quite consuming.

After receiving the compressed military rations like a tiled brick, Chen Xu also tasted them. Although they were a little astringent, they did taste much better than the ones in the pot. At least they felt that they could swallow them. After boiling them in an enamel pot, they would turn into a pot of batter and tasted acceptable.

The next day when he went to court, Chen Xu took a few boxes to the court, and gave a piece to the civil and military officials of the court to taste it, but even the emperor did not let it go. Therefore, after the court, more than 200 important officials and the First Emperor were sitting in the court with compressed biscuits, while many people were chewing their heads and shaking their heads and praising them with deliciousness.

Chen Xu sat on the chair with a black head. He even suspected that these officials who said they were delicious were all because they slept in and didn't have breakfast in the morning.

"Well, the compressed military rations made by my dear are indeed good, they are easy to eat, and there are meat and vegetables..." The emperor nodded with his eyes and smiled.

Chen Xu:...

Even the emperor said it was delicious, so naturally it was delicious, and Chen Xu could not refute it.

Perhaps this is because the emperor and these kings, princes and ministers eat very well on weekdays.

I wonder if I wouldn’t want to eat in the future if I give each of them a bag of raccoon noodles or a bucket of braised beef noodles.

Since the compressed military rations were recognized by the emperor and the civil and military officials of the court, Chen Xu issued an order from the Secretariat after the dynasty, asking the Ministry of Revenue to quickly prepare various materials for compressed military rations. He soon allocated 30,000 stones of corn and beans from Liyang Cang, and began to purchase cattle and sheep for slaughter. The remaining tea, vegetables, salt and other materials were also quickly prepared to be transported to three military ration workshops. Tens of thousands of slaves and prisoners began to make compressed biscuits day and night under the supervision of the officials of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War.

At present, the elite pawns of Daqin have two kilograms of food every day, and the consumption of 20,000 elite pawns is at least ten tons per day. If they have to last for three months, it will take 900 tons. If this number is placed in later generations, up to twenty large trucks or even a few trains will be done. However, the Daqin is now a completely impossible task. If all the 900 tons of military rations are to be transported to the front-line military camp, at least tens of thousands of horses and tens of thousands of civilians will be used. The journey along the way will take at least twenty times the food and grass for people eating horses. Therefore, if you have no money or no one, don’t show off.

In history, I don’t know how many powerful countries were dragged down by war.

Although the Qin Dynasty is becoming increasingly rich, it still cannot last long in the face of such a situation of burning money like an avalanche. Therefore, the war to conquer the West still needs to take it slowly.

This batch of compressed biscuits cannot be used as food rations for frontline soldiers every day. They are mainly used to regulate the stomach and intestines and make emergency responses. They eat one every two or three days, and use familiar grains and flavors in their hometown to maintain their physical and mental health.

In order to make this batch of compressed military rations, the machinery factory had no time to make a large number of compressors. Therefore, the Ministry of Works asked craftsmen to make a batch of wooden frames and make them by tiling bricks. Ten days later, the first batch of compressed military rations totaled 200,000 pieces were made, all of which were packed in wooden boxes. The two thousand small enamel pots made by thousands of people in the iron smelting plant and glass factory were also made. The white enamel looked fresh and pleasing to the eye. There was a red five-pointed star at the bottom of the pot, and the red regular script made by Wansheng of the Qin Dynasty and the First Emperor in the autumn of the 34th year of the First Emperor. The military ration transport team composed of three thousand horses and three thousand horses riding prison slaves mobilized by the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War and the military rations and prison slaves who rode were also formed. In early August, this not-so-large team set off for the Western Regions under the escort of the 500 imperial guards, and the remaining military rations and enamel tea tanks were still being made and built day and night.

In order to speed up the production of military rations, Chen Xu went to the workshop where military rations were processed for inspection.

But when I saw this, I almost spit out the military rations I had eaten before.

All the fried grains were directly piled up in the warehouse full of soil, with rats and insects rampant in the dirty environment. The prisoners and slaves who participated in the production of military rations were not only ragged, but also never washed their hands after shivering and peeing. The scene of squirting and saliva was so unbearable to look at them.

The military rations made from such an environment are probably not for curing diseases, but for killing one's lives.

Chen Xu was very glad that the body he stored had super strong resistance. After eating a few pieces, he was nothing. None of the emperors and civil and military ministers in the court who also tasted it had diarrhea. It seems that people of this era are indeed durable and have a stomachache like steel.

But this situation will inevitably not last long. If a few dead rats are mixed in the military rations, it will probably be impossible to cause greater diseases and plagues in the military camp.

A few days later, Chen Xu asked the emperor to form the first comprehensive military ration processing factory in Daqin, integrating the three military ration workshops in Meiyang, Liyang and Zhiyang into a food processing factory, building cement factories, selecting healthy prisoners and slaves, unifying clothing and wearing masks, standardizing production systems and strengthening sanitation supervision, and completely getting rid of the unhygienic and dirty processing methods of the past, and strictly ensuring the safety of military rations.

Chen Xu's proposal was supported by the emperor. The Ministry of Works quickly recruited civilian craftsmen to start building new factories near Liyang, frying workshops, baking workshops, grinding workshops, mixing workshops, and production workshops were all built according to the design of the Academy of Sciences.

In order to better support the soldiers in the front and equipped them with complete food equipment, Chen Xu stripped the enamel processing from the glass factory and formed a separate enamel processing factory, named Hongxing Enamel Factory, integrating steel molding and enamel processing to specialize in the production of enamel equipment. The primary task of the enamel factory is to produce enamel tea tanks and develop military water bottles for the soldiers in the front line.

In war, it is actually about manpower, material resources and equipment.

Daqin's industrial foundation and mobilization ability are currently the first on earth.

Although enamel teapots and military kettles seem inconspicuous, they are important guarantees for ensuring dietary safety. Eat nutritious food and drink clean water. Facing those barbarians who eat raw meat and blood, the soldiers will inevitably have a strong sense of combat effectiveness and belonging. Even if they are fighting thousands of miles away from home, they know that their kings and countries are still caring about their lives and safety at all times, which will also create a sense of pride and gratitude.

Any country that does not pay attention to military construction and ignores the lives and deaths of soldiers has no future or future.

If the Qin Dynasty wants to prosper and become strong, the army is the cornerstone and guarantee.

Only when the country invests huge investment in the research and development of military supplies can the industry have sufficient momentum for development.
Chapter completed!