The Beiyang Military Weapons Bureau seems to always carry the roar of machines.

Ye Mengxiong changed into work clothes and followed the head of the Military Weapons Bureau to inspect the iron horse factory under construction.

Workwear is not the clothing of workers, but the official uniforms specially approved by the Beiyang officials to the court. Any official who enters the Beiyang Military Weapon Bureau must change into workwear. The color, fabric and dark patterns of the workwear are the same as the court's ritual system, but the difference is that there is no robe.

In the shape of Shangguan’s uniforms, work clothes can basically be regarded as Beiyang military uniforms with different fabrics, but there are patches on the front and back. Putting away the wide sleeves and short hem with waist closure can try our best to avoid the embarrassment and danger of the robe being caught by the machine.

This is not without precedent. Ye Mengxiong asked the court to prepare work clothes for officials because last year, a Baoding official's sleeve was wrapped up by the round slash driven by the steam engine. He pulled the official robe and felt extremely embarrassed, and even let people see the danger.

"Make an iron horse and sell it to workers?"

The person who spoke was Guan Zun'er. He is the current head of the Beiyang Military Weapon Bureau. He was just transferred from the Nanyang Guard Weapon Bureau last year. Guan Zunban, the former head of the Beiyang Military Weapon Bureau, was transferred to the Nanyang Guard Weapon Bureau by Ye Mengxiong.

The latest technologies in this era are all in the North and South Second Ocean Military Arts Bureau. The two military weapons bureaus focus different directions. Nanyang mainly builds guns and cannons, while Beiyang has its advantages in mechanical applications.

The rotation of the Eryang Military Weapon Bureau can not only verify each other's strengths and weaknesses in technology, but also integrate the Xuanfu Military Weapon Bureau, Zunhua Iron Factory, Beiyang Industrial Zone and Foshan Iron House, which have industrial complementary capabilities.

Every factory in the Military Weapon Bureau was shrouded in a huge roar, and people seemed to even speak to their ears.

The newly built factory is better because the bicycle factory called "Iron Stable" has not been completely repaired. Various large mechanical parts are piled up in the distance. It is a type A steam engine of the Wanli sixth year Huode Star Lord in the form of installation.

The iron stable needs not only to install such a steam engine, but also to provide supporting parts, a huge flywheel weighing 3,000 kilograms and a terrifying cast iron piston cylinder were embedded into the wall. Workers wearing dark craftsman uniforms were following the map and putting marks one after another around the factory with green bricks.

"what are they doing?"

Ye Mengxiong has never been to the Military Weapon Bureau, but he is more busy with military training and military affairs. The Military Weapon Bureau has the head of the Ministry of Works to inspect and manage it every month. The last time he entered the Military Weapon Bureau, he didn't even use the Fire De Xingjun in the fifth year of Wanli.

Guan Zun'er looked at the marks and huge steam engines, and his eyes showed a faint fanaticism. He pointed upward and said, "Tianxixi, the A-shaped type in the sixth year of Wanli can produce the power of six ponds, and the power of a thousand pounds cannot be used alone. Therefore, the power is sent to the beam of the sky and the gears and then put it down, and use different forces to send it into the drilling machine, file bed, and transmission belt."

"The beams cannot support the sky shafts, so you need to use brick walls to lift them up...you may not be interested."

Guan Zun'er couldn't stop seeing Huode Xingjun's mouth, and talked for a long time. He turned around and noticed Ye Mengxiong's expression before he stopped. However, he still couldn't stop his joy. He clenched his fists and said, "There is also a Wanli 6th year A in Beiyang Second Textile Factory. Twelve workers can make it run. They are not skilled craftsmen. They only need to learn for two or three days. Three boilers pour charcoal, six oil drip workers add oil to the machine, and three workers deflate, only twelve people!"

"With one hundred and twenty weaver-shaped weaver machines with the sky shaft, there are only thirty weaveres in the entire factory, and there is no need for skilled workers. Huode Xingjun and Weaver-girl have done all the work. The workers only need to connect wires and get cloth when the machine is stopped. They only eat charcoal and never sleep. They are worth twenty weaveres in day and night."

"A textile factory, a Huode Star Lord and a hundred and twenty Weaver Girls, employed more than 40 people, and the output was comparable to that of a large number of people with two thousand looms in Jiangnan. The expenses were less than them, and the production was higher than them, and the cloth was better. Weaver Girls never made any mistakes."

"You saw that big crankshaft. The Fire De Star Lord boiled the water. When it turned around, I walked over and was hit by it. I was dead." Guan Zun'er admired the sense of power brought by the machine. He picked up his fist and said seriously to Ye Mengxiong: "When the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty are all such machines. Whoever is in front of the world, we just need to burn some water and die if we touch it."

In his eyes, no one in this world can block the power of the Fire De Star Lord. As long as the water is boiled, all problems will be solved.

Weaving cloth, making guns, removing shells, grinding surfaces, drilling chambers, sawing wood, polishing... All things in this world that need 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 two thousand looms only needs forty-two people?"

"Yes, forty-two, there will be even fewer." Guan Zun'er raised his hand and said excitedly: "After trial, I have reported to the Steam Bureau. The deflation work should be done by Huode Xingjun himself. For example, if something is pushed up when the boiler's gas is pressed to a certain extent, it can release some air and then press it back with its weight; there is also an oil dripper, a funnel or something, slowly drip oil by himself, and then let the oil be kept in a small pot along the machine. Just repeat it every day, these can be done by Huode Xingjun himself."

"At that time, it only takes thirty-two people to complete it."

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

"There are textile factories 1 to 6 in Beiyang; there are twelve factories in Nanyang that are under the jurisdiction of the Guangdong Dusi; there are four in Fujian, four in Songjiang Prefecture, Nanzhili, and one in Shandong." Guan Zun'er saw Ye Mengxiong frowning deeply, closed his eyes in pain, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Marshal Ye?"

"Fifty-four thousand... These textile factories that use Huoding Xingjun only replaced the 54,000 most skilled weavers. How can you make a living by those skilled weavers?"

"This is just a weaver. They have done everything. Chen Shuai said that Beiyang is seeking welfare for the people of the world, but what is this now?" Ye Mengxiong said slowly: "More cloth flows into the market, and the price of cloth has dropped..."

"The price of cloth has indeed dropped." Guan Zun'er planned Ye Mengxiong's words a little rudely, but he raised a smile on his face: "But the court has been controlling it. As long as there is a market for overseas trade, the price of cloth will not drop sharply; the 54,000 weavers are still weaving cloth, and the machines have the power to compete, but they are more stupid after all. The weavers in the Ming Dynasty did not only weave white cotton cloth. They can spin thread, jacquard, and dye it. Jacquard machines are not something that Huode Xingjun can understand."

"It cannot steal the work of the people. If it can really steal it, Marshal Ye would not be the first court official to be heartbroken by Guan Mou. Chen had already predicted this."

"The Guan clan is highly valued by Chen Shuai. He is promoted among craftsmen. He remembers every word and sentence in his heart and dare not violate it. This is only once." Guan Zun'er paused and said, "The National Bureau of Officials and Craftsmen's Union proved to him that Chen Shuai was wrong. Merchants and machines will never be able to lead beasts and eat people on the land of the Ming Dynasty."
Chapter completed!