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Chapter 12 A New Era

A day later, under the guidance of Chen Tianya, he successfully contacted the Red Turban Army and sent the wounded soldiers who had retreated from the front line to the rear, and boarded the carriage transported to the rear by the tracks.

The extended carriage has extremely spacious internal fouls, and the four Hequ horses are pulled. This horse is extremely tough and has a stronger endurance than other breeds. Although it is a war horse, it is as deficient as a Sichuan horse, but it is a very good horse and is a unique category in Bashu and the upper reaches of the Long River.

Under the carriage, there is a foundation made of stones, with parallel rails built on it. The wheels pressed on the rails, greatly reducing the weight of the horse. In some designs, there are obvious traces of the Mohist Wood Armor Technique, but the entire idea surprised the old Taoist Shin. It is not that he could not design such a thing with his ability, but in the past, he did not expect that he could do this?

Sitting at the window and looking out, you can see the same rails almost half a meter away, but the things on the rails were transported in the opposite direction of them, and the cannons, chariots and other items placed on the platform without a hood.

The old Taoist of Shishi calculated the time in his mind. It has only been a month since the Weiyuan Army and the Chinese Army occupied Bashu until now. Although these two tracks look very rough and simple overall, the manpower and material resources spent in the construction process are unimaginable, or can it be really done?

He was quite puzzled about this.

Many soldiers marched to their rear like dragons, and the transportation of materials has always been the most dragging thing. However, at this moment, these reinforcements fell behind the military funds transported to the front line. These were the state soldiers who were injecting into the Red Turban Army, and the battle to conquer Bashu along the way in the front also made them who were about to enter the battlefield also infected by their high morale.

Two days later, the old Taoist of Shishi was sent to Shucheng, where everything was busy. The wounded who had retreated from the front line gathered and distributed the supplies from the rear. During the inquiry, the old Taoist of Shishishi heard that the current commander Ju Zhirong was in charge.

I learned that many Mo people had also arrived in Shu City. The old Taoist of Shishi was investigated all the way and came to a corner of Shu City. The newly built large houses made the whole area look strange, with banging sounds everywhere, and the tracks inlaid on the stone floor made of cement, and the orderly people. From the atmosphere alone, this peaceful but everything was carried out in order was indeed very stylish with the Mo family. There were so many big houses and the busy people, but the old Taoist of Shishi was unable to understand.

"Senior!" Someone ran towards him from a distance.

The old Taoist of Lizhi looked closely and saw that the one who came over was You Zhiyuan, a disciple of the Mo family. When he was first founded in Xinmomen, he had learned the Mo family's wooden acrylic mechanism with him for a period of time. He was also a talented Yanshi. Later, the Tiandihui secretly contacted Xinmomen and wanted to borrow some talents who were good at casting. You Zhiyuan and some young people were sent over there. Hearing that these people who were sent to assist later went to Yueling or Linghai area, he unexpectedly met here at this moment.

In the chaos caused by the war, rumors spread everywhere, but on the other hand, the news they really wanted was difficult to spread. As a member of the Mo family, the situation of the Mo Sect in the north also made You Zhiyuan very worried. Today, when he heard that the Mo people who fled south were sent to Shu City, he immediately rushed to meet. Unexpectedly, at that time, the old Taoist Shishi happened to come here, and the two missed each other.

From other people, I knew what happened, and at the same time, I knew that after the senior Yishi came to Shucheng, You Zhiyuan hurried back. At this time, he kept asking for directions on the road, and just found the old Yishidao here, and happened to enter this area.

In such a chaos in the world, two people from all over the world were able to meet in a place like Bashu, and both of them were inevitably a little sad. Because although senior Yishi did not value force in the Mo Sect, they were also one of the senior officials. You Zhiyuan immediately asked him about the life and death and whereabouts of Princess Shan and others.

However, what the old Taoist, who is familiar with this is not much more than him.

Afterwards, You Zhiyuan took the old Taoist Yi and wandered around the area. Looking around, the old Taoist Yi asked in confusion: "What are you doing here?"

You Zhiyuan said: "To be honest with you, we built a factory here to build a carriage on the rails and chariots used on the battlefield for the soldiers in front of us..."

The old Taoist in Shishi said in surprise: "I have seen that kind of carriage. Even if it is just one, it will probably cost a lot of manpower. How much can you make here? Where can I use it? As for the chariot, let alone, a chariot requires many experienced carpenters and blacksmiths, and also requires guidance from the wise Yanshi. In the past, when used for the chariots in the army, after each chariot was completed, the Yanshi produced had to be engraved with a name, but if there are any unqualified points, it is necessary to be punished. If you build such places at will, where can you get so many Yanshi with high quality? How can you ensure quality?"

You Zhiyuan said: "The seniors don't know that Marshal Ning invented an operation method called assembly line. After designing the drawings, he sets standards for each part, splits it up and sends it to different factories for manufacturing. Each factory only needs to complete one or two of them, and then transports the parts manufactured from the rear here for assembly. After setting the standards, each part can be replaced with each other, just like there are a few unqualified ones, and the impact is not too great. During the assembly process, the same group of personnel only needs to complete the same process, even if they are just novices, they can quickly get on. Many people... Well, the Marshal called them as workers... We recruited them temporarily here and started working after a few days of training."

When the old master of Yizhi looked at it, he saw that two parts transported into the interior through the rails in one of the factories were combined together under the work of workers who were repeating the same action, and after they were piled up with a small car, they were immediately pushed to the next factory. In the past, a group of Yanshi with considerable levels, craftsmen worked together and took a lot of time to create a chariot. At this moment, a large number of ordinary people who had been exposed to the art of wooden armor before were divided into work and completed the same large number of chariots. Most of the Yanshi invited were just patrolling, checking, and occasionally giving guidance.

You Zhiyuan sighed: "Seniors, the times are probably really different. In the past, every institution teacher and Yanshi made something unique, and they were the hard work and pride they completed by themselves. But now, in this new way, there will be more and more tools that can be used by people. Farmers have also begun to build factories everywhere in this way. In the past, every farm tool was completed by the best local craftsmen and carpenters. Farm trucks and water trucks were built by farmers one by one to help build. Now, at the initiative of the Grand Marshal, they have also begun to adopt the method of first specifying standards, then manufacturing parts from various places, and uniformly sending them to the places where they need to be assembled. Many merchants have also seen this opportunity and rush to provide them with the opportunity to recruit and manufacture parts."

The old Taoist of Shishi frowned: "But, forget about the others. How to solve the problem of iron tools? Really good iron tools are all made by excellent blacksmiths who spend time..."

You Zhiyuan smiled and said, "The seniors don't know that the iron produced on the side of the Yueling is far better than the effect achieved by ordinary blacksmiths after repeated training. In the past, everyone knew that the steel after a hundred training was much better than the quality of ordinary iron blocks, but they didn't know why. Now the Taoist sect has found out the reason through 'chemistry' means. Now, the iron produced on the side of the Yueling is now largely produced, even if it cannot reach the level of 'Hundred Training', it still has a quality of more than fifty."

The old Taoist of Shishi was moved. There are seven levels of steel refining, thirty refining, fifty refining, seventy refining, and hundreds of refining. What ordinary people and the soldiers of the lower class can use is just about seven refining steel. Although thirty refining is also very common, it is often weapons used by generals and weapons used by the generals with certain silver. As for those who practice about seventy, they can already be called swords and swords. There are very few who truly "refining".

If steel of about fifty-year-olds can be widely popularized, the impact on people's lives will be very huge. Many tools and equipment that only mechanical masters like them have the opportunity to use in the Wooden Armor Technique can also be widely popularized.

He raised his head and looked at the surrounding factories. At this moment, he felt an inexplicable feeling, feeling that he was really old. It was only a few years since he felt that in this era... he had begun to be unable to keep up!

***

Deep across the ridge, there were banging sounds everywhere.

The head of the Jiaoyaojing family walked between the factories. Occasionally, he would stop, look at the sewage flowing down the ditches, and lower his head to ponder.

Iron-making and steel burning of blast furnaces have begun to have an increasingly profound impact on life in the south, but around these blast furnaces, sewage flows across and dead trees gradually increase. Although some Taoists are stepping up their research on the use of mysterious energy, the use of talisman techniques to mobilize mysterious energy is still only an auxiliary nature, and the pollution problem is still impossible.

If it were someone else, they would naturally not care too much about these. A large amount of steel is needed on the battlefield, and many people come to buy it. Seeing that high-quality steel will have an increasingly profound impact on the people, some negative effects are nothing.

However, Taoism originally paid more attention to the balance of coexistence with nature than other schools. Although many young Taoists are increasingly attracted by "chemistry" and have long disdained the old ideas, as the older generation in the Taoist school, they are still a little sad after all.

If we can find sustainable methods to apply Xuan Qi on a large scale and use Xuan Fire, these problems may be solved. However, as of now, the application of the talisman technique is still too superficial, and apart from the talisman technique, no controllable means to call Xuan Qi is found for the time being.

That's all for now... he thought in his heart.

Entering a canyon, where many elites gathered here. Wu Yunmei, the wife of the Zhengyi Sect, walked towards him: "Uncle Cui."

Cui Yongkun asked, "How is it going?"

Wu Yunmei said helplessly: "The requirements of Mr. Ning's side are really beyond our ability. It took a lot of time to create a prototype of a Xuanwu Gun. This was done by many famous craftsmen, carefully researching them, and carefully. Five thousand Xuanwu Guns will be completed in three to five months... Is this impossible to achieve?"

Cui Yongkun pondered: "Of course, it is impossible to build one by one. You can only use the method of flow operation, first create a complete set of equipment, and then continuously produce..."

"We also think so, but the time is still too short. At present, all the people who can be mobilized have been transferred first. However, although some ink masters help, there are still some technical means that cannot be solved, and those ink masters can do nothing."

"Is there no way?" Cui Yongkun couldn't help but feel a headache. Ning Jiang sent the task this time, which was too difficult. But the people sent to the matter were very serious, as if if they could not succeed, the entire China would be destroyed.

Wu Yunmei thought for a while and said, "Those Mo people said that if there were old senior Taoist Taoist from the Mo Sect, these problems might be solved. Just about the principles and application of the Wood Armor art, no one in the world can beat him. Using special substances to cooperate with the mysterious energy is also his strength."

"Yiyao Taoist?" Cui Yongkun said helplessly, "I don't know what kind of situation the Momen in the north is now. I heard that even Princess Shan may have been killed. Where should we go to find Yiyao Taoist?"

After thinking about it, he continued, "Forget it, I can only help find and contact the Taoist shanghai through Qin Sanxia first. The parts that can be completed should be completed step by step. If they cannot be completed, they will find someone and think of other solutions... I hope it can be too late."

He looked up and looked around. In the distance, fires were flying and black smoke rolled. The busy people seemed to be unable to find a rest. Cranes descended from the mountainside, carriages were running along the tracks, steel, gun barrels, etc. were constantly transported out of the ridge.
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