Chapter 424: Industrial refinement

Qingzhou. Bayi Middle School? Wenwang? W≈W≤W. 81ZW. COM
After a fierce quarrel, Li Wei angrily signed a trade agreement for a thousand naval guns.
According to the agreement, the price of each naval gun is twenty thousand taels, and one thousand naval guns are worth 20 million taels. The 20 million taels will cost 300 large merchant ships and 200 medium-sized merchant ships. Shipbuilding Twenty thousand slave craftsmen in the workshop will be used as a charge, and the merchant ships and slave craftsmen will be selected by Qingzhou.
Xiao Ming drew up this agreement after meeting with Li Wei last time, and Li Wei sent 800 li to Lin'an according to Xiao Ming's intention.
Afterwards, the King of Chu sent a message to Li Wei to force him to agree to Xiao Ming's conditions. This bottom line was naturally Li Wei told Xiao Ming.
Therefore, the quarrel with the governor was nothing but a play that Xiao Ming and Li Wei showed to the king of Chu, because after getting the agreement, the king of Chu might have sent the housekeeper of the palace to the palace because he was worried.
"Emissary Li, we have suffered a loss this time. If it weren't for the sake of being the citizens of the country, we would definitely not sign this agreement. After all, one thousand naval guns will seriously affect our own artillery production." Pang Yukun is still acting.
Li Wei said with a cold snort: "Thirty-two large merchant ships and one thousand and two medium-sized merchant ships. You Qingzhou can really keep the price down. We have lost money by selling the merchant ships at this price. Huh, let's go."
After all, Li Wei left the Dudu Mansion fiercely.
When Li Wei passed by, Pang Yukun suddenly laughed. He looked at Xiao Ming who had been sitting in the inner room and said, "His Royal Highness, how is the performance of Xiaguan?"
"Yes, yes, now King Chu should not see the flaws." Xiao Ming smiled and walked out of the inner room.
Pang Yukun continued: "Now that the agreement has been signed, it is time for Li Kaiyuan to bring back the merchant ships. Now that there are so many merchant ships, the Chamber of Commerce should stop complaining that the ships are not enough."
"Nevertheless, we can't be complacent. These 500 ships are less than one-tenth of Chu's fleet. We have to continue to work hard, and the reason why this king wants to change merchant ships is also In order to free up shipyards to build warships, without warships, no amount of merchant ships can go out to sea."
As he moved forward, Xiao Ming realized his lack of strength. In modern times, the Dutch at the peak of the 16th century once owned 15,000 merchant ships, but 2,000 merchant ships often docked in the docks.
Compared with these maritime powers, my own family background is really not enough for others.
Because of this, Xiao Ming was so madly searching for shipbuilding craftsmen from all over the country. He wanted to build Dengzhou into a new world shipbuilding center.
Pang Yukun nodded. Now that the Dutch are running rampant at sea is not good news for Qingzhou, because the Chamber of Commerce is planning to transport goods from the sea to the south. Now the route is cut off by the Dutch, which is also bad for Qingzhou's trade.
"Li Wei said that the Dutch had a total of twelve warships, all of which were three-deck warships, and we now add a total of 15 warships under construction. In terms of numbers, we should be able to win."
"This king is not sure."
Xiao Ming frowned. The Dutch had a wealth of maritime combat experience, and he was not sure whether Yue Yun could defeat the Dutch with the fleet.
But there is one thing he has an advantage. He understands the maritime tactics of this era and will not make the same stupid mistakes as King Chu.
Moreover, this naval battle is only one part of the war. The most important thing is that he will send the Qingzhou army to the 6 Ryukyu Island and drive away all the Dutch on the island.
As long as the Ryukyu Island is occupied, the Dutch fleet that has lost its supplies will basically be over.
After all, it took a long distance from the Netherlands to Ryukyu Island. The Dutch relied on the supply of the colony. Without a supply point, the Dutch would have to starve to death on board.
Now the war is in preparation, only waiting for the completion of the Galen ship in the Dengzhou Shipyard.
After chatting with Pang Yukun casually, Xiao Ming left the palace and went to the workshop area outside the city.
Now he is most focused on the development and refinement of basic industries. Without fine industrial division, the difficulty of producing the same industrial product will increase exponentially.
The most realistic example is the flintlock gun. It takes two months for a craftsman to build a flintlock gun. After the barrel, buttstock, and movement parts are refined and produced, the final assembly of the flintlock gun requires only one. It can be done in time.
Therefore, as the types of industries increase, Xiao Ming needs to refine the industrial classification.
This time he went to the workshop area to settle the matter with Chen Wenlong, and split the Equipment Department and the Iron and Steel Workshop.
"Your Highness."
Chen Wenlong had been waiting for Xiao Ming in the workshop area for a while, and at this time he called the supervisor of the workshop area to wait for Xiao Ming's order.
Xiao Ming nodded and said to Chen Wenlong: "Since everything is here, now we will talk about the refinement of the industry. In the future, the iron and steel workshop will only be responsible for the production of steel, springs, briquettes, iron pots, etc. to be demolished A specialized workshop will be responsible for the production, and your equipment department will deploy craftsmen who are responsible for this type of technology. Don’t turn the steel workshop into a hodgepodge. This is not conducive to the improvement of various products in the long run."
Chen Wenlong nodded, and he and the other supervisors recorded Xiao Ming's words.
After a pause, Xiao Ming continued: "You need to choose which lathe in the workshop, such as this spring. In the future, the spring workshop can get spring steel directly from the steel workshop, and then process the spring steel into various types in the spring workshop. Springs, gears, and connecting rods are all the same. What kind of steel do you need? Go directly to the steel mill.
"As for the steel mill itself, it also needs to be refined~EbookFREE.me~ The production of each type of steel is in charge of a specific craftsman, not one craftsman responsible for five or six tasks at the same time, but specialization."
"..."
Xiao Ming said in a sentence, everyone was busy recording, after all, this was another big change. The workshop area that used to be like a mother body is now about to split into branches and leaves.
In addition to the separation of key steel workshops, Xiao Ming talked about the separation of glass workshops, mirrors and other products that need to be processed later, and the chemical industry of three acids and two alkalis was ordered to be split as soon as possible.
This chemical is already very dangerous, and it is even more dangerous when mixed together.
While requesting to split the workshop, Xiao Ming also specifically delineated the workshop area, dividing the chemical, steel, and light industries into different areas, and required the categories of items to be hung in front of the workshop, and all the workshops were in the house. Ya ascended to the throne and set up a unified management.
Moreover, the workshop must also establish its own management system, and each workshop must establish its own research room to continuously update the products, and send people to the Bowen Academy to learn relevant knowledge on a regular basis.
(To be continued.)