Chapter 0047 Lock Armor
Tiangongfang is a big workshop with extraordinary strength. Even if the armor was modified last time, it only took one night, but this time, the shopkeeper actually took three days. It can be seen how much they attach great importance to this seemingly ordinary but extremely strange 'gold spinning wheel', and the ' spindle' is the most difficult part.
Zhuo Bufan doesn't care. If you take over, you have to do it for me. Besides, you can't do it if you don't answer.
However, before the matter was over, Zhuo Fan raised the corners of his mouth and said with a smile, "Tiangongfang is really good. I think you are the boss of the elite industry in the capital."
Thinking that the matter was finally over, the shopkeeper said proudly when he heard this: "This is appreciated by all distinguished guests and praised by peers, but in the capital, Tiangong is not inferior to anyone to do these exquisite metalworkers, especially fish scale armor and lock armor."
Zhuo extraordinary nodded and said, "It's so good. By the way, in fact, I've liked to study these things since I was a child. I'm very interested in your workshop. I really want to see it. I don't know if it's convenient or not."
The shopkeeper's heart thumps again. All walks of life have their own rules. In the Tiangong workshop, all kinds of processes are strictly confidential. The most taboo is for outsiders to watch it. However, if the left prime minister wants to see it, don't you show it? Besides, the unlucky thing of this armor has not yet been spit out, and it can be turned against at any time.
At present, the shopkeeper's hardship took Zhuo Fan to visit the workshop in person. He still hopes that these quite professional smelting and production techniques can't be understood by a group of people in the left prime minister's mansion.
Unfortunately, he doesn't know the true origin of Zhuofan.
The * workshop of Tiangongfang is very large. In a large wooden factory, it looks like a small aircraft depot. During this period, several pieces are divided according to different functions. For example, the wire drawing operation room that accounts for half of the area adjacent to the semi-open smelting farm in the backyard, and the others, such as the rest and molding department, are all metal. Where the parts are processed.
Zhuo extraordinary eyes shine, and the situation he sees is still very different from his imagination. This ancient technology is much more advanced than he imagined. Of course, it is still incomparable to modern society. Zhuo Fan came to the wire drawing department and watched with interest a gray-haired master using a winch to make steel wire, which is the most important part used to make armor, which determines the quality of the fish scale armor, and the lock armor is all woven from steel wire.
The master stared at the red steel bar, and the winch in his hand rotated smoothly. Then, the steel bar gradually lengthened and stopped pulling after reaching a certain level, and then removed the thin steel bar to burn again. In this way, after three or four repetitions, the steel bar has become a wire as thick as a toothpick. This is considered to be finished.
Zhuo Fan looked at it for a long time and picked up a piece of braided lock armor beside him. It was tightly woven and extremely tough, and it was not as bulky as the layered armor he had worn.
"Damn, the shopkeeper actually kept good goods and didn't give them to me. Humph, are you afraid that the left prime minister won't give me money?" Zhuobufan said angrily.
The shopkeeper was scared again and quickly explained, "Young master, I don't dare. It's just that my wife told me to protect the best. Although this lock armor is light, it is good at cutting with sharp weapons, but the defense of the strong bow is far less than the fish scale armor. Please check it clearly."
Zhuo Fan suddenly realized that this is the same as the bulletproof vest in the previous life to be equipped with steel or ceramic plate, bulletproof vest? Not bad. Wouldn't it be better if this steel wire could be thinner and stronger, so that it could be much lighter and thinner, make a double layer, and then try to get a ceramic plate and thin steel plate in the middle to protect the key? If the Zhuo family soldiers have one, Wow.
"Good stuff, shopkeeper, give me 5,000 sets."
The shopkeeper almost got down in fear and said with a sad face, "Five, five, five thousand sets... My mother, Mr. Zhuo, please forgive me. Even if you peel me off, I can't take it out."
"Damn, what, are you afraid that I can't afford to pay? Believe it or not, I will immediately demolish your bird workshop.
The shopkeeper immediately knelt down and cried, "No, young master, listen to me, this wire is extremely difficult to make. All the work that can be wire is done in our workshop, and we can make at most a sleeve material a day, 5,000 sets. Even if you kill me, I can't make it, young master. Moreover, these 5,000 sets of lock armor, steel is also a large number. Even if it is the Ordnance Bureau, it can't be made in ten or eight years." The shopkeeper has not said yet, but the silver consumed in producing these steel is not a small number, drawing in the middle, repeatedly annealing, fabricating and polishing and so on, and the success rate of wire drawing is low. Counting the scrap, a lock armor costs thousands of taels of silver. How much will it cost? I feel dizzy when thinking about it. Otherwise, this lock armor will not only be used by a few generals. Even General Yuan's heavy armor Guanning iron horse, it is a coarse and large fish scale armor, which is bulky but easy to make.
Only then did Zhuo Bufan understand that it seems that if you want to build an iron army in this backward ancient society, it is not as simple as imagined. Even if there is money, it may not be possible.
I don't know how to improve the process, improve efficiency and reduce costs, but I'm not an expert. Without the help of mobile phone information, I don't know how to do it.
Zhuo Fan nodded and said, "I know, get up, oh, shopkeeper, I said that the young master is a reasonable person, not those domineering dboys, don't kneel at any time, okay? Others look at it and think that I am bullying people." In the factory, the guys stopped their work at hand. Looking at the unknown reason, it can scare the shopkeeper like this. This young man must be a senior official or an adult's son. Hey, the shopkeeper is suffering. I hope he won't ruin our job.
The shopkeeper quickly got up and said to himself, this young master Zhuo is really difficult to serve. His mouth is life-threatening things. People say that accompanying you is like a tiger. It is not an easy job to do things for this young master Zhuo.
Zhuo Bofan took a general look and turned around and left, "Shopkeeper, don't care about anything else now. Make my thing first. If you do it well, you will be rewarded. If you can't do it well, hum..."
When he came out of the Tiangong Workshop, it was almost noon. Zhuo Wufan took the crowd and returned to the left prime minister's house leisurely with a carriage.
Zhuo Fan looked at Zhuo Er, who finally came out of the Tian Workshop, smiled and didn't say anything. He stared at it like this. Zhuo Er looked erratic. After all, he couldn't bear Zhuo Fan's bad eyes and took out a pile of paper from his sleeve pocket with a sad face.
"Young master, this is the filial piety of the workshop shopkeeper that day, I, I, hand it over to the public."
10,000 taels of silver tickets turned around before they were covered, and they took it out on their own initiative. Zhuo Er had the impulse to slap him in the face, helplessly, how could he hide it from the young master?
Zhou Tongbaba looked at Zhuo Fan stuffing the silver ticket into his arms and summoned up his courage and said, "Young master, you, you lent me last time..."
Zhuo Fan suddenly covered his chest, looked at the scenery outside, and said loudly, "Target, Tianxianglou, I'm in a good mood today. I'll treat you to drink flower wine, hahaha."
"Young Master~~"
"I'm a little tired. Take a nap. Don't disturb me, or hit the board! ~”
"Young Master~~~~"