Daming Military Empire

Chapter 258 New Factory Building Machinery

When the Wanggong factory was expanded, it was planned according to the standards of large-scale military factories in later generations. It was three or four miles long in both directions from east to west and north to south. It can be said that such a factory is a super big factory in modern times, but with the development of Ming Dynasty, such a big factory is not big enough!
Now Wang Gong's factory is almost overcrowded, even the person in charge here, Song Yingxing, the Lang Zhong of the Ministry of Industry and Civil Affairs, can't figure out how many people are in the factory, because he has too many things to take care of.

For example, the production of Type [-] and [-] flintlock guns was just for this purpose when Wang Gong’s factory was expanded. When it first started, there were only a thousand people, and there were only [-] or [-] machine tools, and a thousand guns could be produced in a month. The flintlock gun is different now. The number of machine tools alone has expanded to two or three hundred units. There are at least tens of thousands of workers who specialize in making guns, and the most time-consuming gun barrels are outsourced. It is not a problem to make [-] to [-] Type [-] flintlock guns.

Of course, they not only make [-]-style flintlock guns, but also revolvers and revolver rifles. The first-class and second-class legions of Ming Dynasty are gradually changing to this new type of firearms, and the emperor spends more than ten years every year Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops are being crazily expanded at a speed of tens of thousands of troops. The scale of tens of thousands of troops is a bit stretched.

These firearms are not only equipped for the Ming army, but also account for a large part of the arms orders. Revolvers have always been very popular in Nanyang, and have become necessary equipment for adventurers from all over the world. Thousands of them are sold in a month. Not a problem, and in addition to the fact that the emperor received large orders for hundreds of thousands of Type [-] flintlock guns from time to time, the gun manufacturing department of Wang Gong Factory could say that the wheels were too busy for twelve hours a day.

There is also the production of grenades and landmines. I won’t talk about mines. Generally, there will not be too many reserves until a large-scale battle. There are more than 100 million grenades in an army of more than 300 million.This is still normal. If it is time for war, throwing out tens of thousands of grenades a day is considered a small amount, so there is not enough production of this grenade, and thousands of workers can't keep up with the wheels turning twelve hours a day.

There is also the production of guns and ammunition. Since the emperor proposed a base number of bullets and shells, the ammunition production department of Wang Gong Factory has also expanded again and again. It is still not enough to expand to a few thousand people. You must know that a base number is high. Hundreds of bullets and even artillery shells, considering the number of Ming troops, the demand for bullets and shells is simply terrifying.

There is also the production of naval gun flintlocks. In order to protect the core secrets, Wang Gong’s factory can make flintlocks now. Daming is now producing one hundred super battleships every year. There are tens of thousands of naval guns alone. For something with such a complicated structure, it is a bit impossible to arrange thousands of people to produce it.

There is also the manufacture of steam trains, which have not stopped since the start of construction. Now there are [-] or [-] trains running back and forth on the Jingdong Line. The railway in the capital is now expanded to the point where thousands of people are too busy.

There is also the production of spinning machines and looms. The cloth business in the Ming Dynasty is getting more and more popular. Ming merchants are selling it all over the world, so that the weaving factory has sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain. Naturally, the demand is getting bigger and bigger. Song Yingxing's head is getting big, and now he is also arranging thousands of people to produce axles. Anyway, so much is done in a month. If you are late, you will wait, and the orders will be scheduled for a year later!
There is also the production of wires. This is a new department that has just been established. There are only a few hundred people. They are all squeezed into Wang Gong's factory. According to the emperor's plan, at least dozens or even millions of meters will be produced. There are definitely not enough people for this amount of people, and this amount of space is far from enough.

I really don’t know if I don’t read it. I was shocked when I saw it. When Zhu Cijiong looked at the report summarized by the Ministry of Industry, he felt a little unable to reach out to the map of Wang Gong’s factory. Where can I point it? It's people, and there are equipment everywhere, and they can't be plugged in.

It was still those few people, it was still Zhu Cijiong's private study, Ou Lu's arms order had been finalized, and they were going to discuss the expansion of Wang Gong's factory this time.Zhu Cijiong originally just wanted to expand the Wang Gong factory, but after reading the report from the Ministry of Industry, he changed his mind. There are so many departments and so many things to do, and the expansion may not solve the problem. He can only split the departments. Open to build a few branch factories.

Thinking of this, Zhu Cijiong directly made a decision: "Now it seems that the expansion alone can't solve the problem. Just split the functions and build a few new factories. You all talk about which factories will be built."

Bi Maokang first proposed: "This machinery factory must be built. Now the steam train and the spinning machine and loom Wang Gong Factory can't do it. In the future, we need to make wire production equipment, cement production equipment and plow the ground. Long, it may not be enough to make these equipments and take up all the space in Wang Gong's factory."

Zhu Cijiong nodded and said: "Well, that's right, this machinery factory must build a new one. These machinery are originally for civilian use, which is inconsistent with the military nature of Wang Gong Factory, so they must be separated. Let Wang Zheng be responsible for this matter." , he is proficient in mechanical manufacturing, he must know what workshops to build and what equipment to buy, let him come up with a draft as soon as possible, and organize people to discuss it at that time."

When Bi Maokang heard the words, he nodded his head and said: "My minister complies with the order."

Zhu Cijiong waved his hand, and said to others: "Do you have any suggestions?"

As soon as his words fell, Sun Yuanhua said cautiously: "Wei Chen thinks that it is best to separate out the iron and steel castings. The coal and iron ore used for steelmaking take up space and are very dirty. They are placed in Wang Gong's factory. Let the whole factory area look very unclean, why not build a special steelmaking factory, which can cast parts and produce standard steel blocks, and can also produce steel plates of various thicknesses. Now the demand for these things among the people is also increasing. Even if Wang Gong’s factory can’t be used up, it can recover the cost if it is sold.”

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he felt suddenly enlightened. Yes, there are not special steel factories in later generations. Steel is also sold everywhere. It is definitely unrealistic for ordinary people to make steel. The imperial court made steel Well, selling them for further processing is not only a huge income, but also helpful to the development of the economy. , and it needs to be built very large, and it must be able to meet the needs of Wang Gong’s factory and the people of Daming at the same time. If you have any suggestions, please boldly put them forward. Isn’t that what Chuyang said very well.”

As soon as he said this, Chen Zilong, who was in the last seat, immediately summoned up his courage and suggested, "Your Majesty, I feel that this cement factory also needs to be built. I don't know how much cement is needed just to build a canal."

When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he slapped his forehead, yes, why did you forget this, the demand for cement is not so big, and the construction of rivers and canals is nothing, bridges, roads, tunnels, and buildings are all A huge amount of cement is needed, and it may not be enough to build a cement factory. The demand for electric wires is also astonishingly large, and a special factory must be built.

Calculated in this way, at least four new factories must be built. Machinery factory, steel factory, cement factory, and electric wire factory must be built. All these messy functions must be stripped out, so that Wang Gong Factory can be turned into a pure military factory. In order to meet the needs of army building and arms trading.

(End of this chapter)