Chapter 388 The Ordnance Workshop and Briquettes in Huilu Town
Huilu Town is composed of two parts, one is the residential area outside the city, and the other is the smelting area within the city.
The Knights Hall, where the nobles once gathered, was transformed into the town hall. A block across from the town hall is the Ashfurnace Arms Workshop.
This was not the first time for Halkin to come to Ashheard Town. He walked in from the main entrance with familiarity and said hello to the night watchmen.
Currently, Halkin is in the Holy Casting Department and is in charge of peat affairs. Since peat has some military uses, he is responsible for a small amount of ordnance affairs.
For example, he is also responsible for the quality inspection and collection of iron armor, and by coincidence, the person responsible for making the iron armor is Halkin's father Brock.
The father and son, one responsible for design and construction, and the other responsible for quality inspection and collection, were originally a rather ambiguous combination.
But Halkin has always been in business, even when facing his father, he would not recognize him as a relative, often tossing old Brock into a rage.
Some people even heard that old Brock was writing letters to his hometown, trying to marry a new wife and have a second child to get rid of this unfilial descendant of Hal Jin.
Standing in front of the armory, Halkin looked up at the huge "Holy Forge" sign and blinked.
This ordnance workshop with more than 300 craftsmen has two floors and covers an area of about five acres. An artificial river stretches out from the canal of Fort Joan of Arc and extends into the workshop.
The entire workshop is divided into four areas, namely the central workshop, the division workshop, the raw material and equipment warehouse, and the office on the second floor.
The central workshop is the largest working area. Large equipment such as medicine tanks, furnaces, forging tables and hydraulic hammers occupy the main space and are mainly used for large-scale forging operations.
The smelting work of iron ore was transferred to the town of Mayo, and piles of crude iron and refined iron were transported by carts.
The division of labor workshop has special rooms or areas for different types of craftsmen, such as shoulder armor making, arm armor making, chest armor front plate making, chest armor back plate making, helmet making, and ingredient rooms. , assembly room, inspection room, etc.
Rough parts made in the central workshop will be sent to the sub-labor workshops for refinement, and then reworked in the central workshop if necessary.
The armor that has been completed and passed the quality inspection will be sent to the finished product warehouse. Of course, raw materials and semi-finished products are also stored in it. It is usually located on the side of the road for easy access and transportation.
Finally, there is the office area on the second floor, which is mainly the activity area for managers and master craftsmen. It is used to arrange work, record production progress and design technical drawings.
The monks who used to stay in the monastery all day long singing scriptures and copying books were separated from their pure religious work by Horn and forced into workshops one after another.
The management knowledge and ordnance design passed down orally have turned into more efficient rules and regulations from the pens of these monks who were not involved in production.
Instead of immediately going up to the second floor to find his father, Halkin first stood in the central workshop and observed the building scene.
White water vapor rises from the medicine vat, and the softened metal exudes a bright white luster. Every time the hammer falls, it will pick up a piece of bright white sparks.
Under the medicine vat, there are pieces of peat shaped like lotus roots. This is a new form of briquette launched by the Holy Casting Department.
This kind of honeycomb briquette is made from peat dried in the sun, ground into powder, and then bonded together with yellow soil.
Several holes are drilled into each piece of briquette, so that the flame and the peat itself can contact more air and burn more violently.
Due to its large contact area with air and its resistance to falling apart, with a special briquette iron stove, 8 pieces of briquettes can meet the fuel demand for a day.
This method was proposed by Saint Sunhorn as early as the Qiu Mu Island period, and was well received once used.
Not only is it convenient, but it also has higher combustion efficiency and is cheaper.
The price of briquettes per ton is 18 to 20 dinars, while the price of firewood per ton is about 26 to 28 dinars.
Although prices dropped after the opening of the mountain forest, the price of firewood still remains at around 20 to 22 dinars.
But the problem is that one hundred pounds of briquettes can last for more than half a month, while one hundred pounds of firewood can last less than a week.
Because of the high price of fuel such as firewood, people in Qianhe Valley mix rice crackers and wheat.
Although wheat production is low due to climate reasons, bread baked with wheat flour is more cost-effective than rice crackers that need to be steamed every day.
If briquettes can be promoted, more high-yielding rice crackers can be widely planted in agriculture, and Langsand County's agriculture will usher in another leap forward.
Although each ton of briquettes only sells for 18 to 20 dinars, relative to their low costs, peat mills can still earn nearly double the profit.
Halkin looked at the flaming briquettes erupting from the stove, and touched his chin, lost in thought. Otherwise, we should lower the price again and force the price of fuel down, so that we can sell more.
But the problem is that the alchemists they currently have on hand are not enough.
In today's market, the hiring price of an alchemy craftsman is generally one to two percent higher than that of an ordinary craftsman.
If we blindly expand production, it will be difficult to finish.
"You brat, what are you doing here for me?" Brock asked Halkin in a weird voice with a dull face and a big tongue.
Halkin turned around and saw his father in a leather vest coming down the stairs.
Brock's mouth was full of blisters, and he looked at Halkin with an unfriendly look.
"Dad, why is your voice so weird? What's wrong with your mouth."
"The body fluids are out of balance, there is too much hot fluid, and there are a lot of blisters on the mouth and tongue. Don't worry. "Seeing that his youngest son was caring about him, Brock's face was blank, but his heart felt warm.
But with the next words, Brock was so angry that he was shaking all over, his whole body was sweating in the hot weather, his hands and feet were cold.
“Since it’s not urgent, then hurry up and make the next batch of breastplates.” Harkin smiled and grabbed his father’s hand, “You have made a contribution, and I will go to Saint Sun to report your merit. I’ll reward you with a big one.”
“Gonggonggonggong!” Brock shook off Halkin’s hand and was so angry that he couldn’t speak clearly. He pushed Halkin out. Let’s go, “I’ve been ready for a long time, I’ll leave if I have nothing to do.”
“Don’t, don’t.” Holding the doorframe with both hands, half of his body was pushed out of the door. Halkin struggled He turned around and said, "I came with a mission, and I have business."
Amidst the snickering of the craftsmen around him, Brock asked Halkin to turn around with an unkind look on his face.
"Dad, what do you think these are?" Halkin took out two palm-sized metal rods from his pocket.
"Mithril? Fine gold? Where did you get it?" Brock snatched two metal rods from Halkin's hands and wiped them carefully, his eyes shining, "Purity Not low.”
Mithril and fine gold are two relatively rare alchemical products. Apart from naturally occurring ones, only dwarves can make them.
The functions of these two minerals are incredible. Mithril mixed into weapons and armor will reduce the weight, while adamantium can enhance the hardness and toughness.
"It's a gift from the knights of Jinhe Township." Halkin said with a cheerful smile, "What do you think of mixing mithril into the firing rod?"
"That requires a special forging platform and materials for the dwarves."
"Is there a way to bypass the dwarf forging platform?"
"Find out this method, and then let humans use the technology Steal it, right?" Brock groaned and stuffed the two metal rods into his pocket.
"Dad, look at you..." Halkin reached out to take it out of Brock's pocket. Brock grabbed his hand, and Halkin immediately reached for it with the other hand. Pulling on Brock's clothes, Brock turned his body sideways to prevent him from picking his pockets.
The father and son struggled for a long time, and their clothes were torn apart. Halkin had no choice but to take a step back:
"Your Majesty has already said that a patent bill will be introduced in the next five years. Anyone who uses this technology will have to pay us a patent fee, and they will be rich without working hard to build it."
"Human rhetoric is too "More, I don't believe it." Brock said in a hoarse voice, "Didn't the Norns also promise not to spread the news?"
"It won't work, and that won't work either. What are you going to do? How?”
Halkin became angry and roared on the spot, “Be aggressive, be aggressive, be aggressive! The stubborn Shengsun was defeated in the front, and the stubborn Langsand County was in chaos. If the Salvation Army is destroyed, I will just die with you."
But this time Brock didn't get angry. Instead, he glared at him with disdain: "Did I not think of it like you?
Last time you said that the armor was not up to par, I wrote a letter to some dwarf friends in North County, and they came quickly with a forging bench, you idiot. "
"Oh, Niubi. "Halkin immediately changed his face to a flattering one, hugged him, and kissed his father twice on the face. "As expected of you, dad, I will say that you are smart and naturally beautiful..."
“Come down, come down! "Brock was a little embarrassed by Halkin. He blushed and pulled Halkin's beard off him, "Is there anything else? Don't bother me if you have nothing to do. "
"Okay, I'm leaving, I won't disturb you, there is also the matter of the armor, don't forget it! ”
“Arch, arch out!” "The angry Brock kicked Halkin on the butt and kicked him out of the workshop door.
(End of this chapter)