Volume 1 Jiangdong Fengyun Chapter 39 Guard
Bai Tu recruited more than 30 skilled craftsmen from the three counties and brought in more than 60 apprentices, who, together with the 2,000 "laborers" recruited by Cheng Ji, began to forge city defense equipment.
It only takes 10 people to synthesize a corvée. He has no combat capability and can only be used to complete corvée work .
Furthermore, when carrying out the delicate production of instruments, supervision and guidance of real craftsmen are needed, which means they can only serve as "manual workers", otherwise the efficiency will be extremely low.
The other manpower was sent out by Bai Tu to cut down trees and collect materials...
In order to express his importance, Bai Tu specially hosted a banquet for the recruited craftsmen and personally promised them remuneration.
Bai Tu first selected several city defense equipment that did not pose any technical difficulties, and then he "printed" out the theoretical drawings directly from Cheng Ji.
Then, together with several craftsmen in Qu'a City, they formally made a sample, and then everyone discussed it together and finally determined the detailed drawings.
The most important thing after that is to uniformly produce template samples for each part and each production stage, hand them over to each workshop, assign workers according to demand, and carry out production and manufacturing separately to ensure unified sizes.
This is the so-called "assembly line production", the first step in the emergence of manufacturing industry!
This not only helps maintain confidentiality, but also ensures that no matter which component of the equipment is damaged, a replacement can be quickly found. Multiple damaged equipment can be assembled into several intact equipment, which is also convenient for soldiers' training in use.
Just like the screws and nuts of later generations, those few universal models can be used all over the world.
Standardized production was not invented by Bai Tu. The Qin State already had this awareness during the Warring States Period. Although there was no real assembly line, the specifications of each part of the Qin crossbow were stipulated so that the accessories of the Qin crossbow could be interchangeable.
It was only after peace came to the country that the government no longer had the need for large-scale production, the Han army did not rely on crossbows, and this standard was not extended to civilian use, so it gradually disappeared.
Now the white map simply brings it up again and pushes it directly to the level of water flow division.
Of course, the city defense equipment produced by Bai Tu now is actually very simple, and there are no high requirements for confidentiality. As long as the main design craftsmen are all from Qu'a, it will be fine.
The reason for assembly line production is mainly for efficiency and portability!
Two months passed in a blink of an eye, winter went away, spring came, and the weather gradually became warmer.
The people in the city were already busy preparing for the "Zhengdan" - the Spring Festival in later generations.
During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, December and November were regarded as the beginning of the year respectively. In the Qin Dynasty, October was regarded as the beginning of the year. This was a rule set according to the Theory of Five Virtues.
In the chronological records of this period, October of a certain year is three months before January of the same year...
At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, they claimed to be the water virtue, which meant they denied the legitimacy of the Qin Dynasty, labeled it as a turbulent dynasty, and regarded the Han Dynasty as the only legitimate dynasty after the Zhou Dynasty.
However, during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, the virtue of earth was changed to that of water, and the Qin Dynasty was acknowledged as the virtue of water. Qin replaced Zhou, and Han replaced Qin. The "New Year's Day" at the beginning of the year finally returned to the first month. Later, Wang Mang referred to the Han as the virtue of fire and the Xin Dynasty as the virtue of earth. Afterwards, the Eastern Han Dynasty also regarded itself as the virtue of fire... But there was no further change in the years, and the New Year's Day was still in the first month.
Although it is not the most lively festival, and there is no custom of setting off firecrackers or even burning bamboo to make some noise, the city is already very lively.
As an area less affected by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, ordinary farmers were still able to slaughter a pig and eat meat during the New Year, and more people began to sell bacon in the city.
In the Han Dynasty, people were restricted from slaughtering oxen for work, but this was limited to calves, which could be slaughtered when they reached a certain age. In addition, there was a term called vegetarian cattle in the Han Dynasty.
The most commonly eaten meat by ordinary people is pork, chicken is rarely eaten, and beef and mutton are only eaten by people with some wealth, especially mutton...which is a symbol of status.
"Oh." Bai Tu looked at the overly fishy pork on the street and felt a little emotional.
"What are you sighing about again?"
The guards around Bai Tu actually continued the conversation.
"It's a pity that I have nowhere to display my skills!" Bai Tu said with emotion.
"Hey, do you have any skills that you haven't used yet?" The guard didn't speak very politely.
I thought Bai Tu was going to say something about compassion and benefiting the people, but he just pointed to the pork shop and said, "If I can use even a little bit of my skills, I can make pork no longer smell fishy! I can even... take care of sows after giving birth!"
"Puchi! You are really capable...!" Bai Tu said this righteously, causing the guard to laugh unconsciously.
From this smile, we can see some clues that it is actually a middle-aged woman wearing men's clothing - it is Lu Lingqi who should be in Xiaopei!
During this period, Taishi Ci has been recruiting guards for Bai Tu. Usually, guards, like personal soldiers, are real soldiers, which allows for greater flexibility.
Taking into consideration their eliteness and loyalty, Taishi Ci mostly selected men from good families who had fallen on hard times.
As a result...a month ago, I found Lu Lingqi who came to apply for the job!
At first, Taishi Ci saw through Lu Lingqi's strength and thought she was an assassin. After testing her, he started a fight and wanted to capture her. Fortunately, Bai Tu was not far away. After being alarmed, he rushed over, recognized Lu Lingqi, and stopped Taishi Ci.
When Lu Bu and Bai Tu came to Qu'a together, they left their wives and daughters in Xiaopei - compared to Qu'a, Xiaopei was obviously safer.
Unexpectedly, Lv Lingqi secretly ran away and came to Qu'a alone...
Bai Tu's first reaction was to send her to his adoptive father, but he could not resist Lu Lingqi's request.
"We are in a relationship, how can you bear to see me get beaten?" Lu Lingqi said at the time.
"But your aunt and Wenyuan will definitely send someone to inform your godfather..." Bai Tu said.
"He will be angry then, but if I don't show up, he will be anxious. When he becomes anxious to a certain extent, he won't blame me when I show up again!" Lu Lingqi said insightfully.
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"And what will happen if I tell him now? Will you take the risk of sending me back?" Lu Lingqi added.
In the end, Bai Tu agreed to help Lu Lingqi conceal her whereabouts temporarily, and also asked Taishi Ci not to mention it to anyone else.
Lu Lingqi is a close guard and has been living in Bai Tu's mansion recently - the most dangerous place is the safest place. Lu Lingqi feels that Lu Bu would never have thought that his missing daughter is in Qu'a City!
At this time, Bai Tu was wearing casual clothes, walking around the city to observe the people's sentiments. Lu Lingqi was accompanying him, and Taishi Ci was very observant and was hanging behind him to protect him.
"Tomorrow is New Year's Day. After attending the sacrifice ceremony, I will go to the military camp to celebrate the New Year with my adoptive father and the soldiers. You can rest in the mansion or go out to play, but don't leave the city." Bai Tu warned.
"Well, can you help me observe how anxious my father is!" Lu Lingqi said.
