The next day, York took a group of people to mine stone. Xu Kuang wanted to refine steel and needed a blacksmith shop. These buildings required a large amount of stone. He also needed to build some aerial waterways and some canals connected to the fields.
As for Xu Kuang, he was sitting in the room, preparing to sign in today.
"Cuihua, sign in.".
"Sign in successfully and get the item 'Ordinary Lathe'!".
Xu Kuang looked at this ordinary lathe and was stunned for a moment. He was speechless for a long time.
Considering his current situation, having a lathe doesn't mean much. Even if he is given a lathe, he will not be able to make modern firearms.
Mainly because the metal properties here are not up to standard, and he needs to further refine various metals and research alloys suitable for various situations.
Another reason is that the machine required to make a gun is definitely not just a lathe. A qualified firearms production line at least requires a series of production lines such as turning, milling, grinding, drilling and stamping. More than a dozen machines cooperate with each other. Just fine.
And Xu Kuang doesn't know how to clone, so if he wants to achieve large-scale production of firearms, he must train a group of talents. This will be a long-term plan.
Suddenly, Xu Kuang's mind was stimulated, and he suddenly thought of a possibility. Although the metal strength here could not meet the requirements in a short time, he could make up for this deficiency through the alchemy circle.
In addition, the preparation of gunpowder is not difficult, and he is familiar with the structure of various types of weapons and ammunition. It seems that he will be able to equip his team with automatic firearms and large-caliber artillery in a short time.
Xu Kuang was secretly annoyed that he had never been in contact with a real alchemy priest. He knew very little about the various professions in this world, so he underestimated the local professions, but now it seems that he has truly taken them into consideration. It’s time to pay attention.
Xu Kuang understands that a gun may have hundreds of parts, while a few may have more than a dozen parts. Not all parts require high metal performance. He can use lathes to do the parts that do not require high performance. This is exactly how we can cultivate some talents.
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Another notice was posted in Mushroom Ridge. This time the notice said that the Lord of Mushroom Ridge needed some talents who were literate, had steady hands, and could read a ruler. They could also receive one hundred kilograms of grain per month. Everyone went crazy for a while, but they were literate. People discovered that the only people recruited this time were people who were on the yellow roll.
Suddenly everyone realized the benefits of being on the pornographic list, and everyone began to take active actions.
Xu Kuang also successfully recruited five people who met the requirements.
Xu Kuang took out five vernier calipers and five sets of ruler and gauge tools.
Xu Kuang said to the five people:
"In this month, you will learn from me how to use these rulers and compass tools. If you can learn all these tools in one month, you can receive another twenty kilograms of grain every month."
Everyone's eyes immediately became intense.
Xu Kuang led everyone to start learning ruler and compass drawing. At the same time, he also used this opportunity to draw a complete set of factory design drawings.
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A week later.
In front of Xu Kuang were ten gilded self-ringing bells. He looked at the old housekeeper in front of him and asked:
"Old housekeeper, are you sure you want to take away all ten of them?"
The old housekeeper smiled bitterly and nodded, and said to Xu Kuang:
"I originally thought that this chiming clock would not be easy to sell. Who would have thought that after those lords went to Baron Chris's place and saw the chiming clock, they came to our Lord's house and rushed to buy it. They couldn't stop it."
Xu Kuang smiled bitterly and nodded, and asked:
"So how many self-ringing clocks do I need now?"
"This batch of orders is for a total of 18 units, but I estimate that subsequent orders are on the way. You may have to do 100 units before you can take a break."
Xu Kuang smiled bitterly and nodded, and said to the old housekeeper:
"I know, I won't keep you here. Grandpa Ryan, help me see the old housekeeper off."
"Cuihua, breakthrough!".
A warm current nourished Xu Kuang's tired body, and Xu Kuang's body immediately became different.
Xu Kuang still chose to add that few free attribute points to his physique.
Xu Kuang looked at his property panel:
Host: [Xu Kuang]
Occupation: Priest (Industrial Priest)
Level: Trainee Priest 3 stars
Experience value: 3000/149
Strength: 13
Intelligence: 90
Constitution: 35
Luck: 50
HP: 350/350
Physical value: 100/100
Mana: 245/245
Money: -6300
+77653
Skills:...Expand/Collapse
Equipment:...expand/collapse
Xu Kuang looked at the more than seven thousand gold coins in the attribute column and sighed to himself:
"Sure enough, only high technology can have high barriers to entry, and only high barriers to entry can have high profits. In just one month, I have already made half of my dad's fortune."
After Ryan came back, Xu Kuang said to Ryan:
"In the future, my territory will have two treasury systems, public and private. We cannot mix them up. The public treasury is mainly the rent and taxes collected, and the private treasury is mainly the money I made from selling the bells and various properties under my ownership."
Although Ryan had only a little knowledge, he also understood that such accounts could not be mixed up.
"Master, I have a question. If you do this, wouldn't there be a lot more money in the private treasury than in the public treasury."
Xu Kuang smiled and explained to Ryan patiently:
"No, when there are more people and productivity increases, the rent and taxes I collect will only increase. By the way, I will allocate one thousand gold coins from my private treasury and I will build the dam."
Ryan nodded, turned and left.
The next day, Xu Kuang took York to the top of the ridge.
He drew a circular boundary with a diameter of one thousand meters with the river as the center.
York has now become an old contractor. He cried and said to Xu Kuang:
"Master, for such a long and thick dam, one thousand gold coins may not be enough, and the technology may not meet the requirements.".
Xu Kuang laughed and said:
"This is only the first phase of funds. The second phase of funds is already on the way. Don't worry. As for technical issues, you don't have to worry. I will prepare them for you. For this first phase, you just need to plan the land and prepare Materials, the rest will be discussed after the second phase of funds arrives.”
York, the contractor, felt relieved.
Fortunately, more and more people are coming to Xu Kuang, so there is no need to worry about insufficient manpower.
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The six lords gathered together. They stood in the woods opposite Mushroom Ridge, looking at the long queue in some trance.
"Something's wrong, why does this guy need as many people as he has? Where did he get so much food?".
"I don't know, maybe Xu Yun left a treasure for this kid."
"Then what do we do now?".
"Wait, let's wait until he can't hold it anymore."
"Okay, Ren, I'll go to your place and take a look at your laoshizi chiming clock...".
Upon hearing the chiming bell, several people became interested and spoke one after another:
"I am coming too.".
"Go together and go together."
…
Looking at the enthusiasm of these nobles, Xu Kuang may never be able to hold on anymore...