Under the escort of a group of guards, Xiao Zicheng and his group arrived at the Military Weapons Station of the Ministry of Works.

The military weapon of the Ministry of Workers was named Liu Tong, who was a chubby middle-aged man.

After hearing that Xiao Zicheng was going to the military weapon station today, Liu Tong, the commander, waited outside the government office early.

You should know that today is different from the past. Xiao Zicheng is the official appointed by the military weapon granted by His Majesty. In other words, from today on, Xiao Zicheng is his immediate superior.

If he accidentally neglected this master and was unhappy to remove his official position, even the Minister of Works would be difficult to interfere.

Xiao Zicheng obviously knew this. When he saw Liu Tong trembling with coldness, but was still waiting outside the government office, he comforted him:

"Liu Tixia, right? You don't have to be so nervous. My lord has always been very kind.

As long as you work hard and don’t do anything lip service, we can still be worthy of our friends.”

After hearing this, Liu Tong, the military commander, relaxed his face, as if he had taken a reassurance pill.

If you think about it carefully, the Ministry of Works has a very low status among the Six Divisions, and it can be said that it has been named after the Six Divisions.

It can be said that all the dirty and tiring work are done by the Ministry of Works, and there is a rumor circulating in the Ministry of Works:

"The Ministry of Works is a brick, and it can be moved wherever it is needed."

In the eyes of the other five departments, the Ministry of Works is a long-term worker. If you do well, you will not be rewarded for money. If you do not do well, you will definitely be scolded.

But now is different from the past. The Lord Xiao in front of him is a celebrity in front of Emperor Jingping.

With him here, military weapons will definitely have some new atmosphere.

Liu Tong felt more at ease the more he thought about it. He rubbed his hands that were numb from the cold and said with a smile:

"Since the Lord is the military weapon site personally granted by His Majesty, how about not the following officials who will lead the Lord to visit our military weapon site?"

"It's a blessing that Liu Ti is in charge."

"How dare you, how dare you? Sir Xiao asked..."

"please..."

The Ministry of Works' military weapon office is located outside Kyoto City. It is mainly responsible for building military weapons, so it covers a small area.

Although the area here is not small, its status is not optimistic.

And this, in Xiao Zicheng's opinion, is very incredible.

"What is my main task toward the armed forces?"

On the way to gradually visit the specific facilities in the military weapons office, Xiao Zicheng asked about Liu Tong.

Liu Tong smiled bitterly and explained:

"As the name suggests, the Institute of Military Weapons is mainly responsible for the research and development, construction of military ordnance, and... and...."

The more Liu Tong said, the less he spoke, he lowered his head, and finally he lowered his head and did not dare to look at Xiao Zicheng.

His behavior naturally aroused Xiao Zicheng's curiosity:

"what else?"

"In your spare time... create some farm tools..."

As they said that, they came to an open space and saw two rows of shelves standing there, filled with iron swords and hoes.

Next to the shelf, there were two people standing, both dressed as public officials of the Military Weapon Institute, and the words "Military Weapon Institute" were engraved on their waists.

"What are they doing?" Xiao Zicheng asked.

Liu Tong looked towards the air and explained:

"It should be testing the sharpness of the iron sword and whether it is tough."

As soon as he finished speaking, a man in the distance took a sword from the shelf and fixed it to the wooden board.

Then another man took an iron sword of different styles, took a deep breath, and slashed hard at the sword that was fixed horizontally to the wooden board.

With a grunt, the iron sword fixed on the wooden board broke.

Seeing this, both of them had a lit up eyes, and then they hurriedly checked the sword in the hand of the second public official.

Seeing that there was a clear gap on Jian's body, both of them looked disappointed and recorded something in the booklet with their pen in their hands.

"Is it still a failure..."

Liu Tong looked at the expressions on the faces of the two from afar, sighed and said with some regret:

"The Lord doesn't know that the sword is an iron sword that we used the new formula to forge.

Unfortunately, blindly extending the number of forgings still cannot improve the toughness of the iron sword..."

Xiao Zicheng glanced at Liu Tong, then looked at the broken iron sword commonly used by the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty, with a strange look on his face.

Although the forging technology of the Dazhou was behind, the forged iron swords had reached the limit of iron weapons in terms of toughness and sharpness.

If you want to improve further, you can only turn iron into steel.

It’s just using the process of wrought iron... If you want to forge steel, the difficulty will increase geometrically.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zicheng couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Liu Tong did not bother the two test craftsmen and took Xiao Zicheng to a public shed.

The so-called public shed is only the place where the craftsmen in the military artifacts work every day.

It is called a public shed, but it is actually a simple wooden shed, which is placed with stoves, racks, etc. for cast iron, as well as some necessary tools, sinks for quenching, etc.

Liu Tong took Xiao Zicheng to choose a public shed and walked in. He saw a blacksmith in the shed making iron.

Maybe because he was working too seriously, the blacksmith did not notice the sudden appearance of the few people in the shed.

Knowing that Liu Tong couldn't stand it, he deliberately coughed a few times, and then the blacksmith raised his head in surprise.

He naturally knew Liu Tong, but the blacksmith obviously did not recognize the young man in gorgeous clothes standing beside him.

Therefore, he looked at Liu Tong in confusion, as if he was guessing why Liu Tong brought such a young man here.

Seeing this, Liu Tong hurriedly spoke and reminded:

"If you are stunned, this iron embryo will be ruined."

After Liu Tong reminded him, the blacksmith suddenly woke up and didn't care about guessing Xiao Zicheng's identity. He immediately moved the sledgehammer to continue to forge the iron embryo on the frame.

After watching for a while, Liu Tong led Xiao Zicheng to the military weapon site and explained as he walked:

"As the Lord saw, our military weapon site was mainly forging and forging and selling the waste embryos."

Liu Tong proudly added:

"In fact, the forging technology of our military weapon institute is among the best in the world!"

Immediately afterwards, Liu Tongyou of Tishi took Xiao Zicheng to visit the remaining facilities of the Military Equipment Institute one after another, so that he could have a general understanding of all military equipment.

After turning around, Xiao Zicheng had only one word in his mind.

poverty!!!

That's right, after visiting the Military Weapons Institute, what impressed him the most was not a craftsman or a forging craft that was among the best in Liu Tong's mouth.

On the contrary, through Liu Tong's inadvertent words, he saw the dilemma of the R&D department of this Great Zhou.

This military weapon is so poor that it sounds like a jingle.

It is clearly a technical department responsible for the research and development of Dazhou military ordnance, but what is the most common thing in the military equipment institute?

It is a farm tool that occupies most of the display shelves!

It is a hoe, pick, and rake made from waste!!!

It was hard for Xiao Zicheng to imagine that those craftsmen would improve their forging techniques again and again under such simple conditions.

What's even more incredible is that when Liu heard what he meant in the call, the Military and Weapons Institute often had to help him complete the tasks assigned by the various departments when the Ministry of Works were not in enough staff.
Chapter completed!