Chapter 204 Daqin Pipeline
The successful test flight of the airship gave Li Chen great comfort. The Qin Dynasty was not without food, but the Qin Dynasty had a lot of food. What made people feel embarrassed was transportation. Now the nine counties are full of bandits, robbers, and rebels. It is really difficult to transport the food to the disaster area. But now with the airship, I have gone to the sky. What can you rebels do now?
"Big Niu, in seven days, can a hundred airships be made?" Li Chen asked Da Niu.
"Mr. Marquis, you didn't drink a bar."
"We people can make more than three ships in seven days." Daniu said after an estimate.
Although there are no technical problems with this simple airship, it took five days for the first airship to go from theory to design drawings to manufacturing. Although everyone has experience, the workload is here, and three ships in seven days are already full.
Li Chen realized that Daniu didn't understand what he meant, so he explained: "I will allocate all the craftsmen from the Ministry of Works, and in addition, all the craftsmen in Xianyang City will also be recruited."
Nowadays, transporting grain is the most urgent task, and the prerequisite for transporting grain is the number of airships. In the face of national interests, any personal gains and losses are insignificant.
"Mr. Marquis, at least more than 10,000 cowhides are needed for hundreds of airships. In terms of materials, I'm afraid..." Daniu said worriedly.
The Ministry of Works and the people can recruit at least a few thousand craftsmen, and the manpower solves it, so the materials are also a big problem. More than 10,000 cowhides are probably difficult to find even if the inventory of Daqin is exhausted.
"Mr. Marquis, although sheepskin and horse skin are not as long as cowhide, it should not be a big problem in a short period of time." Daniu thought for a while and said.
"I will solve the materials and people. Go back and have a good rest. I will fight to the death from tomorrow." Li Chen patted Daniu's shoulder and said.
At this time, it was already dark, and Li Chen rushed to the palace overnight.
"Mr. Marquis, it's not appropriate to enter the palace at this time."
As soon as Li Chen arrived at the palace gate, he stopped Feng Jie. This kid is like his father Feng Quji, so he is not popular.
"Go and report to Your Majesty, I have something important." Li Chen said straight to the point.
Feng Jie was responsible for the garrison of the palace today. He stopped Li Chen and just wanted to disgust Li Chen. If he really stopped him and refused to see the First Emperor, Feng Jie would not dare to do so.
Sure enough, the guard who went to report soon came to the news that the First Emperor was having dinner and Xuan Lichen had dinner together.
"It's so late, why are you here to find me?"
The First Emperor was having a meal, and Ying Yue and Fusu were also together.
"I have solved the problem of transporting grain, so I will ask for some imperial edicts." Li Chen said.
"Well, let's have a meal first." The First Emperor motioned Li Chen to sit down.
Li Chen chose a seat opposite Yingyue, and sat down. Of course, it was not to look at the girl. The main reason was that she had an appetite when eating in this position. Yingyue seemed to have just taken a shower and had not applied any makeup on her, so she was quite beautiful.
"How much food in the palace is than in your Lijiazhuang?" asked the First Emperor.
"This rice is so white."
"Ah, no, this dish is so beautiful." Li Chen blurted out.
"Get out." The First Emperor felt lost in an instant, and the kid was even slapping his daughter's attention even when he was eating.
"Your Majesty, I, Lijiazhuang, have already developed the aircraft. Now there is a lack of craftsmen and materials. I need the support of the Ministry of Revenue to provide materials, and I also want all the craftsmen in the entire Xianyang City." After drinking and eating, Li Chen said.
"Can you really fly?" The First Emperor confirmed.
"It is not only possible to fly, each airship carries ten tons of load. Eliminate necessary personnel, and at least nine tons of grain is carried. Only more than a hundred airships can solve the food problem in the disaster area." Li Chen said.
"Fusu, bring my sword." After hearing Li Chen's words, the First Emperor said to Fusu.
Fusu took out a simple sword. This is the sword of the King of Qin, the sword of the princes of all generations, and now it is the sword of the First Emperor, and it is also the symbol of the power of the Qin Dynasty.
"This sword is for you first." The First Emperor handed the sword in his hand to Li Chen.
"How can you be so embarrassed?" Li Chen said as he quickly took the sword from the First Emperor's hand.
This sword is easier to use than any imperial edict. Seeing a sword like a sword, this sword is easier to use than any imperial edict. With this sword, Li Chen is a crab from the Qin Dynasty and can walk sideways. With this sword, all the civil and military ministers in the court must cooperate with Li Chen, no matter what party or faction they are from. If they dare to disobey the slander, even if they are killed, they will be killed in vain.
Li Chen, who took the Qin King's Sword, was driven out by the First Emperor not long after. Li Chen felt that the First Emperor must be sleepy and wanted to sleep. It was definitely not because his pair of thief eyes kept aiming at Ying Yue to drive him out. Well, that must be the case.
"Marty, what good things did you get when you entered the palace in the middle of the night?"
Li Chen was holding the Qin King's Sword, and while walking, he was smiling, he heard Feng Jie's voice that affected people's happiness.
"Feng Jie, look at what this is." Li Chen shouted, raising the Qin King Sword in his hand.
"Wow."
"See Your Majesty."
When he saw that it was the King of Qin sword, Feng Jie immediately knelt down with his guards. This sword represents the appearance of me in person. Seeing this sword is like seeing the First Emperor.
Li Chen raises his sword
Feng Jie knelt
Li Chen is raising his sword
Feng's family is kneeling
Li Chen also raised his sword
Feng Jie still kneels
Li Chen raised his sword again
Feng Jie has to kneel down again
......
After teasing Feng Jie for dozens of rounds, Li Chen seemed to feel a little sore in his arms, so he put away the sword, ignored Feng Jie and others, and walked out of the palace.
"Boss, this kid really deserves a beating."
"I want to beat him up." Several guards who followed Feng Jie for dozens of rounds said, Damn, my knees hurt now.
"Who isn't?" Feng Jie was also so angry that his teeth itched.
The next day, the Ministry of Revenue
"Mr. Marquis, the Ministry of Revenue only has 3,000 pieces of cowhide. If there are too many, it's really gone. These are the ones that are left for the Ministry of Works to make weapons." Wang Guan said to Li Chen in the warehouse of the Ministry of Revenue.
There are not many places where Daqin can use cowhide. It is just that when making some snare drums and chariots, it will cover it with a layer of cowhide. However, Daqin has not fought siege battles for many years, so naturally he doesn't care much about the storage of cowhide.
After asking the Ministry of Revenue to send all the cowhide in stock to Lijiazhuang, Li Chen walked towards the Ministry of Works again. King Qin was in his hands, and the Minister of Works did not dare to have any opinions on Li Chen's request to the Ministry of Revenue to suspend all the projects and transfer all the craftsmen to Lijiazhuang.
As expected, taking power is really a good thing, everything went smoothly in Qin King’s sword.
The east side is not bright, and the west side is bright, thanks to the Daqin Commercial Committee established by Li Chen a few days ago. Although the Ministry of Revenue's cowhide stock is seriously insufficient, these merchants have stocked up a lot of sheepskin in their hands. Although sheepskin is a bit lighter than cowhide, it can be considered as a temporary solution to the urgent need...
The material problem was solved, and a large number of craftsmen were recruited from Xianyang City. A rush of industrial *** was started outside Lijiazhuang. In order to prevent the leakage of airship manufacturing methods, the entire manufacturing process was carried out using assembly line manufacturing methods, each person was only responsible for manufacturing one component, and finally the craftsmen in Lijiazhuang were assembled.
Chapter completed!