C271 Mo Mings Political View (1/2)

”However, there are still some problems in making this thing …” Zhuge Liang suddenly said as he looked at Mo Ming.

”Problem?” Hearing this, Mo Ming was somewhat puzzled. He asked, ”What's the problem?”

Zhuge Liang was somewhat hesitant, but when he felt Mo Ming's gaze on him, he said, ”My master once tried to have the local craftsmen in the clouds to make this carriage. However, in the beginning, the people in the carriage workshop could not do it properly. The sizes of the components they produced differed too much, making it impossible for them to piece together. Helpless, my master was forced to use the Qin method to complete the carriage. ”

Hearing this, Mo Ming frowned.

When he was young, he was also raised under the rule of the Qin. At that time, he was a craftsman.

As such, he had a deep understanding of what the Qin's method was. In the past, when Xianyang had sent someone to inspect it, the engineers above him had been penalized for not being able to produce a standard weapon in the workshop. They had lost more than eight thousand yuan just like that.

After that, the requirements of the county were even stricter, and the workers had no choice but to urge all the workshops to work overtime.

So when his tutors were making their rounds, they said to the artisans earnestly, ”There is a law that says that all men are part of the same object, and its size, length, vastness, and so on are essential! You and other instruments, especially weapons and containers, must be of equal size. Every item has the name of a craftsman. If you are not careful and let the county find out that something is not right in size, then this craftsman will definitely investigate everything and punish you severely! ”

Simply put, the craftsmen of the Qin had to forge according to the standard set by Xianyang.

For example, the local measure of rice, Tao Sheng, you have to follow the Xianyang that has been handed down for more than a hundred years as the template for the ”Merchant Martingale Cube Sheng”, with a volume of 16 and a fifth of cubic inches set at 1 liter. When the officials from Xianyang came to inspect, Chang'an's Fang Sheng's error could not exceed 5%. Otherwise, it would be considered a violation of the rules.

Weapons were even more so. When making crossbows, one had to be able to create different kinds of knives that were of the same size by different craftsmen in Yunzhong County and Donwu County. They could all be mounted on crossbows made in Donwu County …

The craftsman did not know that in the future, there would be people who would call this extremely strict technology ”standardized production”. This was something that was taught by the eagle sauce from the other side of the ocean during the honeymoon period in the 1970s and China.

In fact, even though standardized production was harsh for the ancients, it was still a matter of course for Xiao Wen.

After all, in the 21st century, if you meet a manufacturer making a battery, you still can't fit it into an air-conditioning remote control. Or the plug of the electrical appliance could not be plugged into the socket. This was definitely an infuriating matter. This way, people would definitely ask for a refund.

However, he also knew that it would be difficult for Xiao Wen to install the exquisite apparatus on the carriage if he didn't do so. Therefore, he did not say anything and only nodded his head.

Then Zhuge Liang ran to the car and took out another box.

”What is this?” Looking at this box, Mo Ming asked curiously, ”There shouldn't be any blueprints, right?”

These dozens of blueprints were already giving Mo Ming a headache. If it were not for the data on the blueprint, as long as the carriages were surrounded, they would be able to construct a ring shaped fortification that was no different from a fortress. As long as the person inside controlled the crossbow, they could repel the place.

Moreover, its carrying capacity was five times that of an ordinary horse carriage.

Most likely, Mo Ming would also treat this item that required the Qin's method of production as a weak point.

One had to know that the current Guan Dong of the Darkhan Kingdom did not lack craftsmen because he was recuperating.

According to Mo Ming's statistics, in the Guandong and Guanzhong regions, the number of carpenters that could be recruited by the Young Manor was at least three hundred thousand.

If one took 10%, there would be 30,000 people who would be able to participate in the construction of the carriage.

There were 30,000 people. Even if 50 people only made one carriage a day, they would still be able to make 600 carriages per day.

It could be said that there was no lack of carriages that could carry supplies.

However, to find the eastern border of the Darkhan Kingdom from Chang An was one thing, but to transport supplies to the enemy's territory through the long supply line was another matter entirely.

It was obvious that the burly man's carriage would not be able to do this.