Chapter 437 Military Equipment Headquarters
Wang Pengfei has been here for quite some time, and the villagers must be aware of his character.
At this time, Zhou Xu had also realized that even though they knew Wang Pengfei was unreliable, the villagers still liked to gather here and listen to his advice. In fact, they just wanted to have fun.
After all, in this era, there are basically no entertainment programs, and it is not easy to find some fun.
But at the same time, he could see that the villagers actually had no ill will towards him.
In fact, Wang Pengfei himself seemed to enjoy it.
Without disturbing them, Zhou Xu turned around and went to the office. After finishing the work at hand, he ordered someone to call Wang Pengfei over.
Having not seen him for a long time, Wang Pengfei was as nervous and uneasy as usual after seeing him. He was not at all as relaxed and at ease as when he was surrounded by the villagers and used his name to pull the tiger skin and wave the banner.
Zhou Xu was not surprised by this. Although he and Wang Pengfei were both time travelers, they did not have much contact with each other.
In comparison, Wang Pengfei works with the villagers of Tieshan Village every day, so it is natural that he feels more comfortable with them.
"I, Wang Pengfei, the humble commoner, come to see the king!"
Hearing this, Zhou Xu's mouth twitched, and he tried hard not to laugh out loud.
[Good fellow, even the common people pulled it out for him. ]
Wang Pengfei's voice was still tense and nervous, but at least he didn't stutter like last time.
"Don't be nervous, I just came here to take care of some things and check on your condition."
"Thank you, thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am deeply grateful!"
This is quite a coherent statement. The natives here don't have the ability to be so pedantic, which can be considered an advantage for time travelers.
Next, Zhou Xu casually asked about Wang Pengfei's situation. Before the conversation ended, Zhou Xu suddenly thought of something and asked...
"Oh, by the way, how much do you know about armor?"
"Armor. If we're talking about the protective gear from the cold weapon era, then it's scale armor and chain mail. Scale armor is armor made into a shape similar to fish scales, and then strung together. Chain mail is simply made of metal rings..."
As he spoke, Wang Pengfei quickly showed his know-it-all attitude, and his words sounded very logical.
But from Zhou Xu's perspective, he could actually feel that what Wang Pengfei said was very empty and pretentious. It sounded plausible and made some sense, but it didn't say anything substantial.
Putting aside other things, how easy is it to string nail pieces together to make a piece of clothing, or to buckle metal rings one by one to make a piece of clothing? He really just relies on his mouth.
Of course, Zhou Xu had known about Wang Pengfei's situation for a long time, so there was nothing surprising about it now.
In comparison, he was more curious about...
"What? Have you ever fought in armor or cold weapon sections before?"
Hearing this, Wang Pengfei smiled awkwardly.
"I've visited these two sections, and in fact, we often talk about this in the historical and military areas."
“…”
The combat area is quite wide.
Afterwards, Zhou Xu chatted with Wang Pengfei for a while about the topic of armor.
I don't expect the other party to give me very professional ideas. In fact, I just want to borrow the active thinking of Wang Pengfei, a modern man.
After all, he is a person who has been on the front line in countless forums. His knowledge may not be professional or even correct, but he does know a lot about miscellaneous things. In the process of arguing, he can sometimes give Zhou Xu some ideas.
It was this kid. I don't know if it was because he gradually became carried away during the argument, or if it was because his long-dormant instinct to argue was awakened, but his argumentative remarks that popped up from time to time made Zhou Xu unable to hold back several times. He wanted to ask someone to drag this kid away and give him a good beating.
After finishing the conversation with Wang Pengfei and the other party left, Zhou Xu picked up a pen and paper and began to take notes on the production of armor, writing down all the ideas he had sorted out.
Needless to say, his next step was to start making armor.
According to his speculation, a war would break out between them and the Lizardmen after the spring.
As luck would have it, the war did not break out completely, which gave them more time to develop.
During this period, iron weapons have become widely used, and the iron ore at the Tieshan Mine is still being mined.
This indicated that the reserves of 'iron' within their Great Zhou had officially begun to rise.
But this thing would be meaningless if it was left there unused, so Zhou Xu brought forward his "iron armor" casting plan that had been on the agenda for a long time.
After returning to Black Moon Village, Zhou Xu was looking at the blueprint in his hand and thinking about how to arrange this matter. As a result, he found that it seemed inappropriate whether he handed this matter over to the Equipment Department or the Forging Department.
Because the casting of iron armor itself requires both excellent manual skills of the equipment department and forging capabilities of the forging department.
This problem made him realize that, based on the current situation, his previous planning for this department was no longer reasonable.
Zhou Xu is a man who does things as soon as he thinks of them. He will never drag on if something can be solved on the spot.
So, Zhou Xu gave a direct order to address this issue.
"Let's put it this way. From today on, the Equipment Department and the Forging Department will be merged into the Military Equipment Headquarters, which will be responsible for the research, development and manufacturing of all military equipment. I will temporarily serve as the head of the headquarters in name only, and I will appoint Zhuang Mengdie and Wang Dachui as deputy heads. In addition, a separate Civilian Equipment Department will be established to be responsible for the corresponding work of civilian equipment."
Zhou Xu's transfer can be said to be extremely simple and crude, but it is indeed convenient.
After the order was passed down, Zhuang Mengdie had no idea, but Wang Dachui was stunned. He never thought that he was doing a good job as a minister, but in the blink of an eye, he became a deputy minister.
However, since Zhuang Mengdie was also the deputy minister, and the director general was their king in name only, he had no objection.
Anyone who is not stupid can see that this wave of transfers means that the two former ministers, Zhuang Mengdie and Wang Dachui, actually just changed their titles. It has no impact on their daily work at all, and even their personnel transfers and work locations have not been moved.
After making the appointment, Zhou Xu directly ordered people to call Zhuang Mengdie and Wang Dachui, then spread out the design drawings he had drawn and started a discussion with the two deputy ministers about the armor above.
During this process, Zhuang Mengdie and Wang Dachui both clearly realized that this matter was indeed not something that their department alone could easily handle.
(End of this chapter)
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