Chapter 448 Adjustment
The intelligence from the frontline is very important to Zhou Xu. Only when the news from the frontline is delivered in time can he adjust the subsequent support arrangements according to the latest situation, just like now.
This is to avoid the embarrassing situation where you are short of food and I send you weapons, and you are short of weapons and I send you food.
At this moment, after confirming the latest report sent back by Li Ce, Zhou Xu adjusted the specific arrangements for the next wave of logistical supplies at almost the fastest speed.
At the same time, calculating the time, when the next energy channel opens, their first batch of mass-produced scale armor should be ready for shipment.
That's right, it's about making scale armor. As for the officer armor which is more time-consuming and labor-intensive, and also has requirements on body shape, Zhou Xu has no plans to mass-produce it for the time being, and there is no way to mass-produce it.
Anyway, Li Ce, Zhou Chongshan and others are all wearing rattan armor now. Putting aside the issue of how time-consuming and labor-intensive it is to make, just looking at the armor itself, the rattan armor is not inferior in defensive strength and is lighter than iron armor.
For now, there is no need to waste manpower and resources to replace their metal armor. Just use it while it can be used. This is Zhou Xu's current idea.
Of course, whether or not to continue making rattan armor is a question that he undoubtedly needs to consider carefully.
Because the raw materials for making rattan armor need to be soaked and dried for a long time and many times.
Now, after the final round of processing, the raw materials processed last year have begun to be used in the production of rattan armor. When the next energy channel is opened, they should be able to produce this batch of rattan armor.
If they want to continue making this rattan armor, they should start processing a new batch of raw materials now.
In response to this question, Zhou Xu fell into deep thought and directly issued an order, asking the Ordnance Equipment Department to send him a statistical comparison of the investment in the production of rattan armor and the investment in the new scale armor.
Zhuang Mengdie was the person in charge of the production of these armor equipment, and she had all the data memorized in her mind. Now that Zhou Xu asked about it, Zhuang Mengdie was not vague at all and immediately wrote a report and sent it over.
You don’t know until you see it. It’s shocking.
Although the raw materials of rattan armor are cheaper, it takes time to process.
The basic process is to start processing the raw materials in the first year. If everything goes well, you can start making rattan armor in the second year.
The cycle is one year, and there will be a loss rate if the raw materials are not handled properly.
On the other hand, as for the scale armor, after the forging department completes the armor plate mold, they directly cast them in batches, and then polish them. After polishing, they are sent to the manual department, which strings them into scale armor.
Taking into account the time required for casting and polishing in the forging department, and assuming the skilled craftsmanship of the armor-making personnel in the handicraft department, the production cycle of a set of scale armor is about one week.
Later on, the time of the forging department and the handicraft department can actually overlap, and both sides can work at the same time. In this way, the production cycle of a set of scale armor can be further shortened.
Regarding this area, Zhuang Mengdie gave a number of five days after statistics.
From forging armor plates to hand-making scales, a group of workers takes five days to make a set of scales. Thirty days a month means six sets.
If we arrange ten groups of people, we can produce sixty sets in a month.
However, it takes more than a year to make rattan armor, and in the end, there may not even be sixty sets produced. The gap is huge.
And there is an even more core key here.
That is the production efficiency of scale armor, which can be improved by increasing labor.
But it is not the same for rattan armor. The soaking and drying of the raw materials require a lot of time, which are rigid conditions and cannot be sped up at all.
Thinking of this, Zhou Xu finally understood why rattan armor had not been popularized in history.
"Pass my order on to the handicraft department. There is no need to continue with the subsequent production of rattan armor."
Zhou Xu had thought about making fewer sets and distributing them separately to generals or something.
But in fact, if you think about it carefully, the value of this vine armor is not that great, so there is no need to do this.
At this point, the troops of their Great Zhou officially entered the scale armor era.
In order to ensure the efficiency of armor production, he set up a special department called "Armor Manufacturing Department" under the premise that there was already an "Ordnance Equipment Headquarters" that covered everything.
Just like the name of the department, this department will be specifically responsible for researching and manufacturing armor.
At the same time, he also plans to continue using this division method.
In the early days, all equipment was concentrated in one department, largely because their manpower was too limited.
But the ability of an ordinary person has its limits.
If you ask an ordinary person to master too many skills and do this and that, in the end, it is very likely that he or she will not be able to do anything well.
Therefore, Zhou Xu planned to further divide the departments.
After arranging things here, Zhou Xu certainly did not forget to care about the training of the mountain soldiers in Tieshan Village.
"Has any report from Tieshan Village been delivered today?"
"some."
While answering, the attendant beside him quickly started searching.
"My king, here."
As he was speaking, the attendant respectfully presented the report sent from Tieshan Village to Zhou Xu.
After taking the report, Zhou Xu looked up at the other party.
"It seems that you are already used to the work here."
"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am adapting well."
Hearing this, the attendant responded while his body tensed up.
The attendant who was waiting respectfully at the side and helping Zhou Xu organize the documents was none other than Wang Pengfei.
Of course, calling him an attendant is not quite appropriate. Wang Pengfei's position in his office is more like an assistant.
After all, with the promotion of their Great Zhou's internal writing, the management's regular reports are now delivered to him in written form.
Under this premise, considering the issue of work efficiency, Zhou Xu definitely needs someone to help him deal with some trivial chores, such as organizing documents.
It doesn't mean that you can just pile them all there. You have to categorize the various different files and arrange them according to their importance.
At this stage, although writing has begun to be promoted, it is not easy for Zhou Xu to find an assistant who can read.
So he thought about it for a while and decided to arrest Wang Pengfei.
After leaving Tieshan Village, Wang Pengfei discovered that all the other villages in their Great Zhou were better than Tieshan Village where he had stayed before, and the living conditions had improved by at least two or three levels.
He had been working as Zhou Xu's assistant for almost a week now. Since he could read, this job was very easy for him. However, every time Zhou Xu asked him a question, he couldn't help but get nervous for a moment.
Now, he always feels a bit of awe towards this fellow villager who summoned him.
(End of this chapter)
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