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Chapter 771: The First Craftsman City

The Supervisor of the Jinzhou Craftsmanship Camp? This official position is not low, and it is a fat man, and it is also an important official in a state. I remember that His Majesty the Emperor asked him to choose one of the two positions of Supervisor of the Ganzhou Craftsmanship Camp and Qi Yun Supervisor. The Jinzhou Craftsmanship Camp, which led a group of craftsmen to welcome him and Luo Yutian, made Yan Liqiang unable to help but look at it a few more times.

The Jinzhou craftsmanship camp was short and fat, wrinkled, messy and gray hair, and a layer of coal ash on his face. The strangest thing is that this man was not wearing any official uniforms, and even clothes. He just hung a leather apron that blacksmith would wear when he was making a blacksmith's iron. The leather skirt was black and greasy, and the color was no longer visible, which was similar to the one used by Yan Liqiang's father Yan Dechang in the blacksmith's workshop.

If you throw such a person among a bunch of blacksmiths, who dares to say that he was supervised by Jinzhou Craftsmanship Camp? In this outfit, even when you even run to the street, you might think that he is begging for food.

After introducing himself, Ou Tiexin, the Jinzhou Marine Machinery Camp's supervisor, stared at Yan Liqiang, his eyes were shining, his expression was focused and curious.

The words "Tiangong Master" in the Han Empire are shocking to any craftsman in the Han Empire. The four words "Tiangong Master" in the Han Empire represent the supreme authority and status in this circle, and are the peak of craftsmen.

Seeing Yan Liqiang looking at Ou Tiexin's eyes, Luo Yutian smiled and explained, "Don't be surprised by Liqiang. Tiexin usually dresses like this. I came here today, and the same is true for the imperial envoy, but this is not deliberately neglect!"

Yan Liqiang laughed, "I understand that people who are too focused on their favorite fields generally don't care too much about the details of their clothes, nor do they care about the opinions of others. When I looked at Master Ou today, I knew that Master Ou must have unique achievements in iron smelting and making iron. The so-called skilled and diligent is like Master Ou!"

Hearing Yan Liqiang's words, Ou Tiexin's eyes moved.

"Hahaha, Li Qiang, you guessed it right. Tiexin's attainment in iron smelting and iron making is really great. These days, there are still some interesting things in this craftsman city. I'll take you to see it!"

"Hahaha, I can't ask for it!"

"Tiexin, lead the way!"

"Please follow me, two sirs!" Ou Tiexin finally took his eyes back from Yan Liqiang, then turned around, and walked to Jiangcheng with Yan Liqiang Luo Yutian and his two servants.

In the Han Empire, the most important reason why Jinzhou Craftsmanship Camp was the most popular is its scale!

For example, the Huanglong County Martial Arts Camp where Yan Liqiang started his career before, there were only a few hundred people, and it was under the jurisdiction of the governor's office of Pingxi County. Strictly speaking, it was already considered a county-level craftsmanship camp, and the number of people was not small among the same level craftsmanship camps. There were also many craftsmanship camps with more than Huanglong County craftsmanship camps, with more than tens of thousands of people. Even the craftsmanship camps directly under the state-level craftsmanship camp, the number of people was generally only a few thousand or tens of thousands, but how many people were there in Jinzhou Martial Arts Camp? More than 300,000, and the entire empire could not find a craftsmanship camp with a larger scale and a larger number of people than this craftsmanship camp. The scale of this craftsmanship camp is really the best in the world.

In the Jinzhou marshalling and mechanical camp, all the things that can be used in the army, from nails used to nail horseshoes to soldiers' shoes, belts and armor, from ordinary swords, to heavy equipment used to siege cities, and crossbows such as the Eight Niu Crossbow, the Jinzhou marshalling and mechanical camp can be produced. Almost 90% of the military supplies of the entire Jinzhou army are from the Jinzhou marshalling and mechanical camp.

Other craftsman camps either set a plot to build a camp or rely on the city. However, this craftsman camp in Jinzhou has become a city because of its large scale. The craftsmen of the craftsman camp live and work in this city. The entire city is integrated into a single city. On weekdays, this craftsman city is like a military camp and is not open to people outside. If it weren't for someone to lead, ordinary people would not be able to enter this place. This is also the reason why Yan Liqiang saw so many towering chimneys outside the city, because this city itself is a super factory.

As soon as the group entered the city, Yan Liqiang saw a worker-like man driving two cows and pulling a string of ox carts by himself. The two cows were not uncommon. The ox carts they were pulling were actually connected one by one, a bit like a train cart, and the ones pulled in the ox cart were some coal.

After walking a few more steps, Yan Liqiang looked at an open leather workshop on the roadside. A modified steam engine was running clicking, driving two iron drums, and then pressed the newly processed leather one by one. Next to it, there was a craftsman in his thirties with a greasy face shouting, "Try it first, try it first. I don't know how long this machine can last. The speed is too high. It's better to adjust it a little slower. It's better to set up a handguard where the leather is put, so as not to accidentally put the hand in it and it will be useless..."

In such an era, in the Han Empire, he suddenly walked into a city with a little industrial atmosphere. This feeling was really magical for Yan Liqiang, but this magical feeling was actually wonderful for Yan Liqiang, because among everyone, Yan Liqiang knew the great power that industrial and efficient production could bring.

Walking on the streets of Jiangcheng, you can hardly see anyone except for the various craftsmen working and the teams of patrolling sergeants who occasionally walk by. On both sides of the street, there are either various workshops or warehouses or sergeant camps. Between those workshops and warehouses, there are constantly various ox carts and horse carts coming and going, transporting all kinds of things.

After walking in the craftsmanship camp for a while, Yan Liqiang saw more than one steam engine. From the styles of those steam engines, Yan Liqiang could see at a glance that these steam engines were all imitated, and the target they imitated was the steam engine produced by the Manufacturing Bureau under his command. The steam engine produced by the Northwest Manufacturing Bureau had some unique structures, so Yan Liqiang could see at a glance.

"Sir Ou, do water and lighters also produce in this craftsman city?" Yan Liqiang asked.
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