Lord of the Scourge: Become the Demon Archduke In the Beginning

weapons factory.

The blacksmith apprentice shouted all over his head, grabbed the pliers, and took out the red-hot iron block from the fire and put it under the alchemy forging machine.

After another apprentice saw that the opponent was safe, he directly waved the elemental stone on the alchemy forging machine to return it to the magic circle.

A strong magical force gushed out and poured it directly into the alchemy forging machine.

The hammer on the top of the machine smashed down with great force, and sparks shot out.

After leaving an obvious mark on the red-hot iron block, it quickly rose again, and then smashed down with a bang under the blessing of magical power.

This cycle goes on and on, and the red-hot iron block is quickly hammered into shape.

The air became hotter and hotter as the heat from the iron block scattered.

After the iron block had been forged to a certain extent, the apprentice turned off the alchemy machine and threw the forged iron block into a frame beside him.

After a certain amount of iron blocks had accumulated in the frame, another blacksmith apprentice dragged it away, and put it next to the second alchemy machine, and started the second step of forging...

Looking at the group of blacksmith apprentices sweating profusely forging weapons in the scorching air, Lauren felt relieved in his eyes.

After returning from the endless wasteland yesterday, he disrupted and reorganized the more than 1,500 orcs he conquered and the hundreds of orcs before.

A pure half-orc army was established, and the total number reached 1700 people.

These half-orc warriors are not simply conquering.

Must be fully equipped.

That is to say, Boer Xiongshi, the money-scattering boy, gave him more than 3,000 sets of equipment as a gift, so that he was not so tight on hand.

Otherwise, he might have to make another trip to Decker City to pay the Bucks family on credit.

But the problem is that orcs are tall and a lot of the equipment doesn't fit.

Moreover, part of the equipment has been damaged and needs to be repaired.

Therefore, this newly formed half-orc army cannot be equipped with full equipment.

There is still a difference of 500 people,

accounted for one-third of the total.

Faced with this embarrassing situation, Lauren could only look at the weapons department.

Fianna went to Decker City and bought all the materials for building the alchemy forging machine.

Since the Weapons Department boasted that the productivity of the alchemy machines was ten times stronger than before, he would naturally not be indifferent to this.

Arms Minister Drew stood behind Lauren, and introduced him to the weapons factory in detail.

"Master Luo Lun, the production process of the alchemy forging machine is not complicated. The materials are complete, and with the assistance of the caster, we can produce 5 sets per day."

"We currently have 16 units, and we will be able to produce all 30 units in three days."

"In addition, in terms of weapon production, we have listened to your opinion and divided the process of weapon production into more than ten steps.

Each step is produced by a dedicated person, so the production efficiency is higher than we imagined..."

Having said that, Drew thought for a while before continuing.

"But this flow... um, assembly line? Your name fits the craft so well.

It is difficult for the equipment produced by the assembly line to be of particularly good quality, which can be regarded as a disadvantage. "

"But the flaws do not hide the strengths. With such a high production efficiency, it is already a miracle that every sharp sword can be kept of the highest quality."

"And in order to further improve the performance of the equipment, we have also made additional arrangements. After a good iron blank is forged, it will be handed over to a real blacksmith to complete the final craftsmanship."

"In this way, both the quality of the weapon and the speed of production can be guaranteed..."

While listening to Drew's words and looking at more than a dozen alchemy and forging machines in front of him, Lauren couldn't help feeling the wonder of this world.

There is no electricity, no fuel, and it is forced to rely on magic to create an ancient machine that is not inferior to those of the previous life.

Although it can't keep up with intelligent equipment, compared with the efficiency of manual forging in this world, it is at least ten times stronger!

When the workers are exhausted, there are areas where the forging is not in place, and there are even times when the forging is wrong.

But the machine will not, as long as the performance of the machine is guaranteed and energy is provided for it, it can be started 24 hours a day and night.

And more importantly - with alchemy machines, you don't need a high-level blacksmith to forge high-quality equipment.

The level of blacksmiths is also divided into elementary, intermediate and advanced. The higher the level of the blacksmith, the better the forged equipment.

Normally, an apprentice-level blacksmith would basically be unable to do anything.

Insufficient strength, insufficient skills, insufficient fire control, and no good equipment can be forged at all.

But it's different with an alchemy forging machine.

As long as the apprentice controls the forging machine, he can forge a piece of steel into the desired state.

If the forging is not good enough, it is not that the apprentices are not good enough, but that the alchemy machine is not good enough.

This is equivalent to liberating a large amount of labor force, allowing apprentices who were not qualified to participate in weapon production to become the main force.

Those liberated blacksmiths can specialize in the production of high-level equipment that cannot be forged by alchemy forging machines.

How can this not increase productivity? !

The scorching air did not affect Lauren's inner joy at all. After watching for a long time, he turned to look at Drew.

"How much armor and weapons can the weapons department produce in a week? Can it meet the needs of 500 orcs?"

Drew smiled wryly.

"Lord Lauren, it's not too difficult to produce 500 weapons a week, but armor... currently only the damaged ones can be repaired for use."

Although it is difficult to forge a sharp long sword, it is no problem to forge hundreds of swords a day.

Forging a full body armor is much harder.

Armor is the hardest bone for a blacksmith to crack.

For the previous furry bear cavalry armor, hundreds of people from the weapons department worked continuously for 24 hours to forge a set.

This is also due to the fact that several senior blacksmiths in the blacksmith department work around the clock.

Drew described the difficulty of producing armor, and finally concluded.

"Within a week, let the weapons department forge 500 sets of armor, at least to increase to hundreds of alchemy forging machines...

But for now, there is no need to add more for the time being, 30 alchemy forging machines are enough for us. "

Lauren nodded slightly.

"Since that's the case, I won't force you.

But you also need to produce all the alchemy forging machines in the fastest way. "

"The front of the orcs will soon touch the city of Huiyue, and their first wave of attack may not pose much threat.

But once the opponent's attack is blocked, they will definitely ask for help. "

"When the main force of the orcs comes, we must fight a tough battle.

Now, it's time for the Department of Arms to play its role."

Lauren's words were serious, and Drew's face became serious.

"Lord Lauren, the Weapons Department will do our best to serve you!"

Lord Laurent values ​​the weapons department so much, if they don't make some achievements, they will really die.

Lauren's eyes softened a little, and he glanced around the room.

"Where is the weapon designer who researched the furry bear cavalry armor and the alchemy forging machine?"

After seeing the extraordinaryness of the alchemy forging machine, he really wanted to chat with this talented weapon designer.

I don't know if the other party has any new ideas, such as designing several fully automatic alchemy crossbows that can shoot continuously as long as the soldiers pull the trigger...

Or the alchemy cannon that can smash the city wall with one shot...

He is very interested in the world's special magic alchemy technology.

Although this world does not have many energy sources from previous lives, magic can replace everything.

Those wild ideas in his mind may not be impossible to realize.

"My lord, I have already summoned someone to summon..."

As soon as Drew finished speaking, a middle-aged man with a big beard stepped into the house.

When the other party saw Lauren, he immediately showed some joy on his face, and hurried forward to salute.

"Lord Lauren, good day."

Drew hurriedly said at this time, "Nake, Lord Laurent is mentioning you..."

Roren looked at this extremely rare weapon designer and smiled slightly.

"Nake, I have seen the alchemy forging machine, the idea is very good and practical.

Do you have any new ideas? If you have something, you can boldly say it. If there is a practical effect, I will fully support you. "

Nack immediately showed an extremely bright smile after being praised by Lauren himself.

This is the noble descendant of the Bauhinia family, the master of the City of Glorious Moon, the king who controls the fate of everyone.

It is undoubtedly an extremely honorable thing to be recognized by the other party.

Although there was a period of vicissitudes of experience, the knowledge is not comparable to ordinary people, but at the moment I am quite happy in my heart.

Respond quickly.

"Master Lauren, after creating the alchemy forging machine, many ideas really came to my mind."

"Recently, I saw the apprentices of the crossbow factory making arrows with bare hands. An arrow needs to be split from a giant tree, cut off, and then slowly polished into a round shape, and then inlaid with arrowheads and arrow feathers...

The whole operation requires dozens of steps, which is a waste of time. "

"I thought about it day and night, and I came up with an alchemy machine that can quickly polish arrows. With a little manipulation, a piece of log can be directly polished into dozens of arrows. At that time, only the arrows and arrow feathers will be inlaid. It can be made."

"In this way, at least half of the labor will be saved, and the efficiency will be increased several times..."

Lauren looked at Nack in surprise.

He didn't expect that in just ten days, the other party conceived a new alchemy machine.

Hearing what the other party said, one can feel that this alchemy machine can definitely greatly improve the production efficiency of arrows.

Arrows look simple, but it is very difficult to actually produce them.

It is necessary to cut the length of the arrow body to an appropriate level, and to polish it smooth with sanding, step by step, requiring a lot of craftsmanship.

There are currently hundreds of apprentices working in the Arrow Factory, consuming a lot of labor.

On the last bloody day, Lauren suffered from insufficient arrow reserves, and the subsequent battle was extremely difficult.

There will be another series of battles in the future, and he will naturally not stop investing in this aspect.

At this time, when Nack mentioned it, he was immediately moved.

"So, you already have a sketch in your mind? If you are given enough manpower and resources, when can it be produced at the earliest?"

Nack hesitated for a moment, and finally he was a little uncertain.

"This alchemy machine is different from the alchemy forging machine, the alchemy forging machine is a mature machine, I just reproduced it.

But this machine still needs to be debugged and improved, and it may not be able to make such a fast progress. "

Lauren nodded, he was mentally prepared for this.

"It's okay. In this way, I will assign you a quota of 20 people. You can choose the manpower and form a new research department."

"This department is fully managed by you and is directly responsible to me. It is dedicated to the research of alchemy machines and top-level equipment."

If you want to develop the industry of Huiyue City, you must stop investing in scientific research.

Knuck had proven his worth, and Lauren wasn't going to skimp on that.

"Your recognition is my honor!"

Nack's face flushed with excitement.

Although he is now a member of the weapons department, his status is not low.

But how can it be cool to control a department by yourself and be directly responsible for the master of Huiyue City?

From a dying refugee in exile, he now has no worries about food and clothing, and is even about to go a step further, becoming a superior with power.

The heart will naturally not be peaceful.

Lauren nodded, then seemed to think of something, and said with interest.

"Although I don't have much experience in weaponry design, I have found some special alchemy machines in some ancient books.

Let me tell you right now to see if it is possible to forge these special alchemy machines. "

Nack didn't care much at first when he heard the words, thinking that Lauren was just talking casually.

But after he opened his mouth, he was immediately stunned.

What can surpass the flying machine that flies with sound, the alchemy bomb with an attack range of tens of thousands of kilometers... each one is more mysterious than the other.

But the point is that the other party can still come up with some principles. Although it is very shallow, after thinking about it, it is really possible to realize it...

However, the complexity of the materials and the superb technology required are not what he and the current City of Glory Moon can complete.

But after all, it was a direction, which also made Nake not dare to underestimate the ruler of the city of Huiyue.

After talking about the whimsical alchemy machines in front of him, Nack felt that Lauren said some ideas that were very likely to be realized.

For example, alchemy tillers and seeders for plowing land, alchemy quarryers and excavators for ore mining...

But among these ideas, the easiest to forge is an attack weapon - fully automatic alchemy crossbow.

Lauren wanted an alchemy crossbow that could store a large amount of arrows and shoot them continuously when needed.

When the crossbow arrows are shot, you can directly replace the crossbow arrow box for the second round of shooting.

Originally, he thought that this weapon was very difficult, but he didn't expect that Nak thought its manufacturing technology was relatively simple.

There are more than a dozen designs of crossbow bolts in Nake's mind, and he even knows how to make magic crossbow bolts.

It is only necessary to take out those knowledge reserves to make certain fusion changes and add crossbow arrows.

The only regret is that the manufactured alchemy crossbow may become even larger in size.

At that time, two people are needed to operate.

There is a gap between the idea of ​​carrying it in one's pocket alone and taking it out to shoot whenever you want to use it, as Lauren said.

However, Nak believes that it is not impossible to improve in the later stage. It is also feasible to reduce the scale, reduce the power, and use higher-level elements to drive it...

It didn't even occur to Lauren that he just talked to Nack with some tentative ideas but got a few pieces of information that surprised him.

In particular, the alchemy Liannuac patted his chest guarantee that he could make it within 20 days, which made him feel good.

He originally thought that it would take a long time to produce the alchemy machine he wanted, but he didn't expect such a surprise.

If the alchemy crossbow is being produced, the scene will be extremely spectacular.

Thousands of alchemy crossbows are placed on the city wall. When the enemy approaches, the soldiers defending the city don't need to fight melee. ...

Thinking of this scene, he couldn't help but smile.