Throne of Vientiane Civilization

Frontline intelligence is very important to Zhou Xu. Only when the frontline news is delivered back in time can he adjust subsequent support arrangements based on the latest situation, just like now.

In order to avoid some embarrassing situations where I will give you weapons when you are short of food, and I will give you food if you are short of weapons.

At this moment, after confirming the latest report sent back by Li Ce, Zhou Xu almost made adjustments to the specific arrangements for the next wave of logistical supplies as quickly as possible.

At the same time, counting the time, the next time the energy channel is opened, their first mass-produced scale armor should be ready for shipment.

That's right, it's about making scale armor. As for the officer's 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 and Zhou Chongshan are still wearing rattan armor at the moment. Leaving aside the time-consuming and labor-intensive production problem, the armor itself is not inferior to rattan armor in terms of defensive strength, but it is also lighter than iron armor.

For now, there is no need to waste manpower and material resources to replace them with metal armor. Use them if you can. This is Zhou Xu's current thinking.

Of course, whether he should continue to make rattan armor in the future is undoubtedly an issue that he needs to consider carefully.

Because the raw materials for making rattan armor need to be soaked and dried for a long time and multiple times.

At this moment, the raw materials processed last year have been put into the production of rattan armor after the last wave of processing. The next time the energy channel is opened, they should be able to drive out this batch of rattan armor.

And if this Tengjia continues to work, then they should start processing a new batch of raw materials now.

In response to this issue, Zhou Xu fell into deep thought and directly issued an order to ask the Ordnance and Equipment Department to send him a statistical comparison of the investment in the production of rattan armor and the investment in new scale armor.

Zhuang Mengdie was in charge of the production of these armors and equipment, and she kept all the data in her mind. When Zhou Xu asked about it, Zhuang Mengdie was not vague at all and immediately wrote a report and sent it over.

You won’t know if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it.

Although the raw materials for rattan armor are cheaper, they are more labor-intensive to process.

The basic process is to start processing the raw materials in the first year. If everything goes well, the production of rattan armor will not start until the second year.

It is based on an annual cycle, and there will be a loss rate if the raw materials are not handled properly.

Looking back at the scale armor, after the forging department completed the armor plate molds, they directly cast them in batches, then polished them. After polishing, they were sent to the manual department, which strung them into scale armor.

Including the time required for casting and polishing in the forging department, and assuming that the armor makers in the handicraft department are skilled, the production cycle of a set of scale armor is almost a week.

Later, the time of the forging department and the manual department can actually overlap. They can enter a state of working at the same time. In this way, the production cycle of a set of scale armor can be further shortened. .

Regarding this aspect, Zhuang Mengdie gave a number of five days after statistics.

From forging armor pieces to hand-making scale armor, a team of laborers used a five-day cycle to produce a set of scale armor, which equaled six sets in thirty days a month.

Arrange ten groups of people and sixty sets can be made in a month.

But Tengjia takes more than a year, and the final product may not necessarily have 60 sets. The gap is not small.

And there is a more core key here.

That is the production efficiency of scale armor, which can be improved by increasing the labor force.

But rattan armor is not good. How long does it take to soak and dry the raw materials? Those are all rigid conditions, and it cannot be done quickly at all.

Thinking of this, Zhou Xu finally understood why the rattan armor could not become popular in history.

"Pass my order and tell the handicraft department that there is no need to continue with the subsequent production of rattan armor."

It's not like Zhou Xu never thought that he could make a few fewer sets and distribute them to the generals individually.

But in fact, if you think about it carefully, the value of this rattan armor is actually not that great, and there is no need to engage in such operations.

At this point, their army in the Great Zhou Dynasty officially entered the era of scale armor.

In order to ensure the efficiency of armor production, under the premise that there was already an 'Ordnance and Equipment Headquarters' covering everything, he set up a special department called the 'Armor Manufacturing Department' below.

Just like the name of the department, this department will be responsible for researching and manufacturing armors from now on.

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 there are limits to what an ordinary person can do.

If you let an ordinary person master too many technologies, do this and do that, in the end, the other person will probably not be able to do anything well.

Therefore, Zhou Xu plans to further divide each department.

After arranging things here, Zhou Xu certainly didn't forget to pay attention to the training situation of the mountain soldiers in Tieshan Village.

"Is there a report from Tieshan Village delivered today?"

"some."

While responding, the attendants on the side quickly started searching.

"Your Majesty, here."

While talking, the entourage respectfully presented the report sent from Tieshan Village to Zhou Xu.

After receiving the report, Zhou Xu raised his eyes and glanced at the other party.

"It seems that you are quite accustomed to the work here."

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. My subordinates are quite adaptable."

Upon hearing this, the follower responded while his body tensed up.

At this time, the entourage waiting respectfully aside to help Zhou Xu organize the documents was none other than Wang Pengfei.

Of course, calling him a follower is not quite appropriate. Wang Pengfei's position here is more like an assistant.

After all, with the promotion of their internal text in Dazhou, the management's regular reports are now sent to him in the form of text.

Under this premise, considering the issue of work efficiency, Zhou Xu definitely needs someone to help him handle some trivial chores, such as sorting out documents.

It doesn’t mean that you just pile them all up there. You have to classify the various documents and arrange them according to their priorities.

At this stage, although writing has begun to be promoted, it is not easy for Zhou Xu to find a literate assistant.

So he thought for a while and simply arrested Wang Pengfei.

After leaving Tieshan Village, Wang Pengfei discovered that every other village in their country was better than Tieshan Village where he stayed before, and the living conditions were at least two or three levels higher.

He has been working as Zhou Xu's assistant for almost a week now. Since he is literate, this job is very easy for him. However, every time Zhou Xu asks him something, he always gets nervous.

For this fellow countryman who summoned him, he now always has a bit of awe in his heart.