My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 111 Liaodong Incident
Although there is a pulsating production line that is a step further than the assembly line, it has stricter requirements for organization and standardization, and requires managers to have extremely high professional standards.

Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, even Li Han himself is not at that level.

Copying the Pulse production line with the level of Daming Handicraft Workshop will only backfire.

Besides, pulse production lines are mostly used to build aircraft, so they are not suitable for making guns and ammunition.

Let the workers of the Ming Dynasty first understand what standardization is.

According to the current industrial level of the Ming Dynasty, Li Han compiled a complete set of assembly line industrial processes for the manufacture of firearms and ammunition.

Then I wrote the reply and found a lot of introductory video tutorials on what is systematization and standardization, and copied them into a USB drive.

The next day, I bought several computers and pocket projectors, along with solar chargers, and stuffed them into mailboxes in batches.

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"Master Li, among this batch of 200 needle-fired guns, only 175 are qualified. Of the remaining 25, 15 have unqualified barrels, 7 firing pins cannot effectively hit the bullet, and the rest cannot fire at all!"

In the Industry Department, the person in charge was reporting the situation of gun production to Li Min.

"Due to the heavy workload, the craftsmen worked overnight. Many of them had just completed training. It was normal for them to make mistakes in a hurry. We cannot blame them too much."

As the chief spoke, he looked at Li Min, who had no expression on his face. "Sir, if there are not enough skilled craftsmen, it is almost impossible to complete the production of tens of thousands of needle-fired guns after the autumn examination!"

Li Min nodded. He knew exactly what the boss was talking about.

He racked his brains to transfer a lot of workers from various factories. Although it alleviated the urgent problem temporarily, the consequence was that the yield rate of guns became lower and lower.

If this continues, there will be no benefit except wasting precious materials and time!

But the order issued by His Majesty must be completed, and Li Min knew clearly the significance of the needle-fired gun in the Northern Expedition.

"Master Liu." Li Min thought for a moment and spoke.

"I am here, Lord Li, please tell me what you want to do."

"We need to slow down the production speed for now. First of all, we need to ensure that the guns and ammunition are fully qualified. Once there is a problem with the guns on the battlefield, it will cost the lives of countless soldiers!"

"I understand, Lord Li, if the speed is slowed down, how are we going to explain to His Majesty?" the chief asked worriedly.

"Your Majesty, I will explain it myself. This is not something you should consider!"

Li Min's expression was so serious that the person in charge, Liu, also became solemn.

"However, if such a large number of useless guns appear again, I will hold you responsible!"

"Don't worry, sir. I will not worry about such a crucial matter!"

Not only Li Min was worried about production problems, but Zhu Yuanzhang was also the same, but he had to worry about more things.

Jinyiwei had sent back news from the north that the Mongolian tribes were now making frequent moves and seemed to be planning to attack from the south. Zhu Yuanzhang had expected this, but the urgent secret letter from Mao Xiang from Liaodong made him tense.

Wang's Goryeo seemed to be in frequent secret contacts with Nahachu, the governor of Liaodong from the Yuan court stationed in Liaodong, seeking to invade southern Liaoning!
In the second year of Hongwu, Wang's Goryeo sent envoys to the Ming Dynasty to beg for enthronement and to establish tributary relations.

At that time, in order to sever the ties between the Yuan court and Goryeo, Zhu Yuanzhang chose to enthrone the King of Goryeo, formally established a tribute system, and bestowed great rewards on Goryeo.

During these ten years, although King Gongmin of Goryeo submitted to the Ming Dynasty on the surface, he still had ties with the Yuan court behind the scenes and had many secret collusion with them.

For the sake of stability in southern Liaoning, he chose to turn a blind eye to Goryeo's despicable behavior of being indecisive. After all, Prince Gongmin did not actually do anything to harm the Ming Dynasty.

But in the past few years, the powerful Goryeo minister Yi In-im secretly murdered King Gongmin and supported the puppet Sin Don to take the throne and become the new King of Goryeo!
Conspiring to murder the King of Goryeo who was personally appointed by Zhu Yuanzhang and supporting a puppet to take power was a slap in the face of the Ming Dynasty, which Zhu Yuanzhang absolutely could not tolerate!
He immediately severed the tributary relationship with Goryeo, but due to the threat from the Yuan court in the north, he did not "attack Goryeo".

At this time, at this critical juncture, how dare those two despicable villains, Yi In-im and Sin Don of Goryeo, collude with Nahachu of the Yuan court and conspire to invade southern Liaoning?
Goryeo is seeking its own death!
The Liaodong governor, Nahachu, is now the most powerful official in the Yuan court. He controls most of the Yuan court's main cavalry. Based in Liaodong, he can threaten southern Liaoning and even Shanhaiguan at any time!

This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang has been carrying out the Northern Expedition for so many years. How can he allow others to sleep soundly beside his bed?

The Northern Expedition was of urgency. If Nahachu was eliminated, the Yuan court would have no soldiers or generals available.

Not only was it to destroy the Yuan court and eliminate the Oirat and other Mongolian tribes, but it was also to incorporate Liaodong into the territory of the Ming Dynasty and establish a provincial administration.

In his plan, controlling Liaodong would further squeeze the living space of the Jurchens and find opportunities to exterminate them. More importantly, he would form a comprehensive encirclement and suppression campaign against Goryeo in the north and force it to completely surrender!
But the premise of all this is that there are enough guns and ammunition!

I need more craftsmen!
I don’t know if Lao Li can help us produce a large number of craftsmen. Zhu Yuanzhang threw this ridiculous idea out of his mind and decided to be more practical and see if Lao Li has any good ideas to solve this urgent problem.

When he arrived at the Buddhist temple, he saw several computers and projectors placed on the Buddhist table, and his mood immediately brightened.

After Li Min moved the computer to the Industrial Department, it was never returned.

Their reasons are very sufficient. Is it more important for Your Majesty to watch pictures or to train craftsmen?
Zhu Yuanzhang was not a foolish king, so he naturally knew the importance of the latter, but he felt like something was missing in his heart.

Now I see so many computers and I count them. There are seven in total. So it shouldn't be too much to keep one for myself, right?
I couldn't wait to go to the Buddhist table, picked up the letter and started reading.

As soon as he saw the content, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately became very alert, because Li Han's tone was much more serious than before.

"Old Zhu, the Northern Expedition is a matter of great importance and cannot be neglected.

As for the specific combat deployment, you are more professional than me, and you have many famous generals under your command, such as Xu Da, Li Wenzhong, Tang He, etc., so I will not interfere too much.

Here I only give you one suggestion, that is the political propaganda and mobilization work of the war."

Political propaganda and mobilization work?

What new term is this?

He scratched his head. He recognized every word written by Lao Li, but he couldn't understand what they meant when they were put together.

However, the emergence of new terms meant that Lao Li had brought new thoughts and ideas. Zhu Yuanzhang was delighted and continued reading.

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(End of this chapter)