Joseon Ironworks (2)

“Are you really saying you’ll step in and reduce our Ministry of Works’ workload?”

“Because producing things such as weapons and tools is of the utmost importance to Joseon’s development.”

For example, even when cleaning, efficiency differs greatly depending on whether one has cleaning tools such as dustpans, brooms, and rags.

Thus, humans have made and used tools to perform difficult, time-consuming, and laborious tasks more efficiently.

Thanks to this almost instinctive ability, humans—who possess little physical advantage over other animals aside from their throwing power—were able to become the rulers of Earth.

“In fact, from now on, the Ministry of Works’ duties will only continue to increase; they can’t possibly decrease.”

First, I intend to build an ironworks, and after that, I plan to throw designs for all kinds of new machines at the Ministry of Works and tell Jang Yeong-sil to make them.

Manual washing machines, lathes or drilling machines powered by animal traction or water power, flying shuttles, looms, cotton gins, spinning machines, and so on...

If I add a few explanations to rough drawings based on ideas I came up with, Jang Yeong-sil will make all of it himself.

Even the matchlock, although I only gave him a very rough design and idea...