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Mystic Yellow Tang Manor · Council Hall
Two days later
The heads of the various branches and the clan elders had gathered in full force, their grave gazes fixed on the two people standing solemnly below the hall—Xia Ying and Ding Lang.
Xia Ying walked to the central position in the hall and met the many scrutinizing eyes gathered upon her from above.
Her face was as calm as still water. Her words were clear, yet she made no deliberate effort to raise her voice; her steady tone carried perfectly through the solemn hall. "Esteemed elders and managers of the Tang Clan, I am Xia Ying. I will now briefly outline the core requirements for the categories of civilian products the Chen Clan intends to entrust to your family for production."
She then began laying them out one by one, her tone measured and unhurried, highly organized and structured. "The primary entrusted projects are as follows:
Basic implements: such as improved components for refined-iron farming tools—the blade edges must have enhanced resistance to wear, and the overall center of gravity must be balanced; standard cookware liners—the material is to be based on refined wrought iron, with uniform wall thickness and no sand holes; bearing components of specified dimensions—the inner-diameter error must be strictly controlled within a tolerance of 'plus or minus half a silk'..."
She made it clear that these were all mass-produced goods commonly seen in forging workshops, and that their core competitiveness lay in "reliability and durability" and "high standardization."
Structural equipment: such as civilian passenger and freight carriages, including structurally reinforced longitudinal beams, extended load-bearing chassis girders, and key reinforced suspension joint components—they had to possess overall structural strength and fatigue resistance exceeding that of ordinary carriages.
Precision components: there were also some