Chapter 264: Celebrities "So, Luo went in."
Luo Ben, the magistrate of Yangzhou, cupped his hands towards Li Jin, opened the door, and invited his teacher and the fat man named Zhou to enter.
It was so simple.
Shi Yanduan and Zhou Fu looked at each other with disbelief on their faces.
Based on the experience of the two of them, in the past, when they met the county magistrate for a long time, the magistrate would make a show of it no matter what the matter was, and would only send someone in through the back corner door until the guests were so tired of waiting.
Now that Zhu Chongjiugui is the general manager of Huaiyang, the two of them can enter on their own without any notification.
This kind of courtesy is really flattering.
When Robben first entered the shogunate, he was not used to his lord's casualness.
But after working there for a long time, I gradually became free and easy.
Seeing that neither his teacher nor the guests dared to move, he smiled and explained in a low voice: "Teacher, Brother Shen, you two just go inside.
The chief manager has always been so easy-going, he only cares about whether others are willing to work hard and doesn't care about others.
Red Tape” "No wonder, no wonder the general manager has become a powerful prince in less than two years.
He is indeed an extraordinary person and does extraordinary things."
Shen Fu immediately came back to his senses and moved his legs with emotion.
Shi Yanduan was a little more reserved than him, but he also traveled extensively and met some well-known people.
After thinking for a while, he followed him through the door.
Then he turned around and said to Robben in a very low voice, "Do you come here often?
It seems that the chief manager seems to rely on you quite a lot.
You brought two strangers to see him, and you didn't even bother to search him?"
"Don't dare to rely on others."
Robben blushed at the praise, waved his hands, and responded in a low voice, "Although the chief steward came from a humble background, he was well-read in poems and books, and was courteous to virtuous people.
He trusted his disciples and other scholars who came to seek refuge with him.
When I was in Huai'an , if everyone comes to see him for business, no matter how late it is, you can come in and out of the general manager's house.
I have never seen him give anyone a look.
As for the body search, with his ability, let alone the three of us, the master and the apprentice, are just here.
Eight of them, I’m afraid they can’t withstand the power of his sword.”
"In this way, he is both civil and military."
Shi Yanduan thought for a moment and admired in a low voice.
"My mentor has never heard of the Qin Yuan Chun he wrote while drunk.
He is not a great hero.
Who can possibly write it?"
Robben immediately took over the conversation, showing off with admiration on his face.
"I cherish the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, who are slightly less talented in literature, and the Tang Zong and Song Zu, who are a little less charming."
Shi Yanduan nodded and hummed casually.
"When I was a teacher in Jiangnan, my ears were filled with the song "Qinyuan Chun".
Many people tried to sing the harmony, but the result was that they were unable to do so.
I think it is impossible to cultivate such a hegemonic spirit without going through a lot of fighting and iron horses.
People who hang out on the Qinhuai River may read a lot of books, but their horizons are eventually narrowed.”
While thinking about it, I was thinking about where I would go in the future.
Over the years, traveling all over the country, he has met many heroes.
But these heroes either conquered a land as big as a palm and were busy being emperors and choosing concubines, or they killed people and set fires just to be recruited in the future.
Except for Liu Futong and Zhao Junyong, no one really had far-sightedness.
As for Liu Futong and Zhao Jun, the former is narrow-minded and has no tolerance for others.
The latter is magnanimous on the outside but feminine on the inside, and can share adversity but not wealth.
Only Zhu Chongjiu, who was born as a pig butcher, was left, and he sounded like a bit of a hero.
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I just don’t know if the rumors can be taken seriously, and if it’s because of his reputation that it’s hard to live up to it.
Shen Fu, who was walking in front of the two of them, was not paying attention to whether Zhu Chongjiu had read books or whether he was a hero.
As a wealthy businessman, what he cares about is what effect will be achieved after his 100,000 stones of grain are smashed, how much time and effort it will take, and whether he can recover the cost from the three places of Huaiyang.
According to the current normal rice price in Jiangnan, one stone of rice can be sold for almost 300 copper coins, and one hundred thousand stone rice is equivalent to 30,000 guanzuse copper coins.
If we can get some privileges from Zhu Tutu, 30,000 yuan will be the toll for the road.
In the future, I hope to recover the cost, 300,000 yuan or 3 million yuan can be earned continuously.
And if Butcher Zhu becomes as greedy as Xu Shouhui, the 30,000 yuan will be in vain.
From now on, the fleet shops under the Shen family's name should also try to avoid any formal relationship with the Huaiyang Governor's Mansion, lest they fail to make any profits and instead get into trouble.
"This yard was just built half a month ago.
It uses old bricks dug out from the ruins, and the cement is baked by the official kiln itself."
There are guests here, so of course Robben can't visit.
While chatting with his teacher, he walked a few steps quickly, gesturing to guide Shen Fu and introducing him proudly.
"People in the south of the Yangtze River have already seen this thing.
It is indeed very magical.
With it, it is possible to build a 100-foot embankment overnight without any effort."
Shen Fu is very good at doing things.
He immediately followed Robben's tone and complimented loudly. , "What's even more rare is that this thing can slowly condense even in rainy weather.
And after it dries, it is no longer afraid of water.
In the future, the people in the south of the Yangtze River will never suffer from floods, and the general manager will be the Buddha for thousands of families. " "It's not just the people of Jiangnan who will benefit."
Luo Ben was so impressed that he felt comfortable in his heart.
He nodded and continued to add proudly, "The reason why my manager created this thing was to enable the people of Yangzhou to rebuild as soon as possible.
Home.
And all the profits from the sale of cement were converted into rice grains and went into the mouths of Yangzhou soldiers and civilians."
"If the general manager has such a benevolent heart, why worry about the uncertainty of the world?"
Shen Fu pretended to cup his hands in the direction across the courtyard and prayed loudly.
"Brother Shen, please go this way, turn right, and pass the Moon Gate in front.
Pay attention to your feet.
The stone bricks under your feet are also made of cement and sandstone.
They are a bit slippery, so be careful not to fall."
Robben said nothing.
He nodded suspiciously, then gestured to guide the guest in the right direction.
In order to promote cement to the people as much as possible, the Yangzhou government offices and the residences of officials at all levels that were rebuilt on the ruins used cement as much as possible.
So along the way, application examples of new materials can be seen everywhere.
At first, the wealthy businessman Shen Fu praised him casually and flattered the owner of the house without meaning to.
Later, I discovered that cement has more and more uses, and even the bridge deck on the pond can be directly pressed with cement added with some kind of ribs.
When I couldn't help but think to myself, "Although this thing It sells very cheaply and is quite laborious to transport.
However, once it spreads, the usage is huge.
If you can buy the formula and open a local workshop, you can save a lot of money every day.
It’s a good deal.
I just don’t know if Mr.
Zhu is easy to talk to and willing to transfer the prescription.”
He can earn millions of dollars at the end of an imperial court as a humble servant, so his mind must be first-class and flexible.
Immediately, he saw the huge business opportunities contained in the cement and secretly came up with the idea of a formula.
Colluding with the local government to rob someone by clever means will definitely not work.
Then Butcher Zhu himself is the big owner of the Huaiyang company, so he will definitely not cut off his own flesh to benefit outsiders.
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And it may not be realistic to send dead soldiers raised in the family to steal the master.
Recently, the Huai'an army has been catching spies everywhere, causing chaos inside and outside the city.
If you rashly send someone here who speaks with a foreign accent, he will probably be arrested and beaten to death before he can find out the secret of the cement.
And the backer standing behind him at this moment probably didn't have the courage to confront Butcher Zhu.
If he found out that he had provoked the Huai'an army, he might not even have to ask Butcher Zhu to come to ask for guilt, so he would just tie up all the hundreds of Shen family members on a boat and send them over.
Just as I was thinking dullly, a loud sound suddenly came from my ears, "bang".
Immediately afterwards, there was a landslide and tsunami of cheers, "hit, hit, one hundred and fifty steps."
"One hundred and fifty steps, you can destroy the armor company, Lao Hei, from now on your big gun can rest."
"One hundred and fifty steps, you can indeed hit one hundred and fifty steps.
Master Jiao, you are really powerful."
"Move the target further, further away.
See where you can hit it accurately."
Zhu Tutu came up with another magical weapon.
Shen Fu and Shi Yanduan both stopped and turned their heads to ask Luo Ben for instructions.
Peeping into military secrets without permission is a crime of beheading.
The two of them had no credentials and no roots in Yangzhou, and they did not want to seek death themselves.
"Teacher and Brother Shen are waiting here for a moment.
It is estimated that the Chief Supervisor was testing out the new fire cannon with Master Jiao just now.
I will go over and report to my Supervisor in person, and then come back to invite you two in."
Yangzhou Magistrate Luo Ben was also shot Startled by the sound and cheers, he quickly led the guest to sit down on a stone bench next to the flower path.
He also waved for a soldier from the general manager's office to accompany him, then he straightened his clothes and trotted over to see what was going on.
As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Zhu Bayi holding a brand-new fire gun in his hand and gesticulating with Lian Laohei, the commander of the gun battalion, and Jiao Yu, the master craftsman.
Xu Hongsan and other guards looked around eagerly, as if the fire blunderbuss was made of pure gold.
"How did you think of it?
How did you think of using a boring machine to draw such a spiral inside?
I originally thought that round projectiles could only be used with smoothbore guns.
I didn't expect that you actually developed a rifled gun based on just a few words from me.
"Come out."
Zhu Bayi was obviously very excited and didn't notice Robben approaching at all.
He just kept asking questions to Jiao Yu.
Note 1 "Little man, when I compared the two types of blunderbuss tubes, I found that although the double-layered tube rolled with iron plates was easier to explode than the drilled one, the bullets could hit farther and the accuracy was much higher.
"The great craftsman Jiao Yu still looked like he was not worthy of being on the stage.
He kept rubbing the hem of his clothes with his hands and stuttered in response.
"Later, I heard from the Governor and the Grand Governor that if rifling could be carved into the barrel, the range of the projectile could be increased.
So, I first drilled a barrel out of fine steel, and then imitated the rolled iron barrel.
I made a stainless steel stick out of the lines inside the tube.
Then I heated the tube red, put it on the stick, and pressed it repeatedly to create rifling.
I just wanted to give it a try, but I didn’t expect it would really work.”
"Well, it's very valuable that you can draw parallels."
Zhu Bayi excitedly fiddled with the first rifled gun in the air at this time, and he was also a little incoherent.
"Also, there is a layer of soft lead wrapped around this projectile, which can be called a stroke of genius.
I just don't know if the same rifling can be carved with a boring machine and engraved in the barrel.
If possible, in the future, four-pound guns, It doesn’t feel like tasteless anymore.”
"It's probably too much."
Master Craftsman Jiao Yu thought for a while and quickly shook his head.
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"The tube of the fire gun in the governor's hand is made of fine steel, which is not afraid of bullet grinding.
The barrel is made of bronze, which has more than enough toughness but not enough rigidity.
If the rifling is engraved, it will be too shallow and will not be used for a few times.
It may be worn down by projectiles, and if the cannon is carved too deep, it will be easy to explode, which is not worth the loss."
"Hiss, that's right."
Zhu Bayi took a breath of air.
They only thought about increasing the range, but they forgot that the artillery they were building now had the most fatal risk of exploding the barrel.
At present, the Huai'an Army's artillery-making technology is obviously stuck at a bottleneck.
If you want to significantly increase the range without increasing the weight of the gun body, I am afraid it will require more experience and technology accumulation.
"Then, can you use fine steel to make cannons?"
Robben listened intently and couldn't help but interjected.
After he finished speaking, he realized that he had been rude.
He quickly cupped his fists and bowed, apologizing in a low voice, "General manager, great craftsman, please don't blame me.
I don't know anything about making tools.
Just now, what I just said was pure nonsense."
"It's not impossible to give it a try."
Jiao Yu, the great craftsman, was a natural-born technology madman.
He waved his hand and responded with a frown, "The fine steel refined in our workshop now is several times stronger than the original quality.
It is used to make As for the cannon, hiss, it’s much more expensive than bronze, and it may not have enough toughness.”
After thinking about it, he quickly squatted down and used a branch to draw on the ground, "In this way, like a gun barrel, two layers are used.
First cast a steel cannon inside, and use a boring machine to draw out the rifling.
Then put another one on the outside.
No need for copper sleeves.
If it is too thick, use a fine steel core to make up for the lack of hardness of the bronze, and use a bronze outer tube to make up for the toughness and heat dissipation of the steel.
If it is well made, the weight may not increase much, but the range and the number of consecutive shots may be increased by at least one. times" Note 1: Early front-loading rifled guns also used round projectiles.
Although the range is longer than that of a rifled gun, it has several disadvantages such as being more difficult to load than a smoothbore gun and easily exploding the chamber.
It wasn't until French Captain Migne invented the Migne bullet that the musket completely exited the stage
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