Chapter 44: Economy "There are always people trying to sneak in here and spy on the secrets of our Huai'an Army, but they don't know that the real secrets can be seen on the river.
However, they are all blind."
Huang Laowai is not broad-minded at all.
He looked at everyone the same way everyone looked at him in the meeting hall before, and continued to add slowly.
The real secret lies neither in the barrel nor in the musket.
As long as we can get samples of those things and let the craftsmen work piece by piece, they can be pieced together bit by bit.
In his eyes, the biggest secret of the Huai'an Army, and even the entire Huaiyang General Manager's Office, is the waterwheels standing in the river, as well as the various waterwheels pushed by the waterwheels that everyone has carefully thought out. ingenious machinery.
That is the soul of the entire Huaiyang Baigongfang, and even the soul of the entire Huaiyang.
It's just that his view doesn't get much recognition at all.
Almost most of the visitors who were forcibly brought here by Zhu Chongjiu were shocked by the densely packed waterwheels towering on the river, and turned a deaf ear to his words.
Seeing this, Huang Laowai didn't waste any more words.
He smiled softly and led everyone to continue walking towards the money-making workshop, "Everyone, please pay attention.
Whatever you see inside, you can only rot in your heart, and no one can tell it outside.
Including your own family, try your best to Don't mention it.
Otherwise, the two principals Chen and Zhang will have to come to ask for advice."
"You have been reminded by Chief Huang.
Of course we know about this."
All the officials felt a sudden shock in their hearts and responded very unhappily.
Chen Ji is in charge of the Military Intelligence Department, and Zhang Song is in charge of the Internal Affairs Department.
When discussing matters, their words do not carry much weight.
But the power in the hands of these two people is somewhat scary.
Especially when it comes to the core secrets of the Huai'an Army, anyone who is jointly targeted by the Military Intelligence and Internal Affairs Departments will have to shed a layer of their skin even if they don't die.
"Master Huang was joking."
After finally saving his image a little bit, Zhang Song was not willing to use Huang Lao Wai as a knife.
Before Huang Lao Wai could continue to use the topic, he quickly added a few words, "As the saying goes Experts watch the door, laymen watch the fun.
Who else can understand what is here except the people in your work bureau and the master craftsman's courtyard?
At most, they are just watching the fun, and they are not qualified to leak secrets. " "Hahaha" everyone was amused by his wise words.
The feeling of disdain that had been accumulated in my heart was instantly reduced a lot.
"Please come inside, everyone, please continue to come inside, and pay attention to your steps.
The humidity on the riverside is heavy, and the steps are a bit slippery."
Zhang Song succeeded with one move, and simply kept up his efforts.
He simply took the initiative to replace Huang Laowai's role as the guide and led everyone further into the depths of the money-making workshop.
Not long after, everyone entered the workshop.
Looking around, I saw only an empty hall.
Two craftsmen and a dozen ordinary craftsmen were gesticulating around two iron lumps the size of four-wheeled carriages.
Next to the two iron lumps, there is a stack of half-foot-square lead and copper plates neatly placed.
The surface of each plate is polished very smooth, and the shadow of a person can be clearly seen.
"General Manager, Chief Huang, Chief Zhang" Seeing Zhu Chongjiu's arrival, the craftsmen immediately stopped what they were doing and raised their hands to salute.
Zhu Chongjiu returned the military salute he created with a smile, and then shouted loudly, "You're welcome.
You should do whatever you want and just pretend we haven't been here."
"We're almost ready.
We're just waiting for the chief manager to come and make the first cut."
The two craftsmen were both old men who had been working behind Zhu Chongjiu since the Huai'an workshop was first built.
Xiaohehe stepped back half a step, revealing the machine behind him.
Although they are called forging machines, the appearance of the two machines is completely different from the machines originally used to forge armor in Xuzhou.
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The entire body of each building is made of fine steel, and the surface and edges are finely polished with sand and gravel, making it as warm and moist as jade.
As usual, there is a huge pig iron forging hammer hanging on the first one, but the second one doesn't even have a forging hammer.
Instead, there are more than a dozen fine steel sticks as thick as a child's arm, hanging from the top of the forging bed and going straight down. in their respective casings.
Like pairs of teeth in the mouth of a beast.
"This is the new forging machine that Master Jiao made together with my lord last month.
It was originally used to emboss breastplates, but it was specially improved in order to press copper coins.
Master Jiao and I both spent a lot of effort on it.
"With a bit of pride, Huang Laowai pointed to the second forging bed and continued to show off.
"Don't be too busy asking for credit."
Mr.
Su was impatient and interrupted with a smile.
"If you can't make a copper coin that satisfies everyone in a while, it depends on how you end up."
"That's impossible as long as the master is here."
The person Huang Laowai admires the most, besides Zhu Chongjiu, is Su Mingzhe.
He raised his arms and swore, "I can issue a military order if" "Go away, I know that my lord can't kill you."
Mr.
Su glared and suppressed the second half of Huang Laowai's words.
After hearing this, everyone pursed their lips and smiled again.
The longer they get along, the more they understand how kind their lord is.
But Zhu Chongjiu was deeply influenced by the soul of another time and space, and took it as an honor to get along with his subordinates as equals.
Therefore, everyone is gradually becoming more and more unrestrained in their speech and behavior, and they are becoming more and more confident in dealing with others.
"As long as the master is here, there shouldn't be any problems."
When it comes to the ability to claim credit and receive rewards, Zhang Song is far more professional than Huang Laowai.
While everyone was still laughing, he started to introduce, "Boss Huang and Jiao, the three bosses, had already tried some tricks when they first made the sample money.
The forging machine is definitely powerful enough, and the problem most likely lies in the board.
In order to make the money more attractive, Jiao Dajiang and Huang also specially adjusted the ratio of copper, tin and lead many times.
The current type is the least likely to crack when pressed, and the new money produced when pressed has a luster.
And the most tempting” Everyone followed his gesture and their eyes fell on the copper plate next to the first forging bed again.
Sure enough, we found that the color of the copper plate was yellow with red in it.
If we were not prepared in advance, we could easily mistake it for pure gold.
"What's the cost?"
Zhu Chongjiu often dealt with various alloys in Baigongfang.
At a glance, he realized that the copper content of the board should be far more than 60%.
"My Lord, his eyes are as sharp as a torch."
Zhang Song immediately raised his thumb and praised with admiration, "Copper accounts for about 65%, tin accounts for 15%, and the rest is soft lead.
Wei Chen and Jiao Daxiang, Huang Zhushisan I have estimated that although the cost of making copper coins will be higher, it will still save a lot compared to melting copper water first and then casting it."
"Yeah" Zhu Chongjiu nodded with a smile.
"Now that you are sure, why not roll out a batch of money now and take a look.
Mr.
Huang, are the other components outside ready?"
"Ready."
Huang Laowai bowed slightly, the expression on his face became extremely solemn, "Just wait for the Lord's order."
"Let's start."
Zhu Chongjiu waved his hand vigorously, and instantly changed from the role of the general manager of Huaiyang to an operation squad leader who was qualified in another time and space in the 21st century.
"Yes" Huang Laowai responded loudly.
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He picked up a whistle from the lanyard on his chest and blew it several times, "Dudu, Dudu," "Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep," "doop, beep," a series of whistles responded.
Immediately afterwards, the ground beneath his feet suddenly trembled slightly, and a huge metal impact came over like a wave, hitting the eardrums of everyone present.
That was by no means a wonderful feeling.
Several civil servants who were in slightly worse health suddenly felt a splitting headache, and their internal organs and six internal organs were gushing out from their stomachs.
As for Huang Laowai and Jiao Yu, they both became more energetic as if they had listened to fairy music.
Each picked up a colorful flag from the side of the forging bed, walked to the window, and waved it vigorously.
At the same time, the whistle in his mouth continued to sound, "Dudu, Dudu," "Dudu, Dudu," "Dudu, Dudu," beep" Outside the factory, there was a continuous sound of huge metal banging coming in, mixed with an extremely heart-wrenching friction.
The ground beneath my feet shook more and more violently, and the whole house began to shake.
However, as the frequency of the whistle decreases, the impact sound gradually becomes less and the friction sound becomes more uniform little by little.
The ground under your feet no longer continues to shake, but trembles steadily with a constant rhythm like drizzle on a spring night.
"Lord, please turn on the phone."
Huang Laowai put down the corner flag, blew out the whistle, walked up to Zhu Chongjiu, and made a respectful gesture of invitation.
Zhu Chongjiu was already accustomed to the previous collision and friction sounds.
He smiled and nodded, walked towards a handle wrapped in red cloth next to the first forging bed, shook it slowly at first, and then pulled it down sharply.
"Bang, dang, dang," there was another series of harsh impact sounds, followed closely by the huge forging hammer, which was raised high, revealing several rows of round grooves below.
Each one is black and blue, with a faint light.
"Get on the board!"
Master Craftsman Jiao Yu shouted, taking the lead to lift a copper plate and neatly cover it on the groove.
Two ordinary craftsmen quickly turned the handle and firmly fixed the copper plate.
Immediately, Jiao Yu used his body to block Zhu Chongjiu and backed away, and at the same time waved his hand fiercely.
"Boom!"
The craftsman in charge of the first forging machine released the mechanism, and the huge forging hammer fell rapidly with the sound of wind.
Smash the copper plate until sparks fly everywhere.
Jiao Yu, the master of "reversing the car", did his part and continued to drink at the top of his lungs.
The craftsman in charge of operating the forging machine quickly pulled the handle that Zhu Zhongjiu had previously pulled, and with another harsh "bang, bang, bang, bang" sound, the forging hammer was slowly lifted again.
All the formed money cakes were exposed.
"Unload the cake and put on the new board" Jiao Yu's voice continued to sound, each voice full of pride and confidence.
The craftsmen quickly turned the mechanism and lifted down the mother trough of the money cake and the bare money handle inside.
Then a new mother groove was replaced, the new copper plate was fixed, and the next round of impact was carried out.
The unloaded mother trough, along with the money cakes inside, were carried to the second forging bed.
Huang Laowai directed the other craftsmen and craftsmen to turn over the mother trough and pour the bare money cake inside onto the operating table.
Then use iron tweezers to pick them up and stuff them one by one into the opposite mold under the steel pillar of the second forging bed.
After all the money cakes were installed in place, Huang Laowai quickly pulled the red handle on the second machine tool.
A dozen pillars slowly fell down with a mind-numbing noise, and were slowly nailed to the money cake.
"Creak, creak, creak", the heart-wrenching friction sound suddenly started to get muffled.
Immediately afterwards, the forging bed shuddered suddenly, and all ten metal pillars stopped with a "boom".
"Reverse the car," Huang Laowai ordered loudly in the same tone as Jiao Yu.
A craftsman standing beside him quickly pulled another handle wrapped in blue cloth.
"Bang, dang, dang," and with another long series of impacts, the metal pillar returned to the top at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Collect money" was Huang Laowai's order again.
There are two craftsmen, one on the left and one on the right, pulling the mechanism under the mold at the same time.
"Ding-ding-ding-ding", several golden copper coins fell out from the funnel under the second forging bed, rolling back and forth in the special metal tray.
"Successful."
Zhang Song rushed over, ignoring the hot copper coins, picked up a few coins, held them in the palm of his hand, blew with his mouth, and shouted loudly: "Congratulations, lord, congratulations, lord, I am Huaiyang Tongbao, It will be popular all over the world" Note 1 "Bring it to me and see" Zhu Chongjiu was very happy when he saw that the copper coin was successfully produced at one time.
He grabbed one from Zhang Song's hand and played with it carefully against the sunlight coming in from the window.
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I saw that the money was red-yellow in color and had an attractive luster.
The money text on the front and back is clear, soft and natural.
There are only some tiny metal burrs remaining on the outer edges of the money, which are a bit rough when touched with your fingers.
"This is only a dime, and there is still one last step left."
As if he guessed what Zhu Chongjiu was most concerned about, Huang Laowai quickly squatted down and grabbed a hot copper coin.
Then he took out a small steel file from his pocket, pointed it at the tray where the coins were placed, and used it three or two times to clean up the flaws on its outer contour.
"Weichen has discussed with Master Jiao that the last process will not be placed here.
To prevent the craftsmen from being distracted."
He handed the processed copper coins to Zhu Chongjiu, and he quickly grabbed the second one, processing it while quickly replenishing it.
A new apprentice can also do finishing work like this, and it doesn't matter if the copper coins are put on the market for a while, the edges will naturally be smoothed."
"Let's finish it off and keep improving."
Zhu Chongjiu compared the copper coins processed by Huang Laowai with the ones he originally snatched from Zhang Song, and ordered with a smile.
"You and Master Jiao can also consider using a machine to grind it, which is probably faster than manual work."
"Weichen thought about it, but it's not necessary."
Huang Laowai lowered his head and continued to polish the remaining copper coins while answering loudly, "If the machines do all the work, the apprentices will lose their temper.
No.
The manager who concealed the truth, when Wei Chen was an apprentice, he was the teacher My father has been wielding a sledgehammer for three years.
Weichen's three sons followed Weichen and they were also swinging sledgehammers all day long.
Now that the apprentices have entered the workshop, all the hard work has been done by machines, leaving only the rest.
Moving, moving, lifting, if this continues, it will be difficult to learn real things.”
Note 1: The process of machine coinage is far more complicated than what is described in this article.
However, in order for readers not to be irritated while reading, I only selected the two processes of cake punching and printing and omitted the others
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