Fenghou

Chapter 1542 Old City
Xie Ying scratched her head and said, "Also, when shooting towards the city, the iron pellets will fall out!"

Chen Qing laughed, "Isn't this simple? Wrap the bullet with a piece of soft cloth and stuff it into the barrel, so the bullet won't slip out."

Xie Ying slapped his forehead, it was really that simple!
He asked expectantly, "Does Your Majesty have any other good suggestions?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "There are many suggestions. For example, you can install the fire folder on the stock of the gun. When you use it, just pull the cover and blow it to ignite. Then light the matchstick and insert it into the hole. Think about it carefully in the hole. Think of a way, such as making a metal square tube filled with gunpowder, inserting it directly into the hole, changing a square tube at a time, with a matching match at the top of each square tube, the design is a little more delicate, so that it is very convenient for soldiers to change gunpowder. "

"Weichen remember!"

"Then I will talk about another ignition method, which is called a flint ignition gun. There is no need for a fire switch. The principle is very simple. A flint is installed in the tunnel, and there is a firing device. There is a hanging knife below it like a crossbow. When you pull it Hanging the knife, the flint will be struck on it, and sparks will be generated, and the sparks will fall into the powder chamber, and the gunpowder will be ignited immediately."

Xie Ying nodded, "I understand the principle, but it's a bit complicated. I'm going to discuss it with the craftsmen."

"There is another suggestion, that is the three-eyed musket, which is three tubes. Its function is to fill the gunpowder and projectiles of the three tubes at one time, and then shoot three times in a row. This is very effective for shooting cavalry."

"Weichen remember!"

When Chen Qing came to the blacksmith shop, he saw several blacksmiths making iron pipes clangingly.

Chen Qing said to Zhao Wenxin and Xie Ying again: "Actually, what I care about most is the artillery, do you understand? It takes two or three miles to launch the iron fire thunder as a projectile, which is much farther than the trebuchet, and it is not so heavy. A camel can carry it, and if it is installed on a boat, it will be invincible."

Xie Ying nodded again and again, "I understand, I have already considered it, I am going to use a mold to cast a wrought iron cannon, and then use a few copper hoops on the outside, the principle is exactly the same as that of a burst gun.

"Okay! I look forward to your results."

The firearms supervisor was very close to the old city of Chang'an, and it was still early, so Chen Qing simply changed his way to inspect the old city of Chang'an, which was the former Han Chang'an city.

The Great Wall of the Han Dynasty was completely dilapidated in the Song Dynasty, and it was reduced to ruins. The ruling center of the Song Dynasty was in Bianliang, Tokyo, and even Chang'an City was ignored. How could it be possible to take care of the Han Chang'an City?
Since the reconstruction of Han Chang'an City last year, it was changed to Jianzhang County. One and a half years later, Xinjianzhang County has been rebuilt, and 30 low-level people and craftsmen have moved to Jianzhang County.

The imperial court has more high-quality land in the city, and the living conditions of the people at the bottom have also been greatly improved. In the past, they could only rent one house for five hundred renminbi. Now, for the same five hundred renminbi, they can rent two houses and one courtyard. In this way, many people built houses in the yard, which was equivalent to adding another house.

It can be said that everyone is happy, the only inconvenience is that it is a little far away. For the convenience of the people, the imperial court opened a shuttle boat in the Feng River. There are [-] special boats going back and forth between Jingzhao and Jianzhang County every day, and each time only charges Five Wen, and the court subsidizes another five Wen. In this way, each boat can earn two hundred Wen a day, and a family can earn six Guan a month by rowing a boat. This income is indeed very good.

Of course, people can also ride donkeys to and from the new city and the old city.

Chen Qing reduced his guards, and only [-] cavalry escorted his carriage to Jianzhang County.

Chen Qing's tour is not as restricted as before. As long as he doesn't get out of the carriage, he can basically go anywhere he wants. The main reason is that his carriage is specially made. Even the bed crossbow can't shoot through the wall of the carriage, and the windows are also equipped with glass. , Pulling the gauze curtain, the situation inside the car is completely invisible from the outside.

The team slowly entered the city gate. Chen Qing watched the situation on the streets in the city through the car window. The main road they walked was called Weiyang Street. On the left was the neighborhood where craftsmen lived, while on the right was the neighborhood of ordinary people.

In fact, it seems that there is no difference. They are all composed of densely packed small courtyards, and the layout is similar. If you are not familiar with it, it is easy to get lost.

There are dense shops on both sides of Weiyang Street, one after another, stretching for five or six miles. There are also two large tiles in the city, and there are also densely packed small shops inside the tiles.

Most of the shops are mainly snacks, mostly low-end, there are basically no big restaurants and teahouses, only a few mid-range restaurants and teahouses, so that people in the city can occasionally treat guests to dinner or something.

The most densely populated small taverns and small teahouses are cheap and popular with the common people, and almost all of them are full.

When the world was unified and the war was over, the people began to enjoy the dividends of peacetime. First, the price of food fell, which brought the price of other commodities down, and business flourished, making the market abundant.

The most obvious thing is that three meals a day has become the consensus of everyone's life. In the past, many families followed the tradition of two meals a day. Only the middle class can enjoy three meals a day.

Now even nursing homes and orphanages have three meals a day.

Rice is [-] cents per bucket, wheat is [-] cents per bucket, and corn is [-] cents per catty. Of course, this includes corncobs, and the price is about [-] cents per catty. This is just the beginning. The price of corn will be cheaper than wheat, and potatoes and sweet potatoes will be on the market, and the people of the Yong Dynasty will completely say goodbye to hunger.

Although the grades of the shops are relatively low, they are very down-to-earth, and the streets are extremely lively and full of people.

Chen Qing didn't need to visit the people, he could see the living conditions from their complexion and clothes.

Basically, fine linen and cotton are half to half. Basically, fine linen is no longer grown, and the reason why they still wear fine linen is mainly old clothes from before.

The reason for being able to eat enough, the complexion of the people in the city is also good, everyone has a rosy face and walks in a hurry.

But Chen Qing also found a problem. There were a lot of children on the street, gathering in groups to play, and some teenagers were doing nothing.

Chen Qing frowned, did this happen today, or has it always been like this?If this has been the case, it means that there is a problem with education and employment.

Chen Qing immediately ordered the guards, "Go and bring some children over, I want to ask them?"

After a while, the guards brought up three children and lined up in front of the car. Chen Qing asked the guards to give them sugar figurines to comfort them, and then asked, "How old are you?"

The three children said while eating candy: "I am eight years old!"

"I'm seven years old!"

"I'm seven years old too!"

"Then why don't you go to school?" Chen Qing asked again.

"Daddy said, send me to study for a year when we are ten years old."

"My father said that studying is too expensive, and the family has no money!"

"Me too!"

Chen Qing nodded, "What do your parents do?"

The older boy pointed, "My parents run a noodle shop!"

The fathers of the other two children went to work in Jingzhao City.

Chen Qing knew that the parents of these three children only wanted them to study for a year, as long as they knew a few words, they didn't want to spend too much money on education.

Chen Qing asked the guards to send the three children back, but he didn't have the mood to patrol anymore, and ordered: "Go back to the palace!"

The team slowly turned around and returned, at this moment, someone suddenly heard shouting: "Catch them!"

"Catch these little thieves!"

Chen Qing was stunned, and looked back, only to see a group of teenagers running out of a shop in a panic, each holding a bundle of cloth, flying away like birds and animals, and a middle-aged man behind him brandished a kitchen knife and shouted loudly.

"Go help him!"

Hundreds of cavalrymen dispatched together, within a short while, they grabbed more than a dozen teenagers, carried them over, knelt all over the ground, their faces pale with fright.

The guard reported: "Your Majesty, these teenagers have been staring at that cloth shop for a few days, thinking that there is no one in the shop, so they went in to steal things. Unexpectedly, the owner of the shop came back last night, so they were discovered."

At this time, the middle-aged man lost his goods and found them again, thank you for coming over.

"Xiaomin's surname is Wang. I went to Xianyang to buy goods two days ago. I came back at midnight last night. The villain was sleeping. When I heard something outside, I got up to check and found that these thieves were stealing cloth."

"Do they steal a lot?"

The middle-aged man sighed and said: "They are the ringworm in the city, not only a few of them, there are many others in the city, they gather together all day to make trouble, either fight or steal things to sell for money, it is really a headache. "

Chen Qing asked the middle-aged man to go back, and then he said to the guards: "Everyone is beaten with fifty sticks!"

The carriage left slowly, and only the cries of a group of unscrupulous teenagers could be heard behind.

(End of this chapter)