Cutting 1719

Chapter 21

It was getting late, Cheng Yuanzhi and Zheng Xian had already left first, especially Cheng Yuanzhi, who drank a lot of wine at the dinner party, after all, he was old and intolerant to alcohol, so they left early.

After the two left, Ning Yu told Ning Zhongjing exactly what his father Ning Zhongyuan was facing.

Ning Zhongjing sighed and said: "A few days ago, the second brother vaguely talked to me, but he didn't go into details at the time. I thought this matter was not serious, but I didn't expect that it was the second brother who hid it from me. Now, I have no choice but to go to the nearby state capital to buy guns, and I will order people to do this." After finishing speaking, he wanted to call people in.

Ning Yu stretched out his hand to stop it, saying: "I have already thought of a solution to this matter, but I just need the cooperation of the family."

When Ning Zhongjing heard that his nephew still had an idea, he didn't call for someone immediately, and said, "The family naturally doesn't care about the cost of the second brother's matter. Yu'er, you can talk about it."

Ning Yu smiled and said: "It is impossible to buy cannons, but it is feasible to make cannons. After all, this is an old craft of our Ning family."

Ning Zhongjing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said, "Yu'er, it's not like you don't know that it takes three to five months to make an ordinary cannon. The review period is only more than a month, so how can you have time to make it? Even if you make it by force, I'm afraid it won't be worth it."

Ning Yu said softly: "Of course I know the joints. But if I'm not sure, I wouldn't tell Uncle San. A few days ago, I happened to see a method of casting a cannon in a book, and now it happens to be Let’s try it, if it succeeds, we can cast six cannons within a month, and we can also do business.”

Ning Zhongjing stroked his beard and pondered: "Since Yu'er is sure, I might as well give it a try. I will also pay close attention to buying cannons, and I will do both. However, the cannon-making workshop of my Ning family has now become a blacksmith's shop for making agricultural tools. Now, take this note and go to the blacksmith shop to find a man named Lei Tuozi, he may be able to help you."

Ning Zhongjing didn't ask too much about this method, he wrote a note and handed it to Ning Yu, and arranged for a familiar servant to take Ning Yu to the blacksmith's shop the next day.

In the early morning of the next day, Ning Yu followed his family to a village outside Xiaogan County. After all, this blacksmith shop was originally a cannon casting workshop, so naturally it would not be located in the city. Later, after the main business became farming tools, The nearby villages will also send people to patronize, so it is quite lively.

Now it's July, the busy summer has basically passed, and the millet in the rice fields has been harvested. It has been more than half a year since Ning Yu came to this world. Looking at this world, he is also somewhat proud After all, after traveling to this world, I still did some things.

The owner must have been to the blacksmith's shop many times, and he is no stranger to the plants and trees here, and he kept introducing the scenery of the village to Ning Yu.

Today, when Ning Yu sees those disheveled farmers and scrawny children, his heart doesn't fluctuate too much—survival in this world is not so easy.

Jia Ding led Ning Yu around, and came to a large courtyard at the northernmost end of the village. This large courtyard rose from the mountain, but it was different from ordinary farmyards. Iron slag ore was piled up in a mess, and some were incomplete. Incomplete farm tools, and even a half-rusted large boiler.

The blacksmith shop is located in the innermost part of the village. Now that the busy summer season has passed, not many people come to make farm tools. The whole yard seems a little deserted. A shirtless old man is sitting at the door of the house, shaking a cattail fan. While humming a tune, several big men were beating on iron blocks, tinkling non-stop.

When the servant saw the old man, he quietly pointed to Ning Yu and told Ning Yu that this is Lei Tuozi, who has a weird personality and is not easy to get along with.

Ning Yu knew in his heart that anyone with a bit of a temper had some skills, because if he had only a temper and no skills, he would have starved to death long ago.

Ning Yu walked up to the old man, bowed his head slightly, and said, "Master Lei, boy Ning Yu, please also ask Master to preside over the casting of cannons for the Ning family. This is my third uncle Ning Zhongjing's warrant."

Strictly speaking, this compound is also the property of the Ning family, and this Lei Tuozi can also be said to be a wage earner working for the Ning family.

Lei Tuozi narrowed his eyes and looked Ning Yu up and down. He felt uncomfortable looking at Ning Yu all the time, and then said: "Casting Cannon? How many? The old man is illiterate, please take this warrant back."

Ning Yu didn't care too much, there are too many illiterate people in this world, but there are very few people who can really read, so she patiently explained: "My father will lead the city guard battalion to participate in the review in January, so it needs to be read in January. Within it, cast six cannons."

After hearing this, Lei Tuozi sneered and said: "These six cannons are not difficult, but this month's period is purely a fantasy. The Ning family all know how to make cannons. How can they not know that if they rush to work on casting cannons, they will not be able to do so." It takes three months? This month is made to want to blow up on the spot? It’s ridiculous to send you, an ignorant doll, to do things.”

Ning Yu was not in a hurry to argue, but said indifferently: "Master Lei, there is no need to worry. You might as well listen to the boy's method of casting cannons. If you follow this method, it is not difficult to have six cannons a month."

Lei Tuozi, however, seemed to hear the biggest joke in the world. He laughed loudly, and said contemptuously while laughing: "Although the old man is illiterate, it can be said that this cannon-casting technology, in the whole Huguang area, the old man said that it is second, who dares to say First? You young master, you don’t know where to read the book, so you dare to show off your knowledge of cannon casting in front of this old man?”

Ning Yu wasn't angry yet, but the servant at the side couldn't bear it anymore, and interjected, "Don't be ignorant, you hunchback. You know my young master is a genius, and he even had a child a few days ago."

What he said made Ning Yu very embarrassed, but when he looked at that thunder hunchback again, he had already turned around and stopped looking at the two of them, making it clear that he didn't want to talk to them anymore.

Ning Yu stopped the family member who wanted to say something more, but said lightly: "Ordinary cannon casting methods are all made of clay to form an outer mold and an inner mold, and then pour molten iron into it, and after cooling, the cannon body is formed. Among them, the clay mold is the most important part, after it dries naturally, there will be no air bubbles left in it, and the cast cannon will not explode, master, is what I said right?"

Lei Tuozi didn't seem to hear it, he just hummed a few words and ignored Ning Yu.

Ning Yu was not annoyed, and said: "In this way, the production time of this clay mold will be greatly extended, and it cannot be baked with charcoal fire, otherwise it will cause the clay mold to be dry on the outside and wet on the inside, or it will cause the chamber to explode. It has been delayed for a long time. Then, if you want to shorten the casting time, you have to do something on this clay model, master, am I right?"

Although Lei Tuozi still ignored Ning Yu, his breathing gradually slowed down, obviously waiting for Ning Yu to continue.

Ning Yu didn't continue, but changed the subject, saying: "When I used to look at the cannons of the Green Camp, I often found that the quality of the cannons was really worrying. Even the cannons made by my Ning family in the past, most of them are not good now. Yes, as the saying goes, "the bullet is not round and straight, and the mouth is not straight", it is just a big firework when it is fired."

Lei Tuozi couldn't bear it any longer, turned over and roared: "How do you know how to make cannons? It was the cannons I made for the Ning family that allowed your grandfather to survive the chaos more than 40 years ago! If it weren't for that , how can you let your kid talk nonsense here today!"

(End of this chapter)