Daming kill

Chapter 31
On this day, Li Ping once again went through all the teams one by one, one by one, one by one, and looked at the still messy queue, feeling extremely depressed.

Thinking about not seeing Song Baolai for several days, I don't know how the security camp is going.
That's hundreds of people!It's a big deal, I don't know if Song Baolai can do it?
Still have to check it out.

Since the day the security camp was established, Song Baolai has moved to live in the security camp, lighting lamps and cooking oil there every day, fearing that he would not be able to control the situation.

Li Ping's heart is always hanging.

After confessing to several post chiefs, Li Ping walked to the area of ​​the security camp alone.

Soon, he unconsciously followed his voice and instinct to arrive at the blacksmith area first.

At this time, in the simple shed, twenty or so young and old were busy back and forth with shirtless arms. The fire in the oven was burning hotly, and the sweating naked bodies were intertwined with the sound of tinkling iron. Unbelievable rugged beauty.

This is also the only place in the security camp where there are a large number of middle-aged men.

Seeing Li Ping coming in, everyone stopped what they were doing and stood up.Some people shouted hello to the general, some bowed their hands, and some bent down and hesitated whether to kneel.

The big silly Liu San's old neighbor Qi Tiejiang quickly sneaked up to Li Ping from the side and said hello.

Blacksmith Qi's name was Qi Cheng, and he was appointed as the foreman of the entire blacksmith area. The twenty or so people under his command included old acquaintances who used to be blacksmiths in the city, as well as old and young men who were assigned by Li Ping to help.

Originally, ironsmithing is a craft that is very particular about inheritance, but in troubled times, some rules can't be taken care of. It is fundamental to be able to eat and keep one's life.

After Li Ping nodded to the blacksmith, he just said casually: "I'll just take a look and let everyone keep busy."

After Blacksmith Qi responded, he hurriedly yelled at everyone to continue working, while he himself hurriedly put on a short jacket and carefully accompanied Li Ping behind him.

Seeing Li Ping staring at the oven, Blacksmith Qi reacted and introduced: "This oven was rebuilt by Song Yingguan a few days ago with us. The fire is much stronger than before, and it saves charcoal."

"Oh? I said why it looks different. Does he still understand this?" Li Ping was a little surprised.

Li Ping attaches great importance to the blacksmith area, because his troops are in urgent need of weapons.

When it was first built here, Li Ping came to see it specially and made many requests. Naturally, he also had some memories of such an important large-scale utensil as the oven. At that time, the oven here was presided over by blacksmith Qi.

"Song Yingguan is amazing! Master, look at this." Blacksmith Qi said as he took the ends of two spears from the side and handed them to Li Ping.

"See if it's the same?"

Li Ping, who didn't know why, took these two spearheads that were basically the same shape but obviously different in color, fiddled with them left and right, and then squatted down on the ground and stabbed them vigorously into the soil a few times.

The tip of one spearhead was slightly deformed under the violent force, while the other spearhead, which was somewhat bluish, was so hard that he was a little surprised, without any change at all.

This bluish spearhead can clearly feel its hardness when you use force, which is very different from the soft and brittle inferior ironware that Li Ping has seen since he came to this era.

Blacksmith Qi also squatted down, took the bluish spearhead and said: "This is a new spear, the one in Master's hand was struck a few days ago, and the material is the same. Let's see, Master, is it better than the old spear?" It's much stronger, and it's much more rigid."

Seeing Li Ping nod his head, Blacksmith Qi said with emotion: "This is all thanks to Song Yingguan, Song Yingguan is really a god!"

"Oh?" Li Ping was a little surprised.

"We quench and temper according to Song Yingguan's method, and everything is completely different, all of which are top-grade! This is a skill that is not passed down! The ashes of the furnace are exquisite, and the cooling water is exquisite. , the forging skills and so on, my old man also thinks he is well-informed in Xiangyang Mansion, but he has never seen so many ways, it is really eye-opening! It's amazing..." Qi blacksmith began to chatter.

Li Ping was completely shocked.

This is not a technical improvement of a certain one, but a whole set of technological innovations, which requires very professional knowledge.

And isn't Song Baolai engaged in papermaking?

Although Li Ping does not understand the technical details, he is also very aware of the huge changes brought about by this whole set of technological changes to the performance of metal products. It is almost revolutionary.

It will not only greatly improve the performance of weapons and equipment, but also effectively improve social productivity, which will bring him huge technological advantages.

With shock and scrutiny, Li Ping continued to look around.

But except for the stove that has changed a lot, he didn't see much of the tricks and changes. After all, production matters are too far away from his life, and he is not familiar with them.

However, he didn't see a few ready-made weapons, and there were only a dozen newly-made spearheads in total. On the contrary, there were many equipment and agricultural tools that he could not see the use of, which made him a little puzzled.

They didn't have a lot of iron, even after looting a lot of scrap iron, they were still very nervous, and it was not enough to make a spearhead for each half of his army.

Giving priority to weapons is an important principle set by Li Ping.

Obviously, this request was not implemented here, and Li Ping was obviously displeased, and couldn't help questioning.

Blacksmith Qi was obviously taken aback, he knelt down on the ground immediately, and then everyone in the shed stopped moving abruptly.

Amidst the stuttering, Blacksmith Qi hastily explained that these were all requested by Song Yingguan.

The reason why Song Yingguan made such an arrangement was because those devices were urgently needed by him, and they were said to be of great use.As for the agricultural tools, Song Yingguan believed that without good agricultural tools, a lot of farm work would be unsatisfactory, which would delay production too much and affect the important matter of eating.

In fact, when Blacksmith Qi knelt down, Li Ping regretted it a little. He knew that he was a little bit obsessed.

This place is under Song Baolai's management now, and they must have received Song Baolai's instruction to make such a major adjustment, and Song Baolai must have his sufficient reasons.

Song Baolai is not an innumerable person, and his authority can also be adjusted in this way.

Besides, this matter is not based on principle, Li Ping should understand the situation first.

It is indeed inappropriate for Li Ping to question without knowing it now, it will easily cause a rift between the two and virtually damage Song Baolai's authority, and it must be remedied immediately.

"Since it is Song Yingguan's request, then follow Song Yingguan's request. Song Yingguan's opinion is my opinion. I didn't know about this before, but it scared you. Get up quickly." It has quickly turned flat, and the meaning of sorry is very obvious.

But Blacksmith Qi was obviously still worried. After he got up, he hurriedly stated that he would immediately adjust the order of building to ensure that he would not miss a major event.

Embarrassed, Li Ping had no choice but to praise Qi blacksmith's current work continuously to appease him, and reiterated several times that he should continue to listen to Song Yingguan.

It wasn't until Blacksmith Qi's face calmed down that Li Ping asked in a casual tone what kind of secrets they had set up for these new techniques?

But looking at blacksmith Qi's bewildered face, Li Ping couldn't calm down again. He felt that it was really necessary to talk to Song Baolai as soon as possible.

Because the space is limited after all, the production and living areas are actually clustered together, densely packed next to each other. Coming out of the blacksmith area, Li Ping quickly found Song Baolai in the paper making area.

At this time, Song Baolai was squatting beside a stone mortar, his brows were tightly furrowed, and his hands were still pulling the wood pulp in the mortar.

Seeing this, Li Ping went over to pat him, Song Baolai turned his head to see that it was Li Ping, he let out a long breath, shook his head and complained: "Brother, it's too difficult, there are too many things missing, some things we call The name doesn’t match the name here, and I don’t know what it is.”

"It's okay, take your time, you've only been a few days old, and you just want to eat a fat man." Li Ping comforted.

"Can I not be in a hurry? If you want to use it, I want to use it too. Those women in the city chased me every day and asked if they could find a way to make some paper first. They all know that I can make paper, so there is no need to do it this time." Naturally, I am anxious after running every day. Even Shi Ming sent someone to ask in the past two days, and promised that no matter what he lacked, he would find a way to get it." Song Baolai had a sad face.

It is hard to imagine a day without toilet paper.

Li Ping also felt unbearable about not having toilet paper. He had tried many different alternatives, but they were either extremely unsatisfactory or not a long-term solution.Now even Shi Ming is so caring, it seems that other people feel the same as him.

This reminded Li Ping of memories of World War II by an American soldier he had seen back then.

All the officers and soldiers in the company where the American soldiers belonged agreed that they and the Germans were the only civilized people on the entire battlefield, and the reason was that they saw that the Germans, like them, listed toilet paper as the most indispensable thing.

At that time, Li Ping was still a little puzzled, and even didn't quite understand.

Only now do I really understand that without personal experience, I have no right to speak!Not having toilet paper made him feel like a complete savage.

For this reason, in Li Ping's production plan for the security camp, the top priority task was actually the production of toilet paper.

Although the current production conditions, production materials and production technology are very primitive and backward, and most inventions about toilet paper will not appear until hundreds of years later, Song Baolai used to be a small paper manufacturer after all, making barely There is still a lot of hope for working toilet paper.

"Okay, don't worry, just change your mind, let's go for a stroll."

Li Ping dragged Song Baolai up from the ground, and the two circled around the security camp.

While walking, Li Ping asked, "Is everything going well in the camp these days, what can I do for you?"

"Others are okay, everything is relatively smooth. Big brother, to be honest, this is the first time I have taken care of so many people? I am old. Hehe." Song Baolai suddenly became happy when he mentioned this.

Even though so many people seem to no longer cause Song Baolai a headache, this is a bit surprising.

Looking at Li Ping's puzzled look, Song Baolai smiled embarrassedly and said, "Don't worry, brother, I won't mess with you. Their minds are far worse than those of ours. Most people Overall, it’s pretty simple, and it’s clear at a glance whether it’s good or bad.”

Li Ping was taken aback after hearing this, and soon understood.

The most difficult thing to manage people is people's hearts.

Without the big explosion of information, most people in this era are ignorant of the world, and there is not so much to learn and imitate. They are often relatively simple, and they are under the threat of force. It is indeed much easier than their world.

Li Ping let go of a lot of stones at once.

After making fun of Song Baolai, Li Ping went straight to the point, seeing that there was no one around: "I went to the blacksmith area just now, and saw that you taught them a lot of new technologies, yes! Boy! You really understand a lot! But what do you think about the secrecy of these technologies?"

Li Ping no longer intends to ask about the adjustment of the production sequence, and he already understood it when he saw Song Baolai.Without iron spears, they can use wooden spears or bamboo spears, but there are some things that cannot be replaced.

"Secret? Do those still need to be kept secret? It's not some epoch-making artifact like a plane or cannon." Song Baolai looked puzzled.

"You also know the word epoch-making!" Li Ping was speechless.

"What's the matter, are those considered epoch-making?" Song Baolai was a little confused.

"Of course. You think these technologies are ordinary, but they are far ahead in this era. To put it mildly, it can ensure us to gain an advantage in a battle, and to put it bluntly, it can even determine the outcome of a war And the strength of a country, of course we must be cautious.”

Seeing that Li Ping's tone didn't sound like a joke, Song Baolai quickly slapped his head and said, "Oh! Brother, look, I'm so busy with this matter. If you don't remind me, I really didn't pay attention. I'll go and give it to you today. If they hug each other, it won't be a bad thing."

"You still don't understand!" Li Ping sighed.

"I don't understand the importance! I probably understand the importance when you say it, but it's a bit too mysterious to be epoch-making! Those are the most common methods I used to make small iron and steel with others, and even a small worker knows it. This place is more backward than I imagined, but it won't become too much, and it needs to be hidden!"

Li Ping couldn't understand a sentence or two, so Li Ping had no choice but to search his guts and start popularizing historical knowledge.

After thinking for a while, Li Ping briefly talked to Song Baolai about the great role played by Qin's superiority in weapon performance and production tools in the process of annihilating the six countries and unifying China, as well as Russia's efforts in Crimea. There are several stories in the war, such as losing the war because the range of the rifle is not as good as that of Britain and France.

A small step in technology can often mean the rise and fall of a country.

After telling the story, Li Ping said earnestly: "It's not that your eldest brother is too cautious, but we are still in a precarious situation. You have also seen that there is no order in this chaotic world? There is no morality at all. And Not to mention the crime of being pregnant, but once the technology spreads out, it is hard to predict whether it will be a blessing or a curse, and it is better to be careful not to turn it into a sharp weapon to kill us in the end."

Song Baolai's face finally turned serious following Li Ping's mother-in-law. He immediately said seriously that he would seriously consider the confidentiality of the new technology and take measures to ensure that there would be no problems.

Li Ping's expression finally eased down.

But he still said a few more words about the importance of keeping secrets, and said that he would provide all necessary support in the armed forces.

Perhaps the topic just now was a bit too serious, and the two of them were silent for a while.

Li Ping wanted to take the initiative, but thought that he had to express his attitude clearly and give Song Baolai a warning, so he hesitated for a while and didn't take the initiative to relieve this depression.

This is also the way he currently feels can put the greatest and most appropriate pressure on Song Baolai.

(End of this chapter)