Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 145 Dare to love, the Eight Banners Taijun is here, it’s a good thing
A shout,
Immediately avoid unnecessary people nearby, and stay away from anyone within 20 meters.

The molten iron outlet at the bottom of the blast furnace is opened.

A stream of dark red iron flowed into the steel tank.

Several dozen meters away, Li Yu felt the heat wave coming towards his face.

Several tough men, wearing leather aprons, leather gloves, and iron helmets, rushed over.

The next process,
It is heated, stirred, and finally shaped in a special converter to become a steel blank that meets the size requirements.

It’s important to note that
The casting of cannon embryos was also undertaken by the iron factory.

The iron mold casting method was used, which was very efficient.

Li Yu felt optimistically,
Enough 3-pound guns and 6-pound guns can be organized into infantry hollow square formations and Qing army field battles.

……

Director Chen ran over:
"Sir, the iron factory is in a bad environment. Why are you here?"

Li Yu sighed:
"Lao Chen, thank you for your hard work. Do you have enough manpower now?"

"Not enough."

"How many people are missing?"

"Twenty strong men, and ten strong women or children."

Li Yu has no objection.
Theoretically, he has no shortage of labor because he has money.

The human resources of the Qing Dynasty were inexhaustible.

There is no longer any need to worry about leaks, as today's rebel tanks are already on the highway.

As long as anyone gets on the bus,

There would be no chance to jump out of the car, otherwise you would die.

The number of sentries and patrols on Xishan Island is very high.

Even more than 10 dogs were added.

In the past few months, a total of more than 20 escapees have been captured.

The interrogation results were highly consistent;
They are all those who do not want to join the rebellion, want to abscond, or even want to report to the police.

The processing flow is simple,
After the crime was announced, he was executed on the river beach.

Du Ren was not here, but he left a material ledger.

Combined with the consumption rate of iron plants, it is roughly estimated that iron ore is the most scarce raw material.

The second shortage is flint.

The third shortage is sulfur.

Once the war starts, the consumption will be huge, and the headache will become more and more serious.

……

Li Yu couldn't think of a good way for a while.

We can only wait for the spring to start buying them in large quantities, even at a premium.

The process from mining to smelting iron ore is labor-intensive and time-consuming.

He is preparing to restart a large-scale steel ingot purchase plan from Guangdong and Zhejiang.

Ship directly to relieve urgent needs.

What he didn't expect was,

Du Ren actually helped him solve the flint problem.

These days, Du Ren has been staying in Changxing County.
Oversight workers excavated limestone, coal, and iron ore.

These things are not afraid of wind and rain,
They were piled directly in the open beside the pier, waiting for the ice on the lake to melt and restore navigation before being transported away.

cement factory,
Two locations are planned to be built, one in Changxing and one in Dongshan.

Changxing Cement Factory is very convenient.

It is close to the lime mine and the raw materials are available locally.

Dongshan Cement Factory is more troublesome.

Most of the raw materials must be transported from abroad.

However, the task of building the city of Suzhou Prefecture was arduous, so there must be a nearby supply point.

……

Mountains of limestone piled on the pier,
During his inspection, Du Ren discovered a strange phenomenon.

limestone,
Generally, they are gray-white, gray-black, and gray-yellow.

The texture is not hard and it breaks when hit with a hammer.

however,
But it is occasionally mixed with dark crystal nuclei.

The small ones are like dates and the big ones are like apples.

Out of curiosity, he chiseled a few times with a knife.
The surrounding limestone fell off one after another, and the dark crystal core fell out.

He stepped on it with his foot,
It feels hard, like granite.

While he was squatting and thinking,
A foreman passed by and whispered:

"Master, do you need flint? I'll get you a good one."

Du Ren is confused:

"What flint?"

"The dark thing you are looking at is flint."

The foreman came over and hit it hard with a hammer.

Mars blooms!

Du Ren stepped back in surprise and sat on the snow.

The foreman was frightened and thought he was in trouble, so he quickly came over to help:

"Master, you are so mean. It's all your fault."

he is worried

You will be offended and lose your job.

He is a local and lives in a village more than ten miles away.
In the cold winter, it is not easy to make money.

This job, which includes two meals and a salary, is really a good job.

……

Du Ren stared straight at the small black stone.

He stretched out his hand to signal him to give him the hammer.

The foreman hurriedly handed it over without daring to say anything.

Du Ren struck the stone hard until it broke into two halves.
He picked up one of the pieces and looked at the fracture. It was very sharp.

then,

Aim the broken hole with a shovel and dig hard.

every time,
It was accompanied by sparks flying everywhere, until after a dozen times, the fracture was smoothed out and the sparks disappeared.

"Do you use this as a flint?"

"Yes."

"A lot?"

"what?"

"Let me ask you, is there a lot of this underground?"

“Limestone is naturally mixed with it, sometimes more, sometimes less.”

The foreman diligently pushed away the limestone and rummaged through it.

In just a short while,
Found 4 pieces.

The largest one is as big as an orange, and the smallest one is only as big as an eyeball.

……

Du Ren patted the white dust on his hands and left.

The foreman was left confused.

"Akun, I found something good."

"Roast the whole lamb?"

"Bah, it's a hundred times better than that." Du Ren took out a black stone from his sleeve.

"That's it?" Liu Akun was a little depressed.

"This is flint, the strategic material that big brother cares about."

Li Yu always thought that flint was rare in the Qing Dynasty.

Even if there are, they are in the mountainous areas of the northeast and southwest.

In fact, we have entered a blind spot in our thinking.
Flint is not an ore with a strictly fixed composition, but any ore with a similar composition that can be mined from Mars is considered flint.

Is a variety of quartz.

The colors and shapes are even more varied.

White, black, gray, brown~
Layered, crystalline nucleation ~
High-quality flint is of course good, but that doesn't mean other flints can't be used.

On the same day,

Du Ren sent people to dig out dozens of large and small flints from the limestone.

After cutting with a knife,

Fixed on the beak of the flintlock gun,
Crack the hammer and pull the trigger.

Peng, sparks flying.

The primer ignited the gunpowder pool, and the gunpowder in the gun exploded.

The lead bullets roared out and disappeared.

……

"It's done."

"Send a homing pigeon to send the information back."

Du Ren put down his flintlock gun and put his hands behind his back.

The image of a worldly master is created very brilliantly.

Liu Akun had little stars in his eyes.

Made,

Why are Master Li and Master Du so good at pretending.

When will I be able to pretend to be handsome like this and earn everyone's little star look?

The next day,

Li Yu was woken up while still sleeping.

"Sir, this is great news."

Yang Yunjiao rushed in with a cold air.

He threw himself into Li Yu's arms, making him tremble with the cold.

In an instant, my heart is as pure as a god.

"Qianlong collapsed?"

"No. Mr. Du said that he solved the flint problem."

"How to solve it?"

Seeing the man's wide eyes, Yang Yunjiao smiled.

"Fei Ge of Changxing County sent a message that associated flint deposits were found in limestone. According to his calculations, every hundred kilograms of limestone yields about 5 to 8 pieces of gun flint."

Li Yu jumped up instantly,

He grabbed the small piece of paper and read it carefully three times before bursting into laughter.

"New Year's Eve dinner, we need extra food."

"Tell the kitchen to kill another 30 pigs and 10 sheep."

"Firecrackers, two for each child."

"I want everyone to never forget this New Year's Eve for the rest of their lives."

Yang Yunjiao smiled and said:
"The slave family will arrange it now."

"But it seems that the money on our books won't last until next year's New Year's Eve."

Li Yu waved his hand angrily:

"It doesn't matter, money is king. If you can spend it, you can make money."

"No one knows how to make money better than me. Spend it all and take people to the capital next year."

Yang Yunjiao's eyes were filled with little stars, she leaned against the door frame and said:

"Master, I believe whatever you say."

"But it's cold, why don't you put on your pants first?"

……

New Year's Eve 29,

The old man of Pan Mansion is dead.
He held on for his last breath and witnessed this glorious home being torn apart.

All kinds of jackals lay on the corpse of "Pan Family" and feasted on it.
He left with satisfaction and no longer thought about living people.

The two sons each received 25 taels of silver.

After the funeral,

According to the old man’s will,

The second son Pan Wen moved to West Lake, Hangzhou.

The third son Pan Wu lives on Lotus Island in Yangcheng Lake outside Suzhou.

Both of them swore poisonous oaths in front of their father.
In this life, he is not allowed to step into the officialdom, nor is he allowed to do business.

Reading, painting, collecting, eating, drinking and having fun~
After Li Yu learned about it,
After sighing, he ordered people to send wreaths, elegiac couplets, and white gifts.

Chatted with Yang Yunjiao.

"Mr. Pan will die with his eyes open."

"Yes, the Pan's house he built throughout his life was confiscated."

"The slave family suddenly understood that these wealthy businessmen of the Qing Dynasty were just fat pigs waiting to be slaughtered."

"Your description is very appropriate."

There was no fire in Pan Mansion.

Don't dare to start a fire, otherwise you will be held accountable by the government.

The entire city planning area,

Those whose houses are allowed to be demolished are those from small families.The real mansions are all in their original condition and have been taken over by the government.

……

For ordinary people, they feel that the court does not pay attention to things.

For officials, this is not surprising at all.

The amount of money required to build a new city is not a small amount.

It is impossible for the Ministry of Accounts to bear the responsibility.
Evenly shared among states and counties, this is only a portion.

The remaining shortcomings can only be achieved by doves occupying magpie's nests.

Pan Zhai,

It was classified as the Vice-capital Government Office of Suzhou.

The remaining mansions were used as private residences for Manchu officials at all levels and were transformed into military camps.

Within the planning red line,
Only one brothel, one theater, and one bathhouse were not confiscated.

The government also told them that they should run it well and provide rich culture and entertainment for the Eight Banners officials and citizens who were about to settle in.

A minor official from the Ministry of Works who arrived early and was responsible for the construction of the city wall,

Tell the three shopkeepers:

"Except for a handful of stubborn ones, the rest of the people stationed at the Eight Banners are true art lovers. When it comes to eating and playing, they are far ahead."

"Congratulations. From now on, your property will truly rest with the country."

"As soon as the city is full, your business will prosper."

The brothel madam and the bathhouse owner looked at each other and asked:

"Do they give money?"

The clerk smiled, feeling worried about this:

"Take it easy, shopkeepers, the Eight Banners soldiers have a good reputation in this regard. They receive a fixed amount of money and food every month. Unlike ordinary people, they are the most willing to spend money."

The manager of the theater asked again:
"You really won't steal our property?"

The clerk laughed dumbly:

"Confiscate your shop, and then Uncle Baqi will become an actor himself? Go to rub his back? Auntie Baqi will become a cousin herself?"

"cant."

Phew, the three shopkeepers all breathed a sigh of relief and understood.

I'm sorry, it's a good thing that the Eight Banners Taijun is here.

……

prefect yamen,

Huang Wenyun leaned back in his chair tiredly and closed his eyes to rest.

He felt that he was once again at the forefront of the storm, extremely dangerous.

the fifth day of the first lunar month,

Construction is about to start all over the city, and a large amount of timber and civilian workers are in place.

Suzhou Prefecture is bleeding again.

These money and grains were originally what he wanted to hand over to the court to fulfill the promise of Jinluan Palace.

How to make up for the shortfall.

Being irritated, he couldn't help but call the housekeeper.

"Go and ask Li Yu to come see me."

"Master, would you like to wait for two days? Tomorrow is New Year's Eve."

Huang Wenyun nodded and dismissed the butler with a wave of his hand.

Yes,

This guy who is celebrating the Chinese New Year is not the son of a man to bring people over to talk about shortcomings.

In our Qing Dynasty, the New Year is greater than the sky.

Even if the sky is falling, we have to wait until after the New Year.

……

Huang Wenyun picked up his pen and stroked it on the rice paper.

Tranquility.

Looking at it more carefully, I felt that it was not good. The writing revealed impatience and was not peaceful at all.

I wrote another one,
Sheng Tianbanzi.

Well, I’m much more satisfied this time, it’s sharp and smooth, and quite in line with the artistic conception.

He threw away the pen and laughed:
"Madam, come with me to the courtyard to enjoy the snow."

Mrs. Huang hugged Brass Tang Pozi and said with a smile:

"What kind of style do you smoke?"

"Walking in the snow and appreciating the plum blossoms, the harp and harp are in harmony, it's an elegant thing."

Mrs. Huang suddenly put on a happy smile and said angrily:

"Old and unorthodox."

Having said that, people are still very honest.

yard,
The two held hands and talked and laughed.

"Husband, you haven't changed."

"Oh?"

"Twenty years ago, when you were a scholar, you were also so free and confident, guiding the country."

"I am born to be useful. I don't believe it. I can't fight against those dandies."

Mrs. Huang looked at her with admiration:

"I am waiting for the day when you will become a feudal official."

"Well, it's not far."

……

Same weather, different mood.

Hundreds of miles away,

Qingfeng Village in Huizhou Prefecture encountered a huge crisis.

It has been half a month since heavy snow closed the mountain, and all the heroes are huddled in the mountain village.

We have stored firewood, rice and flour in advance, enough to last until next spring.

result,

While preparing for the New Year's Eve banquet, the kitchen accidentally caught fire.

The warehouse next to it also suffered damage.
Five stones of rice were burned, as well as some meat, pots and pans.

Fortunately, everyone worked together to put out the fire.

The remaining supplies are enough to survive the winter.

The heavy snow continued and the roof of the warehouse leaked snow.

Therefore,
Everyone worked hard for another long time, moving all the supplies to another empty house.

The surroundings are empty and there is a mountain behind.

Foolproof location.

However, the hemp rope always breaks at small points, and bad luck always brings misfortune to the people.

On New Year's Eve,

Suddenly, a deafening roar was heard outside.

All the heroes ran out and took a look and were dumbfounded.

There is an avalanche.

Thick snow poured down from the mountain peaks, burying the warehouse directly.

The village wall, and the outermost houses,
It had been washed away by the snow.

If the cottage wasn't a little far away, it would have been buried entirely.

The head of the family, Miao Youlin, had a changed expression and sat on the ground, unable to speak for a long time.

The second boss, Chang Jin, and his people tried several times to get close to the warehouse, but failed.

There is too much snow!
As soon as a snow hole is dug, it is immediately filled with snow.

The brother at the front was almost buried.

Can't finish digging, can't finish digging at all.

Even if Foolish Old Man comes, I have to give up.

……

Everyone is standing in the snow,
Looking at Miao Youlin, he eagerly waited for him to come up with an idea.

The cold weather and losing food reserves are the most terrifying things.

After a long while, Miao Youlin said hoarsely:

"Third Master, you go explore the way down the mountain."

"Second in charge, please bring some people to prepare dry food and ropes."

"Everyone else, put on all the clothes and shoes you can wear."

"God won't give you a way to survive, so I will help you find a way out."

This New Year’s Eve,

The 200 people in Qingfeng Village set off on their escape after a hearty meal.

Everyone is wrapped up tightly,
Chang Jin grew up in Jinchuan and knew the horror of the heavy snow and cold.

I repeatedly told everyone,

Wrap several layers of cloth on your feet to keep them warm.

Cut the felt into strips and tie them to the soles of the boots with rope.

You also need to protect your head well.
The face should be covered with cotton, leaving only the eyes and nose.

Each team of 5 people tied the rope around their wrists.

To prevent falling behind halfway,
However, it caused even greater trouble.

Passing a mountain road, there was nothing under the snow.

One person stepped on the air and pulled the entire team into the valley.

The screams echoed in the valley for a long time.

……

Everyone in Qingfeng Village realized that this escape was to fight against the Lord of Hell.

Miao Youlin knew,
The top priority is to find a market town and enter it.

With a house to keep out the cold, hot water, and food, everyone had a way to survive.

however,
The snow is too heavy and the trek is difficult,

What's worse is that they have lost their way.

Thirty miles away from the mountain, there was originally a market town with hundreds of households.

but,

After wandering around for 2 days, I found that I completely lost my sense of direction.

There is a vast expanse of white everywhere,
There are no points of reference, no roads, and no stars to look to.

And Xishan Island,

It was a different scene, and the days were very beautiful.

Everyone found a leeward valley,
We also built a temporary shed with felt so that the snowflakes would fall out of the way.

Countless bonfires and charcoal braziers were lit all around.

After all, everything can be in short supply.

Only there is no shortage of coal.

The hot flames made the snowflakes afraid to fall to the ground.

……

This is a New Year's Eve dinner of unprecedented scale.

Li Yu wore a military uniform designed by himself, led a group of backbones, and personal guards to the high place.

The uniforms of the Qing army were extremely ugly.

The official robe is also half a pound.

Li Jiajun is very satisfied with this new style of military uniform that is close-fitting, energetic and eye-catching.

Everyone agreed that apart from being expensive, there were no other drawbacks.

Hundreds of tailors,
They are working overtime to produce military uniforms, and it is expected that the musketeers will have one before spring.

Forget it if you're a sailor, wearing this stuff will get in the way.

"I, Li Yu, will lead you to conquer the south of the Yangtze River and the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, from one victory to another."

"If you want to be granted a wife and a wife, if you want to leave a name in history, do you dare?"

"Dare, dare, dare."

"The Li Jiajun are not rebels, let alone heroes of the Green Camp. We are the upright King's Division, and military discipline is the first priority."

"But tonight, go to the military discipline of riding a horse."

Li Yu took a glass of wine and raised it high.

"Brothers of the Li Jiajun, drink for victory."

Everyone stood up, raised their wine bowls, and shouted: "Drink."

……

In a flowing banquet, hard dishes were served one after another.

Everyone's faces were filled with happiness.

Everyone except the patrol was drinking heavily.

"Having dinner together is also a way to increase cohesion." Li Yu said to Fan Jing.

It's also a holiday in the Yamen.

He and his wife came to Xishan Island.

By now,

It's time for a showdown on some matters, and the father-in-law Fan's family must make a choice.

(End of this chapter)