Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 53 Internal Affairs
After leaving the magistrate's office, Li Yu shook his right hand with a painful expression.

"Military advisor, what's wrong?" The attendant turned out to be Lin Huaisheng, who asked in confusion.

"My hands hurt."

Lin Huaisheng couldn't hold back and laughed out loud.

He felt that he was with the right person, he was happy with his work, he was decisive in killing, he was a black and white hero.

More importantly, my sister got a good growing environment in Lijiabao.

"Commander, I'll give you back this self-generated short fire gun."

"No need, keep it for yourself."

"Thank you, Commander."

"Huai Sheng, tell me about your past? I want to hear it."

"Ok."

Lin Huaisheng spent half an hour recalling the first half of his life.

He was born and raised by the Huaihe River, so he was named Huaisheng.

Both parents made a living on the canal, working as sailors on canal ships, which was a temporary job.

Because he was hungry and stole grain from the canal, he was discovered by the soldiers of the canal transport yamen, and was taken to the Huaihe River and beheaded.

He took his sister to join a caravan and sold fur goods outside the Great Wall.

Later, because he killed a tax collector for extortion in Datong Prefecture, he was arrested by the government and ran away.

"No wonder your riding skills are so good. It turns out you were a member of a caravan."

"Military advisor, I want to ask you a question?"

"speak."

……

"Are you a member of the Heaven and Earth Society?"

"No. I just despise the laws of the Qing Dynasty and want to have a piece of my own territory."

Lin Huaisheng nodded, he saw it.

Nowadays, not many people dare to go against the government.

It's nothing more than the chieftains from the southwest, the Tatars from the northwest, and a lot of sects who pretend to be gods and ghosts.

The Jiangnan area is the area where the Tiandihui activities take place.

That's why he had such questions.

In the afternoon, Zhang Tiejiang and his son were sent back to Lijiapu by the government officials.

But it was a blessing in disguise that Father Zhang was so frightened that he was sweating profusely because he was taken into prison by the yamen guards.

As a result, the disease was cured.

The two thanked each other for their kindness, and from then on they devoted their lives to the Li family.

Li Yu didn't hesitate and asked them to make weapons.

Tell them that these weapons will be exported through sea trade to make money in the future.

He also made up a lie that was not a lie.

At this time, tens of millions of Chinese people settled in Nanyang to make a living, and they faced the threat of red barbarian soldiers.

These weapons are sold to them to protect their homes.

Rounding it all off, it’s almost equivalent to accumulating virtue and doing good deeds.

If one accumulates a lot of negative virtue, his descendants will surely prosper.

When Zhang Tiejiang and his son heard this, they were very excited and stopped thinking about it.

From then on, I concentrated on the machine, drilling gun barrels and turning parts all day long.

Xiao Wu is responsible for adding coal to the steam engine at regular intervals, and is also a kind of supervisor.

After all, Xiao Wu is more trustworthy.

……

Li Yu only demonstrated it a few times, and the father and son mastered it.

And shouting about the magic weapon!

Professionals are different, they have a steady hand.

Only three pieces of iron were scrapped, and the first perfect gun barrel was drilled.

Smoother and more even than Li Yu's handiwork.

This also strengthened his idea that professional matters should be left to professionals!

No more staying up late to run the machine.

You can put more thought into the layout of Suzhou Prefecture and weave a big network as soon as possible.

The strength is too weak and there is a great lack of security.

Blacksmith Zhang and his son drilled out five qualified gun barrels in one go.

After Li Yu checked, he was very satisfied:

"Dad Zhang is good at his craftsmanship. Work hard and I will renew your son's string next year."

"Master, what is a continuation?"

"Just find him another wife."

"Oh, there is such a beautiful thing. Son, please kneel down and thank me."

Father Zhang pulled his son to kneel down, very excited.

Li Yu accepted this kind of heartfelt gratitude calmly.

As for saying that everyone is equal, I'm afraid we won't be able to do it for another few hundred years.

It is not as practical as a pure employment relationship.

The promise was made to capture the hearts of the blacksmith and his son.

After all, the quality of industrial products has a lot to do with the mood of the craftsmen.It is necessary to improve the enthusiasm of labor.

……

Yang Yunjiao did the same thing.

Outside Lijiabao, dozens of refugees were taken in and became hired workers here.

It is very reasonable to exchange labor for accommodation and three meals.

Based on their performance, Yang Yunjiao selected three people to be leaders.

Every day, the group with the best performance can add a pot of pork stew, add more salt, pepper and spices, and eat it for three days.

After the drainage ditch was completed, construction of four observation towers began.

It is said to be a viewing tower, but more like a watchtower.

The height is 15 meters, but the cross section is an equilateral triangle, which is very strange.

I am used to seeing square buildings, but this kind of triangular building is not pleasing to the eye.

Except for Li Yu, everyone said privately that this thing was ugly.

If they had been on the Jinchuan front line, they probably wouldn't think so.

Relying on the steep terrain, towers and muskets, and a mere few thousand Jinchuan soldiers, the Qing army was stopped in its tracks.

7000 million taels of silver, the lives of tens of thousands of Qing troops, and the heads of many first- and second-grade officials were all wasted under the watchtower.

Just this year, Agui, an important minister of the Qing Dynasty, commanded the Jinchuan front line, relying on the number of artillery to crush it, and finally broke into Jinchuan.

When Li Yu read this period of history, he even had an absurd idea.

The total population of Jinchuan is only 7000 people, so the 7000 million taels of silver are equally distributed to each person, which is [-] taels.

If the war is going like this, we might as well just buy the road.

Each person who goes down the mountain will be rewarded with 7000 taels. Any brave man will be dizzy after hearing this!
What is the concept of 7000 taels?Weighs half a ton.

Measure the material resources of the Qing Dynasty and bring joy to the world.

……

Triangular watchtower, although the space is narrow.

But it is better protected from artillery than the four-corner tower.

Artillery in the 18th century relied on the huge kinetic energy of ball shells to destroy enemy city fortifications.

When the cannonball hits the slope, most of the impact force is removed.

The part of the watchtower near the ground is built with large stone strips, and the top is built with bricks.

The only downside is that it is expensive!

Li Yu had a vague impression of Sanhe Tu, so he briefly talked to Yang Yunjiao and asked her to find a few women and children to try it.

Hydrated lime, loess (clay, broken pottery), fine sand (gravel, slag).

The raw materials are not rare and easy to collect.

It must be crushed after collection, which is the biggest workload.

What kind of industrialization is too far away?

Give each person a hammer and hit it slowly.

The most indispensable thing in the Qing Dynasty was manpower, which was lower than the cost of machines.

He also found two carpenters from the refugees and asked them to make the gun body.

There is no need to keep this secret, because it is just the body of the gun, and these people cannot guess what it is.

Get the carpenter's tools together and give them birch wood, and they can start working.

Compare the sample to ensure there is no error, polish it until it is smooth, and finally paint it.

People who have finally found their right job cherish this job very much.

Seeing everyone busy like a spinning top, Li Yu returned to the room with satisfaction.

It feels so good to be separated from the working people~
……

Fucheng is here.

There was a look of expectation on his face, even a little flattering.

"Brother, silver, have you raised the silver?"

"Come here and close the door."

Looking at Li Yu with a serious face, Fucheng's heart was trembling.

He was so afraid of rejection.

Li Yu sighed first, then opened the drawer and took out a stack of banknotes.

"Here is exactly 1 taels."

"Brother, thank you. Where did you raise it from? This is 1 taels!" Fucheng's eyes were red.

The two of them, father and son, encountered so many blank stares and bitter tears while raising money in the capital.

Li Yu picked up the banknotes, each with a denomination of 1000 taels.

Start adding drama to yourself:

"These two are all my savings."

"These two pictures show me tying up a rich man."

"This one was borrowed from a friend in the world of martial arts."

"These two pictures were stolen by me under the guise of others."

"These three pictures were taken from a widow who has admired me for a long time, ahem."

"Brother, you should go back to Beijing now. I wish you a bright future."

Fucheng bit his finger and swore to God:
"God is my witness."

"If I betray Brother Li in this life, I will have no burial place after my death, my family will be extinct, and my ancestral graves will be dug up."

(End of this chapter)