Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 91 This is a trap, run away quickly

After half an hour,
Fan Jing left Lijiabao in a hurry.

Li Yu's "shocking" remarks were still echoing in his mind.

“There are too many people and too little meat on this table in the Qing Dynasty.

If you want to eat meat on the table, you must overturn others.

Lijiabao's industry is supporting the rebellion and does not generate profits.

Until we have the strength to challenge the imperial court, we can’t expect to make money from serious industry.

On the contrary, it is necessary to plunder money from other channels to support the industry.

and also,

Once we independently develop a serious industry, we will be swallowed up by others.

Every man is innocent and guilty!
At that time, if you don’t want to rebel, you must rebel.

So, let’s plunder. "

……

Safety is guaranteed, at least for a while.

Even if we are doing some business, we must rope in all the local snakes, and everyone can make money.

That way, even if some people find something.

I will also pretend not to know, for the sake of future dividends.

Most officials in the Qing Dynasty were more realistic.

Keep a clear distinction between public and private matters, and fully understand that what belongs to the imperial court belongs to the imperial court, and what belongs to one's own family belongs to one's own family.

Everything is fake, money is real.

It was actually very difficult for local officials to be promoted in the Qing Dynasty.

The vast majority of official positions above the county magistrate level are airborne.

Only 2% of the vacancies are reserved for outstanding individuals at the grassroots level.

And the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the court officials, and the chief ministers are not indifferent to the fireworks of the world.

……

As for the target of plunder, Li Yu has not made up his mind.

Instead, make an assessment of the potential target first, so as to maximize the potential for success and minimize future troubles.

Officials, bandits, gentry, and businessmen were all considered.

Monthly food, steel, gunpowder, salaries, daily repairs, and maintaining official connections are all fixed expenses.

Lai Er's trip to Chaozhou Prefecture was a huge temporary expense.

The redemption and relocation of Xishan Island is another deal.

Moreover, the time to distribute dividends to official shareholders is approaching.

Those people have been looking forward to having a good year.

The sales of coal cakes were so popular that everyone in the city was jealous.

If you can’t get the money out after a few months.

They didn't even need Qianlong to take action, they were going to demolish Lijiabao to collect the debt.

……

That night,

Blacksmith Zhang and his son are here again.

And raised a long-standing "big question":
"not enough people."

In fact, the entire machine tool workshop has always been dominated by the two men.

Over at the blacksmith shop, there were a few craftsmen who were recruited later.

But using machine tools is Lijiabao’s core secret.

"Master, we must add more people."

"Otherwise, the two of us won't be able to keep up with the production you want even if we don't sleep or eat."

Li Yu motioned for the two of them to sit down.

Ask the kitchen to bring three bowls of shredded pork noodles with pickled vegetables, a piece of fried fish, some soy pork ribs, and more chopped green onions.

Put shredded ginger and balsamic vinegar in a small plate.

"Don't worry, let's talk while eating."

"Master, please recruit more reliable blacksmiths."

"Blacksmiths are easy to find, but they may not be reliable."

"That's right. After all, it's not like our father and son follow the master wholeheartedly."

Li Yu smiled and signaled to eat noodles first.

After a while, it becomes lumpy and no longer tastes good.

When eating noodles in Suzhou, the focus is on the toppings.

I ate the toppings in a few bites before starting to eat the noodles.

"If I recruit some loyal novices, can I run the machine tool?"

"Ah?" Blacksmith Lao Zhang was stunned for a moment.

After a while he said:
"It's okay to be sent to be an apprentice in a blacksmith shop for a few months, and then learn to operate a machine tool."

"how much time is required?"

"It will take half a year anyway." Lao Zhang added, "You can start running machine tools in half a year, but forging steel and iron, you won't be able to start a job in less than three years."

……

"It's too slow. From now on, you and your son will specialize in drilling gun barrels, and leave all other steps to others."

"Within 10 days, I will find a skilled blacksmith for you and assign you 5 guards with swords. Don't let others cause damage."

"Row."

Li Yu decided to go with the assembly line approach.

Regardless of how loyal you are, recruit a group of craftsmen and let people watch them.

One process requires several people to be fixed.

The quality of the finished musket will definitely decrease, but it doesn't matter.

It is used as a training gun. Once the shooter is qualified, the gun can be scrapped.

Thinking about it this way, it suddenly became clear.

Absolute loyalty is difficult, just send someone to watch.

Speaking of absolute loyalty, I am afraid I can only count on the future boy camp.

Send away Blacksmith Zhang and his son,

Li Yu got up and went to the children's camp.

The children finally had color on their faces and looked much healthier.

After instilling the theory that the court is immoral and only he can save the world.

Li Dahu proposed:
"Master, it's so boring to look at the salt fields every day. Can you find something for us to do?"

"Yeah yeah."

A group of children were excited.

"Then you guys will train with the guards. When you grow taller, I will equip you with weapons."

"Knife or musket?"

"All."

Before leaving, Li Yu thought for a while and warned:

"If you find anything unusual inside or outside the fort, report it to me immediately."

"Yes, sir."

Three days ago, a person left Lijiabao without any reason.

The sentry at the observation tower noticed the incident and alerted the public.

When he was captured, he had already left the fortress for 2 miles.

After interrogation, the man said he was homesick.

I saved a piece of silver in my hand and thought of leaving secretly.

This made Li Yu wary.

As the number of people under his command increases, there are more and more loopholes in management.

……

Fan Jing and Du Ren's confidants were not in the fort.

Liu Qian had no potential to control people, Yang Yunjiao was a woman after all, and Xiao Wu was too young.

In the end, his eyes could only fall on Liu Wu.

There is no need to doubt this person's ability and courage.

in the library,
Liu Wu expressed his thoughts:
"Under the seven different departments, they are further subdivided into several groups. Each group promotes a team leader. Then formulate some rules and give them to the team leader for supervision and execution."

"Your suggestion is good, do you have any more?"

"I'm afraid I can't say it well."

"Speak boldly."

"When I was kidnapped by the Qingshui Cult, I saw that the Qing army's uniforms, hats and helmets were all different colors, and their generals could tell which part they belonged to at a glance. So, can different departments wear different clothes?"

"wonderful."

Li Yu couldn't help but praise.

In fact, it is just a military uniform, so it is naturally effective.

Not only can it be distinguished, but it can also be easily commanded.

Good military uniforms can also improve morale and increase combat effectiveness.

This is his line of work.

So Li Yu, who had itchy hands, began to design clothes.

Once all the musketeers have been sent to Xishan Island, they can be worn.

In Li Yu's mind, the spectacular scene of wearing uniforms, carrying standard muskets, and lining up to shoot appeared.

Thinking of intoxication,
He opened his eyes suddenly and started writing on the paper.

……

This set of military uniforms, red, black, and white, occupy 5%, 4%, and 1% of the area respectively.

The main color of the top is red, and the collar and cuffs are black.

The pants are black.

Short leather boots.

The design of a large-brimmed hat may be difficult to process and expensive.

If it were changed to a bamboo hat, it would be fine except for being a little awkward.

Leather belt armed belt is also very important, related to carrying equipment.

Musketeers carry a lot of bits and pieces with them.

Gunpowder, lead bullets, grease, match rope, fire sickle, knife, simple repair tools.

This is still the smallest fragment of light infantry in theory.

There may also be crucible tongs for molten lead water, dry food, salt, swords (or bayonets), and socks.

Li Yu faced many choices.

For example, the bayonet is probably not suitable for me at the moment.

Taking into account the metallurgical technology and processing technology, it is possible to make the kind of triangular thorn that is put on the barrel.

The gap between the gun barrel and the gun barrel is plugged tightly with wood chips.

But there is no one available!

After the design was completed, I found some people who had experience in tailoring, printing and dyeing, and leatherwork for consultation.

After they looked at it, they all said that the cost was slightly high and the work hours were very time-consuming.

As a result, the pockets on the jacket were deleted, and only the right pocket on the pants was retained.

Brass buttons are the last bit of stubbornness!

If you replace the iron buttons, they will become rusty and cannot be disgraced.

Li Yuli ignored all opinions and asked his subordinates to make a set of samples to try out.

……

Yang Yunjiao looked at this set of design drawings curiously.
Overall, a little thin.

The trousers are slightly loose from the knees up.

She wanted to say, isn't it better to wear armor when fighting?
I thought about it and swallowed it again, because the master is quite persistent.

No one dares to stop what he wants to do.

Three days later, the samples were released.

However, Li Yu was a little dissatisfied.

Because it's not stiff enough, it's a little loose.

Especially the front.

"What is the fabric used for?"

"Songjiang cotton." The tailor said anxiously. In her eyes, it was already top quality fabric.

After recalling it, Li Yu felt relieved.

The petroleum industry had not yet appeared in this era, and chemical fiber materials did not exist.

For stiffness, just wool.

But wool is expensive and available in small quantities.

If all soldiers were equipped with military uniforms made of wool, financial resources would be stretched.

Then just use it as an officer's uniform.

Soldier uniforms can also be slightly adjusted.

For example, dyeing.

Dyeing multiple colors on one piece of fabric is labor-intensive and labor-intensive.

"The black trim and white piping on the top will be sewn on directly with cloth strips later." "Okay."

There is nothing good to say about military boots. They are not easy to hurt your feet on the battlefield.

Apart from being expensive, there are no other drawbacks.

The trousers are very well made, very similar to the style of military trousers from World War I.

The right pocket can hold some small things.

For example, seized.

……

The funniest thing is the bamboo hat.

Made of bamboo strips, it is cool in summer and protected from rain and sun. It is quite practical in the Jiangnan area.

"Change."

Li Yu put on a full military uniform himself and walked out of the house.

"How about it?"

"The master looks handsome and handsome in it, that's it~"

"What is it?"

"Just wearing this bamboo hat makes me feel nondescript."

Everyone also nodded, expressing the same feeling.

Crazy ideas in Li Yu’s mind:
Big brimmed hat?Baseball cap?Berets?Baga hat?Prussian peaked helmet?Denim wide-brimmed hat?

Eventually, he decided to make a sample of each.

Let’s see what can be done with the current technology.

Perhaps, I underestimated the wisdom of the ancients.

As an art student, sketching is a basic skill.

In just half an hour, he took out a stack of sketches and handed them to the tailor.

I also told him to modify this bamboo strip hat.

The inside was covered with a layer of black cloth, and the outside was painted with a layer of red paint.

Make the diameter smaller to facilitate marching.

There are also tops with shoulder pads on the shoulders to make them look even more heroic.

……

Military uniforms are the most troublesome and important.

The uniforms of other departments are much more perfunctory.

Abandoning the ugly design of the wide-sleeved robe, it is closer to the feel of modern work clothes and incorporates the characteristics of a servant.

For example, the logistics department has gray uniforms.

A few days later,
There is good news.

Through the cooperation of people in the Pan family, Liu Qian successfully infiltrated.

Taking advantage of Lan Yingying's absence, he sneaked into the house and searched it.

No identifying items were found.

But a lot of property was found.

There are jewelry, and there are all kinds of precious jewelry given by Pan Wu.

Liu Qian didn't dare to take it, for fear of disturbing the grass and alerting the snake.

He quietly reported it to Li Yu and listened to his decision.

……

"Do you think she looks like the leader of the Suzhou Branch of the White Lotus Sect?" Li Yu couldn't help but ask.

"I don't think so."

"What's the reason?"

"There's no reason, it's just intuition." Liu Qian said seriously.

Last month, Pan Wu and Lan Yingying got married in a low-key manner.

For some unknown reason, there was no grand banquet for the guests.

The news going around is that she is not the real wife, but just a concubine.

So there is no need to make a fuss.

Some people also say that Mr. Pan is dissatisfied, so he is not allowed to do it.

But Li Yu didn't think so.

He concluded that Lan Yingying was afraid of being exposed and did not dare to make a big deal.

The Pan family is not an ordinary family. They have friends from all over the world and countless business partners.

Maybe there are victims inside.

As a woman from a thousand backgrounds, caution should be the first priority.

After all, they don't rely on swords and guns to survive, they rely on their brains, ah, no, throwing them away.

Qianmen Yanzi's force value is very low, and if he is discovered, he will die.

Rich people will not show mercy.

"I have a bold idea."

"Hehe, the military advisor has exhausted all his plans, Zhuge Kongming is reincarnated."

According to Liu Qian's experience in the world of martial arts, when swallows build nests, they are preparing to fly away.

Today's Lan Yingying will definitely make a lot of money.

Just wait for the right time and slip away at any time.

"Liu Qian, please work hard for a while longer. Keep an eye on Pan's surroundings."

"I will send 10 men and 2 horses to you. Once the swallow wants to fly, catch it."

"Where were you caught?"

"After we leave the city, we have to live."

"Don't worry, military advisor, the Qianmen is the weakest in terms of force in the world. If your disguise is seen through, you will die."

……

Lijiabao has been a lot deserted recently.

Many manpower was transferred to Xishan Island.

Houses and construction projects are being carried out in full swing on the island.

The tidal flat is definitely not suitable, it is humid and may be flooded when the water rises in summer.

Taihu Lake is the summer flood storage tank for Suzhou Prefecture and even all the towns around the lake.

The building site should be 5 meters above the water surface.

This is Li Yu's mandatory requirement and there is no room for negotiation.

The area of ​​Xishan Island is not small, so site selection is not difficult.

The residential area, workshop area, and barracks are separated.

The clear distinction between Jing and Wei will make it easier to manage in the future and less likely to cause trouble.

Gunpowder Workshop, on the edge of the workshop area.

There is a small hill in the middle, just climb over.

This is to prevent production accidents.

The gunpowder workshop is the most dangerous place, so it is placed on the edge of the entire workshop area.

Li Yu once visited Liuyang, the hometown of fireworks, and had some impressions of the factories there.

In the event of an accident, in addition to isolating the spread of fire.

The most critical thing is to disperse the air shock wave of the explosion.

The surrounding area cannot be empty, it must be like the terrain at the bottom of a pot.

And across the gentle slope, it is undoubtedly the best design.

Around the gunpowder workshop, a trench was dug and two fences were erected.

There is also a two-story sentry tower.

There is only one main entrance left in the workshop, and no outsiders are allowed to enter or leave.

Here, it is nicknamed the "Women's Army".

Because, except for the sentry, the rest were all women.

……

On the warehouse floor, a layer of Sanhe soil was first laid.

Then cover it with oil paper cloth and then spread a layer of Sanhe soil.

The purpose of this is to prevent moisture!
Suzhou Prefecture is no different from the north. It is a place where mushrooms grow.

Xishan Island is in Taihu Lake, surrounded by water, and is even more humid.

Li Yu specifically warned that building warehouses and gunpowder workshops must be extremely moisture-proof.

Otherwise, there will be endless troubles.

The roof is also designed with slopes and fish-scale tiles.

The four eaves are deliberately extended outwards to prevent rainwater from soaking the base of the wall over time.

After the warehouse area is completed, it will be necessary to dig out a gentle slope around it.

Make sure that the warehouse is slightly higher than the surrounding area to facilitate quick drainage.

Some Huaibei craftsmen complained that the master was a little crazy about waterproofing.

But you were ridiculed by others, why did you flee?
Shut up for a moment.

Because I remembered that flood night.

Preparing materials and building a house are two different groups of people.

Although Sanhetu is not highly confidential, not many people can accurately match it to single digits.

As a time traveler, I don’t understand some of the science, but I have a vague impression.

Therefore, the exhaustive method can be used.

Experimentation is the basis of science.

Li Yu didn't dare to boast, but the gunpowder ratio was definitely unique in the Qing Dynasty.

What troubles him now is the formula for smelting iron and steel.

Raw material ratio, time, blast furnace design, furnace temperature, there is no place to start.

It wasn't until a month later that Lai Er returned from Chaozhou Prefecture and brought him an unexpected surprise.

……

"Lan Yingying is running away."

"Is the news reliable?"

"She ordered a awning and a carriage."

"What if we go out of town for fun?"

"Pan's house has carriages and boats, but she deliberately found a strange carriage and boat shop outside. She has something wrong in her heart."

Li Yu slammed the table excitedly.

"Spend some money and let the car and boat company cooperate."

Weigtang's reputation is out there, so let's spend some money.

The shopkeeper immediately agreed that the management rights for these days will belong to you.

2 days later, in the evening.

The city gate will close in half an hour.

Lan Yingying and maid Xiao Taohong went out from the back door of Pan's house and quietly boarded the carriage.

The coachman respectfully lowered the curtain and headed out of the city.

After leaving the city, they waited to board the ship.

The costumes of the master and servant are different from those in the past.

Simple and unassuming.

I have very little luggage with me, just a leather case and two bags.

When boarding the ship, Lan Yingying looked around as if nothing had happened.

Very quiet, no suspicious people.

The cabin was very clean and seemed to have been freshly cleaned.

There are two small stools in the awning boat.

Set sail, under night.

There was only the sound of oars moving in the water.

Two boatmen,
One person is in front, holding a pole.

One person is behind, responsible for rowing.

……

They were silent all the way, not even making eye contact.

Lan Yingying suddenly felt panicked.
Get up and walk to the deck, pretending to look at the scenery.

The setting sun leaves only the last trace of light.

It's like the stubborn streak on a middle-aged man's forehead.

The boatman bent down and gestured slightly.

Lan Yingying slowly turned around and took two steps. Suddenly, the copper hairpin in her hand fell on the deck.

clang,

She glanced out of the corner of her eye,
The boatman still turned his back to him and showed no reaction.

She was instantly shocked, her face turned white, and her hands began to tremble.

Entering the cabin strong and calm:

"This is a trap, run away."

(End of this chapter)