Red Mansion Huacai

Chapter 185 Let him go down to the west building under the bright moon

Suddenly, Li Weijian woke up early.

Hong Yu forced herself to come to serve her, but was stopped by Li Weijian, who said with a smile: "Just rest, I didn't have any maids to serve me in the first few years, so why don't you come here too?"

Hongyu was really tired, so she didn't refuse and just said: "It seems to have snowed all night outside. Fourth master also wants to practice today?"

The new talent is broken, and the red jade can't last long. Li Weijian didn't bother much yesterday, and finally ended it by following the usual method. Because not only was I never tired, but I was in high spirits.

Li Weijian said with a smile: "Stretch your muscles and bones. You can rest. I will go to the Yamen in a while. I can just order what I want to eat."

"Ah."

After hearing some more explanations, Li Weijian went out. After breakfast that day, Li Weijian first took some tires from the warehouse.

Two thousand kilograms of latex was used to figure out the tire formula. Li Weijian would not treat him badly. These tires were supposed to be replaced for his carriage, but now that Daiyu was going south, he had to send them over first.

We went to the yamen to order a meal and then went to Rongguo Mansion. Unexpectedly, when we got to Yusi, the doctor Hu Debiao came over and said: "Fu Sheng, early in the morning, the prince sent a small official to spread the word, saying that Fu Sheng is coming, hurry up and go there Neifu Yamen."

Li Weijian put down the tea cup and asked, "Your Majesty, are you free now?"

"I think you've been busy. Go quickly. Don't keep the prince waiting."

Li Weijian stood up immediately and took a car to the Neifu Yamen in a short time. After handing the sign and waiting for a moment, Mr. Liang took him inside.

After not seeing each other for many days, King Zhongyong looked extremely tired.

After Li Weijian saw the ceremony, he was seated by King Zhongyong.

King Zhongyong said: "I have been busy these past few days, but I suddenly came back to life. Now that I am in charge of the Yu Division, will my resurrection go smoothly?"

Li Weijian quickly raised his hand and said: "Back to your lord, the superior treats his subordinates very well, and his colleagues are harmonious. Thank you very much, your lord, for placing your subordinates in Duyu Division."

King Zhongyong nodded and said: "You are just taking a temporary position in Duyu Division. When the Military Preparation Institute has a vacancy, I will tease you. Then I will write a handwritten letter and transfer you to the Military Preparation Institute to help."

Although it is only the winter months and the war will have to wait until next year, the war machine of the Armed Forces is already in full swing. Thousands of craftsmen worked day and night to build armor and equipment, especially new guns and artillery. Emperor Zhenghe had been destined to die before. At the beginning of the war, there were 10,000 new guns and equipment and hundreds of artillery!

This means that the Armed Forces Academy must manufacture at least 13,000 to 4,000 new gun tubes, and deliver 10,000 of them before June. Armor and equipment are consumables, not to mention wrought iron pipes and guns, but also swords, guns, and armor. A lot of them will be lost in a battle.

It was also because of this that the Armed Forces Academy, which had devoted all its efforts to military industry, had no time to build steam engines. Even though they knew that sharpening their swords would save them from chopping wood, no one wanted to take the risk.

Li Weijian accepted with his hand and couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, if you want to be a subordinate, why not build a steam engine first..."

King Zhongyong frowned and waved his hand: "Build the armor first, and let's talk about the steam engine later. I Dashun Lao Shi's expedition, it is easy to capture Qinghai, but what is difficult is that the Dzungar thieves avoided fighting and dragged the army in Qinghai.

The Western Region is vast and sparsely populated. If we send out a large army, we will not have enough money and food. The saint and Ge Lao discussed many times and both said that this time we should focus on elite troops and annihilate the enemy.

The resurrected machine looks good, but at this moment, if something goes wrong, not even I can afford it. "

Li Weijian bowed and accepted the order, but he didn't take it seriously.

Then King Zhongyong said again: "Resurrection and ingenuity can build a steam engine. Do you think you can also build ordnance?"

Li Weijian raised his eyes, met the earnest eyes of King Zhongyong, and asked in confusion: "What do you mean, Lord?"

King Zhongyong said earnestly: "I, Dashun, have always valued military merit. If I am resurrected and make some sharp weapons to defeat the enemy, I will make some plans, and there is no chance that it will be counted as military merit."

And such good things? Li Weijian couldn't help but feel excited, thinking about how sulfuric acid was made? It seems to be the lead chamber method?

Seeing him pondering, King Zhongyong blinked and said, "Resurrection really has an idea?"

Li Weijian held up his hand, not daring to finish his words, and said, "Your Majesty, I have some ideas, but they still need to be built before they can be used."

King Zhongyong was overjoyed: "Okay, okay, just go ahead and build the resurrection. All the manpower and material resources of the inner government can be used by the resurrection alone... Well, there is only one thing. We can't delay the Military Academy's construction of ordnance."

"Yes, it's up to me to save you."

After lingering for a while, Li Weijian came out of the inner palace and went straight to the inner palace warehouse. With the order of King Zhongyong, the clerk did not dare to neglect. Li Weijian found all the things he wanted and prepared a carriage to deliver them to his residence first.

Seeing that it was approaching noon, Li Weijian drove to Rongguo Mansion, leaving only a few minor officials wondering.

One said: "I know the use of this saltpeter and sulfur. It must be for making gunpowder, but what is the use of this frosting sugar?"

Another said: "Looking at it, it's probably Lord Li who is greedy."

The previous scolded: "Stop talking nonsense, Lord Li's family is very rich, do you need to take advantage of this?"

The other person spread out his hands and said, "Then I don't know. It can't be used to make gunpowder, right?"

The person from before said: "Just now I asked carefully how to make frosting sugar. It's really weird. I don't know what Lord Li thinks."

What did Li Weijian think? Saltpeter, sulfur, and sugar, in the right ratio, are high explosives! If you change the ratio, it will be high-quality propellant.

There would be no hope of producing sulfuric acid for a while, and Li Weijian would not dare to tinker with it himself even if he had the conditions. Without sulfuric acid, there is no need to think about industrial explosives for the time being, but there is a shortcut - white sugar.

As long as the ratio is right, you can use sugar to make explosives comparable to TNT.

So just now Li Weijian carefully asked about the current white sugar...that is, the production method and production volume of frosting sugar. After hearing this, he suddenly felt chilled.

Today Dashun still uses the mud sealing method. To put it bluntly, it is multiple rounds of color adsorption, and the preparation time is extremely long. As for the yellow mud pouring sugar method recorded in Tiangong Kaiwu... this method is not as good as the mud sealing method.

Li Weijian couldn't help but lament that without industrialization, there would be no way to industrialize sugar production. How to make sugar industrially? Carbon adsorption plus centrifuge. When I think about it, it becomes a question of which came first, the chicken or the egg.

Frosted sugar is expensive and is used to make explosives. Not to mention Dashun at this time, I am afraid that the entire Western Yi population cannot afford it. If you want to make sugar industrially, you can only use a steam engine, but Dashun cannot spare the manpower and material resources to make it.

Li Weijian couldn't help but think to himself, could he really have to wait for his factory to be established before he could solve this problem?

Forget it, all the passes now are a matter of course. If he just relies on himself to forcefully promote the steam engine, he may not be able to promote industrialization in the Year of the Monkey and the Horse. It must be in the interests of the landlords and wealthy people to promote it.

After thinking about it, the carriage and horses arrived at De Rongguo Mansion. Li Weijian ordered the Ding brothers to accompany them holding the tires. Ding Rusong also held a rough pump in his hand.

The disciple Yu Liu blinked and hurriedly came up to him: "Sir, what are you doing -" "Sister Lin will be traveling far in the near future. I thought that Sister Lin is still young and cannot bear the bumps, so I simply sent a few sets of tires. .”

"tire?"

Li Weijian was too lazy to negotiate with Yu Liu, and said directly: "I went to find Brother Lian, so I said I have something to look for him."

Yu Liu agreed. He did not dare to neglect at the moment and hurriedly sent people to find Jia Lian.

Jia Lian didn't go out that day. He only had a cup of tea and then walked out of Neiyi Gate. After searching around in front of the door, he saw Li Weijian next to the stable.

Jia Lian hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Brother Jian, what are you doing?"

"Brother Lian, has the carriage going south been booked?"

"It's decided, those are the cars."

On this trip south, Daiyu was accompanied by two maids and a nanny. Jia Lian also had to bring a few accompanying boys, so four carriages were required.

Li Weijian only cared about Daiyu, how could he care about others? After finding out where Daiyu was riding, he immediately ordered the Ding brothers to get busy.

The carriage was set up and all the wheels and axles were removed. The Ding brothers were busy working for a long time, but Li Weijian couldn't stand it, so he just started changing the tires on the carriage himself.

I have prepared three sets of tires this time, one solid and two inflatable. The roads are paved with loess these days. I hope I can rotate them and make it to Jinling, right?

After the tire was replaced, the Ding brothers pressed the air pump to inflate the tire. Jia Lian looked very puzzled and couldn't help but said: "Brother Jian, you are... too dedicated."

Li Weijian only said: "Lin Yansi has been kind to me, and this is just repayment. Come on, Brother Lian, let's try it and see if it works."

"it is good."

After the inflation was completed, Jia Lian got on the carriage and ordered the driver to take him around Rongguo Mansion. Ningrong Street and even the private alleys are paved with bluestone slabs. Although there are some potholes, they are not as good as the roads outside. In addition, Jia Lian's seat was soft, and even after turning around, he didn't notice any difference.

But the driver said excitedly: "These tires are a good thing. It saves a lot of effort when walking."

After hearing what the driver said, Jia Lian got out of the car and praised him against his will, and invited Li Weijian inside. Li Weijian smiled and said: "It will take a few days. This tire was given to Sister Lin first, and the old lady has not shown any filial piety. If you come here now, you will definitely be scolded by the old lady. I will make a few more sets and send them over in a few days before I dare to go." See the old lady."

Jia Lian laughed loudly and even said that Li Weijian was humorous, but did not say that Li Weijian said something wrong... Jia's mother was getting older, and she did look like an old child. Not to mention that he was about to be sent out of the mansion immediately.

After a while, Jia Lian smiled and told Wang Xifeng about the matter, and Wang Xifeng turned around and relayed it to Daiyu. After two days of sadness and worry, Daiyu felt quite unable to eat.

When I heard what Li Weijian had done for him, I immediately felt heartbroken. A group of people just comforted me with gentle words, but what was the use of comforting words when things were thousands of miles apart?

Brother Jian was not like that. Although he said some words of comfort, he turned around and started busy with himself. Although she didn't know what the tire was or what it was used for, Daiyu couldn't help but feel moved when she thought that he was doing this for her own sake and even took advantage of it himself.

Fourth brother Jian really missed her.

In a blink of an eye, it was the third day of winter, and on this day Daiyu and Jia Lian set off south. All the mistresses of the house, except Jia Mu, who was afraid of the cold and could not work, came to see them off.

Sanchun and Baochai were there, and Li Wan also took a day off. Saying this and explaining that, the feeling of parting is beyond words. Baoyu huddled in the crowd, looking at Daiyu in a daze. He wanted to keep her, but realized that it was in vain, so he could only sigh.

Mrs. We have to rush on our way as soon as possible, we don’t want to miss Sutou.”

Daiyu agreed and walked out sadly. Everyone took him to Yimen and watched him go out of Yimen and get on the special carriage.

Jia Lian talked to Jia Zheng and Jia She for a while, and then got into the carriage. The coachman shouted, and four carriages were about to come out from the corner gate.

Daiyu sobbed slightly, opened the curtains and looked outside. I couldn't help but feel a little confused, why didn't I see Fourth Brother Jian today?

Then I thought again, Fourth Brother Jian has done enough, and today is not a holiday. I guess he can't leave in the Yamen, right?

It's a pity that I have been busy these past two days and haven't had time to talk to Fourth Brother Jian more. Looking at Rongguo Mansion hidden in the wind and snow, Daiyu secretly wondered if she would be able to return to this place one day.

Zijuan advised from the side: "Girl, it's cold outside, so it's hard to catch the cold."

Daiyu responded and lowered the curtain. There was a brazier in the carriage. Zicuckoo took Daiyu's hand and hurriedly handed over another hand stove.

Daiyu held her hand and felt a lot warmer immediately. Seeing that he had never seen the hand stove before, he asked: "Who sent this?"

Zijuan said: "Who else could it be? It must be Second Master Bao."

Daiyu nodded slightly. The two of them had been together for three or four years because of their brother-sister relationship, so this move was as it should be.

Xue Yan on the side glanced sideways at Zicuckoo, and suddenly said to Daiyu's nanny: "Aunt Wang, does this carriage feel less bumpy than before?"

Grandma Wang smiled and said, "That's true. I think it's because of the soft cushions, but now that we've left the city, it's not bumpy. This shows that it's all thanks to Fourth Master Jian."

Xue Yan said: "It's just a pity that Fourth Master Jian has become an official and can't get away easily. If not, I would definitely come to see the girl off today."

Daiyu felt like a mirror in her heart. After hearing this, she said, "What are you talking about? Fourth brother Jian is busy, I know that."

After a long while, Xueyan suddenly heard a noise outside. He opened the curtain and took a look, and immediately said happily: "Girl, Fourth Master Jian is chasing after you on horseback."

Daiyu was happy in her heart, but she only nodded slightly on her face.

At this time, the carriages and horses had already left the city, and a group of three horses came galloping over. Li Weijian said a few words to Jia Lian on horseback, and sent a letter from home, asking him to help deliver it to the Li family in Jinling. He immediately turned his horse's head and headed towards Daiyu's carriage.

"Sister Lin."

He called out, and Daiyu opened the curtain and got out of the car.

Li Weijian said quickly: "Sister, take care of your body and bones."

Daiyu shook her head: "It doesn't matter."

Li Weijian originally had thousands of words to say, but now he didn't know how to speak. Ding Ding looked at Dai Yuxu for a moment and said with a smile: "I don't know what to say when I say goodbye. When my sister leaves, it's really like 'let him go down to the west building under the bright moon'."

From then on, I had no intention of loving the good night and let him go down to the west tower under the bright moon. It's not a confession, but it's better than a confession.

A pair of eyes that looked like weeping but not weeping stared at Li Weijian for a long while before he replied with a 'hmm'.

(End of this chapter)