The struggle of the reborn prince

As soon as Laba is over, it will be the day of offering sacrifices to the stove in more than ten days.Everyone in the mansion is busy with the age, the most important thing is cleaning, that is, cleaning the house, all the servants, servants, mothers-in-law, and maidservants in the mansion are mobilized, even family members who are visiting relatives are given Sent a broom to sweep the yard.

There are quite a few courtyards for people to live in, and there are even more halls and pavilions. Apart from the vacant courtyards in the inner courtyard, there are no less than a hundred or ten rooms.Not to mention the daily work such as cleaning windows and walls, just those indoor dark buildings, partitions, railings, and various carved screens are enough to clean all at once, and some things are carved with landscapes.Human figures, fish, insects, birds, and animals are delicately carved, and they will be damaged if you don't pay attention.In addition, there are all kinds of decorations in the house, such as fine porcelain, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, vases, tripods and Yizun, etc. are all treasures, and you must be more careful. Some are washed with water, and some are rubbed with oil, which is very cumbersome.

If there is no large number of people, it is impossible to achieve morning revival and evening completion.Fortunately, Zheng Shou, who is in charge of the miscellaneous affairs of the mansion, and Jian Xi, who manages the inner courtyard, have both participated in this kind of big battle, and they are experienced. They divided all the people into several groups, led by experienced people, and divided the work. Packing a piece is completely a common "production contract responsibility system" model in later generations.The two of them coordinated and deployed manpower, completely looking like a general commanding thousands of troops.

Zhao Tang saw that he seemed to be in the way wherever he stayed, so he took two small yellow doors and hid in the workshop of the mansion.There are about a dozen people who often live here, not only masons, carpenters, and blacksmiths who do "rough work", but also coppersmiths, silversmiths, who do fine work. The supplies needed can be regarded as the maintenance team in the mansion.But despite their small manpower, they are all experienced craftsmen who have been in the industry for many years, otherwise they would not have been selected into the palace.

As soon as Zhao Tong entered their small courtyard, he saw the blacksmith's stove, vise, hammer, saw and other tools on the side, and he felt familiar. In his previous life, he learned mechanical manufacturing. In the future, he will either enter a design institute or go to a factory to produce. The aircraft cannon, machine gun and missiles, but by accident, he was selected into the special forces, which changed his fate in the previous life.

"Hello, Second Master, why did you come to this place? There is no place to sit!" Zhang Erbao, the foreman in the workshop, was a little surprised when he saw Zhao Tun coming in, and said at a loss.

"Master Zhang, they think I'm in the way wherever I go, and want to hide here with you, it seems that you don't welcome me!" Zhao Tang said with a bitter face.

"Second Master is killing the little ones, we will not invite you!" Zhang Erbao hastily let Zhao Tun and the others into the room, and the others also rushed to see him. Zhang Erbao wiped the only chair in the room with his sleeve. After several times, he was asked to sit down with the cotton mat sewed by his wife. The others also hurriedly turned on the brazier and poured tea for him.

"Masters, sit down, don't be restrained, I'm just here to hide from you, if you are polite, it will be my fault!" Zhao Tang said with a smile innocently, making a circle and showing two small canine teeth.

"Hehe, the second master was joking. We are simple here, and I am afraid that we will treat you slowly!" Coppersmith Zhang Liujin took out a handful of dried fruits such as walnuts, jujubes, persimmons, and chestnuts and said with a smile. He is rude, but he is good at making copperware with a six-pound hammer. People call him Zhang Liujin, but he ignores his real name, "Second Lord, let's make do with some food. These are the women who come to the house to celebrate the New Year. The ones brought here, although they are common, are produced at home, eat them fresh!"

"Okay, everyone in the family is here, are you getting used to it?" Zhao Tang said, picking up a jujube and biting it into his mouth.

"I have to thank you, Second Master, for your kindness. These old ladies rarely even go out. If the mansion hadn't sent someone to pick them up, they might have lost their way as soon as they left. There is food and drink in the mansion, so what can they do? After staying here for a few days, I want to find something to do, and I don't want to go back!" Lu Dabin, a carpenter, said.

"This is a good thing. We will develop in the future. What we need is manpower. When we build roads and dams in the next year, there will be no shortage of people who cook water and cook on the construction site. After the dam is repaired, we can raise ducks and fish. We need to build wineries, mills... people are needed everywhere, and they are still worried about not having work, if they are willing to stay, the mansion can help solve the problem of living places, and it will also save you from missing each other and not being able to sleep at night!" Zhao said. tamarind said.

"Then we thank the second master. Multiple wives do their laundry and cook like a family. The old women don't know how happy they are!" Zhang Liujin said with tears in the corners of his eyes. The others were also grateful, who would not Wife and children live together as a family, but in the past, these were extravagant hopes. Craftsmen were independent and independent. Back, husband and wife get together less and leave more.

Zhao Tong chatted with everyone for a while, and then the topic turned to craftsmanship. He didn't know much about ancient production techniques, and he wanted to learn about the level of modern technological development from the conversations with them, and these craftsmen are exactly one It is they who have created many new techniques in practice.

"Master Zhang, look at this piece of copper. If I want to make him like this, what can you do?" Zhao Tun said, picking up a thin piece of copper on the case and gesturing.

"Second Lord, this is easy to handle. It can be knocked out with a hammer without any wrinkles!" Zhang Liujin took the copper piece and beat it immediately.

"If I need a large number of the same size, is there any faster way?" Zhao Tong asked again.

"This... this is not impossible, just make a yin and yang mold, put the copper piece on it, and hit it with a hammer to ensure that all of them are of the same size!" Zhang Liujin quickly came up with a way, hand He didn't stay idle at the bottom, and he made what Zhao Tong wanted with the effort of talking.

"Master Cao, if I want to drill a hole in a two-foot-long fine iron rod, can you do it?" Zhao Tuo asked Cao Shuangcheng, who was watching from the side, he was a blacksmith.

"Second Master, that one is too long, we can't do it, one is because we don't have a good drill bit, and the other can't guarantee that it won't deviate, but the shorter one can be done!" Cao Shuangcheng replied respectfully.

"Oh!" Zhao Tang nodded, his question was not aimless, he wanted to improve his gun, because his revolver propellant uses black powder, which contains nitrate, and this thing is easy to get damp if left for a long time. If you don't pay attention, it is likely to misfire when you shoot. To solve this problem, you can only make a bullet that integrates the propellant and the warhead.

In the understanding of many people, the improvement of the gun comes first, and then the development of the bullet. In fact, this is wrong. The development of the gun is developed step by step with the improvement of the bullet manufacturing process.From the conversation and demonstration just now, Zhao Tong understood that it was an extravagant hope for them to make bullet casings in the modern sense with the existing technology, but it is completely possible to make a cap with a primer.He had an idea, if it might work to use the early paper bullet casings, then it could solve the serious wear and tear caused by air leakage during firing and frequent firing of the magazine. A revolver that can be used in actual combat comes.

"Second Master, do you want to make something? We will try our best to make it for you!" Cao Shuangcheng asked cautiously, seeing Zhao Tuo in a daze.

"Well, this is not urgent, but now there is an urgent task and I want everyone to help me find a way!" Zhao Tong said.

"Second Master, tell me!" several craftsmen said, sticking their heads over. These days, only Zhang Liujin made a big hot pot for the prince, and he got a lot of rewards. Trying to show off.

"Have you ever seen the 'mercury extractor' used by Taoist priests?" Zhao Tang asked. The shochu he made two days ago was made using the mercury extractor that Qingyun left in the Taoist temple.Those ancient Taoist priests, in order to extract mercury from cinnabar, designed a distiller. It is divided into upper and lower parts. The upper part is shaped like a round bottom flask, called "pomegranate jar". A pipe, the lower part of which is barrel-shaped, is called a "gan pot". When in use, it is heated so that the mercury vapor generated in the container can flow into the condensing tank placed next to it, so that the mercury vapor generated in the tank can flow into the condensate tank. The cold water of the child becomes liquid mercury.

Such distillation equipment is quite complete even today.But it’s okay to use it to make wine for small troubles, but it’s definitely not good to use it for large-scale production of shochu, so it must be improved on this basis, and these things may be used after the new year. It’s just right now to discuss with these experts. one time.

It is said that there is no first thing in literature and no second in martial arts, and craftsmen also love to distinguish themselves. These people formed a "scientific research team" around the proposition put forward by the prince, and started a discussion. The carpenters thought about how to use their own Blacksmiths and coppersmiths also proposed solutions from their own perspectives. Only silversmiths and jadesmiths are depressed. They can't inlay gold and silver on this thing and carve flowers.

Everyone came up with their own ideas and came up with a solution. Zhao Tong listened to this and talked to that, which seemed to mobilize everyone's enthusiasm.Zhao Tong stayed here for almost a day, and ate lunch here, and finally came up with a preliminary opinion, and agreed to start trial production after the Chinese New Year.

When the sun was about to set, Jianxi hurriedly found this place, "Second Lord, why did you hide here? Everyone is waiting for you to preside over the stove. Come back with me and change clothes!" The craftsmen talked enthusiastically together, and said with a mournful face.

"Second Master, go back quickly, this is a big deal, we can't delay it!" Under everyone's persuasion, Zhao Tun reluctantly left the workshop and followed Jianxi back.