Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

Wu Shigong is now slowly entering the harvest period, and the money in his hands has also increased.So, apart from leaving some silver around as a spare, Wu Shigong wanted to deposit all the silver in the bank.

However, as soon as Wu Shigong put forward his idea, he was opposed by Zhu Yun.Zhu Yun thinks: My uncle's money should be used to buy land and collect rent.It’s okay to buy a shop and collect rent.Even if my son-in-law doesn't want to buy these, he should hide the silver in Xue's treasury.Anyway, the Xue family's treasury is big, so the little money that my uncle put in won't take up much space.The Xue family has a great career, so is my uncle still afraid that the Xue family will swallow the money?So you want to save it in the bank?

There was absolutely no way for Wu Shigong to argue clearly with Zhu Yun, a little girl with deep-rooted peasant thoughts.As a modern person, the benefits of depositing money in the bank are deeply rooted in Wu Shigong's heart.Seeing Wu Shigong's insistence, Zhu Yun came up with another idea.She asked Wu Shigong to put the money in Xue's pawn shop for usury (that is, usury). Although the reputation is a bit ugly, it is better than storing it in a bank, and the income is also higher.

oh?This made Wu Shigong interested.After learning about the situation, Wu Shigong handed over all the money to Zhu Yun for specific operations.However, Wu Shigong set a rule: [-]% of the silver must be deposited in the bank.Seventy percent of the silver was taken to the pawnshop to put usury.

Afterwards, the treasurer of the bank personally went to Xue's mansion to go through the formalities of depositing silver.After getting the banknotes, Wu Shigong asked the shopkeeper: Are these banknotes exchangeable in other places?The shopkeeper replied to Wu Shigong, "their bank is a joint venture of several nobles."Therefore, there are semicolons in several big states and prefectures along the Grand Canal, and the end point is in Nanjing City.This bank note can be redeemed in those semicolons.Wu Shigong thought to himself: I didn't expect that the finance of the Ming Dynasty was quite developed.

That Yang Goudan also sent over the finished daggers and sabers one after another, and Wu Shigong also paid the silver in batches according to the agreed price.At this time, Yang Goudan also finished the samples of the first gun and hand gun.After hearing the news, Wu Shigong took the guards of the Xue family to Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop to try out the gun.

When he arrived at Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop, Wu Shigong suddenly remembered one thing, that is, Wu Shigong hadn't bought the bullets for these firecrackers.After hearing Wu Shigong's question, Yang Goudan waved his hand with a smile and said: No need.He took out a piece of lead and put it in a crucible to heat it, turning it into lead water, and then poured the lead water into a mould. The bullets are gone.At best, sand the bullets smooth with sandpaper before use.

Yang Goudan told Wu Shigong: This piece of lead is worthless. When the time comes, Yang Goudan will give Wu Shigong a batch, plus some crucibles and molds.Yang Goudan also told Wu Shigong: On the battlefield, as long as you collect used bullets, even if the bullets are deformed, you can still make bullets by turning the bullets into lead water and pouring them into molds.Of course, if the situation is special, iron bullets or stone bullets can be used in the firecracker, but it will take some effort to make those bullets, and it is not labor-saving to make lead bullets.

This opened Wu Shigong's eyes.In modern times, if a gun has no bullets, it becomes a lump of iron.In the Ming Dynasty, there was almost no difficulty in making the bullets of the firecrackers so well.

Then it's time to try the gun.Trying it in a blacksmith's workshop is definitely not going to work, it's still in the capital.So, Wu Shigong and his party and Yang Goudan took the firecrackers and handguns to the Zhuangzi outside the city, where they trained the guards of the gambling house.

Seeing Wu Shigong coming to test the firecracker, the guards of the gambling house helped to set up the target, and then watched the firecracker's testing situation.Then Xue Yong knew how to fire a gun, so Xue Yong became a test shooter.

A total of thirty to forty rounds were fired before and after, and Wu Shigong found that the power of the firecracker was not bad, but the accuracy was too poor.Only at a distance of fifty steps (a step in the Ming Dynasty is about 1.2 meters in modern times) can one hit a target the size of a person.And the accuracy of those pistols is at most thirty steps away.No matter how far away, there is no need to mention the precision.

When Wu Shigong raised his question, Xue Yong told him: It is Yang Goudan's good craftsmanship that can guarantee such a precision.If Wu Shigong wanted to improve his precision, he had to reduce the power of the firecracker and make the barrel of the firecracker thinner.

Wu Shigong thought for a while: I don't want to be a sniper rifle.Now there is no place to use these firecrackers.Making these firecrackers by myself is nothing more than more weapons for self-defense.It is enough to guarantee the current power and precision.

Therefore, he told Yang Goudan that he would build it according to the appearance of the firecracker and the handgun.Moreover, after returning to the blacksmith workshop, Wu Shigong readily paid the last sum of money.

This made Yang Goudan very embarrassed.In the Ming Dynasty, the status of craftsmen was very low, so bullying of craftsmen happened from time to time.When Yang Goudan was working as a blacksmith, he liked to take business from powerful children like Wu Shigong, because they were generous; but he was also a little afraid of taking business from these powerful children.Because if these rich and powerful children are critical, there is no place to justify your money.

Therefore, when he accepted Wu Shigong's big business, Yang Goudan quoted a high price.He kept a careful eye, if Wu Shigong's 500 taels of silver, even if he wasted 500 taels, Yang Goudan could still earn more than 100 taels.But I didn't expect Wu Shigong to be very generous, and he paid all the money readily.Now Yang Goudan is a little scared.He didn't dare to explain the situation to Wu Shigong, but he was also afraid that if Wu Shigong found out that he had quoted a high price in the future, he would come to Qiuhou to settle the score.

And Wu Shigong used modern thinking to look at Yang Goudan.In modern times, everyone has great respect for skilled experts.The same is true for Wu Shigong.Even if he finds out that Yang Goudan beheaded him this time, at most he will benefit from a loss in the future, and he will be more careful in his business with Yang Goudan in the future, but he will never retaliate against Yang Goudan.

After returning to the yamen, Wu Shigong thought that it was impossible not to go to the powder shop in the future, so he still had to gag Xiaojie, the little ancestor, and make her a big doll.So Wu Shigong called Xue Yong again and asked him to find a better tailor for himself.

Xue Yong's work efficiency is quite high, and he quickly took Wu Shigong to the tailor.But walking on the road, Wu Shigong looked at the road but became more and more familiar. Finally, Xue Yong brought Wu Shigong to Yang Goudan's blacksmith workshop.The one who came out to greet Wu Shigong was indeed that Yang Goudan.

Wu Shigong wondered: this Xue Yong is too unreliable.I want to find a tailor to make a doll Pikachu, why would he find me a blacksmith?Do you want to be a Transformer?

Xue Yong saw the doubt on Wu Shigong's face, and he hurriedly stepped forward and explained to Wu Shigong: Yang Goudan's wife is a very good tailor, so if Wu Shigong has any requirements, he can just tell Yang Goudan.

I see.So, Wu Shigong drew a picture of a cute big white rabbit on the paper, and explained the size of the big doll, Yang Goudan.After hearing this, Yang Goudan said that there was absolutely no problem.And he still refused to accept Wu Shigong's money.He said to Wu Shigong: Yang Goudan has already made a lot of money by making those weapons.This big doll is regarded as a filial gift to Wu Shigong by Yang Goudan.

Of course it would be nice not to pay, but Wu Shigong readily agreed.Seeing that Wu Shigong had already agreed, Yang Goudan also breathed a sigh of relief.After Yang Goudan's daughter-in-law made the big doll, Wu Shigong took the doll to the powder shop again.