Ping An Biography

The iron stone mine is at the foot of the mountain beside the village, and the iron smelting workshop is also on the mine.The built house looks a bit messy, the vegetation has been artificially destroyed, and the mud has not yet dried up.An old man with a black face sat at the gate of the wall with a thatched roof of earth rammed, his back bent and his arms folded in his arms, as if it was a common movement in winter, but at this time people are already wearing unlined clothes in spring and summer.Next to it lay a yellow-haired dog lazily, just like the old man, motionless and looking ahead in boredom.

The gaze of the old man and the yellow dog finally came to fruition. At this time, two people came from a long distance away.

Two middle-aged men, one with a tall, thin face and a long face, spoke in a Henan accent and spoke to his companion next to him in a cadenced manner: "The news is unmistakable, the Zhang Ning who came called Yao Tanzhu's uncle, and he is Yao Erlang's cousin." , come to our place to make firearms. It costs money to make firearms. The main altar sent people to send a box full of gold and silver. The people who picked it up from Fengxia Mountain also saw it with their own eyes. The firearms are made of iron. It's neither gold nor silver, so the gold and silver have to be spent..."

The other person in the same company was slightly fatter, shorter than this "Henan accent", his head was big and small like an upside-down pear, his expression was serious and dull, and he said without turning his head: "Even if you believe You are telling the truth, there is a box full of gold and silver, but we have the ability to earn that money? After all, I am a blacksmith, making weapons and arrows and firearms are two different things, and I don’t know how to make firearms. You know don't know?"

"Understood, aren't they all made of iron?! Find a way to take over the work first, is there anything else you can do? What did he say, you agree to it first, isn't the solution all people think of?" Henan Qiang stared. road.

The Shandong man stopped, pointed at his face and frowned, and said, "Fan Lao Si, you are only virtuous, and you can agree to it or not, and you don't have a plan in advance. If it doesn't work, who will be responsible for this matter? By the way, I’m in this business, so if something happens, let me bear it?”

The Henan accent named Fan Laosi was embarrassed when he heard it, and after a while, he avoided the difficult question and said instead: "Brother Ma, listen to our words, this person will meet a noble person if he is lucky, but when he meets a noble person You have to take care of them, right? Zhang Ning, who came down from the main altar, is a noble person! Let’s go and ask if he won or not, what’s wrong with it? Let’s forget it if we don’t win... But we have to think this way, that person came to Fengxia Mountain I don’t have many people with me, so I have to find them locally. Let’s count the Zhuangzi from far and near. How many people know better than you? They don’t know how to make firearms, so he has to learn how to smelt iron. Those who choose weapons! Is this the reason?”

Brother Ma didn't refute immediately, he seemed to be tempted, but in fact he wouldn't follow this unreliable Fan Lao Si if he wasn't tempted early in the morning.After a while, Brother Ma said angrily: "Let's not talk about this first, let's talk about who will take the blame if things go wrong! We are all people who know everything, and I don't know you Fan Laosi? Something happened and he skated faster than anyone else."

"Let's not talk about such an unlucky thing right now? What should you do if you say it's a mess before you get it? If we knew it would be a mess, why should we mess around?" Fan Laosi was a little unhappy, and then said, "This Please find Brother Ma and Brother Big Bird for the matter. It will be reliable for us to take care of things inside and out. When the time comes, Brother Big Bird will feel at ease to figure out how to make that thing. I will help you find people and activities. The latest chapter of "Unaccounted for Allure."

Brother Ma pointed at Fan Lao Si and shook again, just to express the general meaning of "I don't know what's going on in your gut".Fan Lao Si respectfully called "Brother Ma" for a while, and "Brother Big Bird" for a while, and he was talking about this Shandong man. It turned out that his name was Ma Dapeng, and the word Peng means a large bird, so Acquaintances also call him Brother Big Bird.For this nickname, Ma Dapeng himself seems to be very useful, after all, the bird is not a bad thing.

At this moment, I saw a person named ** appearing on the other road. Fan Ma stopped and watched for a while, and when those people got closer, Fan Laosi suddenly said: "Isn't that Yao Erlang who is it? The young man here must be what we call a nobleman! Did Big Bird believe me this time? Since when has my information been unreliable?"

Ma Dapeng, with a pear-shaped head, nodded and said, "Sure enough, he is from a rich family."

"Needless to say, look at the ostentation. When you walk out casually, there are dozens of people hugging you. And your walking posture, what do ordinary people look like? It seems that our master Yao's son is also quite different. "Fan Laosi said, "Yao Erlang doesn't seem very happy, why are you cursing?"

After waiting for a while, the pedestrian approached, and Fan Laosi hurriedly greeted him: "Erlang, would you like to take the distinguished guest out?"

Yao Erlang suppressed the emotion on his face for a while, and also replied.When Fan Lao Si bowed down and looked at Zhang Ning respectfully, Zhang Ning smiled friendly, nodded slightly and did not speak because Zhang Ning did not know the two people.

They were all acquaintances in the same village, and Fan and Ma also walked towards the mine, talking and forming a road together.Ma Dapeng seems to be not good at words, but Fan Laosi chattered to himself: "The farming is busy now, and the mine has not been started for a long time without anyone to take care of it. My brother Ma insists on coming to see if the house is leaking and whether the things are soaked in water. It’s a big deal if household items are soaked in water, the wood will rot, and the iron will rust.”

Zhang Ning, who had been silent all this time, spoke immediately: "You two are also involved in iron smelting and forging iron during the slack?"

Fan Lao Si hurriedly said respectfully: "I was ordered to manage people and remember the days when the young and strong went to work. Ma Dapeng next to him is an expert. He can smelt ore into molten iron and pour molten iron into molds. He can do everything. When it comes to farm tools and weapons, he is a person who often shows his face in front of Master Yao."

Ma Dapeng looked dull, but when he was introduced, he clasped his fists and saluted Zhang Ning politely.

Sure enough, Zhang Ning became interested in Ma Dapeng, so he slowed down and deliberately approached to talk: "What material do you use for the molten iron casting process?"

Ma Dapeng said: "We usually use wet sand, the material is easy to handle and breathable, but the quality of sand casting depends on the craftsmanship of the craftsman. In addition, the sand mold must be removed before the piece is removed. A mold can only be used once. It is still useful." The casting molds made of wax and ceramics are more delicate, but the process is complicated and they need to be fired repeatedly in the kiln."

A few words made Zhang Ning nod frequently, and it can be heard that this man should be an expert.He immediately turned around and asked Yao Erlang: "If a certain family is too busy during the busy farming season, how much do the folks hire day laborers for a day?"

Fan Laosi heard the smell, and looked at Yao Erlang's face with concern. Yao Erlang replied calmly, "Normally, they help each other to plant seedlings and harvest. When there are people hired, they go to the fields to thresh rice and other heavy work. Thirty to forty Wen a day is in charge of food, light work is ten or twenty Wen."

Zhang Ning pondered for a moment, then immediately said: "I'll make a condition and set a rule. You can ask if you would like to help me with the work. I want to hire a few bosses who are in charge, and the monthly salary of the managers is two liang. Going out to do errands to manage food and food. Another rule, ugly words first, if the losses caused by dereliction of duty and failure to do good things have to be compensated, or handed over to Master Yao for punishment. Ma Dapeng... this Fan Si, you two should be willing to follow me , just make a statement."

Ma Dapeng was thinking about something when he lowered his head, Fan Laosi gave him a hand, and they said together: "Meet my master."

Zhang Ning changed his gentle and friendly expression, and said sternly: "No rules, no rules. I treat these people around me like family members, and there are still rules of rewards and punishments. You can inquire about it. I always do what I say, and I will never talk empty words." Give you the rewards you deserve."

"As the old saying goes, it is a matter of being loyal to the emperor, we will do our best to fulfill the errands assigned by the boss." Fan Laosi opened his mouth and came, and Ma Dapeng also nodded in agreement.

Zhang Ning nodded and said: "To build a house, you must first get a foundation and a shelf. At the beginning, let's set up a team, called the "Weapon Bureau". Ma Dapeng will be appointed as the director of the manufacturing department, and Fan Si will be the deputy director. Later, I will ask people to register their names and make a register for filing and paying salaries."

After saying a few words, Zhang Ning asked Ma Dapeng to take him to see the housing facilities in the mine workshop and understand the situation.Qiu Ye from behind looked at him with a smile, showing admiration in his smile.The so-called layman watches the excitement and the insider watches the way. That Qiuye is also the person in charge of religious affairs in the main altar. Seeing Zhang Ning's behavior, he thought that he was not just a good-looking showman.

There are all kinds of workshops, kilns and tools in the mine, but they are a bit rough and simple, especially the houses are built in a disorderly manner, which looks like a temporary shack, which is far worse than the planning in the village.Moreover, the road surface is extremely rough, and the muddy ground becomes muddy after a little rain.Zhang Ning walked around for a while, the shoes were full of mud, and the hem of his robe was also splashed with a lot of mud.

Compared with the life of working in the mountains and being an official in the yamen, the most intuitive difference is the road. The roads in the southern villages are not a problem, but the muddy roads are really difficult to walk in fear of rain.

When they turned around and returned to the main village, it was already lunch time, so they broke up and went back to eat separately.I wake up late in the morning and spend half a day in the morning. I really can't do much.

Master Yao was not at home, Zhang Ning and others had lunch with Yao Erlang, and then drank some tea, Zhang Ning said: "I won't go out in the afternoon, Erlang asked someone to take a message, let Ma Dapeng and the others meet in the temple tomorrow morning I."

Zhang Ning returned to the room and said to Lao Xu and Qiu Ye: "We are new here and don't know who is in charge, so we have to hold the personnel and financial rights in our hands first. Let Wen Jun help me manage the cashier's finances, Lao Xu and Qiu Ye protect The teacher will take care of the recruiters for the time being, and make a record. The rules in the future must also be written down clearly in black and white, and those who cannot read can be read to them."