Brocade clothing as the country

Chapter 460
Zhuangzi stationed in the local Jinyiwei thousands of households can be attacked by thieves, and many people have died. The law and order in Shandong is really nothing to say.

Since Dong Chuangxi couldn't be found, Wang Tong had no choice but to think of another way. It's not that he didn't think of any other way before. He asked the carpenter at the workshop to see if he could learn the structure of this ship. To build another one, the carpenters all shook their heads after seeing it, saying that although the structure could be made, no one dared to do it.

After all, every line is like a mountain, and this thing walks on water. If there is something unknown, the ship will sink and kill people. My craftsmen can't count on it, and Dong Chuangxi can't be contacted. Wang Tong has already planned to send someone to go by boat. In Macau, there are many shipbuilding factories in Guangdong, both public and private. In Macau, you may be able to contact some foreign shipbuilders and try your luck.

At dinner time, Wang Tong simply set up a banquet at home, as a welcome to Tan Bing, to comfort Tan Gong, everyone is familiar with it, and there are not so many formalities.

"How old are General Tan's two sons?"

After chatting for a while, Wang Tong asked with a smile. General Tan glanced at his brothers and said:
"Da Hu and Er Hu are fifteen each, and the other fourteen."

These days, they get married in their teens, and they have children in their twenties. General Tan is over 40 this year, which is already considered old. Wang Tong nodded and asked again:
"There are 14 of your brothers now. Apart from Tan Jiang, who else is a ten-year-old boy?"

Tan lowered his head and pondered for a while, then said again:
"There are eight people in total. Our brothers have been traveling outside for many years. Mr. Tan started to start a family when he settled down. There are twenty boys, but they are not very old."

Wang Tong nodded with a smile, and said in a deep voice:

"You are on business with me, and you have little time to take care of your family. You have worked hard all your life, and you always want to plan for a future and wealth for your children. If you want to have this, you must have some skills. Go back and ask, would you like to study literature or martial arts? Those who learn martial arts should go to the official's side to be a personal guard first, and those who study literature, Mr. Yang and Eunuch Cai are all capable here, so they also learn to do business."

The brothers of the Tan family looked at each other, but Wang Tong didn't notice, and continued to say excitedly there:

"Bao Erxiao reminded me that all the boys in the family of the bosses who work under me can be trained by us."

The atmosphere in the room was inexplicably quiet, and Wang Tong realized something was wrong after he finished speaking. Looking at General Tan, General Tan stood up to toast, and said in his mouth:
"Master, although our brothers still follow the surname of the old man, we are loyal to you..."

I don't know why this was mentioned suddenly, Wang Tong was taken aback for a moment, and immediately reacted, touched General Tan, raised his neck and continued to work, hehe smiled and motioned General Tan to sit down, and said:
"Do you think this officer is taking your hostages? Everyone walked out together, and if you don't believe you, who else can I trust, but have you thought about something? How old are you this year? I remember Tan Huo is the youngest, right?"

The Tan family brothers looked at each other, they really couldn't guess what Wang Tong was going to say, Tan Bing said there:
"Master remembers correctly, Tan Huo is 33 years old this year, and most of our brothers are around 35."

Wang Tong nodded, and said again:
"How old is this officer, do you know?"

Everyone must know this, General Tan said:
"Master is seventeen this year..."

When it was mentioned that Wang Tong was 17 years old this year, everyone was there for a moment, looked at each other, and couldn't help laughing there. Tan Gong even said:

"Master, don't blame me. Although I know in my heart that I work with you on weekdays, I really don't think you are 17 years old. Sometimes I feel that you are no different from Mr. Tan, but I didn't expect you to guess [-]."

Wang Tong also nodded with a smile, and said again:

"Tan Huo is 33 years old this year. When I was 33, he was almost fifty. When I was in my 40s or 50s, how old was he, and how old are you?"

Speaking of this, everyone has suddenly realized expressions, Wang Tong said with a smile:

"I have to do errands and things. I can't rely on my bare hands. I need people around me to help praise the painting. You are the people I trust the most. You will live and die with me. Your children are naturally my relatives. If you don't promote me first Are your children going to take care of others?"

Hearing this, several members of the Tan family suddenly realized, this time they looked at each other again, stood up together, raised their glasses and said:

"Thank you, master, for your kindness, and the little ones thank you in advance!"

First drank the wine in the glass, then pushed away the seat and knelt down, kowtowed and thanked. Parents are most worried about their children's future. Wang Tong has already made such a big scene in Tianjin Wei, and he has the emperor's cronies , the future is promising, but Wang Tong lacks a team.

Just like what Wang Tong said just now, except for those martial arts youths, the rest of the people around him are more than ten years older than him. It's just that they have been together for a long time, and Wang Tong is mature and stable in his work. Well, everyone tends to ignore the age gap, and if they want to make a fortune and lack the manpower to handle errands in the future, if their children follow in the past, wouldn't they also follow the chickens and dogs to ascend to heaven.

They had already resigned themselves to life and death, but they still hoped that their children would live better. After hearing Wang Tong's point, everyone was overjoyed and excited, and thanked everyone.

"It's a pity that Boss Yu is gone. Otherwise, if you hand over your children to Boss, they will surely grow up very quickly. Now I can only teach you."

It is naturally best to let Professor Wang Tong get close to the master's family every day. This is the shortcut to prosperity in the future. Naturally, everyone has no objection and agrees repeatedly.

Everyone was seated, Tan Jiang showed doubts just now, now he was a little embarrassed, and deliberately changed the subject and said:
"My lord, if you don't mention the young ones, you can't remember it. Speaking of it, apart from Hutou and the others, Eunuch Cai is considered young. He is 22 years old this year, but he looks so old on weekdays."

"Doing errands with the master, even the young ones are old. If Sun Xin and Li Tao didn't have beards on their mouths, people would believe that they were 30 years old..."

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere at the banquet was great.

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"Master Wang, it's too hot here in the workshop, so please be patient."

Ren Yuan, who presided over the official square, said with a smile, Wang Tong waved his hand and said:
"It's okay, it's not hot for you to be here every day, you can bear it, and the same is true for me."

Ren Yuan stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation, Wang Tong nodded, and the two walked in together. Although Ren Yuan was the head of the Fire Organ Workshop, he spent most of his time in Wang Tong's newly opened workshop.

The promise made by Wang Tong is that the things developed by this factory and the machines made will be learned by the government-run firearms workshop and given guidance.

This is tantamount to this workshop doing experiments for the official square, taking risks, and sharing any advanced things. Naturally, those who are enthusiastic about this will be willing to do so. As a price, the official square will also provide some skilled workers here Craftsmen, also provide early construction help.

As a result, since the start of the construction at the beginning of the year, Ren Yuan, the director, has been here every day, watching those craftsmen at work, seeing them busy, many things in the past have suddenly become connected, and many ideas and methods that have never been thought of are also displayed in front of me. .

This newly built factory is on the edge of Sanjiao Lake about [-] miles away from Tianjin Acropolis. Sanjiao Lake is a lake where several big rivers converge, with sufficient water.

Dig a simple small reservoir by taking advantage of the terrain, and then pave a ditch with bricks and stones to introduce water into the underground of the workshop to drive the operation of the hydraulic machinery in the workshop.

To say that the Ming Dynasty did not have such hydraulic mechanical devices, but they were all mills and mills for grinding flour and rice, and Portuguese craftsmen brought them to Europe.

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"Bring the tortoise here!!"

Because of Wang Tong's arrival, Qiao Da performed extremely hard in the workshop. He is the leader of the craftsmen sent by Wang Tong here, and he is quite prestigious among the craftsmen. Although he is not young, he is quite diligent and studious, which is also admired by everyone. , Even the craftsmen have a good impression of him.

He yelled here, and an apprentice beside him hurriedly handed over a flat iron plate. In front of Qiao Da, there was a three-person-high device. The base was made of big wood and iron plates, and the iron blocks were tied with iron wires. The weighted wooden stake is also covered with iron on the side of the stake head.

Qiao Da put the iron plate between the base and the wooden stake with clamps, and shouted again to the back. An apprentice behind him pulled the circlip, and the mechanical linkage knocked the wooden stake down.

"Dang Dang Dang" sounded continuously, and the wooden stake was knocked down, and the sound was quite rhythmic. Qiao Da used the clips to constantly adjust the position of the iron plate, and the iron plate could be seen to be continuously concave.

"This is called a press, and it is much easier to make armor with it to beat iron plates, and even though the armor made by these Fans is not as beautiful as our Da Ming's armor, it is extremely useful."

After the iron plate was hammered into the shape of iron armor, the circlip was pulled again to stop the wooden pile, the head of the wooden pile was replaced with a pointed one, and the bottom was replaced with a base with holes, and then the lever was pulled again. Moved, and punched a few holes in the iron armor.

While making a gesture of invitation, Ren Yuan said:
"If this is done, even if the breastplate is half done, it still needs to be polished and painted, but the hard work has been completed."

Someone on the other side has already handed over a set of armor. It looks like a waist drum without a cover and base, with holes opened on both sides. The front half of the armor that Qiao Da hammered out just now is divided into two pieces at the front and back, and connected with ropes. , which just wraps the upper body of the person.

Qiao Da came over wiping his sweat, with a proud look on his face, and said:
"Master, this armor has been tried, no matter what kind of bow and arrow it is, it can't be pierced. Even if Daming's bird gun is the best, it must be used within [-] steps, and Fanren can use it within [-] steps..."
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Can I still maintain my full attendance record today? It's a little dangerous. I'll try my best. The second one may be later

(End of this chapter)