Jiangmen's direct daughter is busy farming

Chapter 4

Although Madam Su didn't know why her lady asked such a question, she had an intuition that it must be something important, so she immediately said, "Uncle Quan and his son Zhongbao are both good at it!"

So, Jingyue ordered: "Leng Yu, go and see if Uncle Quan and Zhongbao are at home, and tell them that I have something to help. Leng Shuang, go to the kitchen and find a thinner charcoal stick, I can use it. "

Soon, Leng Shuang brought the charcoal strips, and Leng Yu found Zhongbao.

"Miss, Uncle Quan went to the field with several masters, only Zhong Bao was at home." Leng Yu said panting.It looked like she must be running fast.

Zhongbao is a very honest and honest 15-year-old boy. Due to his permanent residence in the mountains, his complexion is dark and healthy. When he saw Jingyue, he felt a little shy. "Second Miss, what do you want from me?" There is only one cousin Jingke above Jingyue, and the servants in the mansion are used to calling her Second Miss, and the grandfather told the people in the village that there is no distinction between master and servant. "I" calls myself.

Jingyue gave him a friendly look, and said, "Wait a minute, I'll tell you when I'm done drawing!" Turning around, Jingyue drew the inside of the wooden bellows with charcoal sticks on the white paper that Leng Ye had laid out in advance. Simple structure diagram.

After finishing the painting, Jingyue asked Zhongbao to come closer.At first, Zhongbao was a little hesitant, but looking at Jingyue's frank and friendly eyes, he finally mustered up the courage to move forward.

"This is the internal construction diagram of the bellows. These four parts are movable valves, this is the push-pull plate, this is the handle, and this bottom is the air outlet. Its overall shape is rectangular, which looks like a rectangular box. It is convenient for repair. , the top board should be inlaid on it and can be removed. Remember to make the small board of the valve thinner." Jingyue reminded carefully.

Zhongbao looked at the painting that Jingyue pointed out to him with a curious face. Although he couldn't understand some words in the lady's mouth, he could make it very quickly by looking at this simple picture, but he didn't know what this object was. What is this for.

However, someone was one step ahead of him and asked, this is Song Jingrui and Song Jingkuan who came back from laziness: "What is this for?"

Jingyue noticed that they had entered the house just now, and because she was explaining to Zhongbao, she didn't greet them.

"Sister Yue'er, what is this?" Song Jingkuan continued to ask without giving up.

Jingyue deliberately teased them and said: "I won't tell you yet, you will know when Zhongbao is ready."

"Zhongbao, hurry up, do it quickly. I want to see what is the use of this!" Song Jingrui is also impatient. Whenever there is a novelty object, his heart is like thousands of ants scratching it, and he must figure it out. .

Zhong Bao saw that everyone was looking at him with fiery eyes, no matter what the rules were, he disappeared with a "slip", and the sound of clanging and clanging came from the yard after a while.

Song Jingrui and the others were all too curious. After being bored for so long, they finally had a new gadget. They didn't want to miss it, so they followed Zhong Bao to the yard.

Jingyue also wants to see Zhongbao's woodworking skills, maybe he will be used in many places in the future.

Surrounded by a few pairs of eager eyes, Zhong Bao was a little nervous and stressed, but more confident. This was the master who asked him to do something that seemed very important alone. He would not think that the second lady was Nothing to do, let him be a toy to play with.

Two hours later, Zhong Bao's first bellows was finally completed.Seeing Jingyue nodded to himself in satisfaction, he smiled honestly.

Looking at this novelty little box, Song Jingkuan walked around it several times, and said puzzledly: "Sister Yue'er, what is this for? It doesn't look suitable for jewelry or clothes, it's so strange! "

Song Jingrui nodded in agreement, and Leng Yu, Leng Shuang, and the maids Su who came out later couldn't understand why Jingyue asked Zhongbao to make such a strange wooden box.

At this moment, Mr. Song and the others who had come back from the field saw a few children at home standing in a circle, not knowing what they were doing.

"Did something happen?" As soon as Mr. Song said, Song Jingrui and Song Jingkuan immediately turned around and made way automatically.

"What is this?" Song Zhanming, like Song Jingrui, was also a curious baby.

Song Zhanyuan, Song Zhanjie, Song Zhanwei, Song Quan and the others also looked at the obviously just-made wooden box in the yard in bewilderment.

Jingyue walked up to the wooden box, squatted down, and while pushing and pulling the handle of the bellows, she explained to everyone: "This is called a bellows, and it is a tool for helping the fire. You see, when I push and pull, the air outlet Is there a strong wind?"

Following the direction indicated by Jingyue's eyes, everyone saw that, as Jingyue said, the sawdust on the ground was blown far away by the wind from the bottom opening in the middle of the wooden box.

At this time, Leng Yu suddenly said loudly: "Miss, I understand! In this way, you don't need fans and blowpipes for cooking in the future, as long as you pull gently like this, there will be a strong wind."

"Smart girl!" Jingyue stood up and praised Leng Yu with a happy face.

Mr. Song stared at the bellows in Jingyue's mouth for a few moments, then looked at his sons, and found that they were also looking at him.In the eyes of a little maid, the bellows may be just a good tool to help the fire, but in the eyes of those who have been dealing with weapons all year round, it is a great weapon.

"Yue'er, is this a drawing?" Song Zhanyuan walked up to Zhongbao and found a simple internal structure diagram of the bellows on the stool at his feet.

Jingyue nodded: "Yes, Dad!"

Song Jingrui, Song Jingkuan, and Song Zhanming couldn't help their itchy hands early on, pushing and pulling the bellows one by one.

After the trial, they were all amazed: "I didn't expect it to be so easy to push and pull, and I tried it with my hands, and the wind is very strong."

"That's right, if the bellows and air outlet were bigger, the blacksmith would have to save a lot of energy when forging." Song Jingkuan said casually.

It was this sentence that suddenly made everyone fall into silence.On the battlefield, in addition to the large number of people, weapons are more important. If the weapons are manufactured better and faster, the chances of winning will be greater.Historically, the manufacture of weapons is relatively time-consuming.

Jingyue really didn't expect that this humble idea of ​​hers could change the outcome of the war.Suddenly, she regretted making the bellows.

Seeming to see the remorse in Jingyue's eyes, Mr. Song said solemnly: "Don't worry, I, Xi Chaoguo, never take the initiative to provoke a war. Don't let outsiders know about the bellows, understand?" The last sentence is correct. Everyone in the courtyard said so.

Everyone is a sensible person, and they are vaguely aware that the bellows in front of them looks simple and unremarkable, but if it is really used, it is also very useful, especially in ironmaking.

(End of this chapter)